OOC: X-Men

[dragonrazor]

I'm really not in charge of the thread just the storyline.

I'm waiting on Chronicle.

My next post was going to be a gov. one and his post was going to be a gov. one.

I def don't think the thread will die, it just may take him a day or two to get back to me.

I like your thoughts.

There is one tiny possible solution I thought of but it would be a bit too much I think...I'll tell you in PM cause it would involve storm

It wouldn't work because it would alter the way others choose to rp characters though but I'll tell you anyway.

would it be possible to take on the role of Forge, the mutant government strike force leader?

 

[Shaq]

I have chosen to limited her powers to some extent to keep her from being too powerful. One thing I read was that she could affect weather on a global scale. I choose to limit her powers to a local level. Little stuff like that.
I think that I will have to let her be able to use some of her powers indoors because I am guessing that we are going to be inside a lot.

Oh, and she can potentially affect things on a global scale but she never actually does.

That's just her potential and why she gets an omega classification.

The only Omega level mutants I know to actually use their powers on an omega legel are

Professor X-He brainwashed everyone in House of M

Scarlett With-She changed the world to the House of M (plot device in my opinion she isn't that powerful. Sales drove that story not the character)

Magneto-He cut a very powerful elecromagnetic pulse through the Earth once. He's never accomplished his dream of turning the poles upside down though and taking the planet off his tilt.

Franklin Richards-Made the heroes reborn world and made a new sun during Onslaught

Nate Grey the greatest comic book character ever AKA X-Man: In visions his powers erupted and destroyed half the world. He eventually emptied his power into everyone in an extremely stupid story that we shall never speak of again

(I would also argue Apocalypse has been operating at an omega level and that's why his powers seem so limitless and illdefined. His ACTUAL power is he can change his bodies atomic structure. But he's changed it so much that he's changed to that being he is that can do seemingly everythiing)

But many other mutants including Iceman, Storm, Polaris, and Chamber are omega level but never actually realized their potential.

I thought I posted a link to the wikipedia discussion and controversy over what an omega level mutant like Storm is?

Marvel kinda purposely left the definition hazy but my own opinion is that it really just means someone whose powers has extreme potential to somewhat transcends normal limits.

IE: Nightcrawler in the AoA. He refined his powers to the point where he could touch someone and teleport their head off but leave the body. In our world he's nowhere near that precise with his Tp ability but he's still omega level cause that's his max.

But take AoA Iceman for example.

Dude, this guy didn't even have a human body anymore. He just existed by living in the moisture in their air.

Get this, ANYWHERE there was H20, Iceman could appear there if he wanted.

He could rebuild his injured ice body with water, he didn't need an ice slide, he slid his entire body through the air.

He could even do this thing where he could turn people into their base elements including the components that make water and transport them across the air like he does his body then turn them back.


And what does he do in our world? He fires fuckin' snow balls at people

So even though his potential is global he doesn't come near to realizing it. Storm is like that to a lesser extent too.

 

[Shaq]

would it be possible to take on the role of Forge, the mutant government strike force leader?

Now you're thinking!


That actually could be something to explore.

It would explain why Magma could get through the defenses and it might actually work with what has been building.

We could probably do something with Forge that would make sense, and it could be REALLY good now that I think about it.


Still, the point remains I am NOT a thread leader, I'm just putting forth a sl.

I'm saying just as an rper I have a problem with making accomodations like this. I totally want devilgrl to rp, I think Magma is a really good character with a lot of potential BUT outwitting Prof X and Jean isn't one of them.

Neither is hitting Juggernaut with a super drop kick to send him tumbling.

It's nothing wrong if a person makes a mistake.

I might be making a mistake by making a big deal out of this and not going with it.

But in my own opinion her actions are completely neglecting the ones I took as the Prof and Jean.

I needed have even posted a telepathic attack if that could just be taken out by a magma dropkick.

 

[dragonrazor]

Forge would also make an explanation for that....Forge is the world's greatest mechanic, so it's likely he could make some kind of mind guard, like Magneto's helmet

 

[Ithica]

Would Jean Grey as the Phoenix be an omega level?

 

[dragonrazor]

Jean Grey as Phoenix, or rather, Dark Phoenix, is one of the most powerful mutants in existence

 

[Screech]

Ummm.... that film idea......uhhhhh...... how can I put this diplomatically?

It's not one I'd go and see. Far too many characters doing out-of-the-ordinary things for themselves. I mean, sinister just 'turning up'? Sugar Man leading the Morlocks? Sabretooth taking orders from Gambit AND working alongside Wilson while not trying to discredit/kill him? I dunno......

And Dead Hand? Fascist? Naah! Just stating facts is all. And being REALLY mercenary

 

[Shaq]

Would Jean Grey as the Phoenix be an omega level?

Yeah, there are others I didn't mention.

Jean I think is Omega level in her own right. She's the most powerful telekinetic and the 2nd most powerful telepath.

The Phoenix is a cosmic level entity on par with Silver Surfer and the like.

I'm no expert I may be wrong though.

 

[Screech]

Yeah, there are others I didn't mention.

Jean I think is Omega level in her own right. She's the most powerful telekinetic and the 2nd most powerful telepath.

The Phoenix is a cosmic level entity on par with Silver Surfer and the like.

I'm no expert I may be wrong though.

Well, seeming as the Pheonix Force can cause a star to go nova, you got it about right there

 

[Shaq]

Ummm.... that film idea......uhhhhh...... how can I put this diplomatically?

It's not one I'd go and see. Far too many characters doing out-of-the-ordinary things for themselves. I mean, sinister just 'turning up'? Sugar Man leading the Morlocks? Sabretooth taking orders from Gambit AND working alongside Wilson while not trying to discredit/kill him? I dunno......

And Dead Hand? Fascist? Naah! Just stating facts is all. And being REALLY mercenary

lol, I value your opinion!

There is a reason I haven't been pegged to write the script.

I would say that the movieverse is diff though.

Sinister, gambit have connections to the Morlocks.

In the comics Gambit did group the maurauders who killed the morlocks but from what I hear he didn't actually recruit sabretooth.

Sugar Man is ugly which is why I picked him.

But in the upcoming X3, Psylocke and Multiple Man are going to be villains and we know Pyro used to be a good guy in the movie.

 

[Shaq]

Forge would also make an explanation for that....Forge is the world's greatest mechanic, so it's likely he could make some kind of mind guard, like Magneto's helmet

I thought of that, problem is Jean and Prof X would detect the blockage.


We could definetly go with it, maybe when J.D, Vix and Chronicle get on they can weigh in too.


I can't lie though, my biggest issue is that two times devilgrl just negated my actions like it was nothing.

And I REPEATED the action to emphasize it.

I put her in a telepathic cover and she knocks down juggernaut.

Danger room explnation.

telepathic cover up again

She blows up the danger room

I have issues with that...

 

[Screech]

lol, I value your opinion!

There is a reason I haven't been pegged to write the script.

I would say that the movieverse is diff though.

Sinister, gambit have connections to the Morlocks.

In the comics Gambit did group the maurauders who killed the morlocks but from what I hear he didn't actually recruit sabretooth.

Sugar Man is ugly which is why I picked him.

But in the upcoming X3, Psylocke and Multiple Man are going to be villains and we know Pyro used to be a good guy in the movie.

Pyro was at Xavier's scool, but decided to go and hang with Magneto. And, persoanlly, I thaught he sounded much better as an ozzie

And, trust me on this, there is such a thing as too much Sugar Man. I mean, he's a guy who'se entire body is just one giant head, he's got four arms, a nasty tongue, and was one of Apocolypse's Horsemen for a while (I think). Plus he could shrink to almost any size.

Multiple Man is ok, but if I remember his powers correctly, he pulls versions of himself from the future. Kill one, and he's living on borrowed time

 

[Shaq]

Pyro was at Xavier's scool, but decided to go and hang with Magneto. And, persoanlly, I thaught he sounded much better as an ozzie

And, trust me on this, there is such a thing as too much Sugar Man. I mean, he's a guy who'se entire body is just one giant head, he's got four arms, a nasty tongue, and was one of Apocolypse's Horsemen for a while (I think). Plus he could shrink to almost any size.

Multiple Man is ok, but if I remember his powers correctly, he pulls versions of himself from the future. Kill one, and he's living on borrowed time

Wow, as far as I know multiple man in the normal continuities powers aren't like that but that is a totally cool idea.

A perfect mutant power in my opinion.

From what I understand he uses the energy invovled in contact to make a genetic duplicate of himself.

Recently he found the duplicates emphasize certain aspects of him, ie: One dupe will be very intelligent, another easy to make mad, another argumentative

uncannyxmen.net has a profile on him though.

 

[Shaq]

Chronicle said he'd post something later.


I'm kinda stalling for him.

I like the Forge idea though.

 

[dragonrazor]

i'm glad to help...i wish Vix would post though

 

[Devilgrl]

I've come up for another Char...but she works for the Gov...he name is chamelion self explanitory...thoughts before I bring up the chars profile (if allowed by Shaq)

 

[Shaq]

Interacting with the other players
1. Read all the posts (Havocman)
It is essential that you read everyone else's posts! Read all the posts in the thread before you post to it for the first time, so that understand the storyline before adding to it. Also, always read all the posts since the last one you posted before posting again. Not only is this the only way to maintain the continuity of a story, you will also find that the other players in a thread will respond much more positively to you, if you know what's going on in the thread before you add to it.

2. Do not invalidate another player's posts (Havocman)
You must never directly invalidate what someone else has said. For example:

Character A: "That's a nice hat you're wearing."
Character B: "I'm not wearing a hat."

B cannot deny the existence of the hat once A has mentioned it: if B does not wish to be wearing a hat, they will have to get rid it somehow. For example, an acceptable reaction (if B is a mage) would be:

Character A: "That's a nice hat you're wearing."
Character B: Snapping his fingers and saying, in a loud voice, "Grizlo!" This causes the hat to vanish, at which point he replies, "What hat? I'm not wearing a hat."

3. Remember that you do not control the plot (Hecate)
When playing, remember that all players have equal rights (unless agreed upon differently) in influencing the development of the story. This means that just because you want the plot to go in a distinct direction, does not necessarily mean it will happen. You cannot force everyone else to do things the way you want: you have to use your intelligence and creativity ? just as you would in real life ? to influence the scene.

4. Do not act for another player (Hecate)
Of course we all want people to react the way we would like them to, so we can get on with our own plans, but you cannot decide how other characters will react to your actions. You cannot make decisions and act for others: you can only act for yourself, and you can only speak for yourself. This is an extremely important rule to remember: not only because it is often very tempting to break it, but also because breaking it is virtually guaranteed to piss other players off. For Example:

I was playing a mighty bad girl and was holding the leader of the good guys captive in my castle (the person playing the leader of the good guys and I had privately worked out a really nice plot line of how he could free himself, without me going against my bad, wicked nature). The next thing I read on the thread, is that another player had "...sneaked into the castle [which was protected by numerous magic spells: the reason why I had been able to take a captive at all] and past the guards [my guards at that time were a monster army], then taken the captain of the guards captive and forced him to lead me to the witch's quarters. Quivering with fear from this unknown stranger she threw herself at my feet, sobbing and begging for mercy. I then went to release the Commander. The witch surrendered herself, her castle and her army." Needless to say, I was not pleased with this player's behavior!

However, there is room for flexibility in this rule: sometimes some patterns of behavior can be taken for granted, given the development of a character and a story. The degree of this flexibility will vary widely from thread to thread. Once you have developed a 'feeling' for the characters (and their creators!) involved you may become more confident in anticipating reactions or actions of your co-players, allowing you to involve them in your posts in order to speed up the action.

To sum up: the safer you want to be not to piss off any co-players, and the less familiar you are with them and their characters, the stricter you should stick to this rule.

 

[Shaq]

I'm not a games master or anything, as far as I'm concerned anyone is allowed to join and introduce a character.

I don't want to be reproached for trying to steer the plot in a certain way.


If Magma works for the gov. she works for the gov.


My problem has been with certain posts being invalidated.


A Good rp move: Magma gets placed in an ice block, she melts it. Placed in a metal prison, she melts the bars.


A Bad Rp move: Professor X telepathically influences her mind so she won't harm anyone and she ignores this and hits juggernaut.

I point this out. And again influence her mind

She ignores this and blows up the danger room.


Its ok to make mistakes when rping but we're playing with established characters.


devilgrl, to put it simply, if Jean and Xavier are controlling your mind you won't be able to fight anyone.

So why did you start fighting again?

Think of it like this: Say you use your magma to burn off my hand in one post.

And then in my very next post I write "I reach down and pull out a gun"

How? I don't have any hands.

Your post was like that. You were held by Jean and the Professor and yet you ignored this and posted something combative anyway.


You can't just run around wild in the thread and not acknowledge the things others have done to you.

 

[Shaq]

OK, Magma who is still under the Professor's influence is in a telepathic trance.


If he does work for the government then when he gets out he can act against the X-Men.


In no way am I trying to dictate the plot. If someone has a good sl bring it, we all have a choice with which missions to accept and not.


But we can't just negate posts and completely contradict continuity in our thread either.

 

[Shaq]

Damn, I hate having to write my posts in word then repost but I just lost an entire post. Fuck

 

[Jeremy Davis]

Easiest thing to have happen is for Devilgrl ro go back and edit her post to either a "." or rewrite the post.

 

[Shaq]

Easiest thing to have happen is for Devilgrl ro go back and edit her post to either a "." or rewrite the post.

I thought those things were taboo?


I figured if he is a gov. plant I can't change that.

But Magma is still in a telepathic hold until something changes.

 

[Shaq]

OK, everyone will have a chance to post regarding what they just heard from Johnny Kitano.


Notice fantomex's position in the eyes of the gov.

If you take that lifestyle it means

-A life on the run from the la
-No more X mansion as associating with you will be too risky

"Who so ever objects speak now or forever hold your peace"

 

[Vixandra]

Yeah, Magma's a tinge annoying.
...

Okay more then that.

But rather then rant over it, onward!


I'm not too picky about who gets brought in where and with the exception of Gambit's stuff, I've not really been reading what else is going on. Rogue wouldn't know it so I don't.

As to the lateness of posting- I work 12hr shifts with an hour drive time on both ends of that- take a lot out of a girl.

 

[dragonrazor]

nice post....now we need Shaq to post again