gwebster2Join Date: 2010-08-29
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It's a "zombie" apocalypse book, but it was caused by an EMP attack on the United States, knocking out electricity and other devices, as well as killing the middle-aged population of the United States.
So, if you were say 33- 65, you would be dead at the start.
If you were a little kid, like 0-13, you'd be fine.
If you were say 14-32, you'd be "changed" into a crazy cannibal person, with different effects on different people.
And, if you were above 65, you'd be fine as well.
The main characters of the story are actually in the "changed" section, but for some mysterious reasons somewhat explained later in the trilogy, they did not become crazy cannibal people.
And all of this centers around a little Amish town in the Colorado mountains called Rule, and it's struggles to deal with not only the threats now, but the skeletons in their closet that have fallen out.
I think it's a great topic for a roleplay.
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birm123Join Date: 2012-10-06
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"little kid"
"0-13"
im offended. |
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gwebster2Join Date: 2010-08-29
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well the majority
of that age group is little
like the oldest kid in the book is 13 so
psht.
i dont need you.
i'm a MAN. |
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Riku1257Join Date: 2011-08-15
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um how does an emp do all that
but that's none of my business |
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gwebster2Join Date: 2010-08-29
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because its a special emp
you know
the special kind |
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"The special kind"
EMPs are not designed to be wireless murdering machines
"An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse may occur in the form of a radiated, electric or magnetic field or conducted electrical current depending on the source, and may be natural or man-made." |
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in books like this, you just don't question the flawless logic. |
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snakehuntJoin Date: 2009-06-22
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I don't like the fact that kids and really old people are the sane ones left.
We all know how both function in real life.... |
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@above
ikr
Anyways, it would make more sense to have this be in Ohio then Colorado considering the Amish town. |
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QuarriusJoin Date: 2012-11-01
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An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse may occur in the form of a radiated, electric or magnetic field or conducted electrical current depending on the source, and may be natural or man-made. The term "electromagnetic pulse" is commonly abbreviated to the initialism EMP (which is pronounced by saying the letters separately, "E-M-P").
EMP interference is generally disruptive or damaging to electronic equipment, and at higher energy levels a powerful EMP event such as a lightning strike can damage physical objects such as buildings and aircraft structures. The management of EMP effects is an important branch of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineering.
Technically IT IS IMPOSSIBLE |
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Well, in the cannibal thing, that is almost possible. The electromagnetic disturbance could've caused high frequency sound waves causing major and constant headaches, causing people to eventually go insane. Just maybe not that insane. |
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gwebster2Join Date: 2010-08-29
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okay well its not like our RPS whee i tsl ike
"this is what happened exactly"
its just this one soldier dude who's like "saw this in ma days in afghanistan" and oyu're not sure if he's crazy or not
but still |
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CoriandrJoin Date: 2014-06-25
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What happened to the days when you could make a role play or book with unrealistic traits, and just be left alone? If you don't wanna join it then you don't have to, now go shut your hole and sit in your little corner of realism.
"Done, with eight minutes to spare. Time to go grab a cheeseburger." |
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CoriandrJoin Date: 2014-06-25
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Adding to that: ITS FICTION. IT ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE REALISTIC.
"Done, with eight minutes to spare. Time to go grab a cheeseburger." |
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"What happened to the days when you could make a role play or book with unrealistic traits, and just be left alone? If you don't wanna join it then you don't have to, now go shut your hole and sit in your little corner of realism."
didnt u say the same thing 60 years ago when i couldnt help but laugh at the fact that a dude just poured some blood in some gal's mouth as a blood transfusion |
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CoriandrJoin Date: 2014-06-25
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Picka, that role play was set in a world generally like ours.
I mean that if you want to create a role play world in which things that normally don't happen, do happen, then that's yours and it doesn't do squat to anyone else. You can ignore it.
However, the role play in speaking was set in a world where the only difference was a teeny tiny bit of non-existent technology, including the explosion of radiation that brought on the occurrence of super powers.
"Done, with eight minutes to spare. Time to go grab a cheeseburger." |
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PawzKatJoin Date: 2012-04-22
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Yes! I loved that series. |
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gwebster2Join Date: 2010-08-29
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@pawz
right it was good
not often we get an irish guy as the villain |
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I actually quite like the idea of RPing as a 60-year-old man in a quiet Amish town surrounded by chaos and turbulence. |
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"60"
I'm going all the way man
90
30 moar years of social security benefits ahahahahah |
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"I don't like the fact that kids and really old people are the sane ones left.
We all know how both function in real life...."
I like the idea but to some degree I thought this too.
All I can picture is people making a bunch of incompetent 10-to-13-year-olds and being really obnoxious with it, I 'dunno why. |
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gwebster2Join Date: 2010-08-29
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no one can be obnoxious when your parents are dead |
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"no one can be obnoxious when your parents are dead"
I have a feeling the typical twelve-year-old would manage.
If you make rules for them not to be too annoying though then it's probably fine. |
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gwebster2Join Date: 2010-08-29
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nno...
pretty sure both of your parents dying from a heart attack and walking outside to see cannibals and cars with dead drivers smashing into walls will make you...not...obnoxious. |
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