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Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#1: Dec 12th 2011 at 7:54:20 PM

And so it begins!

Everyone has a chance to get to know each other before the real action begins. Want this "introductions" phase to last one or two days max for everybody to get acclimatized.

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#2: Dec 13th 2011 at 12:34:32 AM

So if this started in 2013 with a big group of augmentation, then roughly one hundred each year, how many years has it been?

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Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#3: Dec 13th 2011 at 10:30:10 AM

^ 3 years, 100 each day. No, not every single Machineman is contained on Der Fels, that would be ridiculous (and also strategically a horrible move.) There are several containment centers around the globe. Der Fels is just the biggest one.

edited 13th Dec '11 10:34:39 AM by Chubert

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Vossik Since: Nov, 2011
#4: Dec 13th 2011 at 11:30:49 AM

Basically there are about 210,000 machinemen world wide. A pretty large number, but when you factor in that there are about 6.5 billion humans it's still a drop in the bucket.

EDIT: Odd I thought it was mentioned that the initial surge was about one hundred thousand. Now I can't find such a number. So I guess my math is probably off.

edited 13th Dec '11 11:32:39 AM by Vossik

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#5: Dec 13th 2011 at 11:42:49 AM

I am always tempted to call us 'Cybermen' XD

edited 13th Dec '11 11:43:01 AM by KSPAM

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#6: Dec 13th 2011 at 2:22:34 PM

I am wondering what order we are chained to the wall in. XD

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#7: Dec 13th 2011 at 4:15:35 PM

^^

shhhhh

^^^ Also, that's right. I did say 100k on the first day.

edited 13th Dec '11 4:16:27 PM by Chubert

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#8: Dec 13th 2011 at 8:10:42 PM

Double post to announce something about NPC combat: you can do whatever you think is plausible to the NP Cs. You can't jump out of cover when you're under heavy fire and sprint Rambo-style through a hail of bullets, of course—you be the judge of what's fine and what isn't. And if it's not fine, then I'll ask you to change it. This way, as long as everybody makes things nice and plausible, then you won't have to wait for me to say, "Yeah, that works, this is what happens" every time you make a move. If the NPC combat ever becomes more complicated and you doubt whether or not you can do that, just ask me.

edited 13th Dec '11 8:11:14 PM by Chubert

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Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#9: Dec 13th 2011 at 9:25:03 PM

(I am triple posting now. People, speak.)

Uh, little nitpick, Machinemen, once converted, innately know how to use their augmentations. So I don't know if Leonard headshotting the dude is as much of a surprise as it was depicted as.

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nman Since: Mar, 2010
#10: Dec 13th 2011 at 9:32:23 PM

Oh... well, *grumble grumble* he still has... toxic gas in his brains making him act like that, so it's not like I'm a moron. No siree.

Oh, I know! He just is wowed by how well his augs work. There, no need to retcon.

edited 13th Dec '11 9:33:14 PM by nman

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#11: Dec 13th 2011 at 9:47:36 PM

Um. Can I control the NP Cs, please? I'm sorry, I probably should have made this more clear in the signup thread.

Yeah, nothing you're doing is actually contrary to what I'd be doing, but I'd like for the non-player world to be completely under my control. While you can attack an NPC and say that the attack works if it's really plausible, you can't make the NP Cs act. Right now, I'm not making the NP Cs act because I'd like Taco and KSPAM, who are asleep ATM, to be able to post tomorrow.

edited 13th Dec '11 9:50:40 PM by Chubert

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nman Since: Mar, 2010
#12: Dec 13th 2011 at 9:50:18 PM

Damn, today is not my day. I thought it would just be like "He shoots, they shoot back", like we've been doing with bullets. I didn't want to FUBAR anything.

edited 13th Dec '11 9:51:49 PM by nman

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#13: Dec 13th 2011 at 9:52:03 PM

^ Well, yeah, but I was the one saying that they were shooting.

The actual movement wasn't OOC at all, and the main reason I'm not making him do it is IRL logistics. I'm partly to blame for not specifying this in signup. My bad, guys.

Oh jeez, Luthen probably needs to thump his own post now.

EDIT: Okay, let's make this clear so that we won't screw it up again:

1. The "no auto-hitting" rule is off when you are fighting NP Cs. That means that you don't have to say, "X pulls the trigger, trying to shoot Y," if Y is an NPC. You can just say, "X shoots Y". In other R Ps, the "no auto-hitting" rule is implemented in order to prevent somebody from attacking another PC without giving the target a chance to respond.

2. This does not mean you can take control of the NP Cs. It only means that, if it seems reasonable that your attack is going to connect, then you can just say the attack works. You cannot move the NP Cs in the way of your attack, dictate their emotions, or say what the NP Cs are doing. That's my job.

edited 13th Dec '11 10:00:32 PM by Chubert

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#14: Dec 13th 2011 at 9:56:27 PM

Yeah, really sorry about that. I thought it was just going to be a fun "Lol, boolets" scene, not actually do any sort of plot progression.

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#15: Dec 13th 2011 at 9:58:09 PM

Damn this moves fast. I mean damn. Michael missed out on most of it XD

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#16: Dec 13th 2011 at 10:01:58 PM

^^ It really is a fun "lol boolits" scene, but 1. I didn't want either of you controlling the NP Cs on principle, and 2. I wanted Taco (and KSPAM, but he's here now) to have a bit of the fun, so I put the action on hold.

K. Anything need clarifying? /feels bad because I really should have made this clear earlier.

edited 13th Dec '11 10:06:44 PM by Chubert

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#17: Dec 13th 2011 at 10:07:16 PM

I should lay out right now that I'm fairly insecure about my fighting ability in characters I create so I will frequently be asking if I'm doing okay.

Also, hey: would it be all right if we polled time zones?

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#18: Dec 13th 2011 at 10:27:00 PM

[up][up]Don't feel bad, it was all on me. I screwed up and thought it was just a guy who was shooting rockets, not a soldier who only shot one rocket. Leo missed and had a rocket fly at him because I thought it was just what was happening, not because I wanted to wrest control from you; more like "X pulls the trigger, trying to shoot Y, who is shooting at X", so I'm feeling bad that it blew up into this mess, so really, don't fret over your own, correct, actions, it was my bad.

edited 13th Dec '11 10:35:09 PM by nman

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#19: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:55:13 AM

Well I'm quitting this RP. So the guy who wants to RP can now do so.

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#20: Dec 15th 2011 at 4:31:37 PM

I've discussed this with PHC via PM to understand what's going on. In the meantime, Bitterman's getting subbed in. Since this happened really early on and not much has happened anyways, does anyone mind if Nick just gets retconned in?

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Vossik Since: Nov, 2011
#21: Dec 15th 2011 at 8:38:07 PM

Not really a problem from my perspective.

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#22: Dec 16th 2011 at 6:04:39 AM

well that was terrible

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#23: Dec 24th 2011 at 11:44:36 PM

Just wanted to doublecheck: I can assume that Leo still has his Crazy Survivalist getup on, right? I doubt he still has his gas mask, though.

Oh, and Merry Christmas. grin

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#24: Dec 25th 2011 at 7:39:42 AM

I think I've got to drop out. I'm juggling too many R Ps at the moment. Sorry.

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Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#25: Dec 25th 2011 at 9:38:44 PM

^^ Yeah, that's probably gone, but you can keep the crazy survivalist stuff.

^ Sorry to hear that, but thanks for informing me.

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