So, the BBQ will happen.

This is the time to bring all four of Team Ned up to date. All about Bomber, and proposing a worked Title Bout (fully aware that Brass and Python will probably need some persuading)


can writefag Ned's initial speech

Beforehand, we check in with Stella and see if she's found anything.

>>21683446
Well, about bomber lord, she hasnt found anything "new". That he´s probably a member of the teragen, but they dont have him listed as one of the "militant" members, so he´s not "wanted" by any law enforcement agencies. If you revealed that he´s teragen, it may even raise his popularity with the "teen rebel" population.
She did find that a quantum-sensitive psychic nova that went to one of his matches did get the impression he uses mental attacks in his fights, but that by itself is not against the rules. Then again he´s one of the original fighters in the XWF, so maybe that´s on purpose

>>21683515

So, no incriminating file on a suspected terrorist. Oh, well, never mind.

You know, I'm somewhat vaguely disappointed.

I'd have thought Python would have had more arms by now.

>>21683557

He can already do 21 punches per round, each one loaded with electricity and with a chance to stun. Arms dropped in priority.

Welcome back, BTW. Be sure to check out the Japan Tour thread, Ned has really taken to Nova-dom

>>21683599
We no longer aiming for Hundred Headbutts, then?

I've been skimming most of the threads, so I'm mostly caught up. Posted once or twice anonymously too. Using the name now because I've got a little more time to stay in the thread this time.

What happens if we clip Ned's cufflinks onto Santo?

...wait a moment.

>>21683288
>We started with Brass Brawler, a washed-up, former champion
>Brass Brawler

Either that was a typo, or I've skimmed more poorly than I thought.

>>21683756
was a typo

Goddamnit had a power blackout after typing a large post

Anyway, this week we need to discuss the championship fight. Ami will be very disappointed and a bit heartbroken if her idol shoots a championship fight
We need to check on the status of the videogame and build up the hype for their fight
Using the cuffs on Nova Santo sounds like a good idea
Anything else?

>>21683779
I can't remember exactly what you guys were planning, so I'll just go along with it and speak up if I've anything to contribute.

On with the show!

Alright, start with the BBQ (since its supposed to happen the day after the fight) then?
Paladin will be out and on his feet already. Would we have invited him? Would he need an invitation?

>>21683779

Cuffs only work against active attacks, don't they? I thought Santo was basically locked into a psi-coma...

The point is, if Brass wins, he can go to Omega and drop the belt to Python. Wider issue is keeping him from cashing in against Bomber too soon.

>>21683801
Well I was thinking about planning an epic shoott, but if Ami's going to be such a baby about it I don't even want to anymore.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be in the corner, pouting.

>>21683845

He's not quite Inner Circle yet, even if we wanted to bring him into the stable "in-character".

This is Ned, Brass, Python and the Morrigan sisters

>>21683845
Are we actually discussing the shooting, or lack thereof, at the barbeque itself? It wouldn't do to discuss such things in front of outsiders, however close they may be.

Also, out of curiosity, what would the most cost effective way be to get Python up to at least 100 punches in a round, with relatively low penalty to each?

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>>21683857
Well, we can split OoC from IC anyway. We can OoC decide we want Brass or Python to win but that IC the fight isint shot. Would that work?

>>21683856
Well, the way I was thinking about it, Nova Santo is "rolling willpower" every little bit to try to get out of the dream, but he cant because he needs more successes than he has willpower

>>21683870
ok

So what, have the BBQ, tell Ami about the deal Bomber Lord(?) has keeping her out of the ring, then discuss the fight between Brass and Python? like I said, we dont HAVE to have it a shoot fight IC, but we can decide OoC who´ll win for story purposes

>>21683779
I prefer our original MANLY GRIT plan due to the fact that it will instantly make Brass a national hero to mexico. We are after all a manager, we've got to promote our guys.

>>21683933

Telling Ami, and everyone. All cards on the table, since whoever wins the Title fight will be in Barber's sights

Am writing up some stuff for this, if people want.

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>>21683924
I think that a mix between more arms and raising his temporal accel. Each rank on it means another round. Right now its rank 2. It would be 12 exp to get it to rank 3, so four total actions per turn, then 18 to rank 4, so five total actions per turn, then 24 to rank 5, for six total actions per turn. With 5 actions per turn and about 7 attacks per action, thats 35 attacks. If we get him more arms each arm is another attack without penalty per action so it would be [number of arms + 4] * ranks in accel attacks per turn

>>21683934

Have Ned use an "old Native American trick" (kayfabing to conceal
the use of his cuffs to help Santos) and then we have another potential ally against Bomber

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>>21683961
Alright, I´m just a bit confused. So what do you guys want to do? I think we can, IC, assume the fight is a go, but OoC, already decide Brass wins.
And we are telling Ami about the conspiracy to keep her out, right?

>>21683983

This is why I wanted to have the meeting - Find out what our fighters want. Are they happy to Epic Shoot?

Not just Ami. I want to see how Brassr reacts when we tell him about our suspicions that Bomber gave him his addiction

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>>21684002
Ah, seems fine. How do you picture this happening. We tell them after dinner, maybe while everyone is chilling watching a movie or such? because it would surely sour the meal

>OK, sample of Story Time. Breaks are for character limit, for NPCs to respond, and folks ITT to chime in

Alright everyone.First off, congratulations. It's been quite the ride getting to where we are, and it's been a real team effort. You've all worked hard, and we're on the cusp of real, concrete evidence of our success.

But there's some stuff that needs to be resolved right now. Basically, that's the Title Match, and Bomber Lord.

Second one first - It's no question that he's a legitimate Douchebag, with ties to Teragen. But there's more than that; He's got influence in the XWF. But before I go on, I need you guys to promise not to run out, track him down, and beat him up on the street when you hear what I have to say. And of course, none of it can leave this room.

I'd personally rather not tell them somewhere open like a barbeque. Paparazzi and spies and such. Delicate information like this should be relayed only in the most secure of environments. Though I think if KoAND was going to pull such a thing on us, we'd get at least some prior hints.

>>21684059

Round the table, after the meal, I thought.

Also, if people don't like what I'm doing with the Big Talk, please chime in

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>>21684097
The Ranch is quite wide open, Mai was a "spy" for long enough to grow a healthy dose of paranoia, so no bushes to hide behind, open terrain, and lots of animals that can get spooked and noisy about strange people being around.

You should probably add their names at the beginning of each phrase so we know who´s saying what, tho I assume that was all Ned up there

>>21684094
Oh, we're doing it in a room. Alright then. Shut the doors, windows; make sure the walls are soundproofed; sweep for bugs and, hell, novas using their powers to eavesdrop. Everyone, from bookies looking to stack their odds to the press to BL himself would have an interest in what we've got to say. And who's to say they aren't already suspicious? Who's to say we haven't inconspicuously had our mind read? WHO'S TO-

Sorry, Shadowrun-level paranoia creeping in there. Proceed.

>>21684120
Looks to me he's just playing Ned, and asking you if anyone present would like to chime in at any time.

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>>21684131
You know, that reminds me i´ve been wanting to run some sci fi setting for a while, using a setting between Syndicate and Ghost in the Shell.

>>21684142
yes i got that
****
Mai pours some very nice tea for everyone. Any soothing attributes it may have are wasted, of course, since all the presents are far too resiliant to "normal" drugs for poor little chamomile tea to help anyone´s temper, but the gesture is nice all the same.
****

Since it´s a bbq, I imagine almost everyone is dressed casual. Samuel may be in sports clothes. The Morrigan sisters are probably in "ranch wear", meaning jeans and shirts, or so.

>>21684142

Yes, that was the idea.

>>21684131

No, I agree that those sound entirely reasonable precautions. Remember, Ned technically broke the law getting Barber's medical files.

>>21684094

Ned:

Ami. You know how we've had to hold off on your debut? Part of it was working on your showmanship, yes, but a big part was because your old manager was being leaned on by Bomber, Mamba and their managers to keep you out of the ring. The only way I could get Frank to hand over your contract was to keep the stipulation intact; He implied that if you came into the stable, and competed, he'd personally suffer for it. Once the Title tournaments are done, we're free to set you loose, but not until then.
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>>21684236
Ami blinks and stares. She had her hands inside her pockets, cuddling in between various pillows in one of the loveseats. A clear ripping sound follows as she slips her hands out of her jeans without teking them out of her pockets first.

Ami: "W- ?"

>>21684278

Ned:

That's right, Ami. The two top champs in the XWF were scared of you. Scared enough to invoke a Glass Ceiling.

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>>21684326
Ami: "Well... maybe White Mamba... but why Bomber Lord? I can´t believe that. It´s too stupid!" -she discreetly takes her pockets out of her hands so they dont look like mittens

Mai: "I believe it" -squeezes Ami´s shoulder- "You make me proud, every day. You can be as strong as you want to be, little sis"

Brass: "I don´t understand it. There must be easier ways to keep someone off the ring. They could have just found a way to fire her"

>>21684419
Python: "You mentioned it was part of her contract, right? Can we see that?"

Ami: "Ya, mister Salter, I´m just average smart, but if you can show me paper proof, that´s it"

>>21684419

Ned:

That part, I don't know. Maybe they thought it was easier to keep her in, but controlled. Or maybe there's more to this than meets the eye. I wouldn't put *anything* past Bomber; Especially not after the rumour I heard from Frank... And you're really going to want to sit very still for this one, Rob.

You see, it looks like Bomber's powers have never been fully documented in an official sense. Yesterday proves the Mind Screw aspect, which was only speculated before. But there's also evidence that he's been using his mental abilities to influence the Pysch assessments on his regular medicals.

But according to Frank, there's more - He was talking about a rumour - And it is *only* a rumour - that Bomber had a hidden power that could "give you cancer with a handshake".... Or make you an addict

>Ned gets ready in case he has to duck

>>21684479

I thought we didn't write the stipulation down, at Frank's request? Kept it as a Gentlemen's Agreement?

>This chat-bit takes place before Big Talk 3

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Rolled 8, 4, 10, 2, 8, 4 = 36

>>21684529
Oh, my memory failed me, then

rolling willpower for Brass, so he doesnt gets up, gets in his car, and goes rip off Bomber´s head

>>21684545

Which is why Ned specifically asked, in Part 1, for people *not* to do that

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>>21684545
Rob (Brass): "That dirty m-... " -gets up for a moment as he turns the beer can in his hand into a tiny ball of metal- "Shit, sorry Mai" -the beer bursts all over the furniture and rug

Mai: "At least you didint walk out through the wall and into a fight. I´ll get something to clean that"
********

I wonder, does Ami know Brass was an addict for a while?

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>>21684580
>I wonder, does Ami know Brass was an addict for a while?

Oh dear god, game over man, game over!

>>21684580

When a fighter has a drug issue, word gets out via gossip. She'll have heard.


Ned:

"Rob, when I heard, I crunched the numbers and figured out what might have happened with your loss of form between your fights with Bomber... But I don't know it all. This is your side of the tale. If you're comfortable, please tell it.

>>21684627
Brass: "That would explain it. I never even thought about that trash in pill form before those fights. It was just so sudden. I´m a grown man, Ned, I don´t believe in blaming others, but what you are telling me just makes everything seem so... obvious. I´m going to tear his hands off and make him swallow them when I see him in the ring"

Ami: "..." -pays one willpower-

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>>21684597
Is that some Angel Densetsu I see there? man that´s golden

>>21684696

"I understand completely. And that's why you have to meet him in the ring. I don't know if outright killing him is the answer, but I wouldn't blame you for wanting to do so. And, well, accidents do happen..."

>OOC: I originally thought Brass waiting to take on Bomber was the best idea, but I don't think he'll go for that. Plus, direct action makes for a better story

"And the quickest way to do that is to win the title, and cash in your shot. Now, I'd advise against that, because we don't know what else Bomber has been up to, but if you want to, we can make that happen

>>21684696
"You know what they say Brass, revenge is a dish best served cold. So lets make sure we serve up one hell of a dish. We know he's a member of Teragen, and considering all the crap he has been pulling, there has got to be dirt on him somewhere. And he's an arrogant prick, I'm sure he never thought that anyone would really catch him at it. And he's lazy, he would never train anywhere near as hard as you do Brass. So, we'll take our time, assemble our evidence, and find an answer to every dirty trick he has thought up, then take the title, expose him for the man he is, and take everything else from him. But first, Santos is still in a coma, and there is that small matter of the Gold title fight.

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>>21684775
Of course, Angel Densetsu is the go-to manga if you want images of people screaming in horror.

The fact that it's a comedy series makes it even better.

>>21684779
'However, Bomber is a dangerous man, not above using trickery and ruthlessness to gain an advantage. It's said that fools rush into a fight unprepared, and doubly so against an intelligent one. We should use our time to make your victory over him as complete and total as possible.'

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>>21684857
I fucking love Angel Densetsu. You read the special? I wish the anime had been more popular

http://youtu.be/wRn0x06KICc

Brass: "I´m going to go into Omega and kick his ass up and down the ring. Samuel, you are staying in Gold, right? make sure Mamba doesnt dares lift his face off the ground"

I have one more piece of Story Time ready to go once we hear Brass' response. I can tweak it either way.

>>21684915

Ned:

Moving up a division was always the plan.

But if you're not challenging him directly, I have another proposal. For everybody.

We all know that the Gold Title winner is effectively #1 contender, cash-in or not.

Now the thing is, if Brass wins the fight, then goes up, the title becomes vacant, and defaults to Python.

So... If it doesn't offend your professional sensibilities, I though maybe you guys could work a five-round epic battle for the belt. You know each other well enough, I know you guys could put on a show good enough to fool each other. Brass wins, cementing his return and ensuring nobody questions his right to be there.

Next, you two team up and win the tag titles. After that, Brass moves up, vacating his belts. At that point, Python needs a partner; So who would the Reaper recommend? His protege, Red Jane, of course! Net result - When the dust clears, the Old School are dominating the Gold Division, and Brass is gunning for revenge on Bomber in Omega.

What do you guys think?

>>21684955
Ami: "I´d get to team up with mister Rodriguez!? b-but asking them to fix the match..."

Brass: "I don´t care about the gold belt. Hell, I dont even care about the omega belt anymore. I´m just going up to break Bomber in half. You can arrange whatever"

>>21684992

Ned:

Ami, at the end of the day, Sam will have the Gold Title regardless. It's just a question of how. And like we've been saying for weeks - The story matters

Rob, you know he'll try and doge you. But we can work with that... Painting him a coward, calling him out, taunting him into making a mistake. The revenge is real, but there's no harm in building an angle around it. Means that when you finally finish him off, the entire population of the world will cheer you for it.

Sam - Your thoughts please? And yours, Mai?

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>>21684915
Actually, I saw the special a while ago, I didn't know it's been subbed since then, though.

>>21684992
'Ami, the XWF isn't just a sport, it's Sports Entertainment, meaning that pleasing the fans is just as important. One of the reasons your previous manager was so eager to let you go was because your fighting style wasn't entertaining. An exciting shoot is going to be more popular that boring authentecism, every time.'

'This is going to be the final match for the gold belt, nobody wants to see the thing finished in 1 round by a submission hold, or by pressure points, they want to see a fight that'll be remembered throughout the ages, and I intend to deliver it.'

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>>21685019
Python: "If we are shooting the title fight. I want us to have one off the ring. Just for us. Can´t let this old guy think he could actually beat me, you know?"

Ami: "A private fight... here in the ranch? I´d sell my bike to see that!"

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>>21685041
No, no, I mean the special manga chapter that came out recently, with our lovable kitaro in his old school before transferring. The anime is OLD, but yes, I understand there was a OVA recently, too

>>21685019
"Brass, I think I have an idea on how to get a small down-payment on your revenge, and do a good dead at the same time." Then explain our mind link and MANLY GRIT plan.

>>21685044
>>21685059
>Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Whatever it is, It's grown me a rage.

That is all. Carry on.

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>>21685091
Brass: "If I can help Santo, I will, of course"
Ami: "I can probably arrange someone from De Vries. They like me a lot now. A title fight in our backyard..."

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>>21685121
It gets better really soon. Is not about the OP girl, is about the loser brother coping with having such a sister and being in magic school as the odd one out

>>21685091

Bookie; Which plan was this? I got something last thread about hiring a telepath...

>>21685148
Then arrange it. I'm willing to bet we could get Santos on as an announcer for the Title Fight.

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>>21685194
Ami: "You mean bring in mister Santos for when mister Wolfside fights Bomber in the ring?"

Python: "If we get him out of that bed, he´ll owe us one, so sure why not?"

>>21685178
Plan is to hire a telepath and then use him to link Brass's mind with that of Santo so that he can help him out with Brass's MANLY GRIT and DETERMINATION. (and massive bonuses to resisting mental attacks). Makes for a much better story than putting on some fancy cufflinks.
>>21685160
I was actually thinking of the Gold Division fight, (since we know we will actually have that one) but the fight with Bomber Lord works too

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>>21685233
Well, it looks like we have a plan for that now. Want to move a few days ahead and start rolling to see how Ned does with launching the advertising for the fight, and how the game goes?

>>21685359
Sure. Since the fight is planned, they get that massive bonus of Mai's?
So we need to cure Santos, and promote the fight (the curing Santos will do most of the promoting for us I would think.) Oh, and under what conditions does Ned get XP?

>>21685359

Monday: Private Fight (gives healing time)
Thursday: Weigh-In/Press Conference
Friday: Planning the worked Title bout (with Mai's "Just As Planned" help
Saturday: FIGHT

In between
* Catch up with Amitsu and check our mail.
* Check up on the other projects (figures/vidya gaem/anime/etc)

IIRC, Ned is at 17d10 for positioning (advertising) and/or merchandising, 16d10 for anything else business related.

>>21685408

I think we need to talk to Santos' manager first, to OK everything.

With Ami's influence, and a roll to suggest how good the PR would be, we could probably get DeVries to help us for free. I'm sure they'd spend 4 hours of a telepath's time to get on the good side of 133 million Mexicans...

>>21685485
Agreed. So lets arrange that first.

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Rolled 4, 6, 5, 10, 10, 8, 7, 9, 2, 5 = 66

>>21685408
>massive bonus of Mai's?
They get her successes in this roll as extra dice to their skill to make the fight look real, hold on, rolling it

>what conditions does Ned get XP?
whenever he does great manager stuff, of course. He´s not gonna get exp just for answering the phone, but arranging a deal, getting good fights, advertising his people, all those things give him exp

>>21685446
>Monday: Private Fight (gives healing time)
Just the gang present?

>with Mai's "Just As Planned" help
Rolling how many dice they get right now, actually

>Catch up with Amitsu and check our mail.
Aritsu, aRitsu. Im actually happy because looking around I´ve over the years found that all my NPCs and PCs names, which I thought I invented, actually had real world roots, like Lyann, Sinoe, Asmund... I thought they all were "original" but turned out to be just unusual. Aritsu is the exception to that.

>>21685485
That sounds good, let me check what you need to roll

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>>21685446
I say we check up on projects for now, it seems to me that Ned's been acting more like a coach than a manager.
Waitaminute didn't you say that Ned gets a bonus from Computers to any games he helps oversee, or something?

I'd rather see something more like Jackie Chan Adventures rather than an anime, myself. (Complete with those live-action cameos at the end of episodes!)

Anyways, I don't think Ned should do any merchandise involving fighters not in his stable, as to avoid royalties and other hassles, we could just make up a bunch of original characters.

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>>21685513
Alright, when they are rolling martial arts/brawl to make the fight look realistic, they get to roll 7d10 extra, so Brass and Python will roll 23d10 to make it look good

>>21685515
Sure, I´ll give him a bonus to that

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Rolled 4, 1 = 5

>>21685513
Actually let me check for exploding dice

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Rolled 1, 10 = 11

>>21685541
Alright, no exploded dice.
Also, Ned rolls 13d10 for business rolls, and 14d10 when its about merchandising. One of those is a mega dice. Since im giving him a bonus to the game, he can roll 2 more dice. Roll 15d10 to see how the game is going

>>21685515

Nobody's merchandising anybody except Brass, Python and Ami. I don't know where you got that from...

>>21685513

Yes, just the gang. Not Paladin.

I'd guess we roll Manipulation + Something. And don't forget the extra dice from our free Mega-Enhancement

Rolled 8, 10, 3, 1, 8, 4, 4, 7, 10, 6, 9, 8, 1, 6, 2 = 87

>>21685572
rolling

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>>21685602
I know that, I just want it said for future refrence.
For any merchandise, I still think we should add "Ned Salter the character" to it, rather than potray him realisticly, have him be the midly irritating guy who's all about numbers, trying to get the gang to "Stop with all this dangerous fighting and focus on making m-err yourselves MONEY!"

Occasionally show him to be sarcastic any compentent in non-combat related aspects to help him prevent from turning into the scrappy.

As a manager, he gets 10% of what his employees earn, but 100% of what he makes.

If Vince can play "Mr. McMahon" Ned can play "Dammit, Ned get out of my way" Ned Salter

Maybe make him kinda like Dan Hibiki in the video game?

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Rolled 7

>>21685652
7 successes and a splodey dice. Rolling it here, but that´s great, means the game is being awesome so far. I think it would be ready to be released in just a couple more weeks. Thats really fast for a game, but since we are keeping it simple, it should be okay, I think

Anyway, with the game going strong, now roll for promoting the fight, and are we getting merchandising just for it? like special edition holo copies of the fight or such. After this fight technically is the end of season, so Ned and his guys should get a nice bonus from the upper management.
*****

Aritsu: "Boss, management wants to know how the game is going. Should I arrange to have a demo delivered to them?"

>>21685754
Isn't it two exploding dice?

Rolled 9

>>21685754
there were two 10s. Anyway, deliver the Demo and then arrange the Santos thing. And yeah, Special edition figures and other stuff.

Rolled 4, 4, 5, 2, 7, 5, 2, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10 = 72

>>21685754

Promoting (positioning) and Merchandising are both specialisations, so we roll 14 dice whichever we do. I guess promoting is more important, here...

Rolled 10

>>21685813

Rerolling explodey megadice

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>>21685813
Ya it was two dice, my bad. So 8 successes total, which truly awesome, GOTY at least. That little indie company is gonna explode like Blizzard or Westwood did in their moment.

>>21685851
roll again, 7 successes already. And this is for positioning, right? I guess that means that in this case, a LOT of people will take a sick day so they can watch the fight live

Rolled 9

>>21685851
>>21685851

If a Mega Dice explodes, is its reroll also considered a Mega Dice?

Anyway, chain reaction...

>>21685754
>>21685754
"Yes, try and push back the realease for the game by another quarter, citing commitment to quality control to the publishers and the press. (See the Janurary release of the Burning Crusade expansion, launched in the worst season of the year.) Try to get a playable demo for the game in the near future, and have a tech demo ready by the end of the month.

Man imagine the synergy for the advertising on the game, focus on how tight the demo is and we can synergize Positioning, Merchandise, and Computers all into one roll.

>>21685870

Did we ever formally announce Ned investing in their game company? Because that was supposed to be the plan, that way Ned gets more of a share of the profits from 'his' ideas...

>>21685908

Remember, this game is just the side-scroller... The really big XWF branded game comes later. Unless the tech-demo you cited is *for* the Big Branded Game?

Or have I misunderstood?

>>21685918
Yeah, have Ned try to acquire the company ASAP, rename it "Old School Designs" logo being a white circle with drafters equipment in it, hire Brass, Ami, and Python as consultants, and if any games sell well, be sure to give the employees some generous bonuses.

Focus on getting the best talent and making quality games, eventually our goal should be to make the company the most sought-after in the business, so Ned'll have the best pool of talent to draw from.

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>>21685884
Uhmm... honestly I couldnt find anything about it in the book, but... well, its a ww book, so shitty writing it´s expected. I prefer to fail benefiting the players so lets say yes

>>21685908
But supposedly this is right before xmas... well, I don´t really follow much on videogames. I only care about strategy games, regardless of the time they come out.

>>21685961
is for the side scroller beat-em-up. Btw, have you ever played League of Legends? maybe we could have Ned by like executive Mundo, as a secret character

I dont think they would like to change their name.. btw, what IS the name of the company? never brought it up. Suggestions? Im thinking Square Circles Games

>>21685996
Silverlight Gaming

>>21685961
Wait, what? I thought it was 3d (Like in popping out of the screen, not polygons) or quasi-vr, nevermind then.

>>21685996
Fine then, have them bought up by a holding company founded by Ned, then. Remember we want to link the name of his stable with anything that's associated witth it.

While the Christmas season IS the biggest market of the year, it's has the stiffest competition, and smaller games can easily get drowned out. (Remember Beyond Good & Evil? The market sure didn't.)

It might actually be more benificial to start AFTER the christmas season, since there will be less competition, especially from popular series (like Halo 27 or whatever).

Remember, The Burning Crusade was delayed until Janurary, the worst preforming shopping month, and it was still the highest preforming game of the year.

It's going to be hard for a 2d side scroller to compete shelf-wise with multi-million dollar games that've had gobs of money spent on advertising.

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>>21686135
Well, I see no reason it couldnt even be holographic. Its beating up thugs as you advance, and that could run in any system, no?

And I dont know about the competition. I mean, a lot of that is advertising, and Ned is really really good at that. I think we can have a fair shot at it.

I wonder if Halo 32 will run on the Foxbox 360!(tm) by then.

And you should remember, the XWF is THE biggest name in entertainment right now... oooh that gives me two ideas

1) IT SHALL HAVE CO-OP. Both on line and with Player 2 being able to pick up the other control and sit with you playing. Maybe even player 3 and 4 if you unlock the secret characters.

2) Brass and Python could give a few demos (maybe as few as just 4) copies each to their fans right before the fight. That should help the hype a lot

>>21686267
works for me. To arrange things for Santos.

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>>21686267
True, I guess, that means that Christmas release is a go!

>Foxbox 360
Finally, I've always wanted to play Fighting Foodons in 3d!

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>>21686346
You know, it just occurred to me that it would be a great game for a hand-held system.

Anyway, that means we got the advertising, and the promoting of the fight before hand done. You want to get some merchandising ready? foam arms, brass-colored shirts, or such?

Rolled 5, 6, 1, 5, 9, 6, 8, 3, 5, 5, 10, 5, 1, 5 = 74

>>21686377
Sure, rolling for merchandizing.

Rolled 10

>>21686417
rolling exploding dice.

Rolled 10

>>21686427
Rolling again

Rolled 4

>>21686435
And again

>>21686417
Dammit Bookie you suck at rolling, never roll anything ev-
>>21686427
>>21686435
What the hell?

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>>21686480
pic related

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>>21686538
Anyway...

Aritsu: "Should we get the gift stands sell the shirts and extra hands, sir, or do you want to organize walking salesmen?"

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>>21686567
I say Stands, people are drawn to lineups, and never doubt the power of a Stand.

>>21686567
Walking salesmen I guess. Anyway, we need to get Santos up and about.

>>21686601
Alright, lets see... Ami could probably get a psychic from DeVries easily enough. See about that bit and the fight itself tomorrow? its at this time the thread always dies, anyway.

Oh and guys do me a favor and vote for the thread on suptg?

Anyway, if you want to keep discussing anything about the game or such, I´ll keep monitoring the thread all day anyway.

Was thinking about starting a new quest thread soon for sundays only. Not sure if sci fi or fantasy, tho

>>21686668
Sure, Although I'm free pretty much all day.

>>21686720
Well, like I said, i am still monitoring the thread. Any ideas on what to spend exp... that reminds me that with those rolls, I should give some exp to the common pool from Ned´s work

Any ideas on how to use the guy´s exp?

>>21686793
Does Brass have both Density Control and Claws yet?
If not, get them both
Also, I think we should boost Brass' toughness, as it stands right now, he's takes too much damage from physical damage.

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>>21686848
Oh, right, let me check

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>>21686929
Alright, it would be 20exp to raise his mega stamina to 5, which would raise his bashing and lethal soak by 1, or we could raise his eufiber background (it is currently at 2). Each point we raise it gives him +1 soak as well. Let me see... the cost is current rating x2 in exp, so it would be way cheaper. Just 4 exp for +1 bashing/lethal/aggravated soak, and then 6 more for another +1 bashing/lethal/aggravated soak, and then 8 more for bashing/lethal/aggravated soak for a total of +3.

So either 20 exp to raise his mega stamina to 5, or 18 to raise his Eufiber background to 5.

Of course, mega stamina also adds to his resistance to poisons, diseases and such, as well as his endurance and resistance rolls, including his resistance to being dazed from physical damage, while eufiber just raises his resistance to damage (all across the board, tho)

>>21686793
For Ned: More Business and Social skills.

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>>21687016
Actually, it would just be 10 exp to raise his armor power by +3, which would give him +3 soak against both bashing and lethal damage.

So its:
20 exp = +1 mega stamina. +1 soak against bashing, lethal and aggravated, +2 to resistance rolls against daze, +1 (mega dice) against poisons and diseases.

18 exp = +3 soak against bashing/lethal/aggravated

10 exp = +3 soak against bashing/lethal

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>>21687149
His business skill is at the limit. In fact is past the limit, we gave him a special trait to push it to 6 when the limit is normally 6. The only thing we can do to raise it more at this point is take another specialty or raise his mega wits to 2. That would be 3 exp. Then we could buy him another enhancement for mega wits (3 exp as well)

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>>21687209
I meant the limit is normally 5

>>21687180
Doesn't Additional stamina also give you more health?

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>>21687249
Ah, yes, maybe 1 more point on the bruised level. Would have to check the book to see.

Anyway, what do you think of doing a questhread on sundays? or is that day already too full of them?

>>21687335
Sounds like fun. What are you going to run?

>>21687425
Like I said, I´m not sure. I just think I should add variety, you know
Maybe something sci fi. I have a plot in mind from a d20 future game I wrote for a friend to solo in, but he lost interest when skyrim came out. In a future where humanity has abandoned earth due to pollution, humans take on all sorts of jobs. The MC is a private gun/detective/mercenary that finds out plans to create "personality chips" that can replace the personality of those implanted with it after just a couple of days, creating "people on demand". Sure, it can give you abilities like spaceship piloting or martial arts or such, but the potential to completely rewrite a person´s personality makes it too dangerous a tech. That´s for the sci fi setting. Would probably use d20 future or Trinity (the future of aberrant, in SPAAAACE!) as systems for it

>>21687506
For a modern-days, maybe something silly and slice of life with some magic thrown in. I tried running a quest once about a guy that found a janni in a bottle and found out magic beings were real, and about how a secret group of people try to control and hog all such beings. But at the time, a mod kept bombing the thread for some reason so it couldnt take off

For the fantasy setting, I´ve had in mind something very classical. As a poor young boy in a large magical medioeval country, we grew on the streets, making friends with a girl that helped at one of the community free kitchens, then eventually found out she was of high family, and her dad helped us get into the military. After war started, we went to the south for the war, got promoted to officer, and before we were discharged, we got news inviting us to her wedding. A forced, political wedding. Some anons seemed VERY excited about the idea of barging into the wedding, stealing the bride and going into a "love vs nation" thing but others started discussing about "noblesse oblige" and how she should fulfill her political obligations as a member of the lucky to be born nobles, so it also couldnt take off

>>21687575
Was also thinking in something along the lines of Recettear with us running a shop. But maybe it would be too similar to what we are doing with Ned?

>>21687575
>>21687506
>>21687626

Sup.

Just wanted to comment a bit on the course of the threads:
I got very disappointed when the quest turned into more of a management sim instead of a management quest. It feels less like we're Ned Salter, on a quest for XWF dominance, and more like we're playing Football Manager or something.

I admire your dedication, though.

>>21687639
Uhmm... you may be right. Do you have any advice? I feel it may get back on track when we get done with the tournament.

Should we start doing some backstabbing between managers and such? you know, money and business

>>21687575
I like the idea of a classic fantasy story. We spend so much time on /tg/ mocking the conventions that we forget that they can be fun to follow

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>>21687639
Wait Ned's on a quest for XWF dominance?
Shit, I just thought he was doing it for the money.

I'm fucking tired and I gotta prepare for a meeting tonight, so I'm going to bed.

>>21687679
I'd advise you to think up some plotlines. Some conflict. The Bomber Lord thing is very good, but it's a bit far away. It's hard to put it directly into perspective.

Some reason for Ned to actually be relevant would be nice too. The Teragen conspiracy is good as subtext for that, but there needs to be something other than just Bomber Lord, or the two become the same, and then there's no reason to pursue the Teragen conspiracy instead of just gunning for Bomber Lord, except if we want to be smart about it (which we evidently don't).

Some in-XWF intrigue would be good, yes.

I think we need a lot of out-of-ring stuff to manage as well. I mean, right now we're just doing a fight, then using XP, then maybe a bit of story, then another fight, then using XP again. If we broke up the fights with, say, that terrorist attack you mentioned might be a possibility, some other oWoD creatures being brought in (probably a bad idea) and Ned having to act as a makeshift Hunter (even worse idea, probably), anything to break up the template we've got for the threads right now.

I might be alone in this, but I've noticed you're a lot better at writing when writing longer pieces. I think the quest would get a lot better if you took more control, with us simply guiding the course of action.

You're pretty good at knowing what we want, so I think you could easily take some decisions for us that we would all agree on. Decisions like sending a tech demo to the board of directors etc.

>>21687725
Well, to be fully honest, I dont try to... no, wait it would be better to say I try to let the players/contributors decide what they want to do. If the thread evolves one way or the other, is mostly because that is what interests people. If you want to steer it another way, you need to post and do so. I try really hard not to railroad

>>21687717
Yah, I think I´ll go with that. And since it´s a once-a-week thing, I may have enough time to draw some original stuff for it, too and some proper introductory text

>>21687797
I suspect Ned would do pretty well as a hunter. Even with no powers, he already has very very good attributes that may even be above most vampires and werewolves and such.

Uhmm.. I will try to think up some intrigue for the thread, maybe managers sabotaging eachother

And maybe I could write longer stuff if we did the thread less often. Doing it everyday means I have to keep writting on my feet. Well, I think I may try to do as you suggested.

Well, since I´m gonna be mostly free for the rest of the day, I may practice some drawing. Anything you wanna request? was thinking in making some images for the sunday thread (not running it this sunday, tho, want to prepare a lot for it), or maybe something for this quest, even. Of course if you have a character you want to request for another game, thats fine too

>>21687679
>>21687797
Another thing is the management being very insular at the moment. Right now, we've got our close-knit stable, and nothing else. Giving us less stellar fighters, as was suggested a lot earlier, with actual problems and actual risks, I think would be a good idea.
One of our silver league fighters has suddenly gone missing, we've got to go digging for information and find out what the hell's happened.
We've been given a gig to do some menial work with some rookies. Suddenly, the dynamic between them breaks down. We have to solve the problem through cunning, guile and money.
We're contacted by the Mafia with a lucrative offer. We probably refuse. Suddenly, we're on the Mafia hitlist. We have to find out why they wanted us in on the conspiracy, and how to stop them from offing us.

These are just ideas. Not great ones, but they would help solidify us as Ned Salter instead of /tg/ managing a bunch of fighters and having a stat stick called Salter who uses those stats for money that won't even be relevant because money isn't being brought up at any point.

Mind, I am only giving critique because I think there's a lot of potential here. The first thread was brilliant, and the ones after that were also really good. If I didn't think this could become a great quest, I wouldn't bother with the critique.

>>21687876
Well, to be honest, this first title-get has turned out longer than I thought it would be. Once the "new season" starts, tho, we can get new fighters and such. This was supposed to just be a "tutorial" so to speak.

Also, don´t worry, I am grateful for critiques and much more about ideas.

>>21687988
I recommend that next time you have to qualify for the title tournament. (Make it so that 8 fighters qualify)

>>21688060
Well, the next tournament should be far away. I was hoping to do a lot of sidequests and other plots now that the "tutorial" is technically over

>>21688100
Are we just going to assume that we massacre our way to the Tag Championship?

>>21688122
I get the feeling that would be really mean for Ami, so no

Let´s just get more fighters assigned to us by upper management now that we did a great job bringing Brass back from the edge of oblivion. Im thinking 5 or 6 silver division fighters and some jobbers, maybe one more gold fighter.

>>21688210
We will be spacing out the fights a lot more with lots of more human DRAMA in between, tho. I even seeded some adventures with Mai and the truckload of people out for her blood from the time she was working for The Directive

Checking back in.

I can see where the "Sim Crowd" are coming from, but having been here from the start, I can see things like Ned going Superior, the antics at Utopia, the digging around Bomber Lord as good stuff. Today's Big Talk stuff was good Nedcentric content. The sim-side has come about because Tournament.

The Russian Franchise idea was good, but could easily go full-on Sim Mode.

My suggestion for bringing it back is to make our fighters more independent. Let them manage their own training schedules, act on their own. I could see Ned making one Positioning roll per game-week, then letting things play out without us micromanaging.

Or we could found Salt of the Earth Ltd, a shell company for Ned's investments, and hire Aritsu to organise stuff for us in a private capacity, leaving Ned more free for Wacky Adventures

>>21689295
So having made Ned into Batman, you want to make Aritsu into the guy that handles batman´s finances? I cant remember the name atm

If Ned is Batman, Aritsu is Barbara 'Oracle' Gordon.

Or maybe she could be Ned's Alfred instead.

Mai is Commissioner Gordon