a potential(ly AWESOME) multiplayer-centric roleplay group, anyone?

[underdebate]

I've been rolling this around in my head since exams finished and I wanted to throw it up here just to see how many people might be interested!

So like, who doesn't make up stories in their head for all the characters they play in multiplayer. (That said: who doesn't actually play multiplayer, and does it anyway? Come on, guys.) And based on the

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[baxaronn]

I think the Livejournal ME community would make a good basis for an RP group. I haven't been comfortable joining any large LJ RPs because I'm uncomfortable around the people, but masseffect is full of sweethearts and otherwise excellent awesome folk. (And I wouldn't feel like having to hetero-i-fy my lesbian quarian who's phased through the back of the closet because of the pressure to have her one allotted child.)

Also, alien smut. Every idea with alien smut involved is a good idea.

[underdebate]

This comm is like, the best place of all places, I love it so much.

phased through the back of the closet crying omg. QUEER QUARIAN LADIES THOUGH. NO HETEROIFYING IS ALLOWED.

[nomoreprinces]

OMG this looks like so much fun! Is there any more info on it beside this post, like a comm or a forum or anything of the like?

This is something I'd def love to consider, omg. :)))

[underdebate]

Not yet! I kind of wanted to gauge people's interest before I set out making a comm, but if it turns out people really dig the idea, I'll get it all up and running.

[nomoreprinces]

So totally for this and if ppl prefer a forum space for these sorts of things I have one I'm not using.

[middlemarching]

consider me super-intrigued :) it's been forever since I played MP and I'm leery of jumping back into it with complete strangers who might be jerks. And I have always loved RP.

[tov01]

"And when do they fuck?"

This juxtaposed with a Krogan and Quarian made me laugh out loud!

I'm not sure I'll be joining, as I'll have very little free time when school starts back up, plus I'm uncomfortable writing smut (although I could get around that last one by playing an asexual Salarian, or a Geth, or something.) But even if I don't join, I'll be looking forward to reading whatever you guys come up with.

[underdebate]

I totally understand about the school thing! I'm sort of in the same position, like HM DO I REALLY HAVE TIME FOR THIS, but god I need something productive to do with what free time I do have. I'm hoping we can be a pretty relaxed group-- come in as you like and do as you want with whatever time you have, et cetera.

(Also I swear the purpose of the roleplay is not just smut-- I just make terrible jokes about it absolutely incessantly. There will be other things happening besides The Smut. Like, you know, a war.)

[tov01]

Yeah, I know that this isn't going to be wall to wall smut. (Although I might still ease in with my oblivious-to-love Salarian Engineer, just in case. :p )

It's good to know that I can come and go rather freely. It takes a lot of the pressure off.

[alice_the_raven]

Hah! This sounds good. I have a whole weird head canon for my Drell, Dirk Diggler, intergalactic porn star turned adept galaxy freedom fighter and Mad MacBadass, Vorcha candlemaker turned pyromaniac. I also have Ewan, Ewok Star Wars crossover, impersonating a Volus.

And they all have an Elchor mission controller. "Tentative enthusiasm...a...drone...has...gone...dark...."

[underdebate]

intergalactic porn star turned adept galaxy freedom fighter

only in Mass Effect, people

only in Mass Effect

for real though, they'd be so much fun

[tov01]

As Bean_Bunny has said in her comics, Mass Effect is the HORNIEST game ever.

[tov01]

I find the idea of an Elcor mission control to be equal parts hilarious and awesome!

[virusq]

...But, really, when do they fuck?

I don't have any solid headcanons (or names, really) for my MP characters, but I do enjoy the interaction between my Quarian Infiltrator and my boyfriend's Geth Engineer. (It only gets better when his brother plays a Geth Engineer and his brother's girlfriend plays another Quarian Infiltrator. We're team head-shot. Or tech-burst. Or NANERs, since "For Rannoch" sounded like, "BANANAS!" for so long... eehhh)

I'm not real comfortable with role playing between the characters, but maybe a weekly challenge or theme? IDK.

[underdebate]

only time will tell

Are you thinking something along the lines of a weekly writing challenge based around, say, Adventures With So-And-So As They Fight A War? Something like that?

[virusq]

I'm just absolutely horrible with RP sessions. I can't waltz into a bar and strike up a conversation/history/canon/relationship/barfight.

I was thinking it'd be kind of cool to come up with a weekly scenario, maybe based on the challenge?, where it'd be like ... "Char A just grabbed the last ammo pack and Char B just ran out. How do they resolve it?" Or ... "Char B receives a letter from his/her/zie homeworld, how does Char A react?" "The radio just malfunctioned: who is grooving to what?"

[underdebate]

fyi one of the weekly challenges just became 'waltz into a bar and strike up a relationship'.

(But now I get what you mean! And yes, that sounds like a FANTASTIC idea and I know exactly how we can work with it too. I love me some prompts.)