(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 first arc of mine, The Infinites: The Lamest Heroes), and HERE for the space arc, The Infinites: And Beyond!
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...
See, the other, some-would-say-more powerful Infinites teams? The ones who fight nefarious evil all across the entire country, and sometimes even the world? You've got teams of the greatest superheroes known to man, such as the West Coast Infinites which was the original, but also teams such as the Midwest Infinites, the Pacific Northwest Infinites, the Canadian Infinites, the Quebec Infinites, the Texas Infinites, the Southern Infinites - all of them powerful, saving the lives of countless people, defeating earth-shattering enemies, having their own comic books which gives them a nice steady source of income and revenue...
Our guys aren't these guys. Meet the heroes of our story, the Minnesota Infinites. The ninth or tenth greatest team of superheroes in the country. They are not 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. And as long as the bad guys aren't that hard to fight. And as long as they can survive their own ineptitude. 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 kind of a mix of a comedic slice of life RP, as well as an action story - kind of - for superheroes. Players are members of the
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 X-Men or Justice League. 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.
Da 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.
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... In the past, it seems like those arcs that left a lot of characters dangling on their own, not interacting, each going their own way - those didn't work. The arcs that have worked? We've been in it more together. And we as players tried to post frequently. 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. Most times, the running gag for the Infinites is that your character has now become a tour guide. Oh, and sometimes, if you're inactive for awhile and then post, certain characters will notice your character becoming "staticky", like your character is ceasing to be alive. Or the character becomes an NPC, and will probably be the first characters attacked. IN OTHER WORDS, if you like your character, stay active.
11. This is a big one. IT"S FINE TO JUMP IN AND CREATE A NEW CHARACTER MIDWAY THROUGH. Just realize, we at the Infinites have kind of another running gag that we like. And that is, your character will have been with either the Infinites or Villains the entire time of the arc, even though you as a player may not know what's going on. Ask us. We'll tell you. I'll try to keep a rolling plot summary going too.
Need help thinking of a lame superpower? Try out the "silly" powers on this site. Or talk to Talchyon, the OP. He may have a suggestion you might like.
Credit to New Grestin for image shown above.