Title: Thanksgiving Rant
Megatron - November 25, 2007 08:03 PM (GMT)
((Yes, I made that asumption as well, Dark Mousette. I figured you fallowed, and quite possibly BMS as well.
Now, JW%, I have a bone to pick with you. Hi, I'm Megatron and I am so immature and self centered that I get upset about fictional characters and cry like a little girl who's my little pony doll was chewed up by my dog. I really love everyone here, but I love myself the most. Well, next to my characters that I create because if anyone touches them I turn in to Whiny McCrymore. booo fucking hoo I am a lame duck.
P.S. I Love you. I want to be on you.
))
Dark Mousette91 - November 25, 2007 08:22 PM (GMT)
((MY POOR VIRGIN EARS!))
Megatron - November 25, 2007 08:33 PM (GMT)
((Well, sorry, but I'm very angry with what JW% did to my characters (because fictional characters are SO important!) and everyone on my ship. He had no right to do that to my ship and chracters (characters?) without ever asking for my concent. (consent is spelled with an S, but I don't use spell-check) Don't see my point, JW%? How would you feel if I killed PrerttySparrow (there, I made fun of your character name with my silly typo, are you going to cry too?) on a whim, or at the very least mortaly (2 L's) wounded her, without ever asking you if it was cool with you? (I know there should be some "" in here somewhere) How dare you do that to my ship and characters without asking me? How dare you? I am not going to go cry in the corner and add more hesitation marks to my already disfigured wrists.))
Computron - November 25, 2007 08:54 PM (GMT)
((Hi everyone, i will be back shortly. I think its time to set up a guide line or a rules for the Roo'tah. Some one should put them up so everyone can have access to it. There should be someone to administrate the story. When someone goes to far, they should be able to quote a rule and modify when they repost or something. I strongly beleive Roo'tah should be a fun place and not a place to argue. Please don't take it bad, i just want to have fun in here, thanks.))
Megatron - November 25, 2007 09:54 PM (GMT)
((Computron, I couldn't agree with you more. You have no idea how excited I was to be part of this story, and to even have the chance to use my ideal crew. I've actually suggested that JW% write a list of rules before, because it seems that every little thing contradicts what should be done. I've over stepped my boundaries a couple of times before, like when I shot JaggedWing and knocked back Raodbuster (typo!) (although given the context I don't think those should even count, but that's just me), and when I wrote dialog for Raodbuster (again!) that was way the hell off. This incident however REALLY oversteps boundaries. I propose that this rule be made: No one is to write dialog or narrative for another posters character or personal NPC(s) without that posters consent. I think that rule alone will do wonders and prevent a lot of controversy. I for one am getting tired of constantly having to either defend or apologize for my actions.
I'm sorry for going off on yet another rant, but this incident pissed me off to an unparalleled extent. I'm trying to learn my boundaries and keep in mind that I am the new guy. For note, I did not intentionally harm JaggedWing or Roadbuster. Megatron shot JaggedWing simply to make his point, and for a little payback for JaggedWing crushing Megatron's neck and hurling him to the ground (don't turn me into Christopher Reeves! if you want me to ride you like a horse, just say so!). I did not inflict permanent or severe damage, only enough to show what happens when you mess with Megatron, and I felt that moment was well within bounds, and that JaggedWing probably understood Megatron's motives/actions. Sort of a “you scratch my back, I scratch yours” moment. As for Roadbuster (yay I got it right this time!), I did not attack him or hurt him at all. Megatron basically brushed him off because his attacking was getting to be annoying for Megatron. I did not “best him” in any way. I don't want to offend anyone (because I assume everyone is an emo whiny crybaby like I am) or do anything to harm other people's characters, be it physical damage or bad writing. However, if no one is willing to return that respect and courtesy I will respectfully bow out of this RPG. QQ))
JW% - November 25, 2007 11:11 PM (GMT)
((I knew that would ruin somebodies day... I'd hoped they wouldn't take it personally that I was messing with their toys, but I somehow knew this would happen.))
((Technically Roadbuster is moderating this story, you may have noticed he cleans up this excessive out of character chatter and edits story chunks when they don't seem to work together. I suppose the cats away thing applies, and I'll hold off adding more until we can get a ruling in case I did overstep my bounds.))
((Rhinox is out of the fight, but not as badly hurt as it looks. Assuming he and everyone else don't get wiped out by the vortex(I was hoping you'd have Rattrap or Inferno or somebody heroically save his unconcious form), he'll recover in a little bit on his own, or even faster with a CR chamber. I made it look bad to give back Shockwaves threat value, so as to make Megatrons battle against him and eventual defeat of him more dramatic. Blackout has cosmetic only damage. Basically he just was forced to land, his rotors damaged. Or would you have prefered your whole crew getting through this fight without a scratch rather than just most of your crew getting through without a scratch? Silverbolt, Blackarachnia, Ironhide, Inferno, Rattrap, Dinobot, Starscream and Megatron have gone through without taking damage and probably won't take any damage unless you write it yourself. 2 out of 9 of your crew are injured, one of them taking out of the fight while the other inconvienced, on the whole I'd say the fight is quite a bit less dramatic and to easy for them as it is.))
((I didn't see any logic in Starscreams Ghost going back into a prison after he failed to convince Legends Starscream. It took alot of effort to get him in his little paperweight jail cell the first, second, and third time, and he has shown he would do anything to get out and stay free. I don't see any reason he would willingly and knowingly surrender that freedom. That means he gets to haunt us, until we force him to do otherwise, making our complicated problems ten times worse when ever he can.))
((Yes, the loss of The Legend is a major setback. So, might I add, is the loss of Castle Fnord which was taken in stride. Yes, it really messes everybody up. I knew that would be a plot twist that would be objected to, but it was so readily availible I couldn't pass it up. It's not as dire as you'd think however, as at least BMS is still aboard, and can probably retake the ship if given time, and have her own moment in the spotlight(or failing that, Starscreams ghost would eventually come back and gloat, but not for a bit yet). Initially I was thinking that Dark Mousette could assist(or lead the fight while BMS assisted), but if she rode Megatron down into the battle she too would be off the ship and with the rest of us. The question then is where did Waspinator come from, since he was not a part of your listed crew. But we don't need to get into that.))
((Plans for the immediate future of the story involve Megatron getting a heroic battle against Shockwave in order to avenge Rhinoxs injuries. Or Megatron ordering the rest of his crew to execute Shockwave for him, whatever works.
JaggedWing flying Shockwaves antiquated battle cruiser into the vortex(antigravity fields to full) and sealing it up. All the while holding off drones as they attempt to retake the bridge. The battle weary and wounded heroes(cheered by the surviving freed slaves) then have to, at least emotionally, deal with being stranded on this strange hostile world(the battle cruiser survives being shoved in the vortex, or at least the half that didn't go all the way in does). That still leaves The Astral, Adreasteia and The Axalon II as viable ships to chase down The Legend, assuming it hasn't already been returned by that point. Plus there's other ships availible to other FnorDoMers that haven't been mentioned yet. And that's assuming we don't have some other lead on the Anarchist front(which I'm pretty sure we will, but can't think of one at the moment).))
P.S. I want you to be on me too! Please have my man-robot babies!
Megatron - November 26, 2007 12:03 AM (GMT)
((All right, I'm going to argue my case step by step here.
I believe that badly damaging Rhinox was out of line. Yes, it is more dramatic to have some people get seriously hurt, but I do not believe that gave you the right to cause damage to my characters. Had it been your own characters that were being injured, that would be one thing. However, you went after 2 of my characters, and my ship, and did nothing to your own characters. This is why it was out of bounds. You inflicted bad damage to characters that were not your own.
Stealing my ship was also out of line in my opinion. It is very true that the loss of Castle Fnord was a major setback. However, Castle Fnord was not your castle, your personal base, or anything like that. The Legend, however, is my ship, and my personal base. Thus, by stealing my ship, you have ruined any plans that I may or may not have had for my ship, and given my characters a personal setback that would only set back my crew. The loss of The Legend is irrelevant to everyone but my own crew. As such, I feel that stealing my ship was out of line.
While each of these events by themselves does not seem so bad, the fact that you did all of them at once, and all of them affecting my crew and no one else, except for BMS who may or may not be on the ship, you have in effect made a personal attack against me. I cannot help feeling that I have been violated by your post. You went after my Rhinox, my Blackout, and my ship. You did nothing to set yourself back, only things that set me back. This makes me feel that your actions were against me personally.
I put forth to you this scenario. How would you feel if I wrote in that Shockwave crushed PrettySparrow, leaving her helpless and severely damaged? In the mean time, my crew goes on undeterred. Would you take it lightly? Would you simply take it in stride and not feel personally assaulted?
I'll make one final note. Had you simply consulted with me on your plot lines, if you had asked me if it was all right to make these events happen, I may have actually allowed all of it. However, you did not ask my permission to do anything that personally affected my crew, and thus overstepped your bounds by taking control of my own personal characters and ship. To be honest, the events themselves don't bother me that much, it's just that you did it all without asking me first. That is wherein you overstepped your bounds. You wrote in events that personally affected a specific group of characters that were not your own, setting them back and them alone.
That is why I am angry and feel that you stepped over your bounds.))
Star The Wanderer - November 26, 2007 12:06 AM (GMT)
((Its entirely possible we've all overstepped our boundries. Though JW% is playing the vortex out to be a bigger problem than I had planned for it to be, I planned on having it collapse in on itself in my next post with Star having no idea it was that kind of implosion bomb. (I think that got mentioned in a previous post.) Unfornately, I'll ruin my own plan, I was planning on having Aryn betray the crew of the Astral during the fight, revealing herself to actually be teamed up with the now deceased Orion and that she had let Star hunt him down and kill him so she could take all the reward from Shockwave. However, I'll confess to other 'crimes' I rather enjoy finding more problems to add to the heap, makes the story more intresting. (Besides I like to see how JW% gets himself out of some really bad situations, hes a great writer and I enjoy reading his stuff, even when he points out the many flaws I have in my own writing. (I totally forgot about the Zeltron empthay, good call JW%) Don't get bent out of shape Megatron, I made your ship get attacked and you dealt with that well. Also, I'll be more than happy to use my ship to track yours down. The theft of the Legend is something we can overcome with time. Personally I saw it as a good call on JW% part, after all your crew did disembark, someone should have stayed behind, to at least watch Solomon and BMS. I'd be unhappy also, but like I said, it was a good call on his part. As for Swoop, I figured he'd use his lightspeed engine to escape the vortex, and that it would swallow up Shockwave, his ship (I knew JW% was too stubourn to die in that little vortex), and most of the drones, and I Figured the Legend would probably escort the Astral away. I never actually attended any harm. If anyone is upset at me, I apologize.))
Megatron - November 26, 2007 01:27 AM (GMT)
((You didn't do anything wrong, Star, not at all. The vortex complicated things, but it's not a difficult thing to get around and/or deal with. I agree that the Starscream ghost taking The Legend was probably a good move, but it was not JW%'s move to make. The Legend is my ship to deal with, not his. Would be happy if I took The Astral? The problem is that he did not ask me if I was all right with the plot lines for my own characters and ship. That's why I'm angry.(and because I am a whiny emo crybaby ))
Dark Mousette91 - November 26, 2007 01:35 AM (GMT)
((yeah, glad to see you've kissed and made up so CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO THE RP??))
Star The Wanderer - November 26, 2007 01:51 AM (GMT)
((DM, please keep up, this isn't over, everyone has stopped until Roady arrives and sorts everything out. Also the disagreement wasn't between me and Megatron, its between Megatron and JW%, I was just trying to see if I could ease some tension and/or at the very least, make sure no one is upset with me. I'll be fine to move the story on once we get an ok from Roady, our moderater.))
Megatron - November 26, 2007 03:12 AM (GMT)
((You know what? all I really want is an apology and to come to an understanding that I don't want people messing with my Characters and ship, and vise versa. (because I should have 100% control of everything so that I can make sure my characters come out on top to massage my e-peen) If I just have that, I'll be fine. I actualy like JW%'s plot and am willing to work with it. I do however want my ship back, and I have a way to get it back, and put an end to the Ghost of Starscream plot. So, if we can just come to an agreement, I'll be happy, and ready to move on.))
JW% - November 26, 2007 09:51 AM (GMT)
((I'm not sure I can address these point at a time as you did, but I will try.
Roady is gonna have a ton of clean up to do when it gets back...
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| did nothing to your own characters. |
JaggedWing is walking with a limp, whatever kind of weapon those humanoid drones use having blasted through his thigh. He was wounded by a drone, which I think is a bit more humiliating than being wounded by Shockwave. Plus, he's going to have worse injuries soon. I could have written more, but I figured there was going to be some outrage about the few events I did write, so I shouldn't carry things much further without letting others reply. I did not expect the outrage to be this extreme however, just a little OOC note, maybe at most a PM, asking me for my future plans, or perhaps telling me of what plans I just ruined. At most I expected the outrage to be expressed in-story, with Megatron extracting bloody vengance from Shockwave and BMS throttling Solomon(she'd probably want to throttle Starscreams Ghost, but Solomon is the one handy who actually has a neck at the moment).
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| You inflicted bad damage to characters that were not your own. |
Unfortunately something we've all been doing pretty much since this started. You mentioned yourself that Swoop(an actual poster, not just an NPC attached to some one) took about as much damage as Rhinox and is now out of the fight. And he's probably just happy we're keeping him active and useful in the story instead of killing him off(which, in my opinion, would be in very bad taste, but seemed to be the fate of any FnorDoMer who stayed in Castle Fnord and isn't here to write for themselves, hence my out of character note and some quick covering that they "all went home safe and sound").
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| Castle Fnord was not your castle, your personal base, or anything like that. |
No, it was DrAs, designed by DrA, for... well he designed it for the rest of us really but you get the point. But, aside from the RLD(which has been destroyed numerous times and rebuilt an equal or greater number of times), it was the nearest thing to a personal base or home JaggedWing has left. I'm not sure you got that bit, but it was explained that JaggedWing's kingdom on Rroo'tah, an island forest kingdom, was recently wiped off the face of the planet. And I only managed to stick with that story through the first half, by the time I came back the story had finished and the damage had been done. So it was actually something "like that". It happens all the time. The only really surprising thing is that JaggedWing hasn't gotten his kingdom back yet through some contrived plotdevise, normally these things sort themselves out rather quickly if the poster is active(which is why DrA is currently in the state he's in, he hasn't been actively posting in The Hub recently).
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| Thus, by stealing my ship, you have ruined any plans that I may or may not have had for my ship. |
Did you have any particular plans for that ship? If you did, I'm very sorry I interfered with them, and if you think your plans would have made for a better story than this plot twist, I apologize. If you can convince me that your story actually is better, I will rewrite without hesitation. However, thus far your ship has been used to skip travel time, and to be able to field bigger guns than anyone else. I felt that was unbalanced to the story(we have, had now that Castle Fnord is gone, instantaneous travel already through the portal system of the Map Room, limitations[that the portals were in fixed locations and could only act as reductions in travel time rather than the removal of travel time] on that needed to be made in order for characters to converse and develope, rather than just having everyone blink into the next action scene and never talk to one another) and was trying to come up with a way to remove those two advantages without doing anything drastic(like destroying the ship). The Legend is currently the most powerful ship in the story. Be that because it's the least damaged(I suspect Adreasteia would be more powerful if she were fully repaired and functional), or whatever reason. That doesn't mean it's the most powerful ship on Rroo'tah(or rather in the Zol'teb system, as pretty much every ship more powerful would be kept off planet, we save those for Lensmen like epic space battles between star spanning empires... which reminds me Dreadnought hasn't posed for awhile...), but it is the most powerful in the story at the moment. In order for there to be drama there has to be conflict, and for there to be conflict the opposing sides must be, at least temporarily, balanced. I see this as attaining a pretty nicely dynamic balance(The Legend will certainly have to be back in Megatrons control by the time he has to face the Krikkit Armada, or their Anarchist equivelant again).
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| The loss of The Legend is irrelevant to everyone but my own crew. |
This would only be true if your crew were the only ones using the ship, and were working entirely for their own benifit without accepting the aid of anyone else. As it is, the loss of the ship is a serious inconvience for everyone who was still behind after The Astral left. I'm not sure how this helps my argument saying that I screwed over EVERYONE rather than just you(I think I screwed BMS the most), but I'd like to point that out.
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| the fact that you did all of them at once |
Actually, I rather had to do them all at once. Well, maybe not Blackout, but I considered that a minor thing added more for color than plot advancement. He wasn't even taken out of the fight after all. Look at the scene step by step(I think I may have written it out of this order in order to keep the locations properly denoted). "Everyone" leaves The Legend. Starscrreams Ghost sees a golden oppertunity that he never expected to have within his grasp, and goes for it. Rhinox is in control of the ship during the fight down below. Starscreams Ghost shuts down Rhinoxs overrides first, then takes over. Rhinox notices this, reports this(shouting out to draw Megatrons attention), and works to counteract it. Shockwave notices, through the red haze of his "rage program", a heavily armored enemy drawing attention to himself. The overrides are down(Starscream is no fool) but Rhinox might have been able to come up with something(he seems more than apt at generating deus ex machina) before Starscreams Ghost could make a full getaway. Unfortunately, Rhinox had drawn the attention of Shockwave, who wants him out of the fight as soon as possible(even raging Shockwave isn't entirely blind to combat tactics, and you try to convince me that Rhinox is not a major threat in such a battle).
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| How would you feel if I wrote in that Shockwave crushed PrettySparrow, leaving her helpless and severely damaged? Would you take it lightly? Would you simply take it in stride and not feel personally assaulted? |
Honestly would depend on how you wrote it. If you kept her in character(and she's not easy to write in character for those kinds of scenes what with her psuedo-split personality) and wrote it well so that the scene makes logical and dramatic sense, I don't think there's anything I could do but accept it as a good addition to the story and move on(probably with JaggedWing going into some kind of rage fueled rampage, extracting bloody vengance, saving PrettySparrow, and repairing her as quickly as possible). That's just how these things work, and one of the major drawbacks/advantages of not having much in the way of rules.
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| Had you simply consulted with me on your plot lines, if you had asked me if it was all right to make these events happen, I may have actually allowed all of it. |
Which would have held up the continuation of the story. Which is what this is doing of course(so on the whole asking you ahead of time would look to have been a net gain), but you are one of the people that expressed frustration that the story did not have frequent updates. Also, where does one draw the line regaurding that? Do I need to ask you ahead of time with every single decision in story that directly effects your characters? What about those that indirectly effect them? How does one judge how much of an effect there is? The Vortex Implosion bomb pretty directly effects(and endangers) everyone in that area, and I don't see it as overstepping any bounds at all.
On a side note, throughout that entire exchange, did I write your characters wrongly? I do not mean did bad things happen to them, but did I write their actions incorrectly. Would Rhinox NOT have reported such a take over?(I felt he would, just as I felt the undenoted line was meant as Megatrons reply, would have been Megatrons reply in that situation) Would The Legend be to complex for Starscreams Ghost to take over?(doubtful since Starscreams Ghost seems able to take over something as complex as Trypticon or even a human girl with unicronic powers of kissing) Would Blackout and Rhinox have been able to laugh off those blows without flinching?(I actually questioned this, as this is the first time your crew is shown to be less than unbeatable and invincible) That kind of mistake I would be more worried about, because it makes for a bad story. Forgive me if I'm looking at things through the view of a Dungeon Master rather than a rival player, if you'll pardon the D&D referance. One of the few rules we do have is that we treat each others characters with respect. It may not seem like it at the time, but I did mention it when you asked what you had to do to join. I feel I respected your characters, their abilities, their personalities and their histories. If I did not, tell me specifically where I gave fault and if I agree there is fault I will rewrite.
Switching to Stars comments for a moment...
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| Though JW% is playing the vortex out to be a bigger problem than I had planned for it to be |
You said in your description of it that it would last a few days and that it would destroy the whole compound. Admittably that isn't as big a problem as it COULD be, but I felt I could take liberties in that regaurd. Plus, I was planning to on Star to see the damage he had done, and as JaggedWing staggers(or is carried) out after closing the vortex, he's berated for unleashing that kind of technology "on a planet with a large supply of Elerium-115!" (fictional element introduced in the old X-Com computer game, it is an alien mineral that allows for anti-gravity technology, gravitational drive technology, and creates gravity bottles for your plasma weapons and ammo) It's been mentioned a few times in previous stories(that have centered around JaggedWing since he's the primary gravity controller of FnorDoM) and I think is also up on the site(though it might be misspelled there... or more likly in the wiki that I just checked, I don't have my X-Com manuals with me at the moment). Star certainly wouldn't have known about this before hand of course, making him perfectly innocent of the situation.
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| Unfornately, I'll ruin my own plan... |
By this do you mean you've ruined the suprise, or that you've ruined the plan already by having The Astral leave the battle field? PrettySparrow probably wants you to turn back if that makes things any better...
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| (I totally forgot about the Zeltron empthay, good call JW%) |
I had to look it up myself. I was actually skimming through various source materials to figure out what Keela could be. Came up with some good options, and I was going to have Doctor Archeville ramble off a few of them during the brunch conversation, but the possiblity never came up(plans get ruined all the time in these things, so it's best to proceed without such detailed planning). Given how you've treated Kerrigan I thought you knew, you just wern't mentioning it.
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| to at least watch Solomon and BMS. |
BMS is a tough girl, she can take care of herself. Solomon though I wouldn't trust not to poke out his own eye with a crayon. Still, it hasn't been mentioned yet(been trying to figure out how to introduce it), but Solomon is able to summon an endless supply of winged monkey commandoes(including the cyborg Bat/Squid/Monkeys Doc genetically designed). Same as Unholy(founder and leader of the Dominion of Monkeys, holder of the Unholy Block of Cheese, now deceased by his own writings as he goes by a different forum name and isn't here anymore anyway) could. Basically he pulls them out of his ass. As random and humorous as this is(WaRPeD material I tell you!) BMS now has access to and command over an unending army of crack(ed) troops. Starscreams Ghost doesn't really stand a chance.
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| As for Swoop, I figured he'd use his lightspeed engine to escape the vortex |
Except that he's out cold. Really doesn't matter, we'll come up with something sooner or later. He could have crashed outside the range of the Vortex, or he could wake up before being sucked in. And he wouldn't need to use his X-wing mode hyperdrive to get away, just basic flight would do it.
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| it would swallow up Shockwave, his ship (I knew JW% was too stubourn to die in that little vortex), and most of the drones |
Sounds good. I was going to go with something like that too. And if I wasn't, I am now.
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| I never actually attended any harm. If anyone is upset at me, I apologize. |
I'm certainly not upset, and I don't think anyone was upset with you Star.
Moving on to Dark Mousette:
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| CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO THE RP?? |
Still waiting on a ruling from Roadbuster. He said he'd be back sometime around now, and there's alot of clean up to do anyway. In the meantime, you can write up some long fancy battle scenes of Dark Mousette battling against the black armored drones, the
Jaeger drones, or 100 bee drones that have been set on fire and are just now comming over the ridge!
And back to Megatron:
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| an understanding that I don't want people messing with my Characters and ship, and vise versa. |
Actually, that's quite understandable. It's easy to get attached to your characters, I know I certainly am to mine, but if you don't want anyone messing with them at all(and if you are, in turn, willing to not mess with anyone elses characters at all) then it would be easier to simply write your own personal fanfiction rather than this pseudo-roleplaying/storytelling. There actually IS an Axalon Underground roleplaying forum, seperate from these forums, where there are numerous rules as you mention. I'm not active on that forum so I don't know what's going on over there in all honesty.
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| I do however want my ship back |
You'll be getting it back. I'm pretty sure that if DrA ever posts he'll have Castle Fnord rebuilt or some such thing(heck, if he doesn't I or Roadbuster will, eventually). Even the Tungly Wood is going to make a reappearance someday(I found it was such a sweet location and had the potential for so many stories I didn't get to tell). The main problem I see is that you are going to want it back immediately. You were, understandably, annoyed with it's departure, but I was not removing it specifically as an attack against you(and if you viewed it as such, I offer apologies). I removed it for the purpose of advancing the storyline, which I hope I stated clearly above.
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| put an end to the Ghost of Starscream plot. |
Starscreams Ghost is a surprisingly good villain. To good to ever get rid of permenately. If you mean writing him out of the story, there actually was a chance to do that already. He could have been lost along with Castle Fnord. You wrote him back into it, and inspired me to keep using him(the dichotomy between Starscreams Ghost and Legends Starscream I think makes for good writing). If you're going to write him out of the story(which might not be a bad idea at this point, we're getting more active villains than we can easily deal with, what with Shockwaves faction and the Anarchists faction, and none of our heroes able to really trust one another while the villains seem more than able to work together) it's going to need to be something more convincing than "he just gives up at the first setback and goes away". Even then that doesn't preclude his return.
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Oh, note to Roadbuster when he gets back, could the crazy genie put this in the Newcomers to Rroo'tah Summary when he removes it. I think this discussion of the story up to this point is actually kinda interesting and could be useful to look back on.))
Boy, am a windbag. I really should take my carpal tunnel medicine now..
Computron - November 26, 2007 01:36 PM (GMT)
((I still think basic rules should be put up to help others into specific guidelines of this interactive story. Not everyone is used to this type of game. If the rules are up, they would probably be motivated to join in. Again, don't take it personnaly. I hope the crazy genie will think about setting up rules for all of us by editing his fist post, on page 1 or something. Such as the colored location quote and how far we can interact with the characters that don't belong to us. There should also be a description of each character so we don't go out of character while we use them. Thanks.))
Rule #1: no crying about things other people do to your characters. You brought them into a group Fiction Story where EVERYONE has input.
Rule #2: accept what occurs or do not Participate.
Rule #3: I am awesome.
Rule #4: Did I mention that I am awesome?
BlackZarak - November 26, 2007 07:05 PM (GMT)
If you post a character in a group fic, it is not just your character. It's the group's character to play with.
If you want a fic that is solely under your control, write a solo fic.
If you can't roll with the punches and have fun in a group fic, then perhaps you shouldn't be in a group fic.
Throwing fits over something that happens in a work of fan fiction is not only immature, but it is disruptive as well, and could cause you from being excluded from the remainder of the fic.
You have something that you want to do with certain characters, I suggest the you PM the other writers ahead of time and let them know what you want to do, so you all can work together.
If you have a grievance, PM one of the Mods (Doc and Roady are in charge of the Hub) and tell them nicely what is bugging you. Don't post huge rants in the story thread, and don't rant at them for their decisions. They're very fair-minded, and are the gods of the Hub, so what they say goes.
Same goes for any mod. If Prisma says "No dice" in Sheol, that's her call. Same for Starshooter, Lab-Rat & Roady in Vector Sigma, Firefly in the Spacebridge, etc...etc..
We're not oppressive in the least, and we like to have fun too, so keep that in mind when you get upset.
Otherwise, your post will end up here, where Poop-Flinger Prime and Jackass are gods. Abandon hope all ye who eneter here. :sharky:
Jackass Maximus - November 26, 2007 10:57 PM (GMT)
hahaha wtf. Megatron are you a chick or something? I ain't never seen raggin' like that befo' BTW, can you help me get my Red Wings? :symbols:
Megatron - November 27, 2007 12:35 AM (GMT)
No, I'm a guy, and no, I'm not gay. I just don't mask my emotions. I'm not afraid to show feeling like most other guys. This is My photo..
Jackass Maximus - November 27, 2007 03:07 AM (GMT)
You're not afraid to become physically enraged over imaginary situations and characters? That's cool, man... I'll uhhh... be over here... when you decide that my exhaust port needs some cleaning.
Prisma Nova - November 27, 2007 03:41 AM (GMT)
I just feel that there was too much over-reaction, and especially from you, Megatron. You could have just sent an email to the person concerned, and spare us the big screaming letters in your posts.
You know, things could have been discussed, and posts could have been edited AFTER you would have spoken with the person you had a problem with. Stories can change you know. But still, remember, this is only a fic, a story, and the unexpected can happen anytime. It is the way you bounce back from a situation that makes you a great team player.
Be creative in the way you bounce back from a story set back, instead of displaying your displeasure like that. Otherwise, you will end up here again. I beginning to wonder if you truly are enjoying this kind of negative attention.
Other than that, I think you contribute a lot to this forum and bring good fun to it, and you should continue with the story.
Computron - November 27, 2007 12:43 PM (GMT)
The secret is to adapt the story to your plans, and not to plan out a complete story. Everyone will always make you characters do something unexpected, its up to you to bring it back on track when you post. E.G. My sharkticonized arm. It was unexpected and became a story on it self. Ultimatly, it gave me a reason to get my ship, which no one wanted at first. Don't give up Megatron. See you in Roo'tah.
So anyways, when can we post in Roo'tah again? Is it ok? I have to start writing...
Roadbuster - November 27, 2007 04:13 PM (GMT)
The issue has been dealt with appropriately with both Megatron and JW%, so let's not beat a dead turbofox.

MMMM Lunch!
BlackZarak - November 27, 2007 08:55 PM (GMT)
But when they're beaten they're finally tenderized enough to be cooked.
Mmmmmmmmm pulverized turbofox....