Re: Lurker Wars 2 Discussion Thread
A short summary of my attempts at adding to Lurker Wars:
I had a character I'd been working on for ages for the old version, but it wouldn't have fit into the story too well. "NOoooo.." I lament, but then I hear it's in a rut and needs more ideas. I think of a way to incorporate my character but Lurker Wars stops before I get a chance to write it up. "NOoooo.." I think, but then the second Lurker Wars comes up. Only it seems to be adding powers which make my character suck. "NOoooo.." I go again, only to find that the super-powers are removed, but there are still highly powerful elements that would have obsolete’d my old character... If I go "NOoooo.." again, will you remove the extra technology and non-humans? *Grins*
However, it is not really necessary to limit things to normal-tech and humans only - it is a rather simple matter to make my character up to scratch with a nanosuit guy and a kitsune, in fact being able to be above-human actually helps him a little character-plot-wise. Also, I don't think that the plot and combat-feel of Lurker Wars is hindered at all by the inclusion of not-too-advanced advanced technology, or non-human races that are primarily aesthetic. Hell, we had some of that in the first one!
I would like to help author the story, however I will not be able to help fully until tests are over, in two weeks or so. I would like to see that my character does not break your plot completely though, because, like all my characters seem to be, he is a 'spotlight stealer' and does force a rather large number of things in the forum's history to happen a certain way.
I don't have time to write up an individual backstory for this version of Host, but the version I made for Defend ULMF is very similar. (Though he has yet to be approved, must remember to pester Burrito about giving me feedback on what to change to make him playable...) I'll PM you the same sheet I gave Burrito with some quick notes, unfortunately the story will likely still seem somewhat strange since I don't have the time to fix it all up.
*Reads new posts*
Ah, don't tell me the story is starting from the second forum... my character needs to be present on the first one... "NOoooo.."