Mr Popo's Happy Funtimes Lounge (Dragonball SU Lounge)

[Heald]

Well, we could ask Crazy if he still wants to be in. JT has gone AWOL, so who knows. It's hard enough to keep track of characters that are active in the RPG without having to take the inactives into account.

As I said earlier in this thread; if you're inactive, your character gets written out. It is up to the RPer to write them back in if they so wish. It's not like we have a chronic lack of active players.

Anyway, what about Clown? After you killed his character, perhaps he could be rebuilt in time to help the fight against the Kwalis. After all, we have yet to see what he can really do (apart from get chomped by Rothax).

[Asilynne]

If you guys will give me a couple days ^-^() my post will take care of some of the questions that keep arising, I already have a plan on what to do with Bens char. And it doesnt involve killing him XD Sure, shes going to steal something from him but it would look too suspicious if she was "fixing" him, only to leave him dead. Tomorrow I may be able to post since we are going to get a ton of snow and Im not sure if Ill be able to make it in x.x

[Blademaster]

Hurry the Hell up then, lazy wench.

[Kuro Espeon]

If you guys will give me a couple days ^-^() my post will take care of some of the questions that keep arising, I already have a plan on what to do with Bens char. And it doesnt involve killing him XD Sure, shes going to steal something from him but it would look too suspicious if she was "fixing" him, only to leave him dead. Tomorrow I may be able to post since we are going to get a ton of snow and Im not sure if Ill be able to make it in x.x

I understand, brandeh! You're working two jobs, it's understandable. But yeah, I think there's a good chance neither you nor I will have to go to our respective jobs tomorrow if this snow keeps up (they're reporting that it's going to be about 20 inches by the time it's done, but we'll see...)

I'm sure in the meantime Heald and I can get some last minute training done in HTC!

[Asilynne]

Considering I slid twice just going from work to home (which is a 5 min drive) Im thinking I wont be able to x.x! Im setting my alarm for 4 am though just to check how the roads are and if they are shitty (most likely) then Ill have to call in which I HATE but I guess Id better so I dont die lol
EDIT: and if thats the case Ill post tomorrow lol

[Master Rudy]

Considering I slid twice just going from work to home (which is a 5 min drive) Im thinking I wont be able to x.x! Im setting my alarm for 4 am though just to check how the roads are and if they are shitty (most likely) then Ill have to call in which I HATE but I guess Id better so I dont die lol
EDIT: and if thats the case Ill post tomorrow lol

The world is a better place with you in it so don't risk it

If the Kawali's come into play before the first group is out of the HTC then you can bet Shitagi will be more than willing to fight. If memory serves me then they were about 5000 each. Following my character's injuries and near death encounter from using way too much ki I'd say Shitagi can easily push to 3500-4000 now. At the very least he'd be able to hold his own and perhaps put one of the Kawali's down for good with a Kaio-Ken assisted attack ^_~

[Master Rudy]

First and formost happy holidays to everyone in the RPG.

Moving on to the RPG itself I'm pretty much dead in the water right now. I don't want to jump ahead too much and have Shitagi or Victoria fix Gamma just yet since Retasu is suppose to be stealing the programing in his memory for the Dragon Radar (which is somewhat of a moot point now since all seven Dragon Balls are now accounted for. One way or another it's coming down to a battle for full control). I'm also sharing concerns about the inactive players. JT left just as quickly as he came in and despite being active elsewhere on the site CEB has not posted for Sandor in quite some time. There's also the matter of Gav but I've spoken with him and know his reasons. He's intrested but busy and we do have his character accounted for. As a result no big deal there. MC with Gamma is also inactive but I think that's more of an issue of the type of character he is playing. A dead Earthling, Namekian, ect. would at least have a few options. They could be watching the battles somehow and feel helpless, be training with King Kai, ect. A damaged Android that has not been totally destroyed isn't left with many options until he/she is fixed. As a result if MC is still intrested in this then I say for his sake everyone involved with Gamma resolves their plot threads with him and gets him back up and running.

Now as for the other two characters here's what I think. Personally if it was up to me I'd say kill them off in an upcoming battle since that's what usually tends to happen to inactive players/characters in an action oriented RPG such as this. However if one of them came back then you'd potentially have the messy situation of their character being dead. Granted in a Dragon Ball RPG being dead is usually just a minor issue unlike in say a Resident Evil RPG. Even so I think it would be best to find a way to keep their characters alive but out of the way for now in case they do happen to come back.

[Kuro Espeon]

Or... we just send them PMs asking if they still plan on posting, and if not, do we have permission to kill off their characters? I think that's a bit simpler.

Personally, I think there should be a rule in an RPG that if your character is inactive for an extended amount of time (unless you've already given reasons for your absence and intend to return), then they become fair game for the other member of the RPG, and that means killing them off if they deem it appropriate. ;D

That being said, I think we should at least attempt to contact JT and CEB first. Just out of courtesy.

[Heald]

Agreed. Sorry, I've been mega busy with Xmas shopping so I haven't really been able to give this attention. I shall send some PMs in due course.

[Blademaster]

They've been inactive for weeks, if not months. If they haven't returned yet, they're not going to.

Let them fall by the wayside and be forgotten. Nothing in this RPG is due to their contributions.

[Master Rudy]

That being said, I think we should at least attempt to contact JT and CEB first. Just out of courtesy.

Well I never said don't contact them. Contacting them first would be the right thing to do. However if you guys want my opinion I think we're have more luck getting in touch with CEB than we will JT. CEB is at least around and online. JT's just simply seemed to disappear :-/

[Master Rudy]

Giving a heads up and fair warning. It's been over two weeks since the last post. I've been waiting due to quite a few of you going "Oh I'm posting on Monday/this weekend/after work/tommorow/ect!" Unless Heald tells me to hold off then in the next day or two I'm going to make a quickie post saying Gamma was fixed and that the first group is on the way out of the time chamber. I understand that it's the holidays and that people work, have school, ect but it gets tiring waiting on everyone else after awhile when your character isn't able to do much of anything without waiting on someone else first :-/

[Heald]

Go for it. I have no problem with people doing retrospective posts (i.e. making posts from a point significant chronologically previous to the latest post involving your character) so don't feel bad if someone tries to shunt the RPG along. I'll try and get a post involving Zaito and Kura up soon.

[Blademaster]

Fine by me. Just don't do anything with Basawe that I wouldn't do.

[Master Rudy]

Well it looks like Heald got things moving again. Hopefully in the next day or two if someone else doesn't beat me to it then I'll go ahead and get Basawe, Hammer, Retasu and Shitagi into the chamber. Also saw the comment about Sandor. How do we proceed for now? Do we move on as if she was never there?

[Kuro Espeon]

I'm working on a Kura post right now. I just have to finish it tomorrow cause it's nearly 3am and I'm exhausted. @_@ But I have the day off work tomorrow, so I will hopefully get the post up at some point (I'll try not to procrastinate, even though it's in my nature...).

As for Sandor... well, provided that we have yet to hear from CEB one way or another about her, I say just write her out for now and if CEB returns it'll be up to him to bring her back in.

[Master Rudy]

It's paticularly annoying in the case of Sandor. Unlike JT who just disappeared overnight, CEB is still posting and active on TPM. I even COMMENTED on it in an unrelated post in Misc!

Seriously bro if you want out of an RPG then at least be decent enough to let folks know ~_~()

[Heald]

Someone better post something soon, or I'll just force the story along.

[Kuro Espeon]

Hey, I was the last person to post, so don't look at me! XD

How come every time I post the RPG goes stagnant?

[Blademaster]

I'm waiting for either Rudy to post anything at all or for Asi to swipe Gamma's radar thing. Don't look in my direction.

EDIT: Just looked back at the RPG again. Scratch what I said - Shitagi and Basawe are both on the deck. I can whip up a post soon. Just give me time to sleep and get some shit done during the day.

[Master Rudy]

Well as I said elsewhere in the forum work has been a bit crazy due to the holidays and the NFL Playoffs. Now that Christmas is over and I don't have any birthdays to worry about for at least another three months I should be able to save for my computer fairly quick. I may be able to get something up in a few hours once I'm done posting elsewhere, catching up and brainstorming.

[Bear]

WRITER'S BLOCK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Will post soon -_-

[Blademaster]

Just read Rudy's post. The terms "plot spackle" and "expositional theatre" come to mind.

EDIT: It's 'Kwali,' not 'Kawali.'

[Bear]

"plot spackle" and "expositional theatre"

What the hell do those mean?

[Blademaster]

It means that Rudy's posts are WAAAAAY too mouthy. Shitagi talks and thinks way more than I can see any typical human doing. I mean, this is a DBZ RPG. Save the 14-episode speeches and thoughtful revelations for the proper time, like in the middle of a battle.

[Master Rudy]

Blade......I've been on this message board for nearly 10 years (the RPG forum for about 8 years). This is simply how I post and write. Some people are happy with a 1-2 paragraph post. I'm not.....I feel that if all I have to add is that much then I've got nothing to contribute. Now granted I'm not saying that I don't occassionally make shorter posts. However longer posts have always been what I prefered since it allows a person to go into more detail about a situation. What is that character thinking? What's going on around them? When it comes to RPG's I've always felt longer is better. I'm not saying everyone has to post as if they are writing War and Peace. If you feel you do better with a short post then that's fine. Besides I personally think it fits with Shitagi's character. He IS the heir of Capsule Corp! As a result I believe he's bound to think about things a bit more than the others.

On another note I'm sorry if I got the name of the Kwali's wrong. Is it really that big of a deal to you? You all know who I was talking about. That's almost as bad as the countless people that try to argue that Goku's name is correctly spelled as "Gokou" or "Gokuu" :-/

[Blademaster]

On the one hand, you have a point. On the other hand,

"That's the problem right there. Back on the Saiyan homeworld people are pretty quick to call your great grandfather a traitor. Working with Frieza in his younger years didn't help. Now granted the ones that do this fail to look at the facts. First he was off planet when the genocide occured. Second he never came back. You'd figure they'd be smart enough to look at the facts. Anyone normal or sane would have figured he was already dead or unable to return for whatever reason."

"But there's another thing that doesn't make sense. Let's say for a moment that at the end of all of this that her one and only goal is to get the Dragon Balls. What does she wish for? She seems to despise the current Saiyan royal family that took over Planet Vegeta. She can't wish for their death since the Dragon Balls can't directly kill anyone. Granted she could maybe wish for something natural to happen such as an earthquake or meteor storm. However that runs the risk of killing innocent Saiyans. Whatever misgivings she may have I don't see her senselessly slaughtering the whole planet to get at a few select people."

"I'm sorry Hammer. It was not meant as disrespect towards Kuji. Even with the training I'm afraid that Kura and Zaito may only be around the level of my normal Kaio-Ken. At most they may be equal to Rothax when I fought with him, but that's nowhere near his current power level. Now granted Rothax has no idea about the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. As a result he won't be expecting us to improve so much in such a short time. However he's seen my Kaio-Ken and my mother's. It's a suicide play. Rothax is arrogant but he's not stupid. He's most likely betting on the fact that they will catch us off guard and kill some of us before me and my mother stop them. Either that or he really truely thinks they can beat us all despite the use of Kaio-Ken. What he didn't count on however was you being here. These guys aren't the smartest and they love destruction. If one stray blast hits you Kuji then I'm afraid nothing will stop Rothax from simply destroying the Earth. With no Dragon Balls his mission is over. The fact that he's got a real short fuse doesn't help either."

People don't talk like this, especially when death is waltzing up to their doorstep.

And don't get testy about the names. I was pointing out a mistake, not berating and screaming at you over it.

[Crazy Elf Boy]

Sorry for neglecting this RPG for such a long time, thanks for keeping my character included for as long as you did. I shall have a post done soon.

[Master Rudy]

Good to see you back CEB. For a little while we started to proceed like Sandor wasn't there (kinda like we did we Van prior to his return). I'm not sure if you may need to talk to Heald first on the matter but I'd assume that if your back we can say your with the rest of the group following my last post and that Sandor also completed the training in the time chamber ^_~

[Bear]

So Rudy, did you intend the rest of us to help you fight the Kwalis? I'm kind of confused as to your intentions, so I haven't posted yet. Need some confirmation before I proceed.

[Master Rudy]

This battle is going to be Kura and Zaito's more than anyone else's (and Sandor as well if CEB is 100% back). I had everyone else show up with the obvious exception of Gav and Van for two reasons: it allows everyone's character to be on the sidelines and watching. As a result no one is left out and they can post their thoughts on the battle. Plus it lets the actual characters see that the time chamber works.

Currently just to recap the next group in consists of Shitagi, Retasu, Basawe and Hammer. Same general idea: everyone inside is going for an hour. Shitagi however is going to push for two hours at the insistance of his mother. The others are welcome to stay the full two hours or leave at any point. After that the characters left to enter will be Gamma, Gav and Van. Of course Gav won't be using it anytime soon and I don't know if Gamma could increase his power level with training like a normal person. As a result the only one who may be able to get any kind of benefit from the HTC when he eventually rejoins is Van.

[Heald]

Has Van just jumped into the battle then?

[Master of Paradox]

Pretty much, yes. He has no idea how, but he landed in front of the Kwalis.

He appears to have Hercule's luck.

[Kuro Espeon]

Pretty much, yes. He has no idea how, but he landed in front of the Kwalis.

I could be mistaken, but aren't they all fighting in mid-air? O_o

[Master of Paradox]

I could be mistaken, but aren't they all fighting in mid-air? O_o

It's a little hard for me to follow some of the posts in this game, I confess. A lot of walls-of-text. Given that Van can fly, though, all that really changes is a few details.

[Blademaster]

Just how strong ARE the Kwalis right now, anyway? Anybody have a ballpark on that number?

[Heald]

Well, since I invented them, I'm going to say 5000 base, 10000 full power, and between 8000-13000 when they merge (due to it not being a perfect fusion, but more a bastardised version of it).

Also, for the record, unless someone's posts in the RPG are significantly detrimental to the RPG, please don't nitpick every little aspect about it. Different people have different posting styles, and as long as it does the job (e.g. develops character, moves the plot along etc.) then please don't feel the need to criticise it. If you feel someone's posts are ruining the RPG, PM me please, don't post your opinions here. Even constructive criticism is still criticism which people may not respond well to, no matter how positive you intended it to be. This applies for EVERYONE.

Please feel free to praise each other's posts though.

I'm posting this because I feel there is an atmosphere of negativity in this thread, which I feel is having a worse effect on the RPG and its participants than any single member's RPG posts are having.

So everyone BE FRIENDS NOW OR I'M GOING TO KICK ALL YOUR ASSES

[Kuro Espeon]

So everyone BE FRIENDS NOW OR I'M GOING TO KICK ALL YOUR ASSES

ROFL!!! Heald, I <3 you! XDD

On another note, in terms of power level, I was planning on having Kura be a good deal above the Kwali's, but just shy of second form Rothax. So she'll be able to kick some Kwali ass, but then get her OWN ass handed to her by Rothax. So unless anyone has any serious objections, I'm guessing Kura's current power level would be topping out around 23,000? Rothax is at about 25,000, right? If he's lower than that then I can always drop Kura's level to below whatever it is.

[Blademaster]

Rothax's second form maxes out at 35,000. He can't go much higher than that - maybe 40,000 if he's teetering on the brink of death and his body overloads on adrenaline. You know, like when a person in a dire situation can somehow manage crazy strength they couldn't normally use.

RELEVANT EDIT: I request that nobody portray Chita in their future posts until I say so, please. She's not a fighter. I mean, she IS, but she's not the strong kind or the fast kind - she's the silent kind. If the Kwalis were Heavies and Blaque and Whyte were Scouts, she'd be a Spy. She's planning on securing the Dragonballs amidst the chaos of the battle, and she can mask her power level as well as camouflauge herself VERY well, so it'll be hard to notice her doing so. How she'll do it when the Dragonballs are literally in everyone's pockets... Eh. If Retasu can find a way to do it, then so can she.

And yes, Kamo, Kados, Blaque, Whyte, and Chita combined DO have this theme music. So it's unoriginal. Shut up.

[Asilynne]

Retasu has her ways ;D lol

Anyway Ive been thinking about my character and it occured to me that it may seem odd that a saiyan elite is so well versed in technology when at the same time she prides herself on strength and combat ability as a true saiyan would. So Im going to elaborate a bit more since Ive never actually mentioned it much in her history.
The way I was thinking it would be is that in the 100 or so years on Ninjin rule, more emphasis was put on not only killing weaker species but pirating and adapting their technologies to the saiyans own. The early Ninjins saw technology as yet another way to conquer and be the best at something and so they integrated learning how to use it as part of the saiyan lifestyle, which traditional saiyans hated. Retasu herself outwardly hates it because shes a saiyan purist and wants the race to go back to how it was under Vegeta's rule, but at the same time since she has gained considerable skill in it cant help but take pride in it and likes it (though she would NEVER admit that XD). I dont want to give too much away but expect her character and beliefs to grow and change as she sees more and more of the place Vegeta called home.