Line #16 Roleplay/OnePieceTheGreatAgeOfPiracy


1	The Great Age of Piracy is a ''Manga/OnePiece'' Roleplay hosted on [[http://www.narutoforums.com/ Naruto Forums]]. Version 1.0 was started June 2008 and lasted roughly 3 months. Despite being rather short lived, it was a huge success, and was immediately rebooted by version 2.0, which lasted a whopping 15 months and is by far the longest version so far. Version 3.0 lasted about 11 months, but began to fizzle out towards the end - and so the most recent version, [[http://www.narutoforums.com/showthread.php?t=669187&highlight=Great+Age+of+Piracy+3.0 The Great Age of Piracy 4.0]], was born!
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3	Version 1.0 and 2.0 ran alongside the canonical One Piece universe, with the characters exploring the blues while the Straw Hats were in the Grand Line, and only moving into the Grand Line once the Straw Hats were sufficiently far away. Cannon characters were out of bounds, but RP characters frequently commented on the current goings-on of the manga.
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5	3.0 was unique in that it broke fro the traditional formula, taking place 10 years after version 2.0, making many of the 2.0 main characters powerful forces such as Four Emperors or Seven Warlords of the Sea. The characters were still player controlled, but they were secondary characters, only used when the plot needed to be moved along, or people were feeling nostalgic.
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7	4.0 shakes up the system again - while it is more of a reboot of 2.0, it removes the cannon characters from the universe. This allows the [=RPers=] to have pretty much free rein over the ''One Piece'' world without having to worry about sticking to canon.
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10	!''One Piece the Great Age of Piracy'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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13	'''Tropes in all Versions:'''
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15	%%* ActionGirl: Pretty much any female pirate or marine in the game.
16	* ColorCodedCharacters: Players are required to color code their character's speaking sentences to differentiate between each character's actions.
17	%%* ContinuityReboot: Has went through three of them, each updating the system.
18	* DependingOnTheWriter: Again, an RP. Different people portray characters differently.
19	%%* DeusExMachina: Happens from time to time when a player needs it to get out of a tough situation that they written themselves into.
20	* {{Expy}}:
21	** Ken Katayanagi and Kyle Katayanagi are expies of the... Katayanagi twins from ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''.
22	* FlashStep: Shonen. What did you expect?
23	* GreyAndGrayMorality: Inevitable. Since both pirates and marines are main characters, we see both the best and worst of both worlds.
24	%%* TheGunslinger: See above.
25	%%* IdiotHero: Too many to list individually. Fitting, considering what manga hero we're talking about here.
26	%%* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Which will occasionally lead to NoFourthWall
27	%%* PirateGirl: Self explanatory.
28	* {{Retcon}}: Considering it is a play-by-play post text RP it should be expected that some things have to be retconned. This includes series' canon and RP canon.
29	* RedBaron: Like the actual ''One Piece'' universe, most pirates have a badass nickname. Moab 'Mad Bomber' Dembr, Rex 'Green Clock' Harshland, Kris 'The Renegade' Jensen, Tengu 'The Blind Demon' Midomaru, Sonozaki 'The Witch' Mion, Kaya 'Wings' Marion, Kent 'the Red', Elaine 'Princess Cassandra' Cruskent, Dante 'the Devil King' Masters, Jason 'The Inferno' Rock, Jason 'Black Coat' Alridge, and James 'The Red Monkey' Danziker.
30	** The marines have Zane Garrick 'The Fist', Koya 'Prince' Sakamarti, Jinto 'the Snake'.
31	* StoryArc: Like the One Piece manga/anime, arcs make up the entire {{RPG}}s. Arcs can be loosely connected and the captain of the crew usually posts the main enemies of the arc.
32	%%* SuperStrength: Considering this is a Shonen RP, it should be expected that many characters would possess this ability.
33	%%* SuperMode: Noticing a pattern yet?
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35	'''Tropes for Version 1.0:'''
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38	'''Tropes for Version 2.0:'''
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40	* LightningBruiser: Kent prefers to speed blitz his opponents (going straight through attacks if needed) and then pounding them.
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42	'''Tropes for Version 3.0:'''
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44	%%* BadassLongcoat: Feroy Toglory wears one.
45	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Rose's bubble Devil Fruit, which she has used more than once to defeat an arc villain.
46	%%* JackOfAllStats: Jax was this as one of the Phoenix Pirates.
47	* MadBomber: Moab Dembr, whose pirate etiphet is actually the Mad Bomber! His Devil Fruit power allows him to transform any object into a bomb with a seven second time limit.
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50	'''Tropes for Version 4.0:'''
51	%%* AncientEgypt: Atem's main theme.
52	* AnimateInanimateObject: Duke's devil fruit power, but it doesn't really grant the object's sentiency. He can just understand their souls and command them. Does this sound like anything to you?
53	* AristocratsAreEvil: [[http://www.narutoforums.com/showpost.php?p=35366216&postcount=88 Ben]] from the World Government Triumvirate (counts because of the background he comes from.)
54	%%* BadassLongcoat: Duke wears one. Feroy also does too.
55	%%* BreakTheCutie: This happened to Kaya before the rp officially started. Which led to her status as a BrokenBird (perhaps literally, with the wings and all)
56	* CombatCompliment: When Kent fights Rich, a disillusioned Marine who's been ReassignedToAntarctica, they start complimenting each other's abilities. Eventually they stop fighting and Kent convinces Rich to quit the marines.
57	* EyepatchOfPower: Duke Kaiser wears one due to being scarred years ago by his old captain. He got him back by destroying his ship and crew, though.
58	* GravityMaster: Alexis's devil fruit, the Gravity Gravity fruit, essentially turns her into this.
59	%%* LightningBruiser: Kent again. Garrick also qualifies.
60	* MusicalAssassin: Ken Katayanagi's Devil Fruit turns his body into a ''human'' beatbox.
61	%%* NaiveNewcomer: Anya is essentially this with shades of the RookieRedRanger playing into things.
62	* KnightTemplar: Ben again, he believes in upholding the rules of the world, and will not hesitate to come after you if you don't stick to them.
63	* PlayingWithFire: Tiger D. Ral's devil fruit power. Essentially a Paramecia counterpart to the canon Mera Mera Fruit which is not accesible for use. The mechanics behind it are rather complicated, though.
64	* PowerTattoo: Kris Jensen's Devil Fruit power allows him to bring his tattoos to life, giving him various powers to use in battle.
65	* RapeAsDrama: Played with. It is left open to whether Anya was actually raped or nearly raped. She quickly got revenge on her attempted rapist, though. The reprecussions have yet to be felt because it happened in a recent arc.
66	%%* SmokingIsCool: Duke, Serena, and Garrick seem to believe this.
67	* TakeOverTheWorld: Duke's ultimate goal. He desires to create a utopia where he rules and the weak are protected. He does so by gaining the trust of important islands and setting them up as territories.
68	%%** And now Kent wants to do it too, but he's a bit less altruistic about it.

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