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Rhedrimond
Feb 11, 2013, 06:50 PM
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SHIP 02

Where: Red Lounge, Block 30
When: Friday, February 15th, 9 PM EST/6 PM PST/11 AM JP
Saturday, February 16th, 4 PM EST/1 PM PST/6 AM JP

SHIP 10

Where: Red Lounge, Block 30
When: Sunday, February 17th, 9 PM EST/6 PM PST/11 AM JP

Out-Of-Character Information (OOC)

Howdy, folks! As we've seen quite a bit of interest in RPing in PSO2 on these forums, the Phantasy Star Online 2 Roleplay Group (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/group.php?groupid=452) decided to have a roleplaying event open to everyone. Whether you are a dedicated RPer or would simply like to have some fun dabbling with the concept, you're welcome to join us and nerd out!

NOTE: This is an In-Character (IC) event. That means when you show up, any chat messages or lobby actions will be taken as coming from your /character/, rather than you the -player-! The whole point is to act out your character as if in a story, and have fun making stories with others. Of course, if you'd just like to hang out with us and chat Out-Of-Character or just watch the show, that's cool too. Though if you do, it's helpful to put OOC talk in parenthesis ()s so your messages don't get muddled in the story!

We have purposely kept the scenario for the event rather vague, so characters of all types and plots can fit in. Everyone's welcome! Also, for those interested in RP, remember to check out:

PSO-W's Phantasy Star Online 2 Roleplay Group (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/group.php?groupid=452)

PSO2 Ship 2 Roleplayer List (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204483)


In-Character Information (IC)

Love is in the air, or at least the decorations are! The Red Lounges in the various ARKS Ships are having a Valentine's Day party, advertising food and drink specials to celebrate the holiday. All members of the ARKS armed forces get a discount!

Brimcon
Feb 11, 2013, 07:28 PM
Psst.. you have EST listed four times..

Rhedrimond
Feb 11, 2013, 07:34 PM
Oops, I knew I missed something! Thanks. XD

Vintasticvin
Feb 11, 2013, 07:34 PM
Don't forget to bring the following: Graph paper, 8 sided die, and maybe a wizard hat or any other nerdy hat!

Brimcon
Feb 11, 2013, 08:01 PM
Don't forget to bring the following: Graph paper, 8 sided die, and maybe a wizard hat or any other nerdy hat!

Only an 8 Sided die?! Come on now..

S u r i
Feb 11, 2013, 08:09 PM
Okay. I'll be there are 8PM CST. =3= I'll also be in the red lounge every once and a while in case anyone wants to hangout or RP or something.

Vintasticvin
Feb 11, 2013, 08:18 PM
Only an 8 Sided die?! Come on now..

"If you can go bigger then bring it sugacube I'd like to see how many faces a dice can have" smiles at you with a toothy smile.

BIG OLAF
Feb 11, 2013, 09:23 PM
Maybe I'll go just to sit and watch how you guys play this type of thing out. Curious, etc.

CyberNei
Feb 11, 2013, 10:45 PM
Too earleh for me ;_; will still sleep the hardest at this time...
Would like to come though. Wonder if i can endure to wake up at 4~5 am on weekend x.x

Massaki
Feb 11, 2013, 10:47 PM
I'll prolly pop up in there, been sort of interested in checking out in-game RP since I've dabbled in IRC and Forum RPs before. How hard can it be, right?

Edit: Ouch, 2 am for EU people. Oh well, I'll be around there anyways! :D

LK1721
Feb 11, 2013, 11:17 PM
I might go just to see what this is about, it sounds kind of fun.

Blackheart521
Feb 11, 2013, 11:49 PM
Might attend if I'm not working... I'd like to see how people play into their character's personalities ^^;

Rien
Feb 11, 2013, 11:50 PM
11am JP? ._. that's a bit much for me

Zyrusticae
Feb 12, 2013, 12:01 AM
I'll be there.

But I need to decide whether to show up with Aiza or 'Nu...

Chik'Tikka
Feb 12, 2013, 12:26 AM
work.....

+^_^+

Dycize
Feb 12, 2013, 02:36 AM
...3am for me. I'd really like to participate but it gets really late at this point (and RP meet ups can end up real long).
People who don't live in NA, don't forget to check the PSOW Ship 2 RPer list (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204483), that way you can see who's likely to be online at hours close to you (even better if you add yourself to the list).
Plus who knows, we might be able to do some side events for us time stranded people!

Meji
Feb 12, 2013, 03:14 AM
Will there be dices? :8ball:

Either way, 11:00 AM JP time is a killer for me since I'm European. I'll be skipping out on this one.

Valkyrie Lovrina
Feb 12, 2013, 03:19 AM
I may come to watch how RPing is preformed.

Requiem Aeternam
Feb 12, 2013, 05:42 AM
Would it be possible to change the times for at least one of the Ship 2 meet-ups? I want to attend but 2am is far too late for me.

Alucard V
Feb 12, 2013, 06:35 AM
Don't forget to bring the following: Graph paper, 8 sided die, and maybe a wizard hat or any other nerdy hat!


Only an 8 Sided die?! Come on now..


"If you can go bigger then bring it sugacube I'd like to see how many faces a dice can have" smiles at you with a toothy smile.

The main die used in Table Top RPGs is 20 sided, god.......

Rhedrimond
Feb 12, 2013, 08:38 AM
Would it be possible to change the times for at least one of the Ship 2 meet-ups? I want to attend but 2am is far too late for me.

Sure! I apologize for the lack of consideration; I was just going off times discussed earlier.

For those in different time zones, how does 4 PM EST (five hours earlier) sound for the Saturday meet?

I'll change the first post when I get home. :D

Dycize
Feb 12, 2013, 08:42 AM
5 hours earlier sounds good to me, and it's not too early for our NA friends (JP time zone doesn't have it easy though).

Requiem Aeternam
Feb 12, 2013, 10:13 AM
Works for me ^^

Nikoshae
Feb 12, 2013, 10:16 AM
I should be able to make the Saturday meet :)

I'm in CST, so that's 3pm my time?

Massaki
Feb 12, 2013, 10:17 AM
For those in different time zones, how does 4 PM EST (five hours earlier) sound for the Saturday meet?

Sounds good to me. That'll be 9 PM (EU Time), which gives me enough time to have an early dinner, haha.

Rhedrimond
Feb 12, 2013, 03:49 PM
First post updated with the new time!

S u r i
Feb 12, 2013, 10:32 PM
Should be able to make both. 3PM CST on Saturday shouldn't be too bad. I hope.

bitCrusher
Feb 12, 2013, 10:38 PM
haha, sounds interesting! I can definitely make it Friday night

SkyeNorvil
Feb 13, 2013, 05:08 AM
Won't be able to make it Friday night but I can definitely make it Saturday. 6 AM JP time isn't -too- bad for me. Happy to take the plunge if it means more people can attend.

Rien
Feb 13, 2013, 08:24 PM
6am JP is 5am for me.

Now I absolutely can't make it.

krayaselius
Feb 14, 2013, 12:41 PM
see ya guys in a few hours time.

SkyeNorvil
Feb 14, 2013, 03:44 PM
see ya guys in a few hours time.

Not yet.
I'll assume that you're JP time or somewhere close. It's the 14th over there right now. Their RP meet-ups are on Friday and Saturday which makes it Saturday and Sunday for us.

Vintasticvin
Feb 14, 2013, 04:08 PM
Not yet.
I'll assume that you're JP time or somewhere close. It's the 14th over there right now. Their RP meet-ups are on Friday and Saturday which makes it Saturday and Sunday for us.

:o Neato, and I hope to meet you this time Krayaselius!

Rhedrimond
Feb 14, 2013, 05:04 PM
Not yet.
I'll assume that you're JP time or somewhere close. It's the 14th over there right now. Their RP meet-ups are on Friday and Saturday which makes it Saturday and Sunday for us.

Aye, I was just about to post a reminder of that. Due to the time difference, it'll be the 16th and 17th for you guys; sorry for any confusion in the posting.

krayaselius
Feb 14, 2013, 07:58 PM
eh?
noted.

@vintastic: Lol, we shall.

Vintasticvin
Feb 14, 2013, 08:06 PM
eh?
noted.

@vintastic: Lol, we shall.

Orrr, we could meet right now.... :3

krayaselius
Feb 14, 2013, 08:24 PM
Orrr, we could meet right now.... :3

Why not? :o
i'm fine with that as well. :3

Vintasticvin
Feb 14, 2013, 08:44 PM
Why not? :o
i'm fine with that as well. :3

What block and where at? Im on now :o

Vintasticvin
Feb 15, 2013, 05:38 PM
Bumping to remind those interested in this event starts TONIGHT @ 6pm Pacific, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern, and 11am JP. We the Pso-World RP community look forward to seeing fellow RPers and non RPers alike!!!

Phantom Rain
Feb 15, 2013, 05:57 PM
If nothing sudden comes up i'll be there :smile:

SkyeNorvil
Feb 15, 2013, 07:32 PM
Sadly, I won't make it today. Though I promise you that I can make it tomorrow.
Have fun everyone.

Ezodagrom
Feb 15, 2013, 11:08 PM
I went there just to assist, it was kinda entertaining. I think I'll try to participate tomorrow. ^^

Also a few pics from the gathering.
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http://imageshack.us/a/img210/3905/pso20130216021251003.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img819/2194/pso20130216021304004.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Dragonlily
Feb 15, 2013, 11:12 PM
I went there just to assist, it was kinda entertaining. I think I'll try to participate tomorrow. ^^

Also a few pics from the gathering.
[spoiler-box]http://imageshack.us/a/img37/986/pso20130216021239002.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img210/3905/pso20130216021251003.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img819/2194/pso20130216021304004.jpg[/spoiler-box]

It was interesting. Too bad I had to leave early and make dinner. I completely forgot to take photo's lol.

Mega Ultra Chicken
Feb 15, 2013, 11:19 PM
Oh man. This meet-up was most sugoitasticariffic.

Zyrusticae
Feb 16, 2013, 02:16 AM
That was indeed quite fun.

I will be bringing Aiza next time. She is...

Different.

Trish Digital Girl
Feb 16, 2013, 02:52 AM
And I missed it >.< Theres still some people here but from what I'm hearing, not as much as earlier T_T

Massaki
Feb 16, 2013, 03:26 AM
Ahhh, that was fuuun.

Slightly different than regular RP, but at the same time pretty much the same.

I'll see you all in a couple of hours for round 2.

Btw, I was Genevieve.

Phantom Rain
Feb 16, 2013, 03:31 AM
I'm use too more action in the RP's.

CyberNei
Feb 16, 2013, 04:26 AM
Was fun :3

Requiem Aeternam
Feb 16, 2013, 07:02 AM
I'll hopefully be there tonight.

krayaselius
Feb 16, 2013, 10:55 AM
Meeep. Next time the RP happens, i'll be a repented man.

Vintasticvin
Feb 16, 2013, 11:13 AM
It was very fun and hopefully Vanessa's emotions don't get the best of her again. Gotta say it was AWESOME meeting someone whos work I admired, meeting new people and of course seeing that cute bugger Johans. Seems like a sweet kid.

Brimcon
Feb 16, 2013, 01:05 PM
Glad to have partaken, and hope to see you guys in three hours. Was fun playing the role of grizzled commander.

Maybe I'll throw more Fire Emblem references out.

Rhedrimond
Feb 16, 2013, 02:03 PM
A big thanks to everyone who attended and participated yesterday-- that was great fun all-around! :D

I hope to see you guys again today! I'll post some of my screens from both meet-ups later tonight.

Massaki
Feb 16, 2013, 03:50 PM
Welp, Falz shows up just in time. If enough people show up at the place, there might be a RP-Raid mixed in. :3 Depends on how many show up, tho.

Trish Digital Girl
Feb 16, 2013, 05:24 PM
Welp, Falz shows up just in time. If enough people show up at the place, there might be a RP-Raid mixed in. :3 Depends on how many show up, tho.

We had one of those in the 1st meet up and it was amazing @_@

Ezodagrom
Feb 16, 2013, 11:36 PM
For today's meeting I only remembered to take a picture a little while before leaving. ^^;

[spoiler-box]http://imageshack.us/a/img690/7027/pso20130216225919000.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Drifting Fable
Feb 16, 2013, 11:48 PM
Gah, I completely missed out on this. ^^;But it sounds like it was a worth while experience to be had.

Massaki
Feb 17, 2013, 12:18 AM
Well, gotta admire Falz's persistence throughout these 2 days. :P All in all it was good clean fun. Would pretty much like to continue taking part in these.

Ichiro Shimori
Feb 17, 2013, 12:34 AM
I keep missing it ugh!!!!!!

SkyeNorvil
Feb 17, 2013, 03:04 AM
Session finally concluded around 2:30 PM JP time (too lazy to convert), 8 hours or so since we started.


Though, things slowed down significantly after the Falz run. Vin, Melodia, and I ran a scenario where we completely wrote up the combat instead of us going onto a field and steamroll everything in our path while saying one liners. :V

How'd it go? Well...

[SPOILER-BOX]http://imageshack.us/a/img17/1982/pso20130216233308005.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img547/6574/pso20130216230945002.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]

Actually forgot to turn on windows so people would see the chat log...

So instead a brief summary of what happened should suffice:

Rita, Melodia, and Vin was relaxing in the red lounge. There was a scream heard outside so the three turned to investigate only to see the owner of said voice get impaled by a stray Dagan. All three was shocked to find a Darker appear inside the city. Two more came around the corner and all three charged the group. They were quickly dispatched.

After taking care of those three. The group started hearing yelling and screaming up ahead leading into the center of the plaza. Once again they went ahead to investigate only to find out that all hell has broken loose and Dagans have invaded the plaza. Dead civilians everywhere, blood splatter, all that good stuff. Undoubtably, This caused Rita to snap and freeze in place while Melo and Vin started to kill off Dagans chasing civilians.

Of course, Dagans don't like it when their buddies hit the dirt so all of them started to swarm towards the group while the survivors make a break towards the red lounge to seek shelter. The group was defending the hallway leading to the lounge. Rita is still losing it while Melo and Vin was trying to reduce their numbers and keep Rita alive.

Rita eventually snapped out of it and joined in the fight, however the team was ambushed from behind from Dagan Neros that just so happen to be smart enough climb the ceiling and land behind the group. Melo was injured trying to defend Rita.

The group was beginning to get worn down when the Dagans stopped and fell back for some (convenient) reason. Usual dramatics and antics ensue and the test scenario ended.

That's kinda how I wanted things to play out when we're RPing with enemies in the mix since them having a close call with a bunch of Dagan swarming them is much more exciting than everyone completely and utterly steamrolling over them in a quest.

Plus gameplay is uninvolved so character levels are no longer a factor in stuff like this. Next scenario I'm hoping to introduce some sort of antagonist character. (Though, I kinda feel weird about this since he's related to Rita.) and we'll do this sort of thing in one of the free fields instead of the lounge/plaza/whatever.

Also, the RP team has been made. The team's name is "Our Story" so feel free to join up.

Ichiro Shimori
Feb 17, 2013, 03:31 AM
Who do I have to contact to join this team.

SkyeNorvil
Feb 17, 2013, 03:59 AM
Who do I have to contact to join this team.

Either Sylvia (username: suuri) or myself (Rita Norvil, username: SkyeNorvil)

Rhedrimond
Feb 18, 2013, 10:21 PM
Thanks again so much to everyone who came and made this possible!! It was great to see so many people get together, participate, or just encourage us! :D

I finally got a few screens together, picked mostly to show all the different folk we had there:


Friday - Ship 2
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http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2411/pso20130215224816132.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Saturday - Ship 2
[spoiler-box]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/281/pso20130216171737061.jpg
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7772/pso20130216173138068.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Sunday - Ship 10
[spoiler-box]http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1648/pso20130217211446029.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/584/pso20130217234751071.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Tachesis
Feb 19, 2013, 09:25 PM
I'm kinda curious as to the next time you will try this. Was nice, even if I wasn't able to do anything :3

S u r i
Feb 19, 2013, 09:40 PM
We're thinking of doing it every week on Friday and Saturday at the regular times. Check back to the first post for details on the time.

Sakarisei
Feb 24, 2013, 11:01 AM
Oh, great idea. I hadn't roleplayed since years. However, i would like review about roleplaying because... although i know it, i really dunno about your actions while you talk, or doing anything. :)

SkyeNorvil
Feb 27, 2013, 05:00 AM
Alright, so since this thread is falling behind and discussion is at a stand still. I have something that we (or at least ship 2) might wanna talk about.

...How battles should be played out.

Last weekend, we had a scenario where a group of ARKS went against an antagonist and several Darkers. As soon as the fight broke out, everything went...awkward. Luckily near the end of it, we managed to figure something out and settle with it. We ended up using dice rolls to see whether our hits connected, missed, or were fatal. (1-12 = miss, 13-19 = hit, 20 = chance for a critical, if the second roll was a hit then the critical lands. If it was a miss then it would be a normal hit.)

I wanna know if you guys have other ideas on how battles should be played out? The downside to the dice is that it's completely and utterly random but the upside is that it prevents people from godmodding the shit outta you.

Of course, from the small little RPs you do with other people outside of the general meet-ups the battle system is between you and them. I just wanna set some sort of standard for people to refer to on those big meet-up days.

Should we use dice when fighting against other characters/players/bosses? What about minor enemies like Dagans and the sort? Should we use dice with them too or just write it out? Is there another system that you guys suggest?

In other news, we also have a fairly populated Skype chat group. PM S u r i if you want in.

(Also curious, what's Ship 10 been up to on the RP scene?)

Dycize
Feb 27, 2013, 05:22 AM
I think smaller ennemies should be left to writing it out.
When I roleplayed on another game, we made a turn order and people would often describe their attack and the GM would reply how it affected the bigger ennemy. Then when the GM would attack, players targetted got to write a reaction.
It worked pretty well, though it was easier to manage powerlevels in it (which isn't the case here, as everyone has their own take on the way things work in the PSO2verse).
But I'm fine with the dice until (if we ever) find something that works well.

Rhedrimond
Feb 27, 2013, 09:27 PM
I think that basic system works great for fighting between PCs and plot villains. For lesser enemies, though, the dice should probably be left out.

It's best not to get bogged down with too many numbers and rules, especially in big collaborative projects like MMO RP. After all, we -are- already playing in an RPG-- our characters already have the stats, equipment, abilities, and so on that people often associate with an RP. We can swing sabers, we can shoot guns. There's no need to put another RPG system on top of the RPG system that makes us play in the first place.

For conflict between PCs and story villains, however, there is no established system so that simple dice mechanic sounds pretty great. As for normal enemies like Dagans, I can totally understand if you want a more tense and dangerous feel for a scene (rather than steamrolling with the normal system), but it should probably just be resolved with common sense and the writing itself. Basically, if an Arks wants to kill a Dagan they probably /can/, or else they shouldn't be out in the field in the first place.

Of course, people are free to handle their own scenes however they want! This is just my opinion on things for the bigger meets as said.

As far as Ship 10 goes, we're still doing pretty well! I need to update the summary thread on our forums, but we still have scenes going and about a dozen active players joining in on and off. It has mostly been self-contained stories so far, but if you guys would want to do some sort of plot that spans multiple ships, that would be awesome! :D