History Tropers / Brickman

[[hottip:* : Hello, I leave this here because there's no delimited section to do so, so I assumed all of the page was open, in any case, all I can say about Brickman is that he might be the best video gamer in the whole Forum.]]

I've been a troper since, I'm pretty sure, before we even had a forum; certainly for at least four years. I don't have that much time to throw at it anymore but you'll still see me around the forums in certain threads or making additions to random parts of the wiki. At the moment you might be more likely to see me on the MSPA forums in the forum adventures board. You might even catch me making another attempt at running an adventure there! (Of the ones I've tried so far I'm only at all proud of the two "Aisleventures", which are both comedy, as only other one not to fizzle out on its own and that one stopped when I woke up one day and realized it was a mess of plot-enabling inconsistencies and rather nonsensical wangst. At least to me, as apparently the audience was having fun).

Hi. My name's obviously not Brickman, but that's the name I go by most places online (just in case it gives someone the chance to recognize me from somewhere else). I'm in my second year of college now, in the good ol' US of A, studying to be an engineer of some sort, and I love this site; been visiting it for at least a year. I haven't been keeping score on entries I've made or contributed to, but I know there are some. AllCrimesAreEqual might just be the only one I can really and truly take full credit for, having started the YKTTW, written it and launched it, but maybe that's just the only one I can remember.

I am currently working on not one but two adventures on the MSPaintAdventures forums, which if you're not used to it are basically interactive stories with me in the writers' seat and anyone who reads it able to suggest commands for the main characters to perform. Since more readers means more posts means I get to write them faster and pick better commands to use, I am briefly plugging them both here:

[[http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?31772-Cursed Cursed]] is a story about two fairies used to having great power [[RetiredMonster who can no longer use it freely]]. The story begins with Esther, a fairy who has the power to manipulate memories which, applied carefully, was effectively mind control of the highest order. She spent centuries running rampant with this power, allied for part of that time with someone known as the "Blight Granter", until one day she angered another powerful being and was afflicted with the titular curse, which makes any use of her powers except to restore true memories backfire and wipe out some of her own memory. She now has to deal with both stigma against her kind and the threat of being linked to her old reputation without relying on her power, unless she wants to wind up a complete wreck.

Eventually a second fairy is introduced to the story, Karen, who has powerful telekinesis which can be applied to flesh and blood. She longs for the days when she could do as she wished with her powers, but the unfavorable political climate has forced her to join a strange order for monsters called the Penitents which is dedicated to doing good and inflicting no harm with their powers. She now wanders and applies her power to healing the injured (painfully), but balks at the limitations her church's Code inflicts on her and jumps at any chance to do something more exciting. Given the choice she would much rather go around terrorizing villages with her power, but when faced with a choice between that and being able to sleep under a real roof in a real building without fearing for assassins, she chose the latter.

Also in the main cast is a human with the unfortunate name of Dat Kidd, who believes that Esther is no longer evil and who is attempting to help her locate a man who he suspects had his memories magically removed some time in the past, since restoring the memories of such unfortunates is the only way for Esther to recover her own.

The other story, [[http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33742-Trust-me-Text-only Trust Me]], can afford much less explanation without being ruined. The protagonist wakes up to find himself in a strange, dangerous and apparently artificial place with several entities contacting him through text messages to his cell phone. The messengers insist that he is in great danger and imply that he is involved in some kind of "game" which he may not survive. Each one tries to offer him advice, both immediate and general, and tell him where to go, with each ultimately suggesting a different direction and destination. Most importantly, each one insists that the others are not to be trusted and that he will die if he trusts them. Can the readers, and by association the protagonist, sift through the lies to find the truth and determine who, if anyone, is trustworthy? Will he even survive long enough for it to matter?

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Webcomics I like:

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* SchlockMercenary (Great gag-a-day comic with a slow but steady epic plot as well. An archive trawl will kill an awful lot of time, so don't think you have to rush to the present. I'm even willing to forgive the puns because they're done so well.)

* FreeFall (Just in case you don't have enough to read. It's not as amazing as some of the others on this list, but still worth a read. Plot moves at a snail's pace however.)

[[http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?31772-Cursed Cursed]] is a story about two fairies used to having great power [[RetiredMonster who can no longer use it freely]]. The story begins with Esther, a fairy who has the power to manipulate memories which, applied carefully, was effectively mind control of the highest order. She spent centuries running rampant with this power, allied for part of that time with someone known as the "Blight Granter", until one day she angered another powerful being and was afflicted with the titular curse, which makes any use of her powers except to restore true memories backfire and wipe out some of her own memory. She now has to deal with both stigma against her kind and the threat of being linked to her old reputation without relying on her power, unless she wants to wind up a complete wreck.

The other story, [[http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33742-Trust-me-Text-only&p=4376195&viewfull=1#post4376195 Trust Me]], can afford much less explanation without being ruined. The protagonist wakes up to find himself in a strange, dangerous and apparently artificial place with several entities contacting him through text messages to his cell phone. The messengers insist that he is in great danger and imply that he is involved in some kind of "game" which he may not survive. Each one tries to offer him advice, both immediate and general, and tell him where to go, with each ultimately suggesting a different direction and destination. Most importantly, each one insists that the others are not to be trusted and that he will die if he trusts them. Can the readers, and by association the protagonist, sift through the lies to find the truth and determine who, if anyone, is trustworthy? Will he even survive long enough for it to matter?

[[hottip:* : Hello, I leave this here because there's no delimited section to do so, so I assumed all of the page was open, in any case, all I can say about Brickman is that he might be the best video gamer in the whole Forum.]]

* EightBitTheater (Very funny, even if you normally lack the strip's dark sense of humor.)

* GirlGenius (If you aren't already: Read this. Now. That is an order. I've yet to see a comic with better art, plot or characters. Easily my favorite currently-running webcomic.)
* GunnerkriggCourt (Also a good webcomic, little humor but much plot.)

Other series I like:
* {{Discworld}} (All of them.)
* DoctorWho (Although it's hit-and-miss, there's enough hits to keep me watching.)
* {{Futurama}} (Although my dad always [[AnimationAgeGhetto berates me for watching this "cartoon"]])
More as I think of them. I won't bother listing videogames and individual books/movies, because that'd fill a page and also force me to admit to many classic movies I should have seen but haven't yet.
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MY NAME IS {{CHARLATAN}} AND I FARTED HERE.

WilliamWideWeb: The real question is, does [[MischiefMakers Blockman blood run through your veins]]?

Hello there. Yeah, not much of a witty vandalism, but here you go. (shrug) ~ {{Arcadiarika}}

[[OuttaTheBLAM Vandalization]] {{FOR GREAT JUSTICE}}