The Hammerfall Games, Summer 2152 [OOC|Attn LoM]

[Blakullar]

THE HAMMERFALL GAMES, SUMMER 2152
HOST NATION: The Ravagery


IC page is coming soon.

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The Hammerfall Games are a yearly gladiatorial competition hosted by the LoM. Originally conceptualised in the Mechanocracy of Russia, the Games have since become a multiversal phenomenon, with combatants of all dimensions and timelines clashing together in a spectacular and altogether bloody fight to the death*.
*all deceased combatants will be returned to life after their fight, thanks to the Temporal Quantum Symmetry Causality Reversal Technobabble Thingamajigger 5000 (patent pending)

Spectating entities will have to wait a bit before the IC section is established, since it is necessary to discuss the conduct of the Games (divisions, weapon rules, et cetera). Also, this OP will be greatly expanded as details are agreed upon.

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TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

• The rules of NationStates still apply. Your character can do whatever to other characters though, within reasonable limits.
• Please avoid posting one-liners. Not to be confused with the silly catchphrases you find in cheesy action films. Try to put as much detail into each post as you can - at least a paragraph will suffice. In order to encourage creativity and good-quality writing, one-liners are only permitted in moderation.
• Good grammar and spelling is ideal. If English is not your first language, I can understand, but please keep it at least legible.
• Please for the love of God use the application.
• Be realistic, and don't godmod. This mainly applies to injury reception. Unless your character chugs a jerry can-full of morphine every five seconds, he's going to feel it when he gets bludgeoned, slashed or shot. Also do not describe injuries on other players without their permission! (Trivial injuries, such as a small cut or a bash to the nose, are fine.)
  Please be active. One post a week without prior notification of inactivity is the longest you can go before your character gets bumped off.
• No jellyfish, period. Those who are unfamiliar with the LoM's ways may be wondering why this is even getting a mention in the terms ... but trust me, this is for the sake of preserving everybody's sanity.
• Last but not least, have fun! Or else...

Failure to abide by the above terms will result in Very Bad Things™ happening to either players or characters in the RP.

[Blakullar]

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Abilities: (What notable abilities is afforded by him/her, through augments/psionics/whatever?)
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Agility rating: (How quickly does he/she move?)
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THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Open melee combat, no holds barred!

FIRST CATEGORY
Coming Soon

BLOOD, IRON AND POWDER
You'd best hope you bring your shooting arm.

FIRST CATEGORY
Coming Soon

CLASH OF THE TITANS
The biggest, scariest fighting machines go to war.

FIRST CATEGORY
Coming Soon

DEUS EX MACHINA
A clash of forces beyond scientific comprehension!

FIRST CATEGORY
Coming Soon

BROTHERS IN ARMS
There's no better way to fight than with a squad.

FIRST CATEGORY
Coming Soon

[The Great Devourer of All]

Well, I could host this using the cliche plot engine of 'heroes/gladiators from various nations are captured and forced to fight each other'. Or, since this is probably supposed to be more of a voluntary thing, I could have the Devourer invite a bunch of combatants from across the multiverse to fight in order to see which nations he should have his intelligence agencies keep an eye on. Or someone else could host it. Whatever.

Since you decided to commit heresy and ban jellyfish from fighting, can I use a low-level eldritch horror instead? There wouldn't be too many reality-defying soopermoves involved, just a lot of tentacles and/or impossible geometries.

[Blakullar]

Well, I could host this using the cliche plot engine of 'heroes/gladiators from various nations are captured and forced to fight each other'. Or, since this is probably supposed to be more of a voluntary thing, I could have the Devourer invite a bunch of combatants from across the multiverse to fight in order to see which nations he should have his intelligence agencies keep an eye on. Or someone else could host it. Whatever.

Since you decided to commit heresy and ban jellyfish from fighting, can I use a low-level eldritch horror instead? There wouldn't be too many reality-defying soopermoves involved, just a lot of tentacles and/or impossible geometries.

Well, I'd rather we kept to at least a similar if not identical formula to the first Games. As for your eldritch beast, it would have to be restricted to a psyker-type category.

Speaking of categories, the ones I'm thinking up are a melee fight, a Razor's Edge for ranged-type characters, a mech fight, a squad fight (where the player controls a group of fighters rather than one) and a fight for the dei ex machina. Of course, feel free to pitch ideas at this point (though I personally advise against something like Blood and Circuitry in the first one).

Also, what would be your positions on a final boss for each category (think the first Hammerfall's Instar, but for all of the categories)?

[The Nexus of Man]

We need an obligatory underwater arena! With giant-fucking-mutant whales and final bosses and...

Eh, more for the scenery.

Anyways, since I didn't participate in the last one due to me completely blanking out: I guess it is 1v1s between characters, and not teams, right?

[Maljaratas]

Wee!

Count myself and my various puppets in.

I'm sure that Devourer and Thinking Machines can provided any bosses that might be needed...

Well, I could host this using the cliche plot engine of 'heroes/gladiators from various nations are captured and forced to fight each other'. Or, since this is probably supposed to be more of a voluntary thing, I could have the Devourer invite a bunch of combatants from across the multiverse to fight in order to see which nations he should have his intelligence agencies keep an eye on. Or someone else could host it. Whatever.

Since you decided to commit heresy and ban jellyfish from fighting, can I use a low-level eldritch horror instead? There wouldn't be too many reality-defying soopermoves involved, just a lot of tentacles and/or impossible geometries.

I can have Thinking Machines provide a suitable opponent.

[Blakullar]

Wee!

Count myself and my various puppets in.

I'm sure that Devourer and Thinking Machines can provided any bosses that might be needed...

Well, I could host this using the cliche plot engine of 'heroes/gladiators from various nations are captured and forced to fight each other'. Or, since this is probably supposed to be more of a voluntary thing, I could have the Devourer invite a bunch of combatants from across the multiverse to fight in order to see which nations he should have his intelligence agencies keep an eye on. Or someone else could host it. Whatever.

Since you decided to commit heresy and ban jellyfish from fighting, can I use a low-level eldritch horror instead? There wouldn't be too many reality-defying soopermoves involved, just a lot of tentacles and/or impossible geometries.

I can have Thinking Machines provide a suitable opponent.

Let's work out which categories we're going with (and who's actually hosting the blasted thing) before we decide on bosses.

If I were to submit a boss, it'd obviously be Trotskaya for the melee. But if I were to make Trotskaya the boss, I wouldn't be able to toss Drakolich into the games. Might have to make-do with Arkhont as the boss for the mech fight...

[Maljaratas]

Wee!

Count myself and my various puppets in.

I'm sure that Devourer and Thinking Machines can provided any bosses that might be needed...

I can have Thinking Machines provide a suitable opponent.

Let's work out which categories we're going with (and who's actually hosting the blasted thing) before we decide on bosses.

If I were to submit a boss, it'd obviously be Trotskaya for the melee. But if I were to make Trotskaya the boss, I wouldn't be able to toss Drakolich into the games. Might have to make-do with Arkhont as the boss for the mech fight...

For hosting it, I have no idea (I can offer Thinking Machines if necessary).
Could I have a link to the previous incarnation?

[Blakullar]

Let's work out which categories we're going with (and who's actually hosting the blasted thing) before we decide on bosses.

If I were to submit a boss, it'd obviously be Trotskaya for the melee. But if I were to make Trotskaya the boss, I wouldn't be able to toss Drakolich into the games. Might have to make-do with Arkhont as the boss for the mech fight...

For hosting it, I have no idea (I can offer Thinking Machines if necessary).
Could I have a link to the previous incarnation?

Of course. Basically, hosting it entails that you deal with introducing each contestant and operating the trap for each round. It requires quite a bit of creativity on your end if you were to host it, but you basically get to decide the arena setup (it's typically good form to not decide the trap for your fights, leaving it to a fourth party to man the trap). It's great fun.

[The Great Devourer of All]

Wee!

Count myself and my various puppets in.

I'm sure that Devourer and Thinking Machines can provided any bosses that might be needed...

I can have Thinking Machines provide a suitable opponent.

Let's work out which categories we're going with (and who's actually hosting the blasted thing) before we decide on bosses.

If I were to submit a boss, it'd obviously be Trotskaya for the melee. But if I were to make Trotskaya the boss, I wouldn't be able to toss Drakolich into the games. Might have to make-do with Arkhont as the boss for the mech fight...

I'd be glad to host if that's okay.

For hosting it, I have no idea (I can offer Thinking Machines if necessary).
Could I have a link to the previous incarnation?

Of course. Basically, hosting it entails that you deal with introducing each contestant and operating the trap for each round. It requires quite a bit of creativity on your end if you were to host it, but you basically get to decide the arena setup (it's typically good form to not decide the trap for your fights, leaving it to a fourth party to man the trap). It's great fun.

I have some great potential traps in mind... *evil laugh*

[Multiversal Venn-Copard]

As I suggested on the LoM, the VCMR will be broadcasting the Games across various multiversal comms channels, so that all of their allies/enemies/nations-they-don't-even-know can watch, as long as they have permission to do so from the host.

The exception is if Devourer hosts. Then they'll try to stay very far away.

[The Great Devourer of All]

As I suggested on the LoM, the VCMR will be broadcasting the Games across various multiversal comms channels, so that all of their allies/enemies/nations-they-don't-even-know can watch, as long as they have permission to do so from the host.

The exception is if Devourer hosts. Then they'll try to stay very far away.

Come on, let's have a little fun together... *hides tentacled thing behind back*

[Blakullar]

Let's work out which categories we're going with (and who's actually hosting the blasted thing) before we decide on bosses.

If I were to submit a boss, it'd obviously be Trotskaya for the melee. But if I were to make Trotskaya the boss, I wouldn't be able to toss Drakolich into the games. Might have to make-do with Arkhont as the boss for the mech fight...

I'd be glad to host if that's okay.

Of course. Basically, hosting it entails that you deal with introducing each contestant and operating the trap for each round. It requires quite a bit of creativity on your end if you were to host it, but you basically get to decide the arena setup (it's typically good form to not decide the trap for your fights, leaving it to a fourth party to man the trap). It's great fun.

I have some great potential traps in mind... *evil laugh*

I look forward to it.

Unless anyone else wants to bear the mantle of host, in which case I kinda sorta maybe probably have to put it to a poll.

[Maljaratas]

Devourer seems just fine for hosting.
Venn can do broadcast with help from Thinking Machines if they wish to stay far away from the Ravagery.

For hosting it, I have no idea (I can offer Thinking Machines if necessary).
Could I have a link to the previous incarnation?

Of course. Basically, hosting it entails that you deal with introducing each contestant and operating the trap for each round. It requires quite a bit of creativity on your end if you were to host it, but you basically get to decide the arena setup (it's typically good form to not decide the trap for your fights, leaving it to a fourth party to man the trap). It's great fun.

And thank you Blak.

[Multiversal Venn-Copard]

Devourer seems just fine for hosting.
Venn can do broadcast with help from Thinking Machines if they wish to stay far away from the Ravagery.

Yeah, maybe Thinking Machines could be a third party making sure the other two don't get out of hand. That way the VCMR don't "accidentally" blow up all the Ravagery stuff in orbit near their broadcast Citadel, and we don't start yet another stupid multiversal war.

[Blakullar]

Dev it is, then.

Now, as for categories ... are we going with the five I suggested, or does anyone have any other ideas?

[Tinfect]

We doing this again?
Sounds good, I'll throw Valeren in there again.

[Maljaratas]

Devourer seems just fine for hosting.
Venn can do broadcast with help from Thinking Machines if they wish to stay far away from the Ravagery.

Yeah, maybe Thinking Machines could be a third party making sure the other two don't get out of hand. That way the VCMR don't "accidentally" blow up all the Ravagery stuff in orbit near their broadcast Citadel, and we don't start yet another stupid multiversal war.

That seems more likely than what I said. I can handle that.

Also, might I suggest a unarmed, unarmored (except for natural or built in enhancements) hand-to-hand combat. This could be included in the melee fight category. What's the dei ex machina category all about?

[The Nexus of Man]

We need an obligatory underwater arena! With giant-fucking-mutant whales and final bosses and...

Eh, more for the scenery.

Anyways, since I didn't participate in the last one due to me completely blanking out: I guess it is 1v1s between characters, and not teams, right?

can i get some help on this pls

[Maljaratas]

We need an obligatory underwater arena! With giant-fucking-mutant whales and final bosses and...

Eh, more for the scenery.

Anyways, since I didn't participate in the last one due to me completely blanking out: I guess it is 1v1s between characters, and not teams, right?

can i get some help on this pls

One of the proposed categories is a squad kinda of thing.

[Blakullar]

Yeah, maybe Thinking Machines could be a third party making sure the other two don't get out of hand. That way the VCMR don't "accidentally" blow up all the Ravagery stuff in orbit near their broadcast Citadel, and we don't start yet another stupid multiversal war.

That seems more likely than what I said. I can handle that.

Also, might I suggest a unarmed, unarmored (except for natural or built in enhancements) hand-to-hand combat. This could be included in the melee fight category. What's the dei ex machina category all about?

A deus ex machina category would entail psykers, eldritch horrors, wizards, all that kind of thing.

Also, a to-the-death wrestling match ... actually sounds very cool. I even already have a contestant in mind.

can i get some help on this pls

Yes, it's between characters, but one of the categories I proposed has squads. I gather you're thinking of roping in the Hakenkreuz Fourteen.

[The Great Devourer of All]

That seems more likely than what I said. I can handle that.

Also, might I suggest a unarmed, unarmored (except for natural or built in enhancements) hand-to-hand combat. This could be included in the melee fight category. What's the dei ex machina category all about?

A deus ex machina category would entail psykers, eldritch horrors, wizards, all that kind of thing.

Also, a to-the-death wrestling match ... actually sounds very cool. I even already have a contestant in mind.

I'd have to be excluded from such a match, because superhumans with healing factors a la wolverine and various alien creatures (tentacled or otherwise) would have an obvious advantage over most others.

[Maljaratas]

A deus ex machina category would entail psykers, eldritch horrors, wizards, all that kind of thing.

Also, a to-the-death wrestling match ... actually sounds very cool. I even already have a contestant in mind.

I'd have to be excluded from such a match, because superhumans with healing factors a la wolverine and various alien creatures (tentacled or otherwise) would have an obvious advantage over most others.

I might need to borrow some of the entities fro your factbboks for the deus ex machina... Nidhogg coming to mind

[Blakullar]

A deus ex machina category would entail psykers, eldritch horrors, wizards, all that kind of thing.

Also, a to-the-death wrestling match ... actually sounds very cool. I even already have a contestant in mind.

I'd have to be excluded from such a match, because superhumans with healing factors a la wolverine and various alien creatures (tentacled or otherwise) would have an obvious advantage over most others.

What about a woman whose forearm has been replaced with a mechatronic crocodile jaw that can bite a fully-armoured Frenkish Vanguard in two in one go?

[Maljaratas]

I'd have to be excluded from such a match, because superhumans with healing factors a la wolverine and various alien creatures (tentacled or otherwise) would have an obvious advantage over most others.

What about a woman whose forearm has been replaced with a mechatronic crocodile jaw that can bite a fully-armoured Frenkish Vanguard in two in one go?

I'm suspecting the match will need tiers in regards to the natural abilities of the combatants...