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Things we need!

1] game name! because dapperpunk doesn't fit it now... I don't think.

2] journals for
- modbizness (personal journal) - if each mod has one that's good too
- info comm (comm for fact sheets for characters)
- ooc comm (for ooc-ing)
- dr comm (for practicing, developing history with existing casts, testing out your version of the character)
- game comm (I kind of want logs and network/comm devices in the same comm. no splitting it up, because things get missed, etc. we can just tag things #text, #phone call, @journal, * action, * prose ... etc.)
- meme/spam comm (for polyvore)
- Mod Plurk Account

3] gods and honoring them

- how to honor/follow
- all about faking it
- all about not believing in any of it
- link: Sorting the Gods - sort the greeks into easier to maintain groups, so that it's not a billion gods, but still try to give each one their own personal perk, but the group have the same. So like all the war-based/fighting-ones are in a group, but you can pick a specific one and get a specific bonus.
- decide if we need to sort the egyptian ones or not and if there are bonuses for that or not

4] WORLD BUILDING STUFF
- maps (by odell)
- housing options (so that people can't just have "instant mansion because they want their whole cast living together")
- underground vs aboveground
- transportation methods
- monetary system
- employment options (player owned businesses, etc)
- landscape, animals, weather/climate

5] Mod-type stuffs

- app
- dropped character app
- dropped character app - sponsor request
- reserve
- taken
- drop/hiatus
- plot/event suggestions & requests
- player owned businesses
- npc owned businesses
- list of NPCs!
- general 10 commandments page (no godmodding, no being mean)
- rules on death link: Death Clarification, pregnancy, violence, magic - all the weird things
- faq
+ info on the premise
+ all that how does this work stuff
+ helpful tips on how to AU your character
+ helpful tips on how to keep your anime/troll/robot traits when adapting them to the world and what cases don't require a change.
- info on the AC (because I hate it when the AC info is like hidden into other posts)
+ AC will be a summation of character events. Tell us what your character has been doing for the past month and provide at least 2 links to prove that it's not all implied. Links must be either your own post, 5+ of your consecutive replies in a [bracket] post, or 2+ of your own consecutive replies in a prose post.

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Odell
hmmmmm i was sort of thinking it would be an AU game? like everyone was born in this world
Odell
i'm just tired of jamjars, idk
Odell
also... it might be easier if it was set in like the far-off future, and everything is just 20s/30s style?
katerinaₒ
oooh.
katerinaₒ
I like that idea!
katerinaₒ
there are a LOT of jamjars and I've tried an AU game before but it was too restricted as to the plot of the game.
katerinaₒ
so having one with more freedom and maybe a more open world would be more fun.
katerinaₒ
and I could still do the greek god stuff by having them still get banished to this world and tinkering with things for events/plots
katerinaₒ
whatevers
katerinaₒ
yaa I like the AU world and making people app to fit to the world better than shoving people in.
katerinaₒ
we could even make an open dr comm for people to try and build up stories and history if they are thinking about joining
Odell
yes! especially if they have castmates, so they can collaborate histories
Odell
as for the greek gods, i kind of like the idea of... hmm maybe some people still worship egyptian gods? but it's kind of taboo
Odell
not necessarily outlawed, but people kind of side-eye you if you do it
Odell
so gangsters would be egyptian themed is what i'm getting at LOL because they're weird and on the ~fringe of society~
katerinaₒ
sort of like BSG a bit where there was the common belief in gods (plural) but the cylons belived in god (singular)
katerinaₒ
oooh I like that
katerinaₒ
like deity-prohibition LOL
Odell
omg yes
katerinaₒ
and they have like instead of back-room bars there are like back-room temples and underground alters
Odell
aaahh yes
Odell
i also like the idea of regular alcohol prohibition PFFFF but i love the 30s
katerinaₒ
that way the greek gods can be like a presence in the game as the main preferred rulers/granters of things - with a player based opposition
katerinaₒ
well, it's the future - so there could be a ban
katerinaₒ
on like a LOT of things that aren't... "healthy"
Odell
alcohol is restricted to followers of bacchus only
katerinaₒ
YES.
Odell
lmao i like this idea, this is good :3
katerinaₒ
I like it too!
katerinaₒ
like when you join you pick your "diety" that you worship and it gives you the set standards of rules that your character follows and bonus
katerinaₒ
things that you get because you worship them.
Odell
yes! and even people who just pay lip service get the bonuses too, so people don't feel boxed into playing religious characters...
katerinaₒ
that way we can allow the darker more adult themes without making the WHOLE GAME based on that
katerinaₒ
yep.
Odell
aaahh this is good
katerinaₒ
fakers get bonus points too, but if they ever want to be exposed for plot purposes -- totally workable
katerinaₒ
and the gods can always have events when they feel their supporters are too low, to try and entice people to ... swap sides
Odell
would atheists be applicable? i imagine they would just be side-eyed as much as egyptian pantheon worshipers, they just don't get bonuses
katerinaₒ
yes. Like I wouldn't want people to be forced into picking if they'd rather have a non-believer to just be in the setting
Odell
and they probably get harassed by gods a lot more... they get a lot of pamphlets and junk mail, "join my cult, it's cool we have cookies"
katerinaₒ
LOLOL yes. like door to door recruiters where the gods send their followers to try and recruit them
Odell
aaaahh yes
katerinaₒ
I like that it's like slice of life, but has a lot of openings for events and CR building and such just naturally built in
Odell
yes! i really like this
Odell
as soon as i actually have time, this should happen...
katerinaₒ
because it's not too complicated of a concept anymore now that we've talked it out. LOL and it has a lot of potential for random stuff.
katerinaₒ
YES. I am all for that and like, honestly, Emily said she'd help because she's more organized than I am.
katerinaₒ
and I am trying to get ɪʀᴏɴ ᴍᴀɴ｡ to read this because she loves the greek god stuff and wants to NPC things so I am trying to con her over here
katerinaₒ
but I am so down with doing this.
katerinaₒ
like I know I can't do it alone, but I know I can do it with support and more people sharing the idea
katerinaₒ
I'd cut down my game load to make room for all this too. but srsly. I want to do this.
Odell
yesssss i've wanted a 20s/30s future game for ages
katerinaₒ
and I saw up there that HockeyGirl did a lot of reading for greek mythology so I would totally take her up on building out the diety
katerinaₒ
construct and seeing what sort of bonuses they could get for each worshiping totem etc.
katerinaₒ
/borrows all my friends
Odell
i want to make a map for it /CALLS DIBS...
katerinaₒ
YES MAKE MAPS.
katerinaₒ
I love maps and pictures and all that stuff.
Odell
this will be a district
Odell
i'm just obsessed with kowloon lol idk
katerinaₒ
omg that is scary in a way
katerinaₒ
but I love that it's all closed off. like Underground-feeling but above ground existing.
Odell
yeah, it's nuts
Odell
katerinaₒ
yaa that is super cool
katerinaₒ
and I love that each god will have their own district too, like so that things can be more catered to each one
katerinaₒ
right? or did I misunderstand
Odell
oh hmm i didn't think of that!
Odell
i think if we went that route, it might get too big?
katerinaₒ
mmm true
katerinaₒ
oh! also the gods would want their influence to be seen by others so that they can be swayed over, so dividing them up would be bad
katerinaₒ
also for the atheists, they'd have like.. no home.
Odell
yeah
Odell
so districts probably based on affluence/crime/interests
katerinaₒ
/nod that works
katerinaₒ
omgosh yes I want to get all the stuff figured out now LOL
Odell
lol me too but i'm at work
katerinaₒ
me too ;;
katerinaₒ
I will just let it sit in my brain and get more settled and then when Emily gets home I'll see about coming up with a list of things we need
katerinaₒ
so that we can just cross things off as we go and then, before we know it, we'll have a game!
Odell
yay!!
Odell
what do we think about like... species? i don't want a bunch of homestuck trolls running around or other weird aliens
Odell
i think probably human only would work, maybe werewolves/vampires/other general mythological creatures?
Odell
and if someone really wants to have their character be an alien, they could be a transient, to borrow a concept from transmetropolitan
Odell
someone who has alien genes inserted into their genome
Odell
i think unique characters like hellboy would also be ok... like if in canon, he's the only guy who looks like that
Odell
i don't know how i feel about androids, that might be fine too
katerinaₒ
Yeah, I think that when they are AUing their character they have to make them fit the setting, so if they are a troll they could have traits
katerinaₒ
that get adapted over and they can still use icons that are of their character, but like everyone will just assume - oh they are human-like
katerinaₒ
and just have weird ways of typing
katerinaₒ
because I don't want to get too tangled up into icons and PBs and such.
katerinaₒ
because I hate how much focus goes into icons sometimes
Odell
yeah... horns and such i think could be like a plastic surgery type thing LOL ... like a fashion statement
katerinaₒ
Yes! Like body-mods
Odell
yes yes
katerinaₒ
like we can have an info post-comm thing where people can write up info about their character
katerinaₒ
and they can provide like ONE picture if they want of what their character looks like and how they dress etc.
Odell
yes exactly!
katerinaₒ
omg we can have polyvore memes
Odell
omg aaahh
Odell
lol christina i want to go home and plan this
katerinaₒ
LOLOL patience.

http://www.dieselpunks.org/ - pics of fashion, info, etc.

Also, from an admin standpoint? Mod plurk, for mod business. That way people don't have to follow the mods personal plurks and it keeps information streamlined.

Not saying that they shouldn't check the admin comm or anything, but it might help.

Death: In order to bring a person back, a deal has to be made with a deity. Egyptian vs. Greek it doesn't matter, but a deal has to be made on behalf of the person who died.

I'm torn between whether or not the house deity needs to go to Hades/Osiris on the person's behalf, or they need to go to those gods directly, but as a result of the deal the person with the dead loved one trades something of theirs -- material or immaterial -- in order to revive their friend. And the gods can accept/refuse depending on the intention of the death.

Otherwise, the character that dies stays dead.

- not having navigation to the comms in the sidebar/profile
- not having a set idea of what housing is available
- tag lists that are longer than the page of entries
- layout not having back/previous at the BOTTOM of the page
- layout having only 10 entries per page

Since this is an AU game, splitting up the taken list by "house" as oppose to fandom so that it helps players recognize who's in what house and better generate cross-canon CR?

I mean, I think people will be able to figure out who their castmates are, though I do agree that it will make it harder for someone looking in to find which characters from that canon are already taken.

Okay, in terms of worship:

Being part of a god's house offers perks, protections etc, so naturally the gods want something in return, a tithe, that could really be anything so long as it matters to the god.

Like for example, those from Ares house/house of war can pay in blood, in the sense that they're the soldiers/law enforcement/etc etc. That way those who want to fake it have something tangible that they can contribute in order to get that protection.

Some gods could make due with actual payments, where in order to remain under those gods' protection they pay a fee, but for the more "eccentric" deities, they could always ask for something a little more metaphysical.

Let's make notes here on how we want to describe this game in a few simple paragraphs. Since right now... we have lots of comments and rambles.

Most characters will be AU'd to human. Vampires and werewolves are also allowed -- but not fairies or elves.

Biological "enhancements" or modifications can be used to have your character have horns, pointy ears, tails, etc., to meet their canon appearances. This can extend somewhat to abilities; ex. Max from Dark Angel could have bio-engineered vision and agility, but Sesshoumaru wouldn't actually be able to transform into a giant dog. These "body modders" ("transients"? "transhumanists"? think of a term) can range from somebody who thinks bat wings look cool, to an "otherkin" type of person ("deep down inside I'm really a fictional alien with grey skin and horns").

Characters that are uniquely non-human in their canon and their uniqueness is part of their origin (ie, Hellboy, Jenny Sparks) would be allowed to be apped as-is, if it can be properly explained how they fit into the AU setting. It's a case-by-case basis, in other words. When in doubt, ask the mods!

"Mutant" characters --???? do we want to delve into an "X" genome or some kind of chemical incident to allow for mutant powers?

Androids/robots/Transformers --???? y/n?

Magic characters --??? How much "magic" is allowed vs. how much is actually nanotech?

Demons/angels/other mythological and paranormal creatures (excluding vampires/werewolves) --??? do we want to allow these? they could clash with the Greek/Egyptian pantheons, unless we have them be like ... Greek demons...? idek if that's a thing

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PET PEEVES ABOUT GAMES

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DEATH CLARIFICATION

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GODS

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