Sutoratosu Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 To be honest I think the battle thread is probably the best way to go for this overall. Given how long it occasionally takes people to respond to a fight if it's carried out in the IC itself, it kinda creates rediculous gaps in between the action and just creates these weird spaces where instead of a flowing scene of combat, we get this wierd ass mixture of fighting in one post, broken up by several posts of other people talking while the other side takes their sweet time responding... which kinda makes it disorienting and kinda difficult to track everything in the end because of such. So yeah. IC battles definitely didn't work out all that well last time. Best to keep them segregated into the fighting thread, unless the battles are so small and short that they begin and are over in the same post (EX encountering and capturing a wild mon maybe) or maybe for training sessions, which don't take that many post anyway... basically, if only one person is involved in the fight, there's probably no need to send it over there since in the past, it honestly doesn't seem to have been as much of an issue in this regard as an actual 2 player brawl was. Probably the only time other than that I think it would be a good idea to not use the battle thread and have the action in the Ic instead, is maybe if ROG were to attack or something and the school was under siege like it was from those technonerds back in the old run during the winter cup finals, since well... given the circumstances, it would make perfect sense to allow all the fighting to be held in the IC given it's the main event of that time (Kinda like how we did carry that out by having the group fighting scene in the IC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_H Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) The Battle Thread seems like the best solution to me. Although, Stratos brought up a good point. If the Fighting is the Main Event and all of the PCs are involved in the same Battle, it would be best to have it in the IC Thread. Edited December 20, 2015 by K_H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chim Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Well these battles aren't main events but are there because it makes sense. (And I get to see if people go overboard or not.) So I'd say by the feedback I've received so far it's time to start these battles. That means people are free to pick an opponent in the IC and tell me and Dobby their second Pokémon. Do it like this so we know once both parties agreed to battle: Maya vs Claude Magikarp vs Jigglypuff Moveset Magikarp: Moveset Jigglypuff: (Matt, Samantha and Kay (the blond RoG guy) are free to be challenged. Matt is very likely to win his battle at this point in the story.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 How exactly will we be doing this? Just... by way of the IC? I just want to be clear on exactly how we're workin' this. Pretty certain I know my second mon already so not worried about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutoratosu Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 How exactly will we be doing this? Just... by way of the IC? I just want to be clear on exactly how we're workin' this. Pretty certain I know my second mon already so not worried about that. Here is a rundown of how we did it last time: First, The scene to faciliatate the context of the battle would be set up in the IC (EX: Players entering onto the field, maybe saying a few things, then finally sending out their first mon...) The fight itself however, would instead be cut away and take place in the battle thread. Once it was over, the results from said battle thread and a summary of the battle would be taken and placed in the IC... usually though, we go ahead and do the actual fights before the IC build ups and introductions are actually written. and that's basically it. pretty simple in the concept. Just imagine this as the production set for a TV series like Game of Thrones or Walking Dead or... House, even. All the episodes for that season are technically already shot and recorded ahead of time, they're just waiting for their appropriate date to finally be aired. The battles in the Battle thread which are already written out and concluded, are those episodes. Their appearance and summaries given in the IC are more or less the airing dates. For example: Me and Azery have just agreed that we're going to be battling each other, so, what we would do is, some time soon, whenever Azery gets ready, we would go into the Battle Thread, head our posts with the format chim provided above, then begin the actual fighting and carry it out to conclusion. Once we're done, that's it, we just leave all the written out battle posts there for when they're needed later. Back in the normal IC, time progresses normally and we finally finish up the first day and chim moves everyone onto the second and the picking ceremony. we pick our mons, and afterwards, let's say I naturally have Maya Folie challenge Crescent to a battle, and by extension James as well. The two of us would move our PCs to the battle field. Then not long after, someone (Either the host or one of those involved in the fight, or maybe both) goes ahead and summarizes the major events of the fight and who won, who lost, tied, etc... and that's it. TLDR; You enter the arena and do whatever introductions in the IC itself. For the actual fighting though, you go and hold it all in the Battle thread. Once the time has come for the fight to happen, a host or involved player comes along, summarizes everything, and posts the results in the IC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 So, like a jump cut? Where we do the battle in another thread and in the main thread RP getting to where it ended up happening. Basically, we fill in the context through the IC, but RP out the battle while getting to that point in the Battle Thread? Am I getting that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted December 20, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted December 20, 2015 Right Huk. It keeps things neat in the IC and separates interactions from battles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutoratosu Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 So, like a jump cut? Where we do the battle in another thread and in the main thread RP getting to where it ended up happening. Basically, we fill in the context through the IC, but RP out the battle while getting to that point in the Battle Thread? Am I getting that right? Exactly right. Like dobby says, it's a vast improvement over the clutter the original system of fighting caused. The amount of clutter in the ICs we had back then was too damn high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Okay,I think I've got it. I guess anyone who wants to battle Drake just lemme know XD. And yea does seem a lot cleaner. I wasn't a huuuuge part of Ymora last time so you'll have to pardon the questions I'll have XD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutoratosu Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 anyways, since we happen to already be on the subject... figured I might as well submit what Maya will be choosing on day 2: Mawile Female lv5 @Sheer Force Supports -Sweet Scent -Misty Terrain Attacks -Fairy Wind -Iron Head (Gets it as a starting move in it's natural level up learnset) -Bite -Astonish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 FYI, Mie's accent isn't that heavy (well, it might be, idk, but I wouldn't just assign a characteristic like that), Kage just has excellent hearing and has learned to recognize people by their voices almost exclusively, so he's gotten good at placing accents as a side effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurorix Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm not dead! yay? Anyways, I agree that we should have a battle thread. As for pokemon for day 2: Eevee (Athena) Female lvl.8/whatever level they are Ability: Anticipation Attacks: Tackle, Swift, Bite Supports: Baby-Doll Eyes, Fake Tears If anyone wants to interact and/or battle with Wolt let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterans Azeria Posted December 21, 2015 Veterans Share Posted December 21, 2015 Well since it's time for mon no.2.....time to bring him back I guess. Duskull (Gaster) Level: ?(Depends on what they're supposed to be I guess. Ability: Levitate Supports: Haze Disable Attacks: Feint Attack Night Shade Astonish He's back baby. Under a new name and everything...but he's back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted December 21, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted December 21, 2015 Ook, before anyone puts up a fuck ton of new mons for me to track down when they are definite, hold your horses and then later PM the definite details of the mon. ability, moves etc. Then I'll add them to your profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chim Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Btw the new mons are level 5. They never received training and have no experience being with a trainer. The starters probably have slight experience in certain areas since they've been with the PCs for at least a year. Edit: I'll probably close up the ongoing actions with Matt and Samantha and leave it at that before moving on. I have an appointment in the hospital in an hour so I'll probably get to it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chim Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 Day 2 will start on the 24th. It's the second part of chapter 1 but shouldn't take too long. Any conversations still going can be mentioned to actually close the ongoing 'bonding' but I'm not going to wait much longer. So if people can search for a battle in this topic and let me know, I can start those battles already. It would save some time so we can get the plot started in Chapter 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted December 22, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted December 22, 2015 Yo Huk, since we're already in an interaction between Claude and Drake, should we just throw them at each other for the battles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Yea, I'd be fine with that XD. Solves needing to finagle how it ends up going down quite a bit, besides I think it would be a pretty damn fun battle XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted December 22, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted December 22, 2015 Then I guess we'll have the two head to the battles together once the next mons are picked up., easy enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Sure thing... now for me to decide what the hell she actually wants for a second mon... What was the Base Power limit for starting moves again? I kinda forget and don't feel like searching around in the thread to find it XD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Squad Felicity Posted December 22, 2015 Support Squad Share Posted December 22, 2015 - Egg moves are a bit special. Since Ymora is famous for its breeders, it only makes sense to allow egg moves. However, a Pokémon still needs to grow so every Pokémon can know 2 egg moves at the start if they are stab with max base power 75 and accuracy 100. If the accuracy is 90% or less, the power can be increased to 85. No coverage moves yet, since they will be obtainable through rigorous training. Support moves are allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_H Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chim Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Just in case this wasn't clear: All battles to the battle thread. 1 v 1 with the new Pokémon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiss13 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Two people already took Eevee…welp… I'll feel weird if I have my character take an Eevee like I originally wanted… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_H Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 You can take a Male, since both of the already-taken ones are Females. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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