I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE A LONG READ BUT ITâLL BE WORTH IT! Before you get into this RPG, which I promise you will enjoy, I got the idea of making this from several stuff. The Hunger Games inspired me the most since I love the books and the movie was great. I also got a little inspiration from The Maze Runner. There are several things that made me want to do this, but it actually was out of the blue, not going to lieâ¦
Anyways please read the story if you wish to participate, I know it may not be the best but it will make this RPG way better than you think. I approve of any constructive feedback if possible (On my profile) and if you donât like something just tell me. Good Luck!
STORY: Set in the year 2063, humans have always been the same, greedy and egotistical as usual, but one thing that truly hasn't changed is their need for entertainment. With so much stuff that used to be entertaining a few decades back seized to be that exactly, humans didn't know what exactly to be entertained by anymore. Now television is full of tournaments and races involving real people in real danger more than ever before, this gives a sense of thrill and excitement in the viewers and this also means big bucks for producers and directors. These shows aren't the casual low set contests you see, they involve killing to survive and fighting to the death. It kind of brings back the times for coliseums and gladiators if you think about it. It just goes to show that humans will always be the same, so much blood lust and the need for entertainment.
This brings me to a very special tournament called, ââGROUND ZEROââ. This tournament is considered to be one of the best and most watched of this century. It consists of survival mostly, but itâs all twisted. With monsters, obstacles and with even the players having to fear each other it is one of the most intense and suspenseful tournaments of all time. It is located on an island, location which is unknown, which is covered by a dome. This cannot be seen by satellite because all governments have blocked off its view to the public. This dome is used to create the biomes inside of this tournament; the players have to go through weather changes that can be disastrous, even tornadoes have been seen in this tournament. They also have to go through different terrains such as deserts, glaciers, mountains, etc.
GETTING STARTED: [Big AD on TV and Billboards] Hello, I am Albern, your host for this yearâs Ground Zero! This year since we are choosing the USA to be part of it, I have come to New York to find enlistees! If you wish to sign up you must travel to the Big Apple and go to the ''Core'', only a handful will be picked to partake in this yearâs Ground Zero so be sure to be thorough with your application seeing as how we will only be picking who we think will be best for this year. Good luck and to all a prosperous journey!
RULES:
*YOU MUST READ ALL THE RULES
*3 or 5 Groups, each group has 2 players. (So it will be 10 players max, but anyone can apply)
*Players are selected by how well they construct their application.
*Players will be put in randomly into the teams.
*Players who have died can participate in the next tournament with a new name but they have less possibility of getting in.
*Anyone can sign up but only a handful will be chosen. (Please do not be mad if you are not picked, I can only handle a certain amount of people, please understand that. Plus I want this to feel like an actual tournament and there will be several more tournaments, this is just the first.)
*This RPG is special; it actually consists of a group winning. (Currently there is no prize, I was thinking maybe something you could put on your profile or something, Iâll think of something.)
*Once the flame is lit you must start. (Basically itâs when I start it and tell people what to do and how to start it off.)
*Only players that are in the same group can talk to each other, but everyone may address to me. Now, how you will talk to your partner is up to you, I suggest not through here though.
*If in any way I catch you cheating, you and you alone will be disqualified and sent to the pit, where you will die a painful and agonizing death. Please do not cheat it could put your partner in a bad position and could cause him his death as well.
*Only I decide what happens to the group and players. You cannot say anything that will be in your favor, for example you cannot say: ââI walked forward and I jumped the gapââ The right way of putting it would be: ââI walked forward and I attempt to jump the gap.ââ Also please donât be dull (lack of creativity) and you must use proper grammar, punctuation and spelling if you wish to get into the Core.
*Groups do not decide in groups on most situations, I will most likely almost always split you up, the only reason you are in groups is so you do not kill each other. Oh that's another thing it is illegal to kill your partner, if you even try to do it I will immediately send you to the pit.
*IMPORTANT: The application sheet is not the same as the sheet you use in the actual RPG. There is only some stuff you use and some stuff will be added to the Character Sheet. I will instruct everyone on what to put.
*IMPORTANT: Any criticism should be posted onto my profile comments not here, this is to avoid any confusion and to not cause such a mess in this thread so to keep it clean and neat.
APPLICATION:
*Name: (Please make up a name, be creative)
*Age: (Between the ages of 18-25)
*Athletic Abilities: (You must choose 2 of these: Sprinter, Strength, Endurance, and Agile.) (This will basically be your only athletic abilities in the RPG. It will factor in on some situations.)
*Gender: (Male or Female, choose what you like, I hope itâs what you are in real life xD)
*Bio: (Basically your history before ââGround Zeroââ and why you wanted to enter. You may put what you wish here, just be realistic and remember to keep it in the time frame of the set year which is 2024. Do not put anything ridiculous or immature or you will not be accepted. You do not have to put anything here if you do not want to but you will have less chance of going to the Core. The more creative you are the better chance you have of getting into the Core.)
*Appearance: (This will not affect your possibility to enter but it adds to the story and gives a better image) [Eye Color] [Hair Color] [Skin Color] [Height] [Shape: I will pick your shape according to your athletic abilities so leave this blank.] (If you put anything ridiculous like green skin I will not let you participate.)
*Previous Contender: (If yes, which one, if no then just write no) (Currently there are none since this is the first tournament, but there will be more. Just put no or your application could become null...)
ALMOST THERE:
All you have to do now is post the application, once I have a certain amount of people, which I will not say, I will close registration. Then I will announce when I will be starting and will message everyone on their profiles so they can get ready so please keep your comment section open, if you do not have it open I will not add you to the Core.
Please refrain from any immature and unrealistic stuff in your application cause that will result in you not being able to be put on the Core and possibly any future tournaments.
Last but not least, everyone have fun! I donât want complaining⦠Constructive criticism is fine but if it is anything but that I will send you to the pit and youâll die and be excluded from the rest of the tournament. Also, everyone will move as one, basically I mean that everyone has to enter their next move until I can give everyone the next order.
If this doesn't go well I probably wonât be making any other RPGâs so Iâll appreciate it if you guys try it out at least. Btw this is my second RPG ever so I need as much criticism possible, but only put criticism on my profile please.
Sorry for the late post guys, I've been having some personal matters that I need to handle and it's been difficult to get on the computer. But nonetheless I will try as much as I can to update it, a minimum of at least twice every day. Thanks for the understanding
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theEPICgameKING *Name: Savell "The End" Valkerie *Age: 22 *Athletic Abilities: Strength, Agile *Gender: Male *HP: 97/100 *Hunger: 50/50 *Thirst: 9/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 3 Rations [10 Hunger Each], knife, bandage, Flr89 Flask [5 Servings left, 3 Thirst Each] *Weapons: 2 Handed Plasma Blade [100% Charge] TIER 5 *Gear: Medium Full Body Armor [34% ND] *TEAM: Green
"OH SWEET BETTER SWORD!" I take the left door, marking it with my knife to let whoever's behind me know I took the left door.
~You head through the door and are now apparently outside. On the other side of the caves. All the enemy gates are down. You can head to the mountains or the jungle. Or perhaps head over to the supplies cache to catch anyone off guard while coming out of the cache. It'll be less people and your way closer to victory.
i will also go there to check who it was. if it wasnt my teammate i will go back to go through the cancer door
~You go through the leo door. As you enter the door behind you shuts. You decide to continue since there isn't any other way. You enter a big stadium area and there is a scratched up cyber-lion on the floor with it's head decapitated. You notice 2 doors, one of them has a distinct marking on it that says, ''The End''.
I run to the tunnel but try to also get some supplies on the way.
~There doesn't seem to be any supplies you can see, you can see another person towards the entrance but he isn't able to see you. You can continue on to the tunnel or decide to attack him, after all it is 2v1.
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*Name: Viet Anh *Age: 21 *Athletic Abilities: Agile,Strength *Gender: Male *HP: 85/100 *Hunger: 28/50 *Thirst: 8/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 4 Rations [10 Hunger Each], 2 Big water bottles [5 Thirst Each], 1 med-pack, 2 uncooked fish, *Weapons: Browning XXV 9mm Pistol 10/13 3 Full magazines. *Gear: Extremely Light Full Body Armor [10% ND] *TEAM: Predators
I go the direction that doesn't have anyone and stay alert (East if there isn't anyone there.)
~You notice someone coming from the east with something in his hand. To the west there doesn't seem to be anybody, so you head over there. There is the exit, and 2 supplies caches, one east and west. The timer is at 6 minutes.
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*Name: Ghalaghor *Age: 20 *Athletic Abilities: Strength, Endurance *Gender: Male *HP: 90/100 *Hunger: 29/50 *Thirst: 7/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 3 Rations[10 Hunger Each], 1 Big water bottle[5 Thirst Each], 1 med-pack, 2 Cooked Fish, 2 Painkillers, 1 Big Empty Water Bottle, 3 full Glock Magazines, Attachable stock for a pistol (attached to my glock). *Weapons: Glock 35 Gen 8 .40 S&W 13/13, Push Dagger XV (T-Shaped Dagger), 2 Flash bangs *Gear: Light Full Body Armor *TEAM: 42 ALUE
i ride towards the figure as silent as possible, holding my glock in my right hand just in case i could need it.
~You notice him walking the other way. You continue on. You come close to the entrance of the area. You notice Kenji slightly crouched over back to wall. And his sword is out. You then notice some type of smoke coming at him. Should you join or stay back and wait and see if he needs help.
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*Name: pang tzu *Age: 19 *Athletic Abilities: Strength and Endurance *Gender: Male *HP: 75/100 *Hunger: 42/50 *Thirst: 8/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 3 Rations [10 Hunger Each], 1 Big water bottle [5 Thirst Each], 1 med-pack *Weapons: 4 Time âNades, 20 arrows *Gear: Light Full Body Armor [20% ND] *TEAM: Dead Parents Squad
I follow Tarren...keeping an eye out for supplies as we go
~There doesn't seem to be any supplies you can see, you can see another person towards the entrance but he isn't able to see you. You can continue on to the tunnel or decide to attack him, after all it is 2v1.
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HAVOC
First you'll make your first choices and then it'll actually start, basically after it has started it will be short choices and answers given. I will not post your sheets either in these battles. So keep them copied on a notepad or something. By the way other people can enter the fight, and it can become unbalanced but the ''sponsers'' will give a slighter edge to the player that is outnumbered so it's even.
Shadow White vs Kenji
*Name: Shadow White *Age: 18 *Athletic Abilities: Strength, Agile *Gender: Male *HP: 100/100 *Hunger: 50/50 *Thirst: 7/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 3 Rations[10 Hunger Each], 2 Cooked fish {Hunger ?}, 1 med-pack. 1 Key. *Weapons: Heavy Plasma Longsword [100% Charge] Tier 2, 4 Blazing Gas 'Nades *Gear: Light Full body Armor [20% ND] *TEAM: Blue
I throw a Blazing gas grenade at him, or at least in his direction.
~You throw it and it's heading right for him. You notice he's facing you with some sort of sword out. What do you do?
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Name: Kenji Age: 23 Athletic Abilities: Strength, Agile Gender: Male HP: 100/100 Hunger: 48/50 Thirst: 9/10 Items: Survival Knife, 7 Rations[10 Hunger Each], 1 Big water bottle[5 Thirst Each], 1 med-pack Weapons: ASP-50 'R1SK' Sniper Rifle. 5/5 [100% Charge] Tier 1, 'Blue Flames' Katana, 'Oceans Descent' Katana, 5 Popper 'Nades Gear: Light Full Body Armor TEAM: 42 ALUE
I (silently) draw 'Ocean's Descent' from its sheath. I put my back to the container and look slowly around the corner.
~You notice something flying towards your face. Seems like a smoke grenade or something! What do you do?
theEPICgameKING *Name: Savell "The End" Valkerie *Age: 22 *Athletic Abilities: Strength, Agile *Gender: Male *HP: 97/100 *Hunger: 50/50 *Thirst: 9/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 3 Rations [10 Hunger Each], knife, bandage, Flr89 Flask [5 Servings left, 3 Thirst Each] *Weapons: 2 Handed Plasma Blade [100% Charge] TIER 5 *Gear: Medium Full Body Armor [34% ND] *TEAM: Green
I make my way to the supplies cache and look for both people and how much time is left.
There is only 7 minutes left. There is a few places you could recon out, and camp to kill people off. There is a few trees off to the west that could provide cover and a stealthy approach. There is also a bunker type thing, which wouldn't be that stealthy but it would provide way more cover.
(Update your sheet to 3 Blazing Gas 'Nades please for the next time you update.)
You successfully back away into the shadows and it appears so does your opponent. You can try and run away or wait for a better time to strike, and see if he gets closer. The gas grenade has filled the container with gas now and you are gasping for some air.
You are now outside. There doesn't seem to be anyone but Ghalaghor a few yards away. You can run away or try and continue to fight, though it seems your opponent has hid away. The gas grenade has filled the container with gas now.
*Name: Viet Anh *Age: 21 *Athletic Abilities: Agile,Strength *Gender: Male *HP: 79/100 *Hunger: 23/50 *Thirst: 7/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 4 Rations [10 Hunger Each], 2 Big water bottles [5 Thirst Each], 1 med-pack, 2 uncooked fish, *Weapons: Browning XXV 9mm Pistol 10/13 3 Full magazines. *Gear: Extremely Light Full Body Armor [10% ND] *TEAM: Predators
I go to the west supplies cache but am staying very alert.
~As you're heading over to the supplies cache, you suddenly feel something rip through your arm. A gunshot? You scream in pain and crouch over. You check your arm and it seems like it's just a flesh wound but something is eating away at your skin and it's burning. Plasma. You're behind a small mound of dirt and afraid to stick your head up. What do you do? [6 HP from Flesh Wound] [5 Hunger] [1 Thirst]
I run towards him and attempt to shoot him with 3 plasma bullet things.
~You see the person going into the other direction, the way you came. And you attempt to shoot him. It seems like you hit him as he crouches over behind some cover, it's a really small mound of dirt. What now?
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*Name: Ghalaghor *Age: 20 *Athletic Abilities: Strength, Endurance *Gender: Male *HP: 90/100 *Hunger: 29/50 *Thirst: 7/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 3 Rations[10 Hunger Each], 1 Big water bottle[5 Thirst Each], 1 med-pack, 2 Cooked Fish, 2 Painkillers, 1 Big Empty Water Bottle, 3 full Glock Magazines, Attachable stock for a pistol (attached to my glock). *Weapons: Glock 35 Gen 8 .40 S&W 13/13, Push Dagger XV (T-Shaped Dagger), 2 Flash bangs *Gear: Light Full Body Armor *TEAM: 42 ALUE
of course i will help kenji!
~Before you know it he's coming out of the container and the container is now filled with smoke. After a few seconds you hear some gunfire come from the south west, close to the tunnel.
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*Name: Shadow White *Age: 18 *Athletic Abilities: Strength, Agile *Gender: Male *HP: 100/100 *Hunger: 50/50 *Thirst: 7/10 *Items: Survival Knife, 3 Rations[10 Hunger Each], 2 Cooked fish {Hunger ?}, 1 med-pack. 1 Key. *Weapons: Heavy Plasma Longsword [100% Charge] Tier 2, 4 Blazing Gas 'Nades *Gear: Light Full body Armor [20% ND] *TEAM: Blue
~There appears to be an small exit through the back of the container, you exit out through here and flee the battle. You can head to one of the other supplies caches or exit out of the whole area.
i will examine the lion. maybe its a clue or some kind of puzzle. i sure dont like the door that says "the end"
~You examine the lion, seems like it was a forced cut through the neck destroying any movement of the lion. It has slashes all over it's body as well. The ''blood'' is white though and you can see some human blood on the floor. You see it trail to the door that says ''The End''. You then remember your partners nickname!
