Line #31 Roleplay/SonicSpindashRP


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2	[[caption-width-right:275:[[SceneryPorn The splash image]], courtesy of member John.]]
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4	The [[http://sonic.spindash.net/ Sonic Spindash RP]] (often shortened to SSRP) was a [[PlayByPostGame forum-based roleplay]] based on... well, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog take a wild guess]], with an exclusive focus on the game canon. The final iteration of the SSRP, started in March 2010, concluded a [[LongRunners ten-year-running]] series of Sonic [=RP=]s.
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6	Heavily story- and character-based, with an emphasis on adventure, storytelling, and continuity, the pace was slow but of remarkably high quality. Original characters were welcome throughout its run, and were actually more heavily featured than the canon cast.
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8	Altogether, a stylish, if somewhat slow-paced Sonic play-by-post game, with a close-knit collection of members; the forums are [[http://sonic.spindash.net/forums/main.php here]], and the wiki, containing all of the rules and profiles and other such things, is [[http://sonic.spindash.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page over here]].
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10	SSRP was shut down in September of 2012. While it's safe to say that most of those involved were just plain tired of continuing a Sonic RP after so long, it was ultimately a two-year-running betrayal of trust by a [[CovertPervert core member]] with [[GratuitousRape bothersome interests]] in commissioned art of other people's characters that left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.
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13	!!''This roleplay contained examples of:''
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15	* ActionGirl: Is there a female character? She's probably an action girl. Jam, Jack, and [[DarkActionGirl Tracer]] spring readily to mind.
16	* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike
17	* AllThereInTheManual: A decent amount of material, ranging from the comedic supplementary material (the [[http://sonic.spindash.net/wiki/index.php?title=GUN_Database GUN Database]]) to the useful (as the index of which entries in the Sonic series are considered [[http://sonic.spindash.net/wiki/index.php?title=Canon canon]] to the story of the RP) are contained on the wiki and may not be readily obvious.
18	* AlliterativeName: Cooper Coopmore and Lazarus Lochert.
19	* AncientAstronauts: Chapter 3b
20	* ApesInSpace: Rock and Jam in Chapter 3b. ''Arharhar''.
21	* AppliedPhlebotinum: Chaos energy, which is the go-to explanation for most of the characters' supernatural powers, why rings can protect an individual from (certain amounts of) damage, et al. It's assumed that most characters have some innate ability to manipulate it, but characters with more developed abilities (such as Jam's electricity, or Shadow's plethora of Chaos energy attacks, or even Blaze's functionally-identical Sol-energy-powered fire) are more adept at utilizing it than others.
22	* TheBait: Mako's fate directly after his appearance, after...
23	* BangingForHelp: How Mako is found by the group at large in Chapter 1.
24	* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The lower portion of the (very troperiffic) Chapter 2 finale. Before tackling with a [[BossInMookClothing Chaos Emerald powered,]] [[BodyHorror biological abomination]] ''with'' ''[[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrowers]]'', the entire cast participating in the fight had to bypass a bed of flame spawned by Target's misaimed incendiary grenades. [[TemptingFate If only there was some water to cool everything down...]]
25	* BattleCouple: Jam and Rock.
26	* TheBigGuy: Several characters whose focus is on power-- Coop, [[PintsizedPowerhouse Murdoch]], [[DarkActionGirl Tracer]], and the canon examples of Knuckles and Big come to mind.
27	* BigHeroicRun: The Chapter 3b finale
28	* BodyguardBabes: Vince's entourage
29	* BoisterousBruiser: Coop though his larger-than-life persona kind of unnerves others.
30	* {{Bookends}}: As noted below, Chapter 2's start and end are both heralded by the titanic explosions of Chaosol emeralds.
31	* BoundAndGagged: Jack, Ember, and Key at one point in Chapter 3a
32	* BreatherEpisode: The Hospital thread and the post-kablooey-TheRuinsICaused thread which followed Chapters 1 and 2, respectively
33	* ButtMonkey: Mako
34	* CallingYourAttacks: Wild Badge-- in true {{Sentai}} fashion. Most of them come in the form of 'Wild: blank'.
35	* CarCushion: Frequently.
36	* CityPlanet: Somewhat in Chapter 3b. The planet visited isn't completely covered in city (only about half), but it certainly was heading that way before the residents were wiped out.
37	* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: Chapter 1's Mist Island
38	* [[{{TheEngineer}} Combat Engineer]]: Rock. He probably breaks more than he fixes, but for a prominent protagonist, he does a lot of tech work on- and offscreen.
39	* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: [[spoiler:Seven]], as of Chapter 4
40	* CosmicPlaything: Mako. Who else?
41	* CowardlyLion: Mako
42	* [[{{Cowboy}} Cowgirl]]: Sheriff Jack
43	* DeadpanSnarker: Rodolf and Mako are both prone to snark. Not coincidentally, they're both played by the same player.
44	* DerelictGraveyard: Multitudes of lost, empty spaceships orbit the Nocturnus planet in Chapter 3b. One is even visited.
45	* {{Determinator}}: Rock and Rodolf. (It's just that Rock has had [[OnlyAFleshWound more]] [[RealMenGetShot opportunities]] [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow to prove it]].)
46	* DirtForcefield: Runs the gamut of subverted to played straight to entirely averted, depending on the character and member-- some characters don't have many clothes ''to'' ruin, some rarely get scuffed, and some basically destroy every piece of clothing they own every chapter.
47	* DishingOutDirt: Geoff, whose primary power (thanks to an incident late in chapter 1) is the generation of crystalline rock on his body for both defensive and offensive purposes.
48	* DissonantSerenity: Jam, when she finally faces Seven in the Chapter 2 finale and refuses to fall victim to his trollery.
49	* DoomedHometown: The town of Yellow Desert, which gets leveled in a nigh-nuclear explosion.
50	* DoAnythingRobot: Omnis, in a way. Being a Gizoid, he can copy most things over time, so he at least has the ''potential'' to "do anything".
51	* TheDragAlong: Mako.
52	* ElevatorEscape: Tracer and Archer in the GUN base, in Chapter 2
53	* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Geoff's ability, according to Mako. This has led the shark to attach many a nickname to Geoff, mostly revolving around "Captain Sparkly".
54	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Chapter 3b took place over a matter of days in-character
55	* FragileSpeedster: Tabitha and Midian.
56	* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: The Chapter 2 finale.
57	* GotVolunteered: How does Mako get into half of the crap he gets into? Usually this.
58	* GrapplingHookPistol: Aga's main means of navigating obstacles, as well as his primary weapon.
59	* HardHead: Rodolf's unique ability: a nigh-impervious head, enabling his [[UseYourHead use thereof]].
60	* HatesEveryoneEqually: Mako's a wuss, but the universe hates him, and so he hates everyone he's in company with by association.
61	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Rock.
62	* HeroStoleMyBike: Midian, making use of an Eggman Empire van in Chapter 4.
63	* HeroesRUs: Wild Labs
64	* HeroWithAnFInGood: Rock
65	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fate of the giant gizoid at the end of Chapter 3b. Already heavily damaged, it attempted to copy Rock. Of course, by this point, Rock had taken a healthy dose of ''missile to the face'' and his physical condition was mimicked by the robot.
66	* HyperAwareness: The essence of Rock's unique ability.
67	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Rock. All the time. Every time.
68	* ImpossibleMissionCollapse: Chapter 3b, more than once.
69	* ImpressivePyrotechnics: Anything -- ANYTHING -- involving Coop.
70	* ImprobableAge: Almost everyone. It ''is'' a Sonic RP, after all.
71	* ImprobableAimingSkills: Essentially Sheriff Jack's unique ability.
72	* InSpace: The... ... well, space arc.
73	* JackOfAllStats: Rock and Rodolf, the only two "balance"-classed characters.
74	* {{Jerkass}}: A number of characters have shades of it, but the reigning champion is [[SmugSnake Seven]], who inspired, and inspires, out-of-character hatred from several players.
75	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Murdoch
76	* KillerRobot: The "final boss" of chapter 3b.
77	* LastVillainStand: The Chapter 2 finale versus Seven. (It was hardcore.)
78	* LargeHam: Wild Badge, as an art form.
79	* LaResistance: In a slightly loose definition, most of the active protagonist characters in chapter 4.
80	* LeParkour: Tabitha's first and foremost skill.
81	* LocomotiveLevel: When the main cast is stranded in the mountains of China— er, Chun-nan at the beginning of Chp. 5, the only option of escape is to become stowaways on a train. Of course, [[{{TrainJob}} not everything goes smoothly...]]
82	* MadeOfExplodium: The Chaosol emeralds, being incredibly unstable; the explosions thereof heralded both [[{{Bookends}} the start and end of Chapter 2]].
83	* MassOhCrap: The [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom end of the chapter 2 finale]].
84	* MeaningfulEcho: The beginning of Chapter 4, calling all the way back to Chapter 2.
85	-->'''Rock:''' ''Just 'doing the right thing.'''
86	* MineralMacGuffin: The Chaosol emeralds in Chapter 2
87	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Caz -- at least, seemingly.
88	* MistakenForBadass: Mako, or at least so the GUN file on him would indicate...
89	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Completely inverted by [[{{TheCaptain}} Rock]] in the beginning of Chapter 4 when he happily betrays two shiploads of (what he considers to be) thankless crew and refugees under his charge, delivering them straight into the hands of the BigBad in a sudden FaceHeelTurn. [[{{DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent}} Allegedly.]]
90	* MultipleEndings: The (currently ongoing) finale of Chapter 4 has branched off, with various differening scenarios based on who's left on a platform after an explosion, one divergent thread for each character; once they all finish, one will be [[CuttingOffTheBranches elevated to canon]].
91	* MythologyGag: There are occasional passing references to the previous iterations of the roleplay.
92	* TheNapoleon: Murdoch, who (at barely three feet tall) is one of the shortest player-created characters, is extremely strong (both for his size and objectively), and is overall a ''deeply'' unpleasant individual.
93	* NebulousEvilOrganisation: The Eggman Empire
94	* NoOSHACompliance: Any and all of Eggman's establishments.
95	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Seven, who returns in Chapter 4 despite apparently falling to his death and being crushed by an advancing wall of water at the end of chapter 2.]]
96	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A number of characters (Rock, Jam, Wild Badge, Mako, et al) are known primarily by their nicknames.
97	* OpenSaysMe: Our heroes-at-large's preferred method for opening doors. Keys are for losers.
98	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Murdoch
99	* PoweredArmor: Tracer's main gimmick.
100	* PrehensileTail: Most prominently made use of by Jam. Rock tends to [[CombatPragmatist save it for opportune moments]].
101	* PutOnABus: The fate of characters whose players, due to real-life concerns or otherwise, fall inactive.
102	* RagtagBandOfMisfits
103	* RobotWar: A good portion of chapter 3b. The cast is thrown against small groups or entire ''hordes'' of Gizoids throughout the entire chapter, a near army of the buggers being an obstacle towards the end.
104	* RollingAttack: It ''is'' a Sonic RP. The only member of the non-official cast who really uses this is Geoff.
105	* RooftopConfrontation: Chapter 2 finale, more or less.
106	* {{Sentai}}: Hoji, AKA ''Super Vigilante Officer Wild Badge''. Or just ''Wild Badge''.
107	* SharkPool: Eggman's Jawz-filled underwater base in Chapter 2.
108	* ShockAndAwe: Jam's M.O.
109	* SmallNameBigEgo: Juke, often to hilarious effect.
110	* SmugSnake: Seven. So much.
111	* StuffBlowingUp: ''Frequently.''
112	* SunglassesAtNight: Juke is never found without a pair of shades. And when he loses them? [[InfiniteSupplies He just pulls out more.]]
113	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Nearly all the time. Grumpy Bears, [[KnightInSourArmor Knights in Sour Armor]], and [[SourSupporter Sour Supporters]] abound, while the only effectual leaders tend to have [[PayEvilUntoEvil methods]] that [[DividedWeFall raise suspicion]].
114	* TimeAbyss: The Phoenix and associates
115	* TimeBomb: The Chapter 2 finale, again
116	* TooDumbToLive: A number of Eggman-produced {{Mook}}s-- actually-intelligent AI is not Eggman's strong suit, it would seem.
117	* TournamentArc: the boxing tournament that took up and set the stage for much of Chapter 2.
118	* TrashLanding: Chapter 4
119	* {{Unicorn}}: Rodolf.
120	* UseYourHead: Rodolf's preferred method of attack. Or of taking down doors. Or... really, a lot of things that Rodolf does.
121	* VillainousBreakdown: Seven does not take the events of the final thread of Chapter 2 well. At all.
122	* WalkingShirtlessScene: While it's common for characters in a Sonic RP to [[{{HalfDressedCartoonAnimal}} forgo clothing almost entirely]], Rock always wears pants, but never a shirt.
123	* WasntThatFun: Rodolf is prone to making sarcastic comments along these lines.
124	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Coop.

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