BZPower's Bara Magna

[Dane-gerous]

I really enjoyed playing this.

 

Looking forward to playing Mata Nui, too.

[Voltex]

Nice epilogue.

 

I wonder if Surel and Telluris would have caught up with Burn and I.

[Voxumo]

Twas a fitting end to a wonderful game, and I am so happy I was able to help co-host, even if at times I felt like there was more I should have been doing.

[FrozenFlash]

Thank you, Pulse and Vox for hosting this wonderful and wild ride. It was fun to experience and entertaining to read.

 

Good game, people.

[The Hip Historian Iaredios]

 

 

Actually prefer the changes here then more of my long arse posts. Good job. Wish you could have put in that to get past his PTSD Hyethut would be taking drugs to prevent eventual insanity and possibly become addicted down the road, both of which goes against his philosophy. Not to mention with him ageless, he very well may never be able to meet his deity, this immortality possibly being a curse by Grunkhar for his idolatry to his state, and he won't seek death precisely because he loves his home so much and must guide it. Paradoxes galore!

 

This was a fun game, glad I decided to join. And thanks Timelord for inviting me, I never would have exiled you if it wasn't for you.

 

If anyone wants a sequel, I have some ideas. But for now, let this adventure rest.

[Voltex]

I feel like if a Season 2 ever happens it should be hosted by Pulse. There's plenty of locations that the rest of us can explore.

[Bonkle]

Wonderful game.

[The Hip Historian Iaredios]

I feel like if a Season 2 ever happens it should be hosted by Pulse. There's plenty of locations that the rest of us can explore.

I don't want to host! I just have ideas.

 

A dead kingdom to the south with a rocky black spire for its once pulsing heart, and an eternal kingdom to the far south with wonders made of glittering sand-sprinkled translucent metal. Distant lands east with rich decadent vorox, zealous arsonist nomads, and a paradisiac trap. To the west, barbarian whalers and fishermen on islands ways from Tajun that do war with robot lion-men raiders that carry pillars of life with them, and beneath the swallowing brine that is the Sea of Liquid Sand, who knows may lurk in that alien underworld...

[Toa Smoke Monster]

 

Couldn't resist.

 

Anyways, good game everyone.

[Eiji Hino]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_2IdybTV0

And so, the adventures of these few brave souls draw to a close...

This game was the most fun I've had on BZPower in a while.  It was a real treat to play with you guys.

[Dane-gerous]

I wouldn't mind playing Leader Quin.

[Trijhak]

Some end-game statistics:

• Six players died total.
• Luroka and Nato were the only players to die from a cause other than inactivity.
• Manducus, Underscore, Jed, and Flaredrick were the players to die from inactivity.
• 15 players survived. Both the Rock Tribe and Jungle Tribe did not lose a single player.
• The Water Tribe lost all but one of its players - all three who did die died to inactivity, while Terrorsaur was one of the most active players. 
• No tribes were wiped out. 
• The episodes, combined, come out to about 90,500 words. 13,000 of those words are from the Epilogue alone. The first few episodes average out at around 8,000 words, while the last few episodes average out at around 11,000 words.

Number of times each player's (or NPC's) name appeared:

 

1. Timelord: 335
2. Voltex: 280
3. Nato: 258
4. Terrorsaur: 206
5. Luroka: 199
6. Hyethut: 180
7. Toru: 163
8. Lan: 158
9. FF: 141
10. Andekas: 137
11. Burnmad: 120
12. Onaku: 117
13. Pahrak: 117
14. Quin: 107
15. Smoke Monster: 94
16. Underscore: 56
17. Flaredrick: 53
18. Jed: 43
19. Rahkshi Guurahk: 38
20. ShadowVezon: 35
21. Manducus: 22

 

Tuma: 315

Sahmad: 123

Orkahm: 56

Fero: 5

Surel: 17

Ehrye: 34

Ionia: 40

Stronius: 65

Telluris: 20

Edited September 20, 2017 by Trijhak

[Toru Nui]

Why am I not surprised that it's Timelord who's name is said the most?

[Voltex]

Nice stats, although you forgot Dalu (may she rest in peace, oops).

 

Not gonna lie, I'm surprised my name showed up the second most often. TL makes sense what with how central Tesara and his own actions ended up being.

 

It's also curious to note how often Luroka was mentioned though, considering he died in... Episode 6, I think? Yet Luroka's name is fifth for total count. I imagine if he had survived longer he might be even higher than TL.

 

I'd also be curious to see how many times each player had a POV section in an episode, and who you personally saw as the "main characters" as the season went on (during BZPGOT S1 for example you, Nato and Vox all basically drove the entire plot).

[Trijhak]

PoV counts, as requested:

 

Nato: 10

Voltex: 9

Timelord: 8

Quin: 8

Terrorsaur: 5

Hyethut: 4

Pahrak: 4

Toru: 4

Smoke Monster: 4

Luroka: 3

Burnmad: 3

Onaku: 3

Underscore: 2

Andekas: 2

Jed: 2

Lan: 2

FF: 1

 

Tuma: 1

Sahmad: 1

Ionia: 3

 

Main characters would probably be Voltex, Timelord, Nato, and Terrorsaur.

[The Hip Historian Iaredios]

Pulse, how did you originally envision an ending for this game would play out? You obviously gotta keep things open, but we all look towards the end and make speculations of the future.

 

For example, I didn't know that I was going to have the opportunity to seize power, but I knew it was possible the moment you specified that I, the general of a nation, led the resurgence movement of an ancient religion. I even said it was a bad idea. But I was hoping it would not need to be taken and that Tesara's heads could have a jolly time together. *shrug*

Edited September 20, 2017 by Hyethut (Iaredios)

[Dane-gerous]

Jeez, I got a lot of POV parts.

[Onaku]

Good game. I really look forward to Season 2 if there will ever be one.

[Trijhak]

Pulse, how did you originally envision an ending for this game would play out? You obviously gotta keep things open, but we all look towards the end and make speculations of the future.

 

For example, I didn't know that I was going to have the opportunity to seize power, but I knew it was possible the moment you specified that I, the general of a nation, led the resurgence movement of an ancient religion. I even said it was a bad idea. But I was hoping it would not need to be taken and that Tesara's heads could have a jolly time together. *shrug*

 

I had little idea how the end would have played out at the start, bar it involving the Mask of Life. There were many things that could have happened.

 

Ideas I considered, however briefly:

• Raanu was not dead, but part of the Bone Hunters
• If Hyethut had not been out at Gatherer's Ridge for something like 70% of the game, I would have pushed him further in Grunkharism along with Tesara's twin villages uniting in zealotry, and then push them to punish the heathens like Timelord, Lan, and Andekas
• Tuma would be overthrown by Stronius
• Malum would have actually made an appearance alongside some Vorox
• Vorox/Zesk would mysteriously return to intelligence (because dream)
• Sahmad was to be executed instead of Atakus at the start of the game - then Voltex requested Sahmad.
• The Bone Hunters were to show up at Tesara, led by Fero, but ultimately I decided that would invalidate Terrorsaur's experience at Atero
• Iconox would have discovered edible mountain worms way back in Episode 3 instead of the Epilogue
• The Order of the Palm would have severed one of Timelord's ears had Hyethut not forbidden them from harming Timelord
• Luroka would have got an opportunity to actually kill Tuma and take his place as the Ruler of the Skrall.
• Timelord would have been executed or exile - wait that actually happened. Nevermind. 
• At one point I considered pushing Quin to overthrow Burnmad.
• Scenarios for the Mask of Life's use involved: Wiping out 99% of life on Bara Magna; instantly growing a large jungle over most of Bara Magna; reviving a load of dead people; bringing Annona into this world (wait that actually happened); pushing Annona out of this world (wait that actually happened); and whatever else players could think of
• If Luroka and Tuma kept living, Rock Tribe players would be given a lot of opportunities to betray the Skrall.
• I briefly considered having at least one player run into a Skopio, the wild creature, not the vehicle. I decided that would come out of nowhere and so opted not to do it.
• At one point I considered having the shards reform into the living sand stuff but I decided that would just be unnecessary, with the result artificially padding the game either way.
• Telluris may have shown up earlier at one point. I decided against it, until the epilogue.
• One last request from me, as a host: players, what are more extreme actions you considered but never went through with?

[Bonkle]

As probably expected, there was a split-second thought of using the flail on both Nato and Voltex after the latter drew his sword.

[Nato G]

If I had my time over, I probably would've let someone else put on the Mask of Life. But apart from that, I actually find myself feeling quite... satisfied... with how things turned out in the end. It might have cost me my life, but almost everything I'd set out to accomplish ultimately did come to pass.

 

Tuma is dead. Iconox remains independent. The Glatorian system is gone, replaced by fair trade. 

[Dane-gerous]

I'd have never taken the shard to Tesara in the first place.

[Voltex]

I originally planned to kill Terrorsaur in Atero, but decided that my chances of success with the flail, his soldiers, and the Bone Hunters in play weren't great.

 

I planned to brazenly strike Tuma with the flail, killing him in a single-oh wait

 

Once I had all six shards, I was going to take them to Vulcanus and reforge them there, with the intent that doing so would kill everyone there (probably including me, but what a way to go). Reasoning would have been the same reasons my character gave after killing Tuma; they were the only village who hadn't suffered significant losses.

[Eiji Hino]

I'd have probably used my position as interim Leader to pardon TimeLord and keep him from getting exiled. I honestly completely forgot that he made me the Leader until he got back.

[Trijhak]

10/10 leadership there, Lan

[Eiji Hino]

10/10 leadership there, Lan

Hey, that was just Out-Of-Character. In-Character, I assumed that since he had returned, he was the Leader again. Apparently I was wrong. Edited September 20, 2017 by Scrubbish

[Burnmad]

Regret: I would have not ordered Quin to take the shard to Tesara

 

I was really expecting that to turn out much more interestingly than it did

 

Also screw the nice guy schtick, if I could do it over again I'd have played the Skrall and the villages against each other long enough for Vulcaus to come in and take over the shattered remains of the realm

 

Anyway, nice epilogue. I guess we may never find out what happened with our expedition, though I guess it kind of has to be canonically a failure or have ended in an accidental/emergency misuse of the Spirit's Wish, as the way I had intended the usage of the Wish to play out wouldn't have resulted in my never returning to Vulcanus:

 

I had actually intended to send my soldiers to Bota Magna to see if it could easily support life (palatable groundwater, workable land/supporting of hunting & gathering, shelter), and if so, to construct a settlement and attempt to build a reflecting mirror large enough to be seen from Bara Magna, or otherwise create some kind of observable landmark. In order to facilitate this, I was gonna have them gather large quantities of sand to take with before stepping through the portal. I, myself, would have returned to Vulcanus so as to not abandon them, and be able to later lead them on an exodus to the Wish should Bota Magna prove habitable.

 

Voltex could have gone anywhere he wanted, though I imagine he would probably have also chosen Bota, since Aqua is a bit drowny this time of year and Bara Magna is... where we are already, and we don't really know of any other planet likely to support life, let alone so much as Bota.

 

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[Voltex]

I would have joined you on Bota, yeah.

 

I think my character had heard about the giant construct though, so maybe I would've gone there instead just to throw a monkey wrench into things.

[Trijhak]

...How would have your soldiers even managed to create a reflecting mirror or landmark on Bota Magna large enough to be seen from Bara Magna? You can't even see that much on Earth from the Moon...

[FrozenFlash]

I was actually kind of planning to usurp Guurahk's leader position sometime during the Iconox civil war. My character's excuse would've been that Guurahk seemed so weak and spineless on accepting the Skrall's "protection offer" but, I never had a good chance to execute him and I kind of got caught in the Luroka / Rock tribe tension enough that I got sidetracked.

 

Ha, I could have been the Ice Ruler for the third time in a row .

Edited September 20, 2017 by Fluorescent Flowers

[Burnmad]

Well I'm figuring we have optics here on Bara Magna, since

 

1) it's 99% sand

2) humans have had optics since the 7th century BC

 

So my plan only really depended upon whether we have magnifying lenses and the capacity to combine them to create a sort of primitive telescope, but that didn't strike me as being particularly farfetched, so

 

Also they honestly might have been able to do a good enough job just by... clearing a whole frigging lot of trees. Depends on the distance between the bodies

 

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[The Hip Historian Iaredios]

My only regret is being out in Gatherer's Ridge for much of the game.

 

But at least it got me to have a moment of interaction with a Shard and set up for Gresh to be referenced. Oh, and with the shard crater and the exisdian found there, I get two boons as leader: profit from mining, and money and prestige from pilgrimages to the site. Either the Palms or a specific hosptialler organization will need to be founded in order to protect both pilgrims and workers to, from, and at the industrious holy site from bone hunters. I am leaning towards the former. Unlike what occurred IRL history, I would preserve the natural area and not build a temple atop it but rather near it. Land can be sacred and needn't be spoiled by the works on man.

 

To make another reference to history, lets see if Hyethut can be more like Constantine I and while adopting and protecting a preferred faith he respects other faiths to his death (while obviously favoring one over another) and kept people in line, and not like Theodosius I who frenzied people into becoming zealots and didn't lift a finger as zealots harrased un-believers and destroyed temples (like the Zeus Colossus and ending the Olympic Games) then published propaganda to decree his empire the heaven on earth and he the physical regent of the divine, cementing a line of tyranny for a thousand years.

 

...given Hyethut's mental state, he might end up in the middle. Lets just hope that the population doesn't become more radical than him and revolt to set up a truly evil psycho.

[Nato G]

Also they honestly might have been able to do a good enough job just by... clearing a whole frigging lot of trees. Depends on the distance between the bodies

 

They could've just.... burned down the jungle.

[Burnmad]

 

Also they honestly might have been able to do a good enough job just by... clearing a whole frigging lot of trees. Depends on the distance between the bodies

 

They could've just.... burned down the jungle.

 

 

Now you're thinking (with Spirit's Wish-es?)

 

I mean, that could actually work, though. They'd just... really want to clear out a pretty wide perimeter around the area being burned.

 

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Edited September 21, 2017 by Lord Burnmad Aodh

[The Hip Historian Iaredios]

An extreme act I almost pursued was, being swayed by my soldiers at Gatherer's Ridge, I would have ridden back to Tesara, saw what the fire and learned that Timelord left, then attempted to take over the state. But then soldiers that Timelord sent prevented this action (do not make your soldiers angry with your decisions - history 101). Given that Lan and Andekas were being heroic I don't think it would have worked. The ending proved to provide a much greater and more smooth opportunity.

 

Another was to hand Timelord over to Stronius and me and the Skrall would go back to Tesara and have him burned alive in symbolism of those he left to burn, appease Hyethut's sense of justice and appease the wrath of the Skrall.

 

 

When I first started this game I wanted to be general, but after hearing of Timelord's shortcomings in previous games I thought I could be a better leader but by then the positions were settled. After that, the thought crossed my mind to kill him immediately, but I would have no just cause and so waited to see if such action would be neccesary and if the casus belli would present itself.

[Bonkle]

My track record has proven that the best way to lead a military force in these games is to strike out on your own, nearly get killed several times on adventures, then finally show up halfway through the final battle with your relatively untouched army that's been sitting around for the whole game.

[Nato G]

I've had a lot of people asking when I was planning to launch BZPMN, and now that BZPBM is officially over, I'll probably be posting the topic later today - possibly within the next half hour or so. 

[Eiji Hino]

I've had a lot of people asking when I was planning to launch BZPMN, and now that BZPBM is officially over, I'll probably be posting the topic later today - possibly within the next half hour or so.

*heavy breathing*

Aw yiss boi.

[Bonkle]

Just asking ahead of time, are Burnmad, Voltex, and Pulse still interested in doing Team Fire Fortune with me as the fourth? If not, I'll probably just do Water again.

[Burnmad]

Yes, but Luroka and Dane have also expressed interest in Ta-Koro, so...

 

It'll be hotly contested.

 

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