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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.
samuraiprosecutor: (DD!Edgey: Damn these glasses)

[personal profile] samuraiprosecutor 2020-10-01 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid the network doesn't care how busy you are.
devoutish: (put your money where your mouth is)

[personal profile] devoutish 2020-10-01 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought perhaps if I acted very unimpressed by it it'd give me space to breathe for a bit.
samuraiprosecutor: (DD!Edgey: Musing)

[personal profile] samuraiprosecutor 2020-10-02 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
That is a sound strategy. I've suspected for some time that there's an element of idle malevolence to the network's behavior, as if our suffering entertains the unseen force at the helm. Perhaps someone saw through your ruse.
devoutish: (put your money where your mouth is)

[personal profile] devoutish 2020-10-04 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
The fuck is this? You speak as if it's got a mind of its own. "The network"-- fucking hell. Who controls it?

[All the swearing might give the impression that he's spitting mad, but while he is annoyed, he also just talks like this.]
samuraiprosecutor: (DD!Edgey: Haughty)

[personal profile] samuraiprosecutor 2020-10-04 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
I think many of us have a tendency to personify this...thing that connects all of us, allowing us to interact. However, if anyone does control it, we've seen no definitive evidence of their presence. We see only its effects, which often feel too deliberate to be mere coincidence.