Or more importantly, flooded with gribbly loaded water?
SAO Quest (SAO inspired RPG Quest) [Dead]
- Thread starter einargs
- Start date
In_lurk_shadow
[ ]
- Location
- here and there
[X] Take turns studying/fiddling with the puzzle and keeping watch.
-[X] It looks like the glyphs might have something to do with the puzzle, look for related patterns you might form with it.
-[X] Try fitting the floating chunks into matching gaps in the floor.
-[X] It looks like the glyphs might have something to do with the puzzle, look for related patterns you might form with it.
-[X] Try fitting the floating chunks into matching gaps in the floor.
[X] Take turns studying/fiddling with the puzzle and keeping watch.
-[X] It looks like the glyphs might have something to do with the puzzle, look for related patterns you might form with it.
-[X] Try fitting the floating chunks into matching gaps in the floor.
-[X] It looks like the glyphs might have something to do with the puzzle, look for related patterns you might form with it.
-[X] Try fitting the floating chunks into matching gaps in the floor.
emberofshadow
The shadow, the true self
- Location
- Magatsu Inaba
Well it's been a while so:
[X] Take turns studying/fiddling with the puzzle and keeping watch.
-[X] It looks like the glyphs might have something to do with the puzzle, look for related patterns you might form with it.
-[X] Try fitting the floating chunks into matching gaps in the floor.
[X] Take turns studying/fiddling with the puzzle and keeping watch.
-[X] It looks like the glyphs might have something to do with the puzzle, look for related patterns you might form with it.
-[X] Try fitting the floating chunks into matching gaps in the floor.
einargs
Verified Spiller of the Egg Yolk
- Location
- The Egg Yolk, Outer Layer
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Bleh. Well, consensus has formed, so I'll try and get a start on this tonight.Consensus said:
Stupid school...
EDIT: Sorry for taking so long to close the vote, but I figured that there was no point in closing it if I wasn't going to be able to start writing until a few days later.
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It only get worse where free time is concerned!
BBBence1111
Harbinger of Bad Luck
- Location
- Magyarország
Just caught up. The quest seems interesting enough, even if it falls into the same problem other SAO quests do (managing every step).
Watched.
Watched.
Puzzles & Entrances: (8/11/22, 11:40)
einargs
Verified Spiller of the Egg Yolk
- Location
- The Egg Yolk, Outer Layer
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Puzzles and Entrances: (8/11/22, 11:40)
It's been thirteen minutes and you still haven't solved the puzzle. Oh, if you guys were in top condition mentally and not having to take turns doing watch you're sure that you could have gotten it done in far less time, but it nonetheless seems to support your growing suspicions.
"Are you sure?" Insidious asks. "I mean, not to doubt you or anything, but... this is pretty big if it's true."
You sigh, reaching up to run a hand through your hair. "No Insidious, I'm not sure. I'm not sure at all. But I mean, look at this!" You turn to gesture at where Query and Cascade are working on the puzzle. Tens, if not hundreds of stone pieces float in the air around them, all part of a complex 3D mosaic*. You're pretty sure that you've seen some articles about people doing similar things in reality, using D-pens** and 3D printers to make some pretty ridiculous pieces of art.
Which really only makes you even more suspicious. "There's no way that any normal group of gamers would accept having to spend..." you check your HUD for the time. "Thirteen minutes and counting just to solve a puzzle!"
You sigh. "No. Cardinal has to be adapting the difficulty and challenge on the fly." You look over at Insidious, glad to see that he looks just as disturbed and frustrated by the news. "And that means..."
"That we're probably not going to be able to find any exploits." His face twists, his fists clenching slightly before relaxing. "Damnit! Just... just damnit..." You reach over to rest a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, we'll get through this, right?"
He smiles. "Yeah."
"Hey, get a room you two!" The voice comes from Query who looks delighted at the chance to make all sorts of jokes. You scramble to take your hand off of Insidious' shoulder even as you take care to avoid blushing. While the facial cue programming in SAO is amazing, brilliant and far ahead of it's time, it can still be mortifying as hell.
"Damnit Query! You're supposed to be working on the puzzle!" You shout back.
Query's response is cut off by Cascade rapping him in the back of the head with the flat of her shortsword.
You smirk. "Or should I talk about your love life? I mean, you guys don't even need to get one! You already have one!"
Query sputters, Cascade blushes, Insidious laughs and you smirk. You kind of miss your old friends, but you're glad that you have new ones.
"Why you-!" Query stands, obviously getting ready to take his revenge somehow, but then the last piece clicks in.
The finished mosaic glows, a tune plays, and the section of floor that Query is on begins descending.
It's pretty slow, and it doesn't seem to be accelerating, which is good. On the other hand, you have no idea what it's lowering into or if you'll be able to access it again. But... if you miss this chance, how else are you going to get down from here?
You don't know.
What do you do?
[X] Write in.
*3D Mosaic: Currently a fringe art style, Mosiacism seems to be poised to rapidly join the mainstream art world along with many of its fellows born from the VR revolution. Mosiacism revolves around using colored transparent materials in conjunction with raised tiles to create elaborate works of art that change depending on what angle you look at them from.
** D-pens: A pen shaped VR prop for the artist centered Aethera VR headset, these use the exterior cameras of the Aethera headset to track the distinctive pattern of the pen-like prop. This allows for artists and other creators to draw three dimensional structures directly within a VR workspace, rotating or twisting the pen to bring up different menus at will.
Weee. So this update is finally out, and we're quickly getting to the actual "meat" of this questline.
Goddamn but this has taken a long time. *shrug* Eh. It'll come when it comes.
Oh! As you guys can see, I'm experimenting with using footnotes to help develop the world outside some. Let me know if works. (And no, none of the stuff in this footnote is going to be important later on. It's just worldbuilding.)
(...and I'm not just saying that to tease you guys; I really do mean it.)
(...really, I do.)
EDIT: Interestingly enough, this chapter came a lot easier when I tried to write it, and the quality seems (to me at least) a lot better than the last update. Any thoughts on that?
[X] Take turns studying/fiddling with the puzzle and keeping watch.
-[X] It looks like the glyphs might have something to do with the puzzle, look for related patterns you might form with it.
-[X] Try fitting the floating chunks into matching gaps in the floor.
-[X] It looks like the glyphs might have something to do with the puzzle, look for related patterns you might form with it.
-[X] Try fitting the floating chunks into matching gaps in the floor.
It's been thirteen minutes and you still haven't solved the puzzle. Oh, if you guys were in top condition mentally and not having to take turns doing watch you're sure that you could have gotten it done in far less time, but it nonetheless seems to support your growing suspicions.
"Are you sure?" Insidious asks. "I mean, not to doubt you or anything, but... this is pretty big if it's true."
You sigh, reaching up to run a hand through your hair. "No Insidious, I'm not sure. I'm not sure at all. But I mean, look at this!" You turn to gesture at where Query and Cascade are working on the puzzle. Tens, if not hundreds of stone pieces float in the air around them, all part of a complex 3D mosaic*. You're pretty sure that you've seen some articles about people doing similar things in reality, using D-pens** and 3D printers to make some pretty ridiculous pieces of art.
Which really only makes you even more suspicious. "There's no way that any normal group of gamers would accept having to spend..." you check your HUD for the time. "Thirteen minutes and counting just to solve a puzzle!"
You sigh. "No. Cardinal has to be adapting the difficulty and challenge on the fly." You look over at Insidious, glad to see that he looks just as disturbed and frustrated by the news. "And that means..."
"That we're probably not going to be able to find any exploits." His face twists, his fists clenching slightly before relaxing. "Damnit! Just... just damnit..." You reach over to rest a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, we'll get through this, right?"
He smiles. "Yeah."
"Hey, get a room you two!" The voice comes from Query who looks delighted at the chance to make all sorts of jokes. You scramble to take your hand off of Insidious' shoulder even as you take care to avoid blushing. While the facial cue programming in SAO is amazing, brilliant and far ahead of it's time, it can still be mortifying as hell.
"Damnit Query! You're supposed to be working on the puzzle!" You shout back.
Query's response is cut off by Cascade rapping him in the back of the head with the flat of her shortsword.
You smirk. "Or should I talk about your love life? I mean, you guys don't even need to get one! You already have one!"
Query sputters, Cascade blushes, Insidious laughs and you smirk. You kind of miss your old friends, but you're glad that you have new ones.
"Why you-!" Query stands, obviously getting ready to take his revenge somehow, but then the last piece clicks in.
The finished mosaic glows, a tune plays, and the section of floor that Query is on begins descending.
It's pretty slow, and it doesn't seem to be accelerating, which is good. On the other hand, you have no idea what it's lowering into or if you'll be able to access it again. But... if you miss this chance, how else are you going to get down from here?
You don't know.
What do you do?
[X] Write in.
Name (IRL): Chiyoko Mori
Username (IGN): Spring Rain
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Birthday: July 13
Date: November 8th, 2022
Time: 11:40
Level: 3
XP: 7/32
Money: 4773 col
Avatar: Redhead with two pigtails wearing a red tunic, brown pants and black pectoral armor. Over that you wear a pink jacket with red ivy stitching, a pink fedora with a red band, and red leather gloves. You carry a shortsword at your side and a longsword on your back. You have a selection of health and stamina potions which you carry on your belt and in your jacket. You keep a teleport crystal to hand at all times.
Sword Arts:
Horizontal:
Skills (2 slots):
One Handed Dagger: lv. 0
One Handed Short Sword: lv. 4
One Handed Longsword: lv. 4
Sprint: lv. 3
Search: lv. 4
Hide: lv. 0
Attributes:
Strength: 16
Health: 13
Stamina: 13
Agility: 13
Equipment:
Longsword (Excellent): lv. 1
Shortsword(Average): lv. 1
Light Armor (Average): lv. 1
Cloth Pants (Average): lv. 0
Red Leather Gloves (Average): lv. 1
Inventory:
Medium Health Potion: lv. 1 (x1)
Small Health Potion: lv. 1 (x2)
Tiny Health Potion: lv. 1 (x2)
Medium Stamina Potion: lv. 1 (x1)
Small Stamina Potion: lv. 1 (x1)
Tiny Stamina Potion: lv. 1 (x3)
Teleport Crystal (Poor): lv. 1 (x1)
Torches (Average): lv. 1 (x5)
Rope Coil (Average): lv. 1 (x1)
Backpack (Average): lv. 1 (x1)
Chigan Flower Petal (Average): lv. 1 (x2)
Chigan Flower Petal (Poor): lv. 1 (x1)
Sleep Powder (Poor): lv. 1 (x1)
Skither Hide (Average): lv. 1 (x6)
Skither Hide (Poor): lv. 1 (x2)
Sewer Rat Hide (Average): lv. 0 (x2)
Sewer Rat Hide (Poor): lv. 0 (x1)
Carni-Flower Petal (Average): lv. 1 (x8)
Carni-Flower Seed (Poor): lv. 1 (x2)
Carni-Flower Thorn (Average): lv. 1 (x5)
Scented Ash (Average): lv. 1 (x1)
Scented Ash (Poor): lv. 1 (x2)
Mind:
Mental State: (Normal): Dreadful, Adrenalin, Dawning.
Personality: ???
Traumas:
Quest Log:
Sewer Quest (Average): lv. 0
Wild Boar Hunt Quest (Average): lv. 1
Bloom Flower Quest (Average): lv. 1
Swamp Tome Quest (Average): lv. 1
Sword Shipment Quest (Good): lv. 1
Courier Quest Giver (Poor-Good): lv. 1
Friends List:
Insidious (Great Friends): lv. 4
Party:
Insidious: lv. 4
Query47: lv. 3
Cascade: lv. 3
Map Data:
[lv. 1] City of Beginning (Great): Completely mapped out, know of all major shops and most small ones. General idea of where to find most of quest vendors, with a few specific ones identified.
[lv. 1] Guldath Village (Poor): You don't know much about this place. At most you have a general idea of it's layout.
[lv. 1] Guldath Swamps (Poor): You don't know much about this place. At best, you've explored maybe a fifth of it.
Username (IGN): Spring Rain
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Birthday: July 13
Date: November 8th, 2022
Time: 11:40
Level: 3
XP: 7/32
Money: 4773 col
Avatar: Redhead with two pigtails wearing a red tunic, brown pants and black pectoral armor. Over that you wear a pink jacket with red ivy stitching, a pink fedora with a red band, and red leather gloves. You carry a shortsword at your side and a longsword on your back. You have a selection of health and stamina potions which you carry on your belt and in your jacket. You keep a teleport crystal to hand at all times.
Sword Arts:
Horizontal:
Motion: A large horizontal strike.
Cooldown: Small
Stamina Cost: Small
Vertical:Cooldown: Small
Stamina Cost: Small
Motion: A large vertical strike.
Cooldown: Small
Stamina Cost: Small
Diagonal:Cooldown: Small
Stamina Cost: Small
Motion: A large diagonal strike.
Cooldown: Small
Stamina Cost: Small
Stab:Cooldown: Small
Stamina Cost: Small
Motion: A quick stabbing strike, best for daggers and shortswords.
Cooldown: Small
Stamina Cost: Tiny
Cooldown: Small
Stamina Cost: Tiny
Skills (2 slots):
One Handed Dagger: lv. 0
One Handed Short Sword: lv. 4
One Handed Longsword: lv. 4
Sprint: lv. 3
Search: lv. 4
Hide: lv. 0
Attributes:
Strength: 16
Health: 13
Stamina: 13
Agility: 13
Equipment:
Longsword (Excellent): lv. 1
Shortsword(Average): lv. 1
Light Armor (Average): lv. 1
A black set of pectoral armor, this armor is light, easy to carry, and rarely gets in the way.
Red Cloth Tunic (Average): lv. 0Cloth Pants (Average): lv. 0
Red Leather Gloves (Average): lv. 1
Red dyed leather gloves.
Colored Hat (Average): lv. 1A pink fedora with a red band.
Decorated Jacket (Average): lv. 1A pink jacket with red ivy stitching and a vine-like pattern on the back.
Inventory:
Medium Health Potion: lv. 1 (x1)
Small Health Potion: lv. 1 (x2)
Tiny Health Potion: lv. 1 (x2)
Medium Stamina Potion: lv. 1 (x1)
Small Stamina Potion: lv. 1 (x1)
Tiny Stamina Potion: lv. 1 (x3)
Teleport Crystal (Poor): lv. 1 (x1)
Torches (Average): lv. 1 (x5)
Rope Coil (Average): lv. 1 (x1)
Backpack (Average): lv. 1 (x1)
Chigan Flower Petal (Average): lv. 1 (x2)
Chigan Flower Petal (Poor): lv. 1 (x1)
Sleep Powder (Poor): lv. 1 (x1)
Skither Hide (Average): lv. 1 (x6)
Skither Hide (Poor): lv. 1 (x2)
Sewer Rat Hide (Average): lv. 0 (x2)
Sewer Rat Hide (Poor): lv. 0 (x1)
Carni-Flower Petal (Average): lv. 1 (x8)
Carni-Flower Seed (Poor): lv. 1 (x2)
Carni-Flower Thorn (Average): lv. 1 (x5)
Scented Ash (Average): lv. 1 (x1)
Scented Ash (Poor): lv. 1 (x2)
Mind:
Mental State: (Normal): Dreadful, Adrenalin, Dawning.
Personality: ???
Traumas:
- Shattered Pedestal (Realized): You idolized Kayaba, and then he locked you in a cage to fight to the death for his own amusement.
- A Caged Castle (Realized): What used to be entertainment is now a death game. Have fun!
- The Party Must Stay Together (Nucleus): When the time came, you chose to put your faith in shared strength. It's just the beginning, but in time it might blossom into something more.
- A Caged Castle (Realized): What used to be entertainment is now a death game. Have fun!
- The Party Must Stay Together (Nucleus): When the time came, you chose to put your faith in shared strength. It's just the beginning, but in time it might blossom into something more.
Quest Log:
Sewer Quest (Average): lv. 0
Recommended Party Size: 1-8 Players
Recommended Level: lv. 0-2
Type: Repeatable
Cooldown: 6 Hours
Description: The city guard has been complaining about an infestation of sewer rats. Maybe you could do something about it?
Recommended Level: lv. 0-2
Type: Repeatable
Cooldown: 6 Hours
Description: The city guard has been complaining about an infestation of sewer rats. Maybe you could do something about it?
Wild Boar Hunt Quest (Average): lv. 1
Recommended Party Size: 1-8 Players
Recommended Level: lv. 0-2
Type: Repeatable
Description: Mr. Reynald said that one of his suppliers might be interested in Wild Boar Hides and Tusks. Go talk to the supplier for more details.
Recommended Level: lv. 0-2
Type: Repeatable
Description: Mr. Reynald said that one of his suppliers might be interested in Wild Boar Hides and Tusks. Go talk to the supplier for more details.
Bloom Flower Quest (Average): lv. 1
Recommended Party Size: 1-4
Recommended Level: lv. 0-2
Type: Repeatable
Description: Ms. Argentia wants you to go to the Vance Forest, which lies to the south-south-east of the City of Beginning to pick some Bloom Flowers for her.
Recommended Level: lv. 0-2
Type: Repeatable
Description: Ms. Argentia wants you to go to the Vance Forest, which lies to the south-south-east of the City of Beginning to pick some Bloom Flowers for her.
Swamp Tome Quest (Average): lv. 1
Recommended Party Size: 1-8
Recommended Level: lv. 1-2
Type: Gateway
Description: Someone wants you to go to an old abandoned town deep in the outer parts of Guldath Swamp to retrieve a book.
Reward: An unspecified Sword Art
Recommended Level: lv. 1-2
Type: Gateway
Description: Someone wants you to go to an old abandoned town deep in the outer parts of Guldath Swamp to retrieve a book.
Reward: An unspecified Sword Art
Sword Shipment Quest (Good): lv. 1
Recommended Party Size: 1-6
Recommended Level: lv. 1-3
Type: Gateway
Description: Reynald wants you to take a shipment of swords up to a Dojo he has a contract with. He's heard that there've been a lot of goblin attacks in the western forests lately though, so he wants some people that know their way around a fight.
Reward: Dojo location, ???
Recommended Level: lv. 1-3
Type: Gateway
Description: Reynald wants you to take a shipment of swords up to a Dojo he has a contract with. He's heard that there've been a lot of goblin attacks in the western forests lately though, so he wants some people that know their way around a fight.
Reward: Dojo location, ???
Courier Quest Giver (Poor-Good): lv. 1
Average Recommended Party Size: 1-4
Average Recommended Level: lv. 0-2
Quest Types: Courier-Escort
Description: Archibald runs a Courier Service out of a shop in the City of Beginning on the First Floor. He occasionally gets requests to deliver packages to areas that his normal couriers can't deal with, and he's offered to pay you to handle these if you get a chance.
Average Reward: Poor-Good
Average Recommended Level: lv. 0-2
Quest Types: Courier-Escort
Description: Archibald runs a Courier Service out of a shop in the City of Beginning on the First Floor. He occasionally gets requests to deliver packages to areas that his normal couriers can't deal with, and he's offered to pay you to handle these if you get a chance.
Average Reward: Poor-Good
Friends List:
Insidious (Great Friends): lv. 4
You and Insidious have really bonded in the hours before Kayaba's announcement. Time will only tell if that bond will survive the deathgame of SAO though.
Insidious wants to use a Strength/Health Broadsword/Shield tank build.
Query47 (Good Friends): lv. 3Insidious wants to use a Strength/Health Broadsword/Shield tank build.
While your bond with Query47 and Cascade isn't as strong as your bond with Insidious, it still has the potential to ripen into something great - so long as SAO doesn't choke it to death beneath its shadow.
Query47 is dating Cascade IRL, and you're fairly sure that his name is Kubokoi.
Query wants to use a Strength/Stamina daisho (katana & wakizashi) dual wielding Sword Art focused build.
Cascade (Good Friends): lv. 3Query47 is dating Cascade IRL, and you're fairly sure that his name is Kubokoi.
Query wants to use a Strength/Stamina daisho (katana & wakizashi) dual wielding Sword Art focused build.
While your bond with Query47 and Cascade isn't as strong as your bond with Insidious, it still has the potential to ripen into something great - so long as SAO doesn't choke it to death beneath its shadow.
Cascade is dating Query47 IRL, and you're fairly sure that her name is Midori.
Cascade wants to use an Agility/Stamina Dagger/Martial Arts skirmisher build.
Condor127 (Acquaintances):Cascade is dating Query47 IRL, and you're fairly sure that her name is Midori.
Cascade wants to use an Agility/Stamina Dagger/Martial Arts skirmisher build.
You met Condor during a sort of spontaneous low key party in the first week of SAO. He helped work on the soundtrack for SAO, and he feels guilty for the role he played in helping to create the death game.
Party:
Insidious: lv. 4
Query47: lv. 3
Cascade: lv. 3
Map Data:
[lv. 1] City of Beginning (Great): Completely mapped out, know of all major shops and most small ones. General idea of where to find most of quest vendors, with a few specific ones identified.
City of Beginning [Sewer Dungeon] (Average): Filled with vicious rats and other such monsters, you've explored about half of this area.
City of Beginning [Market District] (Average): A prosperous and crowded place, you've explored about half of this Market District.
City of Beginning [Market District] (Average): A prosperous and crowded place, you've explored about half of this Market District.
- Reynald's Weapon Shop
- Archibald's Courier Service
- Welton General Store
- Agrendale Blacksmith's Shop
- Adventurer's Supply Store
- Argentia's Apothecary
- Archibald's Courier Service
- Welton General Store
- Agrendale Blacksmith's Shop
- Adventurer's Supply Store
- Argentia's Apothecary
[lv. 1] Guldath Village (Poor): You don't know much about this place. At most you have a general idea of it's layout.
[lv. 1] Guldath Swamps (Poor): You don't know much about this place. At best, you've explored maybe a fifth of it.
Guldath Swamps [Outer] (Average): You don't know much about this area, though you do have a general idea of a few paths you can follow. It's mostly inhabited by Skithers, bizarre crosses between a snake and a crocodile, though you feel certain that there's something else that you just haven't seen.
Guldath Swamps [Abandoned Village] (Horrible): An abandoned village out on the border between the inner and outer Guldath Swamps. Ten years ago it was a bustling village, despite its obscure location. Then a dense white fog rolled in, and when it rolled out the place was abandoned. Now everyone avoids the place.
Guldath Swamps [Abandoned Village] (Horrible): An abandoned village out on the border between the inner and outer Guldath Swamps. Ten years ago it was a bustling village, despite its obscure location. Then a dense white fog rolled in, and when it rolled out the place was abandoned. Now everyone avoids the place.
~~~ Footnotes: ~~~
*3D Mosaic: Currently a fringe art style, Mosiacism seems to be poised to rapidly join the mainstream art world along with many of its fellows born from the VR revolution. Mosiacism revolves around using colored transparent materials in conjunction with raised tiles to create elaborate works of art that change depending on what angle you look at them from.
** D-pens: A pen shaped VR prop for the artist centered Aethera VR headset, these use the exterior cameras of the Aethera headset to track the distinctive pattern of the pen-like prop. This allows for artists and other creators to draw three dimensional structures directly within a VR workspace, rotating or twisting the pen to bring up different menus at will.
~~~ Notes: ~~~
Weee. So this update is finally out, and we're quickly getting to the actual "meat" of this questline.
Goddamn but this has taken a long time. *shrug* Eh. It'll come when it comes.
Oh! As you guys can see, I'm experimenting with using footnotes to help develop the world outside some. Let me know if works. (And no, none of the stuff in this footnote is going to be important later on. It's just worldbuilding.)
(...and I'm not just saying that to tease you guys; I really do mean it.)
(...really, I do.)
EDIT: Interestingly enough, this chapter came a lot easier when I tried to write it, and the quality seems (to me at least) a lot better than the last update. Any thoughts on that?
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- Location
- scrabbling
The section he's on is how large?
- Location
- Rochester, NY
[X] Wait just a little while to see if anything else on the floor starts moving.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
Onwards and downwards!
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
Onwards and downwards!
- Location
- Rochester, NY
The footnotes are a good idea. It's fun to just get little bits of extra fluff about the universe here and there.
As for the quality of the posts, I'm afraid I'm not really much of a judge for these things
I've enjoyed reading them either way.
In_lurk_shadow
[ ]
- Location
- here and there
[X] Wait just a little while to see if anything else on the floor starts moving.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
- Location
- Rochester, NY
einargs
Verified Spiller of the Egg Yolk
- Location
- The Egg Yolk, Outer Layer
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Large enough for about eight people to sit comfortably.
That's what I thought, so it's good to get confirmation.
Good to knowAs for the quality of the posts, I'm afraid I'm not really much of a judge for these things
That... would be an error, yes. Dammit.
[X] Wait just a little while to see if anything else on the floor starts moving.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
If so that's not a good puzzle for an MMO.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
Well...not unless they were locked with the puzzle. I gather that the puzzle is not difficult per se, it's like a 2.5d jigsaw puzzle, with many pieces, and too big to watch over from one point.
If so that's not a good puzzle for an MMO.
Excellent counterattack!
I remember reading about similar stuff, though user friendliness leaves much to be desired.
Love it. More stuff to discuss aside from the immediate crisis.
- Location
- scrabbling
[X] Wait just a little while to see if anything else on the floor starts moving.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
emberofshadow
The shadow, the true self
- Location
- Magatsu Inaba
[X] Wait just a little while to see if anything else on the floor starts moving.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
[X] Wait just a little while to see if anything else on the floor starts moving.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
einargs
Verified Spiller of the Egg Yolk
- Location
- The Egg Yolk, Outer Layer
- Pronouns
- They/Them
So! Consensus has formed! I'll try to get this written up on the drive down from Michigan, but no promises - I got stuck with a bunch of homework over Labor Day weekend, and I haven't really had a chance to do any of it so now I have to do it in the bloody car.Consensus said:
So yeah.Precisely. Looking back over I realize that I forgot to include this, which is really bad writing (
), but the point that spring rain is making is that Cardinal must be capable of adapting the game structure on the fly to fit the changed dynamics of a world where everyone spends 100% of their time online. A situation like SAO simply doesn't work in an MMO designed to simply be part of a life instead of all of it... which is why that MMO can change, grow and learn.Pretty much why I wrote it up. I see the technology of the SAO world as mostly being like ours, just with a lot more VR everywhere.
Thinking about it, that's pretty much what I was aiming for: something to foster greater discussion and engagement than just the usual update-to-update challenges.
Actually, that gives me an idea... *furious scribbling*
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Oh I am slain!
Wynaut?
- Location
- Tatooine
I'll tag on my vote to the consensus anyway. Still very much enjoying following this quest. ^_^
[X] Wait just a little while to see if anything else on the floor starts moving.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
[X] Wait just a little while to see if anything else on the floor starts moving.
-[X] If it doesn't seem like it, ride the platform in to the tower.
I'd say that they ought to buy a bunch of sturdy rope for these kinds of situations. Except Cardinal might then take that into account.
We did, it let us avoid one nasty outcome already.
I'm more concerned about players not equipped with a shitload of rope and 10ft poles having to deal with Adapted Cardinal.
- Location
- scrabbling
Well, in MY opinion, if you don't bring AT LEAST ten pounds of chalk I'm not sure you can really be called prepared anyway and deserve whatever comes to you.
einargs
Verified Spiller of the Egg Yolk
- Location
- The Egg Yolk, Outer Layer
- Pronouns
- They/Them
So the next update's done, but I'm wondering if I can get a quick second opinion on it. I ended up having to re-write it - you guys rolled horribly, and it just wasn't going to work out right - and I want to make sure that it... well. Flows well. So yeah.
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