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User: | highergroundrpg (278116) |
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Name: | The Higher Ground - An AU X-Men RPG | ||||||||||
About: | The rumors - dismissed as myths, urban legend – had circulated for years. There was a kid from Spokane who could melt metal with a touch, someone's cousin's neighbor's aunt had gone to school with a girl with blue skin… Everyone had heard about the mutants but no-one much took the notion of them seriously; they were a boogy man story kids told at camp, nothing more. It all changed in September of 1989 when a noted geneticist publicly revealed the discovery of something called the 'x-gene', a characteristic shared by certain prison inmates whose crimes had never been completely explicable. One of these, Manuel Alfonzo Rodrigo de la Rocha, had long since been speculated to have some empathic ability. The news had gone public on the 17th. De la Rocha was dead by the 20th. The 'outing' of the mutants caused immediate wide-scale paranoia, periods of quiet marked by outbursts of violence, neighbor turning on neighbor, people who looked even a little different from the norm getting accused of all kinds. There were beatings, there were hate campaigns and, though rarer, there were lynchings. As things got worse two very old friends – Erik Lehnsherr and Charles Xavier – decided to make a stand. Both found their way into government – Erik in San Francisco, ultimately taking the mayoral post, and Charles getting into Homeland Security. For a decade they quietly sought out other mutants, working behind the scenes to get enough of them into position so that, should the time come, they'd be ready. The election of November 2000 signaled the time was coming and, as the government vetoed one mutant-protection law after another, ratifying one mutant control law after another, Charles and Erik made the final preparations. Charles would be the silent partner, officially and publicly opposed to a plan he'd helped action, and Erik would be the face of the movement. The movement that on July 4th 2003, using a team of just fifty, used Erik's position, Charles' money and a whole group of people's gifts to take complete and total control of California. The sealed the borders, took over the state government computers and locked down, spilling as little blood as possible as they forcibly evicted the human population, letting only 2% remain and even then only after the team – which would come to be known as The Brotherhood of X-Men – had it's telepaths check them over. It took time for the US to accept that the situation wasn't going to change – each move they made on California was met by a swift and devastating counter attack, all clearly pre-planned well ahead of time. Officially, legally, the state is still one of the fifty but the US provides it with no goods, services or anything else for that matter and receives nothing in return. While the situation is officially unresolved most now choose to quietly ignore it, happy to let the mutants get on with their lives so long as they're getting on with them somewhere else. All applications are done anonymously: That is to say- we don't want to know who you are while you're applying to join. This is to judge you based solely on your application. After your application is approved you are free to either continue to play without telling us who you are, or to communicate openly ooc. Decide who you want to play. Go here, make sure they're not already claimed, and claim them, anonymously. Decide on an avatar/PB. Go here, make sure they're not already in use and make a claim, anonymously. Make a character journal. Make sure you hide your email from view. That's under 'modify personal info' and privacy settings. Fill out the Character Sheet. Make sure you remove the *s. Put the character sheet into your userinfo. This is your application and your writing sample. Request membership to Higher Ground and OOC Higher Ground . If we approve your membership requests you've been accepted and are ready to play. We have a friend all button that we keep up to date with each new character. Please don't use the button until you're approved. X: This game is rated NC-17 due to the possibility of occasional graphic depictions of sex (both heterosexual and homosexual), violence and alternate lifestyle activities/kink. If you are unable to handle any of these in a mature fashion then do not apply. If you are not above the legal age in their country/province to view such material, please don't apply. X: Please be aware of your grammar and spelling. Use a spell check and read over what you have written to try to weed out mistakes. X: Participation in both mod-driven and personally generated plot is expected though should a plot arise that makes you personally uncomfortable please discuss it with a mod and they will do their best to work out a compromise for you. X: There are some subjects that due to their incendiary nature will be strictly moderated. These subjects are: rape, child abuse, torture, suicide and self-mutilation due to depression. More subjects may be added as necessary. X: In Character drama should remain In Character and Out of Character drama should not occur at all. If, however, you are having OOC problems with another player, please speak to the mods. On that note, character bashing will not be tolerated. You may disagree with a characterization or dislike the character, but it is not acceptable to heckle the player. Please use common sense and basic courtesy. X: Please use appropriate warnings and cut tags for graphic sex, violence, and other not-work-safe material. X: PBs may be only used once. X: Our character cap at present is 4 characters X: All Characters are required to post to their journal once a week. X: If a character causes constant disruption in game flow they will be warned. If they continue to cause disruption after the warning they will be removed. Games are meant to be fun for everyone. X: Please get permission OOC before using powers on another character. X: Telepathy and other mind powers must be approved by the mods, as must precognitive and post-cognitive powers. This does not mean you may not have a telepathic character. It just means that it will be closely observed. Also, if you take a telepath it's required that you always check with players involved before making Statements. X: Alternate Universe characters will be carefully monitored and perhaps asked to construct another history that fits in with this universe. Alien characters will also be asked to have an alternate history. X: Please keep all out of character comments in the ooc community. X: Be aware that for the sake of smooth game play we may ask you to 'tone down' or remove some of the more outrageous inventions of comic canon from your profile. X: If you need to leave the game for any reason, let the mods know and post an OOC statement to that affect. We ask you to pass over character journals upon leaving so that we can decide what to do with your character. X: If you need a leave of absence please write an ooc note and IM the Mods. X: More rules may be added. Thank you, matsujo9 There are several ways to designate posts. In the headers, please use these notations when creating community posts. All community posts are in third person, past tense X: Open to all -- Most common for party threads. Open to any and all characters. Threads within these posts can be answered by anyone although they are most commonly answered by only one person. If your character would like to join a thread already in progress with two other characters, please ask those players if you can join before responding. Threads in these posts can also be designated for certain characters by putting their names in the comment header. X: Open -- "Normal" mode of game play. Post started by one character, open for any other character to answer. If your character would like to join a thread already in progress with two other characters, please ask those players if you can join before responding. X: Named post -- Thread designated for a specific character. Only this character can answer the post. X: Closed or 3rd person -- Used to designate perspective posts and scenes that cannot be replied to. Because Higher Ground has a journal based communication system, communications and messages between characters can also be posted in each individual's journal. All journal posts are first person. X: Private -- Private post readable only by the poster X: Named message -- Post that can be read and commented on by those characters named in the cut. There can be multiple messages to different characters in one post, but only the message with your character's name, title, or group is readable by your character. Communication done this way is considered to be private between those characters; no one else can read it. | ||||||||||
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