Hey. Some of you know me, many don\'t.
I\'ve been playing Planeshift for about two and a bit years now. I\'m not an oldbie - I have as much to learn as anyone. I\'m also not a Powerleveller or Hardcore Roleplayer - in general I think titles are.. well, stupid.
Since day one, I have roleplayed to varying amounts. I mean, when you are an ordinary guy playing a female anthropomorphic warrior from some strange place it\'s pretty easy to throw your own personality into the fray and build a rich world around yourself. Roleplay is fun, I enjoy it and I know many of you do.
The Planeshift team gave me this wonderful place to add to. Each and every one of us can, with enough dedication actually make the world
grow and evolve into something we want to see. We can directly influence the game, something that I have never had the opportunity of doing.
Ayshe Alchamet is an ordinary Enkidukai. She leads a clan of her kin in this world, but she was just an ordinary child back where she came from. She has a rich history, she comes from the Black Marsh, which was all but obliterated a long time ago leaving very few survivors. Her mannerisms and beliefs are deeply rooted from her past clan and it is reflected today in the way she talks and acts. This character was created by me, but with the help of the world we are all making. I was originally given the basics that the Dev team decided I needed - a creation screen - I chose a random model, a random gender and even mashed the keyboard for the name \"asyghe\" became Ayshe.
Then, ingame I met roleplayers who were adding to the world also. We invented a language (who remembers the greeting \"kho\"?) we invented mannerisms, quirks and alliances, friendships, enemies. Everyone who plays has in some small way added to the tapestry.
It\'s not all unique work. In a fantasy genre such as this, originality is difficult. The player races, the scenery can be found in many games. So many elements are borrowed from other settings, but the whole makes Planeshift. Uniquely Planeshift.
We have an ancient underground world of mystery, and we are all brought together by the will of two Gods who have yet to manifest themselves even fractionally. The gods are at odds with eachother, due to an immense magical crystal that posesses strange and wonderous powers. We have cities and realms being created every day, shaped by the thousands of voices who are building it with the Devs. And this game is unlike any: the devs are not financially committed to the players. We don\'t pay them. They do not have to bow to our wishes, or a producing company. They do it out of passion. They want the world to be as pure as possible, so names like \"Mastakilla\" ar purged from sight. They are
letting us create their world.
It\'s only fractionally completed! Yet, obviously the freedom we have been given to expand their world is not enough.
Obviously there aren\'t enough unique elements to draw on and create for the Planeshift world, even though it is barely even started, so that means we have to begin ripping off other overused genres, stealing derivative works and throwing them into Planeshift even if the setting is incompatibleMe, personally, I love this virtual world. I want to see it using as little derivative work as is necessary. But if the forum is open, and we can add as much to it as we personally want, then let me get the ball rolling.
Derivative works to be included in Planeshift:
- Materia. You all played FFVII, right? well, we aught to have Materia hunters in Planeshift. We can all claim to have rare materia, trade it, use it, sell it.
- Chocobos. Who wouldn\'t want a chocobo? Lets avoid legal issues by calling them Chickoeons
- Jedi Powers. Come on KOTOR players! let\'s lobby for Jedi - like powers! Everyone wants to use the force, right?
- Cyborgs. Not my idea, but Xenia originally was a cyborg fascimilie of an Enkidukai, left here after her ship crashed. I kid you not, that was the backstory she told me. But who am I to judge?
- The Covenant. Hey. Elites are bad-ass. Imagine smacking them around with magic missiles!
I now open the floor for other contributions!
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Disclaimer:This post is ironic. Take literally at own risk.
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