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.: A Clockwork Purgatory :.


What does it mean to be strong?
Is it the power to change the world?
To create, to destroy, to control...

If that is what it means to be strong,
then what does it mean to be truly weak?

What if there was a place where everyone was the same.
A place where differences didn't matter.
A place where everyone is just as helpless.

The Great Equalizer.




6/04
My reprieve is nearly over. I should be back to work sometime tomorrow.

5/24
s**t went down. No really. It wasn't the good kind, either, it was the kind that comes whenever you don't want it to and keeps things from happening. Announcements will be made when we near completion.

4/21
We are aiming to have everything ready for play by the end of May. The event will likely run over two weekend blocks, but we haven't finalized a schedule yet. If this happens it is likely that "Part 1" will be on the first weekend, and "Part 2" will be on the second weekend.




News


2/08/06 - We start getting our s**t together. >_<"
9/12/06 - The Event is Finally Announced

Conspiracy Theories
Psychofish
I forgot my conspiracy theory for this past week.

-inserts-

The great equilizer will be a body raffle. We'll all make our characters with their pasts, personalities, equipment, and abilities, but when the contest starts there will be a general pulling of souls/movable-persona-thingies from one body to one randomly picked for each person by a raffle the mods will run. Most will end up with their character in someone else's body for contest's duration.

Fenrir Fenix
@Conspiracy theory:

As for the great equalizer, I think Jello is just going to have Kraun kick the living crap out of anyone that doesn't work. Or all of us until we all start to work.


Still to Come


- More story updates.
- Specific dates.





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The Story Thus Far...




The world was not made in a day. Over the course of history, civilizations have risen and have fallen; with each age that passes more of the distant past disappears forever, lost and forgotten. All that remains of the most distant of pasts are the relics left behind to withstand the long siege of time.

In times long past the world was different. There were things built of the very cosmos, as old as time itself. Some of those things still exist today, slumbering beneath the passage of thousands of millenia, waiting to be discovered again.

A time before time, when men walked with gods, and the Ancient still shaped the world that even now holds so many mysteries for us.

- = -


There are mysterious ruins scattered throughout Gaia. Places that cannot be explained through any modern knowledge or science; testaments to ancient religions, ancient civilizations, and the dark arts that have been lost to the sands of time. Feats of engineering that rival those of the most modern technology, and magical artifacts found long buried that are greater than any we could possibly create.

The ruins tell us of an ancient civilization. A people with vast power and knowledge that have long since vanished from this world, or perhaps have long since forgotten their own lost heritage.

The weapons tell us of an ancient war. A war waged between powers that could be called gods themselves. Weapons lay deep beneath the earth, golems and clockwork soldiers sleep under mountains as they wait for their masters' call, and war machines once created sit untouched by none but the hands of time.

From time to time new ruins are uncovered, and new evidence is discovered that could shed a light upon what happened so many ages ago. Researchers and treasure hunters alike delve into the interiors of these ruins looking for ancient magic, or a clue to the mysterious origins of those ruins.

Seldom do they ever return.

To be continued...

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( Not really... registration dates TBA. )



At A Glance

Currently not accepting applicants due to setup period.
Bio Deadline: TBA
Late Bio Deadline: TBA

Registration Free: 0 gold
Late Bio Fee: 1000 gold

You may only enter one character.


Staff Hiring: Biograders and Judges.


Player


Joining A Clockwork Purgatory as a player requires two things: a bio and the desire to have some fun. First, send your bio to one of the bio graders listed below, and after your character has been accepted, go ahead and get ready to get your game on.

Send a bio in the following format to one of the bio graders. If your bio is for one reason or another simply unacceptable or unreadable, you will be asked to rewrite and given some pointers.

Guidelines on how bios are graded are included at the end of this post.

Quote:
Username: (Your Gaia name)
Name: (Your character's name)

Description: (A physical description of your character)

Quirks: (The details that make your character who they are. A mish-mash of personality traits, strengths, and weaknesses.)

Equipment: (Weapons and any special items/armor)

Abilities: (Any special skill, ability, or talent your character has. Group like abilities together (i.e., all abilities that have to do with swordsmanship go together, fire powers go together, etc.).)

History: (If you have RPed this character before, tell us which parts of the history you RPed and which parts you made up.)

RP Sample: (Write your character doing something. Please put in some effort!)



Staff


Organizers:
themightyjello
Joseph Brown

Permanent Staff:

Hired Judges/Graders:


Grading


You'll all be graded on a million point scale of-

Just kidding. For the first time in years, we're not going to be screening bios for fairness. Why? Well, because of the Great Equalizer, that's why.

HOWEVER, your bio/application will be rejected if our staff feels that not enough effort has been put into it. We're not expecting novels, but we want bios to be complete. That means (applicationally) significant objects that the character carries (weapons, armor, mecha suits, etc.), supernatural abilities, and things of that sort must be included (not a list of attacks by name, but an explanation with at least a short description of any powers that the character possesses). A semi-detailed (aesthetically) description of the character and a few examples of little quirks in personality that the character has ensure a good sense of character (a necessary thing for staying in character); and we feel that a background is necessary, more so than anything else, in conveying just who your character is.

We appreciate quality. We appreciate length. However, if your bio is so ungodly long that it makes our eyes bleed, you have no right to complain if one of the graders takes a few days to get back to you on it because it's just so damned intimidating.


Resubmit Policy


Rejected bios can be rewritten and resubmitted as many times as needed. We're not Nazis here, we just like to see some effort put in.

Up until the start of the event, if you wish to swap out your current character with another, just send the bio as you would with an initial application, but make sure to notify us of your intent to replace your current character with it.




F.A.Q.


Q: What the hell is Clockwork Purgatory?

A: All you need to know:
  • It's run by themightyjello and Joseph Brown.
  • There's limited membership, and as much as it's jerk-off-ish to say it, favorites will be played; though weight is given to regulars and people who we know will stay in after the first couple days.
  • Kraun will play epic mid-bosses.
  • There will be maps. Actual maps.
  • Cash prize OOC, no doubt some sort of life-changing happenings IC.
  • There will be a plethora of magic items to be gained and kept.
  • People may or may not die.
  • The world may or may not be reshaped.
  • Deus ex Machina, god in the machine.

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Rules

"Sit down, shut up, and listen."


We support the Anti-Munch Project. This is pretty much a common sense list of things that are considered bad roleplaying. Love this list, love it to death, but don't take it word for word as the handed-down-by-god rules.

The Anti-Munch Project
Here's the (unfinished) list of what we're against:
The people who never miss a single shot no matter how hard it is (Aimbotters).
The people who can't be hit or just shrug it off (god-moders).
The people who never are without a weapon and ammo (idkfa-ers).
The people who have absurdly strong powers (twinks).
The people who 'balance' thier characters by having a massive but irrelevant weakness and massive powers (min-maxers).
The people who use Out Of Character knowledge to get an edge (Miss Cleos).
The people who do things in hindsight (McFlys).
The people who RP other people's characters for them (Puppetmasters).
The people who RP completely irrelevant things (Daydreamers).
The people who RP actions and time against others while the others aren't presant (Shoe elves).
The people who ignore or alter RPs that they don't like (Revisionists).
The people who RP an absurdly time consuming sequence occuring between other people's actions (Speedhackers).
The people who play as characters that are completely impossible (Oxymorons).
The people who arbitrarily declare themselves the winner with instant death attacks (Baghdad Bobbits).
The people who've taken actions before they start RPing (Gaseous Snakes).
The people who pull-in elements that were approved in an unrelated RP (Augustines).
The people who use an existing persona and only RP them when it helps (Batmen).
The people who alter thier character as needed for the situation (Zoicite).
The people who gain abilities as they need them with no prior exposure (Trinities).

In these examples, A will be our Good RPer and B will be our Nasty Filthy Munchkin.

Aimbotters: Especially annoying when using NPCs, as NPCs don't get to argue about munch...
A: Three hundred seventy of my trained assassin gymnasts crest the hill, sight you, and rush toward you.
B: Luckily, I have three hundred sixty-nine bullets in my chain gun! I quickly mow them all down, each taking a single bullet to the head, and peg the last one with a rock in the sternum.

Godmoders: Obvious.
A: Now that you're strapped to the end of a naval cannon, I fire it.
B: Whoosh! I nimbly dodge, somehow forgetting the fact that I'm restrained by three-hundred-pound chain!

IDKFA-ers: Most likely people attempting to emulate Solid Snake or some other cheesy spy-novel hero.
A: You're all out of ammo for all five of your Ingram submachine guns, 501!|). Since you're buck-naked, I know I can now safely step into the open and begin returning fire.
B: Ha! Little did you know, I have twelve shuriken hidden within my pubic hair!

Min-maxers
A: I've successfully broken into the facility which gave you your incredibly 1337 power armor. Now I pull up the file on it. What does it say about weak points?
B: The metal of my armor is... um... allergic to praying mantis urine.

Miss Cleos: Obvious.
A: ((OOC: There's a secret switch hidden in the lamp.))
B: I suddenly think to myself-- why not check the lamp for hidden switches? Call me now for your free reading!

McFlys
A: Ha! Now that the force field is down, I run inside your evil lair!
B: Um... um... there's also a super-secret second force field which causes you to die instantly! I just didn't say anything about it because... um... I had to do my laundry! Not because I just thought of it now! Honestly!

Puppetmasters
A: I step carefully into the room, peering around for occupants.
B: Suddenly a dragon pokes you in the eye. You run screaming from the room, whereafter you go home, make a pickle sandwich, and call your mother to cry about how she ruined your life.

Daydreamers: Not exactly munch, per se, but it does get annoying.
A: In the middle of the intense shootout, I dash across the narrow alley, ducking and weaving in hopes to avoid getting hit. I'm unsuccessful; two bullets peg me in the shoulder, throwing me back into a Dumpster.
B: The bullets make me think back to my days as a youth, when I had to melt down tin soldiers to use as musket balls against the Redcoats... or was it redskins? I can't remember. Anyway, I had to walk uphill all three ways to school and back, running from glaciers all the while. It was torture, lemme tell ya. And then there's the story of how I met my first wife...

Shoe elves: Pretty obvious.
A: ((OOC: Well, gotta go to bed. Big neurosurgery test tomorrow.))
B: Ho, ho, ho! Now that the loser's gone to bed, I can strap his character to a cross and peg him with rotten fruit!

Revisionists
A: You chose the blue pill? Ooh, tough luck.
B: Red! I said red! Don't go pulling that "I can read your previous post" mind game crap, either!

Speedhackers
A: I walk to the door and step outside.
B: Suddenly, twelve men grab you, carry you off to my secret lair in Tibet, and torture you for weeks. When you finally die from the agony, we bury you in the frozen wastes. Hundreds of years later, arhcaeologists discover your frozen body and try to determine if you're another Lucy.

Oxymorons
A: I'm a farmer with a shotgun.
B: I'm a black hole which emits blinding pulses of visible light!

Gaseous Snakes: An advanced (or is that "dumb"?) form of McFlys.
A: I walk to the door and open it.
B: Being a fellow with a bit of foresight, I hooked that doorknob to a car battery an hour ago. You're thrown across the room.

Augustines
A: Given that this RP's technology base is midieval, I happily drive my cart to the market to buy some maggot-ridden meat.
B: Too late! I already got there in my Gundam and blew up everything with my insanely overpowered weapons! And don't start whining, because my Gundam's already pre-approved in the "This Is Not a Midieval Technology Base RP" thread.

Batmen
A: In this Fantastic Four RP, I'll be Ben, the gruff rock-man with a heart of gold.
B: I'll be Reed Richards, the living sex toy who hunts down innocent women to subdue with his incredible flexibility!


Navigating the World

Moving about in the Clockwork Purgatory is much different than what is normally found in these events. There will be a separate thread for each location, but each location will have set prerequisites that must be completed before characters are allowed to progress to the next thread.

GMs will inform the players of when they are allowed to move, and where they are allowed to move to. In the event of an area that acts 'normally' (having an open entrance and exit) the traditional two-post rule is in place. One post to enter the thread, one post to exit the thread.

There are many paths that can be taken, and a character's own actions dictate where they will end up.

Game Rules

Mortal damage. There's sometimes when your character can't take any more and everyone knows it. In conventional free form roleplay this is where miraculous saves and pushing yourself to the limit happen.

While nobody wants to see their character strung up on a fishhook, sometimes you just can't get away from it. If you get knocked out, that's one thing... if you've made friends, they might just help you out until you regain consciousness, if you've made enemies... well, you'd be at their mercy.

At any point, however, there will be a 'run like hell' button (not so much a button, but something that will be given to them IC at the start of the event). If you feel that you can't take anymore, or you fear for your character's life, feel free to press that button at any time; but know that if you duck out, your involvement in the event is over. You can still hang around for the after party and things like that, but you're gone from participation after a 'run like hell'.

As for as combat and damage is concerned, if there is a disagreement a Judge can be called in to force a result or call an OHKO.

Healing. Minor healing is unregulated, major healing has rules. The only thing that counts as major healing is resurrection.

Judging

Any time you need a judge for a fight, post in the designated 'judge request thread' and ask. Even if a judge doesn't get to you immediately, they will eventually, and they will nix the fight if they have to to remedy severe b***h-moves.

Don'ts

Now, for some basic don'ts.

Don't cheat. This includes all the basic types, such as auto-hitting, puppet-mastering, and generally trying to dictate your will onto the RP. If you want to make a difference, do so by posting constructively.

Don't ruin the game for everyone else. We all know you want to be the center of attention, and sometimes you deserve to be, but one man won't win a war, and it takes a group sometimes to achieve a goal. Be nice to your allies, they're here to have fun too... hell, be nice to your enemies (ooc), because it's just a game, after all.

Dos

Well, that's about it for the don'ts. Here are some dos:

Detail. It's not a requirement, but it's greatly in your favor. If you simply write, "Chris slashes at ChikenBoi101," that leaves both ChickenBoi101 and the judge a lot of room for interpretation. It puts you at ChickenBoi101's mercy, because now HE gets to decide what angle you are attacking from; HE controls the flow of combat for that turn. Next time, at least you'll know to post "Chris swings his sword over his head, slashing down at ChickenBoi101's right shoulder."

More detail. This is really a continuation of the last paragraph, only for when you are fighting alongside others. It's just as crucial to be sure to explain where you are relative to your allies when two teams with multiple people on either side are fighting. Think of it this way... if everyone on your team just wrote, "I rush forward at ChickenBoi101," what's to stop ChickenBoi101 from posting, "ChickenBoi101 fires a single shot at the leader, the bullet flying through all ten of his attackers, as they were all conveniently moving at him in a straight line." "Chris rushes at ChickenBoi101, just behind and to the right of his leader," is much better. Which leads us to...

Tracking. Keep track of where the heck you are, and what sort of stance or position you are in. You aren't going to be able to punch ChickenBoi101 in the face, then kick the guy on the other side of the room in a single turn. Nor will it be an easy feat to block with your left hand when your right is extended forward, and your enemy is on your right side. (Possible, but certainly not easy.)

Stay true to your character. If we find you using abilities that you don't have, there will be consequences.

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Accepted Players


[ exclaim = fee unpaid | question = TMJ has yet to receive bio approval / evalutation pending]

NO APPLICANTS AT THIS TIME


Judges


1. All the Organizers and Staff
2. Skysong Moonsword and her zombie-eating brains.

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Prize Info


Entry fees + whatever I drudge up. Probably will sell something. Expect a couple hundred K or something like that.

Prizes will be distributed among:
  • The Storyline Winner
  • Major Players
  • Cool Points
  • And of course, your character can take whatever loot they can carry.



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Post seven!

For good measure.




I now declare the thread open for mindless rambling while I set things up.

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-rabble rabble rabble~!-
Now that I have that out of my system, Hello. ^^

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*Assists in the mindless rambling*

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Count me in on the rambling!

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What are we going to be rambling about?

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I know you! You were at Altrinus!

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What are we going to be rambling about?
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Discuss.

*Removes the direct link for beaing threatened to be turned inside out by way of his own rectum*

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What are we going to be rambling about?
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Discuss.


eek ...


I'll pass.

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