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Zamarus

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  1. Well of course you can make exercises without guns, something i intend to do in game to the extent possible. The reason for the guns were to give the impression of being fired at through sound and visuals but not doing damage, it ups the simulation. And well since you said "there are more pressing issues" look at the original posts first sentence where i open with acknowledging how far from a priority it would be.
  2. I get the feeling you have a vastly different perspective, for example the main purpose of this thing wouldn't be to put total newbies into it but rather exercise already formed military, dying wouldn't be presented as something only "a noob does". But rather help with finding ways to pull off a strat and/or tactic with maximized speed and minimal loss. And yet again it doesn't fit to look at mock battles from the perspective of a fleet since i've presented it as between ground troops, infantry if you may. There are many different ways to use this, not everything is covered by your scenario. Also you don't need training armor or grenades really, a creative commander can make good use of simple means like a fake rifle. I don't disagree with you on everything but i think you are underestimating peoples creativity and enthusiasm when it comes to developing ground forces.
  3. Yeah, you got valid points but i think you misunderstand the training itself, for you it might sound boring to have non-lethal weapon drills with squads on the ground. Doesn't matter if its close to real life or fictional as heck. The reason i presented the idea is because there's a lot of people who love realistic troop tactics, commanding your guys to move around a set up training area to avoid enemy fire and rendezvous at a certain point. Returning fire and other stuff. Having this done by two generals against each-other as a mock battle scenario, etc. I understand that some would find this boring but there's those who wouldn't. You can always leave room for both ways of doing it to cover more of the player base.
  4. Well of course there are other ways to go about it but it wouldn't be the same experience. A lot of people love elaborate drills, i'm not an EVE player but i talk from ARMA 3 experience. I know here's a lot of people playing or has played ARMA before who are going to play DU. Planetside people as well, etc. When it comes to ground based combat since it's not necessarily in everyone's interest to a fight in space with a fleet, i was talking about guns for players on the ground not for their ships really.
  5. Yeah i think everyone want actual battles for sure, i'm thinking of this as a way to simulate battle mainly for the sake of tactical movement of troops rather than the shooting itself.
  6. I know something like this is far from priorities but wouldn't it be great to have some kind of dummy gun? You can fire it, it make sounds and simulates the impact without hurting anyone. You could use it in training facilities built by your faction, mock battles and military drills in general. Maybe even for play like paintball if players are creative enough. What do you guys think about a training gun in general? I'd like to hear everyone's reasoning for why it's good/bad/whatever.
  7. DAY 2: The sun rises upon the lands, especially strong on the mountains in sector A1. In this very sector a lot of participants are crossing their paths. TheBloodDefender scavenged the mountain foot and found a Metal Pipe laying about. EvilPorcupine decided that there was too much competition at the mountain and wandered off into the A2 Forest where he thanks to eyesight spotted a camouflaged box containing an Assault Rifle! Devious_T late to the party also arrived at the A1 Mountain carrying a P Ammo he found for his pistol back at Sector Zero. What no one really knew was that Halo381 had thought of a clever plan using his new enhanced speed. He grabbed the C4 from the starting platform in Sector Zero, rushed like a speed demon to the A1 Mountain and used his C4 charge to blow the mountain top off and trigger an AVALANCHE. Luckily for Aesras he had shortly after finding some Duct Tape at the mountains north side also found a bunker to hide in using his Keycard to access. But disaster! Aesras, TheBloodDefender and Devious_T are now buried in snow and stone rumble. Aesras without a scratch but the others got struck hard. All of them now have to spend the whole Day 3 digging themselves out. Over at Sector Zero the whole event could be heard, the participants here had other stuff to think of tho. GrifFan were not here to mess about, the government from his home colony had essentially forced him to participate as a trial for seeing something he shouldn’t. He grabbed one of the Armored Space Suit V1 plus the Assault Rifle. Time for things to get serious he thought. Ajhkhum was likeminded and made sure to hog two Metal Pipe before giving GrifFan a quick nod like two fellow soldiers would. Joining them was Goju_Ryu who after seeing that the coast was clear ran up on the platform and took the second Armored Space Suit V1. Being all alone was not a worry for MinerMax, in fact things were probably safer without the competition close. MinerMax spent the whole day searching for more stuff in the F1 Forest. He found much to his surprise a thing he had seen before at the very start, another Armored Space Suit V1. This much to his delight uncontested. Someone who also liked little interaction was 5p34k3r who didn't manage to do anything this time either. Last thing to notice, an announcement echoed through the air. In E2 a Hoverbike appeared! It will be available for grabs for three days, if nobody claims it by then it will disappear! [in SECTOR ZERO(Spawn) following items are available for GRAB ITEM] Metal Plate x1 Metal Pipe x1 AR Ammo(6) x2 P Ammo(12) x9 Sector F1 and A2 has one of their hidden items taken each, A1 got scavanged on 2 items. THIS MARKS THE END OF DAY 2
  8. DAY 1: Day one had begun, the participants gives each other a quick look before making their decisions. MinerMax and Goju_Ryu wasted no time here, both ran off to other sectors. Goju_Ryu to the E1 Mountains where he searched and found some Duct Tape. MinerMax tried his luck in F1 and found a Welder. TheBloodDefender, Aesras, EvilPorcupine and Halo381 all ran for the two Keycards in the center, the ones leaving without a sad face became Aesras and Halo381 since they were a little bit faster, getting hold of them. Halo381 was so fast he even managed to grab the Light Space Suit V1 before anyone else could blink. Seeing what happened TheBloodDefender and EvilPorcupine ran for the Mountains in A1, shortly followed by Aesras. Two people had a little more patience as they were determined to get what they were looking for. Ajkhum and GrifFan both snatched two Metal Plates each before stepping of the platform. Meanwhile both Devious_T and 5k34k3r couldn’t grasp the turbulence from the other participants, afraid to interact they ran off the platform but just as Ajkhum, GrifFan and Halo381 they remained in Sector Zero. [in SECTOR ZERO(Spawn) following items are available for GRAB ITEM] Armored Space Suit V1 x2 Metal Plate x1 Metal Pipe x3 Assault Rifle x1 C4 x1 AR Ammo(6) x2 P Ammo(12) x10 Sector F1 and E1 has one of their hidden items taken each. THIS MARKS THE END OF DAY 1
  9. Life in space is harsh, colonizing new planets was not as easy as in theory, this left a lot of groups with harsh living conditions, some ended up on planets too hot or too cold to grow crops, some ended up on planets where organisms and nature tried to kill you in a hundred ways everyday. Some even ended up in too fruitful planets where some groups took control and claimed all resources as their own. Today as an aftermath of the terrible introduction to our new life in space some people has joined on a designated planet where you can fight other humans for the cream of the crop, money, resources, you name it. There are rumors some participants joined just for the fun of the battle. In the end all we know that for some to win, others have to lose. DAY 0: All nine participants ascend on a circular metal platform from elevators that was hidden under the platform itself. Aesras glares across the platform looking at each of everyone closely. GrifFan doesn’t share the same interests as Aesras and fixates his eyes on the large cylinder in the middle covered in weapon racks. On those racks there are different kinds of weapons, gear and items. Especially appealing to him was the Armored Space Suit V1 on his side of the center. The sun is shines strongly on the metal floor, reflecting the sky in it. Suddenly a horn sounds through hidden speakers around the platform. It rings loud with bass. To the west there are forests and mountains, to the east desert. What will happen day 1 is up to each one of the participants themselves, unless of course they are victim to a disastrous event. From the speakers a very formal female voice says ‘LET DAY ONE BEGIN!’ [in SECTOR ZERO(Spawn) following items are available for GRAB ITEM] Armored Space Suit V1 x2 Light Space Suit V1 x1 Metal Plate x5 Metal Pipe x3 Assault Rifle x1 C4 x1 Keycard x2 AR Ammo(6) x2 P Ammo(12) x10 GAME IS LIVE EVERYONE! (Remember you have plenty of time to make your moves everyday) Use the comments to communicate with other participants
  10. Welcome participants. This is the official thread where the Hunger Games like forum game will be played. DAY 0 STARTS 05/02-2017 20:00 Zulu (GMT+0) Players has 20 hours to make their move everyday. 00:00-20:00 ZULU (GMT+0) At the end of deadline each day all decisions and moves are collected and assembled into that days events and posted as an update in this thread. Participants can use this comment section to communicate. Its prefered to have no side communication for the sake of fair play. Info about the game is here: https://board.dualthegame.com/index.php?/topic/10744-forum-game-battle-royale More direct information here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12eJagXkPi_ubd1dcYZOeNf0g_AbOIa6FTgA3xzIJnbU/edit?usp=sharing ITS UPDATED TO COVER ALMOST ALL OF THE GAME SO PLEASE DO Day by day log here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eMnAkuv9LrfRoTuIWQFhVJCU4E2CciYLsAQwA64nCfU/edit?usp=sharing Good luck out there players and dont forget to ask if anything is confusing! Moving from a sector to another works only for adjacent to current sector and costs 1 move point. (There are item effects that changes this however) PLAYER STATS UPDATED HERE CONTINOUSLY: 5p34k3r Health: DEAD Gear: - Weapons: - Ammo: - Items: - MinerMax555 Health: DEAD Gear: - Weapons: - Ammo: - Items: - TheBloodDefender Health: DEAD Gear: - Weapons: - Ammo: - Items: - Ajhkhum Health: DEAD Gear: - Weapons: - Ammo: - Items: - Evilporcupine Health: ALIVE Gear: WINNER Weapons: WINNER Ammo: WINNER Items: WINNER Halo381 Health: ALIVE Gear: ESCAPED Weapons: ESCAPED Ammo: ESCAPED Items: ESCAPED Devious_T Health: DEAD Gear: - Weapons: - Ammo: - Items: - Aesras Venire Health: DEAD Gear: - Weapons: - Ammo: - Items: - GrifFan Health: DEAD Gear: - Weapons: - Ammo: - Items: - Goju_Ryu Health: ALIVE Gear: ESCAPED Weapons: ESCAPED Ammo: ESCAPED Items: ESCAPED MAP HERE: http://imgur.com/a/X13nI (Players start in Sector Zero) E1 IS ALSO A MOUNTAIN SORRY FOR THE DIFFERNT SHADE! Edit: If you want some flavour backstory to your character PM me! (Also remember usables that doesnt state they cost move points can be used how many times you want instantly like Ration Packages) ALSO, send your moves to me every day in private through discord/forum inbox!
  11. I can not PM you so i'll quote you here to get your attention. "Greetings Battle Royale Participant! 20:00 ZULU Time (GMT+0) 5th of February The Battle Royale will begin. Every day will feature decision-phase 00:00-20:00 Zulu (GMT+0) each day. 20:00-00:00 Zulu is update phase of what happened that day. It continues untill one man is left standing. If you havent already, read more here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12eJagXkPi_ubd1dcYZOeNf0g_AbOIa6FTgA3xzIJnbU/edit?usp=sharing"
  12. If i could chose my "home"-planet would have a mix of mountain chains, lakes, dense forests and large grass plains. Partly snowy.
  13. Pretty cool concept, i'm sure that if you grow large enough you will be a force to be reckoned with. Good luck!
  14. Short update! 6 out of 10 participant slots are filled. I will move the start date to next week probably friday. I will be trying throughout the week to find the last four tributes.
  15. April 7th because someone has to be the real optimist
  16. Amazing visual design, i look forward to talking to you guys in the future.
  17. Absolutely, you are on the playerlist now. No haven't actually done DMing yet but i've played DnD and Aberrant before!
  18. Hello everybody, i wish to play a game. Not any game that is, but a text based game for you forum people. What is it like? Well imagine Hunger Games, or any other Battle Royale kind of game that you have encountered before. That's pretty much how it is going to be like. It's however based on my own creativity and everything is something i've come up with myself and wish to share. Also don't forget that this is tweaked to sci-fi setting. Now how is it going to be set up? It will be set up the way that people interested in participating will have to PM me to reserv a player slot, there will be a max of 10 players. When it starts every player will get to make one move per day, and this is based on live time. The moves will consist of having your character either travel around the map or attacking, sleeping, chasing gear or whatever more that is presented at the start. Players are also allowed to communicate with eachother in the comment log but it should be limited talk, i cannot however restrain people from talking too much but you get the point. [The map can be found here: http://imgur.com/a/X13nI ] Day one all participants will spawn in the Sector Zero, in this middle point sector there will be weapons, gear, items of different kinds. If you wish to grab an armored space suit or run away to another sector and hide is all up to the players themselves. I will be using a random number generator where i've put in possible events everyday and it will tell me if an event will happen that day and if so, which kind. More importantly a random generator or dice roller will also be used for attempted attacks, everyone will have the same chances (accuracy) when trying to shoot another player. EXAMPLE OF A HAPPENING: "Day 3 starts out with Player Y moving across the dangerous mountain tops at Sector A1 only to his horror face Player X waiting for him on the north side. Y Wants revenge for the equippment stolen from him Day 2 and blasts X in the chest with his Standard Issue Pistol for (damage) X twitches and turns around and dives down a cave in the mountain side 50 metres behind him. He has to spend his night there. [Here is a quickly made doc listing the setup for this game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12eJagXkPi_ubd1dcYZOeNf0g_AbOIa6FTgA3xzIJnbU/edit?usp=sharing] (Note that damage, health and other things like that will not be revealed until it starts) There will be rules for how you can move, for one you might have two movement points per day, you can use one to move from a sector to an adjacent one or hide the night in shelter, maybe attack another player. Or to two of these things. Some options will be presented to you as hidden features that you discover if you get into a situation with the right requirements. So when would this game start? Preferably i will fill all 10 participant slots and thus be able to decide on a date pretty fast, otherwise i'll give it a few days and then set a starting date with the participants there are. I would like to reward the winner of this game as well, if anyone has any idea for this or want to help running this show feel free to PM me.
  19. Depending on what everyone decides it could make for an interesting summer trip
  20. Good luck repairing your image, you will need it.
  21. Thanks, unfortunately i noticed towards the end that the perspectives might be too hasted and good point regarding the way he dealt with the gun, of course he can kneel and pick it up with his hands backwards but unloading it in his pocket is quite the stretch so i want to change that later. Thanks for reading, i originally started this for fun but rushed it to be able to compete, i'll be seeing everything over!
  22. Started this thing recently so i just finished the 5k word count mark and haven't had the time to polish and correct it. But i wanted to participate in the contest and share it anyways so here you go. It also serves as background story to my own character in case you wonder about the main characters name. Everyday life of an agent.pdf
  23. This will not be a complete "backstory of the org" since a lot of the story is supposed to turn out through the forming of the confederation itself, however i can tell you about my own made up inspiration for it. Thunux Confederation is an organisation ruling a multi-city (later multi-planet) union and their goal is to develop a military might strong enough to take what they need from others with force. It's a newly formed organisation patched together by fiendish geniuses. These people all come from places they prefer to not speak of. But the goal is shared, power through conquest. Where did the name come from? That was immediately the question asked by the newer representatives when they audience with the high court. Well it's not a long story really, it has all with their common goal to do, power through conquest... Space colonization has not been around for a long time, humans of tellus and other planets had their first encounter not long after spaceship technology reached the point where space-warping became possible, during this era (lets call it The Grand Leap of Technology) there was a man who was very skilled at trading, but he was also a great soldier and engineer, a jack of all trades so to speak. His name was Thunux and he did not come from Tellus, no he came from an unknown poor planet with a human-like race. They were amongst the later ones to have the technology shared to them, but it didn't stop Thunux from achieving great things. However this man wasn't much of a morale-man. Thunux had been forced to commit illegal acts before to his own benefit. Nothing would stop him now to do so again. Thunux build his own spaceship of decent quality at the age of 29 and he started trading with it as soon as possible. Nobody really knew his tricks on the market but in five or six years he had made himself a good fortune and now had a respected trade-company which consisted of 10 members, all former soldiers with a skill for trade. But larger trading coorporations got their eyes open glaring at his progress, and as history like to repeat itself they tried to shut him down, but nobody could buy his loyal men or find his travel maps that he had kept as an analog piece for the entire time. Angered at the unfairness of the business-world Thunux swore to expand his power and climb to the peak of power where he could swing the hammer back at the big corps. And such thing was going to happen if it werent for him dissappearing during a spacestorm trying to deliver his biggest yet load of rare metal to a high bidding client. He might have died, he might have found somewhere to settle with all the money he got from the delivery after finding it easier to do it that way. He was a man of great skill, not of great will. Anyhow as this story implies, the to be confederation with his name is merely a metaphore for Thunux skills and goals, trading, fighting and eventually conquering his wrongdoers. But there is a reason why this story lives on and it is because three of the ten men serving under Thunux are the ones that founded the prototype of an organisation that lead to the beginning of this Thunux Confederation. The name is but a tribute to a simple man who never got to see his goals fulfilled, however fullfilling such goals is very much on the agenda for these three guys. -//Zamarus, co-founder of the Thunux Confederation and a friend of Thunux including his ideals.
  24. I feel like the best way to do this is to have generated names like PX-45 and letter-number names from start, but then when someone makes a territorial claim on the planet they can host a planet-wide or territorial referendum about the name where the org leaders either use suggested names within the org as candidates or just come up with their own.
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