Gecko

The briefing was over. As everyone left they seemed a lot less enthusiastic than the last time he saw them all leave. He understood most of what the Hokage said, but he couldn't help but notice the lack of information he had about Akatsuki. Was he holding back intentionally or did he really not find out anything from the two captives from the day before? Donobu had to know, he didn't have anywhere better to be anyway... [b]Donobu:[/b] Hokage-sama... Akatsuki? [b]Naruto:[/b] I had a feeling you'd want to know more. I'm surprised the others didn't call me on the bluff... Yes, it's true, I know more about the Akatsuki then I mentioned during the briefing. The reason I didn't reveal more is because I didn't want to consern everyone with it. For now I think they need to keep their minds focused on the Fire village. Whatever happens, the fire village will in one way or another lead us to the Akatsuki. Donobu stared intently at Naruto. He was still not telling him what was really happening. [b]Naruto:[/b] Alright... The truth is, with my personal experience with the Akatsuki and specifically Uchiha Sasuke, I believe that whatever actions the fire village shinobi are taking are most likely the direct result of whatever Akatsuki is up to. Knowing the amount of power that Akatsuki hold, there is no chance that their collaboration is mutualy beneficial. The fact that those two impersonators seemed to be acting on behalf of Akatsuki seems to speak for that theory more than anything else. I believe the Akatsuki are in direct control of the entire fire village. Whether the villages shinobi are willingly following orders or if they are somehow brainwashed, I do not know. But brainwash would not surprise me. The fire village has absolutely no use for all the Jutsus in the world. However, we already know that both Sasuke and his former master at one point were set on that goal. Donobu finally understood why his master was killed by the Akatsuki. They wanted to know the technique. But then why were they after him if they already have it? What more could Donobu possibly offer them? [b]Donobu:[/b] For now Donobu, I think the best thing for you is to spend time with the others in case of any more attacks. If nothing else, you all have a lot to learn from one another. That will help a lot in future events. You still need to learn more of our language and way of life, and in turn you could help train the others by sparing with them. If they can manage to defend themselves against your speed, then that would be a great asset in case the Akatsuki get your abilities. For now, this was all Donobu could do until the Akatsuki presented themselves again...

Yeah, thanks man ^^. Oh and loudhinata2775, yeah man we're just on page 1. Stuff like that takes time, keep cool. I know I'm still trying to dish out my character as much as posible before I get into a new area.

Donobu and Illudin stood still, trying to observe as much of the situation as possible without dropping their guard. Illudin seemed concerned by the fact that Donobu barely looked around him. And then he noticed Donobu closed his eyes completely. [i]"What is he doing?"[/i] Illudin thought, trying not to loose his focus on the surroundings. Without making his bugs shapeshift they couldn't get help fast enough. He had no choice but to let them run in their own individual forms. At least then the Akatsuki members can't stop them. As he watched one of his beetles fly off, he noticed it was briefly knocked off course by a small gust of wind. [i]"That's it!"[/i] He thought and looked at Donobu, [i]"... I know what you're doing... And I'm gonna help by stalling these guys"[/i]. Suddenly Illudin raised his arms... [b]Illudin:[/b] Hey losers! Hidden in the trees, the two Akatsuki were suddenly surprised. One of them came out of hiding. [b]Akatsuki 1:[/b] You're not exactly in a position to be talking to us like that. Are you [u]trying[/u] to get killed? [b]Illudin:[/b] I'm just curious what you want from us. [b]Akatsuki 1:[/b] Ha! We want nothing from you! It's your friend we're after. He has something we need. [b]Illudin:[/b] Then why haven't you made your move yet? [b]Akatsuki 1:[/b] Your friend is not the type of guy we can just walk up to. For our own interest we need to secure him first. [b]Illudin:[/b] And what about me? [b]Akatsuki 1:[/b] You? You're practically dead already. We just haven't finalized it yet. [b]Illudin:[/b] I think you'll find it's a little more difficult than that. Having said that, Illudins body suddenly dispersed into a pool of insects. The curious Akatsuki stared intently, not noticing the bugs flocking together behind him, forming a brand new Illudin ready to strike with his kunai. As he's about to strike, the other Akatsuki suddenly threw another wire at Illudin to stop him. It was too late for Illudin to react, but suddenly a shuriken came flying by him, cutting the wire before it reached him... It was Donobu, still having his eyes closed, he threw that shuriken so precisely. [i]"I was right, that's what Donobu's doing..."[/i] He though for a second before the Akatsuki in front of him turned around and attacked him. They engaged in an intense battle in the tree tops. [i]"I have to stay close to this guy. If I do that, his friend wont dare throw more wires at me"[/i]. Suddenly Donobu opened his eyes, and dispersed a shower of shuriken in all directions. One narrowly missed the hidden Akatsuki. [i]"Hmph, he missed..."[/i] he thought, but at the same instant he was shocked as he saw all of his wires drop. Without a moments pass Donobu appeared behind him and drop kicked him straight down into the ground, breaking the tree and causing a hole in the ground. Before the Akatsuki managed to get up, Donobu landed on top of him, twisting his arm and keeping him in place while Illudin dispatched the other one. The battle was raging on, but Illudin seemed surprised by now easy this Akatsuki members battle patterns were easily to learned, and how weak his punches were. Not to mention the fact that he was so slow. As they both leaped into the sky and started dropping towards the ground Illudin allowed his foe the higher ground, but just before he landed bellow his body once again dispersed into a flood of insects, shocking his opponent. As the Akatsuki landed in the pool of bugs Illudin appeared again, observing as the bugs engulfed his opponent, pinning him to the ground. Illudin looked over towards Donobu. [b]Donobu:[/b] Illudin, sugoi! ... said Donobu with his thumb in the air and a kind smile on his face. Illudin returned the gesture. Illudin and Donobu returned to the Hokage with their two prisoners unconscious. Illudin sat them down in the floor and turned his attentions to Naruto. [b]Illudin:[/b] Hokage-sama, we were attacked outside of the village by these two dressed as Akatsuki members. [b]Naruto:[/b] Dressed? [b]Illudin:[/b] Yes. They are way to weak to be Akatsuki. However, don't know how they got these outfits. It's not exactly something you can buy in a clothing shop. [b]Donobu:[/b] Akatsuki, give. [b]Naruto:[/b] oh I see you taught him some Japanese, that's good. Donobu, are you saying that Akatsuki gave these men their outfits. [b]Donobu:[/b] Hai. [b]Illudin:[/b] Huh?! How could you possibly know that? [b]Donobu:[/b] Akatsuki, watch, battle. [b]Naruto:[/b] Eeh? How do you know that?... [b]Illudin:[/b] ... Ahh, I see. Donobu uses a very unique battle technique in which he controls the wind. In the battle with the impersonators he used it as a sort of radar to detect every single wire around him. He seems to speak to the wind, as if it's watching over him. [b]Naruto:[/b] Donobu, did the wind tell you that Akatsuki were watching you? [b]Donobu:[/b] Hai. [b]Naruto:[/b] This is more serious than I thought. They were testing you. They were obviously aware of Donobus arrival. But it's very unlike Akatsuki to use decoys. [b]Illudin:[/b] Those two said that Donobu had something that they needed. A message from the real Akatsuki maybe? [b]Naruto:[/b] We can't jump to conclusions. We need to interrogate these two when they wake up to find out more. [b]Illudin:[/b] There's more. Before we brought them here, I searched them and found these. Fire village headbands. [b]Naruto:[/b] Then this whole Akatsuki issue may be connected to what's been going on in the village of fire... I want both of you to return here tomorrow with the other team. We'll have a definitive plan by then, and hopefully a few answers from these impersonators. [b]Illudin:[/b] Hai Hokage-sama. ------------------------------------- OOC: Phew, sorry bout the long post, but I was inspired ^^ --------Edit-------- Awe dang, The Enemy hadn't posted that yet when I started mine. What now? -_-

[i]"Hai Hokage-sama!"[/i] everyone shouted and hurried off. Donobu simply stared as they left. He had no place to go. No home to return to... As Illudin was about to leave... [b]Naruto:[/b] Illudin! I would like you to stay here. I have had a change of heart and think you would be more useful here. [b]Illudin:[/b] Hai Hokage-sama. [b]Naruto:[/b] First of all, I can't keep referring to this man as "our friend". We need to know what his name is. [b]Illudin:[/b] We can call him Shin. (This is a pun. The word Shin in Japanese means white. And Donobu is all white, [i]See bio[/i]) [b]Naruto:[/b] I'm sure he must have a name. Naruto went over to Donobu and sat down on the floor in front of him, indicating that he should do the same. He pointed to himself and said "Naruto Uzumaki", and then pointed at Donobu with a curious expression. "Donobu Otah", he replied looking at Naruto as if he was explaining himself to his father. [b]Illudin:[/b] Donobu?.. What an unfortunate guy being named after a thief. [b]Naruto:[/b] I'm sure Donobu doesn't mean the same thing in his language. Naruto took the map of Asia off his wall and presented it to Donobu. Ge gestured that this place is the same as the one he pointed to on the map. Then he gestured at Donobu that he should point out where he came from. Donobu looked at the map, his home wasn't even chartered on it. He slowly lifted his hand, and pointed several decimeters bellow the map. [b]Naruto:[/b] ... Could it be that he is from Enopu? [b]Illudin:[/b] Enopu? I thought that was just a legend. [b]Naruto:[/b] I fear only it's mysticism may be legend... We need to find out what he knows about Akatsuki. [b]Donobu:[/b] Akatsuki!! [b]Naruto:[/b] Yes! What do you know about it?! Have they been to your home?! Donobu only saw memories as Naruto desperately tried to communicate with him. He looked at the floor for a moment, interrupting Narutos trail. Donobu suddenly started to cry, surprising both Naruto and Illudin. [b]Naruto:[/b] It seems Akatsuki really are back... And they are up to something. We need to know what... Illudin, let Donobu stay with you tonight. It's still early so try to spend the day teaching him about our language and customs. We will need his help, and we need to simplify communication. Come back with him tomorrow morning after the other teams briefing. [b]Illudin:[/b] Hai Hokage-sama.

[quote name='garmeil']I didn't know what it meant when he said mime by nature. And well if he couldn't speak any japenese then he wouldn't say anyhting. So I don't think every thing has to be exactly perfect. I forgot about him only being able to talk asian. So sorry bout that. And as for me using yall. I was born in texas and it's a habit to use that word. Sorry I can't stop doing what I normaly do.[/QUOTE] Well that's what "Roleplaying" is. You act according to the character, not according to your habits. You know that these characters shouldn't saying things like Yall, so you make it right. And Koro speaks Japanese. My character Donobu, doesn't. That much of the story maybe you just got confused. And mimes don't talk, hence "mime by nature" means he doesn't talk. And since The Enemy said "[i]practically[/i] mime by nature", that just means he doesn't talk much. In general you seemed to branch the story off from what everyone else comes up with. In your last post you suddenly changed the scene from what it was to something completely off track. Donobu just arrived everyone is surprised and don't know who he is. And suddenly you changed things to [i]Gekko stands up and talks to Koro like they're old highschool football buddies[/i]. We are building a continues story, acting off of what the other characters have done and said, just try to remember that. Anyway, all that we ask is that you try to act the scenes out while keeping in mind what kind if characters the other players are. So that they don't do things that are out of character for them. Also, to be completely frank, although this isn't a demand or anything:... I think it would be nice if you changed your last post. It just sets weird things into motion that don't make sense to me. [B]Edit:[/B] Awe dang. Me and The Enemy made a simotanious post. What now? :S I put so much time into mine :'( [COLOR="Green"][SIZE="1"]Please do not post twice in a row, but use the edit-button to add things to your first post instead. Thank you! - Sandy[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[quote name='garmeil']The idea of making this backstage forum was brought to my attention by Gekko. I'm sorry for changen the stuff, but yall didn't didn't have a personality thing. So I didn't know what yalls personalities were. He didn't show any sign of being a loaner is his posts. I don't know what you were talking about when you said I'm changing like the mood to fun or something. Isn't it supposed to be fun?[/QUOTE] uhh, lol, well he kinda did... The way he spoke in his posts and also [i]"As he went he saw Airi, a jounin of the Inuzuka clan native to Konoha. He would have said high were he not practically mime by nature."[/i] This was a fair description by The Enemy. You also changed the characters heritage. Despite their all living in some sort of a twisted version of, Feudal Japan(?), you changed they language into one that suited you better. You added words like "Yall". As if they were suddenly American southern. Now it may seem silly of me to pick on the language since none of us probably speak Japanese. But I think that we can compensate for that by at least having dialog thats in a similar manner as Japanese in the Naruto setting. It makes the RPG sound that much more realistic.

[COLOR="Red"]Since this is being addressed in the Backstage thread, I'll edit this post now.[/COLOR] [i]OOC: Uhh, Garmeil, maybe you should make a Backstage thread so we can discus a few things. I'm not to fond of how you suddenly turn everything to a playful mood and away from what was happening... And also you completely changed Koro's quiet, loner attitude all of a sudden. I just think we should respect everyone's personality preference as far as how the players wanna represent their characters. Sorry about this post, feel free to move it to a Backstage thread when/if Garmeil makes one. The reason I posted it instead of PM is because I think that the others might have an opinion in this. I'm probably not the only one who doesn't like having their characters changed in any way by others. I know Garmeil didn't change my character, but I value every players contribution, and I like The Enemy's character the way he was.[/i] ----------------------------Edit---------------------------- Donobu knew that communication would be difficult. All he really needed was one good link to build upon. One word that would make them understand what this is all about... [b]Donobu:[/b] Akatsuki!! Everyone was shocked. Naruto got a scary serious look on his face. [i]"Sasuke"[/i] he thought to himself [i]"... what did you do to this young man to make him come so far for you?!"[/i] [b]Airi:[/b] Did he just say Akatsuki?!... Hokage-sama, does this mean they're back?! [b]Naruto:[/b] I don't know Airi. But if what this young man is saying is true, then we need to investigate matters further. I need to have a talk, of sorts, with our new friend here. In the meantime you all know what your mission is. Meet here tomorrow morning at the same time for briefing before you set off. [b]Gekko:[/b] But Hokage-sama! This is much more important! We should be going after Akatsuki! [i]Illudin arrives through the window. He places himself comfortably in a corner of the room, near Donobu. They glance at each other, and after a few seconds they nod while smiling to indicate no harsh feelings.[/i] [b]Naruto:[/b] No! The matter of the Snow is still as important as it was. The fact remains we know nothing about the situation with Akatsuki. Thats why I need to talk to our friend. And if I do find out something I will send Anbu to research it. You four have your mission, now follow through with it!

OOC: I'm not sure if everyone knows this, so I'm just gonna remind everyone. Donobu is not a bad guy. Read the sign up if you are not sure. Anyway, it's good so far so I'll continue. --------------------------------------- Illudin stalked Donobu in the shadows. The rain had stopped, but there was still an unusual amount of wind. He's ok if he sticks to the trees... But then suddenly! Back at the Hokage's room, Illudin's Shadow clone had just disappeared. Koro said something and everyone agreed. Naruto-kage took a few seconds to grab a breath and was about to say something when he was suddenly interrupted by another Illudin Shadow Clone. [b]Illudin clone:[/b] Hokage-sama! He's Gone! He disappeared in front of my eyes! I don't know where he is but... [b]Naruto:[/b] That's ok Illudin. You can stop searching. He's right here. Everyone was shocked, when they suddenly turned around they saw Donobu standing by the door quietly observing them. [b]Naruto:[/b] It's ok everyone. He has been here for a while. If his intention was to harm us he would have done so long ago. [b]Airi:[/b] How did he get here so fast?! It's almost 30 miles to the shores! [b]Koro:[/b] [i]"This guy... his speed is incredible... He's probably faster than Hokage-sama himself"[/i] [b]Naruto:[/b] Stay calm everyone, no one will be harmed. But I am interested to see just what this young man wants. They seem to understand Donobu is of no threat to them. But that's not enough. He needs their help to find Akasuki. Now it's just the matter of how he will communicate with them...

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]You forget the compounding factor. Ten, and ten more, and ten more....... It rounds easily up to large numbers. Plus, again, we just increased the dimensions a short while ago, so I doubt another one will come this quickly.[/FONT][/QUOTE] The maximum standard posts per page is 15. That's 150px spread across the entire height of the page. It's barely noticeable at all. And if anyone has set to more posts per page then that person obviously doesn't care or mind that the page gets [u]slightly[/u] longer. [quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]And yes, I get what you're talking about, but that just seems too much distracting, unnecessary information. Yes, granted, it's constantly updating, but still. I like looking at the artistic talents more than a noisy statbox. (Not to mention a statbox which I feel serves no purpose.)[/FONT][/QUOTE] Well why should I care if you like it?... Signatures are great coz we can customize them and put whatever we like. I like my siggy and am proud of it's stats (even if they are meager compared to other members at A-P :P). Whether you like it or not shouldn't matter the slightest. And you forget we choose our own backgrounds in the signatures. So there is "Artistic Talent", since I could just as easily paint a Picasso if I wanted it to, and place it as my background in the siggy.

... Wow... just wow... I'm sorry, no offence, but none of those replies made any sense. I don't quite think you've understood the concept of these signatures. What's the point of having a dynamic signature if I hade to edit it myself evey time I watch anime (which I do daily)? I think that's exactly why Sothis came up with the idea. No one wants to edit a picture every time they do something. On A-P it's automatic and fast. It's not just an image. It's a dynamic image that changes every time you update your profile on the A-P website, which I do about 2 or 3 times depending on how much anime I watch in a day. And it's Much faster than having up edit it myself in an image editor. And the 10px ruining thing... Well I really don't know what to say to that. To me, it sounds very very stupid. No offence. 10 pixels is like the equivelent of 1 linebreak ó_Ò

[quote name='James'][font=franklin gothic medium]My feeling is that we have things just about right. Other anime forums can do what works for them, but we prefer to have fairly organized/tidy signatures. This is also helpful for people who have slower connections (or who simply don't want to wade through millions of giant signature images when reading threads).[/font][/QUOTE] [quote name='femme fatale'][color=black][size=1]This i definately agree with. I prefer how tidy and simplified everyones signatures look on this site, and increasing size will only ruin that =/[/color][/size][/QUOTE] 10 px would ruin the simplicity? ó_Ò? [quote name='femme fatale'][color=black][size=1]Plus, can't you just crop the image? If its 'only 10 pixels', then surely its only 5 from the top 5 from the bottom, most your guna lose is a layer of text if even that >>;[/color][/size][/QUOTE] uhh, we can't edit the sigs ourselves. Its a part of the site, and hosted on the site. We can only choose the background image and the statistics... The only chance we have of changing the sigs size is of Sothis rescripts her functions in whichever programing language she uses.

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]Easy there, man. :animesmil Aye, and we just got through with a whole debate on this angle not, what, two months ago? Anyway, as I understand it now, the site will not support more than one image per signature, so line breaks aside I doubt you'll be able to do much about that; and calling the staff on the edit/delete/ban card is kinda foolhardy, neh? Now, granted, there are no restrictions on total height, meaning one can fill space with as much (or little) text as they please. (I.e., [URL="http://www.otakuboards.com/member.php?u=32786"][COLOR="Blue"]Tetra of Sound[/COLOR][/URL]. Or mine.) So I can understand then how a restriction on banner height might be considered unreasonably stringent. At the same time, though, I see no reason to balk at the current rules. And then also, I see no purpose in keeping a tally of what I have or have not seen/read. It sure as heck ain't a status indicator. 'Cept maybe for [COLOR="DarkRed"]Dagger[/COLOR].....[/FONT][/QUOTE] If I came off as an ***hole, I'm sorry. It wasn't my intention to insult anyone or make anyone mad. I was just trying to get my point across. What I said about the banning/blocking thing wasn't any kind of threat, I was simply pointing out that the rules had their limits in either case. [quote name='sothis']Hello thar! Well, I run Anime-Planet and this thread was pointed out to me by one of the random users (not Gecko ^_^ but hi!) - anyways, as I like joining anime forums I decided to sign up, so I might as well mention something here. :p It's unfortunate I missed your sig limits here - when creating the default size I went to most of the major anime sites and checked their rules, and went with the smallest height limit I could find. Ah well! Anyways, eventually we'll have other size options - though I stil think the default size looks the most awesome ;) Anyways, off to the other anime sections for some fun posting![/QUOTE] Hey Sothis! ^_^ I'm Roaziel! Yeah, the guy that made the thread "The still and future purpose of anime forums" on A-P forums. So you can see I'm pretty much a troublemaker everywhere, not just at A-P. xD :P

I still think it's wrong to deny a simple request like this specifically for A-P. I agree on the whole continously increasing size matter, but this is an exception. Whether other sites have banners with updating stats hasn't got anything with Otaku Boards to do. A signature dedicated to the pure enjoyment of all anime, and the viewers pride in what they've seen does, since Otakus are Anime fans. Gamers and Book readers signatures have nothing to do with Otaku Board, Anime lovers do. And as far as I know the A-P is the only site out there that has a feature such as this. And if more are to come at some point in the future you can simply reffer them to A-P. Either way, my case and point still remains that a Very small increase in HEIGHT makes no big difference as I could just as easily make a lot of line breaks. And it doesn't matter that you can edit it since I can do it again until you block/delete/ban me and then someone replaces me. Whereas the image size rule can't be broken. Also, as kind as you may see yourselves as being for having allowed as much as 550x120, I think that's a waaaay small number, and would increase it more than 10 if it were me. But it's not, and I don't care. I just feel strongly that the A-P's signatures are a special circumstance that should be considered. As far as I know the A-P's signatures are the only updating statistics signature that truly relate to Otaku Boards. P.S. Their signatures look like this [url]http://www.anime-planet.com/users/images/signatures/Roaziel.jpg[/url] and you can choose what statistics are shown and what background you want. It's pretty much the full package :P

The wind was strong, the raindrops were so powerful it almost seemed like it was hailing. Donobu stood like a proud statue at the bow of the boat as it slowly approached the shores. The boat and crew cost him nearly everything he had left, but he had finally made it. He had finally come to the mysterious world called Asia. The boat almost ran ashore on the country of fire. He knew there was no point in the crew getting stranded. He turned his head softly, catching a glimpse of the captain, giving him a gentle nod which the captain kindly returned. Donobu leaped into the sky and a sudden powerful gust of wind carried him across the water to shore. He flew with such grace, as if he was one with the wind. When he landed the captain signaled the crew to turn the ship around. They had a long journey ahead of them, it was better to risk starving at the ocean than to stop at the docks and most likely getting robbed. Donobu made his way on the sand, heading into the woods. It didn't matter where the path lead him, the first village he found people at, he would find out where Konoha Village is. Unless he was lucky enough to arrive at Konoha by sheer coincidence. His trail of thought was interrupted by a small gust of wind that whispered in his ears. His eyes calmly turned to the shadowed trees around him. He noticed the glowing eyes first, as the rest of their bodies appeared slowly out of the shadows. 5 bandits, they were obviously scouring the shores for stranded ships to rob. [b]Bandit 1:[/b] Oh no, we've been spotted boys. No point in hiding around, let's show ourselves to our friend here. [b]Bandit 2:[/b] Look at this freak guys, he's all white. Look at his eyes and hair, he must be from the country of Snow. [b]All bandits:[/b] HA HA HA HA HA! [b]Bandit 2:[/b] Well freak? Are you from the country of Snow?... Answer me! What's the matter with you?! Don't you speak Japanese!? Donobu stood quietly and calmly, observing the bandits. Their language was so foreign to him. He had learn to understand a little bit of it from his master, but they were talking to fast and mentioned words he hadn't learned yet... [i]"What is... Freak?"[/i]... However he did not fail to interpret their intentions. He would rather not waste his time on this, but if they give him no choice... [b]Bandit 1:[/b] I don't think he understands us. Look at his eyes, he's not Asian. [b]Bandit 2:[/b] I don't care! Let's just get his money! The bandits attacked Donobu, running at him like wild boars. The leader was the first to get to him and swing his giant sword. The swing was very powerful, but before it even touched Donobu, he disappeared. The leader ended up flipping himself over and landing on his back in the mud. They were all shocked, one second he was there and the next he was gone in a blink of an eye. Suddenly one of the bandits dropped down from the sky, the remaining 3 and the leader on his back looked up in the trees and saw Donobu standing on a branch. Donobu did not want to waste any more time with the bandits. He would finish this quickly and be on his was. He leaped from the branch and as he started to drop head first the bandits stood in fighting stance. Before he reached the ground, wind again blow at him, this time making him disappear again. He only appeared briefly in front of every bandit delivering powerful kicks and punches that knocked them all out. There was no point in killing them, that's not why he came here. The rain continued to pour down, but he didn't care. He just wanted to get to Konoha.

Yeah but as far as I know there are few sites like A-P that offer unique signaturess. So I think this makes this request specific since A-P does have a lot of dedicated members. Not sure about how many are already members here, but either way, I'm not saying keep giving in to bigger and bigger sizes. It's just that A-P is sort of a speial site that offers a cool and original feature, which is it's point, and we as members at other forums can't even use it. And I'm not asking to increase the width limit, 550 is ok. But it's not like 10 px in Height will make a difference, coz face it, members can simply put 20 linebreaks in their signature space and it takes up 5 times more space than a signature simply 10 px larger than the limit.

Hi, A very cool website called Anime Planet has this cool feature were it makes and updates a special signature for you. On the signature you can have a background of your choice and it shows some information about you as an anime fan/otaku. Among the things it shows about you is how much of your life has been spent on anime. It's pretty darn cool. You can also choose to have it show either how much anime you've seen (in a list of "Watched" "Watching" "Want to Watch" "Stalled" "Dropped" and "Won't Watch"), or a list of your top 5 anime. Possibly some other info, not sure. Anyway, these signatures are stored on the sites server and have size of 500x130 px size. But the max siz for a signature on the Otaku Boards is 500x120. The 120 is the height and I don't think it would harm the site if the minimum would be increased by 10 px so that some of us proud A-P:ers can use out signatures. Best Wishes, Me

Uhh, ok, I'll admit, I haven't read that... and I'm not going to because... well dude it's just to freakin long. And the text is so tiny and hard to read. It's to much... so uhh, long story short; You're in :P

Some of the people who applied for this one did it long ago. Is it even sure they are still in?

"As me Chance entered the building, the sudden increase of working and rushing people from inside made it seem like we were at a mall. Chance pushed open the closed glass door in front of us like it was a balloon. As soon as he passed it, the door started to close again and I reached out to hold it open until I got in. Then the surprise came, the door had a spring, a fresh new spring with the power of a truck pushing in the opposite direction of me. He made it look so easy. I guess it doesn't hurt to have someone who can handle a fight on our side. The place smelled new, you could still feel the scent of the glue holding the wallpaper in place. If it wasn't for the air conditioning everyone would be passed out. Three secretaries rushed out of the elevator as we got in. It was just us two inside. We had surprisingly little to say to each other. "Keep it casual" seems to only apply out on the field. As we entered our bosses office we got our first real look at our tormentor. He looked surprisingly rugged and buff for a man his age. His name was Major General Maynard Staley, and he had so many stars on his arm it made the night sky look like a grade school bully's notebook. You usually don't wear your uniform to the office. He's either very proud of it, or maybe he hasn't got anything else to wear to work." [b]General Staley:[/b] You two are late... [b]Chance:[/b] Sorry about that, I just can't survive the day without my cig. [b]General Staley:[/b] I'm sure you both know who I am by now, so we'll skip the formalities. As you are aware this agency was created to solve the issue of the attack on the IGEC, 3 weeks ago. I hope I don't have to tell you that this a big deal, and we need to nail the dicks behind it asap. [b]Gene:[/b] Would be nice if we had a lead. [b]General Staley:[/b] Well you're in luck. 10 hours ago one of our receptionists received a call from an unknown person. The secretary said it was a woman. The woman said some things that seemed suspicious, so she forwarded the call to one of our agents. The agent kept the woman on the line as long as possible, and managed to trace the call. This is the place... *Throws photos on the table* [b]Gene:[/b] That's The Rippers gang headquarters in L.A.... [b]General Staley:[/b] That [u]was[/u] The Rippers gang headquarters. 3 months ago they figured out another agency was on to that location, so they ditched it. It's been an abandoned wreck ever since, so surveillance stopped about a month ago. [b]Chance:[/b] Why would someone call here from an abandoned warehouse? [b]Gene:[/b] More importantly, how did they know about this place and how to contact it? Isn't this an under cover agency? [b]General Staley:[/b] You're right on both accounts. [b]Chance:[/b] Didn't you say you had a lead? An anonymous phone call from L.A. is hardly a lead. [b]General Staley:[/b] There's more... Ever since the bombing, we've had a research team go through all the material still in tact from the IGEC. Thankfully all the surveillance videos were ok so they scoured them for any hints. It took a while, but we managed to find a woman in one of the videos whom we can't identify. She was filmed leaving the IGEC the day before the explosion. We used every facial match database we have access to and we came up with squat. We contacted Mars, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury, nothing came up. By all rights, this woman doesn't exist. [b]Chance:[/b] That's encouraging. [b]Gene:[/b] So we're going to L.A. to look for a woman who doesn't exist? [b]General Staley:[/b] For now, that's it. Other agents have already been assigned to the woman on the phone. More specifically the guy who traced the call and a small team of computer geniuses. We're assuming that the woman on the phone is not the same as the woman in the video. Your plane for L.A. leaves tomorrow morning at 0700 hours. You can get your tickets from the main secretary on the first floor. She'll give you an envelope with the tickets and also copies of the pictures with the woman on the surveillance video. "As we got up from our chairs and started walking back towards the elevator, I couldn't help but think how this all seemed like a cheesy detective story I read back in middle school. It's not like I had much else to do back then, I didn't want to hang with my dads gang and my only hobby was reading. Still, it all might come in handy in the end. If reality is anything like the detective stories, we're in for a lot of action, and I'm more prepared than anyone else."

[b]The creator of this RPG seemes to have been gone for quite a while. Should someone kick this thing into gear for him?[/b] [b]Name:[/b] Otah "Shiro" Donobu [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Age:[/b] 22 [b]Family/Clan:[/b] A family called Otah. Though practically nothing is known about it. There are no recorded Bloodline Abilities. [b]Appearance:[/b] About 6 feet 2 inches. Bright Gray (white-ish) hair. White eyes, often mistaken to be blind. Wears a whit cloth on his face that covers his nose, mouth and chin. Wears all white clothes. Tight, thick, sleeveless shirt underneath his knee-long white coat. Flixible, white padded pants. White tabi. [b]Bio:[/b] He comes from an unknown country, a continent unexplored. He understands a little Japanese but does not speak it. By Japanese people he is often called Shiro (White in Japanese). His family was a simple, yet privileged one. His father set goals for him that he didn't want to pursue. This led to his father disowning him. He became a thief. Not to pursue evil, but to survive. He was captured once by a foreigner, an Asian man who took him in and trained him. The man was of Japanese clan that now was almost extinct, except for him. He trained Donobu in a special combat technique passed down to him by his deceased father. After many years of training, he one day returned to his real family in an attempt to patch things up. But when he arrived he saw his former home, burned down, and found out that his family was killed. They were killed by mysterious Asian group of men who seemed to be looking for something in this unknown country. When he returned to the Asian man, his new father in all respects, he found the 4 men standing over his masters dead body. They made their escape before he even got to them. His masters clan now only lives on in him. The training he received almost qualifies him to the rank of Sannin, mostly to the credit of the unique ability of his former master. The only thing he could find out about the killers was that they were from Japan, and that they were a part of a clan called Akatsuki. [b]Weapons:[/b] Twin katana crossed on his back, 2 wakizashi attached upside down on his belt, behind his back (easily reached simply by reaching behind his back and pulling down). He also has several kunai hidden in each of his sleeves. [b]Other:[/b] The special technique taught to Donobu by his master is partly a religion. It is the belief that the Wind is a living and powerful being that has far greater control over us than we know. The technique focuses on allowing the user to feel the forces of the wind and let it control and move him. Because the forces of wind are so powerful, this technique gives the user practically unlimited speed. The users reflexes an movement speed surpass even that of a Sannin, and combining this speed with free roaming movement allows the user to build up very powerful hits. The techniques also includes wind type attacks that can easily blow rocks straight in half if focused. This technique alone is powerful enough to rank an expert user as a Sannin.

Well Mage17 is actually a buddy of mine. We chat om AIM, I talked to him the other day and we're actually working on a new RPG together. Looks like it might be pretty good so far, more on that later. So I'm pretty sure he's still in on this one, plus Nefertimon just expressed interest, so I'm just getting the ball rolling, no harm in that. I just hope there are more members to come :)

OOC: Please refer to the auditions thread for the story and plot, as well as character bios. One of the requirements are that you read the characters "Personality/Character/Attitude" description so that you fairly represent other players characters. ------------------------------------------------------------ "This was a big day, my first on the new job. As cool as it felt, it was bittersweet due to the circumstances of which this agency was formed. It was a truly terrifying day when it happened. I was investigating the murder of a little girl. I had just found out that her father was a member of a gang from Boston, and I realized that it was highly lightly that her killing was a part of some sort of revenge by this city's major gang... my fathers gang. I was sitting in a dark and moody café. Cheap knockoffs of what Jazz music used to be was playing in the background. Oh how I longed to hear Coltrane. The bartender seemed to have more than a passing interest in an attractive woman sitting at the end of a bar, drawing eyes to her like a wad of cash. My eyes however were firmly set on my 3rd glass of beer. I wasn't really pondering my existents as much as I was considering whether I should investigate my father. It has been so many years since I became a police officer, now I finally have a chance to put my father behind bars, and yet I don't know if I should follow through with it. He is my last link to this world. The only other person I had in my life was my mother, and he took her away from me. I wasn't allowed to continue with my thoughts when the bartender turned up the old fashioned glass-screened television in the corner. Whether I wanted it to or not, it interrupted my thoughts. I noticed how more and more people were surrounding me, drawn closer to watch the television. It was an odd sight to see people in this type of bar so astounded, I just had to see what they were looking at. As my head rose I saw a flaming wreck which was the IGEC headquarters. The alcohol flew out of my head like a cold breeze. Seeing something like that sobers a man up in a flash. I don't think there was a face in the entire bar that wasn't watching the television as if God himself appeared on it. Even the woman, who previously had everyones attention, had the television in the corner of her eyes. This was big..." "There he is, my new partner. Looks like a decent enough a person. But we're here for a purpose." [b]Gene:[/b] Reporting for duty sir. [b]Chance:[/b] Relax dude, this is a brand new agency, remember? No one is superior here. And I'm not that much older than you, so don't call me sir. Let's keep it casual. [b]Gene:[/b] Alright, fair enough. I'm Gene. [b]Chance:[/b] Chance. Nice to meet you. [b]Gene:[/b] Ditto. "Keep it casual, huh?... This might just work out."

I am truly sorry that it turned out like this and i also hope it will not be closed. I really had to go away six months ago right after I posted it due to personal and family issues that arose, at which point RPing was the last thing on my mind.but I am back now and plan on continuing this. If the mods will be willing to let it run, I would really appreciate it and hope that maybe they will change the title as I noticed that the rules for RPing has changed in the last six months. No more ratings and stuff.

Bringing this one back after 6 months :P (I had to abruptly disappear back then due to personal problems. But I'm back now) Ok, here my character, and I'll also kick the story of in a Theater thread. [b]Name:[/b] Eugene "Gene" Payne [b]Age:[/b] 22 [b]Planet of birth:[/b] Earth [b]Organization/Side:[/b] SS66 [b]Biography:[/b] Born 2234 to Alexander and Marjorie Payne. His father was a big time mobster who practically owned the entire New York state. When Gene was only 5 he witnessed his father shoot and kill his mother because she was cheating on him at the time. Alexander Payne was never bad towards his son, even though he did kill his mother. He never paid much attention either, this made Gene hate his father for all the evil things he did. When Gene was 15 he had escaped his fathers home and neglectful parenting and the whores he would have to call his step-mothers. He joined the junior police academy, and when he turned 18 became a police officer. After 2 years, his record was so astounding that he was promoted to detective at the age of 20. More than 2 years later his record was such a high merit that he was a prime candidate to join SS66 after the bombing in Seattle. He ended up getting the job and was partnered with Captain Chance Rowland. [b]Personality/Attitude:[/b] A very withdrawn person. He often seems to be adrift in his own world, staring into space, thinking of his shameful heritage. He has a sense of humor and takes any chance he can to poke fun of people. But when push comes to shove he can just as easily become very serious. [b]Skills:[/b] Highly trained in unarmed combat. He has well mastered 7 forms of martial arts, and also in survival techniques. Trained in armed combat as all other SS66 operatives, but remains a grade lower than his partner. He is also incredibly observant, to the point where he observes his surrounding's in great detail and can remember faces and objects in near perfect quality as he has photographic memory. This is partly why he so easily got the promotion to detective, and also his being accepted into SS66. [b]Equipment:[/b] Carries a SS66 standard issue SR750 portable machine-gun rifle with the optional 3bullet stabilizer. He also carries a concealed combat knife strapped to his lower right leg, above his ankle. And also a utility pack in the form of a small cylinder, one side of which functions as a laser cutter and the other exudes a type of powerful gel -like glue. [b]Description:[/b] Stands at about 6 feet 2 inches (187 cm), bright gray (whit-ish) hair to about his chin. Hair usually covers his right eye at which he has a scar left from a battle between his fathers gang and a rival gang, when he was a child. Wears an untucked, red and white polo shirt, denim jeans, and red and white sneakers. Occasionally also wears a dark blue sports jacket.

[b][i]Warning: This RP may contain strong language, sexual references, and violence. It may also question ones existents and thereby question God and religion, both in negative and positive ways (that is up to the player). I ask that you simply let things play out as people are allowed their own opinions of religion.[/i][/b] [img]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b36/gecko6000/CC2256.png[/img] This is a little RPG I came up a while ago which I have been dying to try out on a forum. If it's successful I might try it on other forums to. I presume that everyone has read the the guidelines for joining and posting in an RPG, otherwise here they are: [url]http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=44317[/url] [b]Back story:[/b] The year is 2256. Man kind has populated almost all of our home solar system The Milky Way. Like computers once were mostly for governments and organizations and then became common household machines, so has also space travel become a common daily routine for most people. As predicted already in the 1950's, regular citizens travel by personal air craft which has replaced the now very uncommon sight of an automobile. However we have not yet expanded beyond our own solarsystem, nor found a faster means of travel (which means no Star Trek "beam me up Scotty") Man has populated almost all of the planets in our solar system except the dwarf planets Eris and Pluto (mainly because of practical reason since they are relatively small and far away and would not serve a purpose worth investing in). Though other planets are considerably larger, Earth has remained the capital and most populated planet with well over 7.5 billion inhabitants. Though earth is also by far the most corrupt planet with 6 rival organizations that use gangster methods of achieving their goals in hope of taking control of the capital and spreading to other planets. These organizations have headquarters all over Earth and are only being held at bay by the main Earth government which remains the leading authority on all populated planets. The inter-global economy has been maintained from Earth at the IGEC (Inter-Global Economy Center) stationed on the American continent at Seattle Washington. Though the government center for inter-global affairs has been stationed in Berlin, Germany. Despite protest and much unappreciation some planets have been split into classes where planets such as Mars has been deemed a high profile place for celebrities and wealthy people, and Venus is considered something of a slum for the low class people who hardly get by on minimum wage. The dwarf planet Ceres has become something of a prison for criminals and gets very little attention from the capital and even less from other planets. Recently, documentary shows about life on Ceres have become popular on plasmavision (future version of television where the construct is made out of pure molded plasma). [b]Plot:[/b] On Earth date August 23rd, 2256 the main building headquarters of the IGEC was destroyed by bombing of an unknown terrorist group. Due to the nearly impenetrable defencess of the building, blame has been appointed to one of the rival gangster organizations since they would be the only ones capable of such an inside job. As this would lead to an internal as well as external investigation to uncover the true people responsible, the government is concerned that assigning any exciting agency would be a risk, and therefor assembles a new agency who's sole purpose will be to resolve this matter with any methods necessary. This agency is simply known as the [b]SS66[/b]. SS66 is stationed in Stockholm, Sweden and is a small and secret organization outside of public knowledge. It's headquarters serve to investigate and assist their agent's in the field via the intercom which all agents carry. It is a small earpiece with an optical attachment that looks like a small green piece of glass which is constant in front of the agents right eye as information is sent and displayed on it via headquarter. All agents also carry a standard SR750, a small military weapon which when contracted can fit in the palm of a hand, and upon extraction turns into a portable machinegun with implanted optical camera that feeds it's aim directly to the intercom visual display which provides vastly superior accuracy. [b]Rules:[/b] [i]Characters:[/i] You may create any characters you like. You are only allowed to create one character which you will be playing and controlling, but you are allowed to have associates as characters that are always with your main character. You may also instead create a team. Meaning you create several characters who always work together. Create as much depth and information about your character(s) as possible. Give us a lot of information on their [b]appearance (this is the future with all the whacked out fashion styles of the 23rd century, so go wild), age, attitude, personality, hobbies, past, involvement in the plot (job, relation and so on)[/b], etc etc. Your character may be involved in the story in whatever way you wish. Good, bad, neutral, but have motivations for what they do. You may of course interact with other players characters, but you are not allowed to make changes to those characters. Changes will have to be discussed with the creator of that character, [b]BY PM[/b], and then the decision will be passed on to me BY PM so that i am aware of what has happened. [i]Mechanics:[/i] The mechanics of the game are simple. You can make up any invention you like as long as it's fairly logical within the realm of this world. As mentioned the current state of technology is not infinite, so no transporter beams like in Star Trek. Long distance transportation will be taken care of with the personal air craft described in the back story, as they are the fastest and most common method in this realm. Action will be described in details. If it's a chase or a fight scene describe as much of it as you possibly can; Location, moves, visuals, actions and reactions and so on. This game is an action mystery, and the goal is to solve the mystery as to whom is responsible for bombing on the IGEC. Obviously, the goal will most likely not be reached if this games becomes popular (which I hope it does) so the fun is simply in playing this game and evolving the story (think of it as the TV sow Lost. No chance in hell the ending will make sense or even come any time soon, but it's fun to watch how things turn out). The first thing you must do is make a post regarding your character. In it you must describe everything from his or her Name to something more advance like what type of weapons he or she uses and what his or her involvement in the story is. Basically. Just give us as much info about your character as humanly possible. Don't be afraid to write a long post. You characters may be involved with any of the organizations mentioned or even ones you come up with yourself, but remember that you'll have to describe the organization as well. The following information about your character(s) is mandatory: [b]Name:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] [b]Planet of birth:[/b] [b]Organization/Side:[/b] (SS66 being the good guy, and any of the gangster groups being Evil (name them as you please). The Government is Neutral as it is unknown who inside it is good or bad. And of course, as mention, you are allowed to make any individual groups and small organizations of your own). [b]Involvement in the plot/with another character:[/b] [b]BIO:[/b] (This can easily be entwined with the Involvement. Write as you please) [b]Personality/Attitude:[/b] [i]Please pay extra much attention to this, both your own and OTHERS. Because a lot of people hate when someone makes their character do something out of character or that doesn't match the personality. So read your fellow players Personality/Attitude description carefully.[/i] Optional: [b]Skills:[/b] [b]Equipment:[/b] you can carry any kind of equipment you like within the technology parameters. SS66 agents will carry the equipment mentioned earlier. [b]Description[/b] is optional, if you do not supply it it will be assumed you simply wear a suite as most working within the government and the mob usually wear suites (stereotype?). But of course, as I mentioned, you can Go Wild. [b]For practical purposes the first character will have to be one who works for SS66. And who's job is to investigate the mystery. Everything else about the character will be left for the player to choose. I will also be in SS66 so that it is not only one person.[/b] [i]The mood and setting in the game I thought would be best describe as a mix of Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop, which coincidently are my two favorite anime :P[/i] When posting in the RPG I must ask everyone to put double line breaks to separate dialogs and storytelling and descriptions. Please put events, things that are happening in either * or mark them in italic font ([ i]remove the spaces to get italic text[/ i]). Finally [b]BOLD[/b] the name of any spoken lines, ending the line with a single line break. This may all seem like much, but it will make things so much easier, believe me. Like This: --------------------------- Finally Darth Vader and Obi-Wan meet after such a long time, and the battle begins. *[i]Vader and Obi-Wan draw and activate their lightsabers[/i].* [b]Darth Vader:[/b] We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now *I* am the master. [b]Obi-Wan:[/b] Only a master of evil, Darth. And they keep fighting until Obi-Wan surrenders his body to aid his companions. ---------------------------- This will serve to make it ease to know who said what and so on. Enjoy the game, and feel free to ask questions.