The Mega-Crack Ultra-Crossover Game [MCUCG]

This shall be a new RP game, run by me, Blu Beri Pi, The Lord of Potatoes!

General Rules:

• You can be (almost) any character, NOT ALREADY IN USE
• You can also be a historical figure, IF THEY WERE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO GARNER THEIR OWN PAGE HERE
• No complaining about how the character you wanted is already in use
• Before applying, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHARACTER ISN'T ALREADY IN USE
• Try to avoid Player-Killing
• It'd be nice if you made your avatar a picture of your character, but not required
• Please read the INACTIVE & CHARACTER LIMITS section below
• Please Read the DEATH section below

The Backstory:

This game takes place in a 'land' known as The Place. It is an entire existence separated from all others, yet similar to many. It contains 'copies' of people from other existences. Each lives out their own life, and making their own choices, within the many different regions of The Place.

This setup has been left purposefully vague as to allow further world-building down the road using input from the players.

The few OC's that will exist will have very little characterization. They will be NPC's called Sprites, and more important NPC's called Souls. They only really exist for utility purposes; the Sprites as shopkeepers and the like, the Souls as plot-related characters for 'events'.

How to Sign Up:

The application should be in the following format:

• TroperName
• CharacterName with link to work of origin
• General summary of their abilities/weapons/powers, to get sense of scale of power
• Sample of method of play, so that eligibility may be evaluated.

and that's it!

Once you post your application, it will be reviewed and a response post either confirming or rejecting your application will be posted here relatively quickly. If you want feedback as to why you were rejected, PLEASE DO NOT PM ME! Instead, make a post here starting with the phrase:

WHY NOT?

A reply post will be created here, soonish. Honestly, these will have less priority then the accept/reject ones. They'll start with the phrase:

TroperName: WHY

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DEATH:

• You may choose another player    ONLY ONCE PER DEATH   
• That player will be given a task
• If they complete that task, you will be resurrected
  • They are in no way shape or form OBLIGATED to complete the task. It's entirely up to them
  • If they don't revive you, tough luck. Don't hate on them! You made a gamble, and you lost
  • They have a limit of 5 posts to state their intention to complete the task after they are given the task
  • If they send 5 posts without announcing this intention, then the task is considered failed
  • If they die whilst completing the task, then it is considered failed
  • If they do not post for more then a month whilst completing the task, then it is considered failed
  • If the task is failed, then that character is GONE. They cannot be revived, they cannot be played by another troper
  • A GONE character is not counted towards the character limit

INACTIVE STATUS & CHARACTER LIMITS:

• A character becomes INACTIVE in these ways:
  • A. The troper playing them officially and clearly announces them INACTIVE
  • B. The troper playing them is kicked
  • C. The troper playing them is banned
• A character leaves INACTIVE status by:
  • An official and clear announcement by the troper playing them. Only applies if they were made INACTIVE by method A
  • The troper playing them's kicked status expires, and an official statement confirming their resumption is posted
  • The troper playing them's banned status is officially and clearly revoked
• There is a limit of 1 active character and 2 INACTIVE characters per troper
• NO SOCKPUPPETS
• A list will be maintained of characters (active, INACTIVE, and GONE) as well as tropers. It can be found here.

EVENTS:

• each event will be introduced by means of an 'event-post'
• each event-post starts with the phrase: EVENT #
• the # is which number event this is
• this will be followed by:
  • an action-post format backstory, given by The Silent One
  • a summary of the pre-conditions, in list form
  • a summary of the goals, in list form
  • a summary of the rewards, in list form
  • a theme song for this event
• if you want to participate in this event, reply with the phrase # YES (# being the event number)
• if you do not want to participate in this event, reply with the prase # NO

The game will not start until there is a minimum of 5-6 players accepted.

I hope y'all have fun out there!

If this interests you, but you are having trouble deciding what character to use, check out the "Hall of Fame" section on my troper page!

   NPC LIST:   

SOULS:

SPRITES:

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   MAJOR LOCATIONS:   

under construction

edited 27th Mar '13 4:11:10 PM by BluBeriPi

What is the general purpose for our characters' actions?

"The Omniverse is the collection of all possibilities, and all possibilities must eventually come to pass."

It all depends! This is gonna be VERY freeform.

As far as I'm concerned, you guys do most of the stuff. Occasionally, there'll be events and such to help move things along if activity gets too stagnant, but the purpose of this game, is to provide a crossover-y universe for people to play around in, and test out character interactions. It's really up to you!

Are Original Characters allowed? Regardless, will you not accept characters if they're too powerful and what would your opinion of "Too Powerful" be?

"The Omniverse is the collection of all possibilities, and all possibilities must eventually come to pass."

Characters must be from a 'published' work, i.e. are from a work with an article on this site.

Fanfic OC's are not allowed.

As far as power, no God Modding, No SUES, but anything goes! This is gonna be everything from combat to domestic life, to schools, to jobs, to basically EVERTHING. Of course, which activities you prefer (Battle, everyday life, etc.) will probably dictate which character you choose.

Somewhat interested, but a couple of questions...

Firstly, is there any format that you'd prefer the play sample to be in*

? And would it just be something like writing a small paragraph for your chosen character, or would we be given prompts, or what?

Secondly, how will characters who have no canon personality be handled? Like, say, the protagonists of a Pokemon game or Fallout or something like that? I'm not sure if I'd go that route myself, but I know someone would probably end up asking so we may as well get it cleared out sooner rather than later.

And lastly... What's the intended tone here? Light and fluffy, grimdark, or a happy medium?

1) Yeah, no script, definitely prose; You can use paragraphs to describe what you do next, you can use just quotations for dialogue. Any 'prompts' will be large posts by me, giving a intro story to the 'event' as well as general goals and initial parameters. A lot of the so called "story" will be improvised, as I read the general mood and desires of the players. Eventually, and overarching ARC may be set up, but if it does, I'm gonna let the game play out for quite a while before doing so, to allow relationships and game-related backstory to be well established.

2) If you have a 'blank' character, you have two options: —> a. Make a Silent Protagonist —> b. Characterize them as you wish

3) The tone shall vary as different 'events' occur, or as the general mood of the players dictate. It shall fluctuate, of course, but the OVERALL tone shall be about the middle, leaning slightly towards fluff.

Well, that's all useful, although I was kind of asking about what you expected from the "Sample of method of play, so that eligibility may be evaluated" part of the signup. But I'm just going to assume you mean a sample RP post for that unless noted otherwise.

Thank you for answering my questions. Guess I need to try and figure out who to use now... Hmmmm.

Here is the list of characters in use, organized by troper, in order of acceptance

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edited 27th Mar '13 11:51:48 AM by BluBeriPi

...Oh right, one last tiny note: wouldn't it be a lot easier to just take care of approvals/rejections in the thread rather than sending PMs out to everyone about it? For one thing, that seems to be the standard etiquette when it comes to this kind of thing.

Uh... Sorry if I'm being nitpicky. >.<

Fair 'nuff! Change made.

All so, yes the sample should be written as you described. Thanks for clearing that up!

And don't hesitate with the picking; I am kinda new to GMing Forum RP's

edited 20th Mar '13 12:22:53 PM by BluBeriPi

So if we have a page for our own original content, we could use a character from that? Because I don't roleplay others' characters because I don't want to ruin their personality.

"The Omniverse is the collection of all possibilities, and all possibilities must eventually come to pass."

HMMMMMMMMMM

Is it 'published?' Like, is there an external place (book, website, other) that it can be found on, that is NOT FANFICTION! Nor just a page here on TV Tropes! It has to be also somewhere else, preferably with an individual 'works' page.

Just if the above is true, then go ahead! Though, please, give me the source's location so I can familiarize myself with that character.

edited 20th Mar '13 4:43:04 PM by BluBeriPi

NEWSFLASH: I am currently petitioning Shadow Crystal Mage, the Overlord of ALL CRACK! for an official seal of approval. Hopefully, we get it! Fingers crossed!

Not to be rude, but shouldn't you wait until the game takes flight before asking for such a seal? If its supposed to be player driven and freeform, you can't expect it to be crack by accident.

Anyways, if I were to play as a Pokemon trainer would I have Pokemon as well? Because I don't know of any other personality-less silent figures besides the Heroes of Light for Final Fantasy I.

"The Omniverse is the collection of all possibilities, and all possibilities must eventually come to pass."

First question: meh, I dunno... I mean, the premise is pretty damn cracky as it is.

Second Question: yeah, you'd have Pokemon, but a limit of 6 of 'me, since there's no PC system

edited 21st Mar '13 7:55:10 AM by BluBeriPi

Could we use background NP Cs and other unimportant characters from official works?

"The Omniverse is the collection of all possibilities, and all possibilities must eventually come to pass."

Probably, it depends-

• They are named - yes
• They are a specific NPC - yes
• A made up NPC that's of a general 'type' - no

So besides OC stand ins, you're completely opposed to original content. I presume the No OC thing is for story reasons? Whatever The Place is, I guess it wouldn't want to grab a bunch of nobodies. That, and there's Crossover in the title. Kind of reminds me of a project of mine now, there's this dimensional eldritch abomination thing that wanted to make a collection of Heroes and Villains with the copies diverging from the originals. Are people afraid of The Silent One's presence, or are these events relatively meaningless to their long-term future?

"The Omniverse is the collection of all possibilities, and all possibilities must eventually come to pass."

Yeah, the main purpose of this is for crossovers. If you DO have a published OC*

, then go right ahead and use it!

As far as The Silent One is concerned, people don't know quite what to make of him. The 'events' that he herald can vary in importance and danger from a peaceful festival to an Evil Overlord Soul with an army of Sprites threatening a major region of The Place.

To be perfectly honest, he's basically a bastardized version of a GMPC. He mainly exists to introduce 'events'.

edited 21st Mar '13 2:53:21 PM by BluBeriPi

... Um, so, um... sort of considering this, but I'm kind of wary because there's no section for powers, which means someone could possibly join with a character with unrestricted mind control or something and no-one would know unless they knew the character already.

"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."

Fair enough, I'll get right on it!

edit: Alright, I added a part to the application form for someone to put a summary of their desired character's abilities, powers, weapons, and what-not. Does that help any?

Though, this is also why I demanded a link to the works page from whence the character originated

edited 21st Mar '13 7:18:30 PM by BluBeriPi

That's a good thing to have. Asking for a link to the work is also a pretty good idea, eh-heh.

Um... have been considering Saber for my character.

"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."

Looks cool, I'm looking at characters to use, because I've got two ideas for character arcs. One, the person sees the land is shapeless and begins to build his own nation. The other is someone who just wants to explore and go on adventures. The trick is gonna be finding characters to link these ideas to

"I live, lived?, to serve and protect."

excellent! Just submit a formal entry, and you'll be good to go!

well, for that first arc, you can alway's use Steve from Minecraft! Would be in character of him to build something.