(12-27-2015, 08:02 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 08:00 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ]You know, just because I didn't do anything for it for months, that doesn't...
...God damn it.
We have so few active people I can guarantee the srs RP won't go very far and I hate to get smug but the nexus has not yet proved me wrong on these kind of things.
And I have a feeling I went too ambitious.
That being said, what do you think of a straighter SciFi RP, where everyone starts as the crew aboard one of a intersolar civilization's first interstellar-capable ships?
Oh wait that's part of the plot to Homeworld isn't it
No Psi, no weird particles that basically do magic, no convoluted ancient alien mystery that hints at how much railroading is probably going happen.
[Knocks on pseudo-door]
Hello? Anybody home?
(12-27-2015, 08:59 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 08:02 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]We have so few active people I can guarantee the srs RP won't go very far and I hate to get smug but the nexus has not yet proved me wrong on these kind of things.
And I have a feeling I went too ambitious.
That being said, what do you think of a straighter SciFi RP, where everyone starts as the crew aboard one of a intersolar civilization's first interstellar-capable ships? Oh wait that's part of the plot to Homeworld isn't it
No Psi, no weird particles that basically do magic, no convoluted ancient alien mystery that hints at how much railroading is probably going happen.
[Knocks on pseudo-door]
Hello? Anybody home?
Oooh I can do that. Someone will have to constantly remind me about it, though.
(12-27-2015, 11:29 PM)Davepeta Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 08:59 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ]And I have a feeling I went too ambitious.
That being said, what do you think of a straighter SciFi RP, where everyone starts as the crew aboard one of a intersolar civilization's first interstellar-capable ships? Oh wait that's part of the plot to Homeworld isn't it
No Psi, no weird particles that basically do magic, no convoluted ancient alien mystery that hints at how much railroading is probably going happen.
[Knocks on pseudo-door]
Hello? Anybody home?
Oooh I can do that. Someone will have to constantly remind me about it, though.
Roughly, the game would play out as an RPG version of Star Trek tOS, except it isn't the captain's job to solve everything
(mostly because he's to busy keeping the ship from tipping over), it's
yours. Look at strange new worlds through the bridge windows, cause diplomatic incidents with more advanced civilizations, and have to use the other locker room because someone sealed an alien in the only other one nearby.
(12-27-2015, 08:59 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ][Knocks on pseudo-door]
Hello? Anybody home?
*Peeks through mail slot*
No soliciting!
*Slams mail slot*
No, but really I have to agree on the SRS RP front.
Unfortunately, not enough people seem to be interested for it to succeed with such a big universe and plot...
As for the new idea, sounds like it could be a thing. Would probably help if everyone was in a (reasonably but not starfleet) sized ship since... well, less room for less people.
The more restrictive the sci-fi the harder time I will have being interested. Sorry.
(12-27-2015, 11:50 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]The more restrictive the sci-fi the harder time I will have being interested. Sorry.
I find harder sci-fi more interesting because a lot of light sci-fi really just ends up being "magic except with a cool tech aesthetic"
(12-27-2015, 11:41 PM)Shaadaris Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 08:59 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ][Knocks on pseudo-door]
Hello? Anybody home?
*Peeks through mail slot*
No soliciting!
*Slams mail slot*
No, but really I have to agree on the SRS RP front.
Unfortunately, not enough people seem to be interested for it to succeed with such a big universe and plot...
As for the new idea, sounds like it could be a thing. Would probably help if everyone was in a (reasonably but not starfleet) sized ship since... well, less room for less people.
But it would also have to be big enough to justify having a large number of nameless nondescript NPCs to retcon into players who join late or do stuff too boring to roleplay.
Therefore, Deep Space Exploration Battlecruiser.
There would be multiple sapient species to choose from that just happen to be the ones you want to play. There is no explanation for this because even if I did it later it would still be made up on the spot.
Since you would be the crew aboard the ship, you will need a job. This ranges from the exciting, such as gunners, who fire bullets and maternal insults at various enemy spacecraft, and explorers, who actually go down to planet surfaces and bring stuff back while avoiding dying, to the boring, like cooks, who will really just be sitting around socializing with everyone while the space souffle finishes, and guards, who really don't do anything unless the explorers bring back a hostile artifact or something. No you can't be a merc.
I'll also just re-use the systems we were going to use before.
(12-27-2015, 11:55 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 11:41 PM)Shaadaris Wrote: [ -> ]*Peeks through mail slot*
No soliciting!
*Slams mail slot*
No, but really I have to agree on the SRS RP front.
Unfortunately, not enough people seem to be interested for it to succeed with such a big universe and plot...
As for the new idea, sounds like it could be a thing. Would probably help if everyone was in a (reasonably but not starfleet) sized ship since... well, less room for less people.
But it would also have to be big enough to justify having a large number of nameless nondescript NPCs to retcon into players who join late or do stuff too boring to roleplay.
Therefore, Deep Space Exploration Battlecruiser.
There would be multiple sapient species to choose from that just happen to be the ones you want to play. There is no explanation for this because even if I did it later it would still be made up on the spot.
Since you would be the crew aboard the ship, you will need a job. This ranges from the exciting, such as gunners, who fire bullets and maternal insults at various enemy spacecraft, and explorers, who actually go down to planet surfaces and bring stuff back while avoiding dying, to the boring, like cooks, who will really just be sitting around socializing with everyone while the space souffle finishes, and guards, who really don't do anything unless the explorers bring back a hostile artifact or something. No you can't be a merc.
I'll also just re-use the systems we were going to use before.
Can I make a character who's that really, really uninteresting red-shirt that nobody ever remembers the name of, but who somehow survives every encounter from sheer luck?
(12-27-2015, 11:55 PM)Segolia Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 11:50 PM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]The more restrictive the sci-fi the harder time I will have being interested. Sorry.
I find harder sci-fi more interesting because a lot of light sci-fi really just ends up being "magic except with a cool tech aesthetic"
I don't mean for it to very straight sci-fi, because then the entire thing (superluminal speeds, anyone?) would be impossible, but I would like to avoid "explaining" eldrich beings that created a do-anything particle. Just think "slightly harder Star Trek".
Example: Instead of being armed with a Phazer, with the settings "stun", "shoot", and "kill", you have a gun, with the settings "no bullet", "bullet", and "more bullet".
(12-27-2015, 11:59 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 11:55 PM)Segolia Wrote: [ -> ]I find harder sci-fi more interesting because a lot of light sci-fi really just ends up being "magic except with a cool tech aesthetic"
I don't mean for it to very straight sci-fi, because then the entire thing (superluminal speeds, anyone?) would be impossible, but I would like to avoid "explaining" eldrich beings that created a do-anything particle. Just think "slightly harder Star Trek".
Example: Instead of being armed with a Phazer, with the settings "stun", "shoot", and "kill", you have a gun, with the settings "no bullet", "bullet", and "more bullet".
Psst, faster than light is theoretically possible.
(12-28-2015, 12:08 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 11:59 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ]I don't mean for it to very straight sci-fi, because then the entire thing (superluminal speeds, anyone?) would be impossible, but I would like to avoid "explaining" eldrich beings that created a do-anything particle. Just think "slightly harder Star Trek".
Example: Instead of being armed with a Phazer, with the settings "stun", "shoot", and "kill", you have a gun, with the settings "no bullet", "bullet", and "more bullet".
Psst, faster than light is theoretically possible.
It just requires an inordinate amount of energy and, depending on how you intend to get it working, exotic particles which may or may not actually exist in any large enough quantity.
(12-28-2015, 12:08 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 11:59 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ]I don't mean for it to very straight sci-fi, because then the entire thing (superluminal speeds, anyone?) would be impossible, but I would like to avoid "explaining" eldrich beings that created a do-anything particle. Just think "slightly harder Star Trek".
Example: Instead of being armed with a Phazer, with the settings "stun", "shoot", and "kill", you have a gun, with the settings "no bullet", "bullet", and "more bullet".
Psst, faster than light is theoretically possible.
Well, theoretically, but I'm pretty sure screwing with the fabric of spacetime to "accelerate" beyond light speed without actually gaining or losing any speed isn't possible.
(12-28-2015, 12:10 AM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ] (12-28-2015, 12:08 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: [ -> ]Psst, faster than light is theoretically possible.
Well, theoretically, but I'm pretty sure screwing with the fabric of spacetime to "accelerate" beyond light speed without actually gaining or losing any speed isn't possible.
That reminds me, what's been happening with the EMDrive lately?
(12-27-2015, 11:59 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ] (12-27-2015, 11:55 PM)Segolia Wrote: [ -> ]I find harder sci-fi more interesting because a lot of light sci-fi really just ends up being "magic except with a cool tech aesthetic"
I don't mean for it to very straight sci-fi, because then the entire thing (superluminal speeds, anyone?) would be impossible, but I would like to avoid "explaining" eldrich beings that created a do-anything particle. Just think "slightly harder Star Trek".
Example: Instead of being armed with a Phazer, with the settings "stun", "shoot", and "kill", you have a gun, with the settings "no bullet", "bullet", and "more bullet".
I don't mean like straight hard sci-fi but something a little more bounded by reality like what you describe.
In a lot of sci-fi settings I ususally just see like "let me summon my teleporting flying AI companion with flamethrower arms" which may as well be "let me summon my magical fire elemental" because it's basically the same thing at that point. Like you're literally just using "science" to explain away fantastical effects which are tantamount to magic anyway
(12-28-2015, 12:13 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: [ -> ] (12-28-2015, 12:10 AM)SilverOtter Wrote: [ -> ]Well, theoretically, but I'm pretty sure screwing with the fabric of spacetime to "accelerate" beyond light speed without actually gaining or losing any speed isn't possible.
That reminds me, what's been happening with the EMDrive lately?
NASA hasn't bothered announcing anything on it yet. They probably know whether it works or not, but they haven't bothered saying anything official about it.
What can I get for 60 dollars on Amazon that's PC related and super useful?
Except an SSD cause I'm not bothering with one on a rig with an i3.
Here's my new stuff so far:
https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/14O90V088MF14/
My mobo broke which is why I'm getting a new one.
(12-28-2015, 12:42 AM)Davepeta Wrote: [ -> ] (12-28-2015, 12:13 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: [ -> ]That reminds me, what's been happening with the EMDrive lately?
NASA hasn't bothered announcing anything on it yet. They probably know whether it works or not, but they haven't bothered saying anything official about it.
What can I get for 60 dollars on Amazon that's PC related and super useful?
Except an SSD cause I'm not bothering with one on a rig with an i3.
Here's my new stuff so far:
https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/14O90V088MF14/
My mobo broke which is why I'm getting a new one.
Do you need a new mouse? Could get a pretty good gaming one for that price.
If you don't have one you could get a gamepad (xbone controller) or a steam controller
You play driving games don't you? Maybe you could get a wheel peripheral for that cost (likewise probably a decent joystick if you're into flight/space sims)
(12-28-2015, 12:53 AM)Segolia Wrote: [ -> ] (12-28-2015, 12:42 AM)Davepeta Wrote: [ -> ]NASA hasn't bothered announcing anything on it yet. They probably know whether it works or not, but they haven't bothered saying anything official about it.
What can I get for 60 dollars on Amazon that's PC related and super useful?
Except an SSD cause I'm not bothering with one on a rig with an i3.
Here's my new stuff so far:
https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/14O90V088MF14/
My mobo broke which is why I'm getting a new one.
Do you need a new mouse? Could get a pretty good gaming one for that price.
If you don't have one you could get a gamepad (xbone controller) or a steam controller
You play driving games don't you? Maybe you could get a wheel peripheral for that cost (likewise probably a decent joystick if you're into flight/space sims)
50-60 isn't enough for a quality wheel (but maybe a aero stick), I've had this pretty crappy ambidextrous mouse so I might get a new one, then. Shame mech keyboards are 70+
Plan B is up on the Revival Thread. It took 30 seconds of quote editing, so it says nothing I haven't already said.
What mice and keyboards do you guys have?