Darkoda

You would be surprised at the crap some "professional" chefs get away with putting out.

Sure it is! There's a reason this time.

Courage the Cowardly Dog > The Grim Adventures Bill and Mandy > PPG.

aka lycans suck

AKA fite me

 

#rekt

 

Guess you don't want an invisible mount.

 

#doublerekt

lol this is why you mutts are on the bottom of the food chain smh
kiri pls we bros

No, yur finna git rekt soon. After I have my musical battle vs hime I come tu kill yew.

ok we fite for alpha status

What a lovely day to visit the arena. Reginald? Another drink while the galdiators hit each other. Two parts wine, one part blood. AB+, if you have it.

Digimon TV Series > Pokemon TV Series

Pokemon Game Series > Digimon Game Series

At least that's how I saw it when I was younger.

PC Gaming is clearly superior.

Faster, more powerful, cheaper. Ah, Steam is my best friend. ^.~

So wait, Dark's character is an actual Princess? I presumed that was just a title he grabbed for the lulz.

The Dark

Dew sat in his little office cubicle, staring listlessly at the many holo screens  that inundated his workspace that lit gloomy atmosphere with their characteristic blue tinged light. He counted exactly five hours, twenty five minutes, four seconds and, so milliseconds until he could get back home and start on that raid. Information for the raid had been expensive,  as had been the preparation. However if his guild could pull it off, the payoff would be tremendous, and perhaps even enter the big leagues.

Thats all he wanted really, to elevate his guild, the Gordian Knot into a pro guild. It would allow him to finally quit this dratted job of his, money wouldn’t be an issue. He sighed and decided to take a small break. Switching on the news, there was a big debate over 696, some new virus that was spotted in the wilderness of the internet. Of Course rumors had clearly blown the damn thing out of proportion, since it was impossible for code to exhibit ‘magical’ effects. Hence it was definitely impossible for code to cause someone to disappear..

He snorted derisively at their far fetched claims and shut down the display. He decided that it was time for a small break, and the best way to enjoy a break was of course inside the game. He took out the Simulator from his backpack, it was a simple black orb, with a thin cord wrapped around it. Unwinding the cord he plugged it into a small port behind his ear. Instantly the device whirred into life and within a few seconds he had already warped into the game.

He spawned on the top of a large hill, all around him he could see similar hills as far as the eye could see. All of them were covered by the same blue green grass. To his east was a large forest, whose edge glimmered with the raw magic exuded by the trees within. Dew was of course smiling  broadly, the game always made him do that. He stood for a few moments to let the ambiance soak in.

In fact he would have continued to do the same, if it wasnt for the searing flash that suddenly cut past his cheek. He turned around as fast as his bulky armor would let him, his rather humongous shield at the ready. It was of course a manticore, red and bristling with spines. Its emerald feline eyes regarding him with some measure of intelligence.

However, it was then that he felt something was wrong, he could feel liquid drip down the side of his cheek, and that searing feeling wasn’t stopping. It took him a few minutes to realize what was happening. He was bleeding. He was also feeling pain. Both supposedly totatly impossible in the game. He then began to feel something that he hadn’t felt in that in the game, ever.Fear. Something was very wrong.

He spoke aloud “System Command, Log Out”, however nothing happened. The usual pillar of golden light that erupted from the heavens never appeared…….

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[S]

It had been a week of horror, a week of despair. The last of the survivors were cooped up in the tower that had served as the home of the guild Gordian Knot. It served as the command center for the last territory held by the Players. In better days times the Hopes Gambit had been called the Junction Bazaar, but now it had lost much of its sheen none of the neon lights glowed and all the vendors had disappeared.

Right after the Incident, the Shadow had erupted from the innards of the labyrinth. Relm by relm it made its way towards Junction City, turning each it another flavor of the Helmrealm. The Players might have been able to fend it off, if not for its most horrible price. Those killed by the forces of the shadow, did not return, instead they became corrupted, immensely powerful beasts, yet retaining their intelligence sans their humanity. The Players had begun calling them the Revenant.

Their every loss made the Shadow stronger, and so now after days of intense war the Players stand upon their last stretch of uncorrupted land…..

OOC:

Tell me what happened during these seven days, and how you finally ended up in the Hopes Gambit. Use this time to form up ties with each other, I want everyone to be at least acquainted with everyone...

First of all, let me get the aspect of the tech used, the RL setting is pretty far in the future. Everyone has a neuro-machine interface  implant, like ghost in the shell if you will. The machine as such connects to a port behind the ear, and its primary use is to act as a subsidiary processor for the game.

Now as for pain, the interface does allow for the transmission of all sensations, however their are very severe and powerful locks over this. The breaking of these locks is a serious offense, and is very high on law enforcement hit list.

As for the game, no, pain is not a factor. Its just not good business nor design and very illegal. However there is a sensation that takes the place of pain, best way to describe it as kind of numbness+prickly feeling.

Another point is that a NPC wont feel pain. Why? they are not living things, and hence have no real sensation of pain. All NPC's are controlled by a super AI, torture of any kind would cause whatever NPC law enforcement to swarm onto you.. eventually.

Via hacking and such It might be possible to make people feel pain, but will be seriously investigated by both the company and law enforcement. You can literally go to jail for a long time, think of it like violating a persons mind, cause literally that is what it is.

Illegal equipment is not necessary to cause people harm over the web.

For example, this conversation has caused me undue amounts of pain.