Galaxy's Edge Space Bar (archive)

[Chad32]

(I think I may have too many characters myself. Vamp won't stay long, even if Drak doesn't kill him. Asmodee has already lasted much longer than I originally intended for him to. so I'll dump him. Temrash, Jagill, and Zoshonel are keepers, I believe. Mechastar won't be involved too much, except when some Warp demons come, or if I think of a storyline where someone gets abducted.)

[Six]

((I'm killing off the daemons and am not bringing any back for a real long time))
((Then the Ork shall get well and truly drunk))

(Drak’Shal)

The Daemon roared in pain as the tentacles shattered, tearing great gashes in his flesh, he staggered back, burning ichor seeping from multiple wounds, where the blood touched the ground, it hissed and spat like acid.

Dra’Shal shook his horned head in an effort to dislodge the pain, which seemed to have returned with a vengeance, he thrust it from his mind and hefted his axe, bellowing a challenge, as he strode forward.
He was favouring his left leg slightly, almost unnoticeable ezcept he put less pressure on it.

(Skarfang)

Skarfang popped his head out a hole in the ship, he was wearing a pair of goggles and his face was covered in soot. “Wazzat yoo sed? Arright, Iz’ll drive but not wivvout mah grog”

He disappeared back inside and returned momentarily, he had left his helmet inside the ship and was still wearing the goggles, plus he had another tank of promethium, which he chucked into the buggy “Keep an eye on dat else Iz thump yer”
He was also bearing an armful of large bottles filled with a murky green liquid. “An’ if youz touch me beer Iz gunna stomp yer ‘ead so ‘ard dat yoo’ll wish dat yoo haddint!”
He dumped these in the limited space of the driver’s seat, for drinking while driving.

He climbed into the drivers seat of the Wartrak, the steering arrangement was simple, a wheel for steering, a pedal for accelerating and a gear stick. There were no brakes but the only time Orks stopped goin’ fast was when they crashed.
The entire buggy was also painted red, with flames, in the commonly held Ork belief of ‘Red wunz go fasta” He had a Shoota with him instead of a flamer and this he had wdeged beside him.

Skarfang flexed his fingers and hunched over the wheel, stomped the accelerator down into the floor. He snatched up his shoota and fired a few rounds into the air, as the buggy began to gain speed. “HAR, HAR, DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!” Orks shoot for the sake of shooting, waste ammunition for the sake of wasting ammunition and they race because speed was an inherently loved thing in the entire Ork species.
Skarfang was no different.

[Darth Revan]

((What direction did you drive off in? I need to know if Parker should abandon the hound to attack the car.


Also, I want to thank you Zombie for agreeing to pull your guys back.))

[Chad32]

(Hopefully it's towards the demon, as Zoshonel tried to bait them towards. If all he did was rile them up to attack stuff at random, that would be a screwup on Zosh's part.)

[Kit Cloudkicker]

((I know we've never had rules in the GESB before, but maybe we need to come up with some sort of guidelines. The charm that this place has always had was in the characters we've had, and the interactions they've made with others. The characters have always had rich lives that they've lead outside of the bar, and the bar had always been a place of refuge for them from their lives. Yes, there was drama and negative interactions, but that was always based on the way that the characters reacted to each other. We didn't go out of our way to create these trysts, they just occurred naturally. Occasionally a character's outside life would occasionally follow them in, but rarely did it disrupt the entire balance of the bar, or last for this long.

We also didn't bring characters in just for the sake of interacting with our own characters. You kept the character you had, and found a way to interact with others. If the other patrons weren't interacting with you, then you needed to change the way you were acting, or exit the bar, trying again with a more personable/interesting character. None of us were ever willing to just kill off a character, because we had put so much time and effort into developing them.

Perhaps we need to come up with some guidelines from preventing this from happening again? The GESB has turned so serious, and we're missing the fun, upbeat atmosphere that it used to have. Go back and read the first ten or so pages of this thread, and you'll see what I'm talking about. :/

And again, I'm not meaning to insult or target anyone, I'd just like to see some of the people who have been RPing in the GESB for the past 10+ years to feel comfortable posting here again. ))

[Darth Revan]

((That's a pretty good idea. I think perhaps they should be written by Myitt, Ossanlin, Breekan1, Alic, and Jess; since they were the ones who brought it over from Kimmer-something.))

[Shenmue654]

((That sounds pretty good on here, actually. And I'm pretty much in agreement with Kit. I'm reading some of my own old posts on this place now and the exchanges we used to have were pretty hilarious.  With all the action going on, it's hard to do that kind of stuff anymore.    And yeah, the original guys from Kimmer's place writing the guidelines would make the most sense. That way everybody's characters can get involved and we can have a good time. ^___^))

[Darth Revan]

((Yay for order and organization!))

[Shenmue654]

((Just had a silly idea. Gonna post. ^^ ))

Mar glances back towards the Bar, and then back towards the demon. The demon stands as imposing as ever, although he's starting to see an opening that he must have missed during his first assessment. Odd. The creature is favoring its left leg. But still, in my current state I stand little chance of exploiting that advantage. I won't be able to fly within three feet of this thing without getting ruthlessly attacked, and I'm not skilled enough in this body even if I did manage an attack myself.

Mar growls irritably. How he loathes a situation he cannot alter to his advantage. But, better alive than dead, and perhaps someone more accustomed to fighting will be able to take out the monster. Mar sends a note to Ossanlin. <....I'm going to go back inside. The creature's favoring its left leg. If it gets so chaotic that the creature attempts to attack the Bar, I'll be back out. But I'm starting to realize how hopeless a state being mortal is.>

Mar tiredly wanders around the building and back into the Bar itself. "I need a strong drink. Quickly."

The bartender, still cleaning off glasses this entire time, begins to set up Mar's preferred wine. Odd how he's become a "regular" in the space of a few days.

[Chad32]

(I will agree to guidelines. I don't want to think I'm discouraging GESB veterans from being here. I'm willing to drop everything except Temrash/Jagill and Zoshonel. Including Belzar, who I haven't actually done anything with, but that's ok. It was a spur of the moment thing.)

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

((Wow, I hadn't realized things had gotten that uncomfortable for you guys.  I must say, it's nice to have a bit of action now and again, it keeps things interesting.  That said in defense of those who bring the action.  That being said, it IS possible for things to go too far...and most of us have played a part in that.  So Jess, are you suggesting a one character per person rule?  Or perhaps one character at a time?  One story-line, one arc?  That would certainly simplify things.  I do like Celebrin, but he hasn't really interacted with anyone yet so he'd be easily removed or put on the back shelf.  That and he's certainly bringing a different element than Animorphs.

And there HAVE been rules in the past.  Kimm's used to have an 'acceptable' species list.  I don't like strict limitations but it did keep everyone in the spirit of Animorphs.  The problem is, there are only a few hardcore Animorph RPGers left and I think 90% of them are here.  We do have to diversify a bit and allow some new characters and new ideas.  That and the very idea of a bar means you have a crapshoot when it comes to patrons.  A lot of people have been adding a lot of characters, many on the spur of the moment and without a backstory to speak of...that probably should stop...it's causing an inflation effect that leads to rediculousness.

Perhaps a modest 1-2 character limit, or a limit of one or two in the bar at a time.  I know some people have several characters and aren't willing to part with them...one of the things about the GESB of old is that it was a chat-room.  And though it was possible to log in more than once, most people didn't.  The character they developed was the personality associated with the person.  That's what led to meaningful interactions.  I don't know how to take care of that.  I'm open for ideas just like everyone else.

Also, the bar is generally not an intergalactic battleground.  It's fun when it is once in a while, but not constantly.  Raging battles with blood and death and horror are not the norm.  Sometimes there's a bar-brawl, sometimes some drama, and sometimes it just gets slow and nothing's happening.  I suppose sometimes we need to let it be slow although it isn't exactly a lot of fun then.  Someone usually comes up with something that leads in a new direction and spices things up without adding any characters or starting a miniature war.

One more thing that I wanted to bring up that sort of bothers me (and I've contributed to this)...cannon from other universes.  Okay, yes, we can have people from other Universes and existences.  Many of us were uncomfortable with space-flight capable humans, but I think we've gotten past that.  But when people start citing cannon hardware and quotes and anything else that doesn't have to do with animorphs from video games/movies, etc...(I.E. Jedi), I think it sort of detracts from the 'feel' of the GESB.  I guess what I'm saying is resemblance is cool with me, but citing technicalities borne of other Universes is getting a bit too specific.  There are several people who have done this, myself included, so I'm not targeting anyone here, I'm just saying what bothers me.

Okay, I'm hella tired and I need to get to sleep.  These are just suggestions and not what I'm proposing as 'rules'.  If other people like them, we can compare notes and think about guidelines.  These are just some things I've noticed and I'm putting out feelers.  Someone had to break the ice on this I suppose.  I hope no one is angry or upset.  I try to please everyone and that's always stressful.))

[Kit Cloudkicker]

((Thanks, Oss. The cannon bit is something I've managed to not mention myself, but has also been another big draw away from the GESB for some of us.


And I do want to put forth, that since I made my first post yesterday, five other people have agreed with me on what I've made my piece about. I want to make it clear that I'm not being a 'baby' about this, or anything of the like, but that it really is getting too difficult for most people to RP here.

I also agree with having some action is good, but constant action in the bar is unrealistic and way too overwhelming.


I like the 1-2 character per person suggestion, and I think something in regards to story arcs would be a good idea, but I don't know how we'd impose that. What do you think about enacting something that addresses the problems with the bringing in cannon from other universes? I don't see anything wrong with having a character, but when the nuances surrounding that character are at the point where you're having to describe every action and intention of that character because no one understands them, it begins to become a problem.


IDK. Just thoughts. Other ideas, guys?))

[Alic]

((nice, guys. im glad people are willing to maybe change a few things.. its just not the same and its been way too busy that by the time i get off work theres too much to read and i couldnt catch up with it.. so itll be nice to be able to keep pace again.))

[Myitt]

((Good points guys, and thanks Zombs and Chad and everyone for agreeing to pare down some of your characters.  Honestly, I wonder sometimes if my guys are a bit much, especially when things go off on tangents away from the bar itself.  But, I guess that's the nature of this kind of plot setting; lots of people will end up sending the storyline or separate storylines in different directions.  And that really is okay, it's just a matter of building up character development instead of having constant battles.  I'll echo the sentiment that battles are fun and keep things a bit more lively, but I don't even know if my characters have met some of the characters outside in that fight, let alone discussed their childhood with them.  That might be a bit of an extreme example, everyone doesn't have to interact with everyone else, but it makes for deeper characters and in the long run, greater interest in interacting with them.

As for characters being outside of Animorphs cannon, I really have no problem with that, as long as the characters have a chance to explain what their equipment is through conversation and interaction other than OOC posts.  I admit sometimes those explanations are tempting to me, too, if I want to explain something out of the ordinary--but then again, most of what my characters do is within the realm of the book series we all know and love, yadda yadda.  That means people have to make the effort to describe or have their character explain what they're using, or ask what something is, or--maybe occasionally the most realistic--ignore it because you know it's not aimed at you.  The whole idea of this place is that you're playing a person in a bar, you might be paranoid or you might be outgoing, you might want to strike up a conversation with the person next to you or you might want to attack everyone in there.  But the way you would go about learning this kind of thing in a real bar (no matter how out there this bar is ) is you would take initiative and act however you think your personality would be.

Plus, if some of our people are from Earth, or at least familiar with Earth culture, they might start to wonder just how a fictional character (or race) from some movie walked into what's real and what isn't.  Amusing because of course they're all not real.  But I think that's kind of fun, it's just my take on it.

Most of all we're here to have fun, and that means generally everyone is having fun, and interested enough in what's going on to do more than sit inside or leave because their fleshy, armorless mortal characters wouldn't stand a chance in an impromptu battle against something really big and nasty.  Something similar to this happened in the old GESB, when a bunch of Dragonball Z characters showed up and started dueling with each other and with bar patrons, blowing them all away with crazy superpowers that some people didn't stand a chance against.  Which is kind of funny, looking back...but at the time, it was annoying and caused a lot of strife.

Like everyone else has said, I don't want to target anyone specifically and I know we're all here to have a good time   But having some simple rules like only having one or two well developed main (not crew members or non-playing) characters at a time (or three at an absolute maximum, for Chad or Gaz, and even my character Reven) really makes sense.  It's hard to develop everybody if they're all there just to be cannon fodder.  If someone has an idea for a big story arc I think we should all be free to post it OOC and decide who, if anyone, wants to take part in it.  Otherwise the usual flow of the bar seems to work best when people are in the bar or its immediate surroundings, interacting with one another.  Stories and conversations will come up naturally, or they won't, and people will sulk in their beers.  People can come and go and have their own storylines, but there does come a point where a story is no longer at the bar--so maybe it should have its own thread. 

Just my thoughts for right now...but I think we're moving in a good direction, and we're all a great group writing together, so let's work on improving wherever we can to make it enjoyable all around.))

[Breekan1]

((What everyone else said. I feel like one of the simplest/most accurate ways to deal with these problems would be to create a list of Danger Signs. Something like this:

You might be Doing It Wrong if...
1- Your characters interact with each other more than other players
2- You crack more bones than jokes
3- You tell us more about your wicked sweet armor or special space powers than you do about what kind of drinks you like, things you say, things you've done
4- You use video game/anime art to describe your character rather than words

etc...))