MA Super Team Starting and we want you!

Happy to see we picked up some new members tonight. For the first time I got the high roll and I picked the following arcs for us to play:

The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society by @Wrong Number Arc ID: 344596

When Santas Collide by @Ultra Violence Arc ID: 348461


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Ack, I knew there was something I had forgot about. I fell asleep at my desk around 8 PM and decided to go to bed early so I missed last night's meeting.

Nice full team today. We ran:

Deadfellas by Sand Sultan Arc ID: 322373

Two Fifths of a Chance by @Aristana Arc ID: 343537


Unfortunately, we were unable to complete Two Fifths due to a bug.


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We did another one with the remaining 5 players.

Belated Justice by Grey Pilgrim ID:88003

Had fun tonight (maybe a little too much fun - see below), don't have the arc numbers, Lithrei should have those, but thanks for playing through Matchstick Women. Glad everyone enjoyed it!

You took the screenshot at that angle...

Oh well. That mission had two successful uses of Dimension Shift so I'm happy.

Oh wait, I remembered where I could find the ID of the other one. We played

Diversionary Tactics #347791 by Hammerstar

Matchstick Women #3369 by Bubbawheat

Full team again today! We ran (or attempted to run) the following arcs:

Hempman: Origin by @Hempman Arc ID: 283517

Quest for Glory by @Slacker Arc ID: 328888 (farm)

Beauties v The Establishment by @Bionic Boy Wonder Arc ID: 53148 (bugged)

The Hellsgate Portal (Story Driven Arc) by @B A D Arc ID: 81381


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This Weeks Schedule:

Tuesday 6:00pm EST - Open Teaming

Saturday Noon EST - Favorite Arcs! Please bring with you a list of your favorite arcs. We will randomly pick from all the arcs.

Sunday Noon EST - Open Teaming


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On the plate for this evening was:

The Maestro and the Thorn by @BlueJack404 Arc ID: 352185

The Toy Box by @Ironik Arc ID: 132772

Tales of Cimerora, Volume 1: Of feathers and fur... by @Nebulhym Arc ID: 12647


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For anyone wondering. I will be playing at 8pm Saturday. I intend to do this basicly every week unless I state otherwise in advance. This week, I'd like to do Holiday themed arcs. So if you got any in mind, make sure to write them down so you can let me know.

The theme today was favorite arcs. The ones that got played were:

Sky Bandits: Heist of the Golden Man by @Outpost Arc ID: 38098

The History of Statesman by @jjac Arc ID: 219484

Hearts on Fire by @Chyron HR Arc ID: 1472

Hopeless by @TalenLee Arc ID: 29262


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Today's run was a fun time. We all brought our own list of favorite arcs and high roller got to choose.

First lucky roller was me! I chose an old arc that I hadn't played since AE first went live:
Sky Bandits: Heist of the Golden Man by @Outpost Arc ID: 38098

I was curious how this arc would hold up after time and how challenging it would be with a full team. It's a very simple 2 mission arc and all I could remember was that is had a neat custom enemy group.

Sure enough, the customs still hold up as a good looking group...but, sadly, they lack bios. The story was a lot simpler than I remembered, but it was still a fun romp and the perfect team warm-up since it's quick! If you're just looking for a solid, quick, action arc with decent dialogue, good-looking baddies and not too much thinking, this is your number!
**** 4 Stars

Next up, Wrong_Number won the roll and loaded up:
The History of Statesman by @jjac Arc ID: 219484

I was very skeptical of this arc at first since the contact was Nemesis and his name was spelled with l33t-speak. Then the groups inside the mission were roman soldiers dressed like God of War from the console game and they spoke with Japanese references...?!? Huh?

Thing is, once the first clue dropped everything started falling in place and I soon realized this was one of the best written humor arcs ever!

Everything that was out of place was out of place for a reason and it all becomes a laughing good time with many jokes so intelligently written that you don't even realize they're there. We're talking layers of jokes and hidden meanings. I think it took someone 3 mission to finally get the "What Waita" joke that was introduced in the first mission text!

Warning, there are missions that have little to no XP in them, but you are able to quickly run thru and grab objectives to complete if you wish. This is an arc for readers, not powerlevelling.

They say there's a fine line between genius and madness...I put this one squarely in genius' corner!
***** 5 Stars!

I think Ex won the roll (sorry, I don't know Ex's forum handle >.<) and threw out:
Hearts on Fire by @Chyron HR Arc ID: 1472

About half the team was already familiar with the arc, but it was new to me. The arc is a nice lowbie-friendly story involving Hellions, Skulls and girlfriends. There's some good humor and dialogue in the first couple missions and then it suddenly takes a serious turn...a really dark and grim "serious" turn.

At first many of us thought this was going to turn into a funny "Lesbian Hellion" arc, but we couldn't have been more mistaken. It wound up more on the "wife in the fridge" side. And for that I had to mark it down.

If you're going to make a serious arc, make it serious. The humor wasn't a dark humor so it just didn't compliment the story and there was no good segue between the 2 plot directions. Still, it was a solid arc, mechanically sound, and enjoyable for a couple missions.

**** 3.5 Stars rounded up to 4!

Finally, Fredrik got high roll and took us on a villainous journey care of:
Hopeless by @TalenLee Arc ID: 29262

For anyone out there wondering how to avoid the dreaded "errand boy" pitfall of mission writing, load up this arc and simply read mission 1's intro dialogue. From the very get-go the story is set up around the player and made to feel that their actions have meaning.

The factions, dialogue, maps, and bios all have been weaved together to tell a truly villainous tale that fits within existing canon. And we suspect (not sure, since we didn't play it twice to find out) that the player actions truly do change the outcome of the arc if they choose to let the final mission fail.

For a truly villainous experience and to play an arc where YOU feel like the center of the story, I can't recommend it enough!
***** 5 Stars!

This afternoon we ran a few holiday themed arcs.

A Christmas story by @Figment King Arc ID: 352606

Winter Fun Rally by @Rooftop Hero Arc ID: 350165


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Free server transfers sound like the perfect way to join the MA team...

Very short night tonight, We did run:

Welcome to Hollywood Act I by @Firestorm Arc ID: 195993 This one we quit after we got part way through the first mission and realized it was a defeat all on a giant map.

Die Count Daddy Macula Die! by @Spiral Architect Arc ID: 10619


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