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Foxfire13795 wrote:Can you give me a link to the thread that you're quoting? Perhaps even a specific passage? I just scanned through the old Guidelines and game history - never hurts to brush up - and didn't see what you meant. Of course my understanding of it may be different, which may hinder my recognition.

And, of course, now I can't find it. This is what I get for scanning things haphazardly.

So, I guess this leads me to my next question: Where is the settings information? What year is it in-game? Are there notable recent-history events I should be aware of?

Thanks again for the help!

Fivedesix wrote:

Foxfire13795 wrote:Can you give me a link to the thread that you're quoting? Perhaps even a specific passage? I just scanned through the old Guidelines and game history - never hurts to brush up - and didn't see what you meant. Of course my understanding of it may be different, which may hinder my recognition.

And, of course, now I can't find it. This is what I get for scanning things haphazardly.

So, I guess this leads me to my next question: Where is the settings information? What year is it in-game? Are there notable recent-history events I should be aware of?

Thanks again for the help!

This would be the game history here.

game-history-and-notes-t45197.php

For most of the settings stuff, you can read the thread you intend to join to get a basic idea of what's going on. There are two really major locations right now, The Convergence and Earth. And now for a brief synopsis.

Optimus and Megatron are dead, or disappeared rather, fairly recently. Ultra Magnus has taken control of the Autobots on Earth and the Decepticons are still fighting it out. Meanwhile, the Fallen has possessed Rodimus Prime and intends to do end the Cybertronian race as a whole. Of course, not many Autobots even know that Rodimus is possessed. Only the Combaticons and those present at the sea of change know the truth regarding the Fallen on the Decepticon side of things. That's Earth.

Now Convergence involves a massive siege on Garrus 9 Penitentiary, an Autobot-run prison. The big players here are Scorponok who leads the Decepticons in this part of the Universe, and the prison warden, Fortress Maximus. Neither side knows of the fates of Optimus and Megatron here or anything of what's going on on Earth.

Did I miss anything guys?

Foxfire13795 wrote:
This would be the game history here.

game-history-and-notes-t45197.php

For most of the settings stuff, you can read the thread you intend to join to get a basic idea of what's going on. There are two really major locations right now, The Convergence and Earth. And now for a brief synopsis.

I had found that link before, and it's got a decent synopsis of what Transformers are, how the war started, etc. It also contains a good glossary of terms, which is cool. But as for history, it sort of stops with "and now the war rages across the stars.." which leaves me wondering what has/has not happened in the G1 continuity. Did the Movie happen? Is there a Galvatron? What year is it, on earth?

Foxfire13795 wrote:Optimus and Megatron are dead, or disappeared rather, fairly recently. Ultra Magnus has taken control of the Autobots on Earth and the Decepticons are still fighting it out. Meanwhile, the Fallen has possessed Rodimus Prime and intends to do end the Cybertronian race as a whole. Of course, not many Autobots even know that Rodimus is possessed. Only the Combaticons and those present at the sea of change know the truth regarding the Fallen on the Decepticon side of things. That's Earth.

Now Convergence involves a massive siege on Garrus 9 Penitentiary, an Autobot-run prison. The big players here are Scorponok who leads the Decepticons in this part of the Universe, and the prison warden, Fortress Maximus. Neither side knows of the fates of Optimus and Megatron here or anything of what's going on on Earth.

Did I miss anything guys?

That's the stuff! Thank you! So if I understand correctly, the two different major BBoard threads are two different settings in the same timeline? Or are they meant to be completely separate stories where one never interacts with the other?

I'll start reading through the threads to get a better handle on setting - there's a lot of stuff, there! Thanks for helping me "onboard" faster. I think tonight I'll get up my preliminary character concept and see how it flies.

Fivedesix wrote:I had found that link before, and it's got a decent synopsis of what Transformers are, how the war started, etc. It also contains a good glossary of terms, which is cool. But as for history, it sort of stops with "and now the war rages across the stars.." which leaves me wondering what has/has not happened in the G1 continuity. Did the Movie happen? Is there a Galvatron? What year is it, on earth?

Loosely based on G1 and IDW. Not totally based. We don't copy everything that happened in canon. Would be rather boring that way.

That's the stuff! Thank you! So if I understand correctly, the two different major BBoard threads are two different settings in the same timeline? Or are they meant to be completely separate stories where one never interacts with the other?

They're in the same timeline and they can interact with one another. But a lot of that involves moderator control. You can't just pop across the galaxy at will. This was covered in rules. There are more threads in the Earth and Convergence settings as well that have different scenes in them. A lot goes on all at once. You'll only have to concern yourself with one thread at first.

Any more questions?

I'll start reading through the threads to get a better handle on setting - there's a lot of stuff, there! Thanks for helping me "onboard" faster. I think tonight I'll get up my preliminary character concept and see how it flies.

You're welcome. And good luck!

Sorry for my lack of activity over this last week, I've been really busy preparing for and playing in an all-night-and-day Pokemon X and Y event with some friends. My goodness, nothing like getting about two/three hours of sleep in the middle of the day.

Anywhoha, I will be able to post soon, I just need to get some rest beforehand! XD

Hey all, I had a seasonal job for a couple of weeks which wiped me out for most part. I should be able to play catch up in the next day or two.

This is probably on your "things I could care less about" list, but I'm gonna say it anyway because it's on my "I could care less what anyone thinks right now" list.

Another visit to my Orthopedic Specialist to review my MRI and there's no inflammation of the elbow. In fact everything looked fine including the joints. The nerves are fine (Ulnar and Median) that had been established a couple of months ago. And the cortisone shot I was given 2 weeks ago did crap for the pain.

After some thought, it would seem, as my doctor believes, that I have a strained Supinator Muscle. Yeah, I know, I never heard of it either. So, I have to rest my right arm...easier said than done. And here's the sad, depressing, heartbreaking part...no weightlifting and/or extraneous use of my arm.

I'd rather be left to die in a full body cast than be forced to...Gah! I can't say it. My mouth just won't let me say it....stop going to the gym.

2 weeks of becoming lazy (I might kill myself) and then it's back to the doctor to see if resting helped. If there's no improvement then I'll get a higher/stronger dose of the cortisone deep into the Supinator Muscle...I don't think I'll be driving home after that shot. The one in my elbow nearly made me crack my skull open on my steering wheel just so I'd forget about the pain in my elbow.

Now, I'm off to brood.

I have that hankering. Anyone free to play some Fall of Cybertron? I'm thinking Escalation, so we can all still tolerate each other after we're done and there are no cries of overpowered insecticon spamming.

Yes? No? Shoot a message to Henry921 on Xbox Live.

Hey, everyone! I'm very sorry for my lack of posting recently. Life's been pretty hectic for me lately. I won't bore you all with the details. I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm alive and well. Also, I'm going to try to at least get a Razorclaw post up in the next day or two with more posts to follow. Fingers crossed.

Sorry if i haven't posted with someone lately, life is breaking down for me..But I shall remain active in Seibertron, in fact i think i will try to become more active then before.

By the way, welcome Fivedesix! I can sense a great role-player in you.

And poor Ember..I know what it's like to...stop going to Gym...

I really should've said this last week, but life has returned to its original self -- which is to say it's now normal again.

By the look of things, I picked a fine time to be weighed down by life; it seems I haven't missed a whole lot. And better yet, I don't need to play catch-up with Flywheels and hustle together a post. I can dig that.

Sleek wrote:I really should've said this last week, but life has returned to its original self -- which is to say it's now normal again.

By the look of things, I picked a fine time to be weighed down by life; it seems I haven't missed a whole lot. And better yet, I don't need to play catch-up with Flywheels and hustle together a post. I can dig that.

You haven't missed too much. The fight between Razorclaw and Thunderwing just been decided. Shockwave is still being worked on.

Sleek wrote:I really should've said this last week, but life has returned to its original self -- which is to say it's now normal again.

By the look of things, I picked a fine time to be weighed down by life; it seems I haven't missed a whole lot. And better yet, I don't need to play catch-up with Flywheels and hustle together a post. I can dig that.

Welcome back! You've been missed. Not in the posting sense but the player...sentimental one. You know what I mean. It's been slow unfortunately, it'll pick back up. It always does.

Thanks for the welcome back, Fox. I'm still fairly green around here, but I feel as though I've settled in nicely. Well, at least before life stole me away for those few weeks there.

Anyway, I think I might start perusing the roster for a second character. My muse is hinting as much...

Sleek wrote:Thanks for the welcome back, Fox. I'm still fairly green around here, but I feel as though I've settled in nicely. Well, at least before life stole me away for those few weeks there.

Anyway, I think I might start perusing the roster for a second character. My muse is hinting as much...

Definitely a good sign.

Insidious wrote:

Sleek wrote:Thanks for the welcome back, Fox. I'm still fairly green around here, but I feel as though I've settled in nicely. Well, at least before life stole me away for those few weeks there.

Anyway, I think I might start perusing the roster for a second character. My muse is hinting as much...

Definitely a good sign.

It isn't like we have a few dozen available canons around. Are you thinking Autobot or another Con, Sleek?

sumowrestler wrote:

Insidious wrote:

Sleek wrote:Thanks for the welcome back, Fox. I'm still fairly green around here, but I feel as though I've settled in nicely. Well, at least before life stole me away for those few weeks there.

Anyway, I think I might start perusing the roster for a second character. My muse is hinting as much...

Definitely a good sign.

It isn't like we have a few dozen available canons around. Are you thinking Autobot or another Con, Sleek?

*cough* Autobot *cough*

Autobots have a lot of good things going on for them soon enough. From opening up Earth to exploration to the development of Autobot City, we have loads of things to keep us occupied. Even the occasional tangle with dark gods and evil sadistic humans. We bots get to have tons of fun. Heck in the near future I hope to begin some rather unique design projects for the Autobot Corps of Engineers.

There are tons of Autobot engineers and scientists available from Grapple the Architect to Quick Mix and Pincer the chemists. Hoist is available for those who like to just swing a hammer and be in the movies.

Of course if Engineering and Scientific Development is not your thing, we have characters out in space as well. Sure right now the Technobots are incapacitated, this feature is not destined to last much longer. I expect that once its all said and done, the underrated Technobots will be given the role of a life time. Strafe, Nosecone and Afterburner are currently open though I think Afterburner is being NPCed, so available if a good app is provided.

Marcus Rush wrote:Autobots have a lot of good things going on for them soon enough. From opening up Earth to exploration to the development of Autobot City, we have loads of things to keep us occupied. Even the occasional tangle with dark gods and evil sadistic humans. We bots get to have tons of fun. Heck in the near future I hope to begin some rather unique design projects for the Autobot Corps of Engineers.

There are tons of Autobot engineers and scientists available from Grapple the Architect to Quick Mix and Pincer the chemists. Hoist is available for those who like to just swing a hammer and be in the movies.

Of course if Engineering and Scientific Development is not your thing, we have characters out in space as well. Sure right now the Technobots are incapacitated, this feature is not destined to last much longer. I expect that once its all said and done, the underrated Technobots will be given the role of a life time. Strafe, Nosecone and Afterburner are currently open though I think Afterburner is being NPCed, so available if a good app is provided.

There you go again Marcus. Stealing away my recruitment opportunities.

But yes, the Autobots are indeed in need of a lot more players, haha. Have to agree with these two begrudgingly. No pressure though. Pick who you like and have fun. Most important. *nods*

Foxfire13795 wrote:

Marcus Rush wrote:Autobots have a lot of good things going on for them soon enough. From opening up Earth to exploration to the development of Autobot City, we have loads of things to keep us occupied. Even the occasional tangle with dark gods and evil sadistic humans. We bots get to have tons of fun. Heck in the near future I hope to begin some rather unique design projects for the Autobot Corps of Engineers.

There are tons of Autobot engineers and scientists available from Grapple the Architect to Quick Mix and Pincer the chemists. Hoist is available for those who like to just swing a hammer and be in the movies.

Of course if Engineering and Scientific Development is not your thing, we have characters out in space as well. Sure right now the Technobots are incapacitated, this feature is not destined to last much longer. I expect that once its all said and done, the underrated Technobots will be given the role of a life time. Strafe, Nosecone and Afterburner are currently open though I think Afterburner is being NPCed, so available if a good app is provided.

There you go again Marcus. Stealing away my recruitment opportunities.

But yes, the Autobots are indeed in need of a lot more players, haha. Have to agree with these two begrudgingly. No pressure though. Pick who you like and have fun. Most important. *nods*

Yeah, the Bots are going to need a few good processors for what Marcus has in mind. If want more exploration or warrior types, there are three Protectobots open. Then there are tons of other warrior or scouting types who are not part of any real group.

Just in time for Halloween: I STILL LIIIIIVE.

I mean, "Hello."

As is typical, about the time my life gets boring enough that I think I can support another roleplay addiction, life slams me in the face.

I'm definitely still interested in rolling up a character submission and getting involved. And I'm also excited that the 'bots are looking for more brainiacs! Just so I'm clear, if I want to submit an OC concept, I first post it to a sub-thread... somewhere?

I promise I'm not a moron, I'm just awful at navigating BBoards, apparently >.<

I'm also excited about the previous post that talked about "opening up Earth for exploration." What year is it, on Earth? Is this around the time the Autobots were crawling out of the Ark and peeking around? Or are we more in the future a la the cartoon movie?

Good to see you come back, Fivedesix. To answer your question about Earth, it is the today's version of Earth 2013. As for the OC, the thread is here, new-character-applications-t44548s1325.php. This is where you post any new application would it be canon or OC. As mention above, there are a few brainiacs left who could be used.

Thanks for the link! So, if it's 2013 in-game, are we going with the continuity that the Transformers have been active on earth since the 80s? There's a lot of iterations of the Transformers storyline, and it can be a bit dizzying to track!

From my understanding, there been only scouting missions on Earth. The Bots are in the very early stages of setting up a semi-permanent base. I'm not sure about the Cons. Humans don't know about TFs as of yet. This RPG is making its own timeline for most things with most canon technologies either in very early development stages or non-existent. A good number of the Earth bound TFs do have some sort of Earth alt mode selected and are the more current forms of what the 80s versions would have.

Fivedesix wrote:Just in time for Halloween: I STILL LIIIIIVE.

I mean, "Hello."

As is typical, about the time my life gets boring enough that I think I can support another roleplay addiction, life slams me in the face.

I'm definitely still interested in rolling up a character submission and getting involved. And I'm also excited that the 'bots are looking for more brainiacs! Just so I'm clear, if I want to submit an OC concept, I first post it to a sub-thread... somewhere?

I promise I'm not a moron, I'm just awful at navigating BBoards, apparently >.<

I'm also excited about the previous post that talked about "opening up Earth for exploration." What year is it, on Earth? Is this around the time the Autobots were crawling out of the Ark and peeking around? Or are we more in the future a la the cartoon movie?

Seems like sumo has answered all your questions. He's basically right.

Oh and welcome back! I did so have faith that you'd return at some point. Glad you proved me correct.

A few locational things as well. The Ark 22 is in orbit around Earth. As is the only other Autobot ship in the system, the Guardian and they're docked to one another. There are a sparse few Autobots on the planet itself. Prowl's team, which is setting up an earth base. And Arcee's team, which is doing a materials run as well as setting up some kind of an outpost on earth as well.

Hope to see you in game real soon buddy.