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This entire website suddenly becomes an MMORPG
Quick /v/ what are it's:
>Factions
>Classes
faggot class-makes this thread and all others I personally don't like.
>Shitposter - Ranged class
>Mods are basically raid bosses
>Snacks is an endboss and has his own raid
>Moot is the ruler of all everythhing
>Every single board is its own area or continent
>Factions consists of newfags, originalfags, oldfags and cancerfags
Just something I made up in a minute, take it with a grain of salt
Wouldn't each board be a faction?
Classes would vary based off each board'smemes.
>>315563519
>4chan online
As opposed to the offline 4chan?
>>315563903
>reddit is the final boss
>>315563519
>Factions
The Weebs:
/jp/
/a/
The Cheeki:
/k/
/pol/
/int/
The Neets
/v/
/tg/
/vr/
>Classes:
Meme-masters
Chads
fucboi's
Moot
>>315564073
>/tg/
>NEET
good joke
>>315564058
>giving leddit that much credit
shitposting lvls?
I would assume the boards are the factions.
>>315563519
>4Chan online
>Capital C
>>315563903
>expansions feature new raids in new areas
>gaia
>ebaums
>newgrounds
>SA
>>315564058
Reddit should not be included in a 4chan game in any shape, way or form.Maybe as a satire in the form of an easter egg or extremely useless creatures in the very corner of r9k landNot even r9k deserve such treatment to be honest.
>Boards are factions
>Dubs and trips are pickups that buff you accordingly
>Raids are called threads and must be closed
>If time runs out, threads 404 and you must start new ones
>Tank: neckbeard
>Ranged dps: shitposter
>Melee dps: nigger
>Healer: kek
>Bosses: tumblrinas, Todd, DSP, FBI, whiteknights, bronies, furries, EA, Bethesda
>Loots vary from the common 1 ban privilege to 4chan gold account. Legendaries include CP.
>4C
back to rebbit, newfag
>>315563903
who's moot?
>>315564741I wish I could have old /r9k/ back.
>>315564786
>minions, ads or trash mobs are memes
>moot is to be a summonable raidcooldown
>Banhammer is an extremely hard to obtain legendary item
>>315565074
>who's moot
Quite frankly, I thought people would ask whoSnackswas.
>>315565074
>>315565295
It's a shitty forced meme where the person pretends they don't know who moot is, actingI hopelike a newfag. Ignore it.
>>315564073
Where's
/g/
/sci/
Surely a geek tier
Final boss is a cat abuser
>>315565074
ur mom
>>315565295
Who the fuck is snacks? Not even trolling.
I would be an enemy, not a character.
Hopefully a boss.
What would the /r9k/ and /s4s/ levels be?
>>315564073
>Neets
>r9k isn't there
>try out the Porn Crop Poster
>causes Thread Derail half the time and gives a Butthurt Bonus against Anti-Weebs
>but at the same time Ban Chance increases 150%
>find out gaining the Lolicon skill doubles it
>find out gaining the Furry skill triples it
>rolling a Kemololi Cropposter makes Thread Derails instant, Butthurt Bonuses against half the classes, and a 600% increased Ban Chance
Holy shit more games need high-risk gameplay like this. I've even heard there's a rare "Guro" class that mixing it would pretty much make blue boards Heaven or Hell mode.
>>315565538
fuck off tripfag
>>315564741
Why shouldn't reddit be included? 4chan gets half of their users and 2/3 of their memes from reddit nowadays, it's only fair.
>>315565295
>>315565296
It's a meem you dip
>>315565074
famous user of rebbit
>>315565538
Fuck off you dumb nigger.
>>315565538
Your character is shit and you're shit.
>ooooh, a blonde anime maid. I'm so original :---DDDDD
>4chan online
Let me tell you how exactly that would work, if were talking a big mmo the likes of WoW or something similar.
>Each board will have their own class and massive home hub.
>The game will be hugely PvP insanity, and will be boards trying to get territory based on strategy and abilities as well as numbers.
>Territories will grant more power to anons and give benefits, kinda like Risk.
>The game will last until one board wins against all of them. Meaning, all the other boards are dead and there is only one left still alive, or not taken over.
>No need for permadeath, just taking over territories and overwhelming force.
>Alliances will be nessecary to tip the scales on boards that have more territory than others.
>A very hardcore strategy and skill from anon game.
That is what I envision. Each Board Hub will have specific stuff catered to their culture.
>>315565538
autism
>>315565642
>anti-weebs
Normalfags versus weebs should be that faction users can always join on either side in every board (except which?) and gain some rewards if the faction they're fighting for wins in a fight.
>>315563519
>playing this janky piece of crap
>not the superior Koth online
>not even EEnE online
Poor taste. The community has its moments though.
>>315563519
/m/ and /tg/ alliance when
>>315564073
This is pretty good
Also
>hiroyuki is the main endgame boss
>moot and snacks are secret bosses
Also I can see poster types being somewhat reminiscent of the trinity of MMOs or whatsitcalled
>shitposter - DPS role the most common among the playerbase
includes the following classes:
Cancerfag: pure shitposter class. Known for posting cookie-cutter replies fast and aggressively, often in a way mich unrelated to the topic. Cancerfags love abusing trite memes, especially in out of context situations.
The role of a cancerfag revolves around dealing many instances of damage as fast as possible. Cancerfags' DPS potenital doesn't much depend on the traits of his opponent and doesn't need much buildup, making it the most well-rounded and less ally-relying DPS class.
"baka desu senpai", xd spammers, fedora posters, NORMIES GET OUT posters... all examples of cancerfags
Instigator: specialized DPS class. Instigators know the controversies within a board in every moment of time, their dworn task is to make sure they arise in the most violentm inconsinstent and inconclusive way as possible. Instigators will starts threads about topics they know little to nothing about only to spark conflicts between opposing parties.
Given their need to investigate and be in contact with the inner grudges of a board, instigators need buildup and planning before launching their attacks. They specialize in situational attacks and dealing large instances of damage when the time is right.
NEVER EVER/console war posters, internet "celebrity" posters, "x is shit" posters are examples of instigators
>troll - tank role, somewhat less popular. Known for being handled to a decent level only by a minority of players
>constructive poster - healing role, the hardest to find given the scarce amout of players who undergo this rule
I'd stay and fo full autist with the classes but I'm bored to death. However, the possibilities are limitless:
>blogposters
>avatarfags
>tripfags
cont.
>>315563903
>Moot is ruler
>Not having Moot in an xpac
>>315566098
I'm guessing no one liked this idea.
>>315568054
>fully spec'd in autism
>>315568054
>clinical conrarians
>fuckwits that use greentext for sarcasm
>weebs
>anti-weebs
>normies
>memeposters
>depression/"tfw" posters
>condescending fucks i.e. "you're literally retarded"
>gore/fuel fetish posters
>newfags
>saucefags
and the list could go on. You guys are making me realize 4chan has some Divina Commedia levels of variety when it comes to ways of being irredeemable filth
>>315565651
bruh
Fuck you, these are the factions, anything else is wrong:
Weebs:
/a/
/jp/
/c/
The Politically Incorrect:
/pol/
/int/
/k/
The Meme Spouters:
/r9k/
/tv/
/sp/
The Tumblerers:
/co/
/aco/
/u/
Major Neutral Powers (not on the same side):
/lit/
/mu/
/x/
/tg/
/g/
/sci/
The Cancerlands:
/b/
/mlp/
/v/
>>315565296
>>315565432
>hurr durr he doesn't know about that obscure meme character
>muh sekrit club
>>315569820
>doesn't include /d/ as a faction
>>315569820
>cancerlands
I ship it.
>>315570063
Porn Lords (DLC):
/d/
/e/
/h/
>>315570250
perfect
>>315570431
>>315570431
Are you trying to trigger somebody here?
What would the currency be? Gets?
>>315570431
I came
>>315570607
internets, newfag.
>>315564142
desu they're idorts
I cannot justify putting a paycheck into MTG or WH40k no matter how much I enjoy it
>>315565651
what's wrong with steak anon
Classes:
Shitposter- (Magic DPS)
Serious Discussioner- (Melee DPS)
Thin Skinner- (Range DPS)
Tripfag- (Healer)
Lurker- Tief
Rager/Arguer- (Tank)
>4chan Onlineby Nexon
Would you still play it?
>>315570918
*(Thief)
>>315565651
>>315570913
>Well-done
>Ketchup
>Chili powder
It's like steak for people who don't actually like steaks. That shit is the fucking appstore game of steaks.
>>315570607
Lulz
>>315570250
/h/
/e/
/a/ (remember sadpanda threads are practically a general)
/d/
>>315571152
/a/ is part of the weeb faction tho
>>315563903
>Moot
We Hiroshima Nagasaki now
>>315571196
Is that supposed to be shocking?
What a stupid image.
>>315571196
I clicked it
Craftables:
Copypasta
Original Content
Shoops
Forced Memes
You'd obviously need levels in some crafting skills to make things. Some craftables would also require specific items such as MS Paint.
Gore.
Thanks attempting to derail this thread.
Now I'd be quite happy if mods banned you for three days or so.
>>315565445
Lurk the /f/ archive
>>315571259
so?
also /tg/ fits in with the Tumblerers
What would be permaban worthy?
I nominate Yotsuba related scumbaggery.
I made up a map of /v/ awhile ago during a pirate thread.
It can be a island added in a patch or something. I dunno, stake your claim /v/irgins and become the shitposters of legend (or dont).
>>315571738
I've lurked /f/ and I've seen the character but I have no clue to this day what it's relevance is to 4chan. I guess I could just look it up but I thought someone in this thread would have better insight than some ED article.
>>315572127
>not sovereign government of PKeks
>Not Democratic Republic of Xdrones
>>315565456
>>315565718
>>315570015
Pretending to be a retard: The post
don't deny that you're new here you fucking faggot, let me see your asshole you fuccboi
>>315564058
>Reddit is final boss of main storyline that ends on decent terms but with a lot of plot threads unaddressed, leaving the victory feel hollow
>Post-game involves going after the ancient ones aligned with the source of all evil, Gaia Online
>>315565651
>anything wrong with well done steaks
I want this meme to end
>>315572958
>I never got out of sonyfagalia
>>315566243
>not being a weeb faggot makes you a normie
ayyyyyyyyyyy
>>315571583
dont forget rare pepes
What about boards like /po/, /ic/, and /gd/?
What would 4chanX be? Archives? Will images be magic with text being melee, or something?
>>315574745
Images, gifs and webms are all magic (what would webms with sound be?).
4chanX could be a sort of armor or modifier or something, and /int/ scripts too.
>>315575067
I just had an idea.
Australians are the best at texting (melee/shitposting) but the worst at magic (thanks to slow as fuck internet speeds).
>>315575067
Then copypastas are ancient melee techniques passed through the generations, CP is forbidden dark magic that can destroy the world if misused, usual porn is some weird kind of magic that only works in half the lands...
Image folders are spellbooks. They need to be neatly organised, so that the mage is able to recall his spell when he needs it.
>>315575553
Oh, also, creating a new thread can only be done with magic, so that will threads be? Will they be raids as people before said?
Archives could be the spirit world, where the history of everything is kept, with every land having its own afterlife too. However, not every moment can be recalled for some reason. Some are merely the stuff of legends, except when someone specifically made a magic item (screencap) keeping its memory alive.
>>315575553
>They need to be neatly organised, so that the mage is able to recall his spell when he needs it
>Accidentally save images in one folder
>Have no idea what's what
>The image names are just strings of numbers
>Casting random shit
>>315576062
>small percent chance to have your spell swapped with anyone else in the world
>Critcal hits are dubs, trips, quads, and other gets
>>315563519
>Every board is a faction, but other than sometimes raiding other boards they usually end up fighting each other, membership allows player to claim knowledge about board topic in threads elsewhere, i.e. /k/ member can lecture others how guns actually work, /mu/ can tell people their tastes in music are shit, etc.
>Areas are: Japanese Culture, Interests, Creative, Other, Misc., Adult. Text boards are unused areas still present in code and can be glitched into. /5/ is a rumored area no one can actually find.
>Classes are: normie, trap, red-pilled, basement-dweller, NEET, weeb, kawaii grill.
>attacks are: reddit, shitpost, >greentext, reaction image, call him a faggot, >implying, accusations of cancer.
>Worksafe boards are PvE areas, but the game is so badly made and moderation so ineffective players regularly find exploits and glitches to attack other players.
>Archives are dungeons
>Levels are Cancer, Newfag, oldfag. However, levelling doesn't seem to make that much of a difference in power level.
>Bonuses and penalties are: Told, Autism, Edgy, Trolled, BTFO,
>Pepes are in-game currency
>Copypasta are spell tomes.
>Threads are basic form of combat, exp. determined by how many replies your posts get, images are dropped items.
>FTP but P2W because of 4chan pass.
>Board styles are DLC.
>>315565651
>I like to eat raw meat! Am I cool yet! HuH?!!!
>I do it just because I was told that it's the correct way to eat!
>AM I COOL YET??!?!
This is like buying a chicken and then undercooking it while pretending to be sophisticated. Just because you chose to ruin the meat doesn't mean it's suddenly a delicacy. It's just undercooked meat.
Like feeling superior for drinking bottle water instead of tap water.
does old /g/ get a faction? or maybe just a class
What kind of shape does the map look like?
Is it a clover?
Is it a bait fish?
Is it a sad frog or feels man?
Is it a moot heart?
Is it areddit alien?
>>315577884
We could put in all the deleted boards as ancient horrors from the past.
Or prestige classes. Whatever.
>Ruggarell Class
Is there any class that's more pathetic?
>>315563903
Someone could make this into an RPG maker game at the very least
>>315578127
Nah, put them in the Halloween event
>>315563519
Regardless of the graphical design, Tile Fetish Guy should be a boss and his lair should be an isometric grid
>>315578127
>denizens of ancient deleted boards
>extreme minmax classes
>niche overpowered abilities
>significant debuffs/handicaps
>/oldg/
>immunity to and gains vigor from guro magic
>bonus to guro magic damage
>unable to participate in territorial gains, or doesn't observe territory rules/benefits
I don't fucking know
Factions: anonymous
Classes: faggot
You can try to level up and change classes but by doing anything you increase faggot gains. Also you can change faction to tripfag but that just gives your faggot class a cosmetic glow.
>>315565074
Some tripfag. Just ignore her.
>>315565538
Hold up, I've seen a lot of your posts lately. Not to say you are or aren't cancer but are you a thing in more than just Mabi?
These threads really make me miss Dragon Slayer Raids.
I wish ID's would come back.
Factions would probably be
Normal boards
/tg/, /k/, /d/, /gif/wsg/, /co/, /mu/, /m/, etc.
Vidya boards
/v/, /vr/, /vg/, /vp/, etc. Maybe add /tg/, /g/, and whatever technology/games boards.
Shitposter boards
/s4s/, /r9k/, /b/, /tv/, /mlp/, etc.
Classes are your usual RPG classes, but with 4chan names. Maybe each faction has a few unique ones.
>>315579058
Forgot porn boards and animu boards.
>>315563519
Name/Tripfags are minibosses
>>315578219
cancer
>>315579058
>/d/
>normal
>>315565074
The founder of 9GAG
>>315579058
>[s4s] teaming up with /r9k/ and /b/
>>315579058
it should be western vs. eastern, and neutral.
western is cartoon boards and vidya boards
eastern is of course the weaboo boards
and neutral is everywhere else
the size of the territories should be equal to the average number of posters for each board
>>315563519
>Classes
Shil
Shitposter
Newfag
Oldfag
Cancerfag
>Factions
Each board cluster
>>315579058
>/v/
>not shitposter board
tell me how shit it is and how to change it / add to it
>>315581082
Make a tiny little island called Moot/Hiro something or other in the center as some sort of hub and move the center islands somewhere else.
That, and add maybe a few more side islands for the other boards.
>>315581082
Complete shit/10.
The old, really slow creative boards like /po/, /ic/, /3/ and any others (/f/?) should be their own deserted, barren semi-mythical area maybe.
>Faction
/d/
>Class
off topic lewd image dumper
>Race
neckbeard
>>315581082
Put a place for the containment boards with a fitting name and appearance
>>315569820
Forgot /m/ on Weebs.
Why are we focusing on specific classes? Why not have various skill branches for:
> Shitposting
> Memes
> Reaction Images
> Attention Whoring / Name/Tripfagging
> Drawfagging
> Writefagging
> Storytiming
> Constructive Discussion
> Rage
And allow the player to pick a "home" board affiliation, that gives them certain perks and extra abilities (/co/ grants bonus points in storytiming, /soc/ in attention whoring, /ic/ in rage and drawfagging)?
>>315563903
>snacks
I miss him ;_;
>>315581441
done and I will once they get named
>>315581551
I'm not sure what to make the island look like
>>315582086
done
>>315583639
put [s4s] on the very bottom right
>>315583639
/mlp/ doens't deserve to be that big.
>>315583639
Maybe make /mlp/-island smaller, and shaped like a cartoony turd.
>>315583639
Maybe not its own island, but an area on another island.
>Australia is /mlp/
kek.
>>315583639
why the fuck is /mlp/ australia
How much EXP do you guys have?
>>315583815
>>315583802
Isn't it shaped like Australia now?
I think that's the joke.
>>315583802
>>315583815
I think he meant for it to look like Australia, as a jab against Aussies. But I could be wrong.
>>315564271
>giving leddit that much creddit
fixed
>>315583943
I regret clearing my browser regularly now
>>315583943
How do I see my powerlevel?
>>315577884Where is this and other pics like it nowadays? It doesn't seem to be under quadruple_amputee anymore on Gelbooru.
>>315583943
I live in a dorm, so I make sure to clear my shit every few days.
>>315583746
put it in the top right to be closer to /b/
>>315583802
>>315583815
It's Australia
What other boards should make residence there?
>>315583897
this works for now
>>315585078
You just need to add New Zealand and put /mlp/ there.
Horsefuckers and sheepfuckers are basically the same thing.
>>315585078
>[s4s]
>close to a rude board like /b/
>>315584410look for the artist waio, sadpanda has some good collections
>>315585556
...not in the right place but fuck it
auto posted while i was uploading
>>315585556
wait wait wait wait wait
>/guro/
>same island as /fur/
alright I'm offended but it's logical, there's no furry board so it's relegated to /b/ but homeless, just like guro... loli might as well be there, too, so I can fap to 2/3 things on that island
>>315585556
Is /fit/ supposed to be a bicep? It looks like one.
>>315586375
forgot about loli actually
>>315586745
I am not good at drawing
>>315586845
>THREE boards all confined to that small space
That island would be anarchy.
>>315586845
Add /out/,
Make it almost invisible on the world map, and place it in some godforsaken corner away from everything else. In the real game, you're really going to have to navigate miles of ocean to find it.
>>315586845
So, /loli/, /fur/ and /guro/ are kinda like Japan before Commodore Perry? Foreign lands, closed off and isolated, some due to being too good for mortal people, some for the opposite reasons. With only an occasional traveler from them seen in other lands and quickly persecuted due to their weird customs.
>>315587131
for the most part they're dead so there'd probably just be skellies there
>>315587148
done
>>315587289
I hope they get along
What should I do for the normie faction/continent?
>>315587782
whoops forgot to attach image
>>315588067
> /out/ bigger than /mu/
I guess if you really think about it, it does kind of make sense.
Those blokes probably like having a lot of space to themselves. A lot of roaming room where the average distance between two campsites is tens of miles.
>>315576524
Dubs are 2* damage
Trips are 3*
Quads are 4*
GETS are coup de grace insta kills.
There will be a tournament of INT vs STR vs DEX
we have to share our home with /vg/?
ugh
>>315589051
Luck always wins
>>315588329
haha y-yeah that was what I intended
>>315589201
I haven't added any mountains or other terrain yet
Trying to split up the continents a little more, what boards would make good alliances?
>>315589201
At least we get /tg/ and /vr/. Those guys are pretty chill.
>>315576916
Posting from my phone at work debuff.
Causes players to misquote.
>>315588865
>>315589591
From my knowledge:
/fit/ and /mlp/ are surprisingly ok with each other.
/pol/ and /co/ fucking hate each other. Same with /v/ and /co/, but /v/ sometimes doesn't put up with /pol/'s shit.
/ck/ and /co/ interact sometimes.
/ic/ doesn't care about anyone else, except for either wasting time shitposting or just gitting gud.
/wg/ is accommodating for pretty much anyone, being an image dumping ground and all.
>>315589737
>>315589591
Wait, where is /tg/? I don't think it's there.
>>315590192
>/fit/ and /mlp/ are surprisingly ok with each other.
/d/ NTR'd /tg/ with /mlp/
but /mlp/ NTR'd /s4s/ while doing so.
>>315590192
added /ck/ and /wg/ in appropriate places
Moved Hiro and moot to isolated/endgame/easter egg islands because there's too much other shit to put in the middle
>>315590257
added /tg/
>>315590671
do you want me to move NZ and draw a ckuc bridge between /d/ and /mlp/
>>315591154
/g/ looks awkward attached like that
/ck/ should be shaped lke a frying pan
make /r9k/ look more like a tumour / growth somehow
really like the lewd peninsula, how /fit/ is a flexing arm
>>315591154
Maybe add little islands to the bottom of the vidya, one for each of the /v/ splits.
After reading 4chan's pretty easy to follow copyright infringement guide, this actually might be sortafunfor me to try to develop - not as an MMO, since I'm not fucking amazing at gamedev, but something else.
What would you guys think of a 2D RPG like this? It couldn't be called anything relating to 4chan (I'd call it 4 chins instead, probably) but I could use all the board names, luckily.
The basic idea is:
Factions: normal, vidya, special interest, shitpost, porn, and meme (/pol/ included).
Classes: no classes, your stats are based on level and faction
Equipment: normal stuff
Currency: gold, exchangable for buffs
Mechanics: all board wants to increase the number of posters and the quality of content, so you, Janitor-Man, must go around defeating off-topic threads and handing down bans against trolls and spammers. But don't let the mods catch you abusing your power or posting anything controversial, or YOU'RE the one getting b&.
Maybe there'll be a plot or something, suggestions? Is this idea one for the history books or one for the trash can, as Penn would say?
>>315591425
I was going for a jury rigged piece of hardware wired to The Vidya but if you've got a better idea go for it
/ck/ is an ambiguous pie/cake/pizza with a slice out that I think works nice but I'm open to changing it
I tried with /r9k/ but again I'm no artist I just like cartography
It's also pronounced "Penisula"
>>315591649
Done, look good?
>>315592876
Ah, I see. I just didn't see the references.
Keep it up man
>>315571414
>get moot to 50% health
>he runs off and Hiroshima takes his place, full health and (de)buffs removed
>>315592876
>Katawa Spires
It's fucking perfect.
>>315565538
Tripfags would be world bosses.
>>315594213
>giving them attention in any shape or form
>>315577752
It's about the flavor you mouthbreathing fucknut.
>>315592876
>no /biz/
Hell, a kebab could have made a better map
>>315592876
/b/ has to be a gigantic inland. It has the highest traffic out of all the boards.
>>315593340
Do you think this would be worth it's own thread when this one 404's?
>>315594139
ty was worried that would trigger somebody
What should I do with all these other boards now /v/?
>>315594941
better than the shitflinging that is 90% of all the posts right now so yeah, go for it
>>315570960
i have not heard that name in a long time.
i could not play that game.
>>315594941
>still no /biz/
>/pol/ near /b/ and s4s
C'mon anon, what the fuck
>>315594941
/k/ should either go in the Katawa Spires or Australia. Maaaybe shitposter isle.
>>315594941
/trv/ should be /out's neighbour or at least similarity far away
/o/ should be modeled after a famous race track
/soc/ can be a turd just like /cgl/
>>315595084
>>315595581
>>315595692
>>315595787
Just started a new thread since I kind of hijacked this one
>>315595854
Going to get some food but I'll work on these
>>315563903
Nerf Shitposters.
>>315594941
/n/, /o/, and /trv/ should all be grouped near /out/
After all, those are the main boards that actually go outside
>>315564073
where's /fa/ and /x/?
>>the vidya continent
>/v/ is the most populated city, but has serious management problems, it's full of shitposters(brutes) and shills(idk, monks?something religious), [currently being invaded by the normies(corrupters)]
>/vg/ is a city not too far from /v/, but most of it's population is the shitposters who fail to enter on /v/ so it's mostly chaos
>/vr/- a city that lives in the past, time works strangely there, no more info is known
>/vp/-it's pretty away from the rest, some newfags(basic/freelancer) start they travel there, they only seem to talk about non existent things
>/tg/- often not taken in account because of it's size, it's mostly neets(something like druids, at least something that doesn't bathes often)
>>weeb plains
a region in
(a this point i just gave up this shits not worth my time, someone continue if he wants)
