Lights... Camera... ACTION!!: A Hollywood Quest

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Hi Magoose here one of the guys helping Duke.

So we have some bad news.

The quest has been canceled as duke does not want to write it anymore.

I'm going to ask if I can take over for it, because I like this quest, and it would be a shame to kill it
TBF, Mags, you have been doing a lot of the heavylifting for the quest, so this will be in good hands. :)

To be clear to everyone, this is just me burning out on imagination of the quest, since my muse has been hitting me over the head a lot with so many different ideas that I just can't find myself too interested in this.

I'll still hang out here, though, since this still does have a sepcial place in my heart.

I'd like to thank you all for making this a wonderful experience while it lasted.

I'd also like to thank @Magoose, @Fluffy_serpent, and @Martin Noctis for doing so much to help prepare and write this quest. I couldn't have done it without you all. :D

I'll see you all around.

With so many regards, Duke William Of.
 
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Fine fine. I understand, though it doesn't I mean I have to like it. As you're an american, would this cause controversy for Bruce? Known anti-communist with relations to communist refugees to film in a communist nation? Or would it fly under the radar?

Well, remember that Yugoslavia was key to Romania because the US and NATO were able to ship in weapons through the Yugoslavian border and Yugoslavia hosted hundreds of thousands of Romanian refugees. So Tito manages to brush any association with the USSR, which was very little by that point, completely under the rug and helped rollback. So most Americans would think that Yugoslavia is if not an ally, at the very least a trusted friend and the only good Communist nation. The mixed market socialism of Yugoslavia will also probably put in the minds of Americans, and especially conservatives that Yugoslav Socialism isn't close to Marxism, but just "Balkan Capitalism".

Reagan supported closer relations with China and that didn't hurt his image, neither did detente with the Soviet Union. Americans would probably see Bruce going to Yugoslavia as him supporting peace or pushing Yugoslavia to the West. If it were literally any other Communist nation there'd be controversy, but Yugoslavia is the exception. Plus it should be noted OTL that Yugoslavia was legit seen as a friend to the West in the 80s and both parties initially wanted Yugoslavia to continued united after the Cold War ended.
 
"Now what did I tell you. When we had our first day of pratice, I said, 'Boys, we're gonna play big league, we're gonna win lots, so many wins, and we're gonna be the very best, like no one ever was. Look at us now, the champions of champions." Donald John Trump said to his locker room, holding up the Continental Trophy to the heavy roar of approval from the assembled team, many wet from gatorate splashes or covered in confetti, feeling absolutely on top of the world from such an incredible season.

"When I signed up for this League, a lot of people I knew, smart people said, 'Donald, why the heck are you going into sports. You don't know a thing about football, you're throwing your money away, it's stupid." Trump said in a condescending tone, making many laugh. "Well those people may be smart, but they don't know a thing about football. They didn't know the things I do, my genius football brain, how we assembled the best team, the greatest team, the greatest there ever shall and will be, to the field. The NFL, a disaster, so messy and so awful to their players. We made all seventeen of their seasons look like hot garbage and their precious Super Bowl look like flag football." Trump added, to many heavy roars and whistles.

"No matter what happens no, no matter what where this League goes, no matter your careers, always remember this. You are the very first, THE FIRST, Champions of this League, and no one can ever take that away from you. We may have some seasons where we don't go all the way, it's possible, I must admit. But no team can ever do what we did, be the first to win this trophy, this beautiful shiny trophy, and make history like we did. Cause there's only one team in America who can claim this, who is it?"

"THE NEW JERSEY GENERALS!" His team proudly proclaimed.

"Now, let me pass the trophy and mic to our wonderful captain and quarterback, THE FIRST MVP, John Elway." Trump said, passing the trophy to Elway.

"Thank you everyone. They say there's no I in team, but there's also no I in New Jersey Generals, and every one of us proved that this season." Elway began.

Trump tuned out his quarterbacks speech as his mind conjured up grand fantasies of where the team would go, his heart dancing with joy and pride of this great, beautiful occasion. If there was one sensation, one emotion that Donald Trump absolutely loved to experience in this world, it was winning. He was born a winner, just like his father, a family of winners. He was meant for great things, and while he stumbled recently thanks to Joseph, he was back in his groove and gonna be even more awesomer.

Trump loved football, it was his favorite sport all his life and he once had dreams of going pro in his childhood, but sadly never had the makings of a varsity athlete. As thee NFL bloomed, Trump wanted in, to take part in the great game as an owner, but those snobbish jerks in the NFL refused all of his attempts to purchase the Colts. When David Dixon approached him with the offer to own a Jersey based team, it was a beautiful blessing. He could own a team in his favorite sport, own a local club that could surpass the Giants and Jets, and he would once more get to compete against the O'Brians through Joseph's daughter in-law Carrie. A shame, what a terrible shame he couldn't beat the Geese tonight, but he beat the team that knocked out the Geese and by proxy, that meant the Generals were beater than the Geese, no question.

That sweet beautiful ecstascy he experienced when Walker crossed the endzone was one he wanted to experience again and again. With his football genius and his players' mastery of the game, Trump was sure he would hold this trophy again. Perhaps, once the League was stable and opportunities arose, he could spread his talents to other sports. Donald Trump, the Sports King, wouldn't that be a hell of a legacy?

God he could go for some McDonald's right now.
This part was hilarious, I loved it. Read the whole thing in a Trump impression.
Well, remember that Yugoslavia was key to Romania because the US and NATO were able to ship in weapons through the Yugoslavian border and Yugoslavia hosted hundreds of thousands of Romanian refugees. So Tito manages to brush any association with the USSR, which was very little by that point, completely under the rug and helped rollback. So most Americans would think that Yugoslavia is if not an ally, at the very least a trusted friend and the only good Communist nation. The mixed market socialism of Yugoslavia will also probably put in the minds of Americans, and especially conservatives that Yugoslav Socialism isn't close to Marxism, but just "Balkan Capitalism".
Yeah, this timeline's Yugoslavia is basically just OTL's China.
 
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+15 to SP

I will talk to you about the reward...
You missed my pitch for The Empire of Corpses.
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Lights... Camera... ACTION!!: A Hollywood Quest Original

It occurred to me that I haven't done a pitch in quite some time and there's good reason for this. Not only have I been focusing mostly on boosting Undertale and maybe throwing a cheeky little omake Faith, the Unholy Trinity's way, I've also been busy with University. Like, really busy. I...
 
God, I wish I'd knew more about football because seriously, I feel this going over my head.

But then, i come up to this little gem here:

"Now what did I tell you. When we had our first day of pratice, I said, 'Boys, we're gonna play big league, we're gonna win lots, so many wins, and we're gonna be the very best, like no one ever was. Look at us now, the champions of champions." Donald John Trump said to his locker room, holding up the Continental Trophy to the heavy roar of approval from the assembled team, many wet from gatorate splashes or covered in confetti, feeling absolutely on top of the world from such an incredible season.

"When I signed up for this League, a lot of people I knew, smart people said, 'Donald, why the heck are you going into sports. You don't know a thing about football, you're throwing your money away, it's stupid." Trump said in a condescending tone, making many laugh. "Well those people may be smart, but they don't know a thing about football. They didn't know the things I do, my genius football brain, how we assembled the best team, the greatest team, the greatest there ever shall and will be, to the field. The NFL, a disaster, so messy and so awful to their players. We made all seventeen of their seasons look like hot garbage and their precious Super Bowl look like flag football." Trump added, to many heavy roars and whistles.

"No matter what happens no, no matter what where this League goes, no matter your careers, always remember this. You are the very first, THE FIRST, Champions of this League, and no one can ever take that away from you. We may have some seasons where we don't go all the way, it's possible, I must admit. But no team can ever do what we did, be the first to win this trophy, this beautiful shiny trophy, and make history like we did. Cause there's only one team in America who can claim this, who is it?"

"THE NEW JERSEY GENERALS!" His team proudly proclaimed.

"Now, let me pass the trophy and mic to our wonderful captain and quarterback, THE FIRST MVP, John Elway." Trump said, passing the trophy to Elway.

"Thank you everyone. They say there's no I in team, but there's also no I in New Jersey Generals, and every one of us proved that this season." Elway began.

Trump tuned out his quarterbacks speech as his mind conjured up grand fantasies of where the team would go, his heart dancing with joy and pride of this great, beautiful occasion. If there was one sensation, one emotion that Donald Trump absolutely loved to experience in this world, it was winning. He was born a winner, just like his father, a family of winners. He was meant for great things, and while he stumbled recently thanks to Joseph, he was back in his groove and gonna be even more awesomer.

Trump loved football, it was his favorite sport all his life and he once had dreams of going pro in his childhood, but sadly never had the makings of a varsity athlete. As thee NFL bloomed, Trump wanted in, to take part in the great game as an owner, but those snobbish jerks in the NFL refused all of his attempts to purchase the Colts. When David Dixon approached him with the offer to own a Jersey based team, it was a beautiful blessing. He could own a team in his favorite sport, own a local club that could surpass the Giants and Jets, and he would once more get to compete against the O'Brians through Joseph's daughter in-law Carrie. A shame, what a terrible shame he couldn't beat the Geese tonight, but he beat the team that knocked out the Geese and by proxy, that meant the Generals were beater than the Geese, no question.

That sweet beautiful ecstascy he experienced when Walker crossed the endzone was one he wanted to experience again and again. With his football genius and his players' mastery of the game, Trump was sure he would hold this trophy again. Perhaps, once the League was stable and opportunities arose, he could spread his talents to other sports. Donald Trump, the Sports King, wouldn't that be a hell of a legacy?

God he could go for some McDonald's right now.
Never change Trump, never change. Seriously, this little snippets of the man are amazing! Some of the highlights of my day which I sorely needed.

Okay, from what I can understand then, our new little opposite league seems to be doing well, and Carrie along with Trump are getting some amazing wins, which hopefully leads to greater interest for said league. I do wonder if this can be xported in some way now to different countries in America to truly make it "American Football", but considering how the rest of the country is obsessed with Soccer, I will not hold my breath here
 
+15 to SP

I will talk to you about the reward...
You missed my pitch for The Empire of Corpses.
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Lights... Camera... ACTION!!: A Hollywood Quest Original

It occurred to me that I haven't done a pitch in quite some time and there's good reason for this. Not only have I been focusing mostly on boosting Undertale and maybe throwing a cheeky little omake Faith, the Unholy Trinity's way, I've also been busy with University. Like, really busy. I...
And my Omake/Pitch for Disney's Magical Adventure Starring Mickey Mouse.
 
You missed my pitch for The Empire of Corpses.
That I did, one moment please.
...And Starring Mickey Mouse as Himself!
[]The Nintendo Disney Alliance (It is cemented)
[]I hate this (I am afraid that interesting things will happen)
[]Oh boy (Unknown Effect)
Can be produced.
Disney will have a roll.
Sunrise Pitch:
The Empire of Corpses
[]Sunrise Supreme (Sunrise gains bonuses)
[]Unknown Power (Roll something for Sunrise)
 
GAME PITCH Pacific Rim: Shatterdome
GAME PITCH
Pacific Rim: Shatterdome


Setting: Centered around the Asian front of the Pacific and set a few years prior to the movie.

Plot/Story Pitch: The Kaiju incursions are in full swing, and the heyday of the Jaegers and their pilots is in full force. Pilots are celebrities, Jaegers are heroic guardians, and Kaiju are the villains in real-life spectacles of good versus evil. You are Stacker Pentecost, a veteran Jaeger pilot-turned commander. You command a hangar of Jaegers and a stable full of their more temperamental pilots with an entire facility of support staff present to assist you. The Kaiju keep coming and the Jaegers are here to stay, it will be your duty to make sure Humanity survives everything thrown at it. Your pilots and their Jaegers will fight the battles, but it's up to you to make sure they win the war.

We await your orders, commander.

Gameplay: An unorthodox departure from most current videogames. Whereas others allow you direct control of the leading actors, Shatterdome places you in a command and support role. You do not tell your pilots how to fight your battles; trusting, instead, in their instincts and training to win their fights.

No, your job is to make sure Jaegers are well equipped and maintained, their pilots well rested and well prepared for their duties, their support staff given the right orders to make sure everything runs smoothly and the Shatterdome's lights stay on.

In between missions, you use what precious time you have to enact repairs, apply new technologies and upgrades, allocate valuable hours for training and maintenance. You have a limited budget, and an even more limited amount of time to do everything that you believe needs to be done.

You are not alone, however, your pilots and staff will grow more experienced over time and with each victory, or failure. They will either grow to trust in your leadership, or choose to act against your wishes if they believe they know better.

Ofcourse, they're not the only ones. Earning the favor of your superiors may lead to more resources allocated to the Shatterdome, and devastating losses may convince them to transfer pilots and Jaegers to other, more successful, fronts. You could also seek the assistance of less reputable factions. Local crime syndicates and scavengers might prove a valuable source of uncommon equipment or Kaiju organic samples that would help identify weaknesses in your foes.

Ultimately, the name of the game is survival. And the goal, as ever, is managing your losses and maximizing your victories.

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Gotta walk the talk. A while back I said VR or First person was a poor choice for a Jaeger game, and I meant it. I think we can fill a niche with a Pentecost simulator instead. Ofc it doesnt have to be Stacker if it conflicts with the established plotline, it can be some other jaeger commander instead. Naturally I meant this for the Genesis, use our tech advantage for a very comprehensive game. The fights are out of the player's control but the management aspect allows the player great influence over how well the Jaegers and pilots perform in said fights.

@Magoose Is this fine? Should there be other fields or parameters I should fill in?​

About the art: Definitely not mine. I sourced this from Pacific Rim wiki. Apparently it's concept art made of the actual Shatterdome in the movies.
 
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Eyyyyy! Nice to see other people actually contributing to Pacific Rim as a franchise, even if I personally would find this game boring IRL and too much like a tower defense phone game or an RTS. I have to pull an all nighter since I may or may not have a midterm tomorrow(I don't actually know 😅), but I'll see about finally putting up my Pacific Rim sequel pitch. I've had it done for ages(since like... end of July maybe?) and both Kaiser Chris and overmind know about it already and what the general overview of it is, but I've always been holding off on putting it up because of all the context I'd have to write up, but once I'm done with midterms, I should have a bit more breathing room.
 
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Eyyyyy! Nice to see other people actually contributing to Pacific Rim as a franchise, even if I personally would find this game boring IRL and too much like a tower defense phone game or an RTS. I have to pull an all nighter since I may or may not have a midterm tomorrow(I don't actually know 😅), but I'll see about finally putting up my Pacific Rim sequel pitch. I've had it done for ages(since like... end of July maybe?) and both Kaiser Chris and overmind know about it already and what the general overview of it is, but I've always been holding off on putting it up because of all the context I'd have to write up, but once I'm done with midterms, I should have a bit more breathing room.
Now imagine it's like motorsport manager where you can watch the action and do simulations for designs and stuff.
 
Now imagine it's like motorsport manager where you can watch the action and do simulations for designs and stuff.
That would be more entertaining and if you weren't the one controlling the Jaegers in the fight and were just watching the CPU's duke it out, you could also add the ability to change POV, which would allow that first person view from inside the Jaeger that I talked about earlier in the thread. Okay, I've gotta say that the idea is kinda growing on me now. Like moss, but it's growing.
 
Considering the IN Carrie has regarding sports, Im hoping Electronic Arts approaches us on their own. But we may have to expand to Murican Foozball to trigger that. Or somehow befriend John Madden.

On the other hand, EA had an initial challenge of doing 11 on 11 football with 8bit tech, and since we have 16bit... that might be all we need.

That may very well let us dominate the Sports game genre.
 
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Goddammit, why did Trump win?! His goddamn ego is through the roof now and we have to wait until next year to try and knock him down a peg. Fuck!

Anyway, while I don't really understand american football too well (or football/soccer for that matter), I just came up with an idea for a pitch.

Do you guys and gals know the Football Manager video game series? Well, let's do the same thing for american football.
 
Now imagine it's like motorsport manager where you can watch the action and do simulations for designs and stuff.

That's basically this game, though im not really familiar with the genesis as a player so Im not really sure how far we can take this in terms of complexity.

Like, can we do a Jaeger designer in the game? Or would we have to settle for procedural generation kind of thing to make jaegers diverse in looks and equipment?

Can we do a trait system for the pilots? How complex can the missions be? Like, could the Kaiju retreat and escape and we have to do additional missions to hunt it down? Do we do scripted missions only or can we procedurally generate missions as well? Things like that.

That would be more entertaining and if you weren't the one controlling the Jaegers in the fight and were just watching the CPU's duke it out, you could also add the ability to change POV, which would allow that first person view from inside the Jaeger that I talked about earlier in the thread. Okay, I've gotta say that the idea is kinda growing on me now. Like moss, but it's growing.

Honestly if we had the tech, it wouldve been nice to give the game a cinematic approach to the battles. If the player isnt gonna enjoy controlling the Jaegers, then we may as well focus on making it a cinematic or movie like experience instead. With 16 bit though wed be limited. Though we could still probs do it all in 3D.
 
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Is it wrong that I found the cutest part the kids having definite opinions about the teams?

@Kaiser Chris Thankyou and have a helmet


View: https://imgur.com/a/ZK6WOZg


Man this is awesome, really takes our somewhat goofy design and makes it work with a nice color pallette. @Magoose Can this please be the Fighting Geese's canon helmet?

I will talk to you about the reward...

Ominous

Okay, from what I can understand then, our new little opposite league seems to be doing well, and Carrie along with Trump are getting some amazing wins, which hopefully leads to greater interest for said league. I do wonder if this can be xported in some way now to different countries in America to truly make it "American Football", but considering how the rest of the country is obsessed with Soccer, I will not hold my breath here

From everything Magoose said it seems like the USFL is roughly competitive with the NFL and holds an equal following due to all the stars aligning perfectly. Sure the hype may wane, but I'd say we've established some pretty strong fanbases.

I do have a plan where in the early 90s, the USFL expands to Canada thanks to the Montreal Canadian Football team dissolving which opens an opportunity for Carrie to promote a USFL team, which I'd go with the Montreal Owls. Normally it wouldn't work, but Montreal has no team, the league mostly has no conflicting dates with CFL, and Canada LOVES Bruce so this would be the exception compared to the NFL.

Mexico might take longer because the fanbase over there is nowhere close to the modern size. I'm also hoping that the butterflies lead the Castro regime to fall so we can have a Cuban team, would probably be the easiest country to do in Latin America.

Also, with the success of the USFL, I think the NFL would double down on its global campaign to have the NFL be entrenched in foreign markets before the USFL matches in popularity, so hopefully there's a chance NFL Europe is more permanent.

Donald Trump President of Football?

A far kinder fate for his legacy then otl.

He did want to become the NFL Commissioner before becoming President, so here with him being super attached to the Generals as his team rather than just another business venture, he might strike into other New York or Jersey based teams. The Mets are changing ownership in '86, so there's a path for Trump to go into.

Has anyone put up a calendar of all the major sport events lined up for a year, at least for the States? With HEMA being a major event in the West through Bruce, I can't see how it'll shift the current sporting/prime-time schedules of the year.

The MLB is April-October, USFL is March-July, NFL is September-February, and NBA is October-May. I don't think that HEMA would compete with these as televised events, it seemed to me to more be a community or club based event. Would be wild if HEMA was followed on ESPN.

As for the USFL competition, nothing of the other leagues would change but baseball and basketball playoffs would have more competition though at least for the MLB, it has the weekdays and the teams in USFL cities only have competition for one night of the week. I imagine that when the NBA playoffs are happening that there's a slight dip in USFL viewership.

Considering the IN Carrie has regarding sports, Im hoping Electronic Arts approaches us on their own. But we may have to expand to Murican Foozball to trigger that. Or somehow befriend John Madden.

On the other hand, EA had an initial challenge of doing 11 on 11 football with 8bit tech, and since we have 16bit... that might be all we need.

That may very well let us dominate the Sports game genre.

Magoose shared with me that we will have a USFL game for the Genesis coming in March so that's something to look forward to.

Goddammit, why did Trump win?! His goddamn ego is through the roof now and we have to wait until next year to try and knock him down a peg. Fuck!

I unironically see this as an absolute win, although it's sad the Geese couldn't win straight out of the gate. Trump winning the first championship means he's now super invested in the USFL and won't try and have them compete directly with the NFL, since he already likely sees them as better in the current state. With him being super invested in football and having an avenue to indulge in his urges to be a winner, thus he'll likely get more invested in the world of sports, and hold little interest in politics because he wants to stay a sports winner.

Plus at least Carrie's going to win this year and the next NBA Championship so we still got Lakers hegemony.
 
Would be wild if HEMA was followed on ESPN.

I mean, it would be wild that it'll catch TV time faster than OTL MMA, that's for sure. With a lot of stylistic blends and formats going on in a Tourney, you could see it become one of the driving forces that'll boost the precursors of the UFC into prominence here.

The MLB is April-October, USFL is March-July, NFL is September-February, and NBA is October-May.

I'll concede that it'll compete such a large timeframe. Instead it'll start out in a span of weeks- with grand melee's, athletics and pomp, ending in a high note with a grand championship that's been building and seperating the chaff in the days before.

A Spring Tourney starting in Febuary and ends halfway through the month, and maybe a Winter Tourney somewhere at the at the start of November?

Heck, the military, police, etc. might wanna show up for the rnd pushing up armor developments on the melee side of things - for what better place to test new armors with willing people getting hit on prime time?
 
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