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Post by NexusOfLight on Oct 29, 2010 16:59:59 GMT -5
UPDATE: So the RP is actually startin' up today. Sign up for your character and post him/her in this thread.
Yeah, so like I said in Digimon thread, I'm probably gonna start a Digimon RP. I've been in quite a few over the years, and they've all been pretty fun, so I should hope I know a thing or two about what we gonna do, but I got a few issues. First off, I'm gonna start off sayin' this is gonna be a completely original story independent of shows and movies entirely. What's that mean? Well, it means what it means. No one's gonna be RPing as Tai, Davis, Takato, etc. You gotta make your own characters. This also means, for those who never got into Digimon, or wanted to get into it, but never did won't have to read through the manga and watch the shows to know what's goin' on. Sure, it'll help, but it's not gonna be essential as everything concerning the RP'll be laid out in this thread once everything's sorted out. Now before we get to character creation and stuff, let's actually brainstorm. Sure, I could come up with a setting for a story on my own, but I think it's fun when everyone who's interested throws in their two cents, too. After a couple a' days, maybe a week, I'll make the first post, and the RP'll start. So yeah, first thing on the to-do list is deciding on whether or not this RP's story should be centered around the Digidestined (the humans) or the Digimon (the "pet monsters"). That's why the polls up there. Now there are pros and cons for both. If we do a story where the kids are the focus, each user would create a character, have them pick what Digimon they get as a partner, and go off exploring this new world, trying to understand the crazy things that's happening, etc. It'll be pretty similar to how the TV shows made it. If we go the Digimon route though, the human factor would be diminished quite a bit. Think along the lines of how Transformers is, except instead of giant robots being the main characters, monsters made of data are. Each user would pick the Digimon he/she wishes to play, give themselves an evolution line that they like and go off fighting against whatever the plot's gonna be. Might have them go to the real world and interact with a few humans, but there wouldn't be a master/slave, kid/pet, partner relationship. I'm cool with either, which is partly why I can't decide for right now, so let's hear your thoughts on it. And when that's settled, we can start brainstormin' about different plot ideas. I sorta already thought of one, but it's definitely open to change. thecomicsledger.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=am&action=display&thread=269&page=6So that's where we are right now. In a week, I hope to have somethin' done to the point that we can at least start.
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Post by Purrpura Bastette on Oct 29, 2010 17:09:35 GMT -5
I'm down for this. But what if we went down both routes, and have our Human and our Digimon as two distinct characters?
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Post by NexusOfLight on Oct 29, 2010 17:11:11 GMT -5
That's interesting. Didn't think of that.
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Post by Matezoide on Oct 29, 2010 19:44:38 GMT -5
i am in
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Post by NexusOfLight on Oct 29, 2010 20:48:27 GMT -5
That's great. Any input into how you want the story to be?
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Post by Strafe Prower on Oct 29, 2010 23:41:02 GMT -5
The focus should be on the digi-destined IMO, but give the Digimon some depth as well.
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Post by NexusOfLight on Oct 30, 2010 21:06:23 GMT -5
So how should the story be set up? I know someone's thought of something.
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Post by Strafe Prower on Oct 31, 2010 8:41:49 GMT -5
So how should the story be set up? I know someone's thought of something. I'll try to think of something today :/
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Nov 4, 2010 20:07:59 GMT -5
I've been dying to do something like this for a while. Not participated in much RPG however am a good writer, descriptive. And I've written a Digimon story myself. And I cast my vote before reading it properly. I've created my own Digimon evolution. But I think I would prefer to have a tamer.
So I think we should do it about the kids.
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Post by NexusOfLight on Nov 5, 2010 1:25:54 GMT -5
Cool, well that sounds good. We'll make it focus on the tamers. Awesome sig by the way. Well, with that in mind, let's discuss the actual premise of the story. Naturally, the story'll go however it goes from us posting, but I think it's good to have some sorta general idea before starting things. What are some of your thoughts. As of right now, it'll probably be somethin' like every mythological, fantasy creature in existence was real at a point in time, and some dude, maybe a coalition of people, got together and sent those mythological creatures, (werewolves, vampires, dragons, talking trees, fairies, demons, angels, and so on) into a different dimension, known as the digital world.
First off, what're your thoughts on that? Should we stick with it, revamp it, completely throw it out? And after deciding on the initial set up of the digital world, how exactly are we gonna tie it to the here and now? Sticking with what was stated above, should someone go about opening "Pandora's Box" and releasing all the creature back in the world, or should the world have been broken down by the mythological creatures (Digimon) themselves?
Like I said, I'm good with whatever you guys come up with (maybe tweak some stuff here and there). This is just brainstorming the initial set up.
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Nov 5, 2010 7:49:32 GMT -5
Thanks! I think that's a good idea. Also adding to it, because they exist, maybe sorceress and such exist, and possible a war was waged between them all. All of humankind banded together for once and sent them their. Just a thought. May not be a good one. An Idea I was going with in my own story was that when the very first pixel was created, the Digital World was created and evolved from there. Using Earth as an example. When water was formed, life came from it and evolved. That was one of my ideas I had in my own arc. I'll go with the majority though.
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Post by goku on Nov 5, 2010 7:59:01 GMT -5
This seems interesting actually.
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Post by Strafe Prower on Nov 5, 2010 8:07:26 GMT -5
Both sounds great to me guys, which ever is cool
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Post by cm24 on Nov 5, 2010 12:31:54 GMT -5
Not bad.
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Post by NexusOfLight on Nov 5, 2010 15:54:07 GMT -5
A war sounds nice, but let's not have all of humankind get involved with it. I kinda want the whole concept of monsters, wizards, warlocks, and the digital world to be kinda on the down low, knowatimsayin'? I think that'll make it that much more interesting when the tamers actually get exposed to the digimon. All their life, they've been brought up to believe monsters don't exist. Sure, there're people who claim that ghosts an' aliens, an' junk is out there, but, like in real life, no one really takes them seriously. As for the actual origin of the digital world, birth from a pixel sounds nice, and maybe...what's that date? January 1, 1970. Yeah, somethin' happened then, but for some reason, that's when somethin' happened. I do programming, and there's a function in there that keeps track of every second that's elapsed from that date. Looking into it, I found this and this. Maybe we can work that into it somehow. Maybe that's the day when the world got rid of monsters altogether. Sent them to the digital world.
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Nov 5, 2010 16:12:01 GMT -5
As for the actual origin of the digital world, birth from a pixel sounds nice, and maybe...what's that date? January 1, 1970. Yeah, somethin' happened then, but for some reason, that's when somethin' happened. I do programming, and there's a function in there that keeps track of every second that's elapsed from that date. Looking into it, I found this and this. Maybe we can work that into it somehow. Maybe that's the day when the world got rid of monsters altogether. Sent them to the digital world. January 1, 1970 could be the date that the Digital World was created. 40 years has passed. Easily enough to put story into that. Are we going to have Royal Knights, Demon Lords etc. in this? Because with them they can help create a story. The Demon Lords could be behind the event that opened the portal from their world to our world to exact revenge. Then the Digimon Sovereigns used their power and the Tamers we chosen.
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Post by NexusOfLight on Nov 5, 2010 18:14:44 GMT -5
Royal Knights definitely gotta be in this. Omnimon and Alphamon are probably my favorite digimon ever, so that's a definite yes. Yggdrasil from the Norse mythos was the world tree that unified the nine worlds together. Yggdrasil is also the name of an early Linix distribution that took different pieces of software and assembled them together. In the Digimon mythos, Yggdrasil was the god of the Digital World, and the Royal Knights were supposed to serve that god no matter what. For this RP, I'm thinkin' of blending all that together. Let's not have Yggdrasil actually be an entity of itself, but more of a link, a bridge from the digital world to the human world, and the Royal Knights are supposed to protect that link. Maybe after whatever big event that sent all the monsters to the digital world happened, someone tried to make it secure so nothin' bad would happen, and as a result, the Royal Knights were created, and maybe somewhere down the line, whoever the bad guys are gonna be, be they Demon Lords, Gran Dracmon and the Dark Area digimon, or whatever, sent them into a different dimension or forced them to de-digivolve. Either way, the Royal Knights got out of the picture, leaving Yggdrasil open for tampering with, and as a result, the digimon crossed over.
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Nov 5, 2010 18:36:23 GMT -5
Royal Knights definitely gotta be in this. Omnimon and Alphamon are probably my favorite digimon ever, so that's a definite yes. Yggdrasil from the Norse mythos was the world tree that unified the nine worlds together. Yggdrasil is also the name of an early Linix distribution that took different pieces of software and assembled them together. In the Digimon mythos, Yggdrasil was the god of the Digital World, and the Royal Knights were supposed to serve that god no matter what. I know. I saw and loved Digimon: X Evolution. I love Alphamon, Omegamon [aka Ominmon], and Veemon's evolution. Be good to blend them all.
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Post by NexusOfLight on Nov 5, 2010 18:58:27 GMT -5
Ulforce Veedramon was his name. Man, I'm tellin' you this brings back so many memories. So yeah, we're gonna do somethin' like that. If everyone's cool with it, we could get started on this soon. We could do a profile sheet right now. Let's see.
[b]Name:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] [b]Gender:[/b] [b]Nationality:[/b] [b]Appearance:[/b] [b]Background:[/b] [b]Personality:[/b] [b]Alignment:[/b]
[b]Digimon:[/b] [b]Gender:[/b] [b]Appearance:[/b] [b]Personality:[/b] [b]Background:[/b] [b]Evolution Line:[/b]
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Nov 5, 2010 19:11:17 GMT -5
So the evolution line has to be one that's already been done? Or can we chose are own?
I.E. Botamon>Tokomon>Veemon>Airdramon>Gigadramon>Saraphimon?
And are there any specific Digimon that are off limits?
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