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Bloodshed in Utopia
The year is 2743, and the earth has been unified into one global nation, the United Earth Federation. The world’s population have eliminated poverty and illness, crime is almost non-existent, and famine has been wiped from the world.
How has this been achieved? Through the induction of the global network known as the Complex, this online virtual world is the place where people can earn real world money in what are called “The Eternity Games” The virtual world is split up into 9 “Continents” virtual centres where people can compete for cash prizes and prestige.
The “Continents” Are thus:
Primarus: Here there are held Gladiatorial death contests, The people who fight in these tournaments do not actually die but instead they must start their career in the Eternity Games from scratch with a new avatar.
Secondus: This Continent is responsible for holding death races of all kinds, high speed dangerous and often lethal races where only the victor is remembered.
Trius: The games held in Trius are known as the Logic games, huge mazes and Puzzles that tax the mind to its limits, often bending the normal laws of physics to achieve the strangest traps and logic puzzles.
Quadrus: This is the Continent that holds the Championship arenas, Various specialised contests that allow people to reach the last tiers of The Eternity Games
Trialus: This is the place where new avatars may train themselves in non-lethal equivalents of the challenges in the real-time Continents, A single 5 yearlong training session may only occupy the space of a heartbeat in real-time. This allows the people with the inclination to spend huge amounts of time honing their skills.
Mortus: This Continent is a place where all of the dead avatars are remembered according to rank; the higher their Prestige ranking the more vaunted their remembrance Alcoves.
Septus: This is the First of the Elite Three these final three Continents are available only to those who have mastered all of the previous games Continents. This first Continent is dedicated to the lower end scale of the elites, it has every kind of arena available to the other Continents but of a significantly harder scale of competitors, hence the “Elite” status of the Continent.
Octanus: This Second tier of the Elite Trio is the same as Septus, except that its arenas are of an even more advanced difficulty to those of Septus.
Omega: This Final Tier is for One on one duels in the most advanced matches that the elite trio has to offer, nothing can compare to the raw thrill and monetary gains to be had in this final Continent

The Eternity Games are played by real people yes, but these people interact with the network with what are called, “Avatars”. These digital constructs are personalised by the owner and are often elaborate and many varied.
An Avatar has several base traits which are recorded by the Administrators of The Eternity Games (For the purposes of the RP that will be me and these traits will directly affect your characters and how they function)
Experience Tier [ET]
This is a quick way of discovering how powerful another Avatar is.
Prestige Tier [PT]
There are 5 set Prestige Tiers, Alpha (0 Prestige), Delta(500 Prestige), Hecta(1000Prestige), Landa(1500 Prestige) and Omega(3000 Prestige)

Resilience [R]
This is the total amount of virtual damage that an Avatar can sustain before it is “Deleted”. This trait is restored after each event (Note){Every point placed into [R] generates +10 total [R]
Strength [S]
The amount of power an Avatar inflicts on another Avatar when using Melee weapons, is removed from their total Resilience. This is affected by Armour
Armour [A]
This Trait is affected not only by the points in the Trait but also by the gear worn by the Avatar and will reduce the amount of Resilience Removed by another Avatar’s strength, For simplicity, this is known as “Damage”
Combat Skill [CS][_]
This Trait is a representation of how proficient you are with your chosen weapon . The level you have of [CS] of a chosen weapon is the direct increase your [S] Trait will have when using that weapon, (for example. The Avatar Furios has [S]15 but he is equipped with a Laser Repeater which is an Energy weapon with [S]10 and he has [CS][Energy Weapons]15 so his total strength using the Laser Repeater is 30 (15+15))
Experience [E]
This Trait is one that increases over time, an Avatar will gain Experience for Deleting other Avatars and completing Events, as the Avatar’s experience hits its limit it resets and the Avatar will gain an Experience Tier and will have the ability to increase its stats. The experience you earn from defeating an Avatar is their [ET]*(10+[PT])
Prestige [P]
This Trait is increased by Completing events and Deleting Avatars, as an Avatar’s Prestige increases its Prestige Tier Trait will also increase unlocking new Continents. The Prestige you earn for Deleting Avatar’s is their [PT]*[ET]


When an Avatar is created its owner is given 25 points to distribute across its traits, all traits start with 1 for most Traits with 3 for [R], [Alpha] for [PT] and 0 for [E] and [P] as base values and may be improved from there, an example of an Avatar’s sheet as it is created may look like this:
[Tyranic Marta][ET][1][PT][Alpha]
[R][100]
[S][6]
[A][10]
[CS]:
[Ballistic Weapons][5]
[Energy Weapons][1]
[Explosive Weapons][1]
[Melee Weapons Primitive][1]
[Melee Weapons Advanced][1]
[Melee Weapons energy][1]
[E][0]
[P][0]
He will then be equipped with a Machine gun as a basic ballistic weapon
An Avatar has 4 “slots” where weapons can be attached, the arms (2) and shoulders (2)
It also has 4 Armour “Slots” the head, torso, arms and legs and each of these incorporated advantages to be used.
An Avatar does not begin with Armour and must use skill to advance.

The physical Attributes of an Avatar can be modified over the course of its career but all start in the basic image of their owner.
Some modifications are listed below and can be bought and equipped to the Avatar for a variety of bonuses:
Additional Arm
Adds +1 arm weapon slot
Toughened Digitalis
Adds +5 armour
Regenerative Digitalis
+20 [R]
More exist of course and can be discovered over the course of an Avatar’s career

Weapons
Weapons have a template which follows
[Name]
[Type][]
[S][]
[ROF][]
[Accuracy][%]
[Type][]
This determines what [CS] trait will be required to use it proficiently
The Types are:
[Ballistic Weapons]
[Energy Weapons]
[Explosive Weapons]
[Melee Weapons Primitive]
[Melee Weapons Advanced]
[Melee Weapons Energy]
In the type will also be either an “A” or an “S” which will signify if it is an arm or shoulder mounting
[S][]
This is the Strength of the weapon, which is added to the [CS] of the Avatar of the appropriate type to give the Damage inflicted
[ROF][]
The number of shots every time the weapon is fired, each of these shots is affected by the strength of the weapon, and the users [CS]
[Accuracy][%]
This is the percentage chance that each shot will hit and deal damage
At any given time you may go to the Avatar store in real-time (not inside the network, IE real life) to buy weapons and armour for your Avatar


Vehicles
The death races of The Eternity games utilise a variety of Vehicles for some of the events, these include
[LAV] (Light assault Vehicles)
[HAAV] (Heavy Armour Assault Vehicle)
[SFV] (Speed Freak Vehicle, usually a bike)
And [WAV] (Walking Assault Vehicle)
Each Avatar has at least one of each of these Vehicles but often many more as they struggle to dominate their opponents. Because of the rarity of Death-Vehicles and their value even if an Avatar dies in a Death-race he simply is ejected from the Event and may continue to compete in the Eternity Games. Because of this lack of lethality the Prestige earned in these races is half normal, except in Continent Quadrus and the elite Tier as these races are fully Lethal and as such one should be fully confident of Victory before entering in one of these events.
A vehicle has its own [R] value and its own weapon mounts [WM} including a [S] value, of which are unique to each Vehicle. The Engine Speed in kilometres per hour [ES][KPH] of a Vehicle can be improved as well as the Armour Value [AV], Armour Value works identically to the way [A] works for on foot Avatars and the Avatar’s [CS] also affects the Damage dealt by the weapon systems of his or her Vehicle. However the [S] of the Avatar in control of the Vehicle does not affect the Damage of Melee weapon systems but rather the [S] of the Vehicle itself.
A standard Profile for a Vehicle may look like this
[Rising Tide][Type][LAV]
[R][200]
[S][15]
[WM][2]
[WM1][Gatling gun]
[WM2][Energy Sabre]
[AV][15]
[ES][100KPH]


This is all the details you should need for your Avatar’s career in The Eternity Games


Character Profiles
Name (of actual Character, this can be Different from your Avatar name)
Age
Short Bio
Basic appearance
Avatar Profiles
[Name][ET][1][PT][Alpha]
[R][]
[S][]
[A][]
[CS]:
[Ballistic Weapons][]
[Energy Weapons][]
[Explosive Weapons][]
[Melee Weapons Primitive][]
[Melee Weapons Advanced][]
[Melee Weapons energy][]
[E][0]
[P][0]
[Weapons][]
[Arm][]
[Arm][]
[Shoulder][]
[Shoulder][]
[Modifications]
[]

(note) Basic weapons are as follows

[Machinegun]
[Type][Ballistic][A]
[S][5]
[ROF][3]
[Accuracy][50%]
[Laser Rifle]
[Type][Energy][A]
[S][10]
[ROF][2]
[Accuracy][45%]

[Missile Launcher]
[Type][Explosive][S]
[S][15]
[ROF][1]
[Accuracy][75%]
[Sabre]
[Type][Melee Primitive][A]
[S][0]
[ROF][4]
[Accuracy][90%]
[Gunsabre]
[Type][Melee Advanced][A]
[S][5]
[ROF][3]
[Accuracy][90%]
[Energy Sabre]
[Type][Melee Energy]
[S][15]
[ROF][1]
[Accuracy][80%]

The objective of this game is simple, the first RP’er to beat the Elite Champion wins

(Note you do not start with any modifications)

this is kinda confusing,but sounds cool.ill login to this

Name/ jason blythe
Age/16
Short Bio/ a teen from texas who left his parents to make it on his own
Basic appearance/brown hair.hazel eyes.kinda skinny.

Avatar
[klimino][ET][1][PT][Alpha]
[R][100]
[S][5]
[A][3]
[CS]:
[Ballistic Weapons][6]
[Energy Weapons][1]
[Explosive Weapons][1]
[Melee Weapons Primitive][6]
[Melee Weapons Advanced][5]
[Melee Weapons energy][1]
[E][0]
[P][0]
[Weapons][]

[Arm1]
[Machinegun]
[Type][Ballistic][A]
[S][5]
[ROF][3]
[Accuracy][50%]

[Arm2]
[gunblade]
[type][advanced]
[s][5]
[ROF][7]
[accuracy][89%]

[Shoulder1][N/A]

[Shoulder2][N/A]

[Modifications]
[]

ok change the re3volver to the standard machine gun and your g2g, you can get a revolver later with better stats than that as standard but just for balance we need to keep things even to start with

I know its kind of confusing but after the first training session youll get it

speaking of which we will wait for one more person then we will start, until we have about 4 players ill play as an npc with the profile i made above

ok change the re3volver to the standard machine gun and your g2g, you can get a revolver later with better stats than that as standard but just for balance we need to keep things even to start with

I know its kind of confusing but after the first training session youll get it

speaking of which we will wait for one more person then we will start, until we have about 4 players ill play as a pc with the profile i made above

ok,edited. and what is the [A] after [ballistic] mean? also instead of shoulder wpns can we just have secondary wpns? cause other wise you could only have 2 melee weapons ever.

the A is for Arm, as in arm mounts. and the reason that happens is because of the modifiers, you can get the extra arms, this gives you a maz of 6 arm mounts eventually

Hmmm i guess we could start you off with a few tutorials, to get you used to things

anyhoo, pretty much what happens is you RP as normal and i will encorporate the Traits into the game. So if you say "I fire a burst from my Machinegun and then charge in with my Gunsabre, your going to fire [3] times with your Machine gun and probly hit with 2 of those which will deal 11 damage each, -6 (lets say) armour, so thats 22-6, 16 total damage, then he fires back we will say with the same weapon, so thats 2 hits at 9 damage each so thats 18 total, -3 for your armour so you take 15 damage, then you get in close and swing with your Gunsabre which will deal (I would reccommend adding the points you put into [CS][Melee Primitive] and putting it into your [CS][Melee advanced] for a total of 11, so thats 7 swings, of which 6 will hit for a total of (11+5+5)*6=114 which is enough to "Delete" the training Avatar

of course all you will see is an appropriate role play post, i do all of that offscreen and keep a record of it

Tyranic Marta wrote: (I would reccommend adding the points you put into [CS][Melee Primitive] and putting it into your [CS][Melee advanced]

i was planning to get a big knife/short sword in the future and dual weild it with my gun blade.

yeah hmmm.. the issue is that in the GM's fluff ive got written down here, it sais that the Avatar's may not change their weapon loadouts during an event....

What you need to remember tho is that the extra attacks included in the weapon profile account for you using your other weapon to fire at close range, personally i think that more than compensates for a lack of two cc weapons

Interesting...
I'll join as 2085 is gone ;(

Name - Saito Matataro Akiaki
Age - 95
Short Bio - Saito is a Japanese master of the martial arts well beyond his prime. He joined the games not only to make a living, but also that he could re-live his youth.
Basic appearance - Very thin and about 5'4" - His avatar is perfect image of Saito in his 20s - well built and 5'8".
Avatar Profiles
[Hondi Akitoki][ET][1][PT][Alpha]
[R][60]
[S][10]
[A][5]
[CS]:
[Ballistic Weapons][1]
[Energy Weapons][1]
[Explosive Weapons][1]
[Melee Weapons Primitive][1]
[Melee Weapons Advanced][10]
[Melee Weapons energy][1]
[E][0]
[P][0]
[Weapons][]
[Arm][Kama (Gunsaber)]
[Arm][Kama (Gunsaber)]
[Shoulder][]
[Shoulder][]
[Modifications]
[]

This isn't official - I have a few questions before making it so.

How does strength affect Melee attacks? Would you add your strength to the strength of the weapon and your proficiency level?

strength of weapon accounting for special abilities of the weapon, Ie guns built into the weapon, so for you thats [5] then the strength of the user (obvious) for you [10] and then the proficiency of the user accounts for damage dealt through skill, for you [10]

so for you each hit does a total of 5+10+10=25 damage

but thats only for melee, ranged damge is accounted for by the strength of the weapon and weapon proficiency

Ok well we have the minimum two players so we may as well start

Name/ Terrence Blackwood
Age/ 21
Short Bio/ A great believer in words later actions first he looks forwards to earning some money in the compeditive deathmatches.
Basic appearance/ White blond hair with grey eyes and a tough physique. Wears imitation Military cargo pants and a leather jacket

Avatar
[Tyranic Marta][ET][1][PT][Alpha]
[R][100]
[S][1]
[A][5]
[CS]:
[Ballistic Weapons][15]
[Energy Weapons][1]
[Explosive Weapons][1]
[Melee Weapons Primitive][1]
[Melee Weapons Advanced][1]
[Melee Weapons Energy][1]
[E][0]
[P][0]
[Weapons][]

[Arm1]
[Machinegun]
[Type][Ballistic][A]
[S][5]
[ROF][3]
[Accuracy][50%]

[Arm2]
[Machinegun]
[Type][Ballistic][A]
[S][5]
[ROF][3]
[Accuracy][50%]

[Shoulder1][N/A]

[Shoulder2][N/A]

[Modifications]
[]


(IC) Terrance walks through the entrance lobby to the Avatar connection center. It was the closest one to home and it was his first time, even after everything he had been through the doors. He looks around, there anrt many people here today, Good, it would mean he got a good instructor.

He goes to the reception desk and mentions his reservation and is lead through to the initiate room.

He sits in the chair and places the smooth round domelink over his head, a second later he is in a strange place which from the Holovids he knows is The Network.

He looks around and realises that he is in some form of liquid, amazing, it feels so real he pushes slightly and suddenly the bubble he was suspended in breaks and he hits the ground. He stands up and realises he needs clothes, he thinks of what he wants and is instantly clothed in hs usual outfit.

He looks around, the room was large and fairly empty, the weapons he asked for were leaning up against a rack. He picks them up and flicks on their muzzle suppressors. The weapons were now armed.

His hands move along the slick weapons, the weapons were sleek and they fit him perfectly, a combination of science and power in one place, it was intoxicating.

The door opened behind him and he heard the instructor walk through. "Time for your training Terrence... or Should i say Tyranic?"

Tyranic nods, "Lets do this, I take it we are in Triaus?"

"Yes, now follow me, the other trainee's are waiting."

Tyranic follows him through a couple of corridors to a room that seems to be as big as a continent itself, it was huge.

Two other Avatars stood waiting, one a yound japanese man wearing a white robe, the other a grumpy looking teenager.

"You three will train together, soon we will send half a dozen deathbots into this room... somewhere, it will take on a random terrain appearance, it will feel real, exactly as if it was real. If you are shot, it will hurt, it will be fatal, you will respawn in the clone pod you awoke in, if you are deleted, return here and continue the hunt, when all 6 of the bots are destroyed, i will speak to you again."

he dissapears but you still here his voice

"releasing the bots....

now"

(so...we start out in a training session???)

Essentially yes, im just going to get you guys used to the idea of having stats in an Rp when you cant actually see them

panick not, all will be well

The terrain shifts to what seems to be a rainforest, the air warms considerably and mosquitoes begin to swarm around.

All three trainees immediatly begin to sweat.

Tyranic looks around, "Its all so real... my name... my Avatar is named Tyranic. We should get moving"

He draws his Machine guns from his back holsters, they are just large enough to fit into his hands perfectly, the weapons seem to be perfectly balanced for the use of one hand, they are more like SMG's than anything else, But Tyranic knows that they are still quite as lethal as the old two handed weapons of earths past. And in some ways, much much much more deadly.

The feeling that ran through him when he held the weapons was almost sensual, his whole nature revolved around weapons like this. His mind began to run a system check of the weapons, running through all of their simulated mechanics to ensure thier consturction. One of the other trainees, the teenager notices him checking the weapon. "Its made out of pixels... its going to be made right"

Tyranic turns to him. "Past experience cannot account for the future, no matter how many times you do something, it may still change."

jason-err klimino looks around. a jungle. not the best for any type of fighting unless you knew the area. klimino looks over at his teammates,a samurai? and a military person? checking his weapons to.

"Its made out of pixels... its going to be made right"

Tyranic turns to him. "Past experience cannot account for the future, no matter how many times you do something, it may still change."

"heh,suit yourself. i say we stay hidden and wait for them to come." he then pulls out his gunblade. "that way we dont get lost in this place."

"As i understand it they arnt hunting us, we are hunting them, that means that we have to find them. Ill need your names. The ones your Avatar's are given at any rate."

"klimino" klimino then proceeds to take out his MG and fires it into the air.

"now lets see if they come.if they dont,then this will be to easy." klimino then crouches down,hidden by bushes.

Almost immediatly a volley of bullets rip through the undergrowth where Klimino's head was. The shooter then fires a burst at Tyranic, only to find that he had dived into cover. A neat roll at the end letting him stand quickly and back up to a broad tree

(Waaiit, so there is no point in putting points into CC weapon proficiencies, because every point into strength is effectively one point in each melee proficiency... right?)

Its the difference between being able to pick up any melee weapon and use it efficiently and being able to pick up a specific grade and use it proficiently, i admit that it needs to have anouther perk but im not sure what it could be yet

ideas?

Proficiency should increase the chance you will hit, as well as increasing damage. Sound good?

hows about every point increased you get +1% chance of doing double damage?

That sounds good as well. Nice avatar btw

Here is my character:

Name - Saito Matataro Akiaki
Age - 95
Short Bio - Saito is a Japanese master of the martial arts well beyond his prime. He joined the games not only to make a living, but also that he could re-live his youth.
Basic appearance - Very thin and about 5'4" - His avatar is perfect image of Saito in his 20s - well built and 5'8".
Avatar Profiles
[Myoji Zokumyô Akitoki][ET][1][PT][Alpha]
[R][60]
[S][1]
[A][12]
[CS]:
[Ballistic Weapons][1]
[Energy Weapons][1]
[Explosive Weapons][1]
[Melee Weapons Primitive][15]
[Melee Weapons Advanced][1]
[Melee Weapons energy][1]
[E][0]
[P][0]
[Weapons][]
[Arm][Kama (Saber)]
[Arm][Kama (Saber)]
[Shoulder][]
[Shoulder][]
[Modifications]
[]

Saito looked around feeling light-headed and dazed, but the blinding light subsided and he felt fine... more than fine, actually, he felt great. He held his weight with ease, and felt better than he had for as long as he could remember. He looked down at his body, and laughed at his young-muscled form. As soon as he thought of his own nakedness, he was clothed in a white robe.

He could vaguely remember his granddaughter helping him walk around the avatar connection center, he had just put on his hat... and then the liquid and light...and then he was here... but his name was no longer Saito Akiaki, he would now be known as Myoji, Myoji Zokumyô Akitoki.

He saw a rack of weapons to his right and he then remembered his job, he was here to fight. He looked at all the weapons, and chose something familiar to his hands - two kamas... kind of boring looking - as soon as he thought this red runes and designs covered the weapons.

(then after hearing announcement and seeing other trainees)

He looked to his allies - "My name is Myoji..." but was defeaned by the volley of bullets.

Myoji dove behind a tree and then started running to the source of the fire, staying behind trees and weaving side to side to get closer.

The bullets weave through the trees around you, pinning branches and trunks, you see a strange shaped humanoid, two arms and two legs, seeminly made from the jungle itself, the only reason you can see it is its shoulders are spitting machinegun bullets.

Tyranic hears the mans name even through the gunfire and draws his MG's, he ducks behind a tree and then sprints out, he feels the whip of bullets rushing past him but he manages to get into cover again without any major harm. Only a slight wound on his thigh from a well aimed bullet. he too sees the humanoid, This must be the droid he spots Myoji on the other side of the area and nods to him looking through the tree at where the droid would be, and then directly at Myoji, and raises a finger to his chest and then between the two of them, "Both of us go at the same time" and then he points a cirscle in the air in front of him, "Circle around behind it"

No Tyranic, no, no, no...

... as much as I commend you on doing this history and planning and stuff, there are seriously too many RP's around at the moment, and the regukars such as myself won't be able to join seeing as we are busy with other ones, so please guys don't create any more...

Its kind of like me switching out one of my current for this one....

fine, it can lie dormant for a while
sorry guys