2016 /tg/ Winter Ball Discussion Thread

This thing is basically dead, and has been since last year. I'm surprised people even tried to bring it back this year.

>>50516234
>This thing is basically dead
>not shipping /pol/o/ and /qst/d/ like fist of an angry god

>>50516234
The OP image being such strong cringe probably won't help much.

>>50516234
Nah, it fizzled out last year because of the same reasons it's fizzling this year: too long between announcement and date of the ball. The holiday and (for /vp/, Sun & Moon release) definitely didn't help.

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Alright, in case anyone missed it last time, I finished the third part to the Flirt.
http://pastebin.com/yqUqN3Vz

I also wrote something lewd. It's another dream sequence like the ones I did a couple years ago. This time for /his/'s Herodotus so you know it'll be debaucherous.
http://pastebin.com/qYikTE0P (nsfw)

>>50516265
>giving a shit about /polo/
Stop posting

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>>50516265
>/qst/d/

/qst/ is going with /cm/ though, they were one of the first established pairs.

>>50516856
This is the sort of stuff that drove most people away from this thing.

>>50516269
>>50517304
And yet you're still here.

Thanks for the bumps. :^)

>>50516168
anyone actually working on OC or did /qa/ kill another ball?

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>>50520204
/his/ anon here, I'm actually still working on stuff, but very slowly because for the past two weeks up until a few days from now there's an event in a game I play.

Whether or not the ball is cancelled, I do like drawing something a little different, so worse comes to worse I'll just finish at my pace and upload it onto the booru.

>>50520204
Currently working on wrapping up the Flirt story series. I'm almost done. Not sure if I want to do one longer story or two shorter ones.

>>50520523
Thanks for the hard work anon. Hopefully this doesn't dry up and you'll have a chance for everyone to see your arts. I just wish we could get the OC output of a couple years ago. The threads would probably be easier to maintain.

>>50521172
>Currently working on wrapping up the Flirt story series. I'm almost done. Not sure if I want to do one longer story or two shorter ones.
Oh, awesome. I was wondering what happened with those

Huh... so we're still doing this. Count me in! I um... may have gotten bored in the absence of this thread and started the Friendly Virtual Gaming Thread, during which I had an epiphany: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon TRPG. Not original by any means, except that we use the Blade of the Iron Throne's system for it, essentially a d12 dicepool system, but with a few extra mechanics that make combat flavorful, fun and roleplay centric, unlike your standard d10 dicepool system.

Are we still challenging /vp/ to an MTG match over Xmage? I have a Very, Very rough draft of their deck:

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/beast-revels/

It needs some heavy tweaking, but the basic Idea is Beast Tribal Fatty Stompy.

>>50521292
Wasn't the point of the system to be easy for /vp/ to play, to introduce them to roleplaying? Normal people don't keep tons of d12s laying around. Maybe try to convert it into d6? I like the idea otherwise

>>50521422
There's a tactile aspect to rolling a d12 dicepool... namely that it feels pretty fucking awesome to roll that many d12s

Also d6 is a pretty fucking tiny range to deal with.

>>50521192
I wrote that piece of smut on the interim while waiting for some specific feedback on an idea. Hopefully I'll have something by Monday and these threads stay alive. Otherwise look towards the /qa/ thread. I'll post the wrap up there.

>>50521474
I agree it's not great from a design perspective, but I really do think our priority should be lowering the barrier to entry. That means light, simple rules and a dice setup that can be scrounged up from an average-sized boardgame collection

>>50521600
Dice isn't a huge issue because there are so many dice generators out there and I don't see this getting played irl anytime soon. Also, don't feel the need to baby /vp/ posters. They deal with a whole bunch of interwoven mathematical systems on the regular. The trick would be to ensure the gameplay is slick and streamlined so that it doesn't take forever. Slow, plodding gameplay in a dungeon crawler is pen and paper death.

>>50521718
Blade of the Iron Throne is a classic Sword and Sorcery game. Combat is probably the most highly appraised aspect of it, then how Roleplay centered it is.

>>50521796
Ok, so here's the deal. I can work the system, Skill checks, combat, templates to Stat Pokémon, everything needed to actually play the game. What I can't do is write up the "How to roleplay as Pokémon/How to GM this game, and All the fluff to it. Nor can I stat over 700 individual Pokémon. Finals are coming up so the core system is really all I've got time for. I'm going to need some help on this one after the core of it is done.

>>50517304
This sort of stuff is exactly why I'm still here. Well that and cute art

>>50520523
KanColle?

Geh,I'm busy as well and I kind of have a bit of an artist's block going on.
Sorry lads

>>50521718
You know what? You're absolutely right.

>>50523072
If you want an easy project, you could do Viol on his bike thinking about Teej in the speedo stupid sexy Flanders style. I was gonna write a quick quip about that if no one drew it, but eh.

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Even if most of the winterball has simmered down, i still had a blast with those cross board pokemon duels. Didn't think i'd ever get an appreciation for competitive duels.

>>50524789
That was a great match. Even if we lost in the end, we had a great showing, and that's something worth being proud of when going up against the board who's entire existence is Pokemon.

>>50516168
Well with how everything is going I say we need to go out with /trash/ because that is where we belong.

>>50516234
Its fizzling because there are no good OC creators. There needs to be at least one for every board but in this day and age most have fucked off to porn / patreon / whatever. The few that are still around will straight up not make OC if they dont like the pairing. So it boils down to a few boards making OC which is nice but means most people forget the thing exists.

>>50525930
Plus, we managed two 6-0s.

>>50521474
I once named my d12 'River', as in River Tam. Because like Serenity's resident shiny hot, petite psychic asskicking waif, d12s are awesome.

However, for sheer approachability, d6s are better. Heck, Rock-Paper-Scissors would probably be best since that's the basic mechanic behind Pokemon battles. I humbly recommend introducing /vp/ to a game of Lasers & Feelings, where the GM can basically run the TOS episode with Tribbles in them, except replace the lil' furballs that mate and multiply like rabbits on viagra with Pokemon that mate and multiply like rabbits on viagra. Now they really need to catch 'em all!. POKEMON IN SPACE!!! Uses about 3-4 d6s, this one.

>>50525947
Don't lump us together with you and your own self-loathing.

The hilarious part is that you think you're being clever with all of this, and triggering the "Winter Ball Hugbox," as you've put it. Most of us just ignore you, and the rest of us only reply because we're bored and like to see your back yourself into a corner, because we all know you're so autistic you will reply to every single post, using the same arguments over and over again. It's become a game to us, seeing if we can get you to provide new dialogue we haven't seen before. You understand? You've turned yourself into a side-NPC with a mildly interesting minigame attached, for the amusement of everyone on this board.

Now watch as he claims that this is the first time he's been in the Winter Ball thread, and then proceeds to pull out "Why this is cringe and should be deleted argument No. 2."

>>50528009
As a one-off? Sure, but for a solid Pokémon RPG, there needs to be a more substantial system. As >>50521718 said, this really isn't going to be an issue anyway.

>>/qa/868460

Looks like the /m/ drawfag decided to go ahead and draw the Winter Ball Wacky Races.

Dude just added us

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Did we and /vp/ ever decide on a moveset for our Scolipedes?

My vote is for
>Rock Smash / Bulldoze
>Rock Climb
>Spikes / Toxic Spikes / Infestation
>Solar Beam / Sunny Day

First move is for smashing through obstacles. Second is for dealing with rough terrain. Third is for creating hazards on the road. Fourth is a toss-up between a laser turret, or buffing the damage of /his/'s Greek Fire.

>>50528841
Wait shit,I forgot how to crosslink

Or does that not work with /qa/,being an unlisted board?

>>50528841
>>>/qa/868460
FTFY

>>50528855
Oh,so I shouldn't have removed that > after all.
Thanks m8

>>50528852
We should have them hold either a Shed Shell (prevents trapping) or a Red Card (the first time they're hit by an attack, the attacker is forced to flee).

>>50528456
What? When did I call it a hugbox? Also thanks but I've been here for years. I love these threads. I still remember the /tg/ /d/ /vp/ /mlp/ clusterfuck from last year. That shit was great.

I was as you said just trying to be funny about it.

>>50529052
Ah, my bad. There's a an Autist who thinks he's being a troll who gets in here every time the thread gets continuous front page presence.

Also we think Viol is doing something or other with /trash/

Man,seeing a Sage Sunday thread on /vp/ made me realize how Flairees works pretty well as our chariot-puller too,since its design is influenced by Ancient Greeks/Romans

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So, if anyone has been keeping up with SunMoon, there's a new pokememe. This one seems oddly familiar... and reminded me of our favorite psychopomp grim reaper. We should show /vp/ this at some point.

Also we should finish up the MTG decks so we can issue a challenge to them, or do something to get a winter ball thread on their page.

>>50530754
I think there's more than one pokememe.
Mudkips a best meme + cute.
CUTE.

>>50532402
I think he just means the new memes specifically from SunMoon. Mudkip is practically ancient.

So I may have inadvertently stumbled on a fairly perfect system in Blade of the Iron throne.
>Six Attributes, easily analogous to the Pokémon Stats.
>base attribute assignment is 34 points or less, comparable to the ~320 points that all starters get.

What this means is that it will be rather easy to assign stats, and determine which Pokémon are playable:

Any Pokémon with a base stat total 340 or less is considered a usable option for a Player Character. Statting them is a matter of rounding each stat to the nearest ten, then dividing by 10.

Then there's cultures, skills, proficiencies, and Assets, which will give more character detail and prevent them from feeling too samey. Cultures can easily be treated as Natures, and function in about the same manner.

Attack rolls function as Attribute + Weapon Proficiency, which we can treat in the form of moves as Attribute + dicepool derived from the move's accuracy stat. Moves such as Swift will be treated as Attribute + 1-2 auto-successes, etc.

Damage is based on a rating if the weapon used, with successes from the attack roll adding to it, then half the relevant weapon attack.In other words, damage rolls will look something like:

Successes + Move Power + Modifier from Attack/Sp. Attack, all of which is easily converted from the existing game stats.

So, the real trouble will be simplifying combat mechanics, such as stances and lcational damage, making them optional rules to make the game more fun.

Successes are always 7 or above, or 50% chance of success, so theoretically I could translate that to d6 with a target number of 4, but I'm going to wait until I have a good chance to review the system as a whole and see if anything is lost in such a conversion.

>>50533617
Expect something resembling a system document before the end of the week.

>>50533617
>Blade of the Iron throne
Hmm...

If you want any insight on Bovine, the sister system lives here. >>50515793

>>50533617
>Successes are always 7 or above, or 50% chance of success
Think about how a D10 works and do your mathematics again.

>>50533883
It's a d12 dicepool system.

>>50533617
Since you're still working with multiples of 6, you shouldn't have too much of a problem.

>>50536528
Well, the odds stay the same, but the variance changes. It's less granular, which can be both good and bad.

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>>50523072
This debuffing bullshit is getting way out of hand.

>>50538766
I just went Easy the whole way because I'm a kuso TTK.E4 can go fuck itself
/his/toria pls,not now

>>50521400
Domri should be in there. He catches and fights.

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>>50538766
This is adorable. Please make more.

>>50525977
I blame the moderation
Also youtube

Mostly mods though

>>50542458
The only thing you should blame the mods for is being too prejudicial in their judgement of content, and not letting a wide variety of subjects be posted, or not prejudicial enough and cracking down ok shitposts. Everything else is all our own damn faults.

Why is this gay shit here. Fuck off, you offtopic spam fags.

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Been a while since I've been around, so whats going on this year? How did we end up with /vp/ and /his/? Also do we have a pkm team? I was thinking of doing a group pic.

also pic is just cool

>>50542974
Thanks based bump anon.
>>50543659
>Also do we have a pkm team?
We had one, and played 5 games with /vp/
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-477841650
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-477846829
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-477853235
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-477858503
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-477861815

>>50544958
Graboid is us.
Should have mentioned that.

>>50543659
Both /vp/ and /his/ asked us out, and, continuing the semi-tradition of the /tg/ harem, we said yes to both. This year we've had a bit of a focus on games with other boards. We said yes by challenging /vp/ to a Match in Pokémon Showdown. there was a lot of hype. Unfortunately both boards have been silent since the release of Sun and Moon, and we can't post on their boards without a good reason, which is why I'm simultaneously working on an MTG duel decks to challenge them to, and working on a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon RPG.