just a silly rp idea,

[ziratha]

This is probably really silly, how about an rp about yugioh? I happen to like the origional manga, and thought it might be perfect...

[SALSAlys]

Depends on how you'd develop it, though you'd need to give a lot more information out. And possibly drop in the RPGWW Chat enough that we'll know not to bite you. =p

[Molokidan]

Listen to Lys! She knows what she's talking about. <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

[ziratha]

I had a story idea... but as I've never gmed before i wouldn't wanna do it alone, and i'd need to know if there was interest...

[NebulaQueen]

You need to tell more about your idea if you want people to take interest in it, either as RPers or potential co-GMs. Just saying "hey guyz u like yugio" is only going to get a bunch of sarcastic remarks about believing in the Heart (or some less pleasant organ) of the Cards. <p>

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[ziratha]

Well you see, I have a vague idea of a story idea, but im not gonna develop it at all unless there are people interested in the idea.

ps. how about the large intestine of the cards?

pps. The origional manga had virtually no reference to heart of the cards...

[Zemyla]

I might be interested. The problem is that I know nothing about Yugioh. <p>-----
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[Molokidan]

I'd be interested as well, provided that the game will work. (ie. it has a plot, a dedicated GM and group of players, etc.)

I understand where you are coming from, Ziratha, on not wanting to develop the game if it's not going to go anywhere. However, it usually works the other way. You post a bit of the story, such as a prologue, some information on the system, and THAT is what gets players interested to join. Look at some older threads about brainstorming for RPs. They post some things, and that's what really gets people interested. <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"

"HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WYOMING YOU PRICK" --Kate's Troll</p>

[ziratha]

The idea I had was to explore the past of the pharoah a bit better. The setting would be after the pharoah has regained his memories, and would be directly linked to the events of the past.

The idea I had was to explore the dark side of the pharoah, suppose the pharoah had a friend in the ancient past, one who was every bit as skilled as the pharoah himself. Now suppose the 'friend' had reason to become angry at the pharoah, even come to hate him? Finally, suppose the 'friend' found himself in the preasent day? With the means and motive to seek revenge?
This is the basic idea I had, it would be up for discussion, and would be based at least partly, on the actions of the players.

Now the thing itself would begin, as usual, with a new student. A boy about yugi's age, an american, with blue eyes. Yugi is interested to learn the boy knows duel monsters, and thay become friends...



Hows that? I think, if I did it right, it would work well.
The way it would be setup would be that a player would
play as one of the characters, aka say person x plays as yugi, and person y plays as joey.

[The Great Nevareh]

Ahhh, you want something more along the lines of what I understand to be called a "MUSH"- Multi-User Shared Hallucination.

Frequently, people like to come up with RP things that mirror their own creativity- What it sounds like YOU want to do is to set up a world dictated entirely by your own rules and then have other people act out the world in parts you have assigned to them- Giving them these parts gives them much less freedom, and it is a lot to expect of someone to ask them to be Yugi if they have significantly less information than you do.

If you want to try to host a MUSH-like thing, post parts for people to play so they can pick and choose what they like. I could be wrong about my definition of a MUSH, though. <p>[---------------------------]
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[Banjooie]

I personally would produce a MUSH to have a MUSH-like thing, but that is because I am crazy. <p><Chat> <Matto says, "What's up?"
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Angst."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Drama."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Betrayal."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Plushies."</p>

[Molokidan]

I've never watched Yu-Gi-Oh or read the comics, so I don't know anything about the characters. . .therefore your setup would put me at a disadvantage, playing characters I'm not familiar with. All I've ever played is the card game.

Personally, I wouldn't mind if we got a new set of characters but used the same card game with your storyline, but that's just my personal opinion. <p>---------------

"Well slap a dead fish on me and call me Molokidan!"</p>

[ziratha]

I see what your saying, I guess I can have some of both, some of the premade chars, and some new ones. Now I just gotta see if I can actually make this, although im not sure if I could do it by myself. What I really need is a cowriter... but I dont think thats gonna happen.

[ziratha]

This is my idea

There is a shadow in the darkness.


In this realm of shadows,
this place of eternal death,
this shadow realm,
there is a heart of
gold that is tainted,
and the heart
has begun to beat.



You are the one who killed me.
You are the one who betrayed me.
You who I called 'friend',




My heart that was still,
my heart that yearns for vengence,
my heart that yearns for blood.




You who I called 'brother',



My heart has begun to beat.
I will show you the meaning of friendship.
I will show you the meaning of death.
I will show you the meaning of cursed.





you who I called 'Pharoah'.
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[Banjooie]

the fuck <p><Chat> <Matto says, "What's up?"
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Angst."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Drama."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Betrayal."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Plushies."</p>

[NebulaQueen]

Apparently, the Pharoah kicked some guy who was close to him in the mud. Or something like that. <p>

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[ziratha]

well, what do you think? I know it's weird, but i think it fits. If not ill try something else.

[Will Rennar]

I do hope you've either seen a fansubbing of the last season or read the last couple of issues of the manga (both of which pertain to the part of the story you're referring to). Otherwise I, as the group's leading YuGiOh fanboy (YES. I ADMIT IT, DAMMIT!) shall have to --INSERT UNSPEAKABLE FORM OF NON-ECCHI PAIN HERE--.


...Or not, I dunno yet.

On a side note, I'm currently in the middle of a somewhat similar project...a YuGiOh-based RP system. At the moment the best way I can describe it, sadly, is "scatterbrained".

<p>Will Rennar / Asura Calibre

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[SALSAlys]

That's just the opening post, and you're assuming a familiarity with the series. Granted, most of those interested would be aware of the series, but keep it in mind.

Also, a bit of grammar and proper capitalization would go a long way towards making it more readable and all. And you gave absolutely no clue as to how the angsty rant against the Pharaoh ties into this, or how or why it appears. 'Tis like the angsty narration that occurs right before an episode occurs, and characters have no clue what's going on. Doesn't make sense for the RP though, but if you chop that off, you lose most of your initial post.

Try to make that initial post as enticing as your idea. Flesh the idea, then make a post that grabs people by the throat and shakes 'em about with ecstasy and feelings of "DAMMIT I NEED TO JOIN!" instead of feelings of "OW, THAT HURTS."