Dice Scum, the series.

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Apparently they have a sasquatch-like legend about swamp lizard men. I think it'd be hilarious to add this as an element to the world. But the question would be if we wanted to add a paranormal element to the story.

It could be a thing for one episode or something.

 

[rookie]

By the way, I did some shitty concept art for Stephen. Tell me what you think.

Spoiler: 3456 X 5184 Because I don't own a proper scanner

I couldn't do anime eyes for this, my apologies.

I agree with Orthodox, it looks great! But I think I like the glasses look with him too, so he could pretend to be like "megane" or something.

Building on your idea for a name for the series, how about:
Scum.

Considering we tend to take the side of the so-called "truscum" here.

Gen Scum? Gen Truscum?
.. or too lame?

 

[Orthodox Chrischanity]

I agree with Orthodox, it looks great! But I think I like the glasses look with him too, so he could pretend to be like "megane" or something.

To be honest, when I first saw your rough concept, my brain immediately went to:

Spoiler: Jin from Samurai Champloo

Which is why I immediately thought "ponytail" and "samurai obsession".

 

[CWCissey]

Building on your idea for a name for the series, how about:
Scum.

Like the Ray Winstone film set in a borstal?

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Apparently they have a sasquatch-like legend about swamp lizard men. I think it'd be hilarious to add this as an element to the world. But the question would be if we wanted to add a paranormal element to the story.

I've got an idea, the shut in who never leaves his house and always uses Skype to play RPGs with the rest of the group, his reason for staying in could be tied to the swamp lizard men.

 

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I'm working on fumes here (thank you, sudden overload of schoolwork), but I'm willing to help... tweak? Tweak designs.

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Though I do like @MarvinTheParanoidAndroid 's concept. Here's a question I'm gonna ask: how old do these kids need to look/be?

edit to salvage my pride: I promise I can draw better than that. That was a one-minute scribble and I need to be awake in five hours -- pinky promise I'll put more effort into anything else I churn out.

 

[Orthodox Chrischanity]

I've got an idea, the shut in who never leaves his house and always uses Skype to play RPGs with the rest of the group, his reason for staying in could be tied to the swamp lizard men.

Option 1: Primitive, yet very sibilant speech. Sssssssssso, I roll how many diccccccccce?

Option 2:
(A muffled sound can be heard screaming from a distance): Hsss'rlly'ssar Maximilian! Are you on the computer again playing with the apes? You were supposed to be manipulating the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite, altering the economies of the target nations we control! Get off that thing now! You'll never tale a seat in the Shadow World Government if you keep this up!

Max: But esteemed matriarch! We are almost done exploring this dungeon! Sorry guys. Anyway, taking down this demigod should be easier than when I conquered the rogue planets of the Horsehead Nebula.

Tram: Must've been one awesome game.

Max: Yes... game...

I'm working on fumes here (thank you, sudden overload of schoolwork), but I'm willing to help... tweak? Tweak designs.

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Though I do like @MarvinTheParanoidAndroid 's concept. Here's a question I'm gonna ask: how old do these kids need to look/be?

edit to salvage my pride: I promise I can draw better than that. That was a one-minute scribble and I need to be awake in five hours -- pinky promise I'll put more effort into anything else I churn out.

Love the picture.

"College age" is the idea, but that can mean anything nowadays. Mid-twenties, I think. Stephen's failed an art degree a few times, so he may be older than the rest of the group.

 

[Adamska]

Option 1: Primitive, yet very sibilant speech. Sssssssssso, I roll how many diccccccccce?

Option 2:
(A muffled sound can be heard screaming from a distance): Hsss'rlly'ssar Maximilian! Are you on the computer again playing with the apes? You were supposed to be manipulating the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite, altering the economies of the target nations we control! Get off that thing now! You'll never tale a seat in the Shadow World Government if you keep this up!

Max: But esteemed matriarch! We are almost done exploring this dungeon! Sorry guys. Anyway, taking down this demigod should be easier than when I conquered the rogue planets of the Horsehead Nebula.

Tram: Must've been one awesome game.

Max: Yes... game...

Can I state I dislike both ideas? I don't want to pull a Hayden by having clearly impossible elements (Quilliam being an AI), or in this case actual lizardmen existing for what would otherwise be a fairly "real" setting. Max being the crazy "I saw bigfoot/lizardman" type would work; David Icke level stuff not so much.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

edit to salvage my pride: I promise I can draw better than that. That was a one-minute scribble and I need to be awake in five hours -- pinky promise I'll put more effort into anything else I churn out.

I wish I were even that good.

 

[Orthodox Chrischanity]

Can I state I dislike both ideas? I don't want to pull a Hayden by having clearly impossible elements (Quilliam being an AI), or in this case actual lizardmen existing for what would otherwise be a fairly "real" setting. Max being the crazy "I saw bigfoot/lizardman" type would work; David Icke level stuff not so much.

Well, as one of the writers, yes, you certainly can. It was a weird one-off idea.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

It's so bizarre to me that something made to more or less mock Gen Zed has come this far, to the point that I can see this becoming an actual show way more than Gen Zed.

 

[alex_theman]

How about the shut-in could be Japanese? I could see him being someone Stephen admires, while he views Stephen as ignorant. He kinda is a reverse weeaboo, as he dislikes some of his country's aspects and has more "western interests", like playing games on computers and playing tabletop games such as miniature games. I am just throwing something out there, as this is a bit more grounded.

 

[Adamska]

How about the shut-in could be Japanese? I could see him being someone Stephen admires, while he views Stephen as ignorant. He kinda is a reverse weeaboo, as he dislikes some of his country's aspects and has more "western interests", like playing games on computers and playing tabletop games such as miniature games. I am just throwing something out there, as this is a bit more grounded.

You mean like a hikikomori or something? That'd be interesting at the very least.

As for why we've slowed down a bit, blame me for that. It's because I've been busy this week with IRL stuff and then got hit with a cold which seems to have fatigue as a syndrome. That and school trumps this guys. The weekend should be more productive and episode two's script should be partially finished by then.

By the by, we still should finish designs for Tram and Chris, as they are the other two main characters. Episode two will introduce Hayden, and three will bring in Frank and Gloria.

 

[Orthodox Chrischanity]

It's so bizarre to me that something made to more or less mock Gen Zed has come this far, to the point that I can see this becoming an actual show way more than Gen Zed.

The problem is, is we're making these characters too much like ones people can relate to.

More title ideas, this one autistic, combining nerdage and SJWism.

Dice Cis Scum.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

The problem is, is we're making these characters too much like ones people can relate to.

Wouldn't that be a good thing since it's meant to be the opposite of Gen Zed?

 

[Orthodox Chrischanity]

L'esprit des escaliers.

Quick poll:

Continuity? On one end of the spectrum you have "Stoner", which is every episode isolated. Nothing affects any other episodes. Or the opposite end which I call "the Venture Bros.", on account that every character, background prop, line of dialog affects all the following episodes with frequent callbacks?

I can't think of a good example of a middle ground. Probably "Rick and Morty" where things are fairly isolated, but there are easter eggs left and right.

Wouldn't that be a good thing since it's meant to be the opposite of Gen Zed?

It just feels weird that a show with normal, relateable characters is "vicious parody".

I think I'm just going to stick with "Dice Scum" as the title for a show. Get over a bit of paralysis we're hitting here.

I'll be working on the three-part finale where the team qualifies in an international tournament for The Game, where they go up against North Korea's all-women team. They quickly stomp Stephen, Aiden, and Tram out of the game, but Chris saves the day since he only sees the numbers in the game. The women are flown home where their families are executed due to their poor performance.

 

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I'll vote for continuity if we're trying to make this decent... but I'm a sucker for continuity/callbacks/easter eggs, so I'm a bit biased. Plus, continuity can get messy unless we're all on the same page (and it can get messy if you missed something, which is a problem the stoner type episodes *usually don't have).

If we're just going for full-out make fun of Gen Zed that's it that's all, I'll vote stoner with the occasional easter egg.

Edit: for clarification purposes, and apologies if I missed something -- have we collected an art group, yet?

 

[Adamska]

Episodic with callbacks are how I'd write it. That way you can watch whatever episode without being out of the loop while throwing a bone to people who've watched our earlier episodes

And as noted: Episode 2 is going to be following the group in a D20 Modern sort of setting. Work will begin on the weekend.

 

[alex_theman]

Episodic with callbacks.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Some continuity, at least.

And I know we have a couple artists on board, although @theBox has been busy with IRL stuff, they did say they'd post sketches for the other characters aside from the one they already did of Aiden.