Board 8 > Sburbopolis: A game in the style of Homestuck

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Have fun guys...

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All the proteins, vitamins, and carbs of your grandma's best turkey dinner, plus 15% alcohol.

Le's do dis

Alright, let's get this show on the road! The first session is going live as we speak. To jump in, just enter the blast group named "sburbopolis".

For anyone who stumbled into this topic accidentally, this is a play by post game, run over AIM, chronicling the misadventures of a band of players in a session unlike that of the trolls and kids from the original Homestuck. It possesses a similarly epic, unfolding plot, bizarre but entertaining humor, and hilarious catchphrases as the original webcomic. If you're curious about this, don't worry, I'm still taking applicants! Just post interest here and I'll see what I can do to set you up.

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Slightly fix'd the info so people won't join the wrong group. We had all the technical difficulties. Allllllll of them!

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an hour and a half and I will be there.

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how does one join an aim blast group

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I can add you to it but i forget your aim name

snowcs2 or something right

one does not simply join an aim blast group

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From: BonetaiI | #007
I can add you to it but i forget your aim name

snowcs2 or something right

yeah that's it

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yeah so

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so is this like a "play by AIM for the next couple hours" thing or a "play over the course of weeks/days/years and it happens to be AIM" thing

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someone please add me.

maniacmike64

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Tom Bombadil posted...
so is this like a "play by AIM for the next couple hours" thing or a "play over the course of weeks/days/years and it happens to be AIM" thing

The later.

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so, uh, it's snowcs2 for anyone that decides to invite me

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well then add me imho

heroicbombadil

I am not on right now if it matters I am mooching my crappy work internet

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yep

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what is a blast group

welp

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Oh crap snowcamp I totally forgot about you like 2 minutes later I'm so sorry

I'll do that now

Invitations sent. 'Ave at it!

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i have no idea if this will work 'cause I'm pretty much stuck on an iPod for the foreseeable future and i have no idea how the mobile aim app works, but yeah, worth a shot

sunnyEscapist is my aim, for whoever is giving out invites

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(4:15:12 PM) heroicbombadil: !1
(4:15:12 PM) [sburbopolis]: Internal error processing this request.
(4:15:33 PM) heroicbombadil: !accept
(4:15:33 PM) [sburbopolis]: Internal error processing this request.

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~Tommeri Uranius Bombaldi the Fourth, esq.
(aka not Krakenprophet)

Hey, add me to the blastgroup. I haven't really decided if I want to play yet (and I haven't had time to even consider a character idea) but I want to observe.

You can add me too, link5201. I might not be able to play today but I can least sit in for a little bit.

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Sent. Here's to hoping you guys can join in!

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whoops, wasn't able to make it tonight I left soonish after I posted here.

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We're still going if you want to observe still.

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"I can already feel my Dumey Lust kicking in." -MistBiomeZ

We're STILL F***IN' GOIN, B****ES

yes. they are still going. and it's starting to get kinda cool. sad that i'm gonna have to go through all the boring parts with my character if i ever submit one.

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feels like only minutes ago we started o_o

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invite recieved, I'll do my best to make it to the next session

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Sparuscus

I work a lot but I'll make it when I can

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Requesting title change from Sburbopolis --> Twostuck

From: BonetaiI | #033
Requesting title change from Sburbopolis --> Twostuck

I approve of this change.

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"I can already feel my Dumey Lust kicking in." -MistBiomeZ

Awright, time to recap the first half of session one. Here we goooooooooo

SESSION ONE:

Sburbopolis began with compulsive gambler Dumey Gambit, engaged in an enthralling conversation with one of his chums. After getting off the conversation, Dumey requested the aid of a mysterious entity, known as the meta-metagame abstraction. Impressing the abstraction by rolling a lucky seven with two six-sided dice, Dumey learned that he and several other players were meant to play SBURB, a thrilling new game coming out of its beta phase. He began to install it but put it on the backburner, deciding to explore his apartment first. He then stole one of his Old Buddy's medals, and set out to explore his apartment.

ZENO, the chum Dumey had been talking to, had been busy debating the pros and cons of playing Mega Man 1 up to that point, before dismissing the game as a load of bull****. After the conversation, he availed himself of several gadgets and went out to his underground lab's playground. There he found a depowered, but activatable robot, and restored its functions. The robot was unable to speak, so ZENO decided to try and restore its functions using his technical know-how.

Around the same time, a particularly poorly handled attempt at naming a young girl produced a localized temporal rollback. The girl, Aria Sinclaire, re-lived the previous day before finally receiving a name. Said day included finding her parrot, Morrigan, and cooking some amazing spiced lobsters, which she used to bribe the owl parrot, Snowblind, into letting her take her Sburb copy.

Far, far away, teenage wrestler Paul Quebec struggled against his grandfather, Crusher "The Crusher" Quebec in a no-holds barred wrestling match. Both fought dirty, but Crusher emerged victorious, warning Paul to continue training if he ever hoped to beat him. Paul received a Pesterchum call, but opted to ignore it.

Warren Heneke, however, persevered and managed to hold a conversation with Paul. He then snuck out of his room and went out for a ride with his newly named loyal steed, Hidalgo. He was intercepted by his sister and her horse, Black Star. He evaded her at first, but was eventually caught and his Client copy of Sburb was taken from him.

Lastly, Zach Waller fought a fierce battle with a group of annoying birds. Channeling the spirit of Ryu Hayabusa, birds were no threat to him, and he left a wake of nonlethally massacred birds in his wake. He then availed himself of his own Sburb copy, and wondered what to do with it.


And that was that! It was a pretty hectic and long session, but I'm happy with the way things turned out. We had our fair share of badassery, funny jokes, and weirdness. Below is the session log, for those interested in the whole thing. It includes at least one pretty fun joke and several music tracks, so it might be worth a read!

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?185hwqo273bmql9

In time this little thing will grow to absolutely colossal sizes, so I am going to add markers to it. In spite of the chaos, never fear, there is some method to my madness!

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Now, moving on to other things, here's the chargen format, since I forgot about it before. If you wanna join in numbers, just fill in the template and send it to me on AIM or through PM (or just upload it to a site even) and we'll go over it. Assuming everything is in order, you'll be able to jump in whenever!

And now for the template:

Name: Obviously.
Race: Troll, Human, or something else if you have any ideas, but run them through me on AIM first.
Description: What the character looks like and how he or she acts. If you're gonna use typing quirks, you could show them off too.
Dwelling: A superficial description of the character's home.
Guardian: Who his or her guardian is. The Guardian doesn't have to be like the ones in the comic, though. I could accept a twin or younger sibling as a guardian, or even a total stranger. A rough idea of their style of badassery would be useful too, like how Dad has superstrength, Mom Lalonde can attack with anything she can buy, and Bro flash steps.
Foil and Denizen: Two mortal enemies: provide a few vague ideas for your Denizen (nothing bigger than a few adjectives or maybe some sort of attack), as well as a key trait or two for your Foil.
Strife Specibus: Of course.


Lastly...

Requesting title change from Sburbopolis --> Twostuck

Let's just say I had to create a new arc number due to this and leave it at that. Also, fun fact: Sburbopolis/Twostuck's starting date was... 09/0*2*. Coincidence? I THINK NOT

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09/2/11

where 1+1 = 2

Also my bird fight and the Warren/Sis fight were both the highlights of the night.

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http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSpdnFAIB9UBf0xa_H-_0mCmrmNtwDdGHYJ3Co_PP40tIBMfCF0uw

That is all. Goddamn you unintentional symbolism!

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BonetaiI posted...
Also my bird fight and the Warren/Sis fight were both the highlights of the night.

You forgot ZENO's moods too. But yeah, everybody had awesome moments except maybe Aria. I need to get her some. :-/

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And if you don't feel like downloading all of that, I have it in easy-to-swallow pastebin flavor as well
http://pastebin.com/SXQn3dT6

I think my dice roll was pretty legit. Definitely deserves a highlight position.

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"I can already feel my Dumey Lust kicking in." -MistBiomeZ

Aren't you having a session today?

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Its things like this that make you wonder why the company that makes M&Ms don't make butter

maybe kanz died from exhaustion.

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RIP Kanz

He died as he lived

Rolling a 2

well, there are people around the blast dealie. don't know how many of them had characters.

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"Oh God, maplejet's trying to be cool again. I'll call the ambulance." - Wylvane

So, my connection decides that me being tired isn't enough and completely craps itself, forcing me to spend the better part of the day working hard to fix it. Fortunately, I've finally found another comp with stable internet and am back online. I'll see if I can set up shop and start something up, if anyone's interested.

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We're solid at any point Kanz.

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"I can already feel my Dumey Lust kicking in." -MistBiomeZ

YEAHYEAHYEAH GOGOGO

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"I can already feel my Dumey Lust kicking in." -MistBiomeZ

kanzaris rolled 1 5-sided die: 2

kanzaris
TWOSTUCK

That is all.

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