This is a pretty hot topic for any High School Junior or Senior or even those who have graduated. I'm pretty curious -- are there any CG members that are currently college bound or already in college? If so, where do you go and what are you majoring in? How have you enjoyed your experience or what are you most excited for in the experience to come? How are you doing with scholarships and tuition? Are you living on or off campus?
I myself have already been accepted to Savannah College of Art and Design for Interactive Media and Game Development and just today I got my acceptance to Ringling College of Art and Design for Game Art & Design. The practicality of my intended major is, of course, debatable as it is a BA unless I get accepted to Champlain College or University of Southern California (in that case it'd be a BS)
As I am sure most of you know, the new 'thing' as of late has been something for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Dumping a bucket of ice cold water over your head as a means to raise awareness and calling upon others to do the same. If they challenged parts fails to accept and perform this challenge within a span of 24 hours, they must donate $100 to ALS to help find a cure. Now, I want to start off by saying that this is a great cause in my opinion. Raising awareness for any kind of disease is truly admirable and inspiring -- however, I also want to state that this ice bucket tom foolery is completely autistic. The premise behind this challenge is wonderful, but the reasons it has become to popular disgusts me. The way I see it, it's no longer a thing to do in order to actually raise awareness, (which, by the way, if you didn't know: the reason it is actually ice cold water is because supposedly the effects of the cold water is supposed to be a (albeit, likely inaccurate) simulation of what Lou Gehrig’s disease is actually like for those afflicted by it) but rather something that people are doing because everyone else is doing it and because it's all over the internet and they all want to be edgy. Just how all those Gangnam Style video and stupid fucking Harlem Shake videos went viral, then everybody and their paraplegic grandmother was doing it. On top of that, if this is a drive to actually gain research for money, and the water dumping to something you do in order to NOT have to donate, as an actual, quote on quote, "supporter" of this cause which you are participating in, wouldn't doing the challenge itself be a non-issue since you would have donated? I mean, sure, you could donate and do it anyway just for shiggles, but there are people that are not even doing that -- which I have a problem with.
Thus far on Facebook, I have been challenged a total of 3 times this week by family and friends. I personally don't give a rats ass about Lou Gehrig’s disease and have no desire to donate to it even if this Ice Bucket challenge wasn't a thing, but that's neither here nor there. But never the less, I decided to look into it despite not wanting to actually do it just to be informed. What really sparked my interest to know was a video this one man made after he was challenged and decided to research. He pulled up the ALS Associations annual financial report and it turns out that out of the over $55 million dollars they raised, only 7.71% ($3 million) actually went to research purposes. So out of the $100 donated, only about $7 goes to research. Of course, this was just in 2012; two years ago. I reposted this video to show have the people doing this were, in my opinion, a little silly. The comment I received was that the numbers had to be out of date, being from 2012. So I looked into it further and pulled up the 2013 annual report and did the math myself. Here is what I wrote in reply:
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In 2012 they generated $55,446,772 in total combined revenue. They put in approximately $3,904,240 of the revenue into research making for about 7.71% of the generated income going into the actual cause of finding a treatment for this disease. In 2013, they generated a staggering $64,661,521 of total combined revenue. That's $9,214,749 more than their 2012 income. According to their 2013 financial report that I am looking at right now, they spent a bit more for research; $ 6,616,367. If you do the math, that is roughly 10.23% of the income that they generated. Of the $100 that people are donating for this 'cause', only $10.23 are actually going to what they say it is going to. The rest, go to the following -- Other program activities: $ 40,164,177 Fundraising: $ 9,137,186 General & administration: $ 5,414,990
That was just last year. The numbers are increasing, but by far too pitiful amounts to seem fair.
All in all, this fund raiser -- well no...that would be false to say that. It's not the fundraiser that pisses me off. I mean, at the end of the day, a fund raiser is a fundraiser and since it is a facility, it's only natural that they'd have other motives. I mean, at least they are actually donating even if it's only a little amount. What pisses me off is how this thing exploded and took a complete sharp right from what it was initially intended to be. Maybe I'm just talking out of my ass? Maybe I'm just being a dumb, insensitive hipster? I don't know, but this really rustled my jimmies.
According to an article my Uncle's girlfriend (who is one of those, 'Love & Peace! The government is keeping us down! The social and financial elites are the cancer of society" types) posted, Obamacare will require all American's by law to have a microchip implanted in their palm. Estimated by the year 2017, all Americans will have a microchip implant.
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According to the report, the technology is used to answer one question, “Am I who I say I am?”
Now, looking at the comments, there's a bunch of bible thumpers talking about how this is "the mark of the beast" and "666" and all kinds of other, but I can't really take those seriously. I read into the document myself that was provided and the more I read, the more I realized some things. Roughly 80% of the people in the comment section were completely autistic, for one. Secondly, this claim was utterly ridiculous. Chipping 100% of the American population would be pretty much undo-able, especially if they didn't have insurance, not to mention the ungodly slew of complaints and utter outrage that would roll in from all the 'OH MY GOD! THEY'RE VIOLATING MY PRIVACY' screamers wailing like banshee's in every corner of the US. Thirdly, if you actually read the bill, it says at around page 1014, and I quote:
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8 ‘‘National Medical Device Registry 9 ‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national med- 10 ical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the 11 ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and 12 outcomes data on each device that— 13 ‘‘(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; and 14 ‘‘(B) is— 15 ‘‘(i) a class III device; or 16 ‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable, 17 life-supporting, or life-sustaining.
What does the mean? This bill is essentially about implantable medical equipment, not some distopian sci-fi ID chip that Big Brother stuck inside of you to watch your every move and know everything about you at all times. It's a fucking national device registry for the following (and probably many other) items:
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implantable cardiac pacemakers implantable defibrillators leads, electrodes, adaptors for the above implantable nerve stimulators bladder stimulators sphincter stimulators diaphragm stimulators cochlear implants implantable active drug administration device catheters, sensors for item above implantable active monitoring devices programmers, software, transmitters.
In my opinion, this is honest to goodness bullshit and clearly just some shoddy Facebook propaganda to give people an unreasonable start. What do you guys think? Do you actually believe this? If so/not, why? How do you feel about the crap people are talking about in the comments in those sections? Would you actually have a problem with an "Implantable MicroID Chip", if this was hypothetically true? Do you think it would be more beneficial, or more harmful?
So recently I've been trying to branch out of strictly using Hammer editor for mapping. As a wise man once said, "In order to allow the "spirit of the thing" to reveal itself to you, you must seek to explore all arts instead of only your own so that you may never be taken by surprise". Or something along those lines. Not a literal quote, but a summation. ANYWAY, yes, I've been branching out from Hammer and trying to get better with other gaming engines such as Unreal Development Kit, Unity and (though it doesn't really count as mapping...unless you actually make a map in it) 3ds Max. In my humble opinion, both UDK and Unity are much more versatile and somewhat easier than Hammer is, however both UDK and Unity introduce the fact that you need to fucking pay for EVERYTHING or make it yourself (hence the need for 3ds Max) in order to have anything cool looking in your levels. Whereas a lot of Source Engine content is totally free and shared within the Hammer community. Feedback is much appreciated. I'm still rather new at all of them. Anyway, without further ado:
Is it wrong that I think trans-ethnicity is a load of crap? I mean, something like being a trans-gender is one thing, but being a trans-ethnic? Not that I'm saying being either is wrong, or immoral, (because at the end of the day, I could really, honestly and for truly care no less either way since it has absolutely nothing to do with me) but at the same time, I still hold my right to an opinion.
The mere concept of one person who is -- say, Caucasian -- swearing up and down that they're actually Native American by nature due to some inherent, over obsessive interest in a culture of which they are not born into is just really dumb to me. I mean, I kind of feel the same about trans-genders as well, but at least something on that scale is somewhat understandable given all the modern day pro-homosexuality movements and whatever going on. I don't know, I just don't understand it.
One thing is being interested in a culture to the point of wanting to involve yourself in it, or even just surrounding yourself with others of your point of interest, but it's another thing entirely to sit there and be like, "Well, turns out I reeeeally like speaking Spanish, and I love Hispanic food and culture and everything about Spain and other places where Spanish is the predominant language, therefore I'm not actually African American. I'm a Hispanic trapped in an African American's body!!"
I really just do not understand.
TL;DR - I think Trans-Ethnics are full of crap. Am I wrong for thinking that?
Actually, truth be told, I wasn't working on this for any particular reason except to have in my portfolio for when I apply for college. Something exceedingly ambient and scenic is what I wanted...this ended up being my result, and I must say I'm rather satisfied. In essence, it's just a little Japanese manor on a mountain with a little zen garden at the base and another at the summit, coupled with a Buddha shrine. What do you guys think?
Steam Name: Sexy Frog How long have you been roleplaying? (can be any game): 4 years How long have you been playing Garry's Mod serious roleplay?: 3 years
Character Section
Authorization(s): r flags for rag doll spawning Expert sewing and doll making knowledge Professional Sewing/doll making kit (needles, various spools of thread, scissors, loupe, buttons, eyes, paint, fabric, etc)
Name: Lee Xiao'pi Age: 36 Gender: Male Affiliation: N/A
Write a detailed in-canon back-story how your character obtained these authorizations.
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“Lee? Lee, are you there?” inquired a dainty, almost mousy voice that seemed to trail off occasionally before starting up again like a broken record.
The voice, fading into incoherent ambience in the head of the man who sat in a gloom ridden, dusty room behind a workbench. All around him were an off putting array of dolls which littered the room, varying in size and appearance. Many sat in place with expectant glimmers in their impeccably flawless porcelain eyes as if waiting for someone to pass by in order to snake their arms around them and never let go, while some simply gave off the illusion of constant watching; never once blinking for fear of missing a single movement. The short Asian man who sat at his station wore an overbearing jeweler’s loupe as he fed a thin piece of thread through the head of a needle, tying it in place with ease and began to busily poke about with dazzling expertise as he made quick work of suturing on a delicate looking life sized arm onto a child sized doll. As he moved to make the final stitch to complete the arm, the voice pierced the gloom once more. The sudden noise had startled him, causing him to flinch and yelp in pain as the need bore itself into his finger; a single droplet of bright scarlet oozing out before dripping onto the fabric of the dolls clothing.
“Argh! Damn it! There’s blood on the fabric now! That will take forever to get out! No!” he wailed in horror as he darted to and fro, gathering materials to take out the stain with a maddened glint in his eye that likes of which are common place of those who are obsessive with their professions and hobbies.
Soon enough, the owner of the voice skirted the corner, lead along by his shouts of frustration. It was a fair skinned Asian woman whose hair was tied in a small pony tail. Upon seeing him, her expression immediately darkened as she spotted him rabidly toiling away, noting his disheveled hair, unkempt beard and piled of empty dishes and food containers strewn about his workspace, while in contrast, his works which he went so far as to call his children, were perfectly and neatly arranged in cases and on chairs. Anyone would be able to tell this man essentially lived to work on his dolls with little regard for anything else.
“Lee, this isn’t healthy, you need to do something about this. Look, I talked to Mother and she thinks its best that we trying…erm….” The woman faltered for a moment as she braced herself for the torrent of insults and disbelief she knew would come, “that we try selling these dolls.”
Just as the woman had predicted, he turned towards her after plucking his loupe off with unsettled, shaking hands which trembled from the rising anger at such a suggestion. His naturally squinted eyes had widened to the point of seeming near unnaturally round, only going so far as to emphasize the dark circles under his eyes and blood red veins lining the whites of his eyes; clear signs of sleep deprivation. “Are you stupid? I would NEVER sell one of these works of art! These dolls, Leone….” He stopped for a moment as she spread his arms wide to gesture to all of his creations, “These dolls are my life! My livelihood! Without them, I’m nothing! I’ve been doing this for 25 years, ever since I first learned when I was a boy back in Beijing; I would never give these up, as my daughter, you have to understand that!” The word daughter seemed forced, almost as if he had wanted to avoid saying it, but the word manifested its resentments and tore its way out of his throat. As he ravenously searched his ‘daughters’ face for some semblance of understanding, he found only blatant, unsuppressed disgust and resentment.
“Lee, we’ve been over this before; don’t call me your daughter.” She reminded him sharply, any previous attempts at polite airs which she held when she initially addressed him having long since gone. “And I don’t care what you say anymore, this isn’t good for you. You may be a neglectful piece of shit, but you’re still my father and I’ll be damned if you’re going to living this way!” as she said this, she carelessly snatched at one of the nearby dolls, grabbing it by the leg and moving to march past him. “I’m going to be putting these up online by tonight! I’ll trash them if no one buys otherwise!”
“No! You can’t! I won’t let you!” he hissed through bared teeth, his brow furrowing as he stood in her path. Raising a hand, he flattened it before sending it sailing towards her as it sliced through the air with an inherent swoosh. Before Leone had so much as a moment to react, the numbing sound of echoing flesh against flesh shot through the air as she stumbled backwards; the doll clattering to the ground in a heap.
As she clutched her hot, reddened cheek in a jarring stupor, Lee scrambled towards the side of the now cracked and twisted doll, shivering with grief as watery hot tears spilled onto his cheeks, yowling in pain. “Nooooooo! Th-this was my first! My fiiiiiirst one I had ever made! How could you, you witch! My baby, noooooooo!”
“You’re a sick man, Lee! You need help!” Leone stammered before turning about and marching away, slamming the workshop door behind him. He was alone yet again, only this time, he would stay that way. Alone…with his dolls.
What will these authorizations give your character in regards to perks or defects? + Ability to make "fake corpses" + Possible hire with the Hospital for "practice dolls" + Various acts of deception + Source of profit for someone who wants one (Sex dolls anyone? Or just normal scapegoats)
- Time consuming - Can be mistaken for carrying a corpse if seen carrying the doll - Possibly counting as contraband? I think? - varying in quality
What do you plan to do with these perks/defects? I plan to make dolls, simply put. I want to use them for various things, be it fake corpses for pranks, scapegoats for getting out of tight spots, selling the dolls to people for whatever they want to use them for, or selling my services to the Hospital to make them dolls to practice medical procedures on.
Will anyone else need these auths? (If so, list OOC and IC name(s)) Nope
Extra Notes (optional): First Auth app in a while. Please be gentle.
(Deleted post from thread and made own thread since apparently that's the things now.)
Citizen Identification Number (If Applicable): (Will find out later)
Character background:
Spoiler for Hiden:
TBA
Physical description: A chubby, stout man with thick framed black glasses, brown hair and brown eyes.
Eye color: Brown
Scars: N/A
Facial features: Chubby Cheeks, thick RayBan style glasses and a piggy nose.
Hair Style & Color: Short and Brown
Approximate age: 29
Country originated from: Britain
Current location: City 18
Accent: Cockney
Mental good and/or bad skills: Good: + Confident in the delivery of his word, for better or worse. + Indiscriminate -- If you're useful, you're an ally no matter who you are or where you're from. + Generous to those who appeal to him.
Bad: - Chihuahua-esque personality -- Talks a big game, but never backs it up. - Opportunistic in nature and will go to almost any length in the name of personal gain/preservation - Short tempered to the point of mouthing off without real thought into the situation at hand.
Physical good and/or bad skills: Good: + Relatively decent endurance and can take a punch.
Clothing and/or protective armour and markings (bruises, scratches, etc) on the limbs: C18 Citizen Jumpsuit
Head: N/A
Torso: A large backpack
Arms/Hands: N/A
Legs/Feet: Citizen Issue Shoes
Weaponry: N/A
Lost and/or replacement limbs or parts?: N/A
Skills, perks and/or traits of the character: N/A
Weaknesses and/or severe flaws: A rather ill mannered habit of mouthing people off (no matter who it may be, citizen or unit alike) due to his naturally abrasive nature and ill temper.
Can we make the CCA units have 3 digits in their names again? It's much easier to remember that way and isn't utterly pointless. 3 digits in more than enough, but 5 digits is really difficult to keep track of. I don't particularly care about the MPF name but the digits are annoying.
This section is essential to the success of your application. You must be able to provide evidence (screenshots are the best way) which shows that you had an OTA unit in the past at Catalyst Gaming:
Evidence: 1. Steam Name: Sexy Frog
2. Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:31998299
3. Are you listed here? If yes, what unit are you? Yes; Sexy Frog - UU.OTA.PHANTOM.21121 and Sexy Frog - UU.OTA.SYNTH.21121
4. What country and time zone are you located in (please use a GMT- or GMT+ modifier)? United States - GMT-5
5. Have you been removed from the Overwatch or the MPF for being inactive? Negative.
6. Do you understand that by being accepted into the Overwatch faction, you are bound to the OOC standards? Of course. I wouldn't have it any other way, Ozzie bby.
ASSESSMENT #1 - IC situation: You have just been tasked with escorting a VIP (in this case, a Civil Administrator) from the Nexus to the center of the plaza for a speech. It is expected that an attempt will be made on the VIP's life today at an unknown time. A citizen begins to follow your escort group. You suspect that they belong to a rebel group who intend to kill the VIP. How do you approach the situation? Be creative. (Assuming the role of OTA.1111)
** As the time draws near, the selected team of Overwatch units donning their usual tactical attire begin to file into the Nexus lobby with indifferently posed looks, seemingly uniformed in their entirety. Soon enough, one of the metallic sliding doors open with a metallic hiss as the thudding of footsteps heralds the arrival of a neat, suited individual with a plastered and seemingly rehearsed smile.
"Shall we begin..?" he inquires to the bleak row of unresponsive units.
Without another word, the units almost simultaneously snap up their weapons before forming a protective box around the man, icily scoping every corner as they begin to skitter from the safety of their metallic bastion.**
**OTA.1111 radios: "Covering left flank of VIP with OTA.1112, be advised, 3 tallied citizens, 10-20: Train Station. Maintaining viscon.
** A monotonous choir of "Rodgers" and "Copies" ooze from the interior of the units mask as he cranes his neck to maintain his vantage point, scowling all the while almost subconsciously at this point. The units begin to advance towards their destination, the Civil Administrator at the very heart of their box formation with an almost sickeningly carefree air about him as he strode in time with the units zealous and calculated movements as if it were a mere stroll through the park. Even going so far as casually waving at the cowering citizens whom his behind trees and pillars, averting their gaze from his titan-esque bodyguards as if he were a mayor back in the old days walking through town greeting all whom he met along his route. Their mission had been progressing smoothly until one of the units on the rear right flank buzzed in about a citizen following their party, to which all the units snapped in the direction, aiming their weapon at the prudent citizen.**
**OTA.1111 says: "Citizen, vacate the premises or face the appropriate verdict. You have five seconds to comply. One. Two."
** The unit spoke with tenacious vigor, his finger hovering over the trigger by a mere hairs breadth, ready at any moment to fire should the citizen advance any further of fail to comply with his blatant warning; knowing full well that his peers were thinking the same. To this the citizen's eyes seemed to hollow out with fear as he raised his hands to show his lack of thread and his hoarse voice spilled out of his mouth in awkward spiels.
"I-I'm sorry, I ju-ju-just wanted to meet, I mean, I-I...uh, can I...?" he sputtered, attempting to reason with the units, or maybe it was some fruitless attempt at emotional appeal. Whatever the case may be, it was foolishly idealistic at best; blatantly stupid at worst.
**OTA.1111 yells: "Three! Four!"
*The unit shouted towards the citizen, not caring for his pleas. The simple act of his shout distorted his already obscure voice into an almost hellish screech of static and airborne malice which seemed to fashion itself into that of a black lance the pierced the very heart of the timid citizen as he toppled backwards, landing on his butt after stumbling on his own feet. With a shout of terror, he scurried on all fours a sizable distance like that of a rat before launching himself up and taking off into the city.**
**OTA.1111 radios: "Possible 647E pacified, continuing operation. Ground units be advised, citizen guilty of mobility violation, headed in the direction of the UCH. Recommending immediate action."
ASSESSMENT #2 - OOC situation: The following scenario has taken place: a player who is in command of a criminal character in possession of hidden contraband was in the process of being handcuffed before they suddenly ran away without any valid RP. A member of the administration team locates and brings the offending player back to where they started. The player does not seem to understand the rules of the server. They are frozen in place while the administrator is sent to deal with an urgent matter. Before the administrator leaves, you are asked to explain to the player about what they did wrong. How do you proceed?
Do just that. First of course, I would inquire as the legitimacy of the items in question and if not obtained fairly, I would of course report it to an administrator to be dealt with accordingly. But in the event that they are legit, then I would simply explain the proper way they should have handled the situation before they had ran off and then suggest that we take it back from that point and RP properly. If they proceed to repeat the same thing and run away, the I would report it and most likely have the appropriate measures taken, likely a ban or kick.
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Would it be possible to regain my Cerberus SYNTH unit as well? I'm not sure if they're still around, but I assume they are since its still on the roster.
Okay, I need some serious help here. I obtained Fallout 3 about a week back and have been playing it. Every now and then I get to parts in the game where it totally freezes and I can't do anything. I can't even close it in task manager or alt f4. I literally have to sign out of my computer profile and sign back in order to close it. It happens particularly when I'm near toilets and sinks for some reason or when I try to drink out of them for health or whatever.
I'm running it on Windows 8 with an AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor, 8GBs of RAM, a RADEON HD 6700 and ASUS M5A97 LE R.20 motherboard. I've tried a shit load of stuff. Installing patch 1.7, putting in the d3d9.dll in the fallout directory, following youtube videos, using FFV and FFA...nothing works. From my understanding Fallout 3 is just retarded when it comes to Windows 7 and 8 but there has to be a way to work it...
(Reposting this out of my reluctance to bump my old thread. I truly think this would be super amazing and fun and the new, fresh theme would compensate for the stale, over done HL2rp environment. Not only that, but being as we would be the only, and I mean ONLY community hosting this, we would likely get much more population flow from all the RPers who are tired of the same old, same old. However, I will note, the content in this thread is out dated due to it being made for Gmod12. I am no coder, but I think with a little work the Gmod 12 code can be fixed up for Gmod13 OR we would maybe try and get in touch with the creator of the script - Rick Dark and have him fix it up for us?? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR we can try and re-create it on ClockWork if that's an option???
** For the record, I am not suggesting to have this replace HL2rp!)
This suggestion was already essentially brought up by SirTai in his thread about Zombie Roleplay but then again for the sake of necro posting and creating a more descriptive post I am making this. Yes, people, zombie roleplay. However, I'm not talking something like one of the comment on that post said:
It must be a SERIOUS rp server. No dark rp just kill zombies all day.
And not run under the shitty OA script or anything but rather, the script of an old gamemode which was by far, in my opinion the best gamemode ever made hosted by an old community called Necropolis RP which consequently is now dead. I realize this script will be broken in Gmod13 but then again, this is more a suggesting as far as "if it were to be done" kind of thing. That being said, the gamemode was called Epidemic(I think this is the script here: http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=82350). The map they ran if I am not mistaken was a scary night version of downtown: http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=87574 and they had their own custom thing of canon. I managed to find an old detailed facepunch thread by one of the original owners. http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=876675
That being said, it's basically a zombie survival gamemode consisting of four factions.
1. The Red Dawn (or something of that nature, it's been a few years)
This was essentially a bandit group that was infamous for mugging/killing people (within reason) and they often held events such as cage matches and zombie pit fights for supply rewards such as food, weapons, tools, etc. Joining among them was usually difficult and they were pretty much rolling stones so they were hard to find.
2. The Military
This faction was the remnants of military survivors who still kept to their directives and still worked to keep the public safe to some degree. They were usually all armed and held up in for the most part secure locations as survivor safe houses and such.
3. The Refugee
These were basically your apocalyptic equivalent to HL2rp citizens. Normal people who happened to survive the Epidemic and were trying to survive by any means, either by military, red dawn or themselves.
4. The Infected
This is where things got interesting. These were infected citizens that essentially turned into zombies and in special cases, were largely based of left 4 dead. There were zombies with witch skins which were very dangerous, there were zombies with the hunter model which were also dangerous however, the more powerful zombies were trusted to the more trusted role players similar to how our HL2rp hierarchy works. However, there were simple normal zombies that had a skin that wasn't the HL2 zombie model but actually a custom model that looked like a bloodied up citizen and at a certain distance could be confused as a live player. There was one point that I recall where I was with a friend and we called up an elevator and there was a player who had a Tank model. I kinda pissed myself a little, but s'all good. However, there is a catch. If I recall correctly, the zombies did tend to stay within the confines of the subway and underground. The subway was a lot like the HL2rp Nexus. A kill in there was a PK.
I can give multiple situations I had with a friend of mine on that server and by far, they were the best. I think that CG can replicate and maybe even make that experience better. It's something different and would be enjoyable for everyone. Again, I am fully aware of it breaking in Gmod13, however if it could be fixed I think it would be amazing to have and bring in more members. That's just my thoughts anyhow.
Please enjoy these videos and pictures of past game play.
Steam Name: Sexy Frog Age: 16 How long have you been Roleplaying? (can be any game): 3 years How long have you been playing Serious GMod RP?: 2 years
Character Section
Authorization(s): ~ A 4 foot, chimp like robot ~ Said robot being able to effectively scale buildings ~ The ability to upgrade said robot at the groups leisure ~ DOG model for this character - http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/13.D0g.jpg ~ Have this character also given to Toxic Zombie and Yak (Will explain)
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<::|| Many months have gone into this. I don’t even know how I haven’t been discovered being that I am doing what I am doing. Then again, I pray to every possible god that does and once did exist that I haven’t just jinxed myself. But regardless, things are going smoothly and I seem to be forging some type of relationship with this group. Strictly professional, of course. They demand, I supply and get paid in return. That’s really all this is about…or rather, how I expect to keep it. When I first wandered in on this place, I was a bit skeptical, but thought it wouldn’t hurt to investigate. Who would’ve thought my curiosity would have got me into a fight that I thought would have been to the death with the ‘Batman’. Of course, as far as anyone else knows, she is dead currently so I guess I won that one in the end. After some snooping about and sweet talking, I managed to earn a place here in return for an acceptable flow of supplies, which I had agreed to deliver and in return I may come and go as I please.
I make sure to wait until nobody was around and did my best to sneak in and out in order to give out scrap and construction supplies here and there. Maybe some food stuffs, but overall, that’s about it. I may be making a profit off these people, but no amount of money is worth getting caught for smuggling out weaponry. I won’t take that risk. But after a few weeks of doing it, I managed to find a paper with a schematic drawn on it. Quite curious as it looked rather complicated and…expensive. After a bit of asking around, it turned out to be a project they had been working on, which would explain the over bearing necessity for supplies. Turned out they needed quite a few more things such as a central control hub. Thus the need for a few data pads. I won’t lie, I was quite reluctant at that.
Data pads are tricky business and getting them out would be even trickier with Logistics units crawling about, they’re like rats they are. Though never the less I managed to smuggle a few out with some haste and I made extra sure to look inconspicuous while doing so. I mean, it hardly mattered, really. I make a point to be the ‘perfect’ and respectful as to remain out of question, however I think of myself as devilishly sneaky. As long as there are others about, I am focused and down to Earth. This isn’t some game I can muck about in. Finally, I got to the place in which I always find them and presented the pads. I got a pretty penny for them, mind you. Fifteen hundred tokens for them all, not bad if I do say so myself…which reminds me…I need to figure out how much more I can extort from them. But that’s something for another time. I gave them up and left after that.
I came back a few days later and there some considerable progress on this thing. Sinclair called it R.U.C.K.U.S…it stood for something like Robotic Utility Controlled Kinetic Utilizing Simian. I believe that was it. Apparently they had all been working on this thing together while I am away on my duties such as metal work for the body and program in which the robot may be controlled. I thought it was rather interesting and wondered if it would work anything like a scanner but apparently for the most it will but at some point after they have gained a bit more understanding, they plan to upgrade Ruckus to AI. From what I saw in the frame work, it’s roughly four feet tall and has a chimpanzee like body structure. Good for scaling walls by the look of it as there is extreme detail crafted into the hands and feet for grip and strength. Now I was never one for mechanics but with my new found knowledge, I must admit, this is pretty impressive. I may look into more ways to help out if given the right price, but as an avid entrepreneur you have to be able to present new stock whenever able. But the truly impressive part happened just yesterday.
They finally finished the framework and the creature was looking rather impressive, stored upon a wall by a series of hooks hooked up to Sinclair’s little computer. Using the datapads I managed to assist him in some programming for Ruckus and place a similar program in which the scanners run off of. If all goes to plan, Ruckus should be up and running (and climbing) like the animal it is based off of. ||::>
What will these authorizations give your character in regards to perks or defects? Perks + An effective scouting robot that would minimize members of the actual group being caught + The ability for RUCKUS to scale buildings providing they have ledges/gaps to grip + An interesting, different thing to role play that was worked on by the group and to be used by the group + DOG model + Can be upgraded freely and equipped with tools and attachments we feel necessary (No, we don't plan on mounting MP7 + rocket launchers to it.) + Intimidating figure that would likely cause some units and most citizens to flee + Quite mobile
Defects - Not exactly the most silent at close range - Due to its not exactly small stature, it can be seen should we not be careful - Tying into three people having the same character: It can only be used by one of us at a time and is very much the same character, thus should it be captured/destroyed while say Yak is using it, then Toxic and I are unable to use it due to Yak causing it to be indisposed - Possible weight disproportion should we upgrade/equip is too heavily and slow it down - DOG model is huge give away - Possible short circuit if it gets soaked - Occasional maintenance - Definite target for capture/dis-assembly
What do you plan to do with these perks/defects? I plan to use RUCKUS towards the benefit of Prime, send it on scouting missions that would otherwise place members of the group in jeopardy or if a high up perspective is needed to map out objectives and distances. Due to me wanting to be fair and not restrict the use of this robot to myself or one other player within the group, I decided to copy a similar process in which Ozjackal used to represent Daniel Slater/Onyx in which there are multiple character that are the exact same one however split between all three of us for equal usage. That being said, how each of us uses it is to our own discretion and has the possibility of being misused and inevitably lead to capture/dis-assembly of RUCKUS. Given the robots agility and speed, capture would prove no easy task as it is able to scale buildings however at no point do I nor my members plan on going lol1337ninja robit.
Will anyone else need these auths? (If so, list OOC and IC name(s)) Dr. Edwin Sinclair - Yak