Badger54 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Once upon a time I was a regular player and in-game roleplayer within the online game The Secret World. At that time we had a large number of refugees from City of Heroes (sometimes figuratively, sometimes quite literally). I'd never had the chance to experience the game, but all of them spoke so warmly about it I wondered what I had missed. The setting we 'secret worlders' called home was a relatively good fit for the transplants—modern setting, powers, other dimensions...but all with a cosmic, eldritch horror feel. Now the shoe is on the other foot. My 'home' is more or less gone, and my friends have told me that Paragon City is back! Why not come over and try it? So just as they fit their heroes to the Secret World, I now take my occult war-fighter out of his grim setting and put him instead in Paragon City, home to superheroes, supervillains, lots of capes...and a very different set of rules. This is Frank Calhoun's story: on how he adjusts, the new friends he makes, and the new dangers he faces. I'm very much a novice in Paragon City, but here goes with his 'introduction arc,' and some collaborative stuff I'm doing with friends already here will follow. ( #1 “Was it something we said?”) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eXaC_nS1y4FBy7MWHOxZFTEtgJ3t0pjJUuPZUQ4OIPc/edit ( #2 “This can't possibly go wrong.”) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xeSPiZY733paVuLSAfzbWdT33XS3G6ehYq1DyC6tmoI/edit ( #3 “But why did you punch me?”) https://docs.google.com/document/d/12YfvXg5CikPOp0cAgZ0Kd38BIKqX2PUS_iazoecfIDg/edit ( #4 “Patience.”) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vsbyERxyUe20YUPl_aLcXs5sPZ6SVLTHmal6nkmZaB8/edit ( #5 “Do they still have sandwiches where you're from?”) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FwYRc10CJwxUHrD_eQajZ0ign7hR81VceUcFaYdWt64/edit ( #6 “My canon is more valid than your canon!”) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1idmqoUWf2-bsOLyRk1ZBvhD8h6SkQ7DBj3_ef5ig6pI/edit ( #7, “A familiar face.”) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_jnIQ1msyHr5i4IMiPwQ3CNdbyRyhUKiz67emUtFM5I/edit 2 https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 New arc beginning, that will involve collaboration with some players I know here. #8 "Kings Row." https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d8ykFpeKCR2XspaYhs5ifsTf-s6Qe-wTaC8GO0ro_0o/edit?usp=sharing 1 https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyotedancer Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Welcome to the City. ^_^ For awhile, Mr. Coyote and I were among those "refugees". (I even made a blade/chaos-focused version of my favorite CoH Tank-) Eventually we both moved on from Secret World, but it was good fun for awhile there. Taker of screenshots. Player of creepy Oranbegans and Rularuu bird-things. Kai's Diary: The Scrapbook of a Sorcerer's Apprentice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Why thank you! Also Kai's diary cracks me up :) https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyotedancer Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Why thank you! Also Kai's diary cracks me up :) Thanks! It's been a blast reading about Frank's adventures. ^_^ Taker of screenshots. Player of creepy Oranbegans and Rularuu bird-things. Kai's Diary: The Scrapbook of a Sorcerer's Apprentice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Based on RP with fellow player Felicity Bane. #9, 'Felicity.' https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I-49Mf6g-mN8LK6zpqOwENf82QDyj3Dp8YUZg1Y3XKw/edit?usp=sharing 1 https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 #10, 'The Yunfa Faan.' https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IpUpfwmssvLptAL8kpxk6j5TJGhjMnMuKqGNzbDIG5I/edit?usp=sharing 1 https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 #11, 'Shaldar Taj.' https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QhE8JOqfNFUNFRwTxEGRC4v7qXg6T3EeVoy9jvQBg58/edit?usp=sharing 1 https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therumancer Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I quite enjoyed both Secret World and Secret World Legends but I drifted away for various reasons, always meant to go back for the Africa content they added, but stuff kept coming up, including getting dragged to other MMOS. To be honest I'm surprised that you speak of it like it's dead, since I could have sworn they just sent me an notification for their 2nd year celebration for "Legends" or something like that, so I was under the impression it was still going decently well. That said after the success of "Exiles" I did hear that the devs were planning on re-focusing on single/multiple player "Conan" games so it's not surprising it's been dying out, especially if they haven't been adding any new content since that last expansion, a major shame because TSW(L) had the best storyline and quests I've ever seen in an MMORPG, not to mention having a unique setting nobody else even tried to knock off. It did get a second chance, but I always suspected their incredibly slow rate of adding content not to mention the way they increasingly catering to elitists was going to kill it. Last time I popped in people were demanding absurdly high item levels (can't remember the term) for content I had already done quite successfully, so just going back to see it again was going to be a pain given the way my cabal had disbanded during my hiatus. Well, at any rate, welcome to CoX, I just installed the game yesterday so I am giving a swing soon. I do some RP, but not a ton of it, and as you can see I'm a rather terrible writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 The servers are indeed still up and the anniversary is going on. You can log in and get a t-shirt with a '2' on it. Based on RP with fellow player Mind's-I. #12, 'Praetorian.' https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LEWbDHdEibxn2x4JTmQncHkcdfSBFa_FzQT-vszNHuM/edit?usp=sharing 1 https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 #13, "Smugglers, shotguns, and overcooked pickles." https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uoi_59oQVhWxgJH3194IyjqxnVdDyFNzgJe7eZSa3Ko/edit?usp=sharing 1 https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triduum Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 You got me hooked. I'm waiting or the next chapter. Please don't stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 11 hours ago, triduum said: You got me hooked. I'm waiting or the next chapter. Please don't stop! Thank you very kindly! There's more on the way, I promise! https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyotedancer Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Excellent! These are great fun to read. ^_^ Taker of screenshots. Player of creepy Oranbegans and Rularuu bird-things. Kai's Diary: The Scrapbook of a Sorcerer's Apprentice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transsensory Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Nice to see a fellow TSW/SWL player so hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/11/2019 at 5:02 PM, Transsensory said: Nice to see a fellow TSW/SWL player so hey! Hey yourself! #14, 'The Lady in Red.' Based on RP with fellow player Jasmine Shadow. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NjMZAAr5cAp3NnL_BFBFEMAKoGGIR3yq0_SiJT3-9BE/edit https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Before reading #15, 'Anything that can go wrong,' based on RP with fellow player Breakaway, check out Breakaway's intro--'Worst Case Ontario!' Worst Case Ontario: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LOhUVEakTXLKokJvtsoldU1Pr4WUex_CRjFjM8qA4uw/edit #15, 'Anything that can go wrong.' Features both our writing in a back and forth fashion. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fswhgZrREwDFX7W-2V6P9hT2B0-RG3QWTvF0uHQgIVo/edit?usp=sharing https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 #16, 'Harmony.' Based on RP with the player of the same name. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sjF87IOB1Hoq5Y0GfTYt5YYGZzJgCKvbyqhhYPo6vZ4/edit https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger54 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 #17, 'The Street Magus.' Based on RP with fellow players Harmony and Mind's-I. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KKuMHZX_TNzsH06SrukqONJANjrrJOHQU3IbpCBx1js/edit https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4257.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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