Illidan is planning to lead an expedition to kill the beast that keeps threatening his castle with earthquakes, but he can't do it alone. The Tarrasque is a monstrous leviathan that will require a whole team of Primes to take it down. Would anyone be interested in assisting Illidan with this giant feat? Quest details below:

Quote:The Tarrasque


Location – The Moors
Requirements:  At least four party members, additional members do not increase the word requirement
Difficulty – Fabled (60,000-80,000 total words, dependent on writing quality)
Reward – Tarrasque Armament Artefact (Artefact boost 1 stat of the players choice and can be stylized as they desire)

Overview – A year of peace.

Little did we know that a year was all we had before it would rise again.

Up from the Primordial Scar, the Tarrasque has risen, and its bestial hunger knows no limits.  The massive, lumbering hell monster seems to feel no pain.  Nothing can stop it from devouring all in its path, but it was stopped before, right?  Certainly the task can be done once more.  You must assemble a group of primes willing to risk their lives to stop this creature.  Research.  Plan.  Practice.  But know that nothing can prepare you for this monster, which seems to be a walking manifestation of the Pale Moors itself.

Best of luck.  Ready your tombstones before you depart.

As per this post: http://omniverse-rpg.com/showthread.php?...#pid108576

I had 28502.81 OM. Today I log in and it's 28399.38.

Where did 150 OM go?

(OOC: After I make a post saying "Call-In Segment Is A-Go, you can respond with questions/stories/etc... and Grizz and Panda will answer them live. Try to limit one per character, and the closer you are to ambrosia/the tangled greens, the better.)

A generic dissolve occurs as Panda and Grizz appear, with Panda sweating profusely, and Grizz grinning from ear to ear.

Grizz: Hello ladies and gents to the Grizz and Panda Variety hour. I am your co-host, Grizz Lee Bear.

Panda: and... uh... I'm Panda.

Grizz: We have recently come to ambrosia, and wish to know more about this wonderful town and it's neighboring cities. So, feel free in our next subsegment to give us a call, let us know what's going on in your neck of the woods. In the meantime, Panda and I are going to be researching certain aspects of this town.

Panda: Uh... yeah that's what we'll be doing.

Panda starts poking at his phone, typing in 'Ambrosia' to see what comes up.

Grizz: me and Panda actually came here because our brother was somehow summoned here... we're not really sure how. So we'd love to know more.

Panda: Uh... this city used to be a Camelot colony. The current leader, Princess Guu, actually lead a rebellion that made the city what it is today. They appearently tried to execute Guu but failed.

Grizz: oh, that's really interesting Panda. Gotta love a good ol' peaceful revolution.

Panda: uh... not sure if it was 100% peaceful or not. Also this city is 20 minutes from the "nexus gate". I guess there's some sort of landmark. Let me see what this "nexus gate" is.

Grizz: is that like the Golden Gate Bridge?

Panda: no, it's actually a teleporter that sends you to the nexus... which connects to other "verses". There's other "verses"?!

Grizz: what's a verse?

Panda: like... a universe.

Grizz: woah... we're in a different universe right now? That'd explain alot.

Panda: and they're all connected via the nexus and other interlinking teleport gates.

Grizz: Woah dude. Mind is blown. I know for people watching this might seem like a "you don't say" moment, but right now for me and Panda, not being here that long, our mind is blown. It also explains us having to drive through a portal gate thing to find Ice Bear.

Panda: Have you seen Princess Guu? She has no fingers most of the time.

Grizz: neither do we, bro, neither do we.

Panda: This is fascinating, there's more than just Ambrosia in this "Verse" known as the Tangled Greens. There's a ninja city a ways away from Ambrosia, and also a city with a big tree in the centre. I think that's where Guu and the others are right now... Y...Yagg-drasil? What kind of city name is that? How do you even pronounce that?

Grizz: I dunno, but it sounds like a heck of a cool place.

Panda: speaking of cool, the Ashen Steppes is the polar opposite of cool. It's actually very hot and volcanic. And the next verse to our left is Camelot.

Grizz: woah! That's cool. How are you finding out so much about this place?

Panda: The Dataverse has tons of info. I can search for about anything. There's even... ooooh... a dating service named oHarmony in Ambrosia. I'm saved Grizz! I'm saved!

Grizz: *beat* well that's good Panda!

I like the art. Here's a cool article.

http://utoptens.com/10-best-magic-gathering-artists/

Grizz and Panda had a rough first night. The sleeping bags weren't what they were used to.

At least they had a place to go to. They had stopped by Dan and Bob's place to ask where Ice Bear's house was. Fortunately Dan and Bob recognized Grizz and Panda from their conversations with Ice Bear. After all, Dan wasn't about to let a total stranger into Ice Bear's house, but these weren't total strangers to Ice Bear. Plus Ice Bear had sent them to sleep at his place.

They got up, groggy, deciding to find work. First thing's first though: they needed to go to the Sty and Fry. Panda had seen it on the way in to the Cavern Grotto community. Dan lent them some coin to get some food, since they were new to the area.

Panda was slow to wake up.

"Grizz... let me sleep a while longer..."

"No time Pan-Pan, we need to get food." The big grizzly bear said, pulling on Panda's arm.

"... okay fine." Panda said, waking up, being groggy and sluggish.

Panda checked the OmniTwitter. A bunch of people he didn't know talking about things he lacked context on. Just like the Twitter he used to know. Except this felt stranger yet.

"Grizz, what makes you so sure we'll find work... all our attempts at finding work in San Francisco failed... even that coffee shop one." Panda said, pessimistically.

Grizz was cheerful. "Well this isn't San Francisco... this is a different town where we can start fresh and new. And everything is within walking distance!"

Panda was always a bit more pessimistic... he meant well, but it was just the fact every time they tried something, it seemed to blow up in their face. What made it worse was three bears always stood out. Then again, Grizz had a point. This was a fresh start for them.

They got up and walked out of the cave to the Sty and Fry. Mina was on duty as usual.

"Woah, more bears!" Mina said gleefully.

"Our bro got us here somehow!" Panda stated. "You might have met him, polar bear with a big axe."

Mina had to put her tray down. "Ice Bear? You... you're Ice Bear's brothers... he said so much about you. Poor dear was in tears while you two were gone. I'm gonna get you two fish and chips on the house."

"Woah, Panda's a vegetarian... got anything for him?"

"Oh! Sure, I'll get him some chips and our Tofufry." Mina said. "You two take a seat wherever you like."

Panda and Grizz sat at the nearest table.

"Woah, Ice Bear gets around. I wonder where he is now. He was on a mission I think." Grizz said nonchalantly.

Panda was trying to tweet on his phone. "Ugh... nothing concrete is coming to mind." Panda said, disgruntled.

"Maybe you need some time to organize your thoughts." Grizz quipped.

"Twitter is how I used to organize my thoughts!" Panda said in despair.

"Relax bro, we'll figure it out." Grizz said as Mina came by with Ice Waters with lemon.

"Two drinks for you."

"Thanks ma'am. Hey... you wouldn't happen to know if there's a job for me and Pan-pan here." Grizz asked.

Mina thought for a moment. "Nothing comes to mind. You could always try looking at the bulletin board in the town square, people post odd jobs. I think Ice Bear got his first job that way."

Mina walked away, as another patreon needed her attention.

Panda had finally figured out how to watch Dataverse TV on his new fandangled phone.

"Hey, I got TV on this thing... and the only TV station I see around these parts is a local public access TV station. Looks kind of weird. Like... beyond the indie scene of the bay area wierd." Panda was mesmerized by what he was seeing. It was Pinkie Pie doing party tricks and 'magic' tricks... well at least the ones you learn in the third grade. It was very surreal.

Grizz had an idea. "Public access? Hey... let's get on public access and show off our skills! It will be great."

Panda was reluctant. "Well... remember what happened with Nom-Nom?"

"Yeah, but this would be us! We get to do whatever we want on public access... within reason." Grizz thought. "We might get our foot in the door somehow. Someone might notice us."

Panda was shy about the idea, but with no better idea how to go about it, he decided he'd try Grizz's tactics. After eating their meals, they'd go to the public access TV station.

"Okay, we'll give it a try."

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Jade is defs Mint Chocolate Cookie. Sweet, refreshing, tastes like a girl scout cookie. This has nothing to do with the fact that this is my fave.

Ada is Cherry Garcia, chocolate variety or otherwise. This stuff is delicious, but unlike most flavors you don't realize you've eaten a lot until you've reached the bottom of the pint. It's less rich than others, something that makes it... deadly. DundunDUNNN.

Quote:Continued from Bow the Fuck Down please note the new party member.

Well... I suppose that it's time to let the cat out of the bag: I've been planning for a while to get an event underway in conjunction with the Shardworld (which I doubt many of you know or remember). This thread will keep a tab of all the relevant information for staff to review and approve (or not), as well as function as an interest check for all of you.

This thread is also a call-out to staff to make sure that the event neither collides with existing content or planned events (to my current knowledge there is none, but that may change) and to let me know if anything needs to be changed before the event is okayable! Non-staff pointing out errors is more than welcome too, of course.

WARNING!
I have spoiler'ed a number of parts to keep things interesting for you. If you want to avoid spoiling its contents (such as what rewards await the winners) don't open them.

In short, I would like to take a stab at organizing events, but due to my inexperience I want to keep things modestly sized. The idea is that, in order to raise funds and awareness, a Dataverse convention is organized, whose major attraction will be a tournament in the same vein as the Camelot Colosseum.

The timeframe: sometime in September to October 2017 would be when it starts. To avoid peppering our members with events left and right I would likely leave a breathing room of a few months to run this after DA 2017.


The details:

Aeris, the Prime who has been working on the Shardworld VR MMORPG in the Dataverse for years now, needs a large sum of Omnilium to push the project to completion. In order to gather this sum and simultaneously raise awareness for the upcoming Shardworld game, she is organizing an exclusive convention, the ShardCon, which takes place entirely in the Dataverse, allowing people to inform themselves about the Shardworld, its current state of development, features etc. It's essentially an E3, Blizzcon or Gamescom but for a single game rather than a multitude.

The main attraction of the convention will however be a combat tournament in which participants participate through VR, using the Shardworld "arena" module as the groundwork - again, promoting the game's technology (in short, the Shardworld is supposed to offer a PvP mode where players who meet in the game can set up an arena and battle. This mode is used as the tech-base for the tournament). Like the Camelot Colosseum, it's an elimination tournament of 1v1 battles, with one champion at the end. All participants are given Early Access to the Shardworld. Those who last longer are given additional unique cosmetic rewards in the game.

Due to the Camelot Colosseum having generated a lot of positive attention for Camelot Emperor Palpatine has agreed to sponsor the convention, even providing protected VR stations in Coruscant for participants of the tournament, though of course individuals wanted or generally disliked by the Empire should think twice about taking up the offer. As a result of the sponsoring the Empire is allocated a number of spaces in the VR zone to promote their facilities and generally generate publicity. Of course, the rumor mill has it that Emperor Palpatine feels like the Kingdom is approaching the Empire in terms of popularity and wants to increase that gap again, or that he may be looking to use the Shardworld for the goals of the Empire.

As for Dante's Abyss and the Camelot Colosseum, the convention and especially the tournament are broadcasted live through the Dataverse and in a number of public areas in Coruscant, generating further income with large-screen tickets, confectionery and fast food as well as Empire-regulated bets.


Who can participate?

Only player Primes are allowed to participate.

If the number is something unfit for a straight tournament an elimination round will be held - Perhaps involving the participants being picked by a vote (as an "ask the viewers" vote, where all Omniversians can cast an anonymous vote for who they want to see in the tournament). Alternatively the last sign-ups would have to do an extra round to reduce the number of participants to 8/16/32.
Should there be a maximum number of participants?

For obvious reasons judges are not allowed to participate in the tournament even if they only judge fights other than their own.


Combat Restrictions due to Virtual Reality

Participants must use a private or Empire-provided VR station. Dataverse Uplink stations would give an unfair advantage to a tournament intended to be fair.
(to clear: can Primes using an Uplink Device be "toned down" to VR levels of strength to be on equal footing?)


Combat Rules

Fighters are pitted against each other randomly and entered into a standard elimination tournament roster.

Fights are judged as per the site's standards. Judges are TBD (volunteers are more than welcome - but keep in mind that judging means you can't participate in the tournament).

The standard 3 round, 800 word limit, 2 day time limit (3 days if we get 16 or less signups) applies.



Each arena represents one of the major battles that took place during the God War over Adalor before the Reality Shatter. The arenas (".lsf" stands for landscape file) have random elements enabled depending on the location.
As an additional publicity and showcase that the players can reshape the Shardworld with their actions, the outcomes of each battle will influence the initial distribution of territories in the Shardworld to each god.

Arena Distribution:
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Reference (Note: All gods are self-proclaimed):
Gruul = God of battle, appears as an orcish brute. Title "God Warchief"
Ga'Lin = God of destruction, appears as an unstable cloud of dark matter.
God of Order = God of order, has no known name.
Skrael = Goddess of intelligence and wisdom, appears as a Beholder. Rivals Uthaz.
Uthaz = God of cunning and wit, appears as a skull with three eyesockets, one on the forehead.
Yari = Magic water goddess, looks like a mermaid.

Beach_Storming.lsf - One of the first important battles: the storming of the beach of one of Yari's main outposts, Huu. Gruul's ships are at the shore which is defended by Yari's water mages. The arena is a shore with one large ship on it. Gruul and Yari are wrestling above, occasionally one will advance or withdraw and their feet would flatten part of the arena.
Gruul VS Yari

Meteor_Storm.lsf - The assault of Ga'Lin on Gruul's bastion island, attacking while Gruul was supposedly busy elsewhere but came back to defend in time. Ga'Lin is bombarding Gruul's forces with fiery meteors, which Gruul is whacking away with a club (looks as if they play baseball). The debris is raining down on the battlefield, leaving craters and smouldering piles, constantly shifting the battlefield.
Gruul VS Ga'Lin


Lightning_Island.lsf - Uthaz and Skrael are having a battle of minds in the skies. Their immense strength is lifting up numerous small islands which act as conduits for lightning bolts that randomly hit everywhere, indiscriminately hitting friend and foe and gradually reducing the battlefield's size as the islands are shattered.
Uthaz VS Skrael


Mud_Trenches.lsf - A pair of elite assassin units sneaking around to hit the respective other's command posts met here. The battlefield has many trenches in disservice. Periodically it is flooded as collateral magic from the main battlefield hits.
GOG (Grand Order God) VS Yari

(Unfinished)
Ga'Lin VS Uthaz

(Unfinished)
Skrael VS GOG
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Death, Banishment and Bounties

-To have later fights remain interesting the winners are fully healed after a fight. Their SP are also restored. It is encouraged to go all-out in every battle.
-Because all participants are in VR mode it is not possible to kill or banish an opponent. One can however "kill" their VR avatar.
-Claiming a bounty is impossible for the same reasons, although sneaky bounty hunters may use the time while their targets are in the VR tournament to track them down.


Rewards:
[spoiler]
-All participants get Early Access to the Shardworld and are able to explore the game before it is opened to the masses, simultaneously serving as a tech test (2ish months of real-world time). In a similar way to Dante's Abyss, the participants also get an action figure, T-Shirt or some other merchandise themed after them, as a complimentary reward.
The participants are allowed to "invite" two more people into the Early Access with them. (This is a way for players to send in a Secondary or NPC Prime to play in the Shardworld Early Access rather than committing their Prime to it, or to play with other characters of their own. As an OOC rule, you are only allowed to invite NPC Primes or Secondaries that you own, not other players or their characters)

The winners additionally are awarded Shardworld-specific "awards":

-The 8 fourth-to-last-round Winners get an easter-egg camp somewhere in the "wildlands" of the game, with eight characters which are named after them.
-The 4 third-to-last-round Winners get an NPC of their choice named after them (this can even be a major NPC, like a king), or if they prefer they can pick a name for that NPC (something lore-friendly).
-The 2 second-to-last-round Winners get to name an ingame boss after themselves, or if they prefer they can pick a name for that boss (something lore-friendly).
-The Champion gets a unique "Shardworld Champion" medal both in the real world and for their Shardworld character - this is a bragging rights reward. Furthermore, some NPCs are given voicelines in which they speak of the Champion as a great hero(ine).
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TO-DO List:

-Aeris must be rewritten to be a suitable Site NPC inhabiting the Dataverse, for integrity purposes when writing the Shardworld.
   -Alternatively to that, should Aeris be made into a Site account like Karl Jak or the Storyteller? Who would the account be accessible to?
-Finish the arena designs (based on battles of the Shardworld lore, aiding to shape the history)

TO CLEAR List:

-Can participants using an Uplink Device be "toned down" to VR levels of strength to be on equal footing?
-Can participants bring and use Artefacts, if they don't have the risk of losing them?

Who wants to be the very best, like no one ever was?

Was watching the Mewtwo Pokémon movie and Pikachu thunderbolted the enemy Pokémon and team rocket were like, "Add another one to his charge account."

And I told my best friend, "THIS IS WHY OUR *GENERATION* PUNS!"

Sooo, have a pun battle to be the best in the comments?

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