Sonichu Sonichu-themed RPG Discussion Thread

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IMO, much of the potential of this idea is just nailing down what kind of villain CWC is. He's got an ego to rival Ernst Stavro Blofeld, diehard henchmen of all stripes, honestly believes himself to be the hero, and has those quirks about himself both in Comic and outsided that can make him a really evil sort.

I've actually done some work on making CWC a Villain; I've been careful to file off any potential names or infringments as a "parody" but the idea basically works like this.
-Chris gets his powers because of a prophecy that keeps on conveniently changing.
-The Pokehogs view Chris as a Godlike Hero-King figure in spite of his obvious incompetence and/or disturbed behavior.
-CWCville lives in a surreal unrealistic culture that goes through extreme efforts to believe that Chris is normal and a good figure.
-Behind the Scenes, a network of more capable sorts actually runs the show, with an Allison Amber Analogue actually ruling things through a "City Council" that has easily usurped CWC's bureaucratic controls but can't prevail against his personal might.
-Trolls are out to take out CWC, often for very legitimate reasons.

Chris Chan himself is a powerful magician type with the ability to create more Pokehogs on his own and armed with the Sonichu Medallion, which grants major powers as well.
 
Actually, you have a point. I don't want to talk too much about my thoughts since it'd spoil the surprise, should I get to run that Cat game, though...
 
Eh, what would be funnier would be if Chris's position as the mayor didn't really have any power, and CWCville is run by a council of the saner residents (Amber, Wild, Magi-Chan, Bill, Angelica), while Chris is left to rant about trolls and make impossible orders that the council just claims that they did. The game would be that your character works for the council, and must undertake missions to keep Chris happy and prevent him from becoming Chris Chan Sonichu and going on a rampage. It'd actually be better to have a CWCville that isn't a grim dystopia for once.

Or, one of my ideas, would be to play as our own interpretations of Sonichu villains (they're the best characters) and have a Supervillians game.
 
Actually, I could see those running together if we go with a KAMB game or something with a high degree for mayhem...or even a Fiasco game, for that matter...

See, here's how I could see a non-dystopia CWCville:

CWCville. A city with a stupid name, a paper mayor with superpowers, and-oh yeah, goddamn Giovanni and Robotnik trudging all over the place, a dark lord sealed in a purple dildo and whatever the hell devil trolls are-but otherwise is actually a pretty okay place to be. There's just one problem: Mayor Chandler is the bone of contention for an ugly political split between two parties that have emerged in the city.

The city council, led by Amber, the Chaotic Combo, et al, want to keep Chris where he is because that's where he could do the least damage, and they know the damage he could do if he got BLANGRY and thought the rest of the city's government was at fault. They don't like it, but this is the way things work, and when Chris was finally voted out fairly (which is really hard due to CWCville's unique laws, but hope springs eternal), he would at least bow out gracefully and go spend his life after his tenure as mayor harmlessly playing vidya or something.

Opposing them is a council working out of Piedmont Virginia Community College, led by Mary Lee Walsh, who's had enough of this and has gathered her own council of non-government big shots who want to influence CWCville to get Chris impeached because they are tired of having him making the position of mayor so useless in the first place: Clyde Cash, Michael Snyder, Jason Kendrick Howell, Liquid Chris (who reprises his IRL role of just being some guy who's good at impersonating Chris for laughs) and it's become this ugly, bitter, petty argument between the two sides.

Where are the players? They're a party of heroes stuck trying to ensure these two sides can stop quibbling long enough to get some actual work done: Dr. Robotnik, Count Graduon and Giovanni are still out there and they're trying to claim the underground of CWCville for themselves, dragging the regular citizens into the struggle. You're all walking a fine line between losing the support of both CWCville and the PVCC if you piss off either too much or losing CWCville itself to the criminals.
 
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Nah. It's never been a suit of armor, per se, this blog seems like it's WAY overplaying its part, and the pickle suit's taken on so many other meanings as a meme, as far as I remember it's been everything from an organization to an actual character, the Man in the Pickle Suit, kind of a "Who is Atlas?" to OPL's Andrew Ryan. It'd actually be a waste of a good meme.
 
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Nah. It's never been a suit of armor, per se, this blog seems like it's WAY overplaying its part, and the pickle suit's taken on so many other meanings as a meme, as far as I remember it's been everything from an organization to an actual character, the Man in the Pickle Suit, kind of a "Who is Atlas?" to OPL's Andrew Ryan. It'd actually be a waste of a good meme.
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Oh it did. People were very desperate for Chris trolling. This was back during the Jackie saga when Chris was 'dead' as he was desperately hiding from the internet, having not made videos for months. Months! Where is Chris Chandler? Where is our hero?

Take note that the blog ends at March 10, 2011. Presumably then, the owner knew that Chris wasn't paying attention and that he didn't buy it either. Chris is gullible but cmon... Holographic Face disguise technology? Thats fucking stupid. But fucking awesome.

I dont care if there's a real pickle-man or not or if 'used' versions of these suits are worn by figures worshiping him in a cultlike status but I really want to see theese as a MEGA-ITEM!1. You know, thoose high-class things that are near impossible to get but boy if you get one, its killin time? Yeah, those.
 
I could see it working as something super-important for the act of something like diplomacy. That really gets Chris' goat, so if the campaign hinges on really getting him red in the face, someone becoming the man in the pickle suit is a surefire recipe for chaos, a ticket to ride, or both.
 
On a slight off topic note, this blog is hilarious. WHO IS C.C.? http://internettrollbusters.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/c-c-suspect-list/

On a on-topic note, if you are looking for someone to fill the niche of "Who is Atlas", Clyde Cash actually fits the role pretty well seeing as how (as far as I know!) there have been multiple clyde cashes before someone took the name and became *THE* Clyde of Cash.
 
Randall Fragg said:
Eh, what would be funnier would be if Chris's position as the mayor didn't really have any power, and CWCville is run by a council of the saner residents (Amber, Wild, Magi-Chan, Bill, Angelica), while Chris is left to rant about trolls and make impossible orders that the council just claims that they did. The game would be that your character works for the council, and must undertake missions to keep Chris happy and prevent him from becoming Our Pet Lolcow Sonichu and going on a rampage. It'd actually be better to have a CWCville that isn't a grim dystopia for once.

Or, one of my ideas, would be to play as our own interpretations of Sonichu villains (they're the best characters) and have a Supervillians game.
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That kind of reminds me of Paranoia. If you're not familiar, that's a game where you work for a maniacal, malfunctioning AI who regularly demands that you and your fellow players go out and accomplish inane tasks. The crux of the gameplay is that you have to try to accomplish tasks for whatever secret organization you're a spy for while screwing over your friends.

I could totally see a version of that in CWCville. It wouldn't even be that much of a stretch to put Chris in the role of a moronic, dangerously incompetent despot with emotional problems. :alog:
 
Okay, there are two ways I can see this going.
1: Sonichu Grimdark. Basically take every 'darker and edgier' cwcfic and turn it up to absurd levels. Everyone is a complete irredeemable asshole, CWCville is a hellish dystopia surrounded by radioactive wastelands and untamed jungles, and black humor rules the day. Chris is an insane manchild with godlike powers, Count Graduan is a Lovecraftian monstrosity seeking to plunge the Earth into an age of madness (and he's just a count. Enslaving humanity is how he seeks to gain some status among his kind.), The Weens are psychotic Mad Max esque raiders who torture people to death for shits and giggles, the Jerkops are corrupt cops who extort the population, Giovanni is the leader of a drug cartel, the Trolls just want to watch everything burn, and you, the players, are part of The Trollbusters, an Inquisition like organization dedicated to cleansing the world of The Troll, The Homo, and The Jerk. The trick with this would be making it so over the top that it becomes funny.

Option 2: Sonichu Light.
Taking CWCville and making it a better place. The story here is that CWCville has become an insanely rich and powerful city state thanks to the Sonichu Balls (pokeball ripoffs.) The technology behind the Sonichu Balls has given the world Matter Containment Devices, or MCD's, containers that can shrink and store matter in complete stasis. This has had a profound impact on civilization. Goods can be shipped much more quickly and efficiently, with a cargo plane being able to carry as much as a freighter. Airlines have been fitted with hundreds of these. Why spend eight hours in a cramped plane seat when an MCD can make the journey seem instantaneous? MCDs are even being used to colonize Mars, being able to carry equipment and people in a small payload, and without exposure to six months of radiation. Yes, MCDs are changing the world, and the only source of them is CWCville.
While Chris is officially the mayor of CWCville, he holds no real political power. That lays with the City Council, who try to keep Chris happy and prevent him from going on a rampage (Chris still has his Sonichu powers). Most of the factions are morally grey, with the Jerkops being a private police force dedicated to keeping law and order through any means necessary, the PVCC being the opposing party of CWCville, who believe that Chris is too dangerous to be in any position of power, Giovanni and co being less like Drug Cartels and more like The Godfather, the weens are, well, the same, and the setting in general being much nicer. You are one of the Trollbusters, an agent of the City Council dedicated to keeping order in CWCville and keeping Chris happy.
 
Some sort of superhero type RPG would be interesting. You can create your own Sonichu or Rosechu and fight crime in Cwcville. You could also make the society corrupt and blandness could be a common thread, your characters would be well developed but would be looked down upon by Cwcville and the surrounding areas. I don't know if classes would work in this type of game.
 
Hmmm. Since Count Graduon never got freed from his little scepter of a prison in the actual comic...

...True form Count Graduon as a Super Boss type of enemy if he isn't the final boss instead?
 
I'd still be down for a Sonichu version of Paranoia. I hear the rules are relatively straight-forward and that its not too difficult to set up.
 
Konstantinos said:
I'd still be down for a Sonichu version of Paranoia. I hear the rules are relatively straight-forward and that its not too difficult to set up.
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Sounds good. I'm guessing it'd be in Sonichu Grimdark?
(Just don't get taken alive by the weens. They'll force you to hump Kimmi the Blowup doll while shouting 'julayyy'.
Kimmi is what they call the log they've wrapped in barbed wire and stapled an anime face to)
 
Konstantinos said:
Grimdark? In Paranoia? Hardly! Paranoia a very tongue-in-cheek game that aims to be funny and insane as opposed to bleak and dour.

Also, metagaming is discouraged rather strongly so make of that what you will.
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I meant "Grimdark taken to over the top extremes for the purpose of humor". Which I think Paranoia leans more towards.
 
Randall Fragg said:
I meant "Grimdark taken to over the top extremes for the purpose of humor". Which I think Paranoia leans more towards.
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Oh yeah, its like that in a black comedy way. Still though, I would be hard pressed to call Paranoia grimdark. Grimdark implies it takes itself a seriously but Paranoia doesn't for the most part.
 
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