The Communal A Game of Chance Series Discussion

No, not Ryu's douchebag twin brother. We don't need his douchebaggery here.

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...I hate you all.

Not because I'm blacklisted or anything—frankly, I earned that (And it wasn't easy, let me tell you) and quite honestly agree with you on the matter. No, I'm mostly pissed because I was going to start a similair game this weekend, based on the Chance series, albeit without the action, which never really contributed much in my arrogant opinion.

So, yeah. Cramping my style. Not cool.

XD

Jokes aside, I'll wait 'til the game finishes before I start recruiting for my roleplay. In the mean time, I'm going to loiter around because screw socially acceptable behaviour and not making people feel awkward. I can do whatever I want!

edited 26th Mar '12 4:35:29 PM by FakeCrowley

Oh no, you're free to hang around and watch our gloriousness and post in the Discussion Thread, just not in the actual RPs. And like it or not, this thing's pretty much an ongoing series now that may have more installments in the future. Lord knows we have enough ideas still on the backburner.

But yeah, seeing as you kind of initially thought of this whole thing, you're free to loiter around and make small talk with people. You were blacklisted due repeated activity issues, so we aren't going to chase you away with torches and pitchforks.

edited 26th Mar '12 4:38:28 PM by Motree

All right. Can we replace both GMs by the end of the RP?

Chihuahua is now automatically blacklisted. Everyone knows I'm queen here.

Hmm...this looks like an interesting game.

And no, I am not that Chihuahua rat. Why would I be?

You too. I don't really give a shit if you're Kira.

Oh oh oh oh. You both have been naughty, naughty girls.

Hmm...naughty. Unlike my husband, I love naughty.

Eww, creepy Mrs. Badtouch.

edited 26th Mar '12 4:55:06 PM by Motree

Why.

Maus is Arzt's son from an alternate universe and is somehow twice as grumpy and suspcious as Papa.

Ah, in that case, I'll make myself at home.

And I guess I'll post my roleplay according to schedule. I'll probably get someone else to be the main GM and PM them all the puzzles, on account of the aforementioned activity issues. I assume you don't mind?

Oh, joy. This'll be fun.

Okay. I'm done pulling out the sockpuppets. I probably have one or two I forgotten about and needs some zapping in the near future.

Is there something somewhere concerning the values held in the 20's?

Reposting from earlier:

But if you're curious, in general, it was a time when people just wanted to party and forget about the Great War, a 'return to normalcy', if you may. Life was freaking awesome, people were getting rich, etc. Opinions on flappers and the liberation of women in general were mixed based on people's upbringing and personal reasons, and you'll always have those hanger-ons who cling to Edwardian ideals, if only for a little overview. I've looked into the 1920s and what it was like to live there.

Also, there was a very short Red Scare in the beginning of the decade, and people are kind of afraid of anarchists/communists/fascists/whatever else, so beliefs like that could call someone into question. Values by the majority of the populace generally emphasized consumerism and favored the free woman who got out there and did stuff.

edited 26th Mar '12 5:16:37 PM by CrystalGlacia

Wait, they have no memories. Of course they wouldn't know the values of the twenties...well, no, they would, wouldn't they?

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...Come to think of it, you should probably better define the memory wipe. I realize that I'm mostly to blame for the obvious problems with it, but...now that I look back on it, I realize that wiping someone's memory without erasing their personality and skills is easier said than done.

I'm somewhat of the opinion that they should have memories...only the memories are wrong. And inconsistent. It'd actually be sort of cool to have it so instead of having no memories, they would have false and conflicting memories—a sort of patchwork ego, I guess.

edited 26th Mar '12 5:23:48 PM by FakeCrowley

Eh, well that kind of defeats what seems to be the point. How would these people react in this situation, with possible inhibitions removed?

Also, I believe I specified that they pretty much just have retrograde identity amnesia. The only thing they really lost is knowledge of their identity and awareness of learned skills. So, the social mores and whatnot should all still be intact.

I don't know. People with no memories don't have much to lose if they die, because in a sense they're already dead.

I was thinking that Chihuahua wanted to know about societal mores for reference when making NPCs or writing up the behavior of other people around his character.

Also, with the memory wipe, memories are repressed, not removed. Like if you were to amputate an arm, you don't go into the patient's genetic code and remove the instructions that code for arms because it would fuck the person up in likely horrible, unprecedented ways. Same with 'removing' memories.

Yeah, it's true that people with no memories might not have much to live for, unless they're given an opportunity to regain their memories. Wasn't that part of the original premise of the RP? The winner would get everything they ever wanted and their memories?

edited 26th Mar '12 5:40:13 PM by CrystalGlacia

Yeah, but that notion was removed in favor of John being a total dick. Your reward is that you're free to go for awhile, but you're just going to get pulled in against next year. Go ask Alex, who was pretty much the main guinea pig in that little experiment for six years.

I dunno. There's something about someone wiping your memories before locking you in a Battle Royale style of thing with a collar around your neck that'll explode if you don't murder innocents (or if they think it'd be funny) that leads you to wonder if they truly have your best interests in mind. So I'm not inclined to believe that someone would trust them so much and go along with what they say unless they had something tangible to fight for.

But I don't care. I found a guy who dubbed the first Star Driver OP, and he's excellent, so I am happy.

edited 26th Mar '12 5:49:05 PM by FakeCrowley

This is a new continuity, and giving the players no stated motivation to play the Game other than escape- not even the notion of getting your memories back -was something that I believe people complained about.

edited 26th Mar '12 5:51:29 PM by CrystalGlacia

Hmm, well, I suppose I'll mention the possibility of regaining memories when the RP actually launches. Kid of forgot to mention that in the signup. Whoopsie.

Plus, don't forget this new Orchestrator is an even bigger dick than John. . . Where he did it for power, she does it because it's funny (to her).

edited 26th Mar '12 5:55:29 PM by Motree

Ya know what, remove me from the reservation list. I'm not going to have enough time to really participate due to certain events and it would create a problem.

Sorry for wasting everyone's time.

edited 26th Mar '12 9:10:28 PM by draconiansuperior

No, you weren't wasting our time; that's okay if real life calls.