TL;DR (Too long;Didn't Read)? Too bad. If you can read hundreds of posts on the Forum Games forum, then you should have the ability to read this. ______________________________ Background: Once upon a great long while, Gandalf became bored. So bored that he tried an experiment on what will happen if he divides by zero while playing PC games, playing with Pictochat on the DS, and other things in a great feat of multitasking. Of course when you divide by zero, something horrible happens. Like a portal opening and sending all the characters he played on his DS, PC, and his other tasks. Huh. Unsurprisingly, that happened. Now, the great wizard is asking for you guys' help since his magic isn't powerful enough to undo his crap. He will be waiting for you in an open plain in the State of Idaho in the nation of the United States of America.
*Start Discussion*
Gandalf: Ah, yes, you came. I was getting pretty bored walking around this empty patch of land.
You: Mkay. Now go on and tell me why I have to clean up your crap?
Gandalf: My magic not powerful enough to undo this, what you call, my âcrapâ. This is why I have called you here. You are much perfect for the job. I mean, you were in the army, very intelligent young man/woman, and you look pretty agile.
You: Well... If you say so. (Blushes)
Gandalf: Im not lying either. From the looks of it, you could probably pull this off. But you have to prove it on the battlefield. (Walks to the North) Now, come along.
You: Wait! (Catches up to Gandalf) Where are we going? It's just an endless patch of tall grass.
Gandalf: Just follow me and you will see, my boy.
*End Discussion*
Breaking The Ice is, in my opinion, a unique kind of forum game which maybe will catch the eyes of non forum-gamers. What this is is basically the Writing Section of the Art, Music, and Writing forum with the Forum Game forum combined to make, what I call, a âStory Gameâ. It is just your everyday âComplete the Objectiveâ game, but with a very important catch and this catch I will tell you later.
How to Play the Story Game: In Breaking the Ice, you will be fighting enemies from PC games, flash, games, and books to vidya (video) games, handheld games, and the Internet. Now, here's the catch. Unlike Destroy The Planet Reborn and Complete the Objective, this Story Game will not always be freestyle (doing whatever you want). You see, sometimes you will be playing on a different format of game style. In somes cases, you will be playing a turn-based format, or maybe a RTS (real time strategy) format, and et cetera. Of course, there will be some moments where you can do a freestyle format. This is only a little preview. Later on in the Story Game, I will tell everyone how to play said format, or any other new thing that pops up. You guys are probably getting sick of my talking, so let's get started! *Start Story Game*
You: Good god, we've been walking for hours. How are you not tired? You're a old man, right? Gandalf: Maybe. Now, shush. We're here.
*About a half mile away, a purple portal is spotted.*
You: Holy ****, that huge. Some kind of black hole? Gandalf: The opposite of a black hole. A white hole. Instead of sucking matter, it releases matter. There are many of these portals around the world. I call these portals, "The Ice". You: Uh huh. Yea. Very original (sarcasm). Now what are we supposed to do. Gandalf: Your mission is to Break The Ice. How do you do that you ask? You must defeat whatever comes out of it. Then, you must take something unworldly to the enemy's world, and then throw it in the portal. You: Wait. You said it expels matter, not suck. Gandalf: What I meant to say that this is a gray hole. It expels and inhales. Are you happy? Now, I will be over there watching giving you advice. See? The enemies are already coming.
*Blue, Red, and Yellow viruses come out of the spiraling portal*
You: You were playing Dr. Mario? Isn't that a little young for you? Plus, viruses are supposed to be microscopic. Gandalf: Nonsense. Puzzles helps the mind. And the portal distorts matter sometimes. You: Whatever... *End discussion, Start Battle* ___________________________________ Format: Freestyle Enemy Units: 2 Blue Viruses (100 hp each), 2 Yellow Viruses (100 hp each), 2 Red Viruses (100 hp each) Total Enemy HP: 600 HP Weaknesses: Vaccines and Medicine Info: The viruses are pretty easy. Make sure to go easy on them Allied Units: N/A Injured: N/A Dead: N/A Conditions: N/A Mission: Destroy The Enemies
Story Tip: HORRAY! THE FIRST STORY TIP! Game tips like these tell you some new stuff you need to know and/or reminders. First, I'm starting off the story game with a freestyled format, so you understand the Story Game more. Also, posts that give out the results to the player's actions are called Turn Posts. If you're building something, sometimes it will take one or more Turns (turn posts) to successfully assemble. Oh, and by the way, how you play the game is just tell me what your going to do (Like in Complete the Objective). That's all I can tell you right now, so go out there a cure some baddies
Format: Freestyle Enemy Units: 2 Blue Viruses (100 hp each), 2 Red Viruses (100 hp each) Total Enemy HP: 600 HP Weaknesses: Vaccines and Medicine Info: The viruses are pretty easy. Make sure to go easy on them Allied Units: N/A Injured: N/A Dead: N/A Conditions: N/A Mission: Destroy The Enemies
Sonicheroes95's results: You slice and dice the two yellow viruses, killing them!
Format: Freestyle Enemy Units: 2 Blue Viruses (100 hp each) Total Enemy HP: 125 HP Weaknesses: Vaccines and Medicine Info: The viruses are pretty easy. Make sure to go easy on them Allied Units: N/A Injured: 1 blue virus (25 hp left) Dead: N/A Conditions: Sonicheroes95 is sick! Lose 5 hp every turn (excluding this one) Mission: Destroy The Enemies
Story Tip: The Allied Units does not include yourself! It includes what you build, summon, etc. Every player has 100 hp. If said player gets injured, then he will be placed on the Injured list as "*insert player name* (*Insert HP* left). If you get any status conditions, then said player goes in the conditions list (*Insert Player* has *insert condition*. *Insert result of condition*.) The injured and condition list will also include monsters who manage to get hurt or have good/bad condition.
Sonicheroes's results: You were too predictable and the blue viruses evaded it. Then, one of them successfully attacks you. You are now sick (see conditions list)!
Rick073's results: You manage to kill one red virus due to the spread.
CommanderDude7's results: Because of the massive spread and recoil, you only killed last red virus and injured one of the blues.
Format: Freestyle Enemy Units: N/A Total Enemy HP: N/A Weaknesses: N/A Info: N/A Allied Units: N/A Injured: Sonicheroes95 (95 hp left) Dead: N/A Conditions: Sonicheroes95 is sick! Lose 5 hp every turn Mission: N/A
Rick's results: Unable to launch nuke. Must build a nuke pad before launching.
Sonicheroes's results: Your sonic blade kills the last remaining viruses! Unfortunately, your chain failed to hit foxyman. (see foxyman's results)
Foxyman's results: Although the nuke failed, you still got into the bunkers. Because of this, Sonic failed hit you. ______________________________________________ Gandalf:Hm. Very good. I am beginning to like you. But enough talk. We need to recuperate our wounds and conditions. We also need something built. Something to improve our offense. So let's think about those things while we wait for the next foe. You: Mkay. I'm going to do that while I heal my flu. ******* viruses.
