Alain had left the Colosseum mere moments after waking up in what people in Camelot apparently called an infirmary, arm inexplicably regenerated. Splitting headache and slightly damaged pride aside, he was feeling relatively fine. It could definitely be worse, but he was still a little irritable. Every encounter he had with other Primes had not ended well so far, and he simply wasn't used to getting his ass kicked so much.

Currently, he was riding on a summoned horse back to the Nexus gate. The mercenary didn't care much for Camelot. There were wizards like him here, but the lack of technology would be absolute torture if he planned to stay here. If he wanted to gain favor with a faction, he'd at least make sure that they had influence in a place that he could set up a base of operations without going insane. He knew that he probably relied a little too much on modern conveniences, but if he had the option, which he apparently did, he'd pick technology over magic.

Alain simply rode through the various villages, occasionally looking up to watch the few people that had not managed to make it to the Colosseum in time for the first fights fly there on pegasi. He internally grumbled about not thinking to summon a pegasus, but didn't stop to do so. He'd already summoned the horse, it'd be a waste of Omnilium to stop now.

Alain pulled out his phone when he was sure there was nobody else on the path. He didn't have any current plans, though finding one of the fabled Void Gates was certainly on the list. But going where few Primes had before would be risky. He'd have to know he was at least capable enough to take someone down. There had to be a reason why these gates weren't visited by everybody.

The mercenary looked through the bounty list again, and there wasn't much different from the last time he had checked. A lot of people had pissed off the Empire, but the being known as Nealaphh still stood out. From the description, it was a shadow-thing with mind-related powers, with not one, not two, but THREE bounties. This seperated it from the space marines, death knights and...other things, on there. Oh, and this Nealaphh also had a cult website. He still didn't read that. Alain knew he was probably being paranoid, but better safe than sorry.

Either way, this "Nealaphh" would do as an objective. Both major factions in this world were out for this thing's blood, and someone had to do something about it, so he might as well. A fair fight was probably suicide, though. He needed allies, no doubt this thing would have some friends of it's own. The problem was, he didn't know who would be interested. There didn't seem to be too many bounty hunters here. Gin, Lubbock and Mami might join, but he had forgotten to ask for contact information and there wasn't actually a guarantee they'd say yes. He also didn't know if they still had their devices, as he had yet to reincarnate at the Fountain to find out if they kept them upon resurrection or not.

Which left the obvious solution. The Dataverse. Of course, it'd be risky, considering the shadow...thing already had a website, meaning that it undoubtedly knew how the Omni-Internet worked. But he just didn't have the patience to look for Primes the old-fashioned way, so he just decided to go for it and hope for the best. With luck, he'd be able to prepare for the worst.

By the time he'd finished the bounty hunt post, which took a while due to nearly hitting travelers or buildings more times than he'd like to admit, he was back at the Nexus gate. Dismounting his horse, the mercenary looked behind the gate, and sure enough, his previously discarded motorbike was there. Alain glanced at his horse, which was already staring off into the distance. He shrugged to himself, thinking it'd probably be fine, and dragged the bike through the gate.

Just Some Regulations:

• Please follow all site OOC rules to the letter.
  
• Format can be whatever you'd like providing that you follow these rules.
  
• This shouldn't need to be said, but please be respectful and offer positive comments. Negativity in any form is highly discouraged. While pointing out all the errors may seem useful 'to you' it certainly doesn't make that person feel good. There are ways to help someone improve without nitpicking. As a rule of thumb try to have 5 Positives for every 1 Negative (courtesy of resident teacher protoman).
  
• The above doesn't mean you can't criticize, but there's a way to do it without being negative. For example, make suggestions, don't say something about the topic is 'wrong' or poorly written. Maybe point out a confusing section and suggest revising it for instance, or even offer what you think may have worked better in that situation. Additionally, you could offer to proofread a member's next post for them: be helpful instead. Positive reinforcement will keep people writing and reading here.
  
• While you're free to develop your own way of critiquing and commenting, I wouldn't recommend making a 'scoring' scale. This isn't competitive and you're not grading topics. Instead, only offer advice and comments in whatever format you wish. Maybe offer directions the Plot can go from there (whether that is into a new topic or not).
  
• As there is a flat rate of 100 OM for participating, I feel I need to include this: please do not skim, thoroughly read before posting. If you skim, especially the wordy topics, you're likely to miss a lot. In addition, please put actual effort into your written responses. I don't want to have to put up a word count requirement for these; so please don't make me question whether or not you have actually tried to help a fellow member, or if you're just trying to get easy OM.
  
• OM is a nice incentive but if this starts to be abused, I doubt it will continue to be a reward. Do not abuse this for easy OM. I highlighted that above already, but it deserves a separate bullet. Seriously don't. Please.
  
• To claim your Book Club bonus, please include a link to your review (along with the text ‘Book Club’) in the active Fortnightly Gains topic.
  
• These regulations should be copied and pasted into every new Book Club topic (in case I don't do it for some reason).

Step 1: Make a post. This post should be at least 600 words. You may also post multiple times adding up to 600 words or more.

Step 2: Click on the name of your post. See it? It's probably something like 'Re: The Story of John Doe', a large line of text above your post. This should have a hashtag and your post link at the end of it (see the bolded part on the end here: http://omniverse-rpg.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1114&p=7298#p7298). Copy the entire URL from your address bar.

Step 3: Post it in the active fortnightly gains topic. The date of your post should be within the date range, GMT. If you are submitting multiple posts that add up to 600, post all the links.

Step 4 (optional): If you have posted in the current book club, please include a link to that post along with the text 'book club'.

Step 5 (optional): If you have a Recognition bonus, please include in your post 'Recognition bonus: +50'. If you have an Ascendancy bonus, please post with 'Ascendancy bonus: +100'.

That's all you need to do! When the topic is updated, you will be given 300 OM. Obviously if you have a recognition or ascendancy bonus, this will be increased by 50 or 100. A book club bonus will increase this by a further 100. If no mod has posted at the end of the topic, then it hasn't been updated yet. You do not need to ask "has the thread been updated? I didn't get my OM" every week.

New fortnightly gains topics go up every second Sunday at midnight (at the end of Saturday and the dawn of Sunday) GMT. The valid time begins on Sunday at 0000 hours GMT and ends on Saturday at 2359 GMT.

You like having more people to play with, right? That was a rhetorical question, because having more people to write with is awesome. Do you also like OM? If the answer is 'yes', which OBVIOUSLY it is, then please vote for us on the following sites!

RPGfix (every 12 hours. If you register, your votes count as x2. Worth the couple of minutes to make an account if you're going to be voting every day)
Top RP Sites (Daily)

When you vote, please post here with your total vote count for this month. So "Voted: 1", "Voted: 3" or whatever. Just keep track of 'em. For our counting purposes, clicking vote on both sites, or on RPGfix if only that is available, counts as 1 vote. If you post less than twelve hours since your last post, we won't count it. This means you can get up to two vote counts a day if you vote exactly every twelve hours. Simple? SIMPLE.

At the end of the month, if you posted ...

7-13 times: You get 100 OM.
14-23 times: You get 200 OM.
24+ times: You get 300 OM.
Every day: You get 300 OM, and a hug from me for being so damn diligent.

If you have an alternate character and wish to claim your reward on that account as opposed to your main one, please let us know in the topic before the month ends. If you don't, we'll assume you want the OM on the account you posted with.

We're going to trust in this that people actually click the links and don't just reply. I mean it only takes a few seconds to click these links anyway, but if there's a discrepancy between the posts here and the number of votes, and people really want to try and scam their way to a few hundred extra OM without voting, then we'll just remove this. Capiche?

Thanks for voting everyone! If you have time, please also leave a vote and review for us on Top RPG sites (once only).

Basically I am stealing a meme and making it a thing here. This is the meme.

You pick a fellow Omniversian who you want your character to pummel into the ground, because reasons. Then, you decide who would win and provide your reasoning. Reasoning can be provided in a joking manner, which is actually preferable to being 100% serious. The character you want to fight can be a Prime, NPC, Secondary, Omni himself, you name it.

Posting Format is as follows:

[Character Who You Are Fighting's Name]
Who wins: [Character who wins.]
[Reasoning.]

Example:

Socrates
Who wins: Socrates
Look, there is a -100% chance that Socrates lands a KO, but that’s because he doesn’t need to. you come in spoiling for a fight and by the end of it you’re seriously debating whether you can truly claim to have ownership of your arms. It makes you want to fight him more and then you just get deeper into the spiral. don’t bother.

Go wild, you animals. I'm not going to start us off because I am the lame and have no idea of who I want Jade to fight. :psy: Maybe I will come up with one later?

EDIT: lol no one did the thing

am I going to have to double post or

Lois was not exactly having what one would call a good day. Appearing into nothing with a shadowy figure looming above you was not the most reassuring of things. The conversation that had ensued was oddly one sided. The oddness of it was that it was one sided with Lois unable to say a word. She had tried, certainly, but her mouth wasn't working any better than the rest of her.

And then... she was lying on the ground and control to her limbs was back. Her mind was in chaos. She was confused, whoever it was hadn't answered any of her questions. Feeling was the first sense that came back to her, and then the roar of air pressure against her ears. Her eyes opened and she propped herself up on her elbows, peering around confusedly. She could vaguely remember what had been happening before. Smoke filling the air, her lungs, eyes tearing up as the heat was getting more intense. It was so foggy though, like a memory being watched from under water.

Lois climbed to her feet, peering around the empty landscape. Something felt odd. Not just the surrounding area either, although that was certainly giving her a sense of vertigo. The endless white couldn't be following the laws of physics; her mind was trying to wrap around this reality that was so.... unreal.

This is a headsup to all you slacking primes out there.Rosters will be audited in the upcoming days / weeks.

What does this mean ?

Your roster will get checked if everything is up to snuff. Is your spend OM up to date ? Is your spend OM correct ? Are the moves you bought approved ? Have you not exceeded the power cap ? Basically we will be checking up on you, to check if any mistakes were madeor in the bad cases actually trying to cheat. Recent developments have shown these things do happen.

What happens if my roster doesn't pass the audit ?

YOU DIE !

No, you will recieve a PM from the auditor politely asking you to fix the mistakes that have been found within your roster. If however a big problem would appear or we suspect someone tries to cheat, more heavy measures will be taken :cop: .

Why are you doing this to us ?

To keep the game fair and square. Anyone can make mistakes, we just want to make things to run as smoothly as possible. Everyone wants to read a clear roster when you check up on someone. Therefor staff will be checking all members, including staff. Yes, this even means the great Omni himself, no exceptions, everyone has to play by the rules and will get checked.

Anything else ?

Have a nice day and live in fear !

Hell-o Omniverse! It's the scariest day of the year!

Post scary Gifs, pictures of candy, link YouTube videos, make puns, talk about your favorite scary movie, eat loads of candy, post pics of your Jack o' lanterns, bob for apples, roll in the blood of your enemies, link a themed song, and most of all, have fun!

Happy Halloween!

Welcome to another edition of the Community Accolades!

Simply put, the Accolades involve elevating those who have outdone themselves in a particular area each month. For variety's sake, the categories for each month may be different.

Unlike previous months, I am going to streamline the process. For the purpose of this month, nominating someone is akin to voting for them. We won't do the two-part phase.

If you wish to participate, think of who stood out the most in a particular category this month and post your choice, along with a 2-3 sentence long explanation, in this thread. You are not barred from nominating your own characters, nor do you have to fill out all the categories.

The winners will become this month's "Community Stars" and will receive a blue user title in recognition of their achievement.

So, without further ado, here are the categories:

‘Best’ Character – Which character has you engaged the most?

‘Best’ Writer – Which writer wowed you the most?

Most Helpful – A staffer or a member who gave you amazing feedback on a story or was simply there to help you sort out some of your problems.

Rising Star – Which up-and-coming member stands at the crème of the crop? (must have joined within the last month and a half OR have less than 8000 OM)

'Best' Solo Storyline – What story has had you the most engaged and entertained?

'Best' Pair or Group Storlyine - Just like the other category, only this one is for more than one person.

Favorite NPC - We have a lot of NPCs, whether they're primes or secondaries. Which one was your favorite (for whatever reason)

Purple Ribbon - Consider this a bonus category for nominating someone who, while they may not be the best and have all the twitter followers, you believe deserves to be recognized for what they bring the the Omniverse. (The winner must be a DIFFERENT person than last month's winner)

So I see everyone in Factions and I'm sitting here just wanting to be an Empire Soldier when I get out of the Underverse. So beyond the recognition and Imperial quests I can do, am I allowed to establish a section of the Imperial Military as my "Faction" only when I'm favored enough with the Empire? Could I make my faction an official Special Forces division at a later date so when a faction like LAW or New Babylon does something I can engage with my Faction, but I'm really just the Empire sending forces to deal with it. Forces that consist of Prime Members and maybe fodder secondaries. This wouldn't be simple. I'd be willing to prove Trixie's worth to every NPC who works for the Empire so that she becomes known and the Emperor knows her name. So that if she needed help from the Empire they'd be invested in seeing to her survival. Is this possible on any level?

Thanks.