Hmm, it is strange how everyone were so indefatigably wanting a new RP and never even bother giving some input when it comes to the actual story building. This is why RPs don't go anywhere these days.

Here are some of my proposals, just to change things around:

Legacy of the Swarm

In an alternate universe where the knights crash landed on a cradle that has already been infested to the brim by the ruinous power of the swarm. And it is up to you to investigate salvage and maybe even save what little was left of the crumbling civilizations that were being slowly chewed up by the ensuing darkness. Your proto gears will crumble in contact with the swarm BTW.

Vicissitude of fate

Spiral Knights no longer die and be able to revived with sparks of life, a strange phenomenon has corrupted almost every spark of life in existence and which ever knight dies will return as a savage mindless zombie. Sparks of life now are essentially hoarded by only the richest of knights and Gremlins for they are basically the key of eternal life for them. Do you want to live forever? Or die trying? Oh, did I also tell you that you an rip the heart out of your friend to save your self from imminent doom?

Inceptron's chosen

(finally, a RP that I can host as Lord Inceptron, he is basically swarm spirit, the Ying to Gwen's yang, actually, he is more than that, he is the entropy of cradle, manifestation of nothingness and the desire to exist. )

Unlike other RP, in this RP you are not trying to actively change the world around you, but instead, returning things to the way they are. Ozlo trying to hoard money? Steal it and return them to the masses. Tinkinzar trying to build walking roarmulus twins? Dismantle them and burn the blue prints. Jelly tyrants are giving birth to a new monarch? Assassinate the little bastard. Some strange white haired girl telling you to free her from the core? Ignore that voice and carry on with your day to day business.

Type-113

You wake up in a series of clockwork tunnels illuminated by flickering lamps only to be informed by Herex on a television screen that you are trapped in one of his secret medical facility along with a few other patients, and he told you that he freed you because a deadly bio weapon by the serial number of type-113 was now running loose in these tunnels, with next to no weapon to protect your self, (unless you are Affraiel, in that case he will just choke that bio weapon ) hide and pray or flee are your only two options. Type-113 was designed to be the ultimate assassin, he/she can cloak, mimic voices of your friends, and just generally screwing with your mind, someone needs to play as Type-113 in a reasonable manner for this RP to go anywhere.

I might bring back Ikaros, but dramatically nerfed this time around and without her memory (since Azure isn't here and I doubt I could RP well as Trivoc). Or perhaps an entirely different incarnation. Just a knight with wings and a bow. Or perhaps I'll use Hikari.

I like the Swarm and Skylark crash ideas.

Mah.

Honestly I don't mind, I just do as I please because why not en? The style I don't care for because thats just the style, its the story that holds and drives ya.

Advocates of Tinkinzar
Why do I suggest this?
There really hasn't been any memorable lore about the gremlins, other than they are the enemy of the Spiral Order.
So, I'd say this is a chance to change things.

Now, time for my theoretical idea about gremlins!
Ozlo, knowing that quicker, smaller ships would be appropriate for finding an energy source, sent out a scout ship to find it.
The story of a small crew entails a strange planet where energy seemingly is nonexistant- Even though the readings of the planet's energy is through the roof, And there are time and space distortions- Through which the squads became the original denizens of Cradle, and eventually were altered to evolve into gremlins by the Core.
The Clockworks were then created by a huge catastrphe entailing five great beings.

Ideas?
Opinions?

Edit: I've seen far too many Almire RP's that just blew up in everyone's face because everyone seemed to cross the same ground, the same conclusions.
The Crash RP would tie in nicely with the Advocates of Tinkinzar RP.
The Arena RP would be okay, Albiet a bit. . . Short.
LotS: I forsee. . . Lots of death. And... Lotus? (No comment on these accidental puns.)
VoF: Sounds like it would be fun, bring out the character and morality in people, and already existing characters. (I vote for VOF.)
IT'S:C: Ehhhhhh, I dunno. A bit too mundane for me.
T113: No comment. >:D
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Looking through again, It seems Sklyark Crash Redemption is the general vote.
Still, We needs more Gremlins and Tinkinzar and whatnot!

I'd get behind type-113 or the skylark crash.

I'll throw in a vote for the Skylark Crash idea.

I wanted to make a comment early but it seems to late.

I feel that both the Skylark crash and the Arena are good but the Arena seems like a lot better of an option.

The crash: The crash would mostly consist of events that pertain to the natural area affecting the players then dealing with villains except for gremlins and constructs and those are merely foot soldiers. Yada yada, action would only, imo, be from events pertaining to the environment change and the rest of the story would be life and how they continue it. Itd then follow up with a journey to the core, which could be a sequel, i guess. One thing i do like about this is it sets up the character we've all made that came after the crash. Either the character we make here interacts with them or they stem from them (father, bad guy, murderer, savior, family friend, etc.)

The Arena: This would start off with action from the very begging as well as have slice of life material in it when not in fights. This consist of betrayal, death, and bonding between characters. We then have the concept of eventually breaking out of the arena one way or another. This then means that there is life out of the arena but it is suspenseful because the characters technically shouldn't be out. They are being hunted down now, they cant settle, their life is one where they must always look over their shoulders. This allows for action throughout the Rp due to confrontations with old/new enemies. One problem with this is people will try to god-mode at the beginning due to the competitive aspect and the idea of losing their character (if that part goes through), which is easy to deal with.

Rps need to be short and sweet, their point is a goal to make and it has to hit there, it then ends and continue to a sequel which is devised. Mich like D&D, the goal is to survive and reach the end boss and end it there. You then buy the next journey that either stems from it or just another dungeon.

My vote goes to Skylark and arena, but id rather see arena then skylark.

EDIT: The problem with Type 113 is people meta-game without realizing it. Meta-gaming is when one places their knowledge as a reader as the knowledge of the character, basically giving the character clairvoyance. This happens a lot with rps but with a rp that is "hide and seek," its even more prevalent and more harmful. Itd be fun but itd be extremely hard for everyone to stick to that code.

"brave new world", "indefatigably"; you guys seem to be fans of Huxley, or the universe is just toying with me =P

I kinda want to point out that there is one central theme that really gets people going, I would say: survival. There's something about developing ways to survive in different settings that makes it appealing.

I think that hero themes (characters are special, destined to save the world, ect) and life themes (daily life inside a setting, knights getting to core, citizens of Almire, ect.) are not as attractive, at least from what little I've seen from the RPs passing through.

Starting from scratch and building up is the basis of literally any game. Just look at how far Machinauts got.

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I guess I might change my vote. The Arena idea DOES seem entertaining, but how exactly would we determine the outcome of a PvP fight? To each his own, but I didn't really like the Machinauts system of doing so. Can't remember who said it, but it was stated earlier that the lack of required input by the player in that RP doesn't give them much incentive to play. That's kind of the opposite of what we want here.

Alright, so, arena...for you Naruto fans, what if we ran it sort of like the Chunin exams? Random picks, an a moderator who decides when a battle is won. A simple dice roll could decide whether you will attack, miss, or be able to land a finisher. Moderator can call a match, but the call can be vetoed by a vote by the rp'ers. If that's a good idea, then I can write and post the intro tonight.

Probably true. Also, a subsequent dice roll can decide dodge, block, counter or hit. If I gm it, I do have a dice app, and can manage this rp pretty well considering I'm now on summer break.

Alright, so no dice. I guess I can draft the intro, set up apps, and we can hash out the details later. Just give me a couple hours.