The Trek

[xXMcDumbassXx]

Questions? Reserving spots? Just wanna chat? Do it here...

[Sibrand]

Very Interested indeed! Could you reserve a spot for me until tomorrow? I really have to get some sleep and tomorrow I got school for a couple of hours, but once I'm back I'll make a character If there's still a spot open or if you've reserved one for me. ^_^

[xXMcDumbassXx]

Sure! I don't generally have a character limit... but I'll reserve a spot anyway :P

[xXMcDumbassXx]

oops... just noticed a bad typo on my rules... i copied and pasted the rules cuz i was too lazy to write them out again :P I'll go fix that...

[Frene]

This seems very interesting

[xXMcDumbassXx]

"Lost Ones" OOC Section coming soon!

Description/medical reports/pictures/details/behavior/history/and everything else you would need to know about the only major predator to human-kind!

[Sibrand]

Turnbased combat? Why would you use this in an Rp you called "realistic"? :S

[ImmortalEcstasy]

Compliments for sparking my interest on two of three of your RP's, I'm pretty sure it's a first.
But I agree with Sibrand, Turnbased combat - however fair - isn't 'realistic'.

Also a small suggestion, you say we equip ourselves at the bunker, I think perhaps something like survival rucksacks with a list of equipment everyone has, would be useful.
ie.
a 4 inch knife.
a box of 30 matches,
a small metal pan,
a plastic water bottle and some iodine,
bug spray...
whatever else

It would give us some common ground and also a better chance of surviving - or even give each individual person a list of 10-20 things they got from the bunker. Just as an idea.

Also are you hoping that we'll all play allied characters or not?
Thanks.

[xXMcDumbassXx]

Hmm... The "Goodie Bag" Idea is pretty good actually... I think you'll some of that in there... And as for the turnbased combat... I agree. I hated doing it, but I was just gonna try to make it fair... I'll change it to simultaneous combat and we'll figure it out from there... And one other thing, you're all criminals, severe or not, and you've essentially been sentenced to death. And the audience of the show love watching people dying, suffering, etc... Interesting things, ya know? So it's not going to be easy, not by a long shot... But best of luck anyway :P And something else you may not have thought of, is that a secondary plot could start after you make it back to the city alive.... Just a side note :D

[ImmortalEcstasy]

I admit my trail of thought was that on return you're welcomed back and showered with riches... but you're still a criminal - they say that if you complete they welcome you back, accpeting that the trek turned you into a good person. But I think it would make you hate them more for putting you through it, you'd be given the means (money and status) to be able to cause havok.

[xXMcDumbassXx]

Haha well, it's either seen that way, or as a lesson learned. I think I'll make the distance relative to the severity if the crime... Like, theft 10 miles, a murder 50 miles each(murders are serious), rape like... 40 or something... Idk, idk.... I'm glad you're bringing this all up so I can try and perfect the RP before it starts...

And for people who do illegal things with the money just get put through it again. And some good people get themselves put on the show just for the money. Like, if you were poor and you had no other options, you could do something illegal, like steal a car. That would get you like... 15 miles, and my philosophy is that you get $1,000 per mile traveled. So it's a good source of revenue if you're good at it...

But anyways, would you have the balls enough to do something illegal after going through 50 miles of SuperHuman creatures, collapsing buildings, lack of food and water, and watching your newfound friends die? I think it would be pretty efficient. And the fear factor is HUGE! Everybody would be afraid of the consequences of crime (most people anyway). The show also eliminates jails and such, since the criminals are gathered and flown out directly upon conviction...

Either way, it's a role-play, so it's not perfect :P

[ImmortalEcstasy]

I agree, but I feel someone with a frame-of-mind to commit murder, is probably going to be the sort of "VENGEANCE!" person who would try and pay back the creators of the programme, and hey, they'll only end up back on the show for round 2 - if they get caught. If you have money you can hide almost anywhere. Bit of plastic surgery and some fake documents and your good to go.

The miles dictated by the crime thing is good, but there'd have to be more bunkers, and they could perhaps get raided by the ones with more miles to go. I think maybe instead you could have something else to show the severity of the crime.
Like, if you're a murderer you don't get any iodine in your bag to clean the water you find, you're at risk of infection this way. Or you don't get as good weapons/protein packs...
The higher the price of what you stole the less well fitting/comfy/suitable your clothes are and so on.
I think it would be easier and also make for a better programme.
What better way to conquer your rapist than watch him dehydrate slowly to death and have his corpse town apart by the mutated body of your fathers killer? (as an extreme example).

Plus that would mean more of them setting off. More to be picked off.
There's strength in the numbers, but it also means they can to stealthy - the more there are, the less likely it's you that's attacked, but the more likely a lost one will find the group...

[xXMcDumbassXx]

We need more characters!!! If you have any friends you think would be interested, send them here please! We need more characters before we start and I'd like to start as soon as we have 5 or 6 people...

[xXMcDumbassXx]

Oh, and since whenhave giant multimillion dollar industries have every been nice or fair? This is the alternatIve to a death sentence... They're trying tokill you! Lol they don't want to give you their money... And they don't want you scum bck in their city... They're making millions off of a show that's manipulated to make things interesting

[ImmortalEcstasy]

True. So why not make it as evil as possible, and no matter what your crime, you have to go the whole way? Seems more vicious - and likely bring less back into the city, and deter even the smallest crime.

Have you got an OOC for The Lost Ones yet, I'm really interested in...hmm... "getting to know"... them?
Haha. :D

[MadHatter]

I noticed that there is quite a pile of submitted characters waiting to be approved. If you got at least some of us approved, we would be much closer to starting.

[xXMcDumbassXx]

@MadHatter

I'm just letting them pile up and I'll approve them when we start... If I can test you all not to post yet, I'll accept your characters

[xXMcDumbassXx]

The lost ones OOC is coming later tonight!!! God bless insomnia :P

[MadHatter]

Very well, xXMcDumbassXx, I shall await my character's approval.

[xXMcDumbassXx]

Well... I lost my whole lost ones post... (ironic, right?) I'll start it again tonight.