READY PLAYER ONE - cyberpunk retrofuture all-fandom crossover

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Post in this thread to express interest. Do not post in the following threads until being approved.

Character sheet thread.

In-character thread.

OOC thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFXYuw96d0c

Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then one day...I got in.

In the year 2045, the world has turned inward, to the virtual reality of the OASIS. Its virtual currency is the more stable than any nation's, many of which are on the brink of collapse. Students go to virtual schools. Most adults fortunate enough to still have a job work within the OASIS. Many lovers have never met their soulmate in the flesh, and scarcely even mind the fact. Most of the world learns, loves, and lives in the virtual dreamscape, creating and sharing their own many visions of escape, utopia, or purpose.

OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation) is an MMOSG (massively multiplayer online simulation game) created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Simulation Systems (GSS), formerly known as Gregarious Games.

The late James Halliday announced in his final will and testament to the public that he had left an Easter egg inside OASIS, and the first person to find it would inherit his entire fortune and the corporation. Internet service provider Innovative Online Industries (IOI) directed massive resources towards this scavenger hunt, seeking control of OASIS and its predecessor, the internet. Nonetheless, the victor of Halliday’s grand game was a mere teenager from Ohio, one Wade Watts, OASIS ID Parzival.

Wade and his team now guide OASIS with a relatively free hand, usually operating out of Ogden Morrow’s ranch in Oregon, which has led to a relative economic boom and flurry of new tech startup activity in the area.

IOI still pursues other technical, legal, and not-so-legal avenues to wrest control of the OASIS and with it, most of the world economy and political speech. Governments around the world, desperate to get new sources of tax revenue or clamp downs on political dissidents, explore various options for regulating for controlling OASIS. Most recently, rumors propagate about a fractal glitch multiplying itself deep within the source code of the OASIS.

Wade maintains his light touch, keeping OASIS relatively decentralized and open to all. For now.

This is not his story. This is yours.

> READY PLAYER ONE? Y/N

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48

RP system type: Freeform. Player-player fighting/conflict is player-arranged and -adjudicated, GM-mediated as needed. There may or may not be some NPC surprise attacks later on, courtesy of your sexy GM, moi.

RP setting: Near future cyberpunk. Primarily within the virtual world of the OASIS. Primary physical location, if any, will be in Portland, Oregon, which is the suggested physical location of characters wishing to interact in meatspace.

RP fandoms: ALL. The OASIS is known for its relentless amalgam of pop culture references and recreations, especially those from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Much of Halliday’s competition revolved around pop culture easter eggs, and many OASIS users style their personal avatars and virtual living spaces around pop culture characters and locations. It's not uncommon to see a Hogwarts graduate on a date with a Jedi, or a Blade Runner driving a deLorean with a ninja turtle riding shotgun and two hobbits in the backseat fighting over the radio station.

RP content: Almost all sexual or nonsexual interactions encouraged. Typical customs regarding O/Os and buy-in from fellow players apply. Fighting / conflict is freeform, the general gist or flow of such is suggested to be felt out and agreed on as needed by the players involved. Will be mediated by GM if needed. Humor and pop culture references and cool shit are especially encouraged.

RP locations: There will be one or more (depending on initial group size) virtual starting locations, likely based on iconic pop locations. The nature of the OASIS sometimes allows relatively easy and quick movement among locations (a fire pole in the Ghostbusters’ HQ might lead down to the Batcave, for example), although users cannot simply teleport around within the OASIS. In character sheets (see below), players may create an in-OASIS base/home/lounge for their character (but don’t necessarily expect to spend all your time in your own base - you won’t have much fun if everyone’s just staying in their own).

Avatars: Many OASIS users appear, within the simulation, as realistic or perhaps touched-up versions of themselves. Others assume entirely new wardrobes or appearances, often based on favorite pop culture characters. A user might switch between their real world appearance and several virtual avatars. Players are encouraged to choose one or more avatars for their characters: typical appearances / identities they like to take within the OASIS, perhaps drawn from favorite fandoms. Several players using overlapping fandoms or avatars based on the same character is fine (even a good excuse to interact). If you see other player avatars in common with yours, you may want to work out differentiating ‘skins’ with each other (for example original vs reboot Lara Croft) to avoid confusion (unless you intend to prank or scam others by pulling a switcheroo).

OASIS users generally create their avatars by purchasing them in virtual shops and/or using RPG-like character creation tools. Like creating a good RPG character, this takes a bit of time, meaning that a user cannot simply shapeshift at will mid-conversation into avatars they have never used before.

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Character template:

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Some categories, such as gender and physical description and voice timbre, may vary between a character's real person and their various avatars. For example someone who is male in meatspace might use female avatars (and/or male avatars as well), have taller and shorter avatars, a young user might appear as elder Obi Wan or Yoda, and so on. List your character’s meatspace attributes under the corresponding sections (Height, etc.). Then, in the Avatar section, mention any varying attributes you wish to note (especially if they are not obvious from avatar picture references). An example character sheet is further below.

You are strongly encouraged to express interest and post character sheet drafts here in this thread (but you can PM as well if you like), so that other interested players can see whom they might have to interact with.

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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]OASIS ID:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b]
[b]Physical Residence:[/b],
[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Eye Color:[/b]
[b]Hair Color:[/b]
[b]Physical Description (optional if pic):[/b]
[b]Voice:[/b]
[b]Mannerisms:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]

[b]Avatars / Favorite Fandoms (pics encouraged):[/b]

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[b]Virtual base, vehicles, or possessions of note:[/b]

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[b]On's:[/b]
[b]Off's:[/b]
[b]Player:[/b]
[b]Faceclaim (optional):[/b]
[b]Theme song(s) (optional):[/b]
[b]Additional notes and commentary (optional):[/b]



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Example Character Sheet

Name: Janice Crue
OASIS ID: Yunalezca
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Physical Residence: An apartment near PSU in Portland, OR. Usually logs into the OASIS from her own apartment or a university ‘computer’ lab. 
Height: 5’10”
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Dirty Blonde
Physical Description (optional if have pic):
Voice: Slightly smoky, but not low pitched. Has a mild country-western accent that comes out more when excited or drunk. Gregarious and sometimes snarky.
Mannerisms: Hyperactive, A-type, likes jokes and references and trivia. Has a rough and sometimes lewd or profanity-laden of speaking that may offend the thinner-skinned. Somewhat exhibitionistic and not above sticking her nose in others’ business.

History: Her parents lived previous lives in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Silicon Valley, but amidst economic stagnation and political turmoil, they moved to the Lake Tahoe area of the California / Nevada border and adopted a more survivalist lifestyle. Janice grew up learning computers and hunting alike (whether wild animals and the occasional burglar in meatspace or virtual orcs and stormtroopers in OASIS arena games), and after in-OASIS university, has made a living as a social media marketing manager for various subsidiaries of a consumer products conglomerate. Janice’s current job based out of Portland suits her just fine: she hosts marketing events, usually inside the OASIS, thinly disguised as parties, raves, or virtual sporting events, featuring whatever latest X-TREME SPORTS DRINK or LE SEXYSAUVE LIQEUR brand she’s being paid to push with interactive and innovative marketing schemes.

In her spare time, she still likes guns. Lots of guns.

Avatars / Fandoms: Janice has three typical favorite avatars.

The first is based on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, with darker but auburn-tinted haired, and typical attired in skimpy but otherwise rugged clothing such as crop tops, canvas shorts, boots, and utility belts holstered twin pistols. Janice often uses this avatar in the more “realistic” virtual settings based on the 20th or 21st century, with variations on the theme and gear for Western or older settings.

The second is based on Final Fantasy heroine Yuna, usually also a twin-pistol gunslinging attire, but much more whimsical. Janice usually uses this avatar for sci-fi or steampunk or outlandish settings. Yuna has brunette hair and heterochromia: a green right eye and blue left eye.

The third is based on She-Ra, Princess of Power, sister of He-Man, which Janice likse to take on in medieval-fantasy, sword-and-planet, or mythological sword-and-sandals environments. In virtual sparring or arena games, Janice tries to eschew guns in this form, and uses a sword that can shoot pulses of energy. HADOKEN! She-Ra has a bright blonde mane of hair, and stands taller than Janice’s other avatars at 6’2”, not including the valkyrie-style headdress.



Virtual base, vehicles, or possessions of note:

Janice’s virtual home, and the location she uses for hosting many of her virtual marketing events (and, rumor has it, has allowed to be used for weird virtual occult meetings a la Eyes Wide Shut), is styled after an aristocratic English country home, specifically ‘Croft Manor’ as depicted in the Tomb Raider films and games. It has, for the most part, a rather realistic if extravagant interior, with a climbing gym, pool, and many virtual simulacra of historical or pop-culture artifacts, such as the arc of the covenant and the holy grail from the Indiana Jones films. It also has a Japanese style tatami-mat sparring dojo replicating that from The Matrix. The garage has the vehicles Janice usually uses to get around the OASIS: several motorcycles and sports cars, Return of the Jedi forest speeders, and a helicopter on the roof - which usually blares Wagner's Flight of the Valkyries a la Apocalypse Now when piloted. Janice loves the smell of napalm in the morning.

The manor has a garden maze out back, as well as a small barn with some virtual horses, chocobos (ostrich-size yellow rideable birds from Final Fantasy), and Swiftwind, She-Ra's winged unicorn (and yes, Swiftwind *sparkles*). The barn tends to get used for 'parking' by guests who use 'living' virtual modes of transportation such as Dino-Rider dinosaurs.



On's: Exhibitionism, sexual humor, some BDSM
Off's: Scat, vore
Player: ff
Theme song(s):

Self / Lara: Guns'n'Roses - November Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE

Yuna: Kumi -A Thousand Words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggjIDjAQtrw

She-Ra Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACzN96NUgJk]She-Ra Theme Song

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Reserved for additional GM notes.

[Ace Flyer]

Hmm...definitely interested. Been waiting to see this movie. ^^ I'll see what kind of character concept I can come up with.

[Angie]

Hello everyone!

Something that FF didn't note in the creation bit, I ran it past her (she asked me for some help with this) and she approved that being genderswapped in the OASIS is perfectly fine.

[Levi]

After ff told of her concept a little while ago I have also bought the book.....needless to say I haven't read it yet!

[Angie]

Name: Matthew Herrick
OASIS ID: Circe's_Siren
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Pan
Physical Residence: Publicly Unknown (Wenatchee, Washington)
Height: 5'11" and 3/4 of an inch extra
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Physical Description (optional if pic): The masked photo is a publicity photo, and one of the few images of him in reality. He is not a particularly imposing man, in fact, he's slightly chubby. His eyes are very expressive, a trait that carries over to the OASIS. He is broad shouldered and has some muscle beneath the chub.
Voice: In reality, deep and resounding. In the OASIS, he uses a combinations of sophisticated voice changers and his own ability to sound like basically anything he needs to be.
Mannerisms: Has extreme difficulty looking people in the eyes, even in the OASIS. Likes to hum and sing when nothing's happening. Talks with his hands as well.
History: First things first: Matthew has never really appreciated his own body. The masked pic was for a physical magazine, the last one slowly dying, and he wore the mask to "make a point that I could be anyone", for Matthew is in fact a well known musician in the OASIS. His work blends old and new, and he has been commissioned more than a few times to create a cover or a new version of a favorite from decades ago.

Of the thousands of people who know him, very few are even aware of Matthew's real life. To most, he is Circe's_Siren. His success as a musician in the OASIS itself has given him access to resources he might not acquire normally-custom built avatars for one. He has yet to be recognized by Wade or GSS itself, though he's stated he doesn't care about that, instead preferring to create without any clear goal-just do it for the joy of creating.

He feels no shame in donning a female avatar and going off to do, well, anything. While he's had nothing resembling a long term relationship, he has no problem being intimate with others-he figures everyone is using an avatar, so why worry just because yours has a different set of genitals to your physical one?

Avatars / Favorite Fandoms (pics encouraged): Before he was Circe's_Siren, he was the SirenOfIxalan, and one of his first avatars was Lilianna Vess from Magic the Gathering. He still participates in Draft tournaments held in the OASIS, where the cards truly come to life.

Abilities of Lilianna:

As one might expect, Planeswalker abilities are SEVERELY nerfed inside the OASIS. Instant transport is disabled but that's not too bad since it's way more fun to grab a car and go fast. Other players are also considered Planeswalkers for purposes of who Lilianna can target with her spells, so she can only cast things like Murder on NPCs. Even then, she's also tied to a mana bar. Her big edge over other caster types is the fact that she can also use the "loyalty" abilities of her previous card forms, though Matthew can only equip three at a time to her. These abilities are on a separate resource and cooldown, and he tends to keep to the "Death's Majesty" version of Liliana, allowing her to create endless zombies and bring the dead back to life under her control (note: said "dead" is only NPCs that die, however it can also include followers and pets that other players summon)

Eventually he got a free name change and used it to become Circe's_Siren, and with it, purchased a new avatar. At the time he had been spending a lot of time with a lady who used a Tracer avatar, so his was similarly an Overwatch one: D.Va, also known as Hana Song:

Abilities of Hana Song:

Hana obviously has easy and instant access to her MEKA, which has powerful gatling guns, a shielding defense matrix that destroys any projectiles that enter it, mini-rockets, and boosters for temporary flight. When the MEKA is destroyed, she ejects and uses her pistol instead, and can call a new one after some time. If she charges up that ult meter, she can cause her MEKA to self destruct, causing massive damage in a wide area.

His latest, and as of now, most commonly used avatar, is 2B from Nier Automata. As he built this one for combat, it also comes with a machine gun and laser cannon equipped Pod that floats around him in this avatar.

Abilities of 2B

Quite possibly the least complex of all, 2B's abilities revolve around close combat. She has the ability to teleport her equipped weapons to her hands,
allowing for combos that involve throwing her weapons. She can equip two at once, a light and heavy weapon, which are currently the katanas she used in the beginning of Automata. Her Pod is equipped with a rapid fire machine gun and a laser cannon that requires a cooldown when used. This Pod also allows her to "double jump" and float down from high places. It is unknown if this Pod can be destroyed.

Virtual base, vehicles, or possessions of note: Matthew's base is "The Sound Garden", which has a publicly accessible studio that people can enter to jam with their friends. PVP is disabled, and several instances are available so that other jam groups won't interrupt you. Private instances for private groups or for groups that want to put on a show can be purchased from him. The public side of the Sound Garden can be gently customized, though larger requests have to go through him and are usually part of a Private Instance.

The private, only accessible to those authorized part of the Sound Garden looks more like a charming cabin out in Alaska's wilderness. He considers the Alaskan landscape to be one of the most beautiful in the world, and so decided to make his home out there. Of course, a large, sprawling basement allows him to access all of his music creation tools.

For vehicles, he tends to keep to either D.Va's MEKAs or a Flight Unit from Automata.


On's: Mostly as player, but things are negotiable
Off's: Same as above
Player: Angie
Faceclaim (optional): No idea, just found a dude with a mask.
Theme song(s) (optional):

Lilianna: Danse Macabre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM

D.Va: Messing with the Best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxj0yys420I
Yes I know it's technically MoS's Bayonetta 2 song, but tell me the theme doesn't fit D.Va

2B: Machine Hearts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYzXKZn_Z3w

Additional notes and commentary (optional):

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Hmm...definitely interested. Been waiting to see this movie. ^^ I'll see what kind of character concept I can come up with.

Thanks for dropping in to say hi! Hope you do come up with one.

And for anyone wondering...pretty much all anyone need to know about Ready Player One, for purposes of this RP, is the summary in the first post in this thread. It's a setting that lends itself well to being a 'meta-fandom crossover' platform for other fandoms.

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Hello everyone!

Something that FF didn't note in the creation bit, I ran it past her (she asked me for some help with this) and she approved that being genderswapped in the OASIS is perfectly fine.

Yes this is very true; I've made a more explicit note to this effect in the char sheet template blurb above.

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These char sheets so far are awesome...and very much in the spirit of things...may need to think of an excuse to roll out those sweet spaceship- and mecha- vehicles

can't wait 2 see some 2Booty .....Nova's as well  ;D

[Anna Katrine]

Definitely interested as well :)

Will start working on a character concept in the coming days.

[Angie]

It's worth noting that the Flight Units, for those who haven't played Automata (you should, is good), can switch between a fast flying plane mode and a VTOL "hover" system. Both of which have access to machine guns. They also appear to be highly modular, so it may be easy for others to pick up 'n' play with them.

You know, in case you want a flying squadron of badasses.

[Kadigan]

These char sheets so far are awesome...and very much in the spirit of things...may need to think of an excuse to roll out those sweet spaceship- and mecha- vehicles

can't wait 2 see some 2Booty .....Nova's as well  ;D

The point of Nova is you won't see that booty untill she's slit your throat and taken your loots. Also...repost of the character..

Name: Claire Flint
OASIS ID: Keena
Age: 28
Gender: F
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Physical Residence: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height: 5’11
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brown
Physical Description (optional if pic):
Voice: Claire voice is a bit high pitched, but when online she tends to put it through a filter, making it sound a bit like Karen Carpenter.
Mannerisms: Claire herself is a bit shy in person, quiet, though not submissive she tends not to speak up and assert herself. However in the OASIS she’s everything she wants to be. She can be a bit sarcastic, brash, annoying, and talkative when on a job. She knows when someone needs something from her, and enjoys pushing their buttons, no matter what level of society they might be on.

History:

Claire grew up in a relatively normal existence in Dekalb, Illinois. She was generally friendly and outgoing. A bit short, blonde haired and nerdy at times, she never had much in the way of a social circle.  However what she was above all else was bored. Bored with her life on the farm, bored with her mother and father, bored with the lack of prospects that came with having a solid C average, and very few athletic skills. When she graduated she could either work on the family farm, get married, and produce more farmers, or do something else. The OASIS provided her with that outlet.

She started small, like everyone did and it took time and patience, which she found she had in spades when it came to the fictional world. She slowly built up a small virtual business inside the new economy that the OASIS provided. She found that there were many rich, impatient, spoiled users who wanted to level up and level up fast who had very little in the way of friends, and that’s where she came in.

Have a player who has something you want and you can’t beat them, then she was the one to call. Just want to block or prevent them from completing a quest before you do, then she was the one to call. Just don’t ask her to get involved with the Quest nonsense..unless the price is right.

She’s built a reputation of being honest, if not a bit ruthless and incredibly relentless, something of an OASIS mercenary. She doesn’t particularly have a ton of friends inside OASIS, but she doesn’t particularly care either. She never had many anyway to begin with. The credits she earns allow her to live comfortably, if not high on the hog, but she works for every single credit she makes.

Avatars / Favorite Fandoms (pics encouraged):

Claire’s first and favorite avatar is a copy of AndrAIa from the 90s series Reboot. The character by default came with a collapsible trident, which she modified to have energy blasting capabilities, similar to a force lance. The avatar has the ability to survive underwater as well. As of yet she has not modified its clothing. She finds this one fits in almost all settings and tends to use it the most, from Sci-Fi to Fantasy.




Her second, whom she uses when she undertakes a quest that requires more stealth then anything is of the often hyped but never seen Nova, from Starcraft Ghost. Her abilities include a cloaking mechanism, various scanners, and a variety of blades and blasters.






Virtual base, vehicles, or possessions of note:

Claire purchased a replica of the Waverider for her mobile base. It was fast enough to allow her to use as a fighter, but large enough she can keep any loot she chooses to keep on board. She had it modified to include a docked fighter instead of a drop ship, which she can take on smaller excursions with her, or use to “Tag team” if she has someone accompanying her on a quest (Not too often.) She leases space from a small business inside a non-pvp zone aboard a replica JLA Satelliete, which gives her a secure site to store her vehicle when logged out. 

Her ship is over seen by a hologramatic Rommie, from the show Andromeda (Replacing Gideon), and maintained by dozens of NPC Exocomps, from Star Trek The Next Generation (More expensive in the short run but saves from larger fees later on for ship repairs later.)
She owns two different fighters currently, which she swaps out given her mood: A F-302 from Stargate and a Starfury from Babylon 5. She only currently has two ground vehicles, a Light Runner from Tron Legacy and a 1990 Harley-Davidson FLSTF “Fat Boy”, an exact replica of the one used in Terminator 2.

She has an item she keeps on whatever avatar she might be playing, that was dropped on one of her best raids, a collapsible space suit, which expands out from a wristband. She wears this no matter which avatar she is in.

She has a smattering of random Pop Culture weapons, both purchased and dropped, depending on her moods to use them. Her best drop was a Virtualizer from VR Troopers, which allows her to transform once every 3 days into a near indestructible version of the Ryan Steele trooper, also known as Metalder in japan, for a time period of 1 minute. There are only 3 of these Virtualizers in the entire OASIS (One for each trooper.) 

Waverider

JLA Satellite

Rommie

Exocomps

F302

Starfury

Light Runner

T2 Cycle

Virtualizer

Metalder

On's:
Off's:
Player: BarbaraGordon
Faceclaim (optional): (Unsure, stock model used)
Theme song(s) (optional):

AndrAIa's Theme Guitar Duel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYRZWd2V1pE

Nova Theme Terran Remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OtpaGkf5Pc

[Callie Del Noire]

Tempted.. loved the book

[ff]

It's worth noting that the Flight Units, for those who haven't played Automata (you should, is good), can switch between a fast flying plane mode and a VTOL "hover" system. Both of which have access to machine guns. They also appear to be highly modular, so it may be easy for others to pick up 'n' play with them.

You know, in case you want a flying squadron of badasses.

Oh yes, I think 2B's flight unit and Clarie's fighter craft will go together nicely, and may have to be worked in.

And are very much in the spirit of the source material (which had Transformers / Gundam etc. being piloted by its main chars).

If it helps anyone percolate ideas about their characters and/or first posts, the likely starting location will be as follows: your characters, in their OASIS inboxes, will be receiving drawn-at-random (...or were they?) tickets a la Willy Wonka golden tickets (or the Fifth Element FLOSTAN PARADISE! contest) to a marketing event (think a movie premier pre-screening, album release party, or similar event) at Croft Manor. Your chars' flight craft, motorcycles, etc. are one way they might choose to arrive in style. Valet optional.

Arriving on foot will work too. Much of the OASIS simulation has highly interconnected geometry (doors and Stargate-like gates which seem to lead from one place to another) and, for example, characters' bases may have pre-installed doors that lead to more 'urban' parts of the simulation, or to friends' bases, etc. (such as the Ghostbusters / Batcave fire pole example in the posts above). Jut outside Croft Manor there will be a 'fast travel point' of this type for chars who arrive in that fashion (esp if on foot) from more densely populated parts of OASIS.

There will be more forthcoming information about post header styles (to denote the where, when, and who-you-are-tagging) of posts, time passage within the RP, etc. and the usual things like an char sheet thread, OOC threat, and IC thread (possibly multiple for different locations if the group is big).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjLO_CrZRmM

[ff]

Definitely interested as well :)

Will start working on a character concept in the coming days.

Please do, would love to have you.

Tempted.. loved the book

Thanks for saying hi. It's nice when people drop in even if they aren't sure yet or don't have a char sheet yet, as it helps me gauge the likely eventual group size, particular player preferences, etc.

[Kadigan]

So, are we still running with the idea that things cost money? Like..the cooler ships and stuff like that? Or are we factoring in that..

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Possibly after Wade wins he institutes changes based on his initial experiences being a struggling youth who could barely afford to get off planet?

[Doomglazer]

Definitely interested as well :)

Will start working on a character concept in a few days

[Dhi]

I'm interested.

[ff]

So, are we still running with the idea that things cost money? Like..the cooler ships and stuff like that? Or are we factoring in that..

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Possibly after Wade wins he institutes changes based on his initial experiences being a struggling youth who could barely afford to get off planet?

Excellent question.

OASIS is somewhat like an ultracomplex MMORPG, it does have a virtual currency (which is exchangeable with meatspace currencies, and in fact has become the most popular currency) which can be (and often is) used for in-OASIS goods and services such as vehicles and bases. Additionally there is a crafting system and, to some extent users are able to create their own things and get more bang for their virtual buck by putting in a lot of time and sweat equity. (Sort of like building stuff in Minecraft, or designing the schematic for 3D printing a particular object.) And actually yes part of the particular backstory I have planned is that Wade & team are in the process of trying to improve the overall virtual prosperity by improving tools and access for creating/copying/modifying things.

Also worth noting that there can, and frequently are, multiple or similar copies of the same thing (especially from very popular fandoms) here and there in the OASIS, for example a number of users might have their own versions/copies of Bilbo Baggin's home of Bag-End. (IIRC there was a plot point in the book where they had to figure out which of 256 copies of the Tyrell Pyramid from Blade Runner was the one they sought.)

For purposes of the RP I have so far kept this rather abstract, and did not delineate a specific per-player budget limit or anything (and this isn't a system RP, in part b/c I don't think there's any system that could handle the sheer variety of possibilities without lots of homebrewed stat blocks for particular things, and fairly pricing every possible item would be a fool's errand, etc.). Naturally I may step in an ad hoc basis if someone declares their char owns half the virtual real estate of the OASIS or whatever.

[Angie]

We could also pull the Eclipse Phase thing and have things traded on rep of some kind. Like how Matthew makes a lot of his stuff, basically trading service for service. You need something, well, what do you have to offer? Doesn't always have to be cash.

[Norsegod1839]

Are you still open to players? I would love to join up!

[Angie]

Are you still open to players? I would love to join up!

We only just started. Get in here!