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Post by Saska on May 5, 2015 23:57:07 GMT -8
I've been really bad lately and have been replaying ME3, and it's awakened my old craving to RP Mass Effect. There aren't many decent sites out there, and I had one at one point but I got ditched by my staffers.
- I don't know what I'm doing for story yet. I'm considering including canons, but I haven't wholly decided on who/what timeline/do we include Shepard or not (I'm feeling not, because it's always a hassle), but I know people like the other canons? so I might leave them open. I have an idea for how that'll work though. Sorta. The few ideas I have are Shepard dies during the Collector base attack, Normandy comes into possession of the Alliance, a new leader (maybe Anderson?) takes command of it.... or we go with Shepard doesn't activate the Catalyst (and dies, maybe the Catalyst kills him/her or something, idk) and the galaxy is left to find alternate ways to fight the Reapers and hold their own. That, or maybe we just go with fighting the Reapers in general idk. The final option is post-war, too. For any of these options canons are still up in the air so NO I HAVEN'T DECIDED ON THAT but there's plenty of galaxy for OCs anyway.
- software is Jcink, i'm working on a skin already.
anyway, I'm mostly looking for interest in terms of the story ideas I have / who might be willing to help me staff this thing, cause I can't do it myself. I'm also considering bringing out the raloi as a possible race, so I'd want somebody to bump heads on for lore for that as well. I've got a few neat systems in place that'll help with member integration (ex. a mentor system, basically "older" or longterm members can become mentors and they just help people get into the rp and give them places/characters to post with and stuff, kinda like a welcome committee sort of thing? but they're not staff, just members with a tiny extra job. That way staff can focus on apps and posting! and of course not worry about not being there when new member(s) show up and stuff).
Let's hear your ideas! \o/
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Post by javvy on May 6, 2015 2:50:32 GMT -8
I'm not overly familiar with jcink, but I love the idea of helping out and partaking in a Mass Effect roleplay. ^^
Certain canons would be good; ones that obviously haven't died yet. Of course, that's up in the air, because depending on how the second and third games go, you could wind up with little to no canons left at the end, heh. That discussion can be had more in-depth when you get more staff members, so you have more people to talk about it with, though.
Now, the raloi. I think it's a neat idea, personally. There isn't much info about them out there, leaving a whole lot of room for interpretation, and then some. I also think it'd be neat to bring the Yahg into play. Maybe? Maybe not. I dunno. And the Cabals / Kabalim.
As far as a plot goes -- there are a lot of options out there. We could do shortly post-war, where The Citadel is being rebuilt, the races are licking their wounds, and some of the previously-barred (like the Yahg) or skittish (like the Raloi) races come out of the woodworks looking to be a part of things? Maybe not the last bit, but, some time shortly after the war has ended and things are basically being rebuilt and the races are recuperating, mourning their losses, etc. Aaaand maybe a new threat is rising, like a race that's violent ( *cough* Yahg? *cough* ) or something sees that the other races are vulnerable and begin attacking some of the outerlying places first, eliminating competition and trying to get domination in the newly-chaotic mess of things?
Hope this helps you a little. I appreciate you for wnating to do a Mass Effect RP. <3
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Post by Saska on May 6, 2015 9:02:10 GMT -8
javvy i actually like the idea of something else trying to systematically wipe out portions of the recovering races in order to get a piece of the galactic pie, so to speak (sort of like the controversy of not saving the Council, where the Alliance fleet is just way more powerful and gets more influence. Renegade!) Yahg could be interesting if someone had some ideas for the race itself, since we don't really know much about them; I honestly don't know where to start from there, whereas I do have some ideas scratched down about the Raloi. In terms of canons -- honestly I doubt I'll kill any of the Normandy crew off. I've seen places that have done the whole "ashley or kaidan, only one" thing and while i get the whole "yay save both" is cliche.... well... damn it who cares I want me some Ashley. But idk yet. Some of the obvious ones wouldn't come back though, like Mordin and Thane for example. If you'd be willing to help out, though, I'm not opposed to giving you a crash-course on how to work Jcink. It's not that complicated, and thankfully I won't be in need of a coder as I can cover all that stuff by myself. But otherwise it's got a lot of conveniences that are useful for admining altogether.
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Post by javvy on May 6, 2015 15:37:40 GMT -8
Saska I could try to come up with some things regarding the Yahg (in a more collective manner) and present it to you at a later date, if you want? If you are not interested, we can just use another race, or a specific group from a race that's more well-known. ^^ Ah, yeah. Thane and Mordin... those two were quite depressing, and I'd actually be kind of shocked if they would be considered playable canons. So, I'm definitely fine with those two not making it. As far as Ashley or Kaidan goes... I'm neither here nor there about that, it can be up to you, heh. I'd definitely be willing to help out. ^^ I think I've meandered through a couple of jcink forums, but not actually stuck around. Crash course may not be as bad as it could be.
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Post by Saska on May 6, 2015 23:11:54 GMT -8
javvy honestly all I'd really be looking for you to know would be things to do with changing member groups / editing profiles, basic editing of sidebars and the like (which I keep relatively simple, way simpler than PB in fact -- but just stuff like census and whatnot), knowing how to use things like multi-moderation (which is awesoooooooome i can't even begin to explain how awesome), etc. I don't know about using the Yahg specifically, but I mean if you can come up with something, I'm game on that. But either way that's something to brew on. As for Thane and Mordin, I have seen some places that have kept them alive, I know one it was where Maelon survived and instead of Mordin, Maelon went up with the data (and therefore Mordin survived, and I believe Maelon is the one who finishes things if Mordin isn't alive anyway?) and Thane's has been a few different ways. Either way I'd keep those two set in stone, it felt like it kind of ruined their whole going out with a bang in the storyline if they were kept alive anyway. Ash and Kaidan I'll probably keep both, because if I'm keeping them I'm taking Ashley, so I'd like to give somebody the opportunity to pick Kaidan up. (And, really, there's the whole hidden dialogue thing that was originally supposed to be both surviving anyway, heh). I also just thought of something when I remembered the info-reveal (or supposed reveal) of Mass Effect 4 info: the Andromeda galaxy. What about some sort of race that used Reaper tech to conquer dark space / travel through it like they did from that galaxy who now wants to invade the Milky Way? Maybe a race (or races, even) who are more advanced and want to expand? That could also be a possibility as well. There could be a race to recover Reaper tech from the war in order to combat them, or something? Something advanced like the Leviathans (or perhaps prior to the Leviathans) who fled to Andromeda to evade the Reapers? And now because the Milky Way is using Reaper tech, they want to stop that?
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Post by javvy on May 7, 2015 1:35:53 GMT -8
Saska Oops I thought I replied to this sooner. Guess not, heh. -shifty eyes- Sweet. Sounds easy enough. :3 I could do some more research on the Yahg; we could also consider other races that were thought to be extinct, like the Protheans? Like, actually extinct, not just transformed into things to serve the Reapers. That sounds fine to me. I'd be calling dibs on Garrus, if I were to choose any of the other canons. /brick'd Both surviving (Kaidan & Ashley) is fine. Mordin & Thane not, I'm fine with. Keeps things simple. Plus, it'd be neat to have both Kaidan & Ashley for potential plot purposes? -shrugs- Ooh. Or, why not both? Two races that have maybe been duking it out in Andromeda (one for Reaper tech, the other against), spill out of that and into the recently war-torn galaxy with everyone else, and people are forced to take up sides again? (Okay, maybe not, just typing what random pops into my head, sorry >.>)
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