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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Paranoia-Live.net dead badger party 

Those citizens new to the perpetually active forums on Paranoia-Live.net quickly discover its many "out-of-character" (OOC) discussions of the PARANOIA RPG and other vital subjects of the day. But newcomers may only gradually grow aware of the "in-character" (IC) forums, where several dozen active roleplayers are playing out their simulated daily lives in Alpha Complex.

The IC forums are probably similar to any number of online forum RPGs around the Web -- I haven't looked into the topic at all. Maybe they all have security clearance systems, and character inventories, and an economy. But I'll speculate to this extent: I suspect few other forum roleplaying games have ever featured a tea party with a dead badger. Note the custom dead-badger smileys. Paranoia-Live.net leads the way again!

"I've no idea what led up this," says P-L.net mastermind Andy "Jazzer" Fitzpatrick. "But it's just one of several dozen things going on right now. It's absolute madness. It's turned into a kind of twisted social experiment. What's also remarkable is the general lack of BS or powergaming or anything like that. They're just getting on with it. Whatever 'it' is."

Jazzer has advertised for volunteer PHP programmers who are willing to make Paranoia-Live.net an even more tumultuous place. If that's possible.
Posted by: Allen Varney / 6:11 PM

Comments:
...we have a DEAD BADGER SMILEY?

*checks to make sure that in fact, today is NOT Rabbit Hole Day*
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : February 01, 2006 8:38 PM
 
Crud! That badger was supposed to dance for our meeting!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : February 02, 2006 12:50 AM
 
I'm more interested in the fact that the badger was 'killed' twice...by the same bot. That is very, very werid.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : February 02, 2006 7:42 PM
 
You're amazed by the lack of powergaming? Consider the system that they're there to celebrate. If there was ever a system in which powergaming was anathema, Paranoia is it. The participants know that the fun will happen, they just have to let it.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : February 03, 2006 8:20 AM
 
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