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DramaDramaDucked ([personal profile] d3mods) wrote in [community profile] d3memes2020-09-27 09:37 pm

Test Drive - October/November


You wake up... in your bed or wherever you went to sleep because your character is exactly where you left them. A revival of the classic LJ/DW game DramaDramaDuck (DDD), D3 is an attempt to capture the spirit of the classic with some adjustments. The name, and the names of many parts of the game, pays homage to the original while allowing it to be something different as I'm not a founder of the original. I just had fun there and thought it sounded fun now.

An Open Lid game, as opposed to a JamJar; your characters remain in their canon worlds and timelines but can access a magical network to connect to other canon's universes. You, with the help of your castmates should you have them, decide how they experience shape your remaining canon, even if it means nothing changes at all.

Welcome to the D3 test drive. Prompts are sparse because this is the game where you make the story. Some optional suggestions are:

A. Hit by an infection

Like it says on the label. Your character has been hit by one of the monthly infections that take place on the network. This particular infection shouldn't alter the personality too much if you're planning to use it as a sample. For more information on infections, read the faq found here.

B. Canon update

Something happen at home you want to share? Or don't want to share, but the network is showing anyway?

C. A call to arms

Trouble is brewing, and you need help? You have worlds full of superheroes to ask for help. That doesn't always mean they can reach you...


That's the down and dirty. Not quite as fancy as you're used to seeing, huh? D3 is a simple game. Or it's not. It's up to you, the player, to make your experience. There will also be a log community so you can do face-to-face meet ups, and anyone can go off-world this time.

To perhaps capture the group game feeling that differentiates D3 from memes, consider noting whether you're open to threadjacks with a subject line like so:

Character | Canon | Open/Not Open to threadjack

We recommend you read the following to help you along:

FAQRulesReservesTaken

Reserves will open for the first time on October 1st and apps will follow October 7th. After they open, they'll remain open instead of having cycles.
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[personal profile] breq 2020-09-30 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I find firearms are very efficient.
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[personal profile] major_rawne 2020-09-30 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, guns. Guns work. A bolt pistol round to the head is just as fatal.
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[personal profile] breq 2020-09-30 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
They also don't require you to be in arm's reach.
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[personal profile] major_rawne 2020-09-30 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That's why you stab them in the back. And use the element of surprise.
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[personal profile] breq 2020-09-30 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The element of surprise is certainly advantageous. I tend to prefer having it.
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[personal profile] major_rawne 2020-09-30 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You're a smart person.
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[personal profile] breq 2020-09-30 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.
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[personal profile] major_rawne 2020-09-30 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome.

Do you have a specific person you wish to avenge or is this just a philosophical question?
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[personal profile] breq 2020-09-30 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Consider it philosophical.
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[personal profile] major_rawne 2020-09-30 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Well, it is a satisfying thing to think about. I... I eventually stopped wanting it. After many years.
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[personal profile] breq 2020-09-30 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
That's good of you, I think.
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[personal profile] major_rawne 2020-09-30 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Not for noble reasons. My anger just waned over the years. And then we spent fifteen months on an enemy-held planet and we became friends.
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[personal profile] breq 2020-10-01 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
That's one way to resolve that sort of thing.
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[personal profile] major_rawne 2020-10-01 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't recommend it, though.
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[personal profile] breq 2020-10-01 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it sounds very dreary.
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[personal profile] major_rawne 2020-10-01 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Dunno about dreary. Horrifying, yeah. Life threatening, sure. Dreary... well, parts of it were. The world was dying. But that's not the first thing that comes to mind.