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Some of those Metro 1.0 names ring a faint bell. I can't even remember who I played that far back though.

I think the lines get very, very blurry in nWoD in terms of 'what you are playing'.

There's very little 'setting' at all really when you get down to it. Sure the splats describe other NPC monsters, or some political structures... but there's no 'Bad guys own New York! Flying monkeys pooping acid are swarming over Africa!' going on in the background. There's nothing to anchor you to the world.

oWoD was about being X, in a world where ABC and D were happening. ABC and D happening narrowed your path a bit and forced you to react to it.

nWoD is about being X. But there's no set ABC and D happening on the side so there's no focus, nothing outside of your own desire to drive your character in any direction.

For example, lets say you're Wally, a Red Talon werewolf in oWoD. You're a killer deep down inside, beneath whatever you try to do with your 'mortal' life. In fact you find it hard to interact with people as your rage gets higher. You always have to be on your toes because the BSD are going to get you. Or the vampires. Or the other creatures. There's spirits coming out of the woodwork and the setting materials themselves tell you in black and white some of the hotspots in the world and provide you with a dire, immediate 'something' to either act against, for, or at least acknowledge.

Now you're playing Willy, a Blood Talon werewolf in nWoD. You're a fighter at heart. There's nothing really keeping you from living a mortal life. Even as your mojo gets stronger you only get a few minor penalties and people might eye you funny but you can still do whatever. Whatever you're doing boils down to what your pack is up to though. Unless you're packless, in which case you might be a taxi driver. Or a stripper. Or maybe you hang out on the corner flinging shit at traffic like a homeless person. There's nothing keeping you from it. The only threats to you are those invented by yourself or the person directly running your chronicle.

On the topic of renown? You're going to earn it in oWoD. There's threats to face. It's not a matter of going out and seeking it; the trouble will come to you. System-aside (requiring player votes to earn is.. inconvenient in a MUSH) renown in nWoD feels more like something you have to go a-questing for.

In oWoD you're standing on the castle wall, firing arrows down at the invading barbarian hordes.

In nWoD, you're a knight errant. If you want to find danger you have to go seek it out for yourself.

Sorry for rambling.

You could do a system where you have wait times to raise renown/etcetera if you don't RP it, but you can avoid that if you do a PrP about it.

That way people who don't want to RP that? They don't have to. People who do want to RP It? They benefit from it but not excessively so.

If it makes you feel better, Corruption, the church I was a part of growing up was entirely vegetarian.

And not even the cool Californian kind of vegetarian. I'm talking fake chicken in a can vegetarian.

I kind of want to post a link to the racist redubbing of the old Ninja Turtles movie called "N**ga Turtles' on youtube. But I won't.

I won't.

Okay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJspVE355Do

Sorry. I had to.

The Anno Dracula series was also fairly interesting. It's a 'what if Dracula didn't lose to Van Helsing?' alternate history take on things. Dracula was kind of a dick in those though.

Because you know going into the scene exactly what's going to happen. You're going to do something glorious, or cunning, or wise, or whatever.

It takes the fun out of it to know you're just grinding for dots.

@Arkandel said:

@Spitfire said:

Why does everybody love Vampire?

Why do some people like chocolate and some don't?

Because some people are monstrous, blood-sucking freaks of nature who need to be staked and left out in the sun.

...to clarify, I'm talking about people who don't like chocolate.

Dead Island: Epidemic is in open beta now anyways. It doesn't require keys anymore! But thanks for mentioning it, so now I know to download it and give it a try.

@Coin Renown should be decided by a small committee of staff and based purely on TS prowess.

Like it was in the oWoD days.

@bobotron

I know nothing of MET systems and as you are more knowledgeable than I on the subject I will take your word for it. I look forward to the success of your project and wish you the best.

I'd offer to help out but I'm almost totally burned out on MUSHing at present and one little push would be enough to burn me out completely.

I like the idea of XP transfers only being allowed if you die on grid. It encourages people to end their characters rather than let them fade away.

I just hate playable Tremere. I hate them so much.

I cheat on my eye test every time I get a new driver's license. They never test my driving or anything. I guess it's just something you have to do when you get a license for a new state?

A lot of us are broke/not into buying a bunch of games. So how would you guys feel about maybe getting some group browser games going? I'm not big into browser games but I'd definitely be willing to play them with others.

Risk, Diplomacy, and Town of Salem are three I can think of off the top of my head that might be fun. The bonus for the first two is that they don't require us all to be logged in at the same time.

http://www.blankmediagames.com/ is the link to Town of Salem, for those not familiar with it.

If you can convince a few others to buy Talisman, I might be willing to splurge next month or so. I've been playing Borderlands with Miss Demeanor (When she remembers to send me a steam message with 'GAME NOW!' in bold font at least.) and it's been good fun so I'm willing to buy games to play with you guys.

@Wretched said:

Wait, Dying light has multiplayer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMuYHdpPh8M

You can be a zombie and invade friends' games. Also it allows four-player co-ops.

You'll get a lot more mileage out of alt-caps than sphere-caps.

Bah! Nobody has EU4! Heathens! There's even a cool new nation designer DLC coming out this month!

The only GMC stuff I have is for Vampire, Hunter, and Mortal/+.