As it says... Speak your mind here about whatever pleases you... Out of character.

Ack, I got behind, sorry, I'll try to fix that tonight if I can.

No problem... Waking up from cryo can take some time ;)

Today was just full of distractions, I'll beat the cobwebs yet.

Welcome, everyone!

 'ello...yer  friendly neighborhood Flyboy right here!

 Troy? I  put a transition arrow   to the bridge, if you have mor eRP in Cyro?..I good with that too.

Works for me. But the next post will be later as I'm heading off to bed.

   GM...since steven woke up and came over to the Lift... I assumed we saw him and  waited on him...so, on your prompt, we can arrive on the Bridge?

Not with that lift you aint... ;)

oh?.. I missed something...sorry?

Nope, didn't miss anything mate... It worked fine first two trips...

Is Stephen the only civilian thus far?

for my part?..I don't know. I didn't check the descriptions yet, because Shadow wouldn't know my are jumpsuit things.

 I think. like my game, there is a mix of  military and Civies ( as  description?) not even sure of the folks on the bridge, other then  Jennifer is  captain?

Jennifer is not captain, but both on bridge are military. Cornell is civvie. Addison i dont know.

well..i didn't look on purpose, don't know what  they have in description yet... He's not even sure about Maxwell, he is only assuming she's  the captain, because she was on the bridge and  had , something in the way of orders.

She has Rank so yeah... Marco tried walking the captain... Woke us all instead...

::chuckles:: well?.. we'll do it  or we won't...its  all on us...Even Addison , we have  4 of us down there.

 like Shadow said, if  we fail, we shoulda been dead years ago anyway!

At least Marco didn't shut down cryo pods to preserve energy like the AI in Mass Effect did. That's a plus.

Yes, I know, the cryo pods/tubes have independent energy, probably an Energizer bunny on a treadmill considering how long they've been going and going...

Well, I'll just sit on the bridge. I wonder if Jenifer can play mental chess...

We should have those batteries fixed soon. Maybe Blake can... I dunno... do some interfacing :D

well..according to MArco..once  we take out all the batteries...and then get the news one popped in.. Marco will reboot, and he can tell us what the 9 hells happened?

 gotta think whomever did this, didn't see that coming?

yeah but isnt Marco's entire code corrupted? Blake?

In reply to Troy Patterson (msg # 23):

Someone has rewritten Marco's code, which would take even an expert several days. Perhaps we will get a week or so to disentangle him.

Yeah but if he restarts, doesnt he restart all the issues too? Not a computer wiz here, just thinking aloud...

In reply to Troy Patterson (msg # 25):

Depends. I guess we could restore him from a backup? But then he wouldn't know what had happened.

I like your thinking Troy ;)

me ( and shadow ) think if you shut it down hot... then when it comes back on you lost everything  that was on , at that point, but should have camera footage..messagaes  and such saved, from before it was messed  with..i know its over simple?..but..well..that's kray's  idea..doesn't eman it'll work!

Since the parts that were messed with were mostly the AI's access to parts of the ship, the history, the camera footage, the pod access and the personel files, one can safely assume that at start-up the AI doesn't give too much issues.
After all, the reactor was meant to power the ship, not the AI. The AI going offline was an effect of everything going offline. The AI is hooked into the flight, reactor and enginesystems, it does not control them outright.

ahhh..well?..me and Kray..we're just guessing...::grins::

So am I :D

On another note, I'll be assuming Cornell, since he is with you guys ain engineering and has stated he will guide you through it, is doing just that... So the process of changing batteries is in full swing.
However, he will have told you not, under any cicumstances, to unhook all batteries at once. It might be faster sure... It will be faster, as you will not get a chance to put new ones in if you unlatch them all. The reactor will blow.

I'm taking this liberty for the sake of keeping things rolling, and Stephen has told me he has days he cannot post as much...

Stephen, if I beat you to a post right now, sorry...

Nah, it's okay. I certainly understand keeping the ball rolling. I'm about to go post.

I was just reminded of an old show. Granted, we haven't discovered a humanoid race evolved from cats. Yet.

::chuckles:: in my game we have....dogs..Cats..insects a few other ..'odd ball  ' aliens.

 you can never  tell what will pop up out here.

Two words.....   Aslan....  Vargr

Never played Traveller RPG, but loosely familiar with it.

My brother had the original Marvel RPG, his friends let me play to have enough people and I suspect mom bribed them.

After that it was almost purely fantasy based games until around 2000 or 2001.

Sorry GM, I didn't spot that you'd already told me.

No prob, we are all just human here... At least I assume we are... you never know after 121 years of cryo...

alright. Kray and Troy are heads to Hold to  get our uniforms ect.

 do we need a thread for the Hold?..and? kray will want to check his fighter?

................

 edit...never mind..just say it  almost 4:00 am here..!
This message was last edited by the player at 07:54, Sun 12 Mar 2017.

as we  move around.. if   I post  Shadow in a place, and then transition, but you had  some RP..please continue the RP  and i'll RP in that thread, until time comes he can move to  then next area he went to.

Hey guys, just a heads up. Swamped in work at the moment. Will update tonight once i get home.

I'vd just noticed the guy holding me up on the bridge is one of the high ranking npcs, not another player.

Thats correct

..Jennifer... rather then repost my old post, his answer to the question of his fighter's flight is there, in the hanger Deck.

 I am assuming these fighters  were also made of escort and such, so they should have no problem staying with the ship, unless  The GM has restrictions on them, that I am unaware of right now...

 I will have to go with Shadow's thoughts, since flight is his 'field'

 GM? if you get me a list, either in  the notes section of Marco?..or in a PM  me to me?

In reply to Kray Shadow (msg # 44):

Jennifer is a detective.  She knows a little about fighters, but nowhere even close to what Kray knows.  This works out because when it comes down to being a cop, Jenni is the expert.  She made herself acting Captain when she was the only one awake in order to gain access to the bridge systems to try to figure out what was going on.

yep yep... but between the both of us?..i don't know until I get the specs from GM.

 I have a space game as well, been around for 6 years now.. our  fighters  can travel with the  ships, for escorts..fighter screens ect...

 BUT..this is  this GM's  game, so I need to know as well.

 as Far as Hen goes?.. She's   Shadow's captain until some one else  who ranks  higher says she's not...his skills are flying, survial and HAnd to hand, among others..so? he can creep around  when needed..but flying is his love.

The Polo has modified hellcat fighters, meant for recon and defense. Offensive capabilities are great too, but who knows if we will need them. Are we alone in the universe?
That said, they are capable of reaching the same speeds as the Polo when she is cruising. When Polo is near lightspeed the hellcats will never keep up. At the moment she is stationary untill the engines are restart and a course is set to...?

The player characters will probably share a bond forged during the emergency where we saved the ship.  I don't see Jen's command time lasting much longer.

Updated the cs-8 thread. Added info on the hellcats.

thanks?..me and shadow were..'flying blind!'

Aren't we all?

Talking about games.... I am going to put the link to this one in My space game, see if any other players want to come over.

 I will aslo you folks to come over and play in my game as well...GM was there for a short while. My games  aren't for everyone, a bit darker..and  semi-free form with my own system...

 so take a look, can't hurt sharping   sci-fi skills by being in both games!

  you can even bring  the character you play here over..but  i'm thinking we might get a few of my people here as well

link to another game

The more the merrier

be nice to get some in? they some of them have a few years of  sci-fi semi-freeform, and they all RP well.

Greetings all.

Hope to be joining you soon.

do I recognize that face?

In reply to Kray Shadow (msg # 56):

Hello handsome; don't think you'll get many successes with that line...
Quickly snaps out a mirror to check if there's a fault in her appearance.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:28, Tue 14 Mar 2017.

Rofl

We're going to need a gym thread.  Jenni is a gym rat when she's not being a detective.

Added picture to Cast section.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:35, Wed 15 Mar 2017.

 yeah, shadow will run  and do quickness drills, he'll keep up with his aussie ball training..but more  for his on  the ground things he might need to do.

Hopefully there's a Barracks Gym for Military use.

Gym added. Its a multipurpose one, civvies and military alike. Barracks has its own gym too, and running can always be done at the hydroponics decks... Running through the artificial fields might relax the mind. Once its opened that is...

I am assuming there is  room to run in the Hanger Dec, as well?

Hello everyone! Colt here, the best driver in the galaxy XD

Welcome, Colt, to the game.

 G'day Mate!

In reply to Colt Jordan (msg # 64):

G'day Sport... what's your handycap?

welcome Colt. Hope you'll enjoy yourself. Stay away from reactors... :(

Thank you for the welcome everyone! Not exactly sure what my handycap is, though it's luckily not reactors. I hear they are a lot of fun, but they just aren't my cup of tea.

Yeah the reactor was fun, we did good there...
The needles they are stickin in me now... not so much fun tho

Well all good fun has a price. I'm sure the good doctor will make sure you're nice and taken care of. Even if not, you might grow a cool new arm, or gain laser vision or something right?

With my luck so far chances are Ill grow three titties or a second nose or summin

Well you're a little too hairy and way too human to pull off the Total Recall look, so I'd pray for the second nose if I were you.

I'll settle for full recovery thank you

Heck? you might be able to fly without a fighter!

Taking a sick day on your first day on the job?  ;-)

In reply to Colt Jordan (msg # 69):

So much for claiming to be the best Driver in the Galaxy... :-)

What did I do??

In reply to Colt Jordan (msg # 78):

Absolutely Nothing;  sorry to have caused any concern... just my attempt at golf humor.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:12, Thu 16 Mar 2017.

Ohhhhhhhhh. Wow. I get it now. That took me way too long.

Fraid so. Doc has me all wired up.

So what exactly do these jump suits look like? And who wears which ones? Do civilians wear different jump suits than military personnel?

Security people (LEOs) wear black jumpsuits.

Pilots  are cool and wear their  uniforms and flight jackets...

Anyone interested in changing the AI's audible output, from its current to a randomized form?
This message was last edited by the player at 00:56, Fri 17 Mar 2017.

In reply to Colt Jordan (msg # 82):

Just so you don't think Lee is ignoring you, Musashi is emblazoned across the left of het Uniform.

Change Marco's output?

The horror, the horror...

What are you thinking, giving him a french accent? Making him female?

No cartoon interfaces like Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, or Foghorn Leghorn are allowed, hopefully.

Can Marco do impersonations? I think either Christopher Walken or George Bush would be great.

I'm thinking , more like Cogsworth from Fall out 4....or? Edie fro  Mass efeect

In reply to Kray Shadow (msg # 90):

Perhaps Murphy from BHCop, Ledger from Xmen or Hiddleston from Kong.

What about Claptrap from the Borderlands Series?

Claptrrap wouldn't  be bad.. I like the idea of a ...male causal voice..or the  somewhat sultry female voice.

 In my Space  Game.. the 'Shadow' there is  a bit diffeant..he also had an AI ( under the table) installed in his  fighter  that was female, and had ..as one of the female players said.. a Miss Moneypenny..voice.

 Sadly, he doesn't have her  anymore.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:03, Sat 18 Mar 2017.

I think Marco should have either James Earl Jones' voice, Mr. T's, or Hattie Hayridge.

I was thinking he sounds more like Morgan Freeman, or James Earl Jones.

I'm looking at small apartment floor plans of less than 500 square feet to use as our quarters.  One question, which when answered would help in my search, is...  Do these studio apartments have kitchenettes?

Yes, kitchen/living/bedroom in one, bathroom/toilet.

while we are on it?...and this is sorta  for RP whether  interacting  with  NPC or PC.

 here is  what I figured we had...  a bed with a small deck and  desk top computer.

 A small fridge  for  water/drinks  some food,( leftovers? Take out from rec dec ect?)

  A table  with a pair of  folding chairs... a door to  a smallish  bathroom a couple  Lockers and/or dresser.

 and the   little kitchen thing would have  a microwave -thing, sink?

.....

 and?  do we have  personal; COMs  we  carry? or  does  all  talking go through Marco?

In reply to Game Master (msg # 97):

Thank you.

Personal comm yes, in a small earpiece. Also through Marco while on the ship

Thank you..make it  easier to  call someone, rather then Tying up Marco.

Guys, just noticed, we passed the 500 posts mark. YAY!!

In celebration, I want each of you to select one skill, and add a +1 behind that. A specialty!
Works the same as regular checks, against whatever the relevant stat is. But at that particular skill, it will be stat +1.

Example... The Captain is an inspiring man (inspiration skill), checked on charisma. If he were to specialise, he would have Inspiration +1, and check at charisma +1 when inspiring others.

Very Neat.. will do!

Neat, I'll specialise in simulations.

Given what Maxwell has been doing for most of her time awake, I'm taking a +1 to Investigation.

How do we know what stat a skill is linked to? Is there a standardized skill list or something of that nature? And what is the penalty for attempting something that you do not have the skill of?

I know that this is rules lite, but I'm just curious how that part of it works.

If you dont have the skill i just increase the target number. Skills and their stat are... Well... Using common sense...
Driving a car... Agility...
Driving a truck over rough terrain... Strength...
Etc etc...

So how's everyone's Monday going?

Regular monday unfortunately... work work work...

Monday happens next week.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:05, Tue 21 Mar 2017.

Tough week. Before the week is over I may well discover how to be in two places at once.

When you find out, let me know. I'm trying to pull off a magic trick and Hugh Jackman keeps one upping me.

Had some issues logging on to RPOL tonight. Sorry for the delay. Back to our regular schedule ;)

 yep, I can get one  a number of times a day..it was out  for a good part of the late after noon ( here ..PA ET)..

Yes, I couldn'the post last night.

No worries... We are in no hurry... We are already 115 years behind schedule on the mission, a few more hours or days... or months... wont matter much...

howdy fellow players. I will post this..the GM can shut me down  on this if he wishes .

 In my games, I ask the players   to post a description, along with their  portrait. The description should give the other s players  what they see/feel when they first meet the  other characters, all else  should come through RP.

 It adds a little bit for those who will RP with the other charcter, if they can play a bit of   your description, as well as  you actions.

I can appreciate the request, so I've updated my character details with a body shot. The images will do more justice to the character than my words can (and I've listed the model used for the character if you want to dig up even more). Hit F5 while viewing my character to refresh the image if you are still seeing the old headshot on the right.

And, hello all.

I can fully live with the request Kray just made. I will not make it mandatory though, but it would be much appreciated if everyone added a character description to their profile.
Thanx. I will do the same for all NPC's over the next couple days.

In reply to Kray Shadow (msg # 117):

I should think that the picture or pictures that you select for your image would be the equivalent of a physical description.  If you look in Maxwell's "The Cast" area, you will get a pretty definite idea of her looks.

Sorry I was out kinda screwed up health wise but I am back and will be posting.

No problem ;)

My description has a picture of Colt for reference (and his shoes)!

yep..I saw...through the eyars  and years of playing, I have  had 'vets' as new  folks  about their characters.

 and we stressed the line  between what we seen and feel...is good, and everything else should come out, in RP.

Is there any chance we could get a mess hall thread?

Nope, since the mess hall in use is part of the barracks, and once rec deck opens there will also be numerous restaurants etc. Next to that almost every civilian appartment deck has its mess halls, and several other joints serve food all over the ship. So please just use the barracks thread for now, since that mess hall is in use.
I expect that not to be the case in the foreseeable future since better food will soon enough be available elsewhere :D

Unless we never get the  engines  vanes  fixed  and  we go careening  off into a planetiod !

That would make for a very short game :D

maybe  we  could get the  fixing started? NPC the PC until he has  time to post?

It says that the barracks is for military personnel only though. So I didn't think Colt would have access to that area.

 for  right now? there aren't many places open...and Vanderbeek has folks working for him. So we would have to assume  anyone awake  can come to the Mess, until other places  are ready?

Yep, for now all people can go to the barracks mess hall for chow... Or get some protein bars from numerous machines all over the place. Also, each appartment has a small kitchenette, and some supplies for cooking basic foods.

Players of Troy Patterson and Addison Connolly have informed me they will not be playing anymore at this time. Both have indicated time constraints as the reason. They will become NPC's for now,their characters will remain available to them should they we wanting to return.

I'm not a Doctor, but I can see Troy Patterson having an extended recovery period in the hospital, making a quick recovery should the player return.

Sorry about my low rate of posting everyone, things keep getting in the way. Micaela, I will reply to your message, but I'm currently in a meeting with the captain, so after that.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:01, Thu 30 Mar 2017.

No problem

No problem. We are in no hurry.

Hey guys, sorry I've been absent for the past day and a half. Buddy of mine surprised me with an unexpected nightfishing trip on the north sea. Was fun, caught a lot of fish called alcoholus maximus. :D
Now back to my regular schedule, got some catching up to do it seems.

AAAANNNDDDDD again I was awol for a few days... BUT...
With gpood reason.

I am getting married!!!

Managed to get my girl a last minute surprise holiday (few days only), managed to get the kid to granma, and popped the question over a nice dinner. She said YES!

To celebrate I'm granting each of you another specialisation point.
As the previous one, select a skill, and when making checks at that skill, add a +1.
You can stack with a previous specialisation, so you could make that +1 a +2 if ya want.
Let me know what skill you choose through pm.

I'll be updating the threads now, right after checking all my PMs lol

I'll add my second specialisation point to hacking - I seem to be doing a lot of it recently.

As a side note, with Blake being a little ahead of the others in the timeline, I will soon be forwarding the Polo to date 18-02-2157, 0600 hours. I believe the entire security detail will then be wanted in the gym. Correct me if I'm wrong Lt. Maxwell.

 Those that want to can have their characters find their quarters for some sleep, or I will just assume they have done so. As for Blake, I believe you already did so ;)

 Congrates! must be that time of  year..a Player in my space  game just had his bachelor party!

 Congrates again!

Congratulations.

When did you plan on starting the next day?

 Happy Easter..or Happy spring!

Happy Easter, or whatever you prefer.

Happy easterthingy indeed... It was filled with work and nasty deadlines, but we survived. On to regular business. I'll be wrapping up the Kray flightline thingy in flex, so you can all assume it is now around 05.30 next morning.
0600 its the gym people, be there and be awake!

Hi im new here, its great there is a place i can talk with others for real instead of just in char.

Anyway ill be asking a lot of questions in here.

Quick info bout me irl: My timezone is EST, on weekdays ill be on in between 2-9 (although only for an hour total probably). On weekends ill be on from when I wake up to when I sleep, with no more than 2 hours in between each session (exept in extreme cases where im gone for hours). Anyway Im only 14 so I cant really control where I have to go at all times, and have school and stuff.

Overall I am super excited to join your game!

I really think people will like my character (I mean I love him and i only have 1 post! haha!)

ok bye <3

  Howdy..I'm EST as well...the game  moves  pretty good...all games slow down a bit. Any game that doesn't have an OOC thread, won't last long, that's how folks get to know  each other.

 I run a space game,been going for  6 years..where on out 16Th OOC thread!  My advice?.. Ask questions here..or PM other players  if you need to ask  something you think will effect RP.

 Welcome aboard!

Greetings all, meant to say howdy earlier today but never managed to get around to it. Look forward to gaming with you.

Thanks a million <3.

BTW, my character isnt really going to be doing much for a nother ingame hour. You can read about it, kind of a weird choice yeah, but I had to go to sleep soon and didn't want to make people wait for me all night (although i probs cant avoid that often haha)

well..there are a lot of folks from around  the 'england' area'..i'm not sure  what other countries?

  In mY space game  we have  1 Aussie, a few from England and that area..and the rest are spread over the US..we make it work..i'm sure GM can do the same thing here.

I'm sure I'll at least try. I'm in the Netherlands myself, so my timezone is about 6-8 hours ahead of you americanos and behind on the aussies/asians etc...
Combine that with me being a father of a two year old, having my own company, and working shifts in healthcare, i can never say when i will be on or off. We will manage to make it work, no probs.

Above all we are here to have fun, and patience is at times required for having that fun.

Great point.

Its good to know this is a chill place, where we dont have to rush around all the time constantly.

Anyway thanks, Im still lurking the whole story of this rp atm, but when i figure out how time works, ill be an active member.

Time works slowly here. So far we are nearing 1000 posts and have spent one day in game.
At times I will decide to speed up time, but if i do people are always allowed to use 'flex-time' to finish up what they are doing while we move the story forward.
It seems most players are at least able to post daily, although that is by no means a requirement.
I have two players that can post maybe, when lucky, once a week, but they have allowed me to take over their characters if the story requires it. I try to work around them as much as possible when they are not here though.

So far the core of players is solid, and a relaxed group. Some have left, deciding this game was not for them. That is fine too, they become NPCs. (the players may always return to pick them back up if they want)

Your system is very well done!

Also, I'll be posting daily, probably multiple times if I can.


Is there anything I should avoid early on with my character?
Like avoiding cliches, or common mistakes?

BTW It will probably take a few posts before I really nail his character down, it's simple, but Dannys personality thrives off the feelings of others. To him their pain is more important.

Just FYI, it wasnt rare on the old world for people who just met Danny to start telling them their lives, which they found was reciprocated with great love.

Idk, I just get happy when I play him haha

If Danny were to have a quarters they'd be called:

The Danny Chambers.

hehe funy


btw is double posting illegal on this rp forum?

I know some places frown upon it.

okay bye <3

Double posting as such is no problem. It all depends on the why i guess... If its posting just for the posting then no, if its posting because your character has first spent a couple of hour in a location doing something, and you notice time has continued on but nobody else is in that location, then sure, follow up with another post. A big part of this game is people doing their own thing... or at least i hope it will be :D

If it's ever possible, it would be great if you could make a map of the ship.

Even a floorplan would go miles i believe.

theres already a game map section.


Even something done on MS paint would be sufficient.


Also if you do this or are already working on one, im not trying to rush, you do tons of stuff here and are super good GM

question bout NPC's: who controls them? Is it you? id assume so anyway.

If so 10x the congrats on how much work you put into this rp!

anyway, looking forward to my first interactions with other players, I wanna try and keep Danny his sensitive caring self, but without coming off creepy. I want peeps to be able to read his eyes, but I dont know if it would be weird to put really intimate stuff in my posts. Although Dannys nature is pretty intimate, and not in a weird way, he just has lots of compassion.

Okay well this post is over (i suck at ending messages, especially long ones)

So far i am playing my NPCs. A friend of mine occasionally assists. At the moment NPCs with a profile are: Captain Dorn. Major Ascott. Jan VanderBeek. Doc Genassi. Kong-We.
Players that i at times take over due to little time: Cornell and Connoly.

And characters that became npc because their players left: Mikoto, Lee Jay, and Troy Patterson.

All others are players, of which one is currently awol, colt jordan. He so far has not responded to my messages in a week. I give people 4 weeks if they go awol, after that if i dont know where they are, they get scratched.

And since Marco has a 5000 people crew, their characters become npc.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:06, Sat 22 Apr 2017.

To celebrate the 1000th post, each of you can add a +1 to any skill indicating specialisation in said skill.
Previously specialised skills can be elevated too.
Let me know via PM what skill you raise, otherwise i wont count it.

How does that dice rolling stuff work anyway?

I've already given Danny his stats when I joined:

Strength: 4
Agility: 7
Mental: 8
Charisma: 5

by using the dice roller.



So what are skills?


thanks in advanced am sort of confused about that.



oh yeah and what are stats for anyway?


thanks bye :P

Blake was a little ahead in time, so I've let the others catch up. I will be posting soon though. I will add that skill point to simulation.

D20+your relevant ability score against a difficulty  score the GM sets.

So If you want to lift some wreckage it might be a difficulty score of 14 let's say you roll and get a 11+4(strength score)for a total of 15,you would pass and lift the wreckage.

I have no idea what skills do

Thanks Han :P

GM: what skills can I have, and how high of proficiency should I have in them?

Skills add 1 to a roll. The gm's been adding to them over time. I think everyone would have 3 now?

thanks blake, but then what are stats for?


nvm for now im just gonna add 1 to my stats

check out my Cast page and tell me if i did it wrong

THX :P <3
This message was last edited by the player at 20:38, Tue 25 Apr 2017.

danny? ask the GM in a PM... you have  abilities  and skills...

 whatever  skills you listed  you can add 1 point too..or add skills that are related to what 'you'  do.

 GM can tell you what he wants , better then us.

Thanks for all the help , I know what to do now (if not ill contact GM)


lol sorry for being annoying haha


well byesies!

:P

Skills.

A set of abilities you think your character has aquired over time.
They are mostly flavor, to specify what you can and cannot do.
However, your stats will never change, they will remain what they were at the start of the game. SKills on the other hand, they can improve.

Ill take Blake as an example.
Blake wants to hack a computer. He has mental 8, and the hacking skill. He gets a target number of 16, rolls 1d20+mental (8). His result is poor, he only rolls 7. With the 8 mental he gets 15 and fails...

Now, lets say Blake has specialised in hacking, and his hacking is at +1. In that case his role would have been 1d20+ mental (8) and with hacking +1 because it is a hacking check.
he then would have 16, and succeed.
Had it been a programming check, not hacking, he would just use his mental.

I hope this makes sense guys.

 yeo..i was lucky, got a lot of practice at the beginning and  in the fighter runs.

 Just like any system, once you get used to the   numbers, it becomes second nature.

super helpful thanks brotha!

lol i dont know ...

i just posted a WEIRRDD Message

idk ill just say it Builds character


sure...

If you've never done that in real life ... I don't know, but I've done that.

Hear Hear! Been there, done that, made a fool of myself.

Never did get the T-shirt.

For thsoe interested, the Shadow's quarters thread shows some of the history Marco has of when we left earth, up untill Alpha Centauri was reached. If i get to it i will eventually make a thread with history of the world since we left, if at least people think thats interesting enough. We are after all lightyears away, and a century plus something later...

sounds like a great idea :D

btw I recommended some guy this rp earlier today, idk if hes got it yet but yeah just saying is sort of cool lol

Thanx, I consider that a great compliment.
Feel free to refer this game to anyone.

Also, as just a reminder...
You, as players, can at all times PM CS-8 Marco Polo with questions regarding the ship and the world. The AI will answer if and when it can. So any questions you have that you dont want cluttering up a thread, any questions you would as me the GM, send em to Marco :D

msg177:

lol no prob, ill be our Marketing Supervisor

haha im so funny xD


anyway my furst act is a motto: Send a PM to our GM (it rimes)

the slogan goes like this: Send a PEE-EM to our GEE-EM, *it RIMES*

we'll get Justine Beiber to play it xD callback to 5 minutes ago


msg178:

Okay, Danny does a lot of questions
btw still trying to clean up that weeirdd trip in the Mess Hall

my oh my



for information regarding Danny being a freak: go to TV and fuggetaboutit
note: TV not responsible for lost brain cells, i brain cells remain, JOIN MENSA YOU MINDLORD



ppl say i spam, I LOVE ALL MY CHILDREN

what time is everyone at in-game?

RN i did a big skip hoping it wouldnt mess up anything

(by big skip i mean up to 8:00 am)

Danny was having some alone time...

Anyway Danny's Quarters are at 8 am, any places caught up to me or nah?

Ill just wait until things catch up if not

Okay bye :P

Most are around 7 to 7.30-ish, give or take, so no prob... Once the captain starts the engines and we set sail it will be nine... And trust me, you will know when that happens ;)

Those engines kick like a mule, and might even temporarily destabilise the Hawking Field.

woah mama :P xD


-will there be any sort of notice for that when it happens?



Well, this is my last message for the day, tempted to do more, but want to fit in a final episode of The Simpsons today. Okay, weekends coming up soon (friday is a PA day at my school yippee)

cya tomorrow !

bye :P

High lord Donald trump?
Viceroy Dwayne Johnson?
I feel like this is a whole other pbp game all by itself.

Quite possible, I might even consider doing it once, using twilight 2000 rules.

Lets suffice to say Trump had Pence eliminated and himself declared high lord in 2024, after a gradual slip towards xenofobic ultra-nationalism. Rebelling underground forces lead by Chelsea Clinton then groomed Dwayne Johnson to work his way up into Trump's establishment untill he became the Viceroy in 2033. High Lord donald never saw it coming, he had no idea what the Rock was cooking.
After the Trump assasination Johnson became the first 'People's president'.


I know, I know... I'm crazy. I love making up those alternate timeline things.

my eyes are crying

such beauty...

Game Master, you are an evil, twisted genius.  I appreciate that in a person.  My favorite tidbit was the one about Rick Astley.

much agreed.


Although, I wonder if you could find a more subtle way to make the jokes?

I mean, their hilarious, but kind of stand out don't they?

I mean, The rick astley thing doesnt really make sense, how would that be news?


I like it anyway lol thanks hah :P

congrats on the bump :P

The fact that it wouldn't be news, means it is news. For those on the Polo every bit about earth is news, because it is a memory of home.
So yeah, my twisted mind abuses that...

Marco filters the news based on the amount of internet hits it had at the time... The death of Rick ashley was big news. Im undecided if he was british pm at the time, or just arrested for drug smuggling...

Definitely drug smuggling.

Britain has fallen apart by then. Marine Le Pen loses in France, moves to England, marries one of the prices, has all of the other heirs killed, becomes queen, changes the name of the country to Better France and then is deposed when Scotland finally gets tired of her s***.

oooh: were doing suggestiosn now??



How about High Lord Donald Trump created 3 new states In a bill known as The Modern Confederation of Captured States?

He's a war freak so yup

The states with no names so far, were all captured by high lord donald trump:

British Columbia, Canada

El Paso, Mexico

Cuba & Haiti


reasons: Canada: WHY WOULD ANYONE ATTACK CANADA, I LIVE HERE? Probs didnt like the competition -_- dissed boiz

Mexico: He's racist, remember the Wall Thing?

Cuba & Haiti: Cuba, well ahem obvious. Haiti because it was easy and fun for his twisted soul




BTW: How was donald in power from 2016 (when he was elected) to 2030s?

He would of had to take over the world WAY before that, in order to stay in for such a long erm...

Ok well bye :P

As stated he declares an autocracy in 2024 at the end of his second term, declares himself high lord, and the rest is history...

sorry i should of payed more attention haha


You can still take my idesa if you want


Ok well bye <3 for now :P lol :P

Ive been trying to bring this up for a while...

It's not a big deal, just thought you should know:

That guy I referenced to this game?

I didnt know this, But apparently it's illegal to reference games on this website..


Anyway Im being moderated, and Im like: "Oh nooo what have I done?? Oh right oops"




Thats all so yeah, Idk if thats important or anything, But I thought I'd say it anyway...



Hahah oops


anyway bye friend :P <3 :P

 it depends on the game?... I allow folks to  put up links to their games, and I often mention my games in other games as well.

 there would have to be another  reason, simply because of reference? It may depend on the othe rplayer, as well If that player had  been mod-watched as well?

It likely depends on where you reference it. If its in someone else's players or dm wanted threads, thats a no go.

I was in the Community Chat.

Also, he said he was looking for games, or something like that.


He said he liked sci-fi so I suggested this scifi game



idk not sure but probs not gonna be doing anymore talking there, haha lol

I don't do  the community thing, unless mods  bring something up...

 most games adverstise every week... GM here does, I've been adverstising every week for years..you never know when folsk RL will drag them away..

No problem Danny. But in my experience, if you want to reference someone, you best send them an rmail or private message. That way you do not bother anyone else.

That said, I haven't gotten any new requests yet, so i doubt someone took the bait :D

haha lol thx man


Its funny because I've had LOTS of roleplaying experience (albeit all was free-form with my twin when we were little kids playing dragons or whatever haha)

I do have DND but I've never played it...




Also, I think i was on this website for a day, then joined this game


Thats like my whole history here.




kind of cool how that works





well bye <3


(idk why i always sign with Hearts, it's supposed to be friendly, i guess its kind of fruity idk not gonna stop haha)


<3<3<3<3 dealwivvit :P :D <333

lol bye <3

its been a slooooowww weekend

Nobody has hardly posted


oh well


lol bye

Some stuff behind the screens yes, but not much in the threads yesterday. Not by me either, i had work to do again.
There is always today Danny ;)

18-2-2157. 0859

"Attention all decks. This is the Captain speaking. Those that wish to buckle up had better do so, we will be moving out in one minute."

oooh boy stuff!


BTW anyone ever noticed how counterintuitive the name Out of Character talk is?


We are all still in our role play characters, so technically we're in char


Still awesome, just ironic :D




lol byesies :P

cool idea for timeline:

The Sydney Opera House, has become a National Prison for Australia, and has been cast out to sea.


Its like Alcatraz.


Reason: end of the world riots, were especially chaotic in Australia.




ooh cool detail you should add: When did Televised News stop being done?

I mean, news people have better things to do than work, especially since they are an obvious target who are rich.



Yup cool ideas.


Edit: Just remembered, someone has to ask this ingame for it to make it to the notice thread.


Well when someone does, these are cool ideas (and my other ones too)
This message was last edited by the player at 12:03, Sun 30 Apr 2017.

Okay triple posting, but this one is serious question


I made my character a genius with 163 iq, hes also a Technology/Agriculture EXPERT with Masters in BOTH from IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS


IRL Idk very much about either, what should I do about this?



Only thought that I can think of, is being a Sci-Fi game, the rules could be bent slightly


Danny is mostly Software, not so Hardware btw.



Okay well bye for now :P

Agricultural expert. How does one play that...

hrm...

Buy some gardening books? Google plants?

Just improvise buddy... Pretty sure Kray is not an actual fighter pilot, Hans is not actually a medic, etc etc...

::chuckles:: nope  not a fighter Pilot..but   from the time I was in highschool, I read, to gather what info I needed, whether it was  football ( my dad never played sports WWII sailor  and coal miner after)...I turned out just fine.

 I have  read  a lot of Military History..and  tons  of  fighter autobiographies of WW1 pilots...still watch the Military  channel when there are aircraft involved.. Could I fly a Jet?..nope. I might be able to take up a WW1 mock up, if they gave me some of the training those  poor  guys  got, back then.

 Bottom line...and I tell this   to  RTJ's in my game. Pick something you want to play, that you can get into that can be relatively believable  in a Sci-Fi game.

cool

Im gonna try and read up on some software terms

irl i have 140 iq, not 163, but close enough to get by haha





the thing is, I love coding, but struggle 10000% on every word

i suck at coding.


sort of






so the idea i have is im gonna go for computer-working (internally, remember not a hardware guy) and NOT memorize/learn java or c


so yeah ill be fine.

I literally just Google medical procedures then throw some scifi stuff in for flavour.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:21, Mon 01 May 2017.

haha yeah, that gonna be my strategy too lol


And the best part, since this is sci-fi, I dont have to actually understand anything, which is fairly good...


Lol yup.

 the best/longest player in my game  would always tell some one in OOC when the  asked too many questions  'why"... he would say "..never let facts, get in the way of a good story.."

I think I'm going to pause again - I keep running ahead and burning hours of time.

It took me a lot of google searches to determine that the pulsar beams wouldn't be wide enough to use as a navigation beacon. I still think that's mostly a guess.

I was playing a world class demolitions expert in a game.  I spent a lot of hours researching demolition techniques, the latest equipment, and the various types of explosives and their uses.  There's probably a Homeland Security file on me now.

blake: I hate that, looking up stuff for hours, then getting nothing in return. It sucks.

kray: Innocent question #1: are you actually australian? innocent q#2: why do you always put ...'s it is cool sometimes, but often makes it hard to read idk.

question that shouldnt soun offensive, so i dont have to put innocent in front (lol truth speaking rn haha): What is your game, do you GM it? If so, i might check it out lol, looking for some other rp's



btw my nationailty irl is Canadian (us and the usa are #sisters, and we are #overshadowed by them)



This is funny: Differences between Americans and Canadians:

America is 10x bigger than us in almost every way.
although their militaru is 100s of times bigger...



America is more well-known than us, by that i mean, Immigrants arent like "Im gonna move to Canada and start a new life!" its all about america.




something that really stinks, is the 'Canadian Stereotype'

where I live, we sound, and look as close to americans as you could think

Very few places actually fit with the stereotype.


mostly Vancouver, and maybe Saskatoon (I know its A STUUPIIDD name lol)


we also have free health care, our presidents are prime ministers, or pms. Weed is gonna be legal SOON, milk comes in bags. and beavers ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS YOU THINK!!


we also dont have 1 dollar bills (i wish we did so sad ... pain ...)


that all i can think of


Oh one more, IIII HHAATTTEEEEE 1 thing SOOOOOOO much...



In Canada, an ungodly amount of our Entertainment (TV, and other things) are American.


You hardly EVER find a canadian show.

And how I know that?

Most shows from America have 3 stages of patriotism:

from least to most

1. It is self-referential to its country often
2. It has the word: America, or American in the name.
3. EVERY SINGLE EPISODE HAS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM,10 PPL SAYING GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND A BIKINI GIRL HOLDING A HAMBURGER.



i dont really mind it, its just sucks to have no Canadian TV





anyway America is okay


The people i dont like? People who diss us, or say were lesser than them (to be fair this doesnt reall bother me too much, but I didnt want to start pointing out flaws, I was making compatisons haha)

people i like? Anyone who acknolodges our existence. So lonely... so so alone....





Okay well I hope that was funny lol :P



bye :P


jennifer: Haha thats funny



mines better


-_- i will destroy you


jk <3




k bai every1


bye <3

  well?... I like to put the  dots in for pauses, almost all my characters  speak like that, and it helps to put forth, more  important information as they talk  rather then use 'thoughts' to convey something....though I do that as well.

 Its  part of the way I play, always will be.

  My Dad's family came from Hungary to  Nova Scotia  he and his older sister  was born there before  moving to PA...my mom's  famliy came  from there, through  NY to here...In the  late 70's I was going to  Claim Canadian citizen ship ( even though dad naturalized) so I could play football in the CFL and  could be counted as a Canadian. ..don't know if they still have that 'import ' rule...there is a guy from Johnstown here..that holds records   in the CFL, he broke  2 years ago.

 as far as entertainment?.. Canada has a lot of shows  made there..one of my favs, Supernatural , is  filmed in Vancover....but!  a couple years ago they  did some shooting in Somerset PA, which is only 20 miles form me.

sorry if i sounded mean lol :D


Yeah, Ive heard of supernatural.


Once in a while some people shoot in Vancouver.

To be fair, Toronto is a tourist attraction as well




Toronto is freaking awesome, Its like NYC.


I live like an hour and a half away, sucks a bit



I live in a small city, by small i mean 30 000 people, it JUST classifies as a city



anyway its ok, but kind of slummy some parts, although the population NEVER grows, it is getting cool stuff for years latey

We have an AWESOME library, and a few comic shops (so happy xD)

also some stuff i probs will take for grated hehe


nothing like toronto though



yeah i talk alot, sorry for making people read all this crap you dont care about lol


k bai :D

Minor thing, but potentially important. I've been assuming the doors on the ship are Star-Trek-style-motion-sensitive-automatic-opening-and-closing doors. Manual control is possible if the power goes out, and security would be something similar to RFID based on an ID badge or card.

Basically, the doors work on their own 99% of the time, reading your ID to determine if you have access to what's on the other side.

If this isn't the case I'd like to know how it does work so I can scheme accordingly.

 good question? I was thinking they had a  keypad or hand  sensor that the person could lock their  doors? , I too thought  they 'hissed' open  sliding into the wall opposite of the keypad side.

Wow this place is inactive af lately, oh well LOL still going haha amen xD so much short words cant stop... kill... me... JK



Anyway, you should all congratulate me, I just made my first game :D

I'm GMing it and so far I already have 2 or 3 players yay!

Planning on starting the stuff today...

If GM gives the Okay, I'll give y'all the name, if not I dont want to be moderated for ADVERTISING again :D


Haha well cya guys !

  for my part, if a game died..i would send PMs and/or make an OOC  post  for players to contact me.

 If the game is active, I will say about my game, but I make it clear tp players in active  games, that I don't want them to quit the currant  game, if its active! (  I play in the game! I don't want to see  folks leave)

 Active players  normally have more time, or...like me..make more time for  Gamign as a hobby. so I like to offer up my games for  active players.

but..you should ALWAYS ask the GM of an active game, if its ok to  advertise yours.

Just waiting on the answer to the door question. It kind of dictates my next steps. But should be in engineering soon enough.

   I was  considering the  time the ship was launched..i figured on Key pads  and slide cards? depending on  where it was.. we did receive codes to get our stuff from  storage. so I figure the keypad thing?

My character is currently hiding under his mattress, he's planning on visiting a patient, and also talking to Jan VanderBeek about a job 10am...

Now that I think about it, nothing is stopping me from doing those things

Well im gonna go get some posting done xD

k bye :D

edit: done now lol
This message was last edited by the player at 17:02, Sat 06 May 2017.

Hmmm...  Game Master hasn't been here in a week.  Maxwell needs to talk to the chief medical guy about some DNA results.

yep..Kray ios  sorta stuck..i can have him walk out.. to do other things..but, don't want to force anything.

I am waiting on medical xD

I put floor plans of the Security Office and the Brig in post #2 of the Security Section thread.  I am interested in hearing your reactions.

wow, Jenn... that is great stuff...in my space  game I have crude maps  I made some 30 year or so ago..  This is  my weak spot as a GM, I am not good  at the whole ...'map thing '.

 one of  my players lives  for that, and  makes very , very god  floor plans.. but I   still use  mind  when  writing, his  are  'cleaner' much like yours.
 It does  add a lot to the look!

public service!

I will be helping with the  National Asso of Letter Carriers Food drive on Saturday...it is the biggest..one day..foodrive in the world, as all the postoffice  across the country take part.. if your post Office  take part..donate!..if not..ask them why!

Looks really good. The only feedback I have is I imagined the facilities to be a little larger than that. I thought you had mentioned once that the facilities would support 3 units in rotating shifts with more than a dozen personnel per shift. The brig also seems a little light. Based on incarceration rates and the size of the crew I would expect a facility that could handle 20-30 people.

In reply to Micaela Nieves (msg # 232):

Three patrol squads of ten people, their two leaders per team, the office people and the brig operations personnel work out to be about fifty people.  Their quarters are adjacent to the office area.  Remember, we're not supposed to have been awakened until we got to our destination.  Most law enforcement issues would have been expected to take place planetside.

  just want to say..Happy's Mother  day  to any Mothers out there..as well as those  that have to be mother and  Father!

Monday two weeks ago I woke up in the morning, and could not get out of bed. As it turned out, I had a stroke that night.
The past two weeks I have been in hospital. I was released yesterday, and have some road ahead before being all myself again. Doctors do think I will get back on top of things, it wasn't a severe one.
As I am only 39, I think you can Imagine it scared the hell out of me. At the moment I am just glad to be home, and will most likely get back to this in the next couple days to get my mind off things.

My left side is already improving, but things like walking, drinking, eating, they all cost me a massive amount of energy. Having a 2 year old kid to care for makes me stronger though, so revalidating at home will , hopefully, push me ahead faster. Those of you that have stuck around, I thank you for that. Expect updated threads in the next 48 hours.
Those that have gone I cannot blame, since having your game master bail on you for two weeks does not help keeping a game alive, I know.

Either way, thank you all for being here. I hope you will be patient with me.

Thanx,

Rien.

wow..take  care of yourself..as I always say..RL comes first!

Yeah, take care of yourself. This game is pretty trivial compared to that.

A stroke is scary business. The mind being willing but the body not... Had a friend suffer a pretty bad one. He would have died if not for some happenstance, but he was still in really bad shape when he returned home to family and we lost touch.

Docs have good hope I'll recover about 90/95%. They kept me in hospital for two weeks to monitor the bleeding in my right brain half, because the location was inoperable as they called it. It was too deep, and too difficult to reach.
Surprisingly, the most difficulty I have at the moment is in writing, even though I am right handed and my left side fell out. I can remember and visualise the letters, but somehow they wont hit paper in their correct shapes.
Typing is no problem, as i can see what i type and the lettering is pre-programmed of sorts.
Sure, eating, drinking, its all a problem at the moment, but with work that gets better. I have been able to drink without a straw for three days already, with some drooling, and food, well... I can chew using my right side, so a burger is still a welcome thing.
I have to quit smoking now though, that sucks... But i'll live, thats more important.

Just take care of yourself and family that is far more important. We will all be around.

I have known several people that have had strokes the majority of them recovered almost fully, but it does take time.

My grandfather died of a stroke (about 3/4 months ago), he was in the hospital for 3 weeks, he had a really hard time D:

I just went up north to my Granparents w/ my mother for Mothers Day (layers of moms amirite?)

(its 9:30pm rn, and i got school at 8:00 am tomorrow xD)

There was some sadness because my Granpa'd picture is everywhere, so my mom got upset by that.



I dont really know my family much, and most the time I just exchange pleasantries and then go to a back room in the house to talk with my brother for 3 days of boring longitude, so my grandpa's death never really upset me...



In conclusion, I hope you get better soon, These things are never fair, good luck, cant wait til you get back, all that good-feels jazz :D

this message is over now xD (so akward but im tired :D lol :D :D)

Welcome back.  I hope you continue to improve.  Take the time that you need.  This game is worth the wait.

Oh wow. I had no idea. I hope you are safe and you are loved.

Jesus wept.
Take all he time you want dude,I'm still here and checking in regularly but I think I wrote myself into a bit of a corner.

dw ill be here :D

--thought id add to the  poool of love :D

What corner Hans?

In reply to Game Master (msg # 245):

Sorry,I'm really just procrastinating,had quite a few exams as well but I'll post soon.

Ï assumed for now you were processing the newly awakened. In game it has only been a couple of hours ;)

I should be able to post again this weekend. My next post will be a little involved, so I can't slip it in between tasks at work like I normally can.

Its tough to find out that a lot of things I cannot do with a paralysed side. Its frustrating really...

I'll be advancing the timeline to late afternoon soon, just so you guys know. As always running matters can still be handled in 'flex'.

Danny, don't forget you need to visit Jan Vanderbeek... say an hour ago :D

  My favorite Uncle had a stroke years ago, ebfore all the new stuff that came out..he loved to golf... though I wanted to be a football player,  I went head to head with the coach, and  walked out..they wouldn't let me back on the team the next year..so I looked for other avenues... I ended up with a Letter in golf..using my Uncles clubs that were cutom made for our size ( 5'8")... when they would come up for a visit from NC, we would go gofling.. he always walked the course, because   "..the time spent  struggling to walk,made him appreciate the right to do so"

 it took him..i'd say 3 years or so before he was  walking with only a slight limp, but his speech was good and he could swing a golf club...

 with the tech and stuff now days?.. I am hoping they can make  it a much, much shorter time for you!

I hope so... Its not as much my legs, walking with a bit of a limp i can live with... But I'm an avid painter... or was at least... Tried my hands at a few miniatures over the weekend... no such luck... But its a good goal to work towards...

well? the main thing   me and my uncle share is stubbornness?.. he found ways to do stuff, and worked around the limits, until the slowly came back...now? this is  say 30+ years since then..rehab.. and such can help..my oldest daughter is an OTA, and works with folks, who...for a variety of reasons...need to  learn how to do things  differently.

  You may, after a short while, fine different ways to use the brush, but..BY ALL MEANS..don't give up on rehabbing.

 again? It depends a lot on how bad the attack was, but rehab..whether formal..on your own..or both is the best way to fight it. frustration will be a companion for a while,but  a goal will always help your efforts!

Oh dont worry, I never give up on the things I love

...

Oh my...


I thought i was caught up on time, but I guess not xD


Is it okay if I make my alarm glitch out or something?

Because Danny set an alarm for 9:55 at 9:20 or so for janderbeek

and he wouldnt miss something he had promised to do, no matter what.




Since alot of things go with the "Oh, Marco has some system mess-ups"... can i pull that card too?

haha sorry, i was pretty sure about what i was doing, guess i was quite a few hours behind!



before i do anything, what time is it actually in the game?

Man... dannys gonna be sad about being late xD


edit: i just realised the wanted players section has 27999 posts!! o_o the next dude to BUMP is gonna be a legend xD thats cool :D
This message was last edited by the player at 15:00, Wed 24 May 2017.

27999..that's cute..my space game  has 59,858!..other games  are  in the 7 -8 thousand  range... but..the players thread  has been cleaned up over the years...and I delete a lot of my old  bumps..don't know if that keeps numbers  down when GMs  do that or not?

Sure thats okay Danny, use the glitches :D

It doesn't delete the count Kray, but the admins do clean it up a lot.

thanks :D

What time is it in the rec dec rn?

deciding lateness for Danny  :D

I tried it before.. took one of the older  Bumps out, it decreased by one.

59 858!?!?!?!?

my game has 49 xD

well?..no game starts out at 50K.. all my games have been running at least 6 years, I just have more active players in the space  game then other games.

It did decrease it? Nice.

Danny, its about 11.00 now.

in a few hours ill get caught up on being late :D

XD so funny


ok bye haha :D

finished a while ago.


Also, update my game now has 60 posts :D :D

119 more posts my space  game will have 60K...should reach that Friday night or sometime saturday..weekends are slow, and this is a holiday weekend   here in the states.

 again?..6 years+ so... somday you might be typing the same thing to someone else!

Inspirational, really :D

PS. Im no longer a nub, I have 62 posts


xD Im so weird haha :D


ok im going to sleep soon cya yall 4 now :D :D

sick today, cant post sorry D:

Happy Memorial Day ( observed)...folks in the US... remember . To our friends outside the US.... Happy Monday! enjoy the day off ( if you have it)

somehow Danny has like 60 posts... Im hardly ever here xD

Guess its mostly my OOC comments like this one




BTW My game got 100 posts, so happy :D

BTW BTW: Miss u GM, out of all my GMs yer mah faverit :D <3 <3 <3 <3

Hello everyone, and happy Memorial Day! Im happy to be here and part of the group :D

good to have you Mike :D

this is post #leet

1337 xD

Will be updating all threads in a few hours. Rehab is being a bitch, but Iḿ getting there... Can already drink coffee without drooling half the cup all over my lap.

get better mah man

yer my fav GM <3 :D

I hope you the best of luck getting better! :D
This message was last edited by the player at 23:49, Fri 02 June 2017.

hi friends :D

Howdy..hey Danny.. we hit 60K yesterday in my space  game.. about 4-5 days longer then I thought it would take!

 everyone else?  hold tight..GM  will be here when he is able!

good for you man!!

both my games had 132 posts, the former was up for 2 months, the latter for 2 days, and now my latter has 133 xD kind of weird, also i got a player to co-gm with me cause he was so helpful xD so yeah im pretty happy too :D

good for you tho, 60k post is super legit !!

my games got 180+ posts


man its sloooow around here xD


well bye pals xD

its that time of year... younger players have more to do..older   players have families  and stuff  to go on vacations with.. some of the younger players   get summer  jobs, ect ect.

yup.

In reply to Kray Shadow (msg # 279):

And some of us have been rebuilding a deck by themselves.  Two people...  Eighty degree weather...  Meals from brown paper bags because there's no time and no remaining energy to cook anything...  Falling asleep sitting up while waiting for your turn in the shower.  Good times.

 I remember those times, when me and the late wife tried to do stuff..not as dynamic as a deck though!

 Keep plugging away, just try to remember to have some time to enjoy the stuff you build!

havent said this yet:

Gonna be homeless for all of July. wont be here much D: D:

sucks sorry D:

Wow that really sucks D:

I hope you the best of luck finding a house Danny!
This message was last edited by the player at 02:05, Sat 10 June 2017.

In reply to Danny Chambers (msg # 283):

Hope things work out for you sooner than later.

got a house, waiting for tenants to leave

Mom is moving (im 14, have to go w/)


so yeah not as bad as it could be, still sucks.

Forgive me Danny for being slow. My body is not in line with my mind at the moment. I do what I can, but fuck hell its hard. Mentally hard mostly, not being able to do what I feel I should easily be doing.
Still, we make small babysteps in progress... Yesterday I was finally able to pick up my two year old son and hold him for a while. Felt like ages since I been able to do that...

Dont worry man, its all good :D

Thank god your getting better, hoping for you :D

 Hang in there Danny, I have seen this happen a lot in my life..my own kids have to come home from time to time.

 GM? That's what its  all about. It will be damn frustrating at times, but the focus is on 'what is next'..build on what you have   done, until you reach  all that you can do...My Uncle's nurse sais, too many people  give up, too soon..the ones who stay the course  recover a lot better, a lot faster.

I´ll be fighting till I drop, you can be sure of that.

Just a heads up that I may not respond for another couple of days yet. But since no one is waiting in me I suspect that won't be a problem.

I think Jen had  a post or two for you?

In reply to Micaela Nieves (msg # 291):

Mrs. Peel, we’re needed.

Okay, I'll set aside some time during my lunch break to get caught up.

As a heads-up, ship AI has managed to filter out more news from earth, 2043 news items have been added.

yippe :D

Catdog?  Blockbuster?  Civilization as we knew it is gone.

ikr

It was a brilliant action comedy. Michael Bay directed it.

I think my Rpol notifier must have died, I'd thought this game was dead. Did ya miss me?

hello fellow being...

You are not known as an existing creature...


YOU HAVE BEN GONE FOR 10 MILLION EONS!

You must die

thank you have a blank nothingness for all time.


DISAXJHFALIBVJSFDK



~~


But really, welcome back

Always.

how long were u gone?

I'm having images of my character totally zoning out and daydreaming at his terminal. How long was he "gone"?

In reply to Blake Germaine (msg # 304):

I don't know, but a black jumpsuited security guy is asking you a question.

Hardly an hour or two ;)

 Happy Father's day.. to all the FAthers... and   all the Mothers  who have to be  Fathers!!!

all my games together have 900+ posts yay!

not bad..everyone starts someplace!

thx chu ^_^ :D

I ought to start a game, but I'm not ready yet. So, you're ahead of me.

I ran games on Yahoo and some of the old EZ-Board sites...I didn't want to run  any here, just wanted to be a player..but I brought my Yahoo D&dish game here  and I have a football game that  is really slow moving.. I started the space game when another one i was in folded

 That is the one that has 60K posts.. all of them have been around 6+ years..but the space game is my fav, because I use my own system.

 The key thing?..start a game about what you like...run it like you want to have a game run for you. and... don't  shut games down because you're bored.

 One of the things I look for?..if the GM has too many games running..and/or too many games  deleted..i won't waste my time...I think I am allowed to have  15-16 games here?.. I have  3... I can serve my players very well, and I still have time  for games I play in.

i have 1500+ now :P

Note to blake: If you have an idea, go for it! People here are pretty understanding if you are nice to them (tip that I wish I had: Lot's of people leave games or dont send in RTJs, sometimes they just skip and you never hear from them again. Don't get mad at that stuff 20% of the time they are busy or something, but tbh most the time they just left like jerks.. (sometimes you wait 2 months for someone to say I quit.))

I wait 2 weeks  if someone hasn't posted or logged on, I'll send them a PM to see if they are still interested..

 some answer.. some don't.

 if a good player is having problems and the game is important to them,  we'll make sure   they can stick around.

let's face it? folks have RLs..and sometimes RL sucks..so we work with those who want to play, cut loose  those who do not.

smart :3

Little victories.
I mentioned this before, but since my stroke there are lots of things I manage to no longer do on my own. Silly thing, but with a paralysed side its little things that frustrate most.
Little victories.
I had one today. It might sound silly. It might sound gross, but today for the first time ince my stroke, i managed to go to the toilet all by myself. No help. And nthat means the entire process. Unbutton, unzip, everything. Stupid right, but to me, at this time, its the world. I celebrated like I won a world cup!

Add to that the fact I managed to pick up my son yesterday, things are going the right way for me. Its a long road, but i'll get there step by step.

Now on to business. Again, thank you for sticking around guys an galls!

Indeed!... when  hit hard like this,  , you have to be happy with the small things... you are  rebuilding/relearning.

 the progress you have told us  about is very encouraging, and picking up your son and being a bit more Independent, is  great positive feedback for your soul.

  keep striving, as I am certain you will!

To GM:  Not silly, very impressive.  A lot of people would have given up or given in.  I'm very happy that you are not one of them.


To Rick:  Welcome aboard the Marco Polo and to the game.

yes... rick ... the guy who ... i know? um.. okay.

I mean Danny was pretty friendly, he had like 350 facebook friends lel xD

Also, quick question, what weekday is it ? Marco always says the date, but never the weekday (or maybe he does idk)

my gaes got 1800+ posts lolsies  :P

thats like 300 new posts since a few days ago.. Yuppe (idk why i keep saying it, makes me feel happy that i has so many friendsies :P)

To celebrate our 1500th post, everybody gets another point earned. Select a skill to specialise in, or to expand specialisation upon. Let me know what you pick and mark it on your character profile.

Yay 1500!

yupee so happy, this is a truly great game!! :D

i added mine to Technology :D

  Very neat... lots of games don't see 1000.

true that :D

Danny is going to go looking for Micaela.  This is going to get interesting.

lewl thx :D

I JUST HIT 1000 POSTS in my superhero game :D


today is a good day :D

Jennifer... it all depends... does he find her when she is still in the hold? Or once that task there is done ;)

fun stuff rn :P danny is totes not happy xD

I imagine the circumstances of their meeting will only change what kind of interesting it is.

BTW, is Colonel Walter 'Doc' Genassi in the Cargo Hold? Seems like you might have meant to post as the Major.

exucse my ignorance, but what exactly is interesting about their meeting? I might be missing the obvious here, but what is expected to be so exeptional about it?

as a player, I am thinking its the interaction of someone trying to walk into the crime scene?...

 Shadow  got slapped  down a couple times  as he   tried to  figure out what's going on, so he is more or less keeping stuff to himself .

 so a civie  popping up down therew?..might not be a good thing..BUT....would make for good RP!

oh my....

Does Danny know he isn't alowed there? Cause for all I know cargo holds are just for holding stuf... also i remember there was 1 i wasn't allowed in But Danny doesn't know that i guess? meh

   yep player knowledge and Charcter  knowledge is  way different.

 so Danny could...indeed.. just show up and let the chips fall where  they may!

cool

Shadow is completely right. Character knowledge and player knowledge are totally different.
You might know jennifer and micaela are investigating down there... Danny however has no idea. All he knows is civilians are allowed in the cargo hold, most likely when more are awake some will even work there.

And yes, it would make for some nice RP opportunities.

Concerning the interaction with some of the NPCs... we are still only on day one. Most people just realised they are 115 years late, and they begin to figure out all they lost. Their moods might be sour... That will change over time ;)

  Happy 4th of July, from the States...or?  Happy Tuesday!

Apparently Canada Day is July 1st, i thought it was July 4 (I watch too much american TV :P)

So sadly I missed it... AND IT WAS NUMBER 150!!

darn...

Happy July 4 everyone! Unless your not from the States, then have a happy day!
This message was last edited by the player at 22:14, Tue 04 July 2017.

Yep, happy belated treason day to all you ungratefull colonials!

Nah, all kidding aside, I hope you guys enjoyed your day.

canada 4 lyfe m69 :P <3


yes i talk in sh*tposters l33tsp3ak.... xD

Anyway, I am moving today (hope said so before), and i will not be back for a month...

Love you guys! Cya all asap! :D

Hi all. Sorry, I just now got to posting and looking here in OOC. So much to read. Thank you Jennifer and yes WTG on 1500 posts.

Hi Richard! Apparently your characrer knows me...? Totally fine with it, just unexpected!


Oh also, everyone, I thought i would be awol for a month, but i should have enough interenet to post occasionaly!! :D

In reply to Danny Chambers (msg # 344):

The names I spouted off were the other members of the boy band that Rick was in. We could spin it that way or the name could be a coincidence. :)

Haha Danny was never in a boy band... although im fine with him being your friend :D He had aALOOOOTT of friends back on earth :P

why nobody talking here?

Soo alone o_o

You have asked a question.  I cannot answer for anyone else, but for me have talking to just talk is generally a waste of my time.  And ultimately, we are all alone.

Maybe because your friends are all still back on earth? ;)

I don't generally chatter in OOC.

i am a talkoholic, my game has 1121 of its 1802 posts being OOC, and i have at least 400 in there...!

in my space  game.. we have OOC#16. there is every thing there  from Game updates....'heads up" form players when they need to be away, and didn't want it  to be just a PM to me.. we have some fun in OOC.. there are darker things, 'cause  a lot of us  have  been together for a while so some  RL bad things are shared, because..sometimes   you just need  some other folks?

 most important , and  OOC  questions are asked   in OOC threads or PMs, so it doesn't take away from the 'story feel" of the game....I do, indeed admonish players for  asking/talking OOC in  game threads.

we just started our 2nd ooc thread, it already has 100+ posts in a few days... we dont mix IC and OOC things, but sometimes people make little notes at the bottom of their IC mesages... we REALLY need to use more PMs... my fault mostly, the co-gm i elected when the game begun is waaay more active than me, and overall better.... the players don't pause to share that either ;P lol :D

Those of you who havent done so yet, please update character details so it holds not only your portrait, but your character sheet too. Thanx.

is mine updated? i cant remember xDD

Pretty sure answer is yes.

Howdy y'all,
 Eric J. Whitechapel should be waking up from cryo sometime soon. In the meantime I wanted to introduce myself. This is gonna be my first time ever roleplaying online so any and tips and advice will be welcome. Anyway glad to be a part of this and looking forward to having fun
This message was last edited by the player at 03:30, Tue 25 July 2017.

 howdy..first off..  The GM has  some RL issues..so the game  moves a bit slower... but?  we're all still here. Sooner or later we'll get interacting as the game moves on.

Perfectly fine, I actually took the liberty of reading through the OOC thread here before I joined so I am aware and hope only the best for the game master. Still excited to be playing :D

GM cant promise much, but I promise you all I do what I can when I can, and will be keeping this thing alive. Just maybe slower at times.

Welcome Eric.

Added a ship intercomm thread. The intercomm can be heard all over the ship, and as such when it is used, all players on board will hear its message, no matter where they are. Yes, that means even in bed, shower, on toilet or hiding in a locker in the cargo bay.

In reply to Eric J. Whitechapel (msg # 356):

Damn! We've got two people using Horatio Hornblower characters as their portrait?

Welcome aboard.

Who's the other one then?