Dante's Abyss 2009

[Rem-13]

well MAYBE first you should try and GET RID of that misguided sense OF sElf ENTITLEMENT you seem to havE. There's nothing unreasonable about this timeline.

[Sage]

Are you seriously bitching that Ander still has details to iron out?

Yeah, god forbid he didn't have a religious epiphany and a saga came down from heaven in the form of a massive stone tablet carried by Jesus Christ himself, and he laid it down upon a golden ark before Ander, so he may transcribe it onto the internet in the form of a post.

[Vad]

Are you seriously bitching that Ander still has details to iron out?

Yeah, god forbid he didn't have a religious epiphany and a saga came down from heaven in the form of a massive stone tablet carried by Jesus Christ himself, and he laid it down upon a golden ark before Ander, so he may transcribe it onto the internet in the form of a post.

Awesome.

[Rafael]

Are you seriously bitching that Ander still has details to iron out?

Yeah, god forbid he didn't have a religious epiphany and a saga came down from heaven in the form of a massive stone tablet carried by Jesus Christ himself, and he laid it down upon a golden ark before Ander, so he may transcribe it onto the internet in the form of a post.

I'll take ^. I'm willing to bet Jesus has had enough time to think up a great saga or two.

[Piper Juunanagou]

Go ahead and count me in.

[Super Buu]

I really wanna join this one, but realistically I'll probably have to give it a miss since I'll be running AD's saga for at least another month.

(Plus Dragon Age comes out that week <_< >_>)

[Ander]

RP-wise, each person who signs up OOC will have their character get a vague written invitation to a "grand event worthy of only the most privileged and skilled fighters in the universe," and "great honor/prizes/trophies will be at stake." It will not specify what the event is, who is hosting it, what the honor/prizes/trophies are, or any other details. This way, those whose character's wouldn't normally join a death tournament will still (hopefully) have incentive to go, if for nothing else but curiosity or the lure of whatever the prize might be. How they are delivered is entirely up to whoever RPs it. Each invitation will be specifically addressed to the character by name.

I can write out a template invitation, or people can write their own to tailor to their characters, or we can do both. All three options would work for how I have the "story" set up. I can also do two versions of the invitation, where one set says it's a Dante's Abyss (for people who go for the fighting), and another set that doesn't say what it is (for people who need to be "tricked" into going).

Basically, people will personally receive written invitations inviting them to go to DA. No sign-up booths this year.

[Ashe]

You heard Mal, Ander. If I were you, and hoping to avoid pissing off a single (and might I add fairly important, from the tone I read) member of the site, I would suggest that you either throw something together hastily and stop worrying about whether or not you've thought anything through as if you don't want it to be filled with problems or something. Either that, or an even better idea! Post up the rules and information on the date that you have set for yourself so that you can prepare properly for looking over everything. And then let's wait till about January 15th so that Mal has more than enough time to read over the information and properly digest it and prewrite his ROleplays ANd diSCuss alliances with PEople so that he has a GuarenteeD and unstoppable path to VICTOry.

Well, I guess that would be entirely unreasonable. Let's go with the absolute reasonable route. Mal has already stated in this thread that he'd like to start as soon as humanly possible, "right now" were the words used. He'd also like the information up well in advance so that people can digest everything.

You heard the man, either you vomit some form of well tested thorough and finalized information out right this second while also posting signups that already list Mal as the winner of the event, or you get a time machine and go back a month so we can properly read it (as long as we start right now). Either way, Ander, you'd better get your shit in gear or we'll come after you. I MEan it.

I'M pRETty bothered As well.

[Kaden]

That might be one of the funniest things you've posted, Ashe.

[Tyr]

I really wanna join this one, but realistically I'll probably have to give it a miss since I'll be running AD's saga for at least another month.

(Plus Dragon Age comes out that week <_< >_>)

Oh shit. I forgot. Oh well still in.

[Psyren]

Hey ander im just letting you know my character is one of the ones who will need to be tricked into participating. So if you could help me brainstorm some ideas or osmeone else could then id appreciate it.

[Alexander Trafford]

Well, i think we all know that Mal was being rude, rash and emotional in his written and half-explained complaints, but i'm really glad we just had nearly half a page of people ripping on him for it. Especially when two of those people are SMs, one of whom's bashings were then promoted by an Admin. Real classy staff, setting great examples as always.

[Kaden]

Exaggerating a situation just because you have some personal grudge against the staff is never a great idea. There four (I'd say three, personally, but I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt here) derogatory posts made in response to Mal. That's not "half a page."

I said I thought something was funny. If you decide that's the same thing as me saying "as an admin, I completely agree with this post and think everyone else should as well" then... well, there's nothing I can do about that.

I really have no idea why you decided you have such a problem with the staff here, but you swooping in and throwing around baseless accusations of how awful the staff members are is getting pretty old.

If you have issues with the way specific staff members are behaving, take it up with them or a higher up in private. Further discussion on this topic, from anyone, will result in warnings.

[Ashe]

Dammit, should have woken up earlier. Ah well, good morning everyone. Except for those living on wrong time.

Hey ander im just letting you know my character is one of the ones who will need to be tricked into participating. So if you could help me brainstorm some ideas or osmeone else could then id appreciate it.

I swear to god, I had to read that twice because the first time I read it, my groggy eyes interpreted this as "Hey Ander, I'm happy for you and I'mma let you finish, but Reb had the best Dante's Abyss ever!" Then I reread it and realized that a Kanye reference that would have been so perfectly applied here had been missed and yet one had stumbled so close.

[Jack]

I thought the Kanye thing was over. The good and bad thing about it was that it blew up so fast that it ran out of steam in like 4 days.

Will this be a DA where Combat Ability (and Techniques, etc) will come into play? If so, would you consider doing a sort of "bracket" thing so lower level people won't get owned by someone 10 times their strength in the early rounds?

[Celena]

RP-wise, each person who signs up OOC will have their character get a vague written invitation to a "grand event worthy of only the most privileged and skilled fighters in the universe," and "great honor/prizes/trophies will be at stake." It will not specify what the event is, who is hosting it, what the honor/prizes/trophies are, or any other details. This way, those whose character's wouldn't normally join a death tournament will still (hopefully) have incentive to go, if for nothing else but curiosity or the lure of whatever the prize might be. How they are delivered is entirely up to whoever RPs it. Each invitation will be specifically addressed to the character by name.

Do we have to follow that route? Contrary to being part saiyan, I know Zena would find the idea of fighting tedious, despite the fact that she'd be rewarded for it. She's the type that would fight because she has to, not because she wants to. I've actually thought of a something that would motivate her to join DA. Could I go with my idea? Or would you like me to run it over with you privately?

Will this be a DA where Combat Ability (and Techniques, etc) will come into play? If so, would you consider doing a sort of "bracket" thing so lower level people won't get owned by someone 10 times their strength in the early rounds?

CA and techs unfortunately won't come into play. Ander wants us all on an equal playing field so people with 599 CA will stand a chance. If only power hadn't have come into play last year, I wonder who would have won.

[Treius]

I'm in too. I have a general idea of how the good Doctor is supposed to play, but I'm not entirely sure how I can get him in on this. Still developing his whole background and such.

[Cain]

The no CA/TECHS thing going on will be awesome. Mystery in the event is cool. I'm pretty pleased with storyline going into it, as the invitation thing will be a familiar concept for Cain. Thanks for running this one Ander.

[Alexander Trafford]

Will Abilities come into play? For instance, would Ki Sense act like a weaker form of the GPS, in that it detects ki signals and the origin of those ki signals?

I'm assuming fights will be roleplayed by the players, since that was the style of the older versions of DA?

[Vad]

RP-wise, each person who signs up OOC will have their character get a vague written invitation to a "grand event worthy of only the most privileged and skilled fighters in the universe," and "great honor/prizes/trophies will be at stake." It will not specify what the event is, who is hosting it, what the honor/prizes/trophies are, or any other details. This way, those whose character's wouldn't normally join a death tournament will still (hopefully) have incentive to go, if for nothing else but curiosity or the lure of whatever the prize might be. How they are delivered is entirely up to whoever RPs it. Each invitation will be specifically addressed to the character by name.

I can write out a template invitation, or people can write their own to tailor to their characters, or we can do both. All three options would work for how I have the "story" set up. I can also do two versions of the invitation, where one set says it's a Dante's Abyss (for people who go for the fighting), and another set that doesn't say what it is (for people who need to be "tricked" into going).

Basically, people will personally receive written invitations inviting them to go to DA. No sign-up booths this year.

This sign up method is going to be fun. =D