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*shoots Questa with an arrow*

WTF? That hurt!

How could it hurt? It has a rubber suction cup tip!

That still hurt!

Softy.

things

Hi everyone! Really excited to join this site.

Welcome Juniper!

Welcome!

Goodnight!

Anyone else getting hit by this crazy cold spell?

I'm hunkering down for what might be a historical blizzard. If no one sees me over the weekend, I'm without power and/or connection.

Be safe!

I'm not setting one toe outside this apartment after the first flake falls.

I wish i could see snow!

Oh I have no problem watching or seeing it, it's the shoveling, and the lingering icy patches and an apartment complex that won't shovel or clean unless it's a certain amount.

Even still! Florida sucks ass. Id kill to shovel snow over the floods and methheads

Oh, well, we have methheads here too, I think they're everywhere. My back can't take shoveling, I'm not supposed to lift over 10 lbs.

Whats wrong with your back?

Scoliosis, arthritis and degenerating discs. Basically a triple whammy.

Ouch. Sounds rough hun. Get better soon. On an unrelated note how long have been this site?

Unfortunately all are permanent and aside from ibuprofen and the stuff like Ben Gay, not a lot can be done to get it better.

Gosh, I don't even know how long I've been here. Years though.

How many groups are you in? And did you ever use any other sites?

I started in yahoo groups, I tried...PlaybyWeb I think it was called and for a while I was in an over 18 site. Right now this is my only game. It's difficult to find any that fit what I like.

Aw, I remember the Y!group Buckley Village- like 13 years ago. Then Y!groups started eating messages and spitting them back out a week later so we came to Rpol. Was it Play By Web? I remember we tried some other RPing site for a while. Then we tried some online message board until that site crashed and we lost a lot of messages forever. Then think it was the Y!group again, then back to Rpol... Then started the second generation of BV. Then GM killer decided to kill everyone...

My first RPG was on The Pet Vine, a spinoff from Ancient Sites, both of which are long gone. Then Y!clubs (which merged with Y!clubs), Egroups until they became Y!groups. Then Rpol.net, some other role playing site similar to rpol.net but wasn't able to organize as well... Some random message boards including a Redwall RPG I really should get back to, there were some good writers there...

But this is my only game right now.

Anyone ever try Groupie?

In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 26):

But I wasn't the one who completely dropped and ignored the Ygroups one with the Buckley kids as kids.

I think it was play by web but I think we left there because they didn't keep anything more than 2 weeks I think, so we couldn't go back and reference anything.

My very first game on Ygroups was a Lord of the Rings game. That was Aalyssa's second outing. Everyone else was kids playing kids so all the adult players/characters kind of migrated. I enjoyed it though and managed to fit in...of course, I had Aalyssa's kids too in the game.

Never heard of it.

Groupie? I've not heard of it either. I'm finding most games are focused more on combat and not on story telling, and I like story telling.

Old site i used to use before it shut down one day out of the blue.It was mostly a social networking site with a few roleplay groups and almost a few thousand accounts, although there were plenty of fake accounts and not nearly as much options as are here. A few of my friends were trying to find a replacement and i decided to try a couple places out. And now i'm here!:)

Well we're certainly happy to have you. Aside from the adult site I no longer I use, I've got to say that no place I've tried has lived up to how this is set up.

Im glad to be here too!<3 Ive needed some friends since most of them vanished when the website went down. So its nice to talk to more people and write again.

Sounds like Ancients Sites and the spin off sites... They were before their time in some ways, everyone got their own house to decorate, people could leave messages at your 'house', you could send private messages and instant private messages, you could also send one global message a day (There was rarely more than 20 people on at a time) there were public message boards and groups... It's been gone almost 15 years and I still miss it.

Never heard of that one either. Though in Yoworld on Facebook you can decorate and leave messages for friends.

Ancient Sites, The Pet Vine, SciFi Sites, The Book Vine... A bunch of others. Then they decided to change, instead of a bunch of sites just be one big site, The Vines or something like that. Had a completely different format and no one liked it so they left. At least I'm still in touch with a few people from there.

I had no idea there were so many options.

We've just been upped to a blizzard warning so if I'm not around, you'll know the power and/or connection is out.

All of those vines/sites are gone now, but I was surprised to find this last night: http://ancientsites.com/ A trace of Ancient Sites.

Snowing here too.

Its getting hecka late here on my end so im gonna say goodnight guys! See you all tomorrow!

Hey everyone! Sorry i vanished without warning! Its been a rough week.

Glad to see you back! Hope all goes better now.

Yeah just started a new job so ive been exhausted.

I need to get a job, too much time on my hands so I don't get anything done.

Yehudit's method of angrily walking on a ship has its own unique verb. To Stomple.

I was going to say...stomple?

stomple
v. The unintentional infliction of harm or injury with disregard or indifference to the victim(s), by a mass of people with booted feet.

n. The action or sound of stompling. Can also be a circular group dance involving a rhythmical, heavy step.
Bob fell down while in the pit at the Pantera show and was stompled for quite a while before anyone helped him out of there.

Poor Bob, he hasn't made an appearance since he raiders, has he?

And darned if it's not a board game already too. http://www.stomple.com/

Ironically a board game with marbles... Recipe for Yehudit to crack her skull.

*things*

Probably should have a time jump in the near future...

So I noticed that the ship is being followed. Does that make me public enemy number one?

Yes! You've abducted Yehudit!

I don't know about public enemy but my daughter left without permission.

Whoopsies!

We'll probably be grateful for their help when we face the mermen. Nasty creatures with lots of strength.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Should we skip ahead to the island or the ships meeting?

I'm for getting to the island.

Should have the ships crash into each other. Then we all get eaten by sharks and die. It'd be awesome.

Uhm....I'm thinking no.

Let's not die.

So time skip?

Guess so.

Time jump time. One week later....arriving at the island.

 Should we just move the ship battle to the ocean thread ?

I don't think we have just an ocean. Both ship threads are marked on the sea so either will work.

Could make a Sea thread... Come in handy when they drown Lek.

*looks innocent and whistles* Drowns Lek? Who would do such a thing?

 Everyone I want to make a quick announcement. I'm co running  A new Star Wars themed game and I wanted to see if anyone would like to join.  It's free-form and fun. If you want to join the look up Starwars:Allegiances

Time skip?

Sounds good to me. GM LW?

Time jump tomorrow...ships can arrive at Portside.

I just joined the game, can someone update me on what is going on with the rest of the characters at present?

Hi Helen, welcome to the game. We have a few things going on. We have Pinja attempting to end the raiders, the people at the keep beginning the rebuilding of the village (and probably have a day for mourning those that were lost before our parties are back from Portside. One group has returned to Portside with one potential formerly missing Nelek, and another group with another potential formerly missing Nelek who are just leaving the island.

Okay. Where would be a good place for me to start based on my history? I noticed that you didn't have any placed labeled "Woods", so...

Oh and I forgot that underlying are characters pondering how to be rid of the mermen.

If you're aiming for safety, probably the keep since there are knights about. Otherwise, helping to end the raiders. I think it's pretty much going to take magic.

Also, once back, Sileas is going to be dabbling with magic (very much unexpected to her and very amateur).

What's the keep?

It's kind of a mini castle. It's been standing empty, but the king sent his illegitmate son with a force of knights to defend the village and oversee it. They arrived a day late.

Ok, I think I'll see where my character would best fit in and work my character into the plotline there. I think I'll go to the Keep first.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:39, Tue 19 Apr 2016.

Just to let you all know, I'm leaving for a trip this afternoon and won't be back until Monday, the 25th. Do we freeze the scene or just have Helen freeze and the other characters continue?

Either is ok with me, I'm probably not going to be real active for the next couple of days.

Whered the portside group go?

Ok, I'm back!

In reply to Juniper Alva Sparks (msg # 83):

Snogging Sileas in public in front of her father.

In reply to Wulfsen Thornblade (msg # 85):

I'm just waiting for the rest of the group to try and catch up with us

In reply to Wulfsen Thornblade (msg # 85):

*marches them at sword point to the nearest chapel*

What time is it right about now in the RP?

It's around noontime.

Ok, thanks

How long should I wait to come back?

Anytime. Could even throw in some magic healing.

Ill just say magic healing

I have a request. Could the GM possibly make a map to show the various parts of the Keep and the surrounding areas? I think that would help a lot in helping me (a new player) determine where things are in relation to each other. (I had to make some adjustments to my posts because I realized that Helen doesn't know where anything in the keep is besides the kitchen, garden and her room.)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:55, Wed 11 May 2016.

A map sounds like a good idea. I'll see what I can come up with.

I used to have a nice map of Buckley Village and the Buckley Inn... Damned raiders destroyed the inn along with nearly the entire village :(.
The village before being plundered: http://s578.photobucket.com/us...Village/2-4.jpg.html

Main game map added. Will work on more detailed maps of the Keep and the Main building, maybe even throw together maps of the dorms and barracks. But gives a general idea.

Thanks a bunch, this helps me a lot! :)

Quick question, what lies directly beyond the Keep's walls? Is there a thread for that already, or do we need to make one?

It's basically forest and the road to the village ruins.

Buckley Village ruins to the south, Portside to the south and west. Mostly woods otherwise.

Updated the rules.

Also hoping to start a new, bright, sunshiny day soon.

I got an artist to draw my character! Sorry for the large size!

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Cool.
When my player tried to draw me I looked like I had been kicked in the face by a horse. So she played with some Disney Princess doll generator.

Total cheater.

It's a new day. Good morning.

I know this probably seems lazy, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what to do next, since I just chased off the one PC willing to talk to me.

Trying to figure out where the rest of my characters are this early in the morning (game wise). I'll send someone your way soon.

Alright, thanks.

Sorry to be a bother, but I guess this is the problem with playing an antisocial loner in a freeform game without defined goals- you wind up being kind of, well, antisocial and alone.

Yeah, I get that problem a lot. And I have one character who isn't exactly anti-social but just doesn't fit anywhere.

Hello... I've just arrived. Looking forwards to meeting you all.

Welcome!

Hi.

Where would be a good place for a new arrival to wander in?

Breakfast is being served at the keep in the main hall, off the top of my head.

Uh, I meant someone arriving from elsewhere... a stranger isn't going to wander straight into breakfast, although he might relish an invitation!

I'm in the ruins of the village if you want to turn up there.

That sounds like a good idea. See you shortly!

I'm still alive! Been really burned out from NaNoWriMo, probably won't post tonight but hopefully soon.

No worries, Bai. Did you get a lot written?

Yeah, 50,564 words. To bad it has no plot.

Im sure its fantastic. I'd love to read it.

After much deliberation over the past few months, a few things I will not explain or get into and the fact that I have found things I enjoy far more than this, I am retiring from role playing. I've enjoyed getting to know every one, just consider the Spensers as having left for Farthington.

And then I got a new job, was crazy busy over the holidays and a death in the family.... But I think I really am back now.

And cousin- get your butt back over here!

Hello, Bai. Good to see you again.

Hey all, new guy here, anywhere a wandering elf/healer/mage could show up?

You could do as I did and wander up to the front gate. Watch out for the self-important pompous git on guard duty, though.

It doesn't look like Dyfrig has been horribly murdered by magic yet, so Bai will probably be trying to get in soon.

Hello all,

New player here. I am playing a young knight, Sir Bran Kendrick.

Welcome!

Thank you! Right now he and his partner Sir Gareth are wanting to get married, which is why the came to the village since Brans father tried to force him into a marriage with a lady. He is willing to fight for the village and the Buckley keep if they can somehow live together somewhat openly or get married.

Ah. Village law is up to my husband-to-be. But welcome!

Thanks! Is there a way I could set up a forum for their house? If not no worries

The village still is in the process of rebuilding. Houses are almost ready but not quite. We can give you a room in the dormitory if you like.

Alright, definitely. I know Bran and Gareth would help with rebuilding. Thanks :)

Cool. And since everyone is pretty much doubling up unless they have a family unit it will help keep things quiet for now.

Alright, that's totally cool. :) I don't have another player for Gareth at the moment, so he is open if someone wants to take him up. If not no worries :)

Okey dokes. You're all set up.

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Welcome!
We really need to get more NPC guards at the gate. Poor Bran lol

Bran isn't a bad guy, fyi :) but I get that

Sir Excessive Force needs some people skills.

Yes he does

Is the game dead?

I am still here, but everyone seemed to be pairing off for activities, erm, other than eating...

Everyone still here?

Um, yes.

I'm here, just waiting for the other parties in my scene.

I'm still alive, just a little brain fried from the weather...

I'll be out of town until Monday

For fun reasons, we hope.

everyone still here? Bran is waiting to interact with the lord

So is his bride.

In reply to Sileas Spenser (msg # 151):

We could have Sileas or the Buckleys meet them

Hmm...I'll think on how to do that since I'm already at his side.

To give you an idea of what the barrier is cutting off, here's a map of the Main Hall:
Link back to this game

The barrier is mostly outside the Hall and is in straight lines, but got messed up on the east wall (top of map) so it dips and curves and has cut off most of the staircase to the kitchen, and has taken out a chunk of the dais behind the high table.

Bai isn't happy.

I am even less happy. How do I serve you lot your feast... it's all in the kitchen!

Anyone still here?

Kind of. I have NaNoWriMo going on this month and I'm my region's ML so I'm gonna be extremely busy this month.

In reply to Yehudit Buckley (msg # 157):

Oh nice, I'm doing it as well.

I'm here.

Ok, November is over. Let's see if we can get some posts before the holidays get in the way.

I hope we can

Hi

I hope everyone's holding up alright with everything going on.

Things haven't changed much for me, I can't drive because of health issues so I was already staying home most of the time. I have a glamorous job of cleaning once a week and am still needed because people are afraid of germs.
My sister is a phlebotomist and I have been worried about her and her kids. The hospital she works at has had her reusing masks and it's frustrating that something as simple as a supply shortage puts her and her kids at risk.

Ok, we're skipping ahead approximately 4 months. To help keep everyone on the same page post what your characters have been doing for the past 4 months here: link to a message in this game