scrib | ==> Schoolfeeding: Commence

-- CURRENT blackoutEtude [BE] RIGHT NOW opened memo INFODUMP --

since I can't believe that most of you
still don't even know who your teammates are
(except for maybe the humans but come on that's easy)
I think it's pretty safe to assume most of you also haven't been doing much to figure out how this game works
and why some of you suck so bad at it
although really
there's no helping it in some cases
fair warning, this is long as shit because I've ~actually~ been looking shit up about this game
so buckle in kiddos
time to kick this steam-powered information locomotive into proverbial gear

alright, let's start off easy
most of your consorts call you something, or say something about you that's supposed to give you a hint as to who you are
it's all over Derse and Prospit too
if you look at their headlines close enough
so, titles have two parts-

TITLE PART 1: CLASSES

the first part of most 'titles', a class dictates how you use your powers
far as I've been able to pick up
there are twelve basic classes and two master classes, as follows
though I wasn't able to get anything but names for some of them

rogue- usually a female class, 'steals' whatever their aspect is for the use of teammates
thief- also usually female, 'steals' their aspect from anyone and everyone for their own use
heir- ???
maid- ???
page- ???
knight- hardcore fucks who use their aspects to suck less, generally
seer- use their aspect to 'see' outcomes and possibilities, depending on their aspect
mage- ???
sylph- ???
witch- generally a female class, also hardcore fucks who manipulate their surroundings via their aspect
bard (mine)- usually a male class (the fuck♫) literally all I got was that this class does what the fuck it wants when the fuck it wants and how the fuck it wants, no lie
prince- invites destruction via their aspect (which was weirdly specific), also pretty hardcore I guess

master classes are muse (generally female only) and lord (generally male only), but the dudes were pretty quiet on that front
movin' on♪

TITLE PART 2: ASPECTS

second part of your title, there's only twelve of these
so I guess they just combo these up with classes at random to try and avoid doubles
whatever the case, the twelve aspects are-

time- one of two necessary for a successful session, pretty much what it says on the tin
time players manipulate time, either to help themselves or help their team
space- second aspect necessary for a successful session, space players also do pretty much what's obvious, and also have the joy of breeding duties
so yeah, whoever our spacey jerk is
better be taking care of those frogs on your planet
breath- WINDY THINGS it's actually pretty cool some of the stuff that breath players can do with the whole 'be the wind' thing or whatever
light- luck
like, that's literally it
~luck~
void- ??? seriously I got nothing no one seems to know how the fuck it actually works
heart- something about souls and shit, so there's any heart players
try not to go all Fatal Konflict on us, okay troll Shang Tsung♫
life- again, pretty much what it says on the tin- do the lifey thing, fuckfaces
blood- ??? I don't even know but it just SOUNDS cool
mind- thoughts and decisions, although how it works depends on class, I guess
rage- berserkers or stopping people from being batshit off the handle, depends on class
doom- ??? again, literally no clue
hope (mine)- idk hope lasers or some shit I seriously got the worst fucking combo in existence

of course, all aspects and classes are related
paired up, kinda I guess
but the only ones I know for sure are the classes

rogue-thief
bard-prince
seer-sylph
witch-mage
page-knight
maid-heir
muse-lord

far as I can figure aspect-wise, it's probably something like
space-time
mind-rage
life-blood
void-light
hope-doom
and I guess breath-heart even though that makes no sense
but whatever
moving on to more important things-

FRAYMOTIFS

big fucking attacks based on your aspect, pretty much
also combo attacks with other aspects, if you're lucky
they're sold in village shops according to my consorts
but they're all expensive as fuck
and the combinations seem pretty specific depending who you are
both players gotta own the fraymotif before they can use it though
so don't waste your boondollars on anything that isn't gonna be useful

ECHELADDER

essentially♫
all your fucking levels
there's about 30 total and that's before you even hit something else
pretty much decides how hard you hit, how many hits you can take and how hard a hit you can take
pretty sure there's an exponential pattern to it
don't really care though, I'm near the top of mine, I'm pretty sure

PLANET QUESTS

all that stupid shit your consorts are making you do♫
yeah, that's kind of important, some way or another, when it comes to fixing your planet
not all planet quests can be finished completely just by fetch quests and crap though
which brings us to

==> PLANET SUBQUEST: DENIZENS

boss monsters, sometimes optional, sometimes not
all depends on your planet and your quest and whether or not you take the choice instead of killin' 'em outright
generally, if you can't finish your planet quests by doing the stuff your consorts ask you to
then your denizen's got something to do with it
and they're probably not gonna make it easy on ya
not recommended for the weak, faint of heart, or otherwise useless until...

(last, but certainly not least)

GOD TIER

this is it boys and girls
the big leagues
don't get much better than that
control of your aspect as dictated by your class
functional immortality
I mean you can still die, but you'll pop right back to life
unless your death was 'just' or 'heroic'
which of course means if you wanna stay alive, none of that martyr shit
unless you WANT to stay dead, in which case by all fucking means
only thing is that you can only get it by dying on your quest cocoon as far as I know
so for most of you♫
probably not happening unless it's by accident
it's supposed to be pretty fucking sweet though, so if some of you want to take the chance at ~not sucking~ for a change
then hey
here's your chance

that's pretty much all I got for now
knock yourselves out trying to add more
or figuring out your titles if you haven't yet
though I'm pretty sure I know most of Beta's

now, I've got a denizen to try and find, because mine sure as fuck isn't on my planet
so
responses to come at an as of yet undetermined time

and before some of you even start♫
just
fucking
DON'T

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It's a good thing that trollian has a timeline management option, since BE's memo falls firmly in the category of "raising as many questions as it answers." And it really does answer a lot of questions.

( ...goodness. this is all... a great deal to take in... :o )
( thank you for assembling it, even if i was not...initially available to benefit from your work. )
( it seems your research has been incredibly extensive... though it raises a number of questions as well. ...but of course that isn't your fault! )
( i... also seem to be a "spacey jerk." a maid, to be precise, since that is what my consorts have been calling me... )
( and yet... ds is also a space player...? even though such a thing should not be possible...? )*
( and, like ds i am a bit at a loss as to...what, exactly... i'm meant to do with all these frogs... )
( ...breed them? )
( i mean... i could certainly do that; it's not so different from my lusii research... but without some clear goal a breeding program can't get very far... )
( oh, i'm sorry, i'm rambling... i can't really expect you to answer every single question. i guess that would be a little...embarrassing, even, if you had to do all the work for me... )
( so i hope i haven't bothered you...too terribly much... )

*ooc: I can't remember if separate sessions are general public knowledge or if that was before Pherae's time; hopefully I didn't just fuck this up.

yeah well, better do it quick
cause there's probably more left to figure out

You try very hard not to lose your cool at what you feel is another condescending jerk- after the seadweller, you are in no mood for stupid.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be your day.

ok first off
there's three sessions total as of right now
my team
your team
and the humans
so don't feel too special there moonshine, there's two other spacey jerks who are ~supposed~ to be playing
whether or not they'll survive though, hell that's anybody's guess

far as breeding duties, you breed the frogs together to create a Genesis Frog
which is a Pretty Big Deal
so I'm sure your team would appreciate if you didn't let them get murdered or eaten
because if you're missing the wrong frog
there go your odds of creating a proper Genesis Frog
whoops

and shit of course you bother me
~everyone~ bothers me
it's just a matter of how much and how much I'm in a mood to take

for research purposes, I'm gonna answer both the questions you're probably gonna ask about this conversation and my tolerance:
> a lot
> not really in the mood for stupid shit

your lot really needs to start paying a-fuckin'-ttention to shit
I mean seriously
seeing trolls askin' shit what's already been answered is starting to make me not want to bother answering anything at all

Well, so much for not making a nuisance of yourself. You're not really sure exactly what you did to deserve this reaction. Maybe it can't be helped, with all the catch-up you have to do. Still, you're rather hurt to be thought of as just one more source of apparently "stupid shit," or inattentive; there are plenty of things you don't like about yourself, but you're still pretty confident that those don't apply.

You could always try to BACKPEDDLE.

( i joined this game a bit later than some, so... between that and some trouble i was having that... kept me absent, it seems i've missed out on a lot... )
( so i really did appreciate you writing this... )

That seems like KIND OF A BIG DEAL about the three different simultaneous sessions. Won't that mess up important things like... well, some kind of GENESIS, apparently? Presumably a GENESIS FROG is generating something, right? Why hasn't there been more talk about something so significant? ...Actually, it probably has to do with the fact that it seems a lot of players have been kept busy DYING.

( but i... didn't mean to come here to annoy you, so i'll just... abscond myself from your coiffure. )
( thank you for the additional information about the genesis frog... )
( at some point when it isn't too inconvenient... i would be really interested in trying to replicate your research, and maybe expanding on it... )
( but it seems very clear that this point in the timeline isn't...a good choice. )

Edited 2013-05-30 15:56 (UTC)

welcome to half your team
you guys replaced the dead half of that session pretty quick
though being absent and not paying attention seem t' be collective specialties
but hey
~somebody's~ got to do it

If you were a nicer troll, you'd be concerned that she seems to be so put out by your response. Then again, if you were a nicer troll, you'd be cullbait, so you really don't see an issue with your response. You do, however, also don't get half of what she's saying.

abscond yourself from my what♫♪
is that an insult or something♫
because if it is, you should try being more obvious
so I can ban you like I did the fishbitch

( no, no, it isn't an insult... i just meant that i would get out of your way... )
( you know, as soon as we finished... whatever this conversation is. )
( ..."not very successful" being, apparently, the most prominent thing that it is. )

oh
is that all♫
fuck some of you brats are super-fucking sensitive
honestly has no one realized I'm essentially like this ~all the time~♫
not really personal, midblood
don't get your netherdressings in a knot over it, yeah♫

( ...oh. )

Well, that's a relief. Probably. There are times when you think that, maybe, just maybe, isolating yourself with an out-of-the-way forest hive and a diurnal lifestyle was not the best way to have any idea whatsoever how to interact with other trolls.

...Yes, that theory might have some weight.

( i suppose i really should have realized that... )
( though, admittedly...i never really got to know you very well, before all this started. so i imagine that...as we get more used to one another...i'll have fewer problems. )
( does that mean that...you might be willing to talk more about your research? )
( i was being honest, when i said that i was interested in it... )

yeah, you probably should have
it'd probably help a lot of you out if you guys actually talked to other players more in general
and of course you didn't get to know me
no one playing this stupid game did
and then they died

it's a little vindicating, actually

what research♫
it's game information, you can find it out from you consorts if y' just ask
I mean really
haven't ~any~ of you ever played an RPG before♫

( actually, ah... no, i haven't. )
( ...well, i suppose flarp is technically an rpg... but i don't really think my experience with it went nearly well enough to merit the word... "playing." )

Understatement.

And if BE's attitude about death seems a bit harsh, you're not about to say anything. It's not even that harsh at all, really; you're the one with the complex here.

( still, i've... probably been too much in my own thinkpan with this game... )
( i've got a pretty detailed sense of most my planet by now...with all my exploring... )
( but i also got myself in trouble... and apparently missed out on a lot by not doing the right sort of research. )

( i'm pherae, by the way. )
( maid of space, like i said, and in the same session as kaprao, and avispa, and hirune, and... perrix... to name a few. )
( ...since we're getting to know each other now ...i think. )

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==> PHERAE: Be from the FUTURE

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