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[Norik The Blood Elf]

So exciting...
Plot plot plot plot plot...

[Dude w/ a Hat]

Well now, what to do with all my STUFF...any good spots in Ko-Koro to set up a tent?

[EmperorWhenua]

Also, I didn't know Oreius would betray them. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's just that Stannis didn't see the whole story.

 

Prediction: Oreius getting captured starts 2013's game year.

'T wouldn't be the first time you'd be wrong.

[Voutok S'Tythe (Ray)]

So exciting...
Plot plot plot plot plot...

All this stuff about the plot--especially now that I actually know enough about the staff story to get what the heck is going on--I feel so...left out, being cooped up in Ga-Koro while a bunch of "chosen ones" achieve their destinies in Le-Wahi XD

[Kaitholas Cage]

I think that's the purpose of 2013. To give players more of an input. Why the Turaga have died, etc.

 

On another note:

 

Not All Sleep Easy

[Voutok S'Tythe (Ray)]

*shrugs* Maybe I'm just too used to being in smaller-populated RP settings like on an RP on another forum that I have a significant role in or a MineCraft RP server I serve as a moderator on. XD

[Kaitholas Cage]

Patience, my friend. Get better as an RPer (not saying you're bad, everyone can get better), stay around a while... You'll eventually get bigger parts.

 

Patience is the operative word here, I've noticed.

[Voutok S'Tythe (Ray)]

Again, pretty sure I'm just too used to more smaller-scale RPs. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying it feels weird. =3

[Replicant]

I have to say, these posts featuring Anthyn and Anyanka are interesting to read. Nothing like psychopathic torture against an near-powerless NPC to liven up the RPG forum.

If I ever want to get rid of a character in an interesting way, I think I'll just go have him attempt to commit a crime in Ga-Koro.

Edited by Giant of Lannister, Jan 19 2013 - 09:03 PM.

[Varren Rehn]

Eh.

 

I think I might introduce a Valklyr of my own creation once the 2013 plot begins. One who has little interest in the conflict between good an evil...

 

That, and I need him for my own, derpy, slightly non-existant plot.

[EmperorWhenua]

You'd need to talk to me about that first.

Also, I knew you'd be a fan, Darkon. XD

[Dallas Winston]

I have to say, these featuring Anthyn and Anyanka are interesting to read. Nothing like psychopathic torture against an near-powerless NPC to liven up the RPG forum.

If I ever want to get rid of a character in an interesting way, I think I'll just go have him attempt to commit a crime in Ga-Koro.

 

S'my boy.

 

-Tyler

[Meta-Mind]

If I ever want to get rid of a character in an interesting way, I think I'll just go have him attempt to commit a crime in Ga-Koro.

...Well, that would certainly lead to an interesting end for anyone.

[Toa Xemnas of Crystal]

Ic: "I am positive that a new Company will rise to fill the vacancy we will leave when we set these rocks in the notches.

Challenge accepted. XP I have the perfect character for that, actually... But before I do anything, first I'm going to sit back and watch, wait, and see what the plot's like for next year.

[JL v2]

Ic: "I am positive that a new Company will rise to fill the vacancy we will leave when we set these rocks in the notches.

 

Challenge accepted. XP I have the perfect character for that, actually... But before I do anything, first I'm going to sit back and watch, wait, and see what the plot's like for next year.

What happens when you already have a team?

 

Add on the fact that one of them is actually a Makuta flamboyant fanboy whose trying to make his mark on the team as well.

[Kaitholas Cage]

Gosh, I hope it's something besides Matoran.

I mean no offense to anyone, just that we've already had two Matoran teams.

[Half a Cup of EW]

All legends are merely parts of great cycles; history is always reincarnating itself to keep archetypes alive. As Matoran become Toa, so other Matoran will take up the mantle left behind, and eventually they will undergo the same heroic journey. There is no single quest that decides the fate of the world; it is a continuous quest with no end and no beginning, a heroic journey with different characters but the same archetypes.

 

All would-be heroes need not be Matoran, but the journey from Matoran to Toa is a physical example of a mental and spiritual change. This physical accompaniment to an otherwise physically undetectable journey is a classic trope in the BIONICLE universe, and one that I, personally, don't want to end.

[JL v2]

Remember back in the day when Toa characters were discouraged and Matoran characters were encouraged?

 

I don't.

 

I like the sound of it though. But not the sound of the staff. Too strict apparently.

[EmperorWhenua]

Remember back in the day when Toa characters were discouraged and Matoran characters were encouraged?

 

I don't.

I do. It's still recommended because it makes everything simpler and it has more potential in the long run.

[Axilus Prime]

Toa characters being discouraged? What a nightmare.

[Kaitholas Cage]

I have toa for reasons. Only one char of mine was made without a purpose, so they tend to be the race they needed to.

[Varren Rehn]

Toa characters being discouraged? What a nightmare.

 

Not really. Toa can be really handy sometimes, but more-often-than not, they are the exact opposite of the standard RP character.

 

They already have some development, they've moved on from being weak little 'children' and have reached a level of maturity, in which they have to control their mask/toa powers.

 

If you look at it from the 'professional' point of view, being able to RP as a Toa is a disadvantage, as you've been cheated out of part of the RP experience.

 

Meditate on it, it could prove most enlightening.

[Toa Xemnas of Crystal]

All legends are merely parts of great cycles; history is always reincarnating itself to keep archetypes alive. As Matoran become Toa, so other Matoran will take up the mantle left behind, and eventually they will undergo the same heroic journey. There is no single quest that decides the fate of the world; it is a continuous quest with no end and no beginning, a heroic journey with different characters but the same archetypes.

 

All would-be heroes need not be Matoran, but the journey from Matoran to Toa is a physical example of a mental and spiritual change. This physical accompaniment to an otherwise physically undetectable journey is a classic trope in the BIONICLE universe, and one that I, personally, don't want to end.

Again, challenge accepted. Maybe I could start a Matoran group next year... yes, that would be perfect...

[Axilus Prime]

For me, the RP experience I want is the same experience I want with any other game. Which is kind of why I've been getting less in touch with the RPG, more and more attracted to other things. Exploring characters is fine with me, and I try to put some of it in stories, but honestly it's the meeting new people and fighting enemies that I like best in a game. 

 

So, as you can imagine, I've just been shot. Karzin' Knights...

[ZHX]

So basically you're here for the fightin' and drinkin' and fightin' and not for the story.

 

Gotcha.

[BenLuke]

While the rest of us are here for the fighin' and drinkin' and the story.

[Constructman: Black Knight]

For me, I'm here for the story and the drinking. The fighting just ruins it for me because I'm bad at it. Story is what makes the biggest imppression on me, not just in the RP but also in computer/video games as well.

[Norik The Blood Elf]

I'm here to watch the fighting and fail at joining in the story. Mostly fail, of courses. Heh.

[JL v2]

While the rest of us are here for the fighin' and drinkin' and the story.

I'm not here for the drinking. I'm underage.

I do it at home.

[Axilus Prime]

What? No, I like the story. It's not one of my favorite stories in any capacity, but I love a good story. It's the extreme emphasis on character development that I don't get.

 

I like stories that lead to high stakes, good action, logical progression of events, good pacing of said events, cool elements (like a cool history for stuff, or big life-destroying rings, infected planets full of Dark Energon) and character description. I don't care much if the characters change along the way, as long as they have a solid basic personality set up.

 

I don't like games that have boring or no story. It's one reason why I love Halo so much. The story is just awesome.

 

Plus, Bionicle had low combat action in canon due to Lego's censorship. If I didn't love a good story, I wouldn't be here.

Edited by Axilus Prime, Jan 19 2013 - 02:16 AM.

[ZHX]

Because not everyone is a fan of explosions and hot chicks making out with other hot chicks and prefer reading about how people change and grow for the better or worse.

[EmperorWhenua]

This is getting to be a witch hunt against Axilus. We all have our reasons to be in this game and there is no problem if someone is here for the action or the story or a mix of everything. We all enjoy different aspects. That doesn't mean we're any good at them, but it's still why we're here, and each player has value as a result of it.

 

Now let's let off the subject. If this is truly worth quarrel, take it to PM, don't discuss it here.

[Axilus Prime]

Whoa whoa whoa, Hubert. I don't think lesbians are hot. Nor would I go looking for "hot chicks" in a game where girls looking like this...

...can be considered attractive by the Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard.

 

Anyway, so I heard the Essence Stones are almost all collected. That took a while.

 

I also heard there were Rahkshi. Are they out in the open where PC's could come in and fight them, or are they silently hunting down the Matoran?

Edited by Axilus Prime, Jan 19 2013 - 02:27 AM.

[JL v2]

We need some insight into the BZPRPG's Makuta.

 

For so long he's just 'Shadows and evil'.

 

I feel like 2013 needs to give him a reason to be shadowy and evil.

[Half a Cup of EW]

Anyway, so I heard the Essence Stones are almost all collected. That took a while.

 

I also heard there were Rahkshi. Are they out in the open where PC's could come in and fight them, or are they silently hunting down the Matoran?

 

The Essence Stones were all collected a week or so ago. The transformation is happening... well, now.

 

And yes, there are Rahkshi. As this post states, they are not out in the open, but are waiting for the WC to transform before they strike.

[EmperorWhenua]

We need some insight into the BZPRPG's Makuta.

 

For so long he's just 'Shadows and evil'.

 

I feel like 2013 needs to give him a reason to be shadowy and evil.

Absolutely not.

 

The best evil is the irredeemable kind, the evil with cause but left unexplained, the commiter unrepentant and, yes, giving no explanation. Some of the most evil characters in fiction as a whole were created by Shakespeare. The most insidious of them all, however, is Iago, a character in the play Othello. He uses his clever abilities to become the most trusted aide to Othello all while he plots to destroy Othello's life, such as seeding discord in the family and making Othello kill his own wife, Desmedonna, under suspicious of treachery. He hates for no apparent reason and almost succeeds in his ploy, but when he s caught and asked why he did it all, he gives no explanation and simple refuses to speak of it at all.

 

THAT is evil. THAT is brilliance. There suddenly is nothing human about Iago, nothing relatable by the observers of the play. In this game's setting, we have a being of arguably pure evil: The Makuta. He is evil without reason, darkness itself, the everlasting villain. He cannot be compared to any character, and as soon as you give him an origin and a purpose to be evil all the magic vanishes from him.

 

Makuta and Ambages are the two major bastions of evil. Though I cannot vouch for Nuju and his portrayal of the Makuta, I don't think it would be right to give him reason to be the way he is, and for the sake of leading by example Ambages' goals will never be explained. They will forever be enigmas.

Edited by Daenerys Targaryen, Jan 19 2013 - 02:38 AM.

[Floridian Citrus]

-Listening to PotC soundtrack really helps with these-

 

Just a man and his crew.

[Axilus Prime]

Looks like I was behind schedule. Oh well, my fault, I was off doing other stuff. Thanks!

 

Now to read that post...

 

I missed more than I thought. Inu is attached to Oreius?

 

The descriptions are detailed and awesome. I feel like I once did in the days I would see pictures of new Bionicle sets for the first time...yep, Nuju came with a promise to return to the roots, and he delivered.

 

And now we see Rahkshi fights. That post was sheer epicness.

[EmperorWhenua]

Henceforth, Stannis shall be known as...

 

... the Granite Paladin.

[Ghosthands]

"This is goin' ta be FUN!"