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Oh 4chan, why you so silly?

4chan

You answered your own question WITHIN your question! 4chan.. that's why!

For some reason I just want to try crocodile meat..... Dunno.. I just picture it tasting interesting 8D

New question!

Digimon or Pokemon?!

Don't worry, Arkail! I like your jokes! Keep em coming!

I did not mean it like that, I'm not quite a kid you see. I have more things to worry about than most "normal" people does. Don't talk like you know me if you don't, please

Edit: Damn modify button is where quote used to be! >.>

I was talking about myself, and how I'm a kiddo who doesn't need to worry about that shit. So yeah, don't talk like you know me if you don't, please! ^^

Now now, children... Don't make me turn this car around, K? C:

[Present]

Present
A soft, cool evening breeze rushes over the Northern Barren’s soil as Rimeweaver leans against a pile of crates. The spot he occupied is one he’s sat at before. A small secluded tented structure just outside of The Crossroads. Ignoring the orders both he and Steelheart gave the tribe not even fifteen minutes ago “Don’t venture from The Crossroads alone”, though he couldn’t care less. No Imp nor Elf was stupid enough to get this close to The Crossroads. Even if anyone attempted anything, he was in shouting range. Guards would swarm the structure in a heartbeat. Besides, a random Night Elf filled with bloodlust or an imp that couldn’t even hit the broad side of a barn were the least of his concerns. There was enough on his mind already. First there is Kogra and their pup on his mind. A little Rimeweaver-Windwatcher flailing around in this realm, with the she-orc of his dreams. Second there is the Nag’Ogar in training of which Gridish is doubting. “The first trainee to fail a Nag’Ogar task” he thought to himself and sighed. What was troubling him even more was the fact that Gridish gave the trainee another chance. Perhaps the Orc can get his crap together and become Nag’Ogar material, though Gridish was even doubting that. Gridish let out another sigh and reached for the bookpouch that’s attached to his belt. It’s empty. The third and final thing on Gridish’ mind. It was the reason why Gridish was in this secluded spot after all.

Two months ago
It was a cold afternoon in the Grizzly Hills and the Tribe had arrived in Conquest Hold the previous evening. Gridish was standing outside the walls of the hold with Lofty. “The attitude ye’ve shown durin’ the crash in Storm Peaks… The crap ye pulled, leavin’ not only me, but the â€"entire- tribe in an even worse situation… The way ye hurt Kogra-.. Unacceptable. The time where I actually needed ye by my side, and ye were bein’ yer disrespectful and unhelpful self. I am disgusted, Lofty… Absolutely disgusted.” The Orc sighs as the tome silently hovers in front of Gridish. A brief silence arose between the two. Just the wild life of the Grizzly Hills echoing faintly. “I already said I was sorry-.. Like-… A million times-….” Lofty said as he broke the silence. Gridish Exhaled deeply while staring at Lofty “It’s a never endin’ cycle, Lofty… Ye keep on pullin’ the same crap, time in and time out… And all ye have to show for it is an apology. One day ye’ll simply get yerself killed. I won’t be able to protect ye forever”. Both the tome and the Orc fell silent again. The wildlife of the Hills started echoing faintly once again. “I have made some arrangements, Lofty.” Gridish said. “Ye’ll be travelin’ with an old friend until things simmer down-… Until ye can simmer down. It’s for yer own safety… Like I said, I can’t protect ye forever”. Lofty tried to interrupt Gridish, but Gridish shook his head. “Take this time to think things over, to think about what you’ve done. Ye’ll be picked up later tonight. Don’t worry though. This isn’t farewell. It’s merely a goodbye.”

Present
“Hello Gridish, it has been a while.” A familiar voice broke the silence of the Barrens and Gridish looked up to find the caring face of his old teacher. Gridish slowly got to his feet to greet his old mentor. Gridish must have been lost in thought as he didn’t see or hear him coming. “Mok’ra old friend. It has been too lon’” Gridish said as if he was ashamed of the fact. Since the start of the hunt for the Dwarven Warband in Grizzly Hills, Gridish had not had any contact with his former mentor. It isn’t that Gridish didn’t want to. He had simply been occupied with Tribe matters, but his mentor understood that all too well. “So my friend, what is on your mind?” Gridish’ tutor asked Gridish. “Well..” the orc started, “I would like to hear how Lofty is doing. It’s been a while since I’ve heard about him last..” The Orc paused and sighed. “..And you were curious how your friend is doing and if he’s mad at you?” the Orc’s tutor followed up where Gridish left off. Gridish nodded slowly as a confirmation. “Well-… At first.. Lofty was Lofty. He was mad at the world because he felt mistreated.” Both Gridish’ old mentor and Gridish himself rolled their eyes simultaneously before his tutor continued “but not long into his trip away he realized and understood why you did what you did. It wasn’t as much to punish him. It was more about saving Lofty. Giving him time to think… and that is exactly what he’s been doing. He’s starting to control his temper. He watches what he says and he’s actually listening.” Gridish blinked and looked at his mentor “Are we still talkin’ about the same tome?” Both Gridish and his tutor chuckled. “He’ll need a little longer before he’s ready to return.” His tutor continued “He’s on the right path… Do you have any time where you’d like him to return?” Gridish nodded slowly as he thought to himself. “I think I have an idea, aye.” The two discussed the details, wrapped up their conversation and parted ways.

Logging for Supplies (03/01/2016):

The pack traveled to Blue Sky Logging Grounds to see if anyone had any intel on the Dwarven Warband, but once they arrived there, they noticed two dead bodies. Before they could react they were abushed by two Dwarves. The pack was too late and the raid on Blue Sky Logging Grounds had already started. They took care of the Dwarves and continued sweeping through the grounds. Once a full sweep was complete, the pack had taken one Dwarven prisoner. The remainder died or escaped.

* A note has been pinned onto the Poster Board*

" A notice to all tribe members. Due to recent intel we've learned of the whereabouts of the Dwarven Warband. In regards to this intel, the Tribe will be moving to Camp Oneqwah to position the Tribe closer to the battlefield on Tuesday the 5th. Make sure your stuff is packed and you are ready to head out at half past the 20th horn ((8:30PM)) in Conquest Hold.

Strength and Honour,

- Rrosh'tul Rimeweaver."

[Venturing in the Deep (29/12/2015):]

Ladies and Orclemen. This is a topic that has been requested a few times in the feedback thread and I was planning on testing it out in the Storm Peaks plot, but I may or may not forgot to do it at the time, so here we go! This is a thread that will show up during plots and will give a brief update on what has happened during plot events. This is for the people that had to miss out on an event for what ever reason! This will be the thread for the Dwarven Warband plot. Once we've finished this plot and move on to the next plot, we'll start with a new thread!

If you have any pointers on how this could be done better, please leave your feedback in the feedback thread and we'll take a close look. Now without further ado, here we go!


Venturing in the Deep (29/12/2015):
Rrosh'tul Gridish Rimeweaver took the pack out to investigate an assault that occured in Venture Bay mere hours ago by the Dwarven Warband in an attempt to find clues on the warband's whereabouts. Once they arrived, they found an Orc warrior by the name of Colonel Sanders. He informed the pack on the assault that had taken place and the pack set out to find clues. There were two storage buildings that were plundered. These were the main objectives of the pack as well.

In the first storage building they found all the crates plundered of their content. They also found some (possible) clues:
- A half eaten sandwich.
- An empty flask that had the smell of a strong alcoholic substance.
- A small stone relic (One you could make a necklace of.)
- Muddy footprints.

In the second storage building they found the following:
- A poorly madeshift mallet.
- A dead rat.
- An empty flask.
- Handmade bullets for a riflle.
- Muddy footprints.

In the attic of the second storage building, they found three Dwarves. A fight took place and the Dwarves escaped. They dropped a map in the process. The map can be found in the spoilers!

Spoiler: show

One of the Dwarves was severely wounded and left a trail of blood behind. The pack persued the trail of blood and footprints left by the fleeing Dwarves. On their way out of the bay, they found Colonel Sanders dead on the side of the road. The trail of blood ended by small abandoned ruins. One of the Dwarves was found dead by the ruins. A trail of footprints was left behind by the two remaining Dwarves. The pack followed the footprints to a small encampment where they found a Troll, an Orc and a Human, all murdered. There was no trace of the Dwarves.

Hello Kel'drak and welcome to the forums! I read through your application and I'm quite pleased with what I read. With that said, it's time to move on to your IC interview! The goal of the IC interview is for your character to establish contact with the tribe's members. Here is a list of orcs you can do your IC interview with: http://orcsoftheredblade.com/forum/index.php?topic=2440.0 Just nudge any of these people and if they have time they'll be happy to help you!
The Tribe is staying in Conquest Hold in Grizzly Hills at the moment, so pop on by for some RP! . I'll also invite you to the coming events in case you are interested, so keep an eye out for those on your calendar! Our event nights are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Strength and Honour,

- Rrosh'tul Gridish Rimeweaver

Interviewed and accepted by me.

[The Plot]

Hey everyone. I read through the feedback that has been posted so far and I would like to touch on a few things that have been mentioned so far. Before I do though, I'd like everyone to know that I -personally- asked for the feedback on the plot as it's my first one and I simply want to improve. I'm one of those people that steps up to a teacher after receiving a grade for a report and ask them: Why isn't this an A+? And if they give me the:"Oh.. no report is perfect." then I turn around and tell them: "Well, based on this report, what is not perfect on it." and I don't leave until I get my feedback. I'm a strong believer in learning from mistakes, so in no way am I trying to shoot down any feedback in this thread. I'm simply acknowledging it from my point of view and will take everything that has been posted into concideration for the next plot.

I'll be picking out some feedback that most people seemed to agree on and I'll be taking it from the root (Sorry Maka, you're the first to post, so you'll be quoted a lot.. Much bueno for your feedback <3). Anyways.. let's get started:

The Plot: I think the plot had great potential. I loved the survival aspects and the maddening whispers in the area referencing that a certain something wasn't entirely defeated as was first thought back in WOTLK. I loved the environmental updates and I loved the general theme of the place and not knowing where we are. I disliked that some folks acted like they knew where we were - But that's out of our hands, and its down to those individuals to have a suspension of disbelief and go along with the plot otherwise it ruins things. I could genuinely have had a survival plot as we made out way out of Storm Peaks, with the whispers as an undertone and scene setting in the background as simply another thing to escape from (We've barely any gear, food is limited and we're all struggling to sleep as it is.) Before we found civilization and then went on to find this Dwarf warband and take them out for good.

Heres what I don't like: Why on earth are we so driven to take out the source of these whispers when it's clear that the further away we are - We wont hear them. We're struggling for food and supplies. We're overtired, struggling to sleep and frankly in some of the worst conditions we will ever face and we're delving into Ulduar and the surrounding areas to stamp out whatever source is offering these whispers, which in real terms is going to be a being of some formidable power if im perfectly honest. It makes such little sense for a Tribe that I consider to be quite logical in it's actions. We could move out, get our bearings. Find some maps from a nearby town in Grizzly/Howling Fjord or get some local intel. Recharge up and then head back in for the final confrontation; Yet we're needlessly I feel trying to struggle against a foe we could easily come back to and take out when we're in a better place. It feels strange, and Makaroth shared the same view; We never heard any whispers before we got here why don't we just leave instead of taking the fight when the odds are stacked against us?

During the plot itself, I agree that it started feeling illogical when it came to decision making from an IC point of view. It is also why I decided to change the plot up slightly as we went along. To answer a particular question that you shared here: We never heard any whispers before we got here why don't we just leave instead of taking the fight when the odds are stacked against us?. Gridish is not used to making -the decisions for the tribe.. That's usually the Chieftain's job. He's a Rrosh'tul and his mindset is:"Mess this threat up before it becomes a larger threat."  Through out the campaign Gridish has actually spoken to several characters personally asking for advice and even though they didn't agree with his decisions, they did understand and they would follow those decisions. Of course I'm well aware that it probably had to do with the OOC thought of: It's part of the plot, so I have no choice.... but at the same time, looking from an IC point of view, if Gridish receives these types of "backup", he'd persue with what -he- thinks is the right thing to do.

Does this set Gridish up to being reckless and not a good leader? Yes.. Would I want it any different: Sure, but the option simply isn't there as the plot has played out. It's never stopped people from following Sadok into ludacris plans before and neither has it with Rarg. Mainly this all above is an excuse for IC reasoning. I do agree with you on the OOC point of view though. The plot felt very disconjointed and I do apologize for that. Hopefully my next plot will have a better flow. I certainly will be working on it.

As for Skidderbeard; I could go on about how we could have jumped on the Goblin when he said we were going to fly into a storm; But we needed a way to crash the zeppelin, so I can suspend disbelief for that one - I can't think how the Tribe would ever trust the character again though.

As Krogon stated, though not absolutely correct may I add, is that this is a "mechanic" I used to use for singular events. The reason I've let him come back in the plot is because the times that he -has- been used is because it actually is the most logical situation to use him. Also, as Gridish has stated, the Goblin is a member of the Horde, no matter how much people like him or dislike him. It would simply be a bad idea for the tribe to harm the goblin, no matter how his IQ resembles that of a braindead chimp. My apologies if you don't like the character, but it is the way how I have always done events and this time I tried to pull it into an entire plot. It doesn't necesarely have to be a returning factor ( The use of NPC's, not necesarely Skidderbeard) but it could very well be a returning factor at a given point in time. If it's your personal disliking for the character in particular, then I apologize for that. If it's the mechanic that you don't like, then I also apologize but then I'd also like to ask you if you have any replacement ideas for this mechanic.

Ideas: I realize this isn't for everyone - But I love PvE roll emote battles. I'd love to see more, but I know that there are some horrible memories of hours and hours of rolling battles floating around, plus I know there's a large consensus that doesn't like roll battles in PvE situations. I'd personally love to implement full detailed character sheets for us to fill out, DnD style with lots of different customization options; Again I fear i'm probably dreaming here - But i'd happily help create such a thing if it came to fruition.

This type of DM'ing hasn't really had too big of a place in this plot and it won't be for the final event either... Though don't worry. I do plan on having roll events in the (near) future. Soon(TM) As for the DnD style character sheets... It has been discussed before and what I could gather from it is that it's a -lot- of work. As for the work we're doing right now already is rather time consuming. If I am wrong on how much time it'll actually take to create and implement, do let me know... but I know it has been discussed in the past and hasn't been implemented for good reasons x].

Don't use bloodied blades though, golly.

I wasn't planning on it my dear Karak <3

As for all the feedback that has been given so far, I will be taking this to the OOC officer meeting that is tomorrow night so we as the officers can review the feedback and perhaps they'll have a few pointers of their own for me as well. Thank you all for the feedback so far. If there is anything else you would like to share or anyone else that would like to put their feedback up... Tomorrow isn't a deadline because as I said, I'm here to learn and to #getgud at giving you lot a great time.

Hey there! Thanks for the reply! Sorry for my inactivity, my college work combined with my job around Christmas time make for a very busy schedule, so I haven't had time to do much. I haven't been able to catch Gridish at all when I have been online though, are you sure that's the right name? Or is it more likely I'm simply not on when he is on and vice versa?
Thanks again!

Hello Urganosh,

As you, I've been also juggling between work, college, event planning and homework, so it is quite possible you haven't seen me online. The name is correct however. As for the schedule. On the 8th(This Tuesday) we'll be traveling to K3 (Storm Peaks). This is probably the best moment for you to join up with us. If you can't on that date however, then have no fear. We'll be there until the 13th, to which we'll travel to Conquest Hold (Grizzly Hills).

I'm sorry that you've been missing me and hope to see you soon.

- Rrosh'tul Gridish Rimeweaver.

[To start things off:]

Ladies and orclemen,

With the Storm Peaks part of the plot coming to an end, there are some questions the officer team has for you!
To start things off: How are you guys enjoying the plot/how did you enjoy the plot? Was it still too fast? Was it on a nice pace? Is this "2 plotnights a week, 1 filler night a week" a good formula? Were the events satisfying and were they performed well, or do you feel that something can be done better next time?

Secondly: What's next? Well... We this is actually a legit question directed to you guys because it is quite simple; We came to Northrend to fight off this Dwarven warband. Instead, because of Captain Skidderbeard's -amazing- piloting skills, we overshot our target, crashlanded in Storm Peaks and have come across some insane-making whispers. So the entire idea behind the 'original' plotline isn't done just yet! However... We won't be starting off the next plotline imidietly. As people have suggested in the feedback thread, it isn't that realistic to jump from plot to plot. They want to see larger rest periods between plots and I fully agree with that. Another thing that is in the way are Christmas and New Years. Therefor, it is a given that we'll be taking a couple weeks off from any plot ( DOn't worry... there will be events.... Some... Maybe-....) It is also a given that during the holidays, people are out and about being busy doing christmassy stuff. Therefor activity might be a tad low. This time off can be taken on a few locations and we as the officer team would like to get your input on this.
So here are the suggestions:
- We stay on Conquest Hold during the Christmas/New Years 'break'. It might be rather quiet in camp due to festive times. There might not be a whole lot RP going on BUT once this break is over, we can delve into the next part of the plot which will take us through Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjords.
- We  go to Razor Hill, near a major RP hub making it less likely for times to be quiet in RP. Once the break time is over, we can find a way to transition back to Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjords -if- people are still interested in this part of the plotline.
- We head to the 4 day "Wonderfaire Veil" from the 20th to the 23rd. There will certainly be RP. After that we can head to a major RP hub and sit out the remainder festive period. Once the break time is over, we can find a way to transition back to Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjords -if- people are still interested in this part of the plotline.

Lastly: Do you have any ideas? If it concerns any plot ideas, event ideas, chocolate fondue recipe ideas or anything else, let us know in this thread!

To make sure our members have as much fun as possible, we'd like as many people as possible to read through this and give their 10 cents on the situation. This way we can improve in the future and have a great time set up for you in the new year!

Strength and Honour!

- Rrosh'tul Rimeweaver.

It's been great meeting you, Akesha. It's a shame to see you leave, but it's understandable. May life treat you well along the road.

weather forecast for wednesday(2/12) and thursday(3/12) have been added to the thread.