RP superthread developing in PS now!

[Peacer]

/my brain is fully functional enough to remember that, hope others are to

btw, i forgot to say, "WHY DID I AGREE WITH MY ENEMY" lol

[Aradia]

/my brain is fully functional enough to remember that, hope others are to

btw, i forgot to say, "WHY DID I AGREE WITH MY ENEMY" lol

Because I let you know about good music and bands. 

Oh, and it is quite possible that deep down you're as cold and as cruel as myself. 

[Peacer]

/my brain is fully functional enough to remember that, hope others are to

btw, i forgot to say, "WHY DID I AGREE WITH MY ENEMY" lol

Because I let you know about good music and bands. 

Oh, and it is quite possible that deep down you're as cold and as cruel as myself. 

* Peacer bows to a cruel thing called truth

[Anfa]

This is just a blurb about Anfa as she prepares for the coming battle.

It was almost time...
Anfa sat quietly within the glade in a state of semi-meditation with the emerald crystals before her. In the distance she heard the trumpeting of the consummers as they shuffled around their valley. She felt the eyes of the rogue hiding in the wood behind her upon her back. Curiousity and greed had drawn the rogue to her, but she knew he was not foolish enough to actually attack. Soon would the final assault begin and what was opened, would be closed. Anfa was coming full circle and she was eager to finish what she had started.

Taking a deep breath Anfa placed her hand over the crystals drawing their life energy into herself. Letting the energy flow through her and back to the crystals allowing the life energy to grow. As that energy surged through her body she used it to build a wall inside of herself to keep the taint contained within her mind. That little piece of darkness fought at first, she knew that it would, but she continued to reinforce the wall until the darkness was trapped within her mind. As she began to bring the exercise to an end her hand brushed across the crystal shrad and she felt herself propelled into the underdark, a connection forming with the source of the shrad in her sisters keeping. Aoibhihn...

Anfa could feel her sister's fear and desperation. So long trapped in the underdark, but Anfa could also feel Aoibhihn's determination and courage too. Aoibhihn had not yet been taken by the darkness. Anfa send some of the life energy filling her through the connection to reinforce the crystal Aoibhihn had and strengthen the protection that crystal offered to her sister.

"We are ready my sister, soon we will be there to help you, please don't give up!!"

Anfa growled softly as her sister's mind connected with hers for one brief moment. "I am coming Aoibhihn and not even the darkness will stop we from finding you...be strong Love..I am coming..."

As the connection was lost, Anfa let out a cry of anguish. Her sister's voice still in her mind calling to her.

Several breaths were needed to bring Anfa back in control of her emotions. Focus was needed to survive this coming journey. Anfa could not let the darkness use her own feelings against her. She focused on the friends who would be with her. Zorbels and Esseda...fierce and beautiful Fenkis. Janner who was solid and true. Monk who's heart was pure and Peacer whose magics were strong. Anfa felt a wicked smile begin to form as the battle lust began to grow within her.

Oh yes..I am coming, and I am not coming alone. United would we meet the darkness, and united we will reach the portal. Of this I refused to doubt. We would find Aoibhihn and we would close that damned portal.

Anfa let out a long breath and felt the energy flare within her. Focused and ready for the battle ahead she carefully began to place the crystals back into her pack. She left the crystal shrad til last. Holding the shrad to her heart for a moment sending her love to her sister, she looked out upon the world around her. So peaceful the glade.

With a sigh, Anfa began gathering up her belongings. Throwing her pack onto her back she unsheathed her battle blades loving the feel of them in her hands.

Giving the glade one last glance, Anfa heads back to Hydlaa ready for the battle ahead...

[Monk_]

As the connection was lost, Anfa let out a cry of anguish.

Yea I get d/c a lot too - but OOC in brackets please.
Seriously though great post Anfa thanks for the insight.


How to Participate in the Battle:
22:00 GMT, Saturday 20 May (www.timezoneconverter.com)
For this battle we will be using a /groups only setup.

- Each side /invites all their allies into their /group. You enemies will have green labels - your allies will have blue.
- All participants must turn on 'Auto-accept challenges' in options, unless you have a specific RP role which requires you to not to fight/die. Challenges will not be pre-setup before the battle starts due to certain bugs, so you must challenge as you go along.

- If you are in the Dark Army, assemble and group your forces under one group on the far side of the Valley of the Face, and wait to ambush the Good Army.
- If you are in the Good Army, assemble outside the entrace to the Valley,and group your forces under one group.
- Sargeant Shadowlight will OOC co-ordinate the battle. Report to him with readiness and status of your armies.
- When the Sargeant shouts "LIGHT ARMY CHARGE", those fighting for the Light will charge into the Valley of the Face against the monsters.
- When the Sargeant shouts "DARK ARMY CHARGE", those fighting for the Dark will charge into the Valley of the Face to ambush the Good Army.
- The core Party will be seeking an openning in the battle for a chance to reach the Stone Face, and 'enter it'.
- Do not enter the Valley of the Face and engage the Monsters, or Armies until the word is given to your army to CHARGE, thank you.
- All players may rejoin the battle once after coming back from the DeathRealm if you have time. That's just to extend the fun a bit longer and give those who die fast another chance at the fun. After dieing the first time, Light players may choose to leave the Light group and ask to join the Dark group, and Roleplay that their minds have been taken over by the Shadow. They must still only return to the battle once in total, please try not to enter the Valley after your second death.

Recommended Shortcuts - Make convenient keys for these!:
Target Opponent:
/target next player
(make sure you press it until you target someone with a green target!)

First Strike:
/challenge
/attack
(keep your usual attack key also - or you will keep getting "You have already accepted this challenge" messages.)


Sorry to those voting for the /guildwar system. This has been advised against for the following reasons:
- Members of some guilds will be divided against each other in the battle.
- Some guilds will not have members present with the necessary permissions to accept alliances and wars.
- Members of the involved guilds who are not participating in the battle will receive inappropriate PVP status.
This is not a guild war, and the limitations of the /guild war system are not appropriate for the battle.

No system is perfect, and apologies to those who are inconvenienced by technicalities during the battle. We'll try to have a good clean fight. Please accept advanced condolences if you end up dead due to technical issues or cheating, or if the arrangements don't suite you. Everyone remember there is no penalty for losing, and remember not to have any hard feelings for the players behind the characters. Let's just do our bests to have fun!!

Also another reminder, this is an important historical battle for the Shadow in the Hills, but which side is left standing on the battlefield is just one step in the victory of either side, and ultimately both sides will be represented and gain their losses and victories through RP, until the end. Surely all will be revealed as it unfolds..

[Peacer]

Sorry to those voting for the /guildwar system. This has been advised against for the following reasons:
- Members of some guilds will be divided against each other in the battle.
- Some guilds will not have members present with the necessary permissions to accept alliances and wars.
- Members of the involved guilds who are not participating in the battle will receive inappropriate PVP status.
This is not a guild war, and the limitations of the /guild war system are not appropriate for the battle.

if the free pvp area can't be aranged i still don't think that chellenging everyone will be a good solution, it will take time, and maybe while you just killed someone and look around for a target getting ready to click someone comes from behind and you are dead, funny ain't it.

-members of each guild against each other... family the guilds are why would family kill each other, if they will go to the dark side for being possesed, they can simply leave the guild and join the a dark guild, maybe someone from the side, if they will get under the dead 5 member line, alts can simply be created, random name, path, upload. Takes 15 seconds.

-i don't think someone would let out the chance in a guild for a big battlefield, and if someone from both sides did, put some info in the motd

-they will recieve pvp status against opposing guilds only, if the rare coinsidence of someone not wanting to be there from each guild motd can be the solution, put in there not to attack each other,
and we don't have to create alliances to make complete guildwar, we can just do guildwar on thoose there, the only requirement is that the leader target the other leader type /guildwar and DONE, now we can attack each other.
if guildleaving is nescesary make sure some alts are in the guild then, done. Can be done in the preparation.

else it doesn't take the biggest amount of money to create a guild, i can sponsor two guilds, that won't be any problem to me.

EDIT:

oh yeah, if someone has an ubercomputer please go here and download snagit, learn how to record videos, and then a vid can be recorded for later show

[SovHed]

OOC:

After speaking with a few GMs i dont know if PVP zones are supported yet,
HOWEVER::

How about using a shortcut with:
/challenge $target

if you put that in front  of your attack it will challenge before you attack, and if autoaccept is on, then you dont have to stand there challenging people.

sounds like a plan?

[Karyuu]

PvP zones are not supported yet, and the dev team can't shift focus from other more immediate tasks to do this for a single player-event at the moment.

hEaDbUsTeR's shortcut suggestion seems the easiest :}

*edit at Peacer*

I have fraps available - so if you want a 1280x1024 video of the climax of this, I can arrange it ;P

[zorbels]

Zorbels sits in the wild listening to the rustling of the wind and watches the grass dance all across the field. You can hear the echo of the swords in the silence of the day, as she sharpens them preparing for the huge battle that nears day by day. She mutters a silent prayer under her breath for Anfa and her sister, then narrows her eyes. She thinks to herself "I can not wait to let this rage I have for this fake god free. He has hurt to many people and shall fall like all of the other false, self proclaimed gods in Yliakum. Zorbels sighs lightly and pictures in her head winning the war and having her dear friends in the tavern laughing, hugging, crying, as they are reunited and are free to be at peace from these shadows. She stands slowly, finally done sharping her swords and walks towards Hydlaa to meet with the group who will engage with her in battle. "I am coming my friends and this will truly be an honour to fight with some of Yliakums finest warriors. We shall take down this false god and show others that indeed Yliakum and its people will band together to fight for our freedom if it is threatened." Zorbels throws her cloak hood over her head and picks up the pace wanting to check on Anfa and exchange any sort of battle plans with the group.  

[Monk_]

How about using a shortcut with:
/challenge $target

if you put that in front  of your attack it will challenge before you attack, and if autoaccept is on, then you dont have to stand there challenging people.

Great idea, hEaDbUsTeR. I've added that to the battle instructions.

I have fraps available - so if you want a 1280x1024 video of the climax of this, I can arrange it ;P

That was be AWESOME Karyuu

*edit*

Monsters, summoned by the Shadow, are now confirmed for the goodies to fight, before they are confronted by the players who have sided with the Darkness.

The goodies will have to take care of them first, then they will be attacked ( 'unexpectedly' ) by the baddies in their battle-torn state. Chances are the turn out for the goodies will be bigger - so this works out well.

[Peacer]

karyuu that would be awsome, and if you can do first person with no gui it would be better

[Monk_]

[Battle plans and instructions updated above]

[SovHed]

[OOC:]

mm.. dark army is controlled by the good army? right.. this is getting rather silly now. People who take part in the closing of the portal "people who have a specific RP role which requires you to not to fight/die" are totally immune, so the forces of dark cannot actually triumph.

and the dark forces are not allowed to plan the battle no? they have to follow orders and get killed? So we wipe out all the good guy forces and barr the way into the face, yet you still walk through us and complete the RP like the good army won?

Sounds like a plan. A rather stupid and just downright idiotic one, but a plan none-the-less.

I think this goes for the whole of us, dark forces withdraw due to God-modding by the "good forces".
Well it certainly goes for my guild.

If you would like to change the rules a bit, we may try again, but unless you cant live with the fact that you may get wiped out. then we just cant do it can we?
[/OOC]

Thank you,
Sov Hed & ToY, out..

[Aradia]

I see that I'm not the only one who is able to read between the lines here.

[Bebel]

It's not nice to use poeple like npc just for your RP...

* Monk_ wonders what Bebel is referring to.

Do you understand now ?