Flux

So I seem to have settled on a Pikachu main with Ike/Palutena as secondary options. I need to spend some time playing against people who actually know what they're doing at some point, though. Right now I pretty much just wreck my family/friends in any 1v1, but it's still obcvious to me that I've got a ways to go compared to the people you see at tournaments. :/

Does this mean no more Nero? He was pretty much my favorite PC... The only major problem I really saw with the original was, as you've said, the lack of guidelines for us magic users who were not familiar with DnD. I found myself unsure as to what my PC was capable of a lot of the time, and it was confusing to try to determine when I could have him learn a new spell. Other than that, I was pretty happy with the way things were.

Cedric nodded as Anver finished. The man's face betrayed nothing of his thoughts on the matter. When he spoke, it was in a steady and firm voice. "You're definitely determined -- Just as any good father would be in your situation, I'm sure." Cedric paced towards the door, hands behind his back as a silence settled over the room. He stopped with his back to the group, head bowed in thought. After a time, he returned his gaze to the group. "My decision is made. Tomorrow, we begin preparations for the infiltration." ------------------------------------------- Meanwhile... Zweiss stood in the dark room, the only light coming from the moon outside the window. He was on the third story of the mansion, in Mr. Taylor's private office. The events outside had been more than enough to tie up any authorities still on the premise. They were still busy identifying bodies and trying to gather from the remaining witnesses what exactly had happened. Thus, Zweiss was left to his own devices for the time being, and came to Mr. Taylor's office. The office had been locked, of course, but when you controlled a power such as Zweiss's, a few locks were no real obstacle. He closed the drawer of the desk he had just finished looking through. There was a sound of metal on metal and an almost indistinguishable hum in the air as Zweiss activated his power, and the drawer's lock clicked back into place. A frown spread across his lips for a moment. He still had not found what he was searching for, and there was only one drawer left in the desk. He gave the final drawer a tug, finding without surprise that it too was locked. It took him only a moment to open it. He thumbed through the papers on top, making his way towards the bottom of the drawer. Just as he passed the final papers, he found what he was looking for. It was a keycard that read: John Taylor - Vice President of B.O.A. Unrestricted access Zweiss smiled as he pulled the keycard from the drawer, placing it in his pocket. This would be Taylor's spare, based on Zweiss's prior intel as well as how deeply it was buried. He could have a duplicate made and planted before John Taylor suspected a thing. He walked out of the office, closing and locking the door behind him. "I've got what we need," Zweiss said to empty halls of the mansion. "It's time for our infiltration to begin." There was the tap of slow footsteps as a figure walked around the corner. It was a man dressed in a blue suit, his hair dyed the same baby blue as his eyes. He placed a hand on Zweiss's shoulder, and the two of them disappeared in a flash of blue light. ------------------------------------------------------------ End of Chapter 1 Thank you all for participating even through all the delays we've had! Please head over to the OOC thread to fill out a short form of questions I made up for you. It's important to me as aa host to get some feedback, and it will help make the experience better for all of you as well. Thanks again, and stay tuned for... The Awakened: Chapter 2: Infiltration

All right guys, it's taken us a while, but we've finally reached the end of Chapter 1! I'd greatly appreciate it if all of you could answer these questions, some of which are to improve my ability as a host, and others that are purely for my own curiosity. Without further ado, here they are: What do you feel is my greatest strength as a host with this RP? What is my greatest flaw? (Don't hold anything back. I want honest opinions if I am to improve as a host, and I promise I won't be angry or offended.) With the above in mind, what is your overall opinion of my work as host of this RP? If there is one thing you could change in this RP to make it more interesting and enjoyable for you, what would it be? Do you like the method of hosting I am using to tell the story? If not, what would you rather see? Do you enjoy the plot itself so far? Which NPC(s) do you find to be the most believable character(s)? (Not necessarily your favorite.) Which NPC(s) do you find to be the most unbelievable? (AKA which NPC(s) need the most work in terms of character?) Which NPC would you most like to learn more about? Which NPC is your favorite and why? Which NPC is your least favorite and why? Which character do you feel you would get along with best if they really existed? Worst? (Can be a PC or NPC) Which character do you think is the strongest? (Can be a PC or NPC) Which of the established groups would you personally like to see succeed? (The government, Utopia, the Organization, Beetle's group... Does not necessarily have to be the group your PC is affiliated with.) If you were to make a prediction about something in the future of the RP, what would you say? If you could ask me any question about something related to this RP and I would answer it, what would you want to know? (Not saying I'll actually answer these... but I'm curious.)

Zerron Cedric was silent as each member gave their opinion. He simply sat with his hands clasped, his brows set in a serious gaze as he listened to what these people had to say. When all had finished, he was silent for a while more, closing his eyes as he weighed his options. After a time, he stood with a sigh, leaning forward and placing his hands on the desk as he looked Anver in the eye. "My final questions are for you, Anver. You claim to be a good person. I'd like you to answer these questions with complete honesty, removing as much bias towards your family as possible in your answers. There are other lives that would be in just as much risk as theirs in an operation like this. Now... Do you believe that if I authorize an infiltration of Utopia that we can actually be successful? Do you believe you can survive to the end, and do you believe your family really is with Utopia? Do you think their lives are worth the risk our members will be taking to save them? Could you live knowing some men gave their own lives to save those of your family?" He paused, leaning back and sinking into his chair once more. He looked completely wiped. "I don't mean to come off as harsh, but these are serious things to consider. I need to know that you realize just what it is you ask of me."

Well, I was talking about CowTao... But it's good to know you're thinking of me, Kuro. I'm on your mind....

Sounds to me like CowTao wants to be FoxTao. Psshht. I may not have been the first fox, but I am the mastermind of the Foxening. Give me some credit.

Should I hit one more person with my powers as mastermind fox? Does the Foxening need one more fox?

I really never got the comparison between Lucario and Mewtwo especially. All they really share is their neutral B. That's literally about it. :[

I shot him a pm today asking about it. I'll see what he says before we go on.

Well, from those screenshots, everything looks right, though it's a bit different than what usually shows up for me. I'll give it a shot when I get home if it hasn't been solved by then. Sorry that I can't give more immediate help.

Well, unless you feel up to taking step-by-step screenshots, I'll probably have to wait until I get home and can try it myself. Hopefully you can figure it out before then, but if not, I'll try to help out some more.

When you plug in your controller after launching SCPServer, does the greyed-out "Pad 1" section light up and become available to click? It often won't work the first time, and if that doesn't happen, the controller won't work.

Can you give me just a general rundown of what you do when trying to set up DS3 with Reborn? Put everything in the order you do it, for example: 1. Launch SCPServer 2.Plug-in control 3.Launch Reborn etc, etc. This will give me a better idea of what exactly is happening.

Well, this would be a lot easier if I was at home right now, so I could mess around with setting up my own controller. It'll be about 4 hours before I can do that, though. For now, can you explain how you're trying to set it up? Are you strictly running DS3 or do you have the SCP drivers?

Well, you appear to be right about that, so let's continue assuming that it's compatible. Have you used DS3 successfully before? Basically, could this be a general problem with the setup of DS3, or is this specific to the Reborn game?

Does Reborn have compatibility with controllers? This is the first I've heard of that. I've been using DS3 for a while now, and I was pretty sure it only works with compatible games, though I may be wrong...

I'd personally like to see Medusa over Hades as far as Kid Icarus is concerned, though that's not likely to happen. I'm really hoping Navarre from the original Fire Emblem will work his way in someday, though with the age of that game, the fact that we already have Marth, and his place as a side-character, it's unfortunately extremely unlikely that he'll make it. :/ I do think it would be interesting if they introduced a Fire Emblem character based on a particular class though. For example, they could introduce a Myrmidon character, whose recolors would be the most prominent Myrmidons from the Fire Emblem games, such as Navarre, Lon' qu, etc. It'd be an easy way to fit in a lot of fan favorites.

Nah, xe wants a foxier fox. Like me.

These sentences make me love you. If my internet could handle streaming, I'd totally watch. Unfortunately, I live in a rural area, and the only good internet I've got has a data limit. :/

I really don't understand why fighting games take out characters in general. It's not like Smash would be massively overloaded anyway. There are plenty of fighting games with similar amounts of characters or even more. It's just frustrating to spend so much time learning a character only to have them taken from you in the sequel.