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#1 Populuxe

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 04:55 AM

It was a hot day in old Appleoosa. A burly stallion was out tending his fields when he decided to take a dip in a nearby river to cool off. While leisurely soaking in the river something shiny caught his eye. At first he looked away, but after a few seconds he swam towards it and snatched it up. The stallion swam back to the edge of the river and examined the shimmering object. "Sweet Celestia! Gold....- GOLD!" He shouted. The farmer quickly ran to his house. His wife came out the back door and waited for her husband. "Gold! There's good in them there river! And we're gonna get rich!"
A week past and ponies from all around Equestria had come to Appleoosa to investigate the river for themselves. Some found gold while others were certain that there wasn't even a sprinkle of good dust in the river. You just got here and have been a given a small plot of land with a house. However there are three other houses on the land each full of different ponies you'd be sharing the land with.
Will you strike gold or strike out?
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I've thought about an olden day RP like this for a while and here it is! Yes some graham we isn't correct because back then they didn't talk like they do now.
So ya the general idea is that you just moved to Appleoosa and you live in a small cabin/house of sorts. One bathroom, two bedrooms(a master and a smaller one), and a small kitchen next to the living room. There are four houses on the plot and 2-3 ponies live in each cabin.
I'm going to let you know that I'll be rolling a dice to find out if you find any gold and if so how much gold you'll find.
Rules would be:
1.No Godmodding
2.Some ahipping is allowed, but no NSFW
3.Try to stay out of OOC
4.Anything i missed
5.Have fun ^_^ or else

Apps would be like this:
Name:

Age: (15-70)

Race: (Unicorn, Pegasus, or Earth pony nothing else; there might be an exception)

Gender:

Appearance: (Pics would be appreciated of not its ok :) )

Personality:

Bio: (of what happened before they got to Appleoosa)

Profession: (their job/ what they would do for a job)

So what do ya think?
(My space bar isn't working when I'm trying to indent paragraphs D:)

Edited by Wimpeh129, 01 November 2013 - 04:57 AM.


#2 RunningWolf251

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 01:34 PM

I like the idea, it's something new and it seems like it's got a good base to it, but what is there to keep players interested? Is the only thing that's really happening panning for gold? Sure, it'll work for a while, but if there's nothing else interesting to capture a player's attention, then the turnout will likely not last long, or it will not reach its full potential. Surely something else must happen after a while to create a sense of conflict apart from player against player grinding against each other. I'm also a bit unsure of the whole dice roll to find gold thing.

 

Perhaps players find some gold on their own (obviously pointing out when it's a bit overpowered, given that not many people stumble onto a huge deposit and get it up quickly) and then you have some sort of event in which the players need to work together to save all the gold, or get the gold they'd already collected back. Maybe somebody's stolen their gold from them as they were taking it to be weighed and sold, so now they need to get their life's work back. Gold makes for greedy men (or ponies here), greedy men/ponies want a power, plus a lot of other things. They'll do some nasty things to get what they want. Of course, this could turn into a shoot-em-up, which is likely what would happen in an event like this anyways, but just keep it in mind if you decide to do something like this.



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Posted 01 November 2013 - 03:35 PM

Agree with everything that running said but I got a question if it ends up on a shoot-em-up RP, wouldn't this just be a Old West RP? That'll be the first I think



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Posted 01 November 2013 - 04:03 PM

wouldn't this just be a Old West RP? That'll be the first I think

Heh, if I had posted the one I was working on, it would have been the first. But no matter, mine's quite a bit different as is and might end up as more of a fanfic than an rp. I think the ye olde wester genre is a good change from the usual types of rp here. Since it's a new sort of thing for most people, it probably wouldn't hurt to have a few different scenarios sort of planned out in your head to make it interesting enough to where they would choose it over, say, a fallout rp. As it is currently, it seems more of a non-story structured rp (much like University Days was, and Paradise Island is now) in which characters just go about their daily lives doing X et omnia alia quae. Uni days somehow managed to pull it off for a much longer period of time than expected, though I feel like the constant influx of new characters and the loss of older ones kept it strong. The same thing could happen with S4 coming up, but expect the expected and plan for the smaller group of people who look for a direction in their stories and I think you'll be all set up and ready to roll.



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Posted 01 November 2013 - 05:21 PM

 et omnia alia quae. 

What the hell?



#6 Populuxe

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 10:11 PM

Thanks for the input guys :)

Anyways:
I won't roll dice for finding gold, but I want to make it fair so that they can't just say that they got gold immediately.
And other than digging for gold your OC will have to get some type of job to pay for their house and you can plant fruits and vegetables on your land.

#7 Colgate The Unicorn

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 10:27 PM

I'll probably join.



#8 tudexd

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 10:49 PM

So our OCs are starting a boomtown



#9 RunningWolf251

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 11:16 PM

And other than digging for gold your OC will have to get some type of job to pay for their house and you can plant fruits and vegetables on your land.

Don't take this the wrong way, but isn't that sort of thing more suited to a flash game or more interactive game? I feel like it might be difficult, not only for you, but for the players to keep track of that and given the lengthy period of time that it takes crops to grow and the relative length of time that it takes to get through a single day in an rp might make that a tough approach.

 

But otherwise, it is a free-plot lifestyle rp then?



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Posted 01 November 2013 - 11:34 PM

Don't take this the wrong way, but isn't that sort of thing more suited to a flash game or more interactive game? I feel like it might be difficult, not only for you, but for the players to keep track of that and given the lengthy period of time that it takes crops to grow and the relative length of time that it takes to get through a single day in an rp might make that a tough approach.

But otherwise, it is a free-plot lifestyle rp then?

I guess it is....

About the plants, it'll be like minecraft where it takes a day or two to grow.

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 11:42 PM

One way to not create conflict with the crops gold, and not fucking up the economy with instant food supply how about you say the town is already there and each pony or citizen have their jobs on whatever the town has to offer?  



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Posted 02 November 2013 - 12:15 AM

Ok, but what ponies would work as the farmers, miners, sales ponies(?), sheriff, etc.?

Edited by Wimpeh129, 02 November 2013 - 12:40 AM.


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Posted 02 November 2013 - 12:33 AM

Yeah those could work. Not sure about the butcher.... Well in the case of we having a Trevor Philips in the game then the butcher should be alright



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Posted 02 November 2013 - 12:39 AM

Yeah those could work. Not sure about the butcher.... Well in the case of we having a Trevor Philips in the game then the butcher should be alright

Sorry wasn't thinking. They don't eat meat! Ugh my brain today I had a great night on holloween, but I'm so tired.

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Posted 02 November 2013 - 02:13 AM

Why does the Oregon Trail come to mind as I read this?



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Posted 02 November 2013 - 02:41 AM

Why does the Oregon Trail come to mind as I read this?

Mention of the West and sustainability, most likely. But the difference here is this is the actual homesteading part, not the traveling.



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Posted 02 November 2013 - 02:45 AM

Either way seems interesting enough.



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Posted 04 November 2013 - 07:33 PM

Is this gonna start?



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Posted 04 November 2013 - 11:45 PM

Ok I'm gonna start this. Sorry for the wait.


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