25K Now! Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 So uh, have you tried visiting the First's store? Or the restaurant some other Sisters work at? Or maybe Soli's forge, where Stronin works? Besides, I'm posting less these days too. It's called interacting with my friends. http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Void Emissary Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Holiday events ARE a custom here. We all play this game a bit more. And on Mata Nui, every day is just about holiday. I mean, which player here has a character who actually has a job? (Excluding Military) Following that train of thinking: how has every character on the island not died of liver failure yet? And how does the Mata Nui economy support itself if it's main businesses seem to be solely based around food and accommodation? [ BZPRPG ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relapse Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Holiday events are not a custom!!!Were you here last Christmas? I'm pretty sure I had a character chasing down an evil Joske, not celebrating a holiday that doesn't exist IG.Naming day is completely different, being non-religious and overall completely unlike Christmas!!! BZPRPG ProfilesIC: "It comes with the job," Halfimus explained, "I'm not paid enough to give anything outside quick flavour descriptions." So pay me more AuRon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a goose Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Holiday events are not a custom!!!Were you here last Christmas? I'm pretty sure I had a character chasing down an evil Joske, not celebrating a holiday that doesn't exist IG.Naming day is completely different, being non-religious and overall completely unlike Christmas!!!Oh really? Naming Day typically involves Matoran having their name altered due to their good deeds. Having their name changed is a rare privilege for a Matoran, and there aren't many Matoran who have received the honor. However, most Matoran enjoyed Naming Days because they meant a day off of work.On Metru Nui, ceremonies were held in the Coliseum, Knowledge Towers would open their observatories to all, and a few lucky Matoran had life-sized stone statues of themselves created. Present-giving is also a part of Naming Day, although this practice was followed more on Metru Nui than Mata Nui. Matoran legend has it that on Naming Days in Metru Nui, Mata Nui would fly through the chutes, giving presents to all good Matoran. - Vorex Edited December 8, 2012 by Simply Vorex [BZPRPG PROFILES] Nikarra - Kaelynn - Ronan - Muir - Donal - Aerus - Montague - Kira - Koura - Learu - Alteora - Fuacht - Caana - Nessen - Merrill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Holiday events are not a custom!!!Were you here last Christmas? I'm pretty sure I had a character chasing down an evil Joske, not celebrating a holiday that doesn't exist IG.Naming day is completely different, being non-religious and overall completely unlike Christmas!!! He speaks the truth, mostly. profiles i guess i'm a south american giant otter now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a goose Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 By the way, I'm not arguing in favour of Christmas events -- I've already said I dislike them -- I just want to point out that there were obvious references to what we call Christmas in the description of the Naming Day celebration. - Vorex [BZPRPG PROFILES] Nikarra - Kaelynn - Ronan - Muir - Donal - Aerus - Montague - Kira - Koura - Learu - Alteora - Fuacht - Caana - Nessen - Merrill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- JL - Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Completely unrelated, but the new quoting sucks. Where does the quote end and the post start? Oh, and yeah. Santa-Nui. Weee. GT: Jl1223 X <----add me :3 (╯◕_◕)╯ BZPRPG Profiles 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relapse Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Too bad we're not on Metru-Nui, Vorex. I'd expected you'd be intelligent enough to realize that. BZPRPG ProfilesIC: "It comes with the job," Halfimus explained, "I'm not paid enough to give anything outside quick flavour descriptions." So pay me more AuRon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULiK Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I memorized them before I joined, being the nervous noob that I am and all.Same with me, although I read the rules of the previous years of the BZPRPG that I never joined (But was about to!) about 8 times, and then of course, even more for this version's rules, and then the memorization. And Yet still I made horribly noobish posts. And on the note of Christmas holiday: DON'T DO IT GUYS! If you do anything that references christmas, you will get on the naughty list! But that doesn't mean I'm against having a large scale battle ON ICE! WITH SNOWBALLS! We need to have this happen! But no Christmas. Or Cats will get punched. Visit www.BZPRPG.com to view my project of archiving BZPower's RPGs, and also access the BZPower Roleplaying Wiki BZPRPG Profiles - Ghosts Of Bara Magna Profiles Exo-Force RPG Profiles - Six Kingdoms: Apocalypse (Knichou, Berys, Arnex, The Taku, Exuze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a goose Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Too bad we're not on Metru-Nui, Vorex. I'd expected you'd be intelligent enough to realize that.Well, you thought right. I do realise that. I'm just pointing out that Naming Day is not 'completely unlike Christmas'.Seeing as this has turned into just a conversation between the two of us, I won't be posting about it here anymore. If you want to continue the discussion, you can PM me. - Vorex [BZPRPG PROFILES] Nikarra - Kaelynn - Ronan - Muir - Donal - Aerus - Montague - Kira - Koura - Learu - Alteora - Fuacht - Caana - Nessen - Merrill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARROW404 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) I love how everyone jumped on how I phrased my comment and totally ignored the rest... Edited December 8, 2012 by Draezeth BZPRPG Profiles If I go AWOL for a while, feel free to contact me via Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voutok S'Tythe (Ray) Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) On an irrelevant note, I found out a little late that Mef is "taking a huge step back from the RPs" by not using all but one of his characters, and odds are that one character isn't the businessman one he's using for me XD...And when I posted a couple days ago I set it up to where he pretty much has to respond...so now I'm basically stuck until he responds unless I can think of a way to get out of the conversation logically and without godmodding XD. And then it looks like I'll become a nomad or something until I find something to do. =P Edited December 8, 2012 by Voutok S'Tythe (Ray) Behind this sucky post count, a writer and hardcore RPer lies in wait of a reason to post... For those who will likely ask when reading some of my non-RP posts: for me, "*shot*' = "I know that what I said was something stupid and I am acknowledging this before people think I'm serious." Oh yeah, and my current BZPRPG character bio can be found here. "Why...me? Oh yeah, that's right. I'm weak. I'm of a minority, a minority of people with a common trait: we hear too much. And what we're supposed to hear hurts to hear. When I'm alone in a silent room, I can hear a pebble dropping from a mile away. I can hear a motor boat being started up several yards off the coast. A whisper from outside, I can hear as if they were talking right at me. An explosion in another koro, I hear as if it's just outside. Sounds useful, right?""Wrong.""It's a curse, if you ask me. The same pen dropping inside this aforementioned silent room would ring in my ears. If I stood by the same motor, I'd get a headache. The same whisper would ring in my ear like two metal beams being slammed together in front of my face. The same explosion would render me deaf for years...thank the Spirit I thought of getting me something to dampen the noise, or I'd end up like the rest of my kind..." ~Voutok S'Tythe; unknown date, unknown location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULiK Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I love how everyone jumped on how I phrased my comment and totally ignored the rest...Welcome to the BZPRPG Visit www.BZPRPG.com to view my project of archiving BZPower's RPGs, and also access the BZPower Roleplaying Wiki BZPRPG Profiles - Ghosts Of Bara Magna Profiles Exo-Force RPG Profiles - Six Kingdoms: Apocalypse (Knichou, Berys, Arnex, The Taku, Exuze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosthands Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Guys, guys, GUYS. I haz a good idea. Why don't we, as the player-base, instead of bickering about importing real-life festivals, come up with a set of holidays/festivals for the BZPRPG and put them forward to Nuju? I think that the game could do with some regular events of this kind; they shouldn't be any more than loosely inspired by real-life festivals, but you'd think that the Matoran would have come up with things other than Naming Day to keep up the morale... My suggestion for a list of festivals would be:[*]Naming Day: as seen in canon, a day when Matoran are granted longer names in recognition of brave deeds. This has no set date; it happens when the Turaga decide to reward Matoran, typically after a great event.[*]Autumn Feast: this takes place at the end of the Matoran's harvest (around real-life Halloween) when a great feast is held in each Koro to celebrate, and all are invited to share the feast. The purpose of this feast is both to enjoy the fruits of the harvest and to thank Mata Nui for it. It is at this time that the Matoran art of Tuka-Carving is practised; Tuka are large vegetables which are hollowed out and carved into faces and other designs, before a Lightstone is placed inside to cause the carvings to glow.[*]Frostfair: this takes place in Mata-Nui's midwinter (due to the seasonal ambiguity of the island, this is the rare time when snow can be found not only in Ko-Wahi, but in Onu, Le and Ga as well, Ta and Po being too hot all year round) and the year's biggest Huai Snowball Sling is held in Ko-Koro, as well as a great Fair from which the festival takes its name. At this fair, craftsmen from all over Mata Nui gather to sell winter-themed trinkets to those who visit Ko-Koro; this is a rare time when most Ko-Matoran drop their usual solemnity and seclusion. (This takes place around real-life Christmas)[*]Mata Day: held on the anniversary of the Toa Mata's disappearance; a solemn day of remembrance for all Mata Nui's lost heroes. A service is held in each Koro by its Turaga, in front of the Suva.Any thoughts? Edited December 8, 2012 by Ghosthands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULiK Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Great concept Ghosthands! But we all know what this will bring. Another contest! I hope, sorta. But the thing is, I like the concept of having certain holidays official, but not ones who have too much resemblance to RL holidays. And I doubt Makuta would allow any of these to happen without a massacre. And of course, if this happens, I would have to make a Mass-Murder at the Autumn Feast, because I particularly hate that holiday, for personal reasons. Visit www.BZPRPG.com to view my project of archiving BZPower's RPGs, and also access the BZPower Roleplaying Wiki BZPRPG Profiles - Ghosts Of Bara Magna Profiles Exo-Force RPG Profiles - Six Kingdoms: Apocalypse (Knichou, Berys, Arnex, The Taku, Exuze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARROW404 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Also, either I'm really confused or the ILF and everyone around them just ignored the attacking Skakdi and the Toa of Earth that is now riding attacking him.Bringing this up again. BZPRPG Profiles If I go AWOL for a while, feel free to contact me via Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relapse Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I agree. That sounds logical. BZPRPG ProfilesIC: "It comes with the job," Halfimus explained, "I'm not paid enough to give anything outside quick flavour descriptions." So pay me more AuRon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) I don't really see way we'd need a contest to approve holidays, of all things Just RP them in the game and if people like the idea more will get involved in it and make references to it and them you got a new bit of canon on your hands! No need to go bugging the staff with a ton of stuff to approve, they have their hands busy enough with major-location destruction permission requests and special power approvals as it is. Edited December 8, 2012 by Javert BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorWhenua Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Javert is right (for once, since he's not hunting 24601). It's like any other player-run event: We want to do it, we do it, people join. Not every island-wide event needs to have staff approval -- that's stupid. If we have the creativity and someone to lead the event we should do it ourselves. That simple. BZPRPG Profiles / Critical Acclaim / Complaints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow pridak money gang Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I'm still stuck on the fact that people have managed to turn something as simple as a BZPRPG Christmas event into another small-scale flame war. Kind of disgusted. Not going to lie. -Tyler SAY IT ONE MORE TIME TELL ME WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emzee Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Javert is right (for once, since he's not hunting 24601). It's like any other player-run event: We want to do it, we do it, people join. Not every island-wide event needs to have staff approval -- that's stupid. If we have the creativity and someone to lead the event we should do it ourselves. That simple.I would agree, but it seems nowadays that only Nuju, Tuck and myself can lead events without several people complaining about it or otherwise heavily criticizing it. I do agree that carbon-copying RL holidays is not as good as creating holidays based around the BZPRPG's universe. If you all could come up with such an event without us staff having to step in and declare something "official", I think that would be awesome. Also: Thanks to the people who have been taking their side-convos to PM. Makes me smile. Edited December 8, 2012 by Emzee "hey girl: here’s an idea, but… it’s up to you: You’re the boss of this operation." [BZPRPG Profile] [Ghosts of Bara Magna Profile] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snelly Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Okay guys, let's start a snow ball fight, and cause it to spread across the entire island. Okay kids you ready? Go go go go go go! My Bzprpg Profiles, Ghosts of Bara Magna Skyra | Hakari | Oceanna | Taleen | Arisaka | Zanakra | Kaminari | Drakkar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorWhenua Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 "Then why attack Le-Koro?" the doctor said. "It would raise suspicions, wouldn't it?""It would," Ambages said. "It would be an unknown and would bewilder Mata Nui's militaries. It would create a distraction that will allow us to move to Ko-Wahi quietly. The shattering of Xa-Koro coupled with an attack of Xa-Koronan men on mainland soil would create xenophobia and would stir suspicion to those who remain faithful to the Great Spirit." An army without meaning marches. BZPRPG Profiles / Critical Acclaim / Complaints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Xemnas~ Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 "Then why attack Le-Koro?" the doctor said. "It would raise suspicions, wouldn't it?""It would," Ambages said. "It would be an unknown and would bewilder Mata Nui's militaries. It would create a distraction that will allow us to move to Ko-Wahi quietly. The shattering of Xa-Koro coupled with an attack of Xa-Koronan men on mainland soil would create xenophobia and would stir suspicion to those who remain faithful to the Great Spirit." An army without meaning marches.And so the end begins... even though it technically started a long time before that. BZPRPG Profiles Ghosts of Bara Magna Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Ah, thank you, EW, I've been waiting for that to happen. profiles i guess i'm a south american giant otter now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosthands Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 So, guys, you know how I said I wasn't going to make any more characters?Well...I lied.Meet Korero (Maori names yay), not your typical Matoran of Ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULiK Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 "Then why attack Le-Koro?" the doctor said. "It would raise suspicions, wouldn't it?""It would," Ambages said. "It would be an unknown and would bewilder Mata Nui's militaries. It would create a distraction that will allow us to move to Ko-Wahi quietly. The shattering of Xa-Koro coupled with an attack of Xa-Koronan men on mainland soil would create xenophobia and would stir suspicion to those who remain faithful to the Great Spirit." An army without meaning marches.*Destroys a Detailed model of an 18th century sailing ship* Uh oh. I'm going to try to silently keep all my characters in Le-Koro away from this. Visit www.BZPRPG.com to view my project of archiving BZPower's RPGs, and also access the BZPower Roleplaying Wiki BZPRPG Profiles - Ghosts Of Bara Magna Profiles Exo-Force RPG Profiles - Six Kingdoms: Apocalypse (Knichou, Berys, Arnex, The Taku, Exuze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARROW404 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Posted (in Le-Wahi) and undid my last post, since everyone involved ignored it, except Frost Dragon Edited December 8, 2012 by Draezeth BZPRPG Profiles If I go AWOL for a while, feel free to contact me via Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosthands Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Introducing Korero. Edited December 8, 2012 by Ghosthands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constructelf Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 The link takes you to the first page of the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Introducing Korero. And now we introduce Ghosthands, who cannot properly link to any single post the first time around. profiles i guess i'm a south american giant otter now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosthands Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 The link takes you to the first page of the topic.--- <you hear the muffled sounds of raging about 'WHY DO THE LINKS ALWAYS DO THAT' from behind the door of Ghosthands' padded cell>EDIT: Fixed. Seriously, it always does that. It's not me, it's a bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Go up to the number on the right side of the bar on top of the post. Like where yours, just above mine, says #35753. Right click it, hit "Copy link address." And boom. Like this. profiles i guess i'm a south american giant otter now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosthands Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Oh, really? I had no idea. I thought you had to go to the first page of the topic and copy the url... ... [/sarcasm] Yeah, thanks Otter, I know that But if use the 'quick reply' and you don't refresh the page before copying the link, it gives you the wrong URL. Hence the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Then go with the simple solution and refresh the page. Although I can say I've never had trouble with that (what you outlined) either. *shrugs* Edited December 8, 2012 by The Otter profiles i guess i'm a south american giant otter now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorWhenua Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Shut up and go back to your work. This isn't the Pictures Topic. BZPRPG Profiles / Critical Acclaim / Complaints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosthands Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Yessir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARROW404 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Just in case Kehuri gets ignored again, JAVERT, KEHURI JUST ENTERED KETHRYE'S FIELD OF VISION, AND LIKELY DEHKAZ'S AS WELL. BZPRPG Profiles If I go AWOL for a while, feel free to contact me via Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuRon the champion Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Guys, guys, GUYS. I haz a good idea. Why don't we, as the player-base, instead of bickering about importing real-life festivals, come up with a set of holidays/festivals for the BZPRPG and put them forward to Nuju? I think that the game could do with some regular events of this kind; they shouldn't be any more than loosely inspired by real-life festivals, but you'd think that the Matoran would have come up with things other than Naming Day to keep up the morale... My suggestion for a list of festivals would be:[*]Naming Day: as seen in canon, a day when Matoran are granted longer names in recognition of brave deeds. This has no set date; it happens when the Turaga decide to reward Matoran, typically after a great event.[*]Autumn Feast: this takes place at the end of the Matoran's harvest (around real-life Halloween) when a great feast is held in each Koro to celebrate, and all are invited to share the feast. The purpose of this feast is both to enjoy the fruits of the harvest and to thank Mata Nui for it. It is at this time that the Matoran art of Tuka-Carving is practised; Tuka are large vegetables which are hollowed out and carved into faces and other designs, before a Lightstone is placed inside to cause the carvings to glow.[*]Frostfair: this takes place in Mata-Nui's midwinter (due to the seasonal ambiguity of the island, this is the rare time when snow can be found not only in Ko-Wahi, but in Onu, Le and Ga as well, Ta and Po being too hot all year round) and the year's biggest Huai Snowball Sling is held in Ko-Koro, as well as a great Fair from which the festival takes its name. At this fair, craftsmen from all over Mata Nui gather to sell winter-themed trinkets to those who visit Ko-Koro; this is a rare time when most Ko-Matoran drop their usual solemnity and seclusion. (This takes place around real-life Christmas)[*]Mata Day: held on the anniversary of the Toa Mata's disappearance; a solemn day of remembrance for all Mata Nui's lost heroes. A service is held in each Koro by its Turaga, in front of the Suva.Any thoughts? I like this. I actually feel like saving this, and using it in my own storyline. BZPRPG Characters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULiK Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Introducing Korero.But... But... I got the impression GH wanted his character to live... Visit www.BZPRPG.com to view my project of archiving BZPower's RPGs, and also access the BZPower Roleplaying Wiki BZPRPG Profiles - Ghosts Of Bara Magna Profiles Exo-Force RPG Profiles - Six Kingdoms: Apocalypse (Knichou, Berys, Arnex, The Taku, Exuze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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