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The World R:1

The World is the first massively multi-player online RPG since Pluto's Kiss. Developed for the ALTIMIT OS, The World had a lot of media hype, resulting in over 100,000 preorders being taken in November of 2007. The World was sold online for download, and in the first day alone it sold 4,576,623 copies.

The World was created by the genius programmer Harald Hoerwick under the name Fragment. Fragment was released as a limited beta approximately nine months prior to the release of The World. The beta was stopped early for unknown reasons and The World was released shortly afterwards.

The World's storyline is based off of the Epitaph of Twilight, an epic poem by the web author Emma Wielant. In the game the world has been under attack by monsters, which has forced the forces of good to retreat into fiercly defended cities and forts. Only adventurers (represented by the players) are allowed to penetrate the magical shields around these safe havens and battle with the monsters that lurk outside. These adventurers draw their power through their mastery of waves, symbols that are inscribed onto their bodies and equipment that allow them to channel the power of the elements into their bodies in the form of magical skills and abilities.

The World R:2

In 2015, a fire destroyed most of The World's game data, so CC Corp quickly began work on a replacement. By splicing together the remaining data from The World with another game they were working on, they created R:2. It was released on Christmas Eve, 2015. However, fans of The World disliked the change as they were unable to transfer their character data to The World R:2, and many referred to the launch as "Goddess's Death". Despite this fact, the game goes on to sell 12 million copies, though it still falls short of its predecessor's 20 million.

R:2 has a much more in-depth background story for the players, which takes place about a hundred years after the background story of The World. Much of the world of R:2 uses steam as a form of power, creating a steampunk fantasy setting. Many more races are present within the game, including humans and beasts, who are divided into three different Factions.

Character classes are a bit more ranged, now, than previously, and consist of the following:

Adept Rogue: A multiweapon class, for those who like everything.
Blade Brandier: For those who like longswords.
Macabre Dancer: For those who like fans.
Edge Punisher: For those who like greatswords.
Flick Reaper: For those who like scythes.
Harvest Cleric: For those who like healing and support magic.
Lord Partizan: For those who like spears (and giant drills).
Shadow Warlock: For those who like destructive magic.
Steam Gunner: For those who like range and melee.
Tribal Grappler: For those who like to use their fists.
Twin Blade: For those who like dual swords and speed.

NOTE: Only the above classes will be usable in 'The World'.

Welcome to The World.
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Character Sheets. * = Required, if not, the information is Optional.

*UserName: (This is what you will be known as in The World)
Real Name: (The name of the Player behind your character)
*Character Class: (One of the above classes)
*Character Race: (Human, Beast )
*Gender: (In The World)
Gender IRL: (The Gender of your Character's Player)
*Character Experience: (Newbie: Just Started / Intermediate: Been playing for a while / Veteran: Long Time Player)
Age IRL: (The Age of your Real Life Player)
*Appearance: (Detailed description or picture. Both are acceptable)
*Weaponry: (Either choose from the list or create your own with those parameters.)
In-Game Info: (Any information you want to share on your character of The World.)
IRL Info: (Any Information you want to share on the Player such as why they bought The World, their interactions with other people, etc.)
In-Game Profession: (Ex: PK = Player Killer, Merchant, Guild Leader. If you're a New Player, this can be what you'll be striving for.)
*Server/Root Town: (see below notes) (New Characters/Level 1s, Must start in DELTA//MacAnu.)

Note: Levels are mostly implied. New players will be level 1 but there won't be anything tracking it. New Players can be anywhere from Level 1-20, Intermediate can be 20-80, Veterans can be 80-150. 150 is the cap, though for fairness and fun it's requested that you refrain from being a maxed level, especially since The World R:2 hasn't officially been out for more than a year.

The following is a list of Servers and their corresponding Root Towns in the following format SERVER//RootTown:

DELTA//MacAnu: (For Beginner Players)
THETA//DolDona: (For Intermediate Players)
OMEGA//LuminaCloth (Palace Tournament Server)
SIGMA//BregEpona (For Advanced Players)
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~CyberConnect Corporation

*UserName: Arsenic
Real Name: Kiryu Hayabusa
*Character Class: Twin Blade
*Character Race: Human
*Gender: Male
Gender IRL: Male
*Character Experience: Intermediate
Age IRL: 24
*Appearance: Arsenic:
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo332/Burner55/Saladin-1.jpg
Kiryu:
http://www.cute-factor.com/members/love-chan-albums-random-anime-scans-picture12227-minitokyo-other-male-scans-380765.jpg
*Weaponry: Devil's Blade: Hold and Release type. Lvl.23/Rarity ******/P-Atk +17/Abilities: Backstab

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Arsenic's Devil's Blade is a rare set of Twin Blades he found while out raiding high level dungeons. He has found better equipment along the way, however he has grown attached to this particular set, and refuses to upgrade his blades.
In-Game Info: Inside the game, Arsenic is your standard dungeon raider. He loves hunting out new challenges and rare equipment. He leads the guild Echoes of Black Fury.
IRL Info: Kiryu himself, outside of The World, is a quieter type. He makes a living as a manga artist/writer, but lately has spent more time on The World than he has on his series, blaming it on writer's block. He plays The World in order to find inspiration for his work, however he usually gets sidetracked looking for rare loot instead. He initally joined The World R:1 to see what all the hype was about, but eventually became hooked on the game, thanks to his now ex, Yui. He tried to quit playing after they had split, however he convinced himself that the guild had already lost one member, and didn't need another one to bail out on them, as well. While raiding a dungeon after a negative encounter with Scythe, Arsenic ran into trouble when a group of infamous PKers appeared in front of him. Taking note of them and escaping from the battle zone, Arsenic prepared to Gate Out as he was ill-prepared to deal with the high level PKers. However, he found himself unable to gate out, due to the PKers using illegal mod gear to cancel his action. Backed into a corner, Arsenic was saved when a group of Knights arrived, lead by one of CC Corp's Administrators-- Hitomi of the Silver Fang. After the rescue, Hitomi and Arsenic became involved, thus causing his disputes with Scythe to grow more and more intense.
In-Game Profession: Guild Leader
*Server/Root Town: THETA//DolDona

One last thing I forgot to post up top... This URL will lead to a chat room where nine times out of ten, you can reach myself, Phoenix, or someone to discuss the RP, etc. It will be used for any OOC discussions, etc. This particular thread is for Character creation, as well as Boards. Boards, in this RP, are used for posting questlines (side quests, team-ups, etc.) for the other characters to complete. Phoenix would be the better one to explain them, honestly. Anyway, the URL I put up is where I'll be most of the time if anyone needs anything, long story short.

*UserName: Scythe
Real Name: Yui Ichinose
*Character Class: Flick Reaper
*Gender: Female
Gender IRL: Female
Race: Human
*Character Experience: Intermediate
Age IRL: Early 20s
*Appearance: An energetic girl who favors colors in the purple/indigo persuasion. Her outfit is less toward the style of R:2 and more reminiscent of R:1. She wears a long white scarf around her neck that tends to curl around near her feet. The scarf itself is a rare item that was given to her by an old friend before they came to 'different views'.
Scythe in 'The World'
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Yui in Real Life
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*Weaponry: Dread Scythe / Level: 20 / Rarity: ***** / P-ATK: +21 / Dark +35 / Abilities: Soul Tear, Lacerate, Chim Harvest.
Scythe's Weapon is a rare and unique item gained from a special quest alongside her teammate; Raven.
On a special side note, Scythe's Weapon may change but it always appears as the same weapon due to a Weapon Skin Mod that Scythe used.
In-Game Info: Scythe joined 'The World' due to her natural fascination with the game. Scythe is an Intermediate Level Flick Reaper and a Hacker. Despite her bountiful use of hacks and mods, Scythe continues to evade the 'ever present eye' of CC Corp. Due to her real life issues with the player of the Twin Blade, Arsenic, she can sometimes be found in The World in a heated conflict with him. This tends to draw a crowd as people are interested in how the Dungeon Raider Arsenic and the Elusive Reaper Scythe will do battle. After Scythe and Arsenic parted in the real world, Scythe became partners with a Tribal Grappler named Raven. Together, they've completed many rare quests and gained the attention of more then just CC Corp. Scythe has herself become infamous for slaying Guild's solo by using hacks. To this day, she's never been caught.
IRL Info: An original player of The World R:1, Yui is a Hardcore Gamer and big on technology. Not exactly one to appease herself with the simplicities of the gaming rules, Yui is a known hacker and exploits many in-game bugs. Yui carried over her gaming career with Kiryu into The World R:2. Having taken a great deal of interest in it, Yui pushed Kiryu to invest more interest in The World and for a time he did. Eventually, conflict flared between the two and pushed them apart after many years spent so close. After they parted ways, Kiryu became less active in the world for a short time but Yui stayed around and became that much more persistent, investing even more of her time into The World in order to forget about her problems in real life. After splitting ways with Kiryu, Yui almost never came out of The World-- both eating and sleeping while logged on. Despite this, Yui uses her portable device to make sure that even when she does leave the house -- she's always logged in. This has caused a tear between her and her family, making her socially deceased.
In-Game Profession: Hacker, GK = Guild Killer (Lower Level Guilds only)
*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

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*UserName: Raven
Real Life Name: Jasper
*Character Class: Tribal Grappler
*Gender: Male
Gender IRL: Male
*Race: Human
*Character Experience: Beginner
Age IRL: 19
*Appearance: In-game, Raven appears as a some what tall, dark male with grey hair- despite him appearing to be made into later teenage years. He has an open black shirt, dark cargo pants, and bandages over part of his feet. He wears a red torn cloth around his head with a metal plate just in front of it. Outside the world, he is known as 'Jasper'. A dark brown haired male in his early 20s.
Raven in 'The World'
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Jasper in Real Life
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*Weaponry: Dread Fist / Level: 20 / Rarity: ***** / P-ATK: +13 / Dark +35 / Impact, Critical.
In-Game Info: When Raven first logged into The World, he met the infamous Hacker 'Scythe' who was in a conflict with CC Corp. Jumping to conclusions, thinking that the mysterious girl was in over her head and that the people facing off against her were something alone the lines of PKers, Raven grabbed Scythe's arm and made a run for it through the Delta Server. After escaping, Scythe both congratulated him on his courage and scolded him for his irrational actions. Despite that, the two teamed up and Scythe taught Raven and helped him to grow strong. Raven took the Tribal Grappler class as a point that he prefers dealing with problems with his own two hands. Despite this constant point he tries to make, he has no qualms about pairing up with Scythe in The World. Together, along with the talented Flick Reaper, they make up the Duo known as 'Dread-Edge'. A Forum nickname that was inspired by their ability to tear through their enemies without mercy.
Real Life Info: Jasper is not a very enthusiastic person, though he can be friendly when propositioned to do such. He spends most of his time while outside of 'The World' listening to music on his own in a secluded spot. Unlike his partner in 'The World', Raven isn't located in Japan but rather in England. Although he doesn't mention it, Jasper has a sort of resentment toward the player behind Arsenic due to the state he left Scythe's player in. For this reason, Jasper supports Yui to keep working hard so that she can enjoy The World again.
Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

Getting 'The World'
The World is an MMORPG in the year 2015-2017. It was released at the same time on December 24th, 2015 in the United States, Europe, and Japan. It's both purchasable in a hardcopy from stores or downloadable from the internet.

Interface - The Headset
The headset for 'The World R:2' is a some what large visor that rests over your eyes. It helps you to talk, hear, and see everything in The World as if you were really there -- a virtual reality type device.

The Controller
A USB Controller used for online games.
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Loading 'The World'
When you load 'The World', the first thing to be done will be logging in. If you haven't made your character yet, make sure to do so.

Message System
The Messaging System is the Email System between users. When logging in for the first time, you will get the typical 'Thank you for joining' email from CC Corp. In the message system, you can check Received Emails, Sent Emails, and the online Profile of people who's member addresses you have. If you want to email someone, make sure to get their Member Address while in-game.

BBS
The Community Forums for 'The World' are full of information that anyone can find useful from time to time. It consists of five forum sections. 'The World (Forum)' which talks about specific aspects of The World. 'Crimson VS (Forum)' which talks about the card game developed alongside 'The World'. 'News' where people can talk about The News specifically, outside of The World. 'Rumors' where users can post and talk about rumors they heard or want to start. 'Apkallu' which is an art forum where people can share their own concept art and drawings with other players or comment on them. These forums are not monitored by CC Corp, so even topics about illegal aspects of the game can be discussed.

News
Speaks for itself.

Options
Changes visual aspects and sound aspects of the game. You can change your wallpaper, the screen resolution, the sound quality, and other parts of the game here.
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Entering 'The World'
Upon entering The World for the first time, your PC will appear in the DELTA Server in a town called 'Mac Anu'. The area around you will appear like a small dome. After unlocking the areas when gaining higher levels, the player can change their Root Town so that when they log in to the game, they will load in another server. There are four Servers.

Δ Delta Server, with Root Town Mac Anu
Θ Theta Server, with Root Town Dol Dona
Ω Omega Server, with Root Town Lumina Cloth
Σ Sigma Server, with Root Town Breg Epona

Delta//Mac Anu
In The World R:2 Mac Anu returns as the Root Town of Delta Server, though it is now a much larger city than it was before. Many @HOMEs are located here, as well as many Lost Grounds. There is an Alchemy District and Mercenary District.
Mac Anu - in 'The World R:2' Storyline
In the storyline of The World R:2, Mac Anu is the seat of power for the Arvakv faction. Additionally, Anu is the goddess of the stars, replacing Krake in The World's Pantheon.

Theta//Dol Dona
Dol Dona is a mid-level Root Town. Medium-sized guilds' @HOMEs are located here.
Dol Dona - in 'The World R:2' Storyline
Dol Dona is built atop a fallen fragment of Fort Ouph. The city itself is controlled by the Beast-dominated Ogmios Faction and their leader Bipu Bapu. Because of this Beasts comprise most of Dol Dona's population.

Omega//Lumina Cloth
Lumina Cloth houses the Arena and the @HOME of Icolo, a guild consisting of the Arena champions, or Emperors. Having no fields, the only PKing that can occur in Lumina Cloth is in the Arena. Since it houses the Arena, Lumina Cloth is frequented by players of all levels, and is an ideal place to obtain rare items through trade.
Lumina Cloth - in 'The World R:2' Storyline
In the storyline of The World R:2, Lumina Cloth is the seat of power for the Teutates clan.

Sigma//Breg Epona
In The World R:2, the city of Breg Epona replaces Fort Ouph as the Root Town of Sigma Server. Breg Epona's chaos gate allows players to travel to fields and dungeons with the highest leveled monsters in the game.
Breg Epona - in 'The World R:2' Storyline.
Breg Epona served as a last resort weapons factory made by the Humans during their conflicts with the Beast Tribes.

The Chaos Gate
Every Root Town contains a Chaos Gate, a gate which allows players to transport themselves between Servers and to Fields and Dungeons.

In The World, Chaos Gates close the town to the fields, deterring monster attacks. On rare occasion, however, CC Corp's unique Events sometimes stage a battle in a server's Root Town.

These gates allow access to all of the server's "fields," which contain Monsters to slay and Dungeons to explore. Players assemble a code of 3 keywords, and based on those keywords, are teleported to a field whose parameters are directly affected by each keyword's specific properties. Each keyword affects specific attributes of the given field, from the type of field, to the monster level and population.

These gates appear as a golden circular disc hovering in the air, spinning in circles, with a blue screen, as if to show into other worlds. When activated, the gate is encompassed by spinning golden bands, rapidly circling around it. Golden bands rapidly circle around the players downward, and the players are then teleported to their specified destination, appearing with golden bands spinning in circles around the player downwards. There are also special gates located throughout The World.

Chaos Gates in The World R:2
In The World R:2, smaller sub-varieties of gates exist in addition to Chaos Gates:

- Warp Points are teleporters used by players to move around Root Towns, Dungeons, and Fields. Warp Points found on fields require Chim Spheres to operate.
- Platforms are found throughout fields and dungeons, and are used to return to a town's Chaos Gate, akin to the "Gate Out" feature in The World. Guilds of rank 3 or above can also use platforms to access their storage.

Fields (Area 1/3)
Fields are the most basic area of The World. They are reached by creating different three word (more accurately "phrase" combinations at a Chaos Gate in a Root Town. Fields exist in both The World and The World R:2, but are somewhat different.

Fields are one of the three types of areas in The World R:2 (along with dungeons and lost grounds). All fields are of one basic scenery type, but vary in weather. Each field has a corresponding mission, sometimes a quest, which usually consists of either unlocking and entering the underground treasure room or defeating a boss.

Monsters are scattered across the fields, and there is usually also a Mecha Grunty and Lucky Animal on each. There are also occasionally Unlucky Animals, and idle players may find themselves attacked by a Doppelganger. There are some fields with rivers or ravines that can only be crossed via Warp Point. PvP battles are also not uncommon on fields, particularly in areas that end with the word "Berserker".

Dungeons (Area 2/3)
In The World R:2, dungeons are a separate type of area from fields, which players can enter directly from a Chaos Gate. For many dungeons the goal is to reach the Beast Statue or defeat a boss, though various quests may require other conditions to be met. There are four known types of dungeons in The World R:2, they include:
- Caves
- Shrines
- Towers
- Forests

Lost Grounds (Area 3/3)
The Lost Grounds are special areas within The World that have existed since Fragment. This title is first used in The World R:2. Lost Grounds seem to be synonymous with Sacred Zones, areas based on the story of the Epitaph of the Twilight. They may or may not be related to the Legendary Lands, areas related to the story of The World. One of the Lost Grounds, The Creator's Room, is also known to be one of Harald's Rooms. The Japanese festival-themed area Δ Hidden Forbidden Festival matches the "Hidden Forbidden" naming pattern most Lost Grounds share, but it is unknown if this area is also a Lost Ground.

Name of Lost Grounds
- Arche Koeln Waterfall
- Balbol Museum
- Briona Gwydion the Dragonbein Range
- Coite-Bodher Battlefield
- Dark Morrigu Barrow Wall
- Dead World of Indieglut Lugh
- Great Temple of Caerleon Medb
- Hulle Granz Cathedral
- Hy Brasail, the Isle of Kings
- Inverted City Megin Fi
- Morrigu Barrow Wall
- Six Ringing Peaks of Al Fadel
- Sugar Mansion Sif Berg
- The Creator's Room
- Wailing Capital Wald Uberlisterin
- World of Sin Ran Hati

Beast Statue
Beast Statues are located in temples scattered throughout fields and dungeons in The World R:2. In front of each statue is a special treasure offering which contains powerful equipment or rare items. The statues on Delta Server are actually of Folset, the God of Justice, but most players in the game are not aware of this fact.

Doppleganger
A Doppelganger is a special monster in The World R:2. If a player avoids battling for five minutes on a field, or if they go to a field with the 3rd keyword Moonlight, a darkness-shrouded version of that character's PC will appear and attack them. Doppelganger starts off eight levels higher than the player and draws its stats from what the player's would be at that same level if they were unaltered by items.
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Goblin Tag
Goblin Tag is an event in The World and The World R:2. In the event players attempt to catch one or more special Gold Goblins. The player's goal is to either kill or hit the goblin. The goblins all cast Rig Seam on themselves if the player gets too far away. To distinguish them from regular Goblin Monsters, each of the Gold Goblins has their own name, and personality. The Goblins are:
- Stehoney, the newest and weakest member of the Golden Goblins. He is always the first goblin the player faces, and is the least challenging.
- Jonue, the second Golden Goblin and the first real member of the Golden Goblin squad. Though he is stronger than Stehoney he is still fairly weak and easy to catch.
- Zyan, the third Golden Goblin. Zyan distinguishes himself by being a workaholic obsessed with physical strength. He sometimes appears alongside the fourth Golden Goblin, Albert.
- Albert is the fourth Golden Goblin, and the second in command of the Golden Goblin squad. Though he is sometimes paired with Zyan, he is able to function fine on his own.
- Martina, the fifth Golden Goblin and the only female goblin in the group. As the leader of the Golden Goblin squad she leaves most of the work to her minions, but when faced with a serious threat she is not afraid to get her hands dirty. The most powerful of the Goblins, defeating her can be quite a challenge.

In The World R:2, instead of having to run after them the player can use their Steam Bike to chase after them and ram them.

Steam Bikes - http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Steam_Bike
Steam Bikes are steam-powered motorcycles used by guild leaders and those rich enough to afford one in The World R:2. They offer a considerable boost in speed in both fields and Root Towns. However, Steam Bikes cannot be used in dungeons. Bikes have their own category in the Ryu Books.

Steam Bike - Combat
Steam Bikes can be used to crash into monsters to deal damage, counting as a surprise attack when successful. They are also able to run over Lucky Animals and Chim Chims. After crashing into an enemy on the steam bike and initiating combat, the steam bike must be dismounted until the battle ends.
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Guild Master Certification Event
The Guild Master Certification Event is a special event in The World R:2 available exclusively to new Guildmasters. In it, the new Guildmaster has to perform several tasks for his or her guild's Grunty. Doing so unlocks all of the features of that Guild's @HOME. The event is different for each Guildmaster, so its hard to predict exactly what it will entail. However most events involve the Guildmaster cooperating with his or her guildmates to complete the tasks.
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The Arena
The Arena is an area for PvP combat located on the Omega Server. Unlike the PKing that occurs in other parts of The World R:2, all combat in the Arena is consensual. Some guilds exist solely for Arena competition. As items cannot be used in the Arena, Harvest Clerics and other casters are considered invaluable.

There are three Arena circuits by level, called Palaces. The three palaces are:
- Demon Palace
- Holy Palace
- Sage Palace

In the Arena, teams of up to three players fight against each other in organized matches. Successful wins earn each team points, which increase their rank in their arena Palace. After a certain period of time, the top 16 teams in a Palace will face each other in a tournament. The winner of this tournament then holds an exhibition match against the current Emperor. Whoever wins becomes the current Emperor of that palace, and will keep that title as long as they continue defeating challengers. A player can only be an Emperor of one palace at a time.

All Arena matches are overseen by a mysterious Commentator. Little is known about this man, not even if he's a CC Corp employee. His peculiar nature has earned him a small fan club. Occasionally he invites other players to announce with him, usually a high ranking officer in one of the combatant's guilds.
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Job Extension
An Adept Rogue Only Special Event Quest that allows an Adept Rogue to access their second or third Job Extensions. These quests are not always available but alerts that the quests are available can be found on the BBS.

I was thinking of joining, but I have only seen a few odd episodes.

*UserName: AppleJuice (Yes... That is her name)
Real Name: Katherine Freeman
*Character Class: Harvest Cleric
*Character Race: Human
*Gender: Female
Gender IRL: Female
*Character Experience: Newbie
Age IRL: 12
Game Apperance:
http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/403/clericd.jpg
RL Apperance:
http://s4.zerochan.net/Alice.Margatroid.%28Young%29.full.1323847.jpg
*Weaponry: Staff
In-Game Info: AppleJuice has not been logged into The world for very long. However she has still gotten some bad reputation among those who pass from Newbie to experienced levels, nicknamed as 'The Healing Blunder'. She is easily distracted by The World and tends to forget what they are doing and very often falls into traps or gets the attention of enemy Mobs.
IRL Info: ADHD. That is the best thing to describe Katherine. Amazed by The World she tends to wander about, forgetting she is with a party and most often talks about what is going on outside her window then what is going on in the game. This tends to make her not pay attention and walk into bad things. She is quick to whine when something bad happens but tends to focus when people call her a child, trying to prove them wrong.
*Server/Root Town: Delta Server / MacAnu

Repost on the RL photo.
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/041/9/e/profile_picture_by_labrice-d5uix08.jpg

Phoenix - Thanks for the added info. Helps having a .hack// expert in on it this time around. XD

Jedi - Is cool. My only interaction with the series stems from within the games for the ps2 and a few odd episodes. The main thing is just to have fun with it.

Scarlet - Very nice.

Everyone - We'll try to have the RP thread itself up and running within the day. Just a matter of me getting off my lazy ass and out of bed... Maybe some coffee in my system.

*UserName: Hitomi
Real Name: Mariko Kojima
*Character Class: Adept Rogue
*Gender: Female
Gender IRL: Female
*Character Experience: Advanced
Age IRL: 25
*Appearance:
Hitomi in 'The World'
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Mariko in Real Life
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k582/Phoenix3068/dd38e255-7983-4267-8e57-44a412e5f199_zpsdcb35e02.jpg
*Weaponry: Goddess Blade / Level: 1 / Rarity: ***** / P-ATK: +30 / M-ATK: +10 / Light: +50 / Abilities: Counter Light, Drop Rate+10%, EXP+10%.
Divine Lance / Level 50 / Rarity: ***** / P-ATK: +35 / Light +50 / Abilities: HP Drain+50%.
In-Game Info: Hitomi is an Administrator PC which gives her rank to access very overpowering and overwhelming weapons, armor, and abilities. Despite this, she tries to keep her gear as close to player range as possible without putting her at a significant disadvantage against players who might break the rules. Hitomi is a powerful PC who many identify as "The Light of Judgment". Hitomi as a character tends to target and eliminate any and all characters with even a hint of cheat in their character without discrimination.
IRL Info: Mariko is not all that different offline from how she is in 'The World'. She has a strong sense of justice, believing good should always triumph over evil. She takes this to a fault, believing even players who aid a cheater should be eliminated from The World and never be allowed to join the games again. A CC Corp Employee, Mariko spends much of her time working around The World, however she still has a sense of real life -- something that is a counter balance for her boyfriends ex. After an in-game incident where she saved the character 'Arsenic', Mariko met with the player Kiryu in the real world and a relationship was sparked. Though she gives no special treatment to her new lover, she does show a soft spot for him -- ignoring his past with the infamous hacker 'Scythe' in The World. Mariko prefers spending time in the real world more then in-game, often saying things such as: "Spending so much time in The World is a good way to lose a feel for who you really are".
In-Game Profession: Admin.
*Server/Root Town: SIGMA//BregEpona

Welcome aboard, Phoenixout. And welcome... to The World.

hehehe, Phoenix. Your RL character is from Ghost in the Shell. and she is smexy.

Also.. Two Phoenixs? This will get confusing!

lol, I'm Phoenix, he's Pheonix. If it helps, call him brat. xD

Yeah, finding the player was a difficult task actually. The player in my mind had to be able to have a serious look about them, but at the same time have some sense of levity. She had to look smart, at least to a point, but also be very attractive. In the end, I settled with the major because she gets the closest to that look I was going with.

Left this on the OOC chat, but just in case no one logs in to see it, I'm going to have sporadic logins for a few days, as I'm going out of town to visit my mum for her birthday. I'll be back to my normal schedule around late night Friday/early morning Saturday.

I'll start working on the RP itself. It will be ready to post when Kin gets back. Anyone who hasn't posted their character yet, please post it soon before Friday night or Saturday morning. The RP itself will hopefully be starting by then and I'd rather have more people there when the game actually starts.

Are there any gun-like weapons?

Jedi, consider looking into the Steam Gunner class. I think you'll find it quite to your liking.

Also, found a weak net signal, so I'll still be in pretty regularly, overall. False alarm. Didn't realize there was a connection out here. x.x

You must be FAR out. Anyway, Steam Gunner seems interesting, but I am more interested in magical swords or just swords.

This took all night, my girlfriend is gonna kill me :

UserName: Knight Reaper

Real Name: Kaylan Hikaru

Character Class: Class: Adept Rogue --
-Blade Brandier 1
-Twin Blade 1
-Flick Reaper 2

Character Race: Human

Gender: Male

Gender IRL: Male

Character Experience: Newbie

Age IRL: 22

Appearance:


http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/065/c/c/final_getsuga_tenshou_3_by_dakora8789-d4rx0bx.jpg


http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2600000/Lelouch-code-geass-2636097-500-550.jpg

Weaponry: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs18/f/2007/127/d/a/Tensa_Zangetsu_by_Genises.jpg

In-Game/Real Life Info: "Kaylan Hikaru created 'Knight Reaper' in The World, as a means to join his long-time friend Jinto Kubitchi, who played in The World, and really wanted him to join. Kaylan agreed to make a similar character to his friend, but with opposite colours in terms of clothes. Two warrior brothers. After playing for a few days, getting to know the basics of the world, and having Jinto, known in the world as 'Knight Slayer'. They practised with their abilities, having found some remote locations to avoid dangers, and some places to explore, and logging out agreeing to meet the next day in that spot to explore the caves. The following day, Kaylan logged in to join his friend again, however 'KnightSlayer' was not waiting to explore the cave system as promised, and he watched as 'bullies' attacked and 'deleted' his friends character, leaving only his sword laying in the dirt, laughing as they phased back to their own server. After asking around for a bit trying to find out what happens when players are defeated, or if players could be deleted, and how higher level players could enter a 'newbie-zone' (guessing here). He logged out to call his friend, only to find out that Jinto had been found in a coma shortly after being 'deleted' from the game. His visor still over his eyes, and controller gripped in his hand. Kaylan sheathed the white and red katana with his own black and red one, and vowed that he would level up and get strong enough to find those who had caused his friend to fall into the coma and defeat them somehow."

In-Game Profession: Aspiring Player Killer

Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

OMG ITS ICHIGO! -fangirlsquee!-

Yep, I am Ichigo... was going to call my character that. Hikaru Ichigo. But oh well... I am a fan, and I was sad to see it end.

I'm in the process if throwing together a cs, I've only seen the anime (.hack//sign and twilight bracelet) but never played the game so my knowledge is limited. Also can your rl character be in the US or are we limited to EU and Asia?

Can be from Europe, Japan, or US. I'm tempted to say anywhere, but those are where I know that The World has been released in.

*UserName: Rave_in_the_Dark (Rave_in or Rae)

Real Name: Joanna Lopez

*Character Class: Adept Rogue

*Character Race: Human

*Gender: Female

Gender IRL: Female

*Character Experience: Intermediate

Age IRL: 23

*Appearance: http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/040/a/4/lol__irelia_by_diyane-d5udtu6.jpg in game

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/a/a1/Anime_girl_dj.jpg out of game

*Weaponry: Swords of the Lotus Queen/ lvl: 20/ Rarity: 5 stars/ ATK +25/ Ability: Hp drain.

(Swords of the Lotus Queen was awarded to her after she won a 1v1 PvP tournament some time ago, they are a set of four blades that hover closely around her that reacts to her movements.)

In-Game Info: Rave_in is a well known PvPer and belonged to a high ranked team but was kicked off the before the end of the top 16 tournament because she was being investigated for hacking, later on she was found innocent and was quoted, "with skills like these hacking would only slow me down." She has since been approached by many PvP guilds and even Pk guilds but she has turned everyone down. Leaving the PvP scene behind and has been seen around the lower lvls helping when she can and protecting them from ******* PKers.

IRL Info: Jo is an aspiring DJ and has recently been hired to play at a local club but when she is not working she is on the game and she only works three nights a week. Joanna started playing just to kill time between classes when she was in school but she had become addicted to the Arena and devoted all her time becoming better and learning all the little tricks to the world which was the reason she was thought to be hacking. Joanna fails at romance and has been known to ditch a guy before the first date ends, she finds most men boring and single minded. She currently lives in the US but is dying to move to Japan were the game is most popular.

In-Game Profession: Merchant

*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

(Please let me know if I filled this out correctly.)

(Also I've had bad run ins with "PKers" so I basically hate them. )

So when is the game coming? Also I need someone to help me stat my sword/swords?

Late night tonight/early morning tomorrow. As soon as I get home from mum's. Promise. And I'm sure Yui-Chan... Er... Phoenix... would be happy to help stat out your weaponry whilst I'm on the road. -nods-

YUI-CHAN! -throws hands up-

First of all, I have no idea what Starry is supposed to be. Adept Rogue, I saw that. But there are no sub-classes picked, no weapons indicated. And she didn't ask me for help so I'm reluctant to offer it.

No weaponry?

That's a weapon yes but it doesn't really fit any of the classes. I kind of agree with kin on the whole 'Not going adept rogue due to complexity' now. The Adept Rogue is a multi-weapon class. It doesn't have any of its own weapons, it uses weapon styles from other classes based on what it chose as its sub-classes. It has a set number of points to spend to make up it's subclass list. So she could be a Twin Blade, Blade Brandier, and Edge Punisher, letting her use all types of swords but she would need to get a Job Extension to gain her next level of weapon. Adept Rogue is a bit confusing unless you pay attention. If I didn't think Starry would get upset at me for saying and try to quit I'd try to talk to her about it T.T

Idk i just made stuff up ;p

Hmmm...I guess I've made a bad name for myself if you think I'd leave just for calling me out on something like that. As I said before I don't know much and I just made a bunch of bs up. So any feed back will help. ><

*UserName: Rave_in_the_Dark (Rave_in or Rae)
Shorter username might be a good idea

Real Name: Joanna Lopez
Good

*Character Class: Adept Rogue
Being an adept rogue is fine, but you missed something.
1. You have 4 points.
2. Each sub-class costs x-points. Twin Blade, 1. Blade Brandier, 1. Shadow Warlock, 3. Etc. Check the Adept Rogue page to find out how many.
3. Pick as many classes as you want, so long as you don't go over 4 points.
Possible: 3+1, 2+2, 2+1+1, 1+1+1
4. Decide which ones you want in which order: Example, Haseo wanted (1)Twin Blade, (1)Edge Punisher, (2)Flick Reaper. When he began the game he was an Adept Rogue with Dual Swords. First Job Extension gained a Broadsword. 2nd Job Extension gained a Scythe. Understand?
5. Load.

*Character Race: Human
Good

*Gender: Female
Good

Gender IRL: Female
Good

*Character Experience: Intermediate
Good

Age IRL: 23
Good

*Appearance: http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/040/a/4/lol__irelia_by_diyane-d5udtu6.jpg in game

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/a/a1/Anime_girl_dj.jpg out of game
Good
*Weaponry: Swords of the Lotus Queen/ lvl: 20/ Rarity: 5 stars/ ATK +25/ Ability: Hp drain.
This isn't a weapon type. you could have a cosmetic item that has swords levitate around you, but then they can't be usable. As an adept rogue, this is slightly tricky.
1. If you have no Job Extensions yet, list 1 weapon.
2. If you have 1 job extension at this time, list 2 weapons.
3. If you have 2 job extension at this time, list 3 weapons.

In-Game Info: Rave_in is a well known PvPer and belonged to a high ranked team but was kicked off the before the end of the top 16 tournament because she was being investigated for hacking, later on she was found innocent and was quoted, "with skills like these hacking would only slow me down." She has since been approached by many PvP guilds and even Pk guilds but she has turned everyone down. Leaving the PvP scene behind and has been seen around the lower lvls helping when she can and protecting them from ******* PKers.
PVP and PK are kind of the same thing in this game but that's not that bad of a mistake, so it's fine.

IRL Info: Jo is an aspiring DJ and has recently been hired to play at a local club but when she is not working she is on the game and she only works three nights a week. Joanna started playing just to kill time between classes when she was in school but she had become addicted to the Arena and devoted all her time becoming better and learning all the little tricks to the world which was the reason she was thought to be hacking. Joanna fails at romance and has been known to ditch a guy before the first date ends, she finds most men boring and single minded. She currently lives in the US but is dying to move to Japan were the game is most popular.
Very good

In-Game Profession: Merchant
Sounds more like a PKK (Player Killer Killer, a Player that Kills PKers)

*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu
Good


There you go Starry.

Everyone, brush up on your info, and visit the chat site if you need a refresher. Phoenix and I are putting this thing live tonight, if it means I have to pull an all-nighter to do it.

*UserName: JestersandSpades (goes by Jester)
Real Name: Kisaragi
*Character Class: Blade Brandier
*Character Race: Human
*Gender: Male
Gender IRL: Male
*Character Experience: Intermediate
Age IRL: 32
*Appearance: In-Game:
http://www.cosplayresearch.com/images/castlevaniaharmonypfdissonance/maxim/maxim01.gif
IRL:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o21/SingingAlone/Anime/librarian.jpg
*Weaponry: Empty Mirage/Lvl. 67/Rarity *****/P-ATK +24/Abilities: HP-Drain 50%
In-Game Info: Jester spends most of his time helping others get set up to play The World or tracking down items for TESMEI's shop. Aside from that, he can occasionally be seen wandering the Root Town of Mac Anu socializing.
IRL Info: Kisaragi is well-versed in the Epitaph of Twilight, and has worked at his local library as head librarian for years. He delights in learning new things as often as possible. He delights in his discussions with Makoto when she visits the library, and is also known to go out for drinks with Kiryu once a week; a tradition they've upheld since they both were old enough to drink legally.
In-Game Profession: Item Purveyor
*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

*UserName: Rhyme

Real Name: Joanna Lopez

*Character Class: Adept Rogue
Twin blade: +1 Edge Punisher: +1 Flick Reaper: +2

*Character Race: Human

*Gender: Female

Gender IRL: Female

*Character Experience: Intermediate

Age IRL: 23

*Appearance: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zs54n14c1r6tosmo1_500.jpg in game

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/a/a1/Anime_girl_dj.jpg out of game

*Weaponry: Death Dealer /dual swords/ Lvl: 70/ ATK: +22/ Dark +20/ Ability: HP Drain +50%

Broad Wings/ lvl: 43/ type: hold and release/ atk+ 38/ Ability: Auto guard

Rhyme is a well known PvPer and belonged to a high ranked team. However, before the tournament kicked off, she was kicked out due to suspected 'hacking' of her character. Later on she was found innocent and was quoted, "with skills like these hacking would only slow me down." She has since been approached by many PvP Teams. She was even approached by several PK guilds, like Kestral, who thought that she would do better at fighting outside of the Arena. Rhyme turned them all down, stating that 'She was done fighting players without cause'. Leaving the arena and much of the PvP scene behind, Rhyme has turned her attention to the lower levels, helping when she can and protecting them from PKers.

IRL Info: Jo is an aspiring DJ and has recently been hired to play at a local club but when she is not working she is on the game and she only works three nights a week. Joanna started playing just to kill time between classes when she was in school but she had become addicted to the Arena and devoted all her time becoming better and learning all the little tricks to the world which was the reason she was thought to be hacking. Joanna fails at romance and has been known to ditch a guy before the first date ends, she finds most men boring and single minded. She currently lives in the US but is dying to move to Japan were the game is most popular.

In-Game Profession: Player Killer Killer

*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

Attention Everyone,

No need to worry. The RP will go Live shortly after Kin wakes up. We already have the layout made up, right now it's just a matter of editing it and getting it down.

*UserName: Yuna
Real Name: Unknown
*Character Class: Steam Gunner
*Character Race: Human
*Gender: Female
Gender IRL: Unknown
*Character Experience: Advanced
Age IRL: Unknown
*Appearance: Yuna appears to be a long blue haired human female with an obsession with those two colors. Blue & Silver. Her gear that she wears is a blue skin tight suit with silver plated armor over the right leg, right arm, and left shoulder. Her bayonet is also silver and appears to be like a rifle version of a revolver.
*Yuna in 'The World'
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k582/Phoenix3068/Yuna_zps54b212cb.jpg
Yuna's Player
N/A
*Weaponry: Cycling Eclipse / Level: 14 / Rarity: ***** / P-ATK: +9 / Fire: +5 / Water: +5 / Wind: +5 / Earth: +5 / Light +5 / Dark: +5 / Abilities: Critical +10%
In-Game Information: Yuna is a mystery in many ways. Though it's never very hard to find her and she'll usually come when someone hails her, nothing about her personal life outside of 'The World' is known. In 'The World', Yuna is both a dedicated PK and PKK, seeming to take the role of a 'See all, Kill all'. Despite her ravenous lust for death, Yuna has proven to be a good ally when she helps in parties and a good source of tactical information. The only complaints anyone ever makes about her on forums aside from her open spirited view on killing all players -- is her habit of shooting her allies in the back of the head, after their mission is complete. Yuna considers herself the 'Perfect PKer'. She doesn't just run in and attack an enemy. She tends to wait and observe her enemy until just the right moment and attack them with deadly force.
Real World Information: Nothing is known about the Real Life, Yuna. This may change later on in-game.
*Server/Root Town: OMEGA//LuminaCloth
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*UserName: TESMEI
Real Name: Makoto Kasisaka
*Character Class: Twin Blade
*Character Race: Human
Gender IRL: Female
*Character Experience: Beginner
Age IRL: 22
*Appearance: A blonde haired twin blade. She wears a blue and white short skirted dress with long brown boots that cover up most of the way on her legs. In real life, she describes herself as having a some what nerdy appearance, all relevant to her personality and her glasses.
TESMEI
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k582/Phoenix3068/TESMEI_zpsd8f2f8fd.jpg
MAKOTO
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k582/Phoenix3068/Makoto_zps0f5c93f5.jpg
*Weaponry: Name: Sicklekin / Level: 17 / Rarity: ***** / P-ATK: +10 / Abilities: Critical.
http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k582/Phoenix3068/Twin_blades_by_Sanberg_zpsd3e28736.jpg
In-Game Information: In 'The World', TESMEI is an enthusiastic player who spends more of her time in towns than in the field. Most of the time, she can be found at her shop in the center of MacAnu. She claims she does this so that she can help players by providing them the tools to help themselves. Morality wise, TESMEI see's cheating in-game as a bad thing, but can accept such things when it becomes necessary. She is neither a High or Low level character, claiming that 'she didn't want to stand out'.
Real World Information: Outside of 'The World', TESMEI's player is called Makoto Kasisaka. She attends college classes during the day yet always manages to find a way to spend time in 'The World'. She claims she enjoys virtual reality over real life, though never gives any clear indication to anyone as to why. She is an only child and due to her good grades, she recieves sufficient support from her parents and she always wears a happy smile. Despite this, the few friends she has can tell that something troubles her deep down. Her character in 'The World', named TESMEI, was named so as a jest toward one of her friends due to her own poor accent and large basis of knowledge, translating to 'Test Me'.
*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

Ladies and gentlemen, we are streaming live from Hulle Granz Cathedral.

http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2010/222/7/b/Hulle_Granz_Cathedral_by_rafaeldecastro.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs19/f/2007/236/2/f/xHulle_Granz_Cathedralx_by_DeadxDusk.jpg

Right so... stating my swords?

in a "Shot in the Dark" guess...

Level: 2 / P-ATK: +4 / M-ATK: +4 / Light + 5 / 1 Slot
Level 2 / P-ATK: +4 / M-ATK: + 4 / Dark + 5 / 1 Slot

Which means you can add 1 Ability each.
http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Abilities
Note that the ability has to have a number in it where it says Slot and the number cannot be more than 1 because that requires more slots.

Erm... I'll just wing it then.

If any of you happen to get on, post, and still find yourselves bored, I'll be in the OOC chat until Game of Thrones comes on tonight. And then I'll be back online about an hour or so after it. I catch the 11PM showing, local time (it's 5:32PM here, now. if that helps any.) so it'll be 1AM or so before I get back on. But anyway, anyone has the spare time to kill, can't find anything to do, etc. I'm open to sit around and shoot the proverbial sh*t, so to speak.

lol, I suppose I should have added this so that it would make sense to everyone.

When you enter the game, you log into a Root Town. This is either; Mac Anu, Dol Dona, Lumina Cloth, or Breg Epona. Players cannot fight or attack each other in a Root Town, weapons remain hidden.

The only place players can battle are in 'Areas'. This can either be: Fields, Dungeons, or 'Lost Grounds'.
Fields and Dungeons are much the same thing. The difference is that a dungeon is a corridor that leads into deeper levels with stronger monsters that has a prize at the end. A field is a single area where the objective is either to open the temple to the Beast Statue or to destroy the boss monster.
IMPORTANT: DUNGEONS are NOT inside FIELDS anymore. The two are different places entirely.
To get to a 'Field' or 'Dungeon', you require 3 Key Words. These words work in combination. There are over 30 of each word that can be mixed and matched. That's 30x30x30, that's a CRAP load of word combinations and for each one, a different Dungeon or Field. Not only that, but there is the 'Server' Word. For example...
If you're in Mac Anu and type in Twisted(1) Guardians(2) Roar(3), you will go to 'Delta, Twisted Guardians Roar', which will be an area for levels 1-50.
If you're in Dol Dona and type in Twisted(1) Guardians(2) Roar(3), you will go to 'Theta, Twisted Guardians Roar', which will look similar most likely, but be for levels 51-100.
IMPORTANT: IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK ME. I wold much rather you asked me then go in confused and try to take a swing at it blind.

Finally, Lost Grounds. Special Unique Areas in the game. They have no Server or level difference. There are no monsters here. Let's take the one being used now for an example.
HIDDEN FORBIDDEN HOLY GROUND. The Hulle Granz Cathedral.
This is the most famous Lost Ground as it has been featured in every anime, game, novel of the series. It was seen in .hack//sign, it's where Kite activates his Bracelet in .hack//Infection, it's where Haseo was PK'd in G.U and where Shino was PK'd in .hack//Roots (Pre-Anime to G.U.) This is where we are 'now'.

To get to any area or change servers, you have to go to the 'Chaos Gate'. The Chaos Gate is the portal at the entrance of every Root Town. Your character can log in, turn around, and access the Chaos Gate.

Steps:
1.) Log in.
2.) Appear in Root Town.
3.) Turn around and activate Chaos Gate.
3.) Enter Keywords: Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground.
4.) Teleported just outside Hulle Granz Cathedral (You will be looking at it).
5.) Walk inside.

This is where the event is happening right now. Nobody has to go see it, it's really just for entertainment and greeting purposes. For the people who didn't catch that, don't worry about it right now. This was just to help people understand for future references. If you want to go somewhere to train, if you want to go PK, if you want to change servers, anything aside from Shop, do things with a Guild, or Accept Quests (Not go on them), you'll have to go to the Chaos Gate.

Just to make sure I'm not confusing (Cuz God KNOWS I am), was any of this confusing or does everyone understand what I just said. Again, if you have questions please, please, please ask me. I'm all too willing to help anyone who needs it.

So in terms of how I've netered, I am not sure who is in the area I am in, I thought the shop keeper in my post but was not sure.

Also, I hope my intro was oki-day?

Essentially, what you said was that you logged in (appeared at the chaos gate) walked away from the chaos gate (toward the center of Mac Anu) and that you heard us, or what I'm assuming you meant to be us (in the center of Mac Anu, while we're actually in an Lost Ground/hidden forbidden holy ground)

Gonna post this here and hope that nobody tries to post without reading this.

I'm going to do something with everyone at the Cathedral, I'll wait till everyone posts again. Don't have your character leave the cathedral just yet.

Lucky the post I was working on all day just up and disappeared lol. No worries though I'll have a new one typed out in an owl are two!

No idea what to post.

-------------Terms-------------

GP - Game currency. You need this to buy stuff.

Exp - Experience. It takes 1000 experience to get from one level to the next. This doesn't change as you level up, the monsters will just give less exp based on level difference.

Lv - Level. There are 3 types to look for. One is your character level which maxes at 150. Second is the Weapon Level, which is capped at 30, and you level this by using your skills on that weapon or by using Beginners Texts or Books. Lastly, there are the Book of 1000 levels, and those go up as we do stuff in the game.

Party - You can have up to two characters from your member address list travel and battle alongside you. In order to invite them to your party, you need their member address. This is simple to get, but pretty voluntary.

Desktop - As 'The World' is an online game, it is not played on a console. It is played over a computer. It's assumed that most people have similar set ups. The game is like any other loading file game which is placed on your Desktop. From the desktop, you can access multiple other online features.

Chim - As you kick most Chim Chims (normal, rare, and King) you gain some Chim Spheres. These are useful for opening doors, activating some warps, and rescuing Mecha Grunty each of 50 times per game. You can carry up to 99, but they're so very easy to replenish. Watch for for the Chim Assassins and for the stomping attacks of the King Chim, as these will take Chim Spheres from you..

The Following is purely game information and is not important in terms of actual gameplay in the RP.

HP - The health your characters have.

SP - Skill Points. The more you have, the more often you can use skills.

P-ATK - Your attacks' damage is based on this.

P-DEF - Your ability to resist physical attacks is based on this.

M-ATK - Magic attacks are based on this.

M-DEF - Resistance to magic attacks is based on this.

Fire/Water/Wind/Earth/Light/Dark - These influence your attacks and defenses by adding these elements to both. I would love to help you with this, but it is my experience to keep opposites (Fire and Water, Wind and Earth, and Light and Dark) close enough to balanced. Feel free to play with these at your own leisure.


Curse - Depletes SP gradually

Poison - Depletes HP over time

Sleep - Makes target unable to move until they are healed or hit.

Charm - Makes target attack his or her own allies.

Area and Arena Ranks - When you leave an area or an Arena Battle you are then graded according to your performance.
The following is only gameplay info and does not effect RP Gameplay.

* In an area, the ranking is based on surprise attacks, enemy parties you've
beaten, Chim Spheres collected, chests opened, and objects destroyed.
When you earn a rank of B or higher, you earn a nice prize such as a
keyword or a decent item.
* In the arena following a Limit Battle or Survival Battle, you are graded
based on as little time elapsed as possible, enemies beaten, counter-
attacks performed, and highest hits reached in a combo. The higher
you rank, the more WP you gain.

Area Level - When you select to go to an area, you see a large number over the picture of what the area will look like. That tells you the average level of the enemies you encounter. Item Level is shown in the +/- bar below that picture, and tells you how good or bad the items are in that area.

* TIP: Just below the areas address you see two small icons with numbers by
them. The left is a bunch of people, and the right is one person who
hands a heart to another person. The former says how many people are
in that area while the latter tells how many you have met. Use this
if you wish to meet someone new, or if you wish to have a chance at
meeting the Medic Union or a Battle Area with someone in it. You do
this by highlighting/selecting the area or keyword, canceling out of
one screen, and returning until you see numbers that you like.

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-------------Recovery Items-------------

These can be used in a field or dungeon as well as any battle not in the Arena.

* Asian Mango - Heal an ally's HP by 60
* Health Drink - Heal an ally's HP by 100
* Healing Serum - Heal an ally's HP by 200
* Caramel Sauce - Heal an ally's SP by 30
* Sprite Drop - Heal an ally's SP by 50
* Weird Black Tea - Heal an ally's HP and SP by 50
* Holy Potion - Heal all allies' HP and SP by 50
* Antidote Soda - Cure an ally's poison
* Blessing Soda - Cure an ally's curse
* Stimulant Soda - Cure an ally's sleep
* Healing Rain - Heal all allies' HP by 100
* Revive Rain - Heal all allies' HP by 200
* Sprite Rain - Heal all allies' SP by 50
* Revival Medicine - Bring an ally back to life with 25% HP

-------------Support Items-------------

Below are items that boost your stats. Some are permanent, and a few are not.

* Warrior Blood - Temp increase in an ally's Physical Attack by 3
* Knight Blood - Temp increase in an ally's Physical Defense by 3
* Wizard Blood - Temp increase in an ally's Magic Attack by 3
* Astrologer Blood - Temp increase in an ally's Magic Defense by 3
* Beginner's Text - Raise an ally's equipped weapon skill by 50 points
* Beginner's Book - Raise party's equipped weapon skills by 50 points
* Word of Vigor (!) - Increase an ally's health by 25 HP
* Word of Spirit (!) - Increase an ally's SP by 25
* Text of Power (!) - Increase an ally's Physical Attack by 3
* Text of Stamina (!) - Increase an ally's Physical Defense by 3
* Text of Wisdom (!) - Increase an ally's Magic Attack by 3
* Text of Sense (!) - Increase an an ally's Magic Defense by 3

-------------Attack Items-------------

These deal damage, inflict status ailments, and debuff your enemies.

* Earth Spike - Earth elemental damage on an enemy
* Fire Storm - Fire elemental damage on an enemy
* Tidal Wave - Water elemental damage on an enemy
* Tornado - Wind elemental damage on an enemy
* The Death - Poison an enemy
* The Devil - Curse an enemy
* The Moon - Put an enemy to sleep
* Warrior Seal - Temp decrease in an enemy's Physical Attack by 3
* Knight Seal - Temp decrease in an enemy's Physical Defense by 3
* Wizard Seal - Temp decrease in an enemy's Magic Attack by 3
* Astrologer Seal - Temp decrease in an enemy's Magic Defense by 3

-------------Skill Items-------------

These items teach spells for healing or attacking. If a character already has
a spell learned, then the scroll to learn it won't help.

* Antidote Scroll - Learn Rip Duk
* Dawn Bird Scroll - Learn Rip Mumyn
* Priest Scroll - Learn Rip Maj
* Life Scroll - Learn Repth
* Avalanche Scroll - Learn Gan Bolg
* Hellfire Scroll - Learn Vak Don
* Tidal Scroll - Learn Rue Kruz
* Tornado Scroll - Learn Zan Rom

_____________________________________

Note! These are not 'every' item in game. These are a few of the usable items that I figure people will be using. Basic stuff; things to heal you, things to attack with aside from weapons, things to boost skills, or for characters like mine (merchant) things to sell.

Believe it or not, that post was actually longer before, lol. 10000 Characters isn't enough! I need 20000! Anyways, that should get the story moving for everyone. And I say again, if you don't understand something please ask me!

Okay, so you were joking when you had that character set up for me. Good to know.

I dunno, I might still consider it Only if you actually plan on being, you know... Active.

There's no way that train of thought isn't going to end with at least one of us being frustrated, so I'll just say I'll try my best. Saw the old intro to .hack//SIGN a while ago and I remembered how interested I'd been back then. First I have to finish playing catch up.

To understand the basics, go to youtube and watch the first few cutscenes or about 30 minutes of walkthrough for .hack//G.U. Vol 1 Rebirth. That will teach you the basics such as character design, weapon sheathing, field design. Read the links posted at the start of the thread to gain an understanding of classes. Then from that point on, just read those long posts I make that tell basically everything there is to know about 'The World', lol.

Well, I was actually referring to catching with the forums, but I guess that might make sense, too.

lol sorry, just wanted to make sure you understand what you're getting into. As I've said before If someone wants to not join because they don't like it, that's fine. But I'll be damned if I let anyone get away with not joining or leaving because 'They don't understand it'.

Hah, a thread about AJ. Funny. After Fox posts, I'll post the continuation.

The responses I need to continue now are--
Pheonixout, Starryknight, Scarlet Fox, and iKinneas.
^ Just responding about the message received. If your character doesn't notice the message or doesn't reply to it, that's fine. It's just an acknowledgment that they got it.


I'll let Kin's other character deal with a response to Jedi's character then my other character will respond to that.

Glob! I can't get into my character and all my post have been short and shit...I think Joanna and Rhyme are too cool for me to handle! Or maybe I just need to watch .hack// everything to get in the mood!

lol, I'm telling you, watch .hack//Trilogy.

I want to but I'm resources are limited at the moment and it seems that it will be that way for awhile...

As you say Starry.

I do say.

As it is said. So shall it be! -thunder and lightning clash-

... Sign here please. -Holds out a paper about Turning over your Immortal Soul... yada yada yada.. -

So everyone pretty much agrees that the rebelling players are morons. The question is now, how to manipulate that. I'm thinking either having Hitomi unlock the way for Arsenic and letting the others get out while she launches an assault against the rebelling players... or.... You know, I kind of want to go Korra with it.

Korra!

Edit: omg I forgot about LoK has it been released yet?

The first season, yes. Not the second season. Also, just posting this here so there are no confusions. Hitomi really will delete everyone. Through the portal be the next plot point xD

Kinneas didn't post today? He said he was going to. Crap... now I'm worried -.-

Holy crap, Starry I loved your post.

Aw your just saying that. *blushes*

was gonna post after Kin, remembered I forgot to told Pheonix. I thought he started checking on his own, should message him just in case.

I'm sorry guys, I am dropping out from this, it's not my thing.

*UserName: ShadowRoyale
Real Name: To Be Revealed Later
*Character Class: Adept Rogue (1st Job - Blade Brandier, 2nd Job - Tribal Grappler, 3rd Job - Twin Blade; has yet to attain 2nd or 3rd jobs)
*Character Race: Human
*Gender: Male
Gender IRL: To Be Revealed Later
*Character Experience: Unknown
Age IRL: To Be Revealed Later
*Appearance: ShadowRoyale
http://cosplaysky.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/800x1200/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/s/assassin-s-creed-3-connor-kenway-jacket-hoodie-cosplay-costume-black-version-2_2.jpg
*Weaponry: Death Pool/Lvl. 50/Rarity *****/P-ATK +35/M-ATK +25/Fire +12/Darkness +24/Poison Attack, Backstab
http://www.cutlerywholesaler.com/images/products/detail/HK1482DX.JPG
In-Game Info: Shadow is as much a mystery to himself as he is everyone else. He tends to speak in cryptic messages to everyone he meets, as though he were some twisted riddle master with a dark sense of humor. His blade, the Death Pool, was won from an event he attended, in which half the entries either didn't show up, or were mysteriously PKed the day before. He seems to be helpful sometimes, though he has a natural impulse to stab someone in the back shortly after his own goals are achieved, one that he does not seem to understand himself.
IRL Info: To Be Revealed Later
In-Game Profession: PK, Adventurer
*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

Another Adept Rogue @o@ though without Jedi, I guess we're technically just replacing it.

Well, if you'll recall our earlier discussion, too, Shadow's not going to be a major part of anything. Well, yet. He's just here to be a bit of a nuisance, more or less, for the time being. You'll all understand later on... I have big plans for Shadow...

I know.

Hehehe, he's gonna be such a b@st@rd... I can already feel it. XD

Currently waiting on Fox and Starry.

Sorry I havent posted. I am just honestly not sure what to post.

This RP is still on, right now I'm trying to find a way to gather everyone while at the same time give some sort of point to help everyone actually find some singular interest.

Okay now, I'm waiting for Kin to get my message and post but here's the quick summary.

The World is going to go offline for unknown reason (Hacker Related) and that's going to cause everyone's computer to go wonky (That's right, I said wonky). This will give everyone a chance to log out and explore their character a bit more. Now, you can still do online stuff like check the forums but playing the game itself won't be possible. The "Day" if you want to call it that, will end after everyone does whatever they want.

Use the time to do your real life stuff, for example my character yui would spend the time researching on the forums, making mods, before going to sleep.

When it sets back up, the Event will begin so if you haven't prepped for that you don't have to. I'll post details on how the event is going down.

So, is this going to force us to be logged out in the middle of our sessions? Or will it just occur when we try to log in the next 'day'. The World really is the only thing Kazujin does online soo... I guess I could take him back to the dojo to volunteer for extra hours.. hmm, nahh too boring. I has to think on this!

Hehehehe... "Wonky"... >w>

Think of it as the game "crashing". You won't be able to log back in for the rest of the day, not into The World anyways. I seriously do recommend having them investigate the event coming up since that ties in with the unfolding events-- they can read about it on the forums. Aside from doing that, do whatever you want to finish off your day (doesn't have to be in just one post) and when everyone's ready, go to sleep, then we can start the new day and the event thus leading to the actual big exciting parts.

But some of us are on different sides of the world, its night in Japan it's day in the US actually it's a 13-16 hour difference.

For which case, you don't actually have to go to sleep :P

But then who's going to sleep! ><

You know people can sleep during the day! XO

You know who sleep during the day? Vampires...

Trying to find the right words for my post, you guys can just keep working on yours.

God that was a pain to put into good words. I'm hoping that it worked though, I wanted to try and get input before I posted.

Then do as the doctor says. Grab tight, hang on, and shout. GERONIMO!!

Mostly, I'm waiting on Kinneas to come back to life -.- Baka~ I'm going to post a bit today. If it's okay with everyone, I'll end the day since it seems that everyone who wanted to already posted their sleep post.

I'll be making my triumphant return tomorrow. Sorry, folks. I'm literally fighting for a means to get online since my computer died. Posting from my 360, nowadays, hence why my replies are so few and far between. But I'm gonna devote most of my day tomorrow around band practice to sitting online on KMC. You've all got my word on that one.

Whoot whoot? MESSAGE ME BACK! Check your cellphone! *kathunk!*

*Gasp* Joanna is coming to Japan!? lol is she going to stay with Kiryu xD

I don't think Mariko would approve. o.o

If she stayed purely as a friend. Where is Fox D:

Posting Kiryu another round before his day ends, just to keep this alive.

lol Kin when you get a chance to get on and talk to me, which means you'll need your computer back first, then we can discuss how to continue this. Right now though it's very scattered. Tis not a single person RP, it's a group project!

Should be back on computer sometime tomorrow (Monday) night. And thank the 9, because this posting via 360 crap is getting ridiculous. x.x

UserName: Estelise
Real Name: Rika Hayabusa
Character Class: Harvest Cleric
Character Race: Human
Gender: Female
Gender IRL: Female
Character Experience: Newbie
Age IRL: 16
Appearance: Kin will post them in a sec. Thanks again, big brother!
Weaponry: SUPPORT STAFF: Spell Xialin/Lvl. 1/Rarity */P-ATK +1/M-ATK +1/Fire +1/Water +1/Wind +1/Earth +1/Light +1/Dark +1/Slot: Heal Knowledge
COMBAT STAFF: Spell Xialin/Lvl. 1/Rarity */P-ATK +1/M-ATK +1/Fire +1/Water +1/Wind +1/Earth +1/Light +1/Dark +1/Slot: Devolve Invite (given to her by Yui once she begins the game)
In-Game Info: Relatively new to the game, she tends to stick close to players she knows outside of The World, although she is not afraid to make a new friend whenever the opportunity arises along the way.
IRL Info: Rika is a light-hearted person, always looking at the positives in life. She rarely gets down, but when she does, she usually bounces back quickly. She can usually be spotted at local coffee shops when she's not at school or home. Recently, she moved in with her brother, Kiryu, due to a loss in the family. The household, however, is sometimes a bit tense, due to her belief that he screwed up in letting Yui go and ending up with Mariko. Rika keeps in constant contact with Yui, despite the constant war between Yui and Kiryu. She takes Yui's side more often than not, which isn't too surprising considering the two have become best friends over the last two years. Although Rika won't admit it to Kiryu, Yui is actually the one who talked her into joining The World, not Kiryu.
In-Game Profession: New Player, aspires to be a guild leader like her brother, but with the commanding authority possessed by Yui-chan, her role model
Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

Any time, little sis. Oh yeah, everyone, this is my little sister. ^^^

Estelise:

http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/25d2d25a713beee9733196709f495413/http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb248/greenfreek93/Anime/mage_zps09b53b52.jpg

Rika:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/968836_10151568926367515_391447413_n.jpg

So right now, Starry is busy and Fox is out of commission because of her laptop. That leaves things for now up to myself, Kin, Pheonix, and Silica. Kin and I work out our moves ahead of time on Chatzy. Right now, we're having trouble catching up on time lol.

I'm never to busy for you Phoenix... Never....












O.O

So post then. Starry. :P

I'll post as soon as I can, been hospitalized a bit. However, I'm feeling better, sorry for the wait.

It's quite alright. Are you okay, star?

I'm alright now, no need to worry.

*UserName: Black Soul
Real Name: Masae Nakayama
*Character Class: (One of the above classes)
*Character Race: Human
*Gender: Male
Gender IRL: Female
*Character Experience: Newbie
Age IRL: 17
*Appearance:

in game
http://wiki.dfo-world.com/images/thumb/5/5f/Male_Mage.png/150px-Male_Mage.png

in real life

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/u374/adventurersoul/bth_sad_anime_1.jpg
*Weaponry:Basic Grimoire for starters
In-Game Info: Masae or Soul, is new to The World but has advanced quickly through the lower levels and seems to be always on and always gathering exp.
IRL Info: Masae had been a casual gamer on other mmo's due to her boyfriend and his love of them, they were always together in real life and in game, however, one stupid mistake lead to an accident in the real world and took the only one she ever loved away. The accident also left Masae paralyzed from the waist down and in a severe depression and now she feels like a burden on her family and wishes she died in the accident as well. Masae's little sister Aiko, has taken it upon herself to mostly take care of Masae even though her family is able to afford a live in nurse. Aiko couldn't see her sister sit lifeless in her chair starring at the walls anymore so one day she came home with a new game that hopefully Masae would get into. When Masae received the game something in the girl clicked, she began doing research on the game and watching videos of other high skilled players even before she installed the game. When Masae finally made her character she based it on her boyfriends old pc on another game and even took his gamer name. Some how to her a piece of her boyfriend had come back to her, and after a long time she was able to smile again, even if it was just a small one.

If I'm going to do this, I'm going all in...

In-Game Profession: Hasn't decided yet.
*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

Star, you forgot to put a class lol

Shadow warlock, my bad.

I haven't read the bio yet, gearing up for that. Starry, so far I like what I've read. Also. MUST TALK TO YOU!

Originally posted by starryknight
*UserName: Black Soul
Real Name: Masae Nakayama
*Character Class: Shadow Warlock
*Character Race: Human
*Gender: Male
Gender IRL: Female
*Character Experience: Newbie
Age IRL: 17
*Appearance:

in game
http://wiki.dfo-world.com/images/thumb/5/5f/Male_Mage.png/150px-Male_Mage.png

in real life

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/u374/adventurersoul/bth_sad_anime_1.jpg
*Weaponry: Magic Amber / Lv.1 / Rarity: * / All Elements +1 / 1 Ability Slot (Empty Presumably)
In-Game Info: Masae or Soul, is new to The World but has advanced quickly through the lower levels and seems to be always on and always gathering exp.
IRL Info: Masae had been a casual gamer on other mmo's due to her boyfriend and his love of them, they were always together in real life and in game, however, one stupid mistake lead to an accident in the real world and took the only one she ever loved away. The accident also left Masae paralyzed from the waist down and in a severe depression and now she feels like a burden on her family and wishes she died in the accident as well. Masae's little sister Aiko, has taken it upon herself to mostly take care of Masae even though her family is able to afford a live in nurse. Aiko couldn't see her sister sit lifeless in her chair starring at the walls anymore so one day she came home with a new game that hopefully Masae would get into. When Masae received the game something in the girl clicked, she began doing research on the game and watching videos of other high skilled players even before she installed the game. When Masae finally made her character she based it on her boyfriends old pc on another game and even took his gamer name. Some how to her a piece of her boyfriend had come back to her, and after a long time she was able to smile again, even if it was just a small one.

If I'm going to do this, I'm going all in...

In-Game Profession: Typical Player (currently)
*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu

I added details based on what you originally said and edited a small bit of information but didn't change anything in the bio. At some point I should have thought about adding location into this but presumably you're usually going to be American or Japanese in this type of RP (the only other area allowed in is Europe).

Nerfed her a bit, changed some things. Explained details inside. Questions?

-raises hand- I has questions! o.o

Yes, Kinneas?

Thanks Phoenix and I liked that character from SAO, even though she was already dead before we were introduced to her.

Originally posted by Phoenix3068
Yes, Kinneas?

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris? o.o

I think I will be on more often.

So people that knew of Scythe thinks she got band? Also is my character approved, wanna make sure before I post.

@Starryknight: Yes, it is approved. And not everyone thinks that -- People like Rika (Kiryu's Sister) know the truth. However, for the most part she's "disappeared". For Kiryu most likely, he'll think it means she's just wiped the records of her name.

@Immatureshadow: o.o Have you posted yet?

My fast computer died. So role playing became difficult and slowwww. But, I've decided the heck with it. I miss it here.

Do you have a character? I didn't see one. Are you going to make one?

Okay, time to get the race started and over with. Everyone who's character is going to participate, go to the area. The area words were posted earlier (either in the OOC or the RP). Please, don't just post "They go to the race area", have them go to the gate, access the area transport, and enter the words. After that, I'll take care of the intro for the area.

lol, well this is embarrassing. I can't find the keywords myself. I know I made them because I made them while I was talking to Star and Kin while planning out the event. Can anyone else find them? If you do, please post them in the OOC. If I can't find them, I'll post them tonight but I'll have to find out what I used. Sorry all.

Originally posted by Phoenix3068
Do you have a character? I didn't see one. Are you going to make one? I plan to, yes. I'll have to read more about hack to get the gist of it.

I posted a whole lot of information, all the main essentials through out the pages. You can investigate as you want but those are there if it helps.

Thanks so much. I'll start reading now.

UserName: GuillotineGoddess
Real Name: Azmaria Hellslingth
*Character Class: Flick Reaper
*Character Race: Human
*Gender: Female.
Gender IRL: Female.
*Character Experience: Newbie.
Age IRL: 17
*Appearance:
In Game.
http://i40.tinypic.com/wvo6s0.jpg

Out Of Game.
http://i43.tinypic.com/xe4f0g.jpg

*Weaponry: Scythe.
In-Game Info: GuillotineGoddess has just recently joined the virtual world. She has yet to explore the wonders and dangers of it. Being a level 1, and starting in DELTA//MacAnu, she strives to level up as quickly as possible, and venture off to new horizons.
IRL Info: A socially awkward, rage-quitting gamer, Azmaria often finds herself quitting games before she even gets started. Curiousity struck her several weeks ago when she heard about a virtual game from some of her friends. She was quick to join.

As far as a family goes, Azmaria does not have an actual family. She moves from one foster home to the next. Not inparticularly popular, she is also bullied very often, leading her to be spiteful and cruel to those who she does not face in person. Trolling is another hobby she had picked up on a few years back, as well as hacking.
In-Game Profession: Main goal is to be a hacker, but she is striving to be a Player Killer.
*Server/Root Town: DELTA//MacAnu.

Er... rainbow... you... you know the image you used for the OOG character... Is a... guy... right? >.>

Originally posted by iKinneas
Er... rainbow... you... you know the image you used for the OOG character... Is a... guy... right? >.>

>____<;;; GAHHH. Lemme find another one.

http://data.whicdn.com/images/11232610/anime-azusa-big-eyes-black-hair-cute-girl-Favim.com-44194_large.jpg

That works. -nods-

Woot! Yay! n-n

Now the entire time that we do this I'm going to be saying "Azu-nyan~"

They can call her Azu since her name is Azmaria! :3

No.. Her name is Azunyah.

Ah, alright. So, yeah...that probably would not work.

No, the pic works with me.

Alright.

I can't find the key word...I remember you making a list of them but I can't seem to find them.

I know, not sure what happened to them. I told Kin he should try putting some together. I'll reset them today when we have time.

Alright, kids. Keywords for the race!!!

It will be on the Delta server, under the keywords "Endless, Blazing, Fast Horse"

Also, for those who, like myself, had forgotten about the track's physical layout, Phoenix has already got us covered, and the details can be found in this post

Alright, guys. Phoe's gonna be back in just another couple of days, assuming all things go according to plan. So everyone get your post in now about going over to the Event location, because we're about to kick this thing into overdrive, and we need everyone on-board!

Did I ever make a character in this?