The tournament idea is decent, although the music thing does seem a tad limiting. Cautiously interested here.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)Ugh, sorry... Looking back on this, it's probably not a good idea really. I come in here with barely even half a concept and expect people to work with it, not to mention that there's probably other things I should be focusing on before I even think of trying to run this. I should probably just call it quits and think this through more next time. >.<
Sorry for wasting everyone's time.
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I personally think it's a good idea. ^_^ I'd join, but I'm already in three R Ps, G Ming one and pouring the rest of my down time into Iblis' sandbox, so... Yeah, I kind of can't.
But speaking of things you need to concentrate on, it would be great if The Very Best could have its GM back. Not to mention Cherry Blossoms.
While I'm the type of person who usually spends about a week of free time with an RP before an event in reality causes me to completely abandon the thread, I think that this is an idea that could be put to good use. Perhaps it's not as detailed a setting as you think is required, but it's amazing what players will do when they're allowed to manipulate the setting to suit their wonderous fantasies.
My only problem in making a character in this settting would be IT WOULD BE SO HARD NARROWING DOWN WHAT I WOULD REFERENCE!!!!!! I'm SUCH A BAND GEEK that I know WAY TO MANY songs FOR MY OWN GOOD!!! Like, seriously. I could go with a Ticheli song, like Angels in the Architecture or An American Elegy, or I could go with some thing by Whitacre, like October or Sleep. I could go with something Weird Al, or, or... THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS!!!!!!!! SO MANY OPTIONS!!!!!!
Mmmm, okay. I'll reconsider dropping this idea, then. Hopefully I can work on it a bit over the next couple of days and maybe even have a sign-up up soon. Hopefully.
And sorry if it seems like I haven't been paying attention to this thread. The past couple of days have had a pretty hard toll on me, so I've need been able to really do much of anything online, ahah. >.< Anyways, yeah, seeing how there's at least some interest in this, I'm going to at least try to get something done for it. Here's hoping it amounts to something, ahah~
@Kiri: I was kinda waiting for people to finish up what they were doing in The Very Best, and I've been waiting for a good moment to actually drop into Cherry Blossoms, ahah. Although I seem to have lost track of the latter. >.< Must try harder to keep track of things.
edited 29th Aug '11 5:32:36 PM by Moerin
If you need help with the sign up sheets, I'd be happy to offer my services!
I am super interested, as long as there's a strict character cap. I have a concept of a Chaotic Good trickster/jester Fae with rapier wit in my head. If this gets off the ground, you can expect me to join in.
Need a tall, brawny fella to come by and inspect your pickle? Perhaps I may be this fella.

Hundreds of years ago, the five realms were almost devastated by a war the likes of which had never been seen, a war that almost put an end to all life. In order to put an end to the bloodshed, the leaders of each realm came together and devised a new way to settle their differences, as they could not keep up with the constant destruction without risking losing all of their respective realms.
The method they decided upon was the great tournament, the Theater of Dreams! Now, every ten years, representatives from each realm come together to fight in the name of their realm for glory, honour, fame, or even just the chance to show off their power!
From the verdant realm of Pan Terra came the humans, who, whilst still a young race, were quickly gaining aptitude in the fields of both magic and science, and have slowly carved out a mighty, prosperous empire for themselves.
From the shining realm of Avantasia came the celestials, angelic beings who wielded holy power in their quest to rid the realms of sin. Although they abhore violence, they realise that the Theater of Dreams is a far more desirable alternative to the constant wars of before and were in fact the ones who suggested the idea in the first place.
From the mystical realm of Stratovarius came the fae, the elementals and the spirits, chaotic, mischeivous embodiments of nature. Curious and childlike, they love nothing better than messing about with the established order.
From the starbound realm of Opeth came the Lunarians, an ancient race, haughty and arrogant, constantly looking down upon the other realms from their astral abode.
And from the dark realm of Borgir came the Dimmuns, a wicked race who live only for the suffering and torment of others, who would rather have let the wars go on than settle things with the Theater of Dreams, but for some reason have played along with the other realms' wishes... For now.
From the five realms, several champions set out to prove their worth to join the tournament, but only a fraction of these ever make it to the Theater. Once they do, however, they can compete for not only whatever their chosen goal was, but for one very special prize. For the champion of the Theater of Dreams is granted one wish, which they can use to grant them anything they wish. Whilst this has some potential to backfire horribly, most of the champions have used their wishes at least somewhat responsibly.
The stage is set, the time is now! Are you ready to battle for your realm?
Alright, I have this idea for an RP, but I'm still trying to hammer out the kinks in the world setting. I guess I'm just checking to see if anyone's interested in trying this out. This isn't an entirely serious idea, to be honest, and is intended to be somewhat wacky and lighthearted, like some of my old favourite shonen series like Ranma 1/2 and Dragon Ball, although there's probably going to be at least some influence from stuff like Jojos Bizarre Adventure (each character will have a "special power", which will basically work like a Stand). Maybe not as out there as, say, Bobobo Bo Bobobo, but still... It's really just something I want to try out to blow off some steam and maybe just have a little bit of silly fun with, ahah~
I... Don't think that blurb up there pointed it out, but the world setting is somewhat fantasy-ish, something along the lines of Slayers, I guess?
One thing I should not, there's going to be quite a lot of musical reference in here. And I kinda want that to be reflected in the player characters themselves, so I'm going to state right from the start that every character must have a name that's a musical reference, and their special power must also be named after either a band, song or album. Like I said, this isn't supposed to be all that serious, so I hope anyone interested can work with that. >.>
So, uh, yeah. Anyone interested? If anyone has any ideas on how this can work, then I'd also love to hear them. I'll try to put out more details about the setting and how this will work (and sign-up info, ahah!) once I know there's some interest, ahah, but I'll just say (as I wasn't sure if I made it clear up there) that the game will start with everyone trying to get to the Theater. >.>
edited 26th Aug '11 2:55:50 PM by Moerin