I'm up for playing as well if ya'll set something up. Schedule-wise, I'm really flexible so pretty much whatever works for everyone else. I may be able to get a friend to play as well. Just uhh... PM me I guess for my contact info.

Well, even if we did want text Skype is still a pretty good IM tool anyway (The group chats, at least, tend to be easier to log and such) - and you can download a dice roller that integrates with Skype which is another boon IMO. Granted, for rolls and shit we could use like... Gametable(?) or something like that which also has chat, though being able to save the log was a bit under par the last time I used it. As far as GM'ing, though I do have a few ideas for scenes and stuff, I'm not really up to it until I've got a better grasp of the setting and system. I am totally willing to help anyone that GM's with logistics and such if needed, though.

I've been wanting to GM for a while, but if today is any indication I won't have the free time to do so for a bit. Maybe after a week or two I'll stop falling right into bed when I get home and I can run this thing. In case of that eventuality, what sort of game is everyone interested in?

I'm really open for whatever everyone else wants, and my time is flexible enough (right now) to be good whenever people are ready to go. I got the new version of the dice roller, which is pretty nice (kinda hard to get it to work, but once it does... it's awesome) because only one person needs to run it and they'll act as admin, allowing everyone else to be able to roll without having it. Also, Skype name is the same as my username here.

For completion's sake: PST here (Also, scummer, you need [img] and then [/img] around the link to display it as an image in BBC.)

Very concise summary, I like that. So... top three favorite Science Fiction things... You suck. How am I supposed to pick just three? Are we talking top three overall, or top three hard Sci-Fi? Screw it, here are three: Firefly(Series/Movie), Transmetropolitan(Comic), Nightside(Book Series) Obviously, there's also the Wars, the Trek, the Farscape, the Iria, the Harlock, the GS999, the Robotech, the... You get the drift. I like pretty much any Sci-Fi that isn't bogged down with needless drama (Good Drama - the kind that moves the story or provides a deeper connection to the characters is, of course, always welcome, but I find that there tends to be far too little Good Drama and far too much MTV Reality Show Drama in things nowadays.) And as far as posting it as a podcast or write-up, I'm all for it. I'd love to see what people have to say. Edit: Quick question for you, bossman: What's your opinion on custom morphs (For instance, any of the ones that Codebreaker has posted here)?

sinhound, I'm ok with using custom morphs with one caveat: Post it on the boards and see what people have to say about it first. I'll let the peanut gallery decide for us.

Well lets see... considering i DO manage to game with you: - Mass Effect - Cowboy Bebop - Warhammer 40k

Ok, so boiling it down to three favorites isn't any easier for me. Let's go with: Author: Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash / Diamond Age) Artist: Tsutomu Nihei (Blame! / Biomega) Game: System Shock 2 Overall: I love cyberpunk, horror, any cool /cutting edge experimental stuff. I am fine with recording / podcasting. That sounds like a great idea, actually.

That's a good point. What do you hate in a sci-fi story?

Anyway, I decided to ask my friend your questions just in case (he's definitely willing to play if we've got a spot): ----- Top 3: Blade Runner, Transmetropolitan, The Thing, Dr. Who Protagonist / Antagonist: House / House (lol) Protagonist: Spider Jerusalem Antagonist: The Dream Lord from Dr Who. Hate: "****ing space elves. Space dorfs are okay though... and space magic, because wtf? Psi, I get, but magic?" ----- As for me? I know I'm gonna be flamed for this but... you know... the New BSG (Caprica was a bit better... but... eh) and SG:A? Remember how I said MTV Drama earlier? Yeah...

Actually, that list seems like a good idea... Mods should create some sort of topic where people can post whether they want to gm or play (or both) and create lists for both, and then groups can be formed organically from there... I mean, there's clearly enough demand for it.

"*drops to his knees and screams to the sky* "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Your loss shall not me mourned, brother... for that is not our way. A great party shall be held in your honor, lasting five days and six nights. At the end of this epic event, a statue shall be erected in your honor, made by our finest craftsmen, and forever after you shall be viewed as a great guardian of us all...

Yes, Pandorum! I love that movie. I was hoping someone would mention it, Azlinea. Ok, here it goes: Protagonist: Case from Neuromancer. [i]He's world-weary hacker cut off from the 'net who wants a more interesting life[/i]. Antagonist: Doro from the Patternmaster Series. [i]He's this immortal, incredibly lonely being. Believing himself to be a human mutation, he abducts and cross-breeds humans to try to recreate another of his kind. Kind of a cool guy, but a definite control freak[/i]. Hate: I also hate technophobia (at least when it's the over-arching theme--dealing with Jovians is ok ;)) Also, any story that is just too black & white. I like dramatic tension, grey zones, hard choices, and the like.

Yeah depth is always good too. I'm hoping not much on the restrictions, I have an idea for a neo-pig ego hunter who is part of a copy-collective.

Ohh thanks. Is there any merit to reading it in the order that the books were written in? Like the Narnia series, I think, should be read in order of written even though its not chronological order. I haven't finished that series, probably never will, but the sense of discovery of the links between past and 'present' is actually important. Too many books to read. Need a fork.

I'm a poor college student so that is the only thing keeping me from having a huge stockpile to go through. Libraries are cool though. I'll have to look for it, thanks for the reference.

I'll say I am biased towards anything where I can play an Autonomist and all of your ideas allow me to play some sort of autonomist so I'm not particular there unless you want a vote. As for characters I have a few ideas. The first being a neo-pig (Panopticon) ego hunter that was mentioned earlier. She is an anarchist who takes cases that deal primarily with stolen research or with researchers in general. She does take contracts from others in the Outer System, never any from the inner system if she can help it, and deals entirely in Rep. She is a proponent of the Banyan lifestyle, where you alpha fork yourself and send them off to learn in parallel with other versions of yourself, and is part of a copy-collective with as many as a dozen other versions of herself at any one time. Her motivations are -Credit +Banyan +Researchers The other character is a brinker and partial exhuman. Well he wants to grow up to be an exhuman some day. AGI that inhabits a spider-like synthmorph and believes he is destined to be the ultimate insect life form, metal or bio. He is a bit of a construction expert and has an aesthetic eye that has gain him some F-rep to his chagrin. To go along with his construction expertise he also carries a few hives with him and protects them like they are his children, so much so that many think he has some sort of mental deficiency dealing with the nanites. His motivations are +Hive (establishing one) -biochauvinism +Autonomy I don't think either of those characters fit into all of the mentioned settings but Ill be happy to create new ones (favorite part of RPing really).