The IC page for the arc, THE INFINITES - AND BEYOND. Where all the action is happening.
(Oh. And, if for some reason you were wanting to see hilarity and funny stuff of previous arcs of the Infinites, check them out HERE with the ORIGINAL GO-ROUND, and HERE for the former arc, The Infinites: The Lamest Heroes)
ROLE PLAY GAMES
COMEDY ROLE PLAY GAME
Winner - Community Choice Award For Comedy Role Play Game: "The Infinites - the Lamest Heroes", ICOOC
The world of the Infinites is full of excitement and danger. Costumed supervillains wielding great and terrible power run rampant. Crime continues to plague society. Rising to face these dangers are the Infinites. A national organization of superheroes who have vowed to use their superhuman powers for truth, justice, and the American way, the Infinites fight for the common man. They have saved the day countless times from all kinds of evils. The Infinites are real life superheroes. This story is about their adventures... sort of...
Originally the Infinites fought evil across the entire country, but soon it became clear that it was simply too big for them to cover. Thus new superhero recruits went on to form the West Coast Infinites. Before long numerous superhero groups were formed to protect the country, the Midwest Infinites, the Pacific Northwest Infinites, the Canadian Infinites, the Quebec Infinites, the Texas Infinites, the Southern Infinites...
Meet the heroes of our story, the Minnesota Infinites. The ninth or tenth greatest team of superheroes in the country. They may not be A-listers, or B-listers, or even C-listers, but they still have days of saving the country. So long as the other superheroes are all busy. They may not get good press, or any press, and they may not have their own line of action figures or corporate sponsorships, but they are heroes who truly care about justice. Mostly. Probably...
Welcome to the Infinites, a superhero RP that is more of a comedic slice of life RP than an action story for superheroes. Players are members of the illustrious Minnesota Infinites, based in the town of Orient, Minnesota, population 2,000. Now that you're a member there's not much of a point hiding it. You're not here because you're the best and brightest. The Slipstreams and Nightshades and Atomic Avengers of the world don't end up with the Minnesota Infinites. You're not getting a comic book based on you. You don't get to be on Oprah, or even The View. No dying child wishes to see you. None the less you're here anyways. Why? Because you care about justice? Because you want to be transferred to an Infinites group with career opportunities? Because your powers are too nightmarish for the public? Because you're a genuine screw up? No matter what you're here now, and it's your job to protect the innocent people of Minnesota from evil. Because you know, every villain wants to take over Minnesota.
This RP is a farcical and comedic setting. It largely parodies more serious superhero works, and of course features characters more silly than what you'd see in most comics. In other words this is a far cry from Dark Knight or Watchmen. Still there's room for character interaction and development. The desire to be respected and appreciated, and to have a chance to move up in life, is relatable to everyone. The plight of the tenth chair violinist. Of the first day intern. Of the friend who never gets to decide where the group goes. We all know what that's like to some extent. This story is about that feeling in superheroes. While all the cool Infinites get the big league villains and the alien invasions, you're stuck with the small town traffic incidents and the 'just-as-lame' super villains no one else wants to bother fighting. A story about the less famous characters of a superhero universe.
Do you want to move up in life? Do you want to save the day and have the country worship you? Do you want your own action figure? Your own Comic Book? Your own picture on a cereal box? Your own Nobel Peace Prize? Do you want to be the hero of the story? Well everyone has to start somewhere right? Of course there's genuine evil in this otherwise colorful setting. Maybe, just maybe, the world will have to turn to the Minnesota Infinites... you know if all the cool superheroes just up and leave or something.
FOR THIS ARC ONLY - The Minnesota Infinites are GOING INTO SPACE! Keep that in mind with the kind of lame powers you can think of. What will the Infinites do in space? Bunches of things. Heroic things even. Maybe. Well, as heroic as these guys can get. Which isn't very heroic all the time, but they try.
Rules:
- 1. Fun is mandatory. If fun is not being had than please report for reassignment.
2. Bonuses for any time IC you can use a real superhero name from comics or movies, but not in referring to a person. (Ex. "That would be super, man.") Bonus points have absolutely zero value and cannot be traded in for better advantages.
2 1/2. Bonuses also for any time you can skewer an existing space show or movie, and satirize it. Again, bonus points count for nothing. Kind of like the chances of the Cleveland Browns winning the Super Bowl.
3. Comedic as this setting is, remember not to let things go past PG.
4. No godmodding, cheating, or meta-gaming. You probably know the drill. However, due to the nature of this RP, this may be excused if the result is hilarious...
5. Superheroes who fail to be memorable won't be remembered.
6. Profanity is not welcome. You don't see it in the comics. It won't be here either. That also goes for things that appear like profanity, including substituting a "u" for a "v", or a "u" for a "oo". It doesn't fly here. However, if you must indicate that your character uses profanity, do it how the comics do. "@&*#!" is fine.
7. This will be more of a railroad RP than a sandbox, but there will be some sandbox elements. A sandy railroad, perhaps... The first version left a lot of characters dangling on their own, which is what I think led to its demise. This one, we're going to be more in it together. We are a team... the greatest team of lame D-level superheroes the world has ever not really known.
8. No characters will be welcome who are too powerful. If you want your character to be powerful, you need to join another superhero RP. This is only for the lamest of the lame.
9. Characters from the former "Infinites" threads who want to re-apply sure can. Otherwise, just type in and say you're in, and keeping the character that was already sent in earlier. If you want to change your app, this is a fine time to do it. New characters and new players are always welcome.
10. If you apply and get accepted, but then go inactive (defined as being whatever the OP thinks is inactive), UNLESS you go inactive with permission (e.g., holiday break away from the internet), your character will be confiscated and used, regardless if it's how you prefer or not. The character becomes either an NPC or is given to another active player. IN OTHER WORDS, if you like your character, stay active.
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Credit to New Grestin for image shown above.