Just roll with it, bro! Paranoia is mad fun!

>>8681561
And what is it what you want to play after Paranoia?

<Basically, how do I make the most min maxed character who will break the game and any tips to break the game while we are playing it? (Like asking questions that make the GM curse as now he must work harder).

>I would try Commie, but then everyone would expect me to start shouting propaganda until I kill the party and then it looks like I am trying to ruin the game on purpose.

If you've got a good (or even bad) GM, you won't be able to.

Minmaxing in Paranoia mainly consists of lying through your teeth and confusing the DM with fast-thinking rather than mechanical bonuses - if you bring up the fact that you've read the rulebook it's grounds for execution. The GM can and should change the rules arbitrarily as he sees fit.

>until I kill the party and then it looks like I am trying to ruin the game on purpose.
If you're NOT trying to kill the party you're doing something horribly wrong in the first place.

>GM is letting the player pick what he plays
>Trying to minmax Paranoia

well, Paranoia is really fun to GM, and it goes well when you've been GM for a while and start to hate your players. So you play Paranoia, kill them a bunch, and feel much better about it. If you do it well, the players might enjoy it too, but thats not really the point. It allows you to handle the more serious stuffs. Thats how I see it anyways.

>>8681605

No it isn't, it is a pointless depressing game

>>8681638

I won't say, my GM goes to /tg/

>>8681661
>depressing

I DON'T THINK YOU GET THE POINT OF PARANOIA, MY FRIEND.

the only way to break paranoia is to play it like a very serious game, avoid everything that funny.

>>8681668
I think this is the problem. We need to teach this guy the meaning of gallows humour.

>>8681661
>a pointless depressing game

I've never played Paranoia, but the manner in which you phrased your grievance made you sound rather ignorant (or, to use a more colloquial turn of phrase, absolutely fucking retarded)

>>8681661
Whats making it depressing? is he running it serious? cause that would be stupid. If you aren't killing players for filling out the wrong color form or simply arbitrary ways you're doing it wrong. theres a reason you get a 6-pack

I just hate paranoia, is that so wrong?


I just want to ruin the game

>>8681657

Job and secret society

>>8681668
>>8681672
>>8681676
>>8681680
>>8681685

People do drugs and die and everything is evil and pointless and there is no sex

OP, have you actually played Paranoia before, or is this your first time? Have you had any sessions yet? Can you describe it and why you thought it was depressing?

>>8681700 Ruin The Game

The only way to do that is to take your toys and go home. throw a hissy. Whiner

>>8681700
Yes, yes it is. Paranoia is awesome lighthearted metagaming roleplaying fun. If you hate it and think it's depressing, then you've cmpletely missed the point and probably have no imagination or sense of humour whatsoever. Just quit your group and go play FATAL. Your group will thank you.

>>8681561

This looks like a really clever copy-pasta from that other bawfag who wanted to troll his 3.5 campaign. If this is, fuck you troll.

Otherwise, how do you fucks get "forced" into playing these games? And even if you got forced, what's the point of ruining everyone else's fun? Either man up and just don't play/tell everyone your problem, or fucking play the game and stop being such a whining faggot. Your group deserves a better player than you.

To think, some people on /tg/ don't even have a group to play with. You dick.

It is impossible to min/max in Paranoia. Doing so show evidence of understanding the rules and that in turn gets you killed. Throwing a monkey wrench in the plot gets you killed. ECT. The player is powerless that is part of the games core design

I've seen this exact same copypasta for 3.5, 4e, and DH.

/tg/ - still the easiest board to troll.

>>8681728
You could always... ADD sex. Just find some alone time with your fellow troubleshooter.

One could make the same argument about most game systems - lots of people take potions in D&D for example, people die, and.. well, I won't say everything is evil but that's a subjective viewpoint.

>>8681772
But, but, this person seem so sincere! We must absolutely help him!

>Hey, I got forced into playing a Paranoia game, but the problem is I hate Paranoia.

PROTIP: If you hate it, then don't play it.

>Basically, how do I make the most min maxed character who will break the game and any tips to break the game while we are playing it?

Congratulations. Your GM and the rest of players want to have a fun and you want to ruin it.

>>8681819

Oh shit, I've failed at noko

>I just want to ruin the game

Games are not your thing.

Slam your cock in a door.

>>8681776

There really is no sex in paranoia, that is a GOOD thing. No more BBEG raping the one RL girl in the party

>>8681772
Aye, but now we're started... Paranoia thread anyone?

Thinking of running it for my group in a couple of weeks, after our DH campaign finishes up (for a bit of a short break from GRIMDARK and back to what, ironically enough, 40k started out being closer to). Only problem is I'm a bit stuck on what to do with the players. Anyone got any ideas for suitable missions for first timers to Paranoia?

>>8681831

Also raises the question - why do you want sex in Paranoia? Why is that a reason to hate it?

>>8681760
He's right. This is a shitty pasta from yesterday.

>>8681832
They have to protect an experimental stealth weapon. Unfortunately, Friend Computer does not know where the weapon is. The weapon is invisible and not actually there.

>>8681832
Have them go retrieve something from another sector. Like a prototype for R&D. Make it interesting along the way, things like have them be required to fill out a Blue form to gain access to the trains. Have Friend Computer ignore this issue.

Also, lots of Bouncing Bubbly Beverage. its good for the happiness. Have Friend Computer make sure there are enough Happiness Officers. Happiness is Mandatory!

>>8681888
That's a nice easy one. The troubleshooters can just bunk off and try not to get killed, then wait for the debriefing:

"Yeah, we delivered the weapon to the labs. It was so stealthy it even hid our delivery!"

"What do you mean, you don't see it in stores? Of course not, are you doubting Friend Computer's ability to make a wholly stealthed secret project? Are you some kind of mutant commie traitor debriefing officer?!"

OP here, I am sorry if this looks like a troll post, but I assure you I am genuine

>>8681953
Troll.

>>8681831
problems like that are entirely the fault of the game master and can't be attributed to any system

>Anyone got any ideas for suitable missions for first timers to Paranoia?

>Have them go retrieve something from another sector. Like a prototype for R&D.

Fetchquest is a good start to paranoia.

Give them a vehicle for transport. Give it a flaw.

>>8681953 Ya, Troll.

>>8681832
the real fun are the secret society missions. have the players do ridiculous things. Like steal the left shoe. or kill the loyalty officer. or other things.

"Get Friend Computer to marry you."

I want to play the other game, I have a character made already to play, but he says I have to play Paranoia first.

I want Paranoia to end quickly, what is so wrong with that? It is not fun for me, it is a silly and stupid system for people with no imagination only want to go:

"Lol, I killed you"

Paranoia doesn't really have a system.
You can't min max.
Paranoia is played with your wits and, at times the good grace of the dice gods (and the gm).

You're clearly a filthy mutant traitor, OP and quite possible a Communist-

No, wait, Friend Computer! I didn't mean-

asdasdfdsafs

Also- You're still here. Good. I want you to know that you fail, as a person, and should stick your dick in a blender...Though you'd have to take it out of your mouth, first. This isn't even fun trolling, but acting like a little kid in a snit.

Seriously.

>>8682016
Play it as seriously as possible, then. That's all the advice we can give you.

> it is a silly and stupid system for people with no imagination only want to go: "Lol, I killed you"

Most of the kills in paranoia are beyond imaginative. I've got someone about to try reprogramming a scrubot swarm to trundle about spraying alcoholic cleaning products over the lab they're in - the guy's a pyrokinetic.

How about using your imagination and having fun trying to inventively kill your teammates, instead of kneejerking away from a non-standard game?

>>8682048

How do I subtly ruin the sessions though?

He is making us play SERIOUS BUSINESS paranoia

>>8682046

Nice try anon, I don't have a dick

>>8682065

I want to be in control, not have some power high GM kill us all.

>>8682048
What do you get out of being a wet blanket? a since of smug satisfaction and a group who hates you.

Play it, try and have fun. Don't just shit on it. and on the bright side, if you don't like it, you can always leave the group and go start your own. Or you can stop whining, enjoy the game you play, and eventually play the game you want.

So either change your attitude or Rage-quit.

>I want to be in control, not have some power high GM kill us all.

Good Paranoia GMs won't need to kill you. Your other players are happy to pitch in.

Current game status
Payer-induced deaths : 4
GM-induced deaths : 0

>>8682100

The group hates me anyway, I want to make sure they have no fun and get this over with.

The only time I've killed a player in paranoia, as the GM, was when I handed a red character a blue form. He filled it out and turned it in. he deserved it

>>8682118
Why exactly does the group hate you?

Do you like the group?

If you do not, and the dislike is mutual, can you not leave the group>

>>8682118

If you are not having fun, then why the hell are you playing? seriously.

I am going behind the GM and trying to ally the players so we can ruin the story together, I am not having much success.

OP is either snoty asshat brat or a troll, but it occurs to me that the closest you can get to minmaxing in Paranoia is Trolling. Troll well enough and eventually someone will say/do something heretical, I mean communist, enough to justify a Blam.

ITT: we forget that paranoia says one of the three ways to play is grimdark extreme.

>>8682168
but thats the stupid unfun way.

>>8682185
>>8682168
>no_fun_allowed.gif

I can't answer any more questions, as then the GM and group will know it is me posting this.

But I need some help to topple the game or at least mix it up and stop it.

>>8682185

It is actually quite fun, imagine Brazil with a bit more humour.

OP, you're a pussy. If the group hates you and you hate them, why drag it out? I'm pretty sure they're politely waiting for you to piss off.

Also- If you don't have a dick, yeah, I'd say you're a pussy. Your thread is silly, and 4chan isn't about to help you, here- We do it when it's *fun*, not when it's petty and childish...A word I hesitate to use, but I find *very* apt in this case.

Want me to join in a rousing chorus of 'You're Not Okay?'

>>8682168
In the Grimdark Extreme Future, there is only Trolls.
Trolls trolling each other in the dark hope to kill their fellows in a manner that will give proof to Friend Computer of their worthiness to be raised to the next clearance, without getting lured into revealing their own heresy.

Why can't I get help? You support players ruining campaigns with the whole elffucker thing, but when I ask for some help you laugh at me?

>>8682222
that actually sounds like it could be pretty badass

Awww, I think he's going to cry.

What, do you want us to cuddle you to your warm bosoms, and tell you it's going to be okay?

Besides, the elffucker story was probably funny. This is just cheap and whiny...And it's much more fun to mock you.

>>8682237
Welcome to /tg/

>>8682220
>Want me to join in a rousing chorus of 'You're Not Okay?'
I think he is frustrated

whats the elffucker story? cause that sounds awesome

>>8682237
Because you sound like a jerk.

Take 'im down, boys.

>>8682237
We have already provided ample help (mainly to either take everything seriously ingame) or to leave the group (perhaps making them short of players and thus depriving their group and making them have shorter, more unsatisfying sessions without your honoured presence).

If you choose to disregard this advice, we cannot help you further.

>>8682278

It is actually called Elfslayer, about a magnificent bastard who pulls off a genius plan to derail the Mary Sue Gay Elf We can all be Friends campaign.

He does it with style though and pretty much everyone liked the changes.

Actually, come to think of it, we probably couldn't help you in the first place.

To be, y'know, less of a failure as a person.

Also, mmmmm, yes, yes. Your anguish sustains me.

>>8682301
There was also the Man Up and Don't Whine Advice

>>8682318
It was never finished, wasn't it?

>>8682301

That won't work though

>>8682334
There was that, but if he actually followed that sensible piece of advice OP wouldn't have been able to ruin the game like he wanted to.

>>8682198
The chances are slim of there being more than one group that:
A) Has a dickless dick that doesn't want to play.
B) Will be playing what the dickless dick wants next.
C) Is soon to play Paranoia.
D) Has had the dickless dick already try to go and form an alliance with the other players and gotten rebuffed.
E) Has a dickless dick that doesn't get along with the rest of the group that would resort to childish tantrums plotting to destroy everyone else's fun.
If the GM or players come to /tg/, it is too late to hide your identity now.

Hey, hypothetical DM-who-reads-4chan. If you're reading this, and you have a whiny bitch in your group- And an upcoming Paranoia game next week- can you bitchslap him for me?

Do it, and I'll brofist you through the internet.

OP still here, please /tg/, I am begging you for this, I need help.

Should I read the rulebook?

>>8682355
In which case /tg/ cannot help you mechanically with the rules, as any GM will instagib you if you fuck around too much. If you can provide details of the story or mission you are currently on, which secret society you belong to and what mutant power you have, we may be able to come up with excellent ways to troll your companions.

I'm still fairly sure he's trolling us.

We have a *real-life troll*, right here, right now.

Imagine the possibilities- FOR SCIENCE.

>>8682401
but probably wont. cause the OP SUCKS DICK.

This thread is the most fun I've had today. F5'ing like hell, here.

>>8682401

I would but then he would know it is me, at least this way I can deny it is me if he sees this.

Soooo~ You're a dickless dick who won't man up enough to tell someone *that*, to his face, but would prefer to sulk, whine and 'get back at him' through a game whose entire premise is black comedy and hilarious death?

DOES NOT COMPUTE.

Are you older than twelve years old, by the way? No reason.

There was an attempt to recruit me into a paranoia game.

I dunno.. it just seemed really fucking creepy reading the little read book the GM gave me. Fucking shit was it creepy as hell. And the rules force you to be a snitch in a weirdo secret society. I also rolled a spy for another society.

I dunno.. it just felt like I was joining a cult rather than playing a game.

>I would but then he would know it is me, at least this way I can deny it is me if he sees this.

I am disguise

>>8682500

BAH. IT'S MORE LIKE PLAYING SHADOWRUN: THREE STOOGES EDITION.

SORRY YOU HAD A CREEPER FOR YOUR FIRST GO, BUT IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

> 8682500

I have the strangest feeling you're the OP, especially since (s)he's started posting anoymously. Because you're the only idiot who's speaking up in his defense.

Do you feel *threatened* by me, OP?

>>8682525 SHADOWRUN: THREE STOOGES EDITION.

I must play that game. RIGHT NOW.

>>8682465
In that case as you are unwilling to divulge information all we can provide are generic "try trolling the other players and the GM".

Some interesting character types where it should be easy to troll with:

Idealistic young troubleshooter who loves Friend Computer with all his heart and would gladly follow every instruction given to him literally to the letter.

Explosives expert.

R&D tester who wants to try out (read: touch) as many different types of item or gadget as possible.

The guy who just won't die

A Commie Mutant Traitor (as described in the OP). You don't actually have to shout proper communist propaganda, but it'll annoy them if you shout loud enough.

>>8682318

That thread was so fucking amazing...

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7324340/#7327316
>>8682350

It ended, it had four parts, I think.

^

It is a thing of terrible beauty. I am awed, and blinded by it's brilliance. I would look, but I fear the AWESOME would burn my eyes from their sockets...

-Hell, I'll risk it.

*reads*

>>8682465
See:
>>8682376

It's already too late.

Here is the most I can give, I am a registered mutant in a normal secret society.

>>8682655

I can still deny it though, nothing implicates me here directly.

You can still-

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHA

You're a fucking riot, and a dickless pussy- Wait, redundant- OP.

>>8682716

I can, nothing links me

>>8682587
Fuck, not the explosives expert!
Ha, after the first couple TPKs the rest of the team will practically shoot on sight and figure out the excuse after the fact.

This thread has made me want to play Paranoia. Shame I'm stuck in an ass-backwards rural town where there's no gaming groups or stores whatsoever.

>>8682818

You can play online

>>8682525
The GM isn't a creepy.

He just fucking sucks at explaining anything. At all.

Ever.

In any way at all.

It's the little red book that was CREEPY AS FUCK to read through. Also, any time people on this board talk about paranoia, they go into this weird mode of creepy in joke no one else is privy to.

I'm told it's supposed to be parody. A joke, but from what I've gathered it feels mostly LOL RANDOM rather than anything actually funny.

I was willing to let the GM explain the setting to me.. except all he would say is ASK ME ANYTHING. What do I ask? I know fucking nothing. I have no reference point to ask from. Then he brought in another player to help me.. who was also new and didn't know anything about Paranoia either. This player then decided to be a complete ass.

So I just put my foot down and left. I'd rather play a game that actually tells me what the fuck I am supposed to be playing. All I got was this stupid little red book that kept spouting FRIEND COMPUTER FRIEND COMPUTER FRIEND COMPUTER in character brainwashed stuff at me rather than trying to acclimate me to the idea and purpose of the game.

>>8682732
>>8682676
The thing is, OP, while it may not implicate you directly, if you choose to take any course of action here (e.g. play as the explosive expert) while it won't hold up in a court of law the GM and other players will likely suspect you in any case.

Since this is the case, we won't be able to give you any specific advice at all. Come on, if you asked for a build to troll your GM with, then expect him not to realise you're playing with the exact same build that /tg/ came up with, then either you think he's utterly retarded (in which case he wouldn't recognise you anyway and you should provide details of the campaign) or you're kind of missing a few shipments of braincells.

>>8682855

Ignorance is important, better to know too little than too much, the GM was doing the right thing.

>>8682855

THERE'S A BOOK OUT THERE CALLED 1984.

PARANOIA IS TO 1984 AS 40K IS TO SERIOUS SCI-FI.

MAYBE IT IS A "SPECIAL" MINDSET REQUIRED TO GET PARANOIA.

>>8682855
>The GM isn't a creepy

..creeper I mean.

He isn't a creeper. He just sucks at explaining anything he means. He's always been that way.

He's actually reading this thread right now, and is asking me if he thinks _______ is the OP. To him I say HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?

>>8682855

Did you actually play? Or you looked at the book and never gave it a fair shake?

tl;dr

>How do I minmax at Paranoia

8/10

>>8682902
Yeah yeah, PICTURE RELATED wouldn't shut up about how ignorance is vital. Except, I can't fucking make a character like that. I just can't. I can't make a character for a setting I know literally nothing about. I can't make a character with no history or personality. I can't fill any of that in without knowing something.

If the rules system was involved enough I could at least FAKE IT and make something interesting for me to play rules wise and FAKE being a fully developed character.. but we know the problem with that.

I know absolutely fucking nothing.

And picture related is all I have in reference to what the hell this game is supposed to be like.

>>8683020

Then stick to rules heavy games like D&D 3.5, I don't think Paranoia is the game for you. It is its own unique and wonderful flavor, just not the game for you.

Personally I love not knowing the rules.

>>8683020
Sounds more like a bad DM than anything else. All you need to know is it's a post-apocalyptic setting (though you don't know that) and you all live in this Alpha-complex place, a vaguely futuristic giant complex. Everything's colour-coded for security reasons, you're here to troubleshoot stuff that Friend Computer (the benevolent AI who controls the complex) tells you to. Mutants and spies for secret societies are traitorous scum and should be killed. Also, you're a mutant and a member of a secret society.

It's OK, everybody!

Now that the Troubleshooters are here you can all relax!

As long as you can show me your clearance papers for your HappiTyme suppositories.

>>8683061
If the GM didn't tell you this much they're a bad GM.

>>8682925
I haven't played.

I can't get excited or even happy enough to do more than stare at the wall over a character I know nothing about. The system makes your character for you; not that there is much depth anyway. All I know is I'm the 'equipment guy' because that was the last spot open, and I'm in a secret society(so is everyone.. but I don't like the idea of secret societies even in play. they don't interest me at all, but there is no opt out in the system). That's it.

I cannot construct a personality because I have nothing to latch on to.

I don't know what people expect of me.

Friend Computer wanted me to post these in a public area.

>>8683062
Anon-R-MUS-1, why exactly are you in that ULTRAVIOLET level corridor as a RED troubleshooter?

Being in an ULTRAVIOLET corridor is grounds for immediate termination, remember!

>>8683121

You have utter freedom, if you need rules to define you, then choose a new system.

Is everyone having a super-great day?

A Paranoia thread, and I missed it? Damn thing must have been above my clearance.

readreadread

>>8683020
So you just need someone to explain the basic concept.

It's a silly world where the computer runs the show. You get a 6-pack, or 6 clones. There are clearance levels that are color coded. If you are not a high enough color doing something beyond that clearance level is illegal. The punishment for 99% of illegality is death.

So what you'll see, as an example, is Friend Computer giving you a mission to get say
>>8681888
That.

Maybe your given a prototype gun and given clearance to use it. But the instructions for it require you be a higher level. So now you have this weird pretzel shaped lightning gun that may well kill you if you try to use it the wrong way.

The goal for most of this should be "....and hilarity ensues." The clones encourage player kills. As do secret societies.

Friend Computer is like Glados in Portal. A not all there AI entity with control of cloning vats that plays with peoples lives.

ETC. I mean I have unfortunately not played it. However, I have seen some good concise explanations on /tg/. Some or all of what I have said may not be in character knowledge for the majority of PCs. /tg/ if I made any mistakes correct me.

>>8683141
I'm sorry, Friend Computer! You sent me in here to paint this room Red!

COPYPASTA BACKGROUND

Alpha Complex is an enclosed, underground city, isolated from the devastation of the outside world, and tyrannically ruled by a dysfunctional and delusional Computer. The Computer isn't thoroughly aware of the world outside of Alpha Complex, and regards it with fear and suspicion, while it governs the Complex itself with edicts sourced from it's vast data store of old, often confused, and commonly contradictory data files. The Computer attempts to defend Alpha Complex from it's percieved enemies - Communists, Mutants, and Traitors.

The players take on the roles of members of a team Troubleshooters - Newly-promoted citizens of Alpha Complex, whose role is to seek out trouble, and shoot it. This includes seeking out Enemies of the Computer, and terminating or capturing them, for the glory of Alpha Complex, and Friend Computer!

The one small flaw in this brilliant plan? Every citizen of Alpha Complex is either a Communist, a Mutant, or a Traitor, in one fashion or another. Every player has a mutant power, and belongs to a traiterous secret society. Add in confused, misleading, or completely incorrect assignments, badly labeled and often dangerously experimental equipment, and many players with often competing goals, and it becomes obvious why Troubleshooter missions are so often fatal.


Essentially - You will be given a mission, which may not even be possible, you will be given equipment, which may kill you just as certainly as your opponents, you will be part of a team of commie mutant traitors, who will most certainly be trying to kill you first, you will be given additional personal goals, which may be mutually exclusive with your mission or leave you directly competing against your teammates, and you have to deal with all of this in a dystopian nightmare city, goverened by an eccentric, senile, confused Computer, who holds ultimate authority over the entire complex, and will order your termination on a whim.

It's really great that they raised the minimum happiness level in this sector!

>>8683141
Absolutely, Friend Computer! And of course, you would never allow such a thing! And as Friend Computer is perfect, I would of course never be able to enter a corridor above my clearance level without his consent! Therefore, I must be the correct clearance level.

>>8683172
That is correct, Anon-R-MUS-2. You are here to paint this room RED. This room is clearly ULTRAVIOLET. Please continue your task.

>>8683219

...

:D

*sweats*

Jesus christ. Just read Elf Slayer.

Made my week.

My life, even.

Glorious.

>>8683046
I prefer to free form, honestly. That's been harder to find in recent years. Thus my move to PnP.

My comment was simply.. if I can't know enough about the setting itself to actually make a character with.. then I could at least have used the rules to make something I'd like and FAKE being an actualized character. I'd prefer not to, but that's my back up for when I land in games where I don't get any fluff provided to me.

I do prefer rules heavy though. It gives me something to occupy my brain. No offense, but PnPers aren't the most involved interesting lot to RP with. The rules give me something to keep me not bored. If we don't have that then I'd rather just not have a pretense of rules at all and just free form.

>>8683061
>post-apoc but unknown to the character. protected from this truth of the outside world by the computer

SEE?

THIS FUCKING SHIT RIGHT HERE.

GOD DAMN. NOW IT MAKES MORE SENSE. That isn't much, but it is a lot more to latch on to than I had. Fucking hell. That helps me a LOT to understand the IN CHARACTER tone of the setting rather than endless joking about FRIEND COMPUTER WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY(happiness is mandatory).

Now I'm just pissed off that nobody would come out and just fucking say this kind of shit.

I suspect I was in the same game as OP and A-Flat Minor ♪. The GM did give us a fair bit of info. Basically, what everyone's already said we should know we knew, plus a few bits and pieces more, as well as all having a copy of the LRB.

>>8683020
It is very simple, you don't make a character. It is rolled randomly and the GM secretly tells you what you have.
Paranoia is more like a boardgame or party game, expect your main weapon is roleplaying and out-thinking.

>>8683273
>Now I'm just pissed off that nobody would come out and just fucking say this kind of shit.

Sounds like your fellow Troubleshooters are no-good Commies.

I always knew your Sector was trouble.

>>8683121
Have you played DH? Paranoia is like DH injected with GOOD BAD WRONG FUN. You play troubleshooters, people who make sure things run smoothly for Friend Computer. Thing is, Friend Computer runs things fatally for nearly everyone, and everyone pretty much knows it. They all just have different ideas as how to overthrow and run society without being offed by Friend Computer and his associates. So if you belong to competing revolutionary groups, odds are you are going to use Friend Computer to help off the competition. And since the competition has clones, well, it's a good idea to keep them from getting their memory uploaded too, too often. In short, NO WUN EES LOYALE, EVRYWUN EES HERETEEC.
Questions to ask yourself:
How did you join your secret society? Were you a zealot from the start or did you just stumble into a meeting on accident and "volunteered?" Or are you just some schmoe named Brian who got involved with something larger than life? Are you fine with killing, do you enjoy it, do you prefer others to kill for you, or do you hate the very thought?

>>8683253
Anon-R-MUS-2, I have noted a significant increase of humidity from your pores. Are you experiencing discomfort? Is the level of heat inappropriate for this sector? As I am responsible for the happiness of everyone in the Alpha Complex, it would be remiss not to query your status.

>>8683273
:(
>>8683171
I tried right there. He just did it far better then me. ><

>>8683273

Except the GM makes the fluff, they are free to change the basic setting.

>>8683341
Erhm.... no, no, Friend Computer! It's the perfect temperature in here! It's always nice and well-lit in Alpha Complex, yes sir!

I heard that guy thinks it's too hot in here, though!

*points at a hapless Infra currently plunging out the Food-o-Vat intake feed*

Huh?

>>8683171
>>8683181
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM.

It's been so god damn aggravating getting anything out of my GM. I get that the game apparently doesn't want you to know anything so you are genuinely blind, but I just can't fucking operate like that. I need to be able to make a real character to play. For that I need information.

Yeah yeah.. people can flaunt worries about potential meta gaming all they want. Fuck anyone that thinks it. Not metagaming is easy. Anyone that thinks a player can't go without metagaming can eat their own knees.

>>8683455

So what now?

Are you going to give it a shot?

>>8683455
Yeah, that's pretty stupid to withhold info like WHAT ALPHA COMPLEX IS LIKE.

You're not allowed to know the rules, but you're a native to Alpha Complex.

>>8683436
Hapless Infra currently plunging out the Food-o-Vat intake feed, you have apparently been overheard to voice complaints about the heating systems. There are no complaints in Alpha Complex. Conclusion: Sound damping is unsuitable, cause: communists.

Please hold still as Happy_Sound_Damping_Spray is applied. Do not be alarmed at the white colouration on your clothes, it is standard for the Happy_Sound_Damping_Spray. Have a pleasant and mandatory happy day!

Anyway, I need to get back to posting these forms.

>>8683163
okay done
>>8681760
>I remember that thread. man, fuck that guy. this might be a troll in a similar vein but it's not direct pasta.
>>8681776
adding sex is difficult/impossible/hilarious and won't ruin the game.
>>8681832
if you've never run it before, try running "Me and My Shadow, Mark IV" - it's a classic module and it's well written. (that's the one about guarding a giant sentient tank)
>>8682112
I've had to kill party members before. One filled out a form with "I am a communist who hates the computer" in what he /thought/ was unintelligible handwriting. Another one looked at the secret info on another players character sheet. But I guess those were the player suicides anyway.

>>8683514

*glances nervously at the Ultraviolet citizen*

>>8683493
To be fair, the GM left an open offer for me to ask questions.

To be more fair, how am I supposed to ask questions when I don't know where to start?

Ugh.

>>8683473
I'll consider it.

I need time to not be pissed off now. I've been banging my head against a wall over this.

But I have to consider how I'm already in three PnP games, and this game happens early morning for me. At least that is when they held the first session(it started an hour late.. and by the time it did I had to go to fucking bed). I don't know if my sleep schedule will allow me to do this.

If I did.. I'd also be constantly flip flopping between night time day time sleep schedule so I can make all my games.

>>8683455
>>8683493

see

>>8683314

>>8683583
If you'd like to play online I can guarantee suptg would run a game.

>creepy in joke no one else is privy to
ah you see, Paranoia a creepy in joke no one is privy to.

not "no-one else." just "no-one."

>>8683563
Anon-R-MUS-2, have I ever described how beautiful your clear blue eyes are? They shine out like a beacon of joy across the already serene Alpha Complex, clearing communism and mutants from their path.

I note you BLUE eyes are in a RED troubleshooter. Are you using eyes above your security clearance?

>>8682587
another classic character build is "the guy who steals everything". basically need very high slight of hand, concealment and chutzpah for when you get caught. then throw everyone elses stuff away.

>>8683623
Eh.. nah.

Swords and sorcery type things are more my speed anyway. I'm in Dark Heresy.. but that's just a fantasy setting with a very cheap scifi plating on it(that is chipped off almost everywhere already).

And perhaps I'm not suited to Paranoia in other ways.

I am about as subtle as a god damn brick.

A brick the size of a Humvee.

How to win at Paranoia:
Get a laptop.
Set it to 4chan.
Lol heartily at things only you can see.
Eat chips or any other crunchy food loudly at the table. Do not share with anyone else.
Give halfarsed commands to your character after completely ignoring all plot development.

If questioned or confronted on this behaviour, point out that Paranoia isn't meant to be played seriously, and you're going to chill the fuck out with some chips and 4chan, and not get deeply involved with it.
Enjoy delicious counter-rage.

My first clone died because I made a mistake in my character sheet. :P

>>8683663
These... were the eyes I came out of the tank with?

*squeezes eyes shut and thinks of a cool refreshing Bouncy Bubbly Beverage*

oh man, I just found a paranoia thread on 2channel.
"sageは反逆者の証。ZAPZAPZAP!!!" (sage is a sign of a traitor. ZAPZAPZAP!!!)

>>8683812
There is no need to be afraid, Anon-R-MUS-2. All beings no matter their security clearance are loved, from the highest Ultraviolet Programmers to the lowly but no-less important Infrared labourers. Even the mutants and communists are worthy of love. There are no mutants and communists in the Alpha complex. Mutants and communists will be removed for the good of the Alpha complex. With love.

Please accept this Happy_Fun_beverage mk3 prototype Bubbly_Bubbly_Bubbly_Bubbly_Bouncy_Beverage. Be sure not to get any in your eyes, not only will they become bloodshot it is not an approved drinking method!

>>8683962
Oh wow!

Thanks, Friend Computer!

*glug glug glug*

>>8683962
>>8684104
ITT: How to succeed at painting a room (blood) red, die horribly, and test a prototype beverage at the same time.

Admittedly the last two usually go together.

>>8684147
>>8684104
You are welcome, Anon-R-MUS-3.

>>8682613
Bah only 4? The story is not over. What happens next?

>>8684669
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7922568/
Found 5.

>>8683273
>Freeform RP

Kill yourself. The world would be a better place without your mary sue bullshit.