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I guess there's not much left to say...
With time, my availibility for this awesome forum basically shrunk to nothing. I deluded myself into thinking I could post at least once a week, but...the creative drive is kaput, rusted up. And even worse, I ended up keeping nice players suspended for nothing.
As of today, I officially certify my leave of my RPs and characters, giving control to whoever wants to run them. It's been really a nice experience so far, but I'd be lying like a politician if I said I could keep posting -not to mention that, what with my 1K RAM memory, my lines have become as dull and short as BASIC commands.
I'll keep in touch with the forum in general, I'll keep PMing. And I'll keep an eye for things to translate.
It's been a great time here, folks, really awesome.
Thanks everybody who participated and kept up with this ol' sloth.^^

I'm really sad to hear you're leaving. Apollo City won't be the same without you running it.

It's not going to be the same without you in all of the roleplays you're part of. Maybe some day you'll have time for this again, but I'm glad you're looking out for yourself in the meantime.

Man, sorry to see you go but I get it. I'm promise Buster'll keep Janus happy without you. The neighborhoods you actually run may be harder but I promise the mod team will do what we can to get new GMs to keep them running.

thanks y'all, guys, you've all been SUPERDUPERNICE throughout these years! *bear-hugs all nice forumites*

*hugs* sorry to hear you go Vale, it's been really fun being a part of the RPs with you.
Take care, and if one day you would like to rejoin us, you'll always be welcome !

We'll miss you, Val, but good on you for taking care of yourself. Keep in touch!

You will be greatly missed here in the Roleplaying circle Val, but it's an understandable decision. I remember when I first joined some 5-6 years ago and began reading through the vast library that was Blue Peak Shore! It amazes and inspires me to no end how you were able to build a whole island with great NPCs for all of us to enjoy. I've truly had fun in every world that you've built.
It has been a pleasure, and an honor!
-salutes-

Aw, we'll miss you Val!

I have too many RP characters, I have been denying the fact for too long and now I don't even have time to remember half of them exist, so I am keeping only my Beacon of Hope characters, my Edge City character, and my Survivors United characters.

my apologies for being largely silent this week, cold hit me like a truck and i'm out of sick days so i have to try and push through it, which has meant the majority of my down-time has been spent under a blanket.

Aww, I'm sorry you aren't feeling well, Buster. I hope you get better soon!

Sometimes keeping active helps your body fight it off. Other times, nothing beats a good night's rest.

Either way, hope you get better soon.

Hope you get better! Hah, oh god I knew I'd regret calling my character that -.-u it's not a pun! XD

Didn't mean for that to come off insensitive just was putting that and realized it's the name of my character in your roleplay lol.

got ambushed by a cold, I'll try to get back to posting as soon as possible

I'm sorry for anyone that's been waiting on me the past few weeks. got transferred to a new department (and new store) at work and had to adjust to the new schedule. then some of the days I could get on, the site was down so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I should be back and able to reply at least as often as i have been the last few years.

Hey all. Just to let you know I'm afk for the holidays and my sister's wedding so responses are going to be slow until the end of next weekend. Still available for DMs and mod stuff if you need me though and I'll try to post when I can.

See you all on the flip side. I hope you all had a great Christmas and wish you all the best for 2020!

So I've been thinking of starting up a new RP that I'll be GMing alongside Beacon of Hope, and I wanted to check around for interest.

The idea is that it's a semi slice-of-life with quite a big twist: There's a race of people hiding among the population who have the ability to turn themselves into gigantic, strange creatures. Kaiju, for lack of a better word, Giant dragons, sea serpents, insectoids, scaled-up were-creatures, any monster or creature your imagination can conjure. Most of these creatures live in peace among the ordinary people. They live in regular homes, go to regular schools, and make friends with regular people. Most Kaiju only assume their true forms out in remote, isolated areas like mountains, forests, or seas.

Occasionally, however, there are those who grow sick of hiding. Whether they want to be accepted for what they are, they simply feel they shouldn't have to play nice with the "inferior" people, they can't control themselves, or they're wild and see regular people as food. These Kaiju assume their true forms in populated areas, resulting in panic, havoc, and destruction. The other Kaiju in the area must then confront the rogue and either fight them or bring them to their senses.

Players can play as ordinary people, Kaiju, or have a character in each category. Anthropomorphic characters would be allowed, but I haven't decided if it's mostly aesthetic or if they have deeper animal traits. I'll probably ask players.

That is the premise. Usually, it's slice of life. Occasionally though, there will be a rogue kaiju that needs dealing with, or a plot to trigger war or shatter the shaky peace between the Kaiju and the regular people.

The idea is this game is somewhere between RGV and BoH, with it's mostly slice-of-life plot with powers found in RGV, but with occasional fights between giant monsters that is more often found in BoH.

I've asked around, and already found a couple people interested. So I wanted to ask if anyone else would be interested in a game like this?

I like the idea!

This seems like a good idea but will the kaiju be anthropromorphic in a sense where the people change into well these anthropromorphic figures, or would the just turn into random mythical creatures?
Overall this is a great idea!

You would be allowed to design both the Kaiju form and the hidden form of your Kaiju character. The hidden form must be able to reasonably blend in with the human and anthropomorphic population. The Kaiju form will have it's own set of rules to avoid godmoding, but has a lot of freedom. If you just want the Kaiju form to be a scaled up anthropomorphic character then I don't really have a problem. That said, I encourage you to make their appearance different from their hidden form so that people don't recognize them in said hidden form. I also encourage you to make it a little bit more monstrous.

The Kaiju are also big. Very big. The smallest ones in their Kaiju form would be the size of a large house, while larger ones reach the size of skyscrapers. This is part of what drives the conflict between them and the ordinary population.

It's also kind of what separates the Kaiju genre from any other monster genre.

Ok I understand it now. This is a great concept. I like it.

I want to join this so bad, and I already have a character in mind, but I really don’t want to spread my energy across three RPs. If I get tired of Explorers or Beacon I’ll absolutely join, but for now, nope.

I'll join because currently i'm only in one RP and i want to be in more.
Also this is a great concept and i would love to be in it.

Legotron123 wrote:I want to join this so bad, and I already have a character in mind, but I really don’t want to spread my energy across three RPs. If I get tired of Explorers or Beacon I’ll absolutely join, but for now, nope.

Doooo iiiiit!

(JK, this game will be there should you decide to join, whenever you decide to join.)

Foxfan2164 wrote:I'll join because currently i'm only in one RP and i want to be in more.
Also this is a great concept and i would love to be in it.

I'll be making the OOC tomorrow. I just have a few things to iron out. The setting and mechanics, for example.

You know, just little things. XP

I do want to join at some point, because I have an idea for a character that combines two of my favorite interpretations of the Simurgh, and whose powers are based around being an below average threat to monsters, but an absolute nightmare to humans. Literally, his powers involve something that quite a lot of people have nightmares over.

That does sound interesting, and I'd be fascinated to hear more about it.


On another note, I think I'm going to base the setting in a fictional city that takes some heavy inspiration from San Francisco. Partly because I love that city, and partly because it's in the top three cities most often attacked by Kaiju in fiction.

CyberDragon wrote:That does sound interesting, and I'd be fascinated to hear more about it.


On another note, I think I'm going to base the setting in a fictional city that takes some heavy inspiration from San Francisco. Partly because I love that city, and partly because it's in the top three cities most often attacked by Kaiju in fiction.

Why am I thinking San Fransokyo all of a sudden?

I thought of the same thing. XD

It makes sense that would pop up. Kaiju are a Japanese concept, originally, and I'm basing the setting off of San Francisco. San Fransokyo is the combination of Tokyo Japan and San Francisco.

So do anthros and humans live together peacefully and the kaiju are the odd ones out?

For the most part, yeah.

Disguised Kaiju actually make up a decent chunk of the population. About 5%. That might not seem like much, but consider that it means that 1 in 20 people you meet in the city is actually a giant monster in disguise.

Most Kaiju live quiet lives and work 9-5 jobs like everyone else. Some, if they're not raised by other Kaiju, might go most of their lives never realizing that they are one. There are hints that a person is a disguised Kaiju though, so they tend to figure it out as they grow up.

In case people haven't checked yet, the Kaiju RP OOC thread is up. The name is Crater City.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on that thread.

Hey, sorry for posting again, but Sean and I are trying to resuscitate the Housepets Z game.

For the new players who have joined recently, Houspets Z is a zombie survival game where you join one of many groups. These groups grant you different resources and skills. Players use these resources to rescue survivors, find weapons and supplies, fight the undead, and survive. Despite being a zombie survival game, things aren't so bleak. Survivors have set up decent encampments and towns, and have set up trade with other accessible towns. You can go explore the ruined city and pave the way for the rebirth of civilization!

If anyone would like to join up, check the game out in it's OOC.

Does anyone know what’s up with Buster? She hasn’t visited the site since December 22nd, and I’m getting worried.

She mentioned that she had lost interest in the comic. She ended up abandoning her fan projects, and stated that the RPs were the only reason she still visited the forum.

Then the RPs stagnated for a while during the holidays.

I think she took that as a chance to move on. She might not have said anything to either avoid making a big deal out of it, or to avoid us trying to pressure her into staying.

That said, I don't know for sure. I've been trying to find Buster on FA or on Discord, but I haven't had any luck. If anyone knows how to contact her outside of the forum... I'd just like to check up on her.

I hope she’s just moved on. While we were never exactly close, I still thought of her as somewhat of a friend, and I’d hate it if something happened to her.

Okay, I checked her fanfic, and she did list a few other places she visits.

Buster wrote:Several discord servers, under the same name as here, Cant link em cause none of em are SFW, even slightly. A few minecraft servers under the same name i use for the housecraft server. Roll20, FA, and nationstates, under different aliases.

We just need to track at least one of these down, and we should be able to check up on her.

Speaking of moved on I'd like to throw in my hat to GM Zootopia. Topics been ghosting for awhile with no clear direction and I want to see if I can do something with it. If Pecan would be okay with that. I haven't heard from them in awhile and tbh there is not enough posting or interest in the topic from it's current player base for me not to say anything about it.

You can try PMing Pecan about it, after a time if they don't reply, or show any activities at all, maybe we can think of something