Idea brainstorm

[The Mammoth]

Okay, so I'm sure all of us enjoy the "fantasy" genre of RP.

However, recently I've had a craving for a "realistic" RP. Something with no magic, no insanity. On my old forum, there was a thread called Covert Ops, where teams/one guy were all going on an infiltration mission for various reasons of a compound. I was thinking something along those lines (Yes, my recent completion of MGS4 had somethign to do with me wanting a thread like this.)

I just think it would be a fun change of pace to have a realistic war-torn thread.

So, if anyone is interested, I'd like to start bouncing ideas off each other, because i've got nothing right now

[piñata]

I've been writing a story about an infiltration/covert ops/martial-arts expert, so I could probably contribute something (even though this particular story has a sort of comic-book-hero fantasy component to it).

Let's see: We need a specific mission or objective, which means a specific bad guy. What era did you want it to take place in? We could hit Russian or Vietnamese or even German targets if you wanted something historical, or we could go after Arabs if you wanted present day (or we could have it be slightly less realistic and be attacking, say, Canada if you want). We could even hit targets like weapons smugglers and drug traffickers, rather than waging war against any actual country.

If it's a covert ops group rather than a single infiltrator, we'll need people with different specialties: a demolitions expert, a sniper, a scout, etc. That should give people something to go on when thinking of characters: How can I be useful to the team?

We'd probably need a chain of command as well, since it's a military RP: Say, RP leader's character is the highest rank (probably Captain or Major) and then there's a Lieutenant or two serving as the other ranking officers (subordinate to the RP leader, but they get to throw their weight around), then there's maybe a couple of Sergeants and everyone else is a Private or a Corporal. Obviously, if we're Navy or Marine Corps those ranks might be slightly different (use Navy or Marine equivalents, since chain of command is usually the same and it's just the titles that vary).

I'll try to think of other things, but this should help us set some stuff up.

[knightc3]

yup, thats a lot of help Pinata.

[The Mammoth]

fantastic pinata, My idea was going along the line of its player's choice whether they do a team or an individual. But I'm liking your idea so far. INfiltration of a terrorist-esque base in the sand would be cool. (I just want Camo stuff, and tactical battle, instead of the usual)

[The Mammoth]

I think it would be far more interesting as well if we went along the lines of being DIFFERENT groups. Each player could be a different group or soldier representing someone, or if people wanted to work together in the same group. Simply to allow for conflict between players. Its all fun and good to have a main bad guy you all work towards, but what if each party has conflicting ideals and different goals so that their enemies are, in fact, other players?

Thats what sounds interesting to me.

[knightc3]

Hmm, you know what, I would certainly like to play a sniper/ scout of sorts that tracks/ slows your groups down for the main baddy. I dont really need any info about them as he would not be interacting with the main bad guy very often. Also I can pick off the NPCs from your groups, maybe forcing you all to work together at the end because of simple lack of manpower

Oh and if given permission, maybe injure your characters if required. Give you a ghost to hunt basically.

What say M?

[The Mammoth]

Sounds good if ya work it in to whatever story we come up with, but don't expect him to not be tracked as well *smirks*

[knightc3]

Of course I want him to be tracked. Thats the best part. You will be against another player rather than one of your NPCs Dont worry, I know how NOT to god mode

When you post up the story, I will let you know where I can fit in. This doesn't mean no one else can join in at MY side btw ;D

[Roara]

Oh oh oh oh!

I already has a character o.o

[piñata]

Holy crap, it's Roara! *glomps*

Where have you been hiding?

[Roara]

Well....


First I was sent on vacation to san diego. While crossing the desert, I was ambushed by vampires on motorcycles. We had an epic battle on top of a moving semi truck, but it fell off a bridge into the colorado river.

Then I floated upstream until I was at the hoover d**n, where there was team rocket trying to destroy the d**n. Pikachu took care of them.


While I was there, I spent the night in vegas.


Then I rode home, and gladfully went to my friends house, then ended back here.

[knightc3]

The rest of the story in fine but the for the first part... You were "sent" on vacation? What the heck is that supposed to mean?

[Roara]

I didnt want to go >.>

[piñata]

You didn't want to go to San Diego? Why not? Didn't you know how hot the girls are over there?

[Roara]

I know, but seeing as sitting there watching the boardwalk is only entertaining for so long..