Online rpg

[Magrathean]

I don't know how many supporters an UltimateMetal rpg thread would have, but if anyone's interested post here and if we get enough players we can begin something.

Edit: Since people seem to like to post bullshit more than intelligent shit, the rpg starts on page 3.

 

[OfManAndMetal]

something like what???ELABORATE!!

 

[Tubbs]

If it's not like Dark Age Of Camelot then I'm not doing anything!

 

[Magrathean]

I have a somewhat futuristic world in mind: a world with lots of technology but little access to it and a strict regime which doesn't allow anyone except the governments to really make use of it. A war-torn desert world in which technology and water are the two things worth killing for.

 

[Tubbs]

You're still not explaining what we're supposed to do or what you're gonna do!

 

[Magrathean]

Have you really never played an online rpg?

 

[Magrathean]

Behold:
http://www.infoceptor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14531

 

[Kenneth R.]

sounds a lot like Frank Herbert + Gene Wolfe

 

[Tubbs]

Yes, but what the hell are you talking about?!?!?!?

They're actually usually called MMORPG's.

Of those, I've played:

Everquest
Dark Age Of Camelot
Ultima Online
Baldur's Gate (I think, can't remember...)
World Of Warcraft
Guns
Guild Wars
Diablo
Diablo 2

Is that enough?

 

[Magrathean]

MMORPGs? What does MMO stand for?

 

[Tubbs]

Massive Multiplayer Online.

Look it up on google.

Actually, Diablo is an online rpg, but it can be played offline. RPG's that are set in a huge world with thousands of other people on a huge server is an MMORPG.

 

[OfManAndMetal]

is this like dungeons and dragons? from your link thats what it looks like...

 

[Magrathean]

Tubbs: Then this isn't a MMORPG. This isn't massive, but it's multiplayer and online alright. It's just plain old forum rpging, if you know what i mean.

OfManAndMetal: I wouldn't know if you could say it's D&D, but it's just a name, so i don't think it really matters. I hope you get an idea from that link i posted.

 

[OfManAndMetal]

ya, that sounds boring to me no thanks...

 

[Tubbs]

Is this a real game or one that you're making up???

That's what I'm REALLY wondering.

And technically, it is an MMORPG if it's only online.

 

[Magrathean]

*sigh* Forget it.

 

[Tubbs]

You should have explained yourself better.

 

[Voice of God]

And technically, it is an MMORPG if it's only online.

NO it isn't. Just like you said in your earlier post "RPG's that are set in a huge world with thousands of other people on a huge server is an MMORPG." <sic> There's no sensible way to run a game for thousands of people in a forum thread, so it can not be "massively multiplayer".

UndoControl was trying to start a storytelling rpg on this thread. More to do with traditional tabletop-roleplaying (like D&D) than MMORPG's. Something with imagination involved, rather than the candy graphics coated hack n' slash and leveling simulation like most MMORPG's are. (sorry, I loathe them)

Anyway, I would be interested if I wasn't so busy in the next few weeks.

 

[Tubbs]

So like crappy D&D...

By the way, I WAS talking about the games with graphics, not these cheesy things... so I was right about MMORPG's.

Although I'd love to play this, it'd be nearly impossible to keep it organized though.

 

[Magrathean]

You wouldn't love to play this, and i've known of cases in which it can be kept organized quite easily. I'm not stupid. Just say you're not interested.