RPG OtakuBoards Survivor 4: The Laugh Out Louds [E]

[Darren]

Well, considering that we're the Lols, I wouldn't have it any other way than humor... But I'm not so sure about any ideas. A nice rock song would be good. We were discussing bands we liked, so if we could find a song from one of those that has a catchy tune, then I think that would be settled.

As for the near future, spring break starts on Monday. Until then, I'm going to be very VERY busy... So expect to hear back from me until then... I fell like my brain is going to explode, I'm so overloaded with work right now... (Play, regional speech competition, homework, tests)

But have no fear, I'll do my best!

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]I was thinking that we should do something from an original score, such as music from Disney's [b]Aladdin[/b] or Tim Burton's [b]The Nightmare Before Christmas.[/b] Perhaps the song "What's This?" with different wording, of course. Just an idea. I think that'd run smoother than a real song, and finding a version without words is simpler.

Thoughts?[/size]

[Darren]

I completely agree. I hadn't even thought of it until you said, but by using a disney song like that, it makes things a lot easier. I was trying to think of a song that we could find the mp3 version without lyrics. (Once again, a disney choice simplifies that) and it would be a lot easier to fit the words in there. So besides the one you mentioned, do you have any other ideas for a song. It would definately have to be upbeat if we're making it humorous... I'll look into some good songs!

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]Um, yeah, just look into some Disney beats. Like "Acuna Matada" (sp?) and "Be Our Guest" and stuff like that. Really, those kind of songs work wonders. I think if we hit it off with a Disney beat, we'd get some good looks our way. We'll spend the next day hunting, I s'pose. But we oughta crack down on a song as soon as we can. As you said, it's up to finding the mp3 of it as well (or midi, even).[/size]

[Darren]

Okay...
Well I went through and downloaded as much disney tunes as I could find. And then I listened to ALL of them. (every single song the entire way through) As I was listening, I took into count that we would be changing these into humorous pieces and I think I've got 3 pretty good ideas: (Not including the ones that you have named off already)

[U]Aladdin - Prince Ali[/U]... My reasoning for this is that it's very upbeat and could require a lot of work to make words fit. If we were to pull it off, I think we would be praised 10 fold for it. Plus, at the beginning, there's this whole, "makeway for the king," sort of music (what with the horns and stuff) and we could use that to build up our already inflated egos. :D

[U]The Lion King - I Just Can't Wait to be King[/U]... To me, this is the exact music I think off when I think of a humorous track to a Survivor soundtrack. It has the right instruments and could be very rewarding if we pulled it off. Lastly:

[U]The Nightmare Before Christmas - This is Halloween[/U]... While "What's This" is a great track to use, I think that we could easily make a dark humor track with this song... Plus every time they say "Halloween," (which is a lot) we could substitute it for "LOL's."

But I'm still up for whatever it comes down to. In the end, we'd still have to find the songs without words. (Which I have no idea how to do, or how to find and MPG or MIDI file of it, or how to host it online for Sandy to hear) Just tell me what you guys think of all of this. In the mean-time, I'll keep searching for possible better tracks.

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]Haha, that's funny. I was thinking "This Is Halloween" and "Prince Ali" as well! Well, I think those two are actually our best bets as it is. They both work very nicely :) But I'm not about to make some large executive decision on my own. Which one do you guys wish for and do we all agree on it?[/size]

[Darren]

It's too hard to decide, but after extensive thought (and remaking my decision about 30 times) I choose [B]This is Halloween[/B]... It just seems like it would be easier to put in jokes and rhymes that sound good and I like the music better. (Even though Aladdin is my favorite movie!) So I guess we're waiting on Kitty to answer...

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]Kitty will still be gone for a few more days, so for time sake, we might have to make the executive decision right now. She can, however, help with the writing when she returns. But I also agree. "This Is Halloween" is more fun, though darker, albeit. Haha. So it has been decided! Now we need either an MP3 or midi of just the music.

And so, the desperate search began...[/size]

[Darren]

Okay, I'll admit: I'm a bit confused on exactly what we're looking for here... I get we need an mp3 or a midi of "This is Halloween." But what am I supposed to do after I find it? Do I link it through the forum? Do I download it and then use a hosting service to put it directly onto the forums? (I'm not even sure there IS a hosting service for music and if there is, I don't know of any) I'm pretty clueless. In any case, I've been searching and any site that has that song, (I haven't found and mp3, but I've found several midi) I've been downloading them and then writing downt the url address... Help me out when you read this.

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]Well, if you find it on a site where it's already uploaded, we can just use the URL of the MP3/midi. Otherwise if you get it elsewhere and it's not uploaded on the web, e-mail it to me and I'll get it up there. [email][email protected][/email] is my e-mail. :)[/size]

[Darren]

[SIZE=1]Well, I'm pretty sure that we're the farthest behind in this specific round. So, in an attempt to catch us up, here's the lyrics:

[COLOR=DarkOrange]Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween

This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick of treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween

I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red

I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Everybody waiting for the next surprise

In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise

Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll

Scream! This is Halloween
Red 'n' black, slimy green

Aren't you scared?

Well, that's just fine
Say it once, say it twice
Take the chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night

Everybody scream, everybody scream

In our town of Halloween

I am the clown with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace

I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your hair

I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright

This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween!

Tender lumpings everywhere
Life's no fun without a good scare

That's our job, but we're not mean
In our town of Halloween

In this town

Don't we love it now?

Everyone's waiting for the next surprise

Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee
Make you jump out of your skin
This is Halloween, everyone scream
Won't ya please make way for a very special guy
Our man Jack is king of the Pumpkin King now

This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

La la la la, Halloween! Halloween! (X4)[/COLOR]

I have an idea for a few verses, but I'm not that funny... I'm still trying to make up stuff that might make someone laugh... As for the midi: I found it... It asked me to download it so I'm assuming that it wasn't already uploaded to a site. I've listened to it, and it's exactly like the song so I'll be sending that your way and you can host it for us unless someone has found something better.[/SIZE]

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]Yep, I've been getting ideas for verses too. Let's collab now. What are the verses you've figured? We can work ours in together. And like I said in my e-mail back, I'm trying to still find the MP3 without vocals so I can record new vocals with [i]our[/i] lyrics in it, just so we can have that as a bonus for fun :)[/size]

[Darren]

I never got an e-mail, but I guess that's okay since you just told me what all you had said...

That said, I'll PM you all the stuff I have. Just keep in mind, it's not much. I'm not a very funny person (or original for that matter) so I couldn't come up with anything that's funny. It's all just generic, run-around-in-circles kind of music. But I think that some of it would be good.

But I do have ideas that I can't get the words to fit right: On the parts where they say "I am the one blah blah blah..." we should definately take that opportunity to introduce ourselves. Like our names and some wierd aspect of our personalities (Like, "I like Cheese," I dont' know) And if we feel like it, we can even introduce past members. (One of you two would have to do that because I haven't been here since then) After all, this song was based on all Hallows Eve, so I don't see a problem with introducing past members as though they were dead... And then of course DW would have to replace the reference for "Pumpkin King" since he's the captain.

But of course, if the team doesn't like 'em I'll go with whatever. I'm just throwing my ideas out there. I'll send the PM your way now... It's not much though.

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]As said in the PM, all of that is agreed. Shall we also include Pumpkin and Rach, simply because they're "deceased" to the team? But I think Rach was brought back to another team, so I'm not sure about him.[/size]

[Darren]

Well, as I said in my last message to both of you: I'm really sorry. I felt like I had abandoned both of you towards the end. And considering I was the only one who wasn't an original LOL member, (plus the fact that I had lost the debate) I was sure I would be eliminated. I'm grateful, of course that I'm still here, but I can't express how worthless I've felt throughout these past couple of rounds... I've just been in a slump and I plan to escape it soon. (I'm going to state tomorrow, so I've been super busy and after that, I'll be done with stressfulness for a long time) Next round we'll show 'em who's boss!

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]We've all been kind of busy, I think, therefore we've all kind of slacked in the previous rounds. It's not just you, man. In fact, I felt so un-captainy during our "lyrics" round, I attempted to vote myself off, but I guess you can't do that. However, I did feel I deserved it. I'm still sorry for you, Kitty, and it's been good. Perhaps you can be resurrected someday when Laugh Out Louds start kicking butt again :]

[b]EDIT:[/b] Considering the new challenge, Mr. Darren, I believe we should do something along the lines as two legendary brothers (such as the Brothers Grimm) who are expert heroes for hire, saving damsels and slaying dragons. It's our duty and we're world reknowned. It'll be simpler to this for us considering it's just the two of us, so I don't think that would cause much problem. But how does that sound?

Character biographies shouldn't be difficult. Making up quick characters around such an idea, that is. Naming ourselves simple things such as [b]Dw[/b]ight and Darren Herother, the Legendary Herother Brothers, and etc. But I'll await your reply for such cases.[/size]

[Darren]

Yeah! That sounds great to me... Although Sandy said that bios weren't necessary unless we wanted to, I guess the other teams could get a bit of a feel if they were to want interaction. I like the idea! Let's go for it, I'll post my bio ASAP.

But speaking of strategy, how should we get involved in the RP... I just figured that if we're the type of "heroes for hire" that maybe something could be done with that... Anyway, I'm sure you have a bunch already planned out while I just found out about the challenge. (I'll explain) So I'll go ahead and post the profile and then you can post the first entry from our team... How's that sound? That way, I can follow your lead and our stories will seem coherent...

On the note of why I'm just getting around to the challenge: I had to go to my state competition Thursday-Saturday and I just got back around 1:15am... Anyway, there were 13 debate teams (2 dropped out from the original 15) and we got 3rd over all! So I was pretty excited since we're the first ones to get a medal at state in a long long time. (at least 10 years)

So, I'll get right on that so this party can get started. RPing is a strong suit for me!


~~~~EDIT~~~~

[COLOR=DarkGreen][B]Name:[/B] Darren Herother
[B]Gender:[/B] Male
[B]Age:[/B] 20
[B]Personality:[/B] The younger of the Herother brothers, Darren is always trying to prove his self, especially to his older brother. He dabbles in too many things all at once, always trying to improve his knowlege of the world and how it's run. Because of this, he's never really prepared for the thing he's actually trying to prove himself in, thus, his personality interests contradict themselves; In truth, he's just too lazy to worry about slaying a dragon or evil sorcerer. While he may want to, he finds it much easier to read a book or two about dragon's or sorcerer's and tell his brother the best way to defeat them. He's the "assisstant," if you will, and Darren despises himself for it, but as said earlier, he's too lazy to really care. He's also optimistic. For example, Take the above statement: While he strives to live up to his brother's reputations, he finds that his brother would be quite dead if it weren't for his knowlege of the situation. (And the fact that he's saved his brother's life on the occasion's where he wouldn't listen) He believes that the death of an enemy is indirectly caused by his knowlege and his coincidental relation to the man who can slay the being.
[B]Biography:[/B] *generic tragic hero's bio* (Mother and father killed long ago by evil sorcerer, never got revenge but doesn't really require it, cares for the brother too much to let him do something rash and get killed so he follows along, trying to live up to standards, compensates by ridding evil beings from other villages, you know the drill)[/COLOR]

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]Roleplaying is also a strong suit for me :] I think this'll be where we can shine! And it just being the two of us, we can easily be reassured depending on the rest of the team won't be hard, haha. But that all sounds good. I quickly post up my profile and post the first entry!
[list][*][b]Name:[/b] Dwight Herother
[*][b]Gender:[/b] Male
[*][b]Age:[/b] 23
[*][b]Personality:[/b] At times, Dwight is very much the opposite of his brother Darren. In fact, he [i]is[/i] the opposite. He takes leadership as his duty and self-proclaims himself the better of the two. Because he often doesn't believe in Darren's strategies, he'll be more of the risk-taker, often jumping into situations without thinking. More often than not, it is Darren's plans that get them out of the troubles they run into, but Dwight will easily take the credit as the one who pulled the whole string through.

Though Dwight sometimes doesn't show it, he does love his brother and would protect him in any situation. After all, he is the older brother and therefore takes quite a bit of responsibility in that job. He's also more of a ladies' man, and takes to the drink quite a bit. This could also be where his troubles come from. That or his obnoxiously loud mouth.
[*][b]Biography:[/b] Upon the death of their father and mother by a dark spell, Dwight and Darren set off to rid the world from the lurking evil magics that were present in the darkest nooks of the lands. Dwight, being the more rash one, wanted simply to find the sorcerer who was the cause of his parents' deaths and get revenge. But for sympathy for his younger brother, Dwight decided he'd do the next best thing: become heroes for hire.[/list]

Let's do this![/size]

[Darren]

YES SIR! I've just posted my reply... It was kind of short, but as long as we get the road on, I'd say we're golden. After all, Sandy said she'd be switching the story several times throughout the challenge, so we don't really need to focus on the in-depth stuff. I say we just get our characters as close to the pheonix heart as possible before it all changes. Well good look and my our team WIN!!!

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]Your post was great :] I was totally able to play off it successfully. But we might need to hurry our adventure along by getting to that castle real quick-like. Simply 'cause Sandy could change the theme any second. Read my post in the thing and then read the rest of this post...

[b]The following is for after you read my post ;)[/b]

As you read, I ended where I fell in the pit. Just a suggestion to hurry it along is that I find something down there that will get us out of the forest and on our way... like maybe a large bird that lives in the hole that we ride to the castle. Something like that. Haha. But go hogwild. I wanna see what you'll do :]

Also, Sandy said he doesn't want one team dominating the whole story. But I think we must take into consideration that some teams are, like, five people, so they would be pretty much [i]every other post[/i]. We're only two people, so our story isn't told as much. Therefore, I think we're allowed to post more often individually than other teams because you and I posting a lot is the same as a team of five posting only a little. Get what I mean? So feel free to just keep posting. We'll equal out to being the same as others that way. Good work so far, though.[/size]

[Darren]

Unfortunately, I don't know how soon I'll be able to get around to the posting... My computer at home is broken right now, and I'm on my school's computer right now. Unfortunately I don't have the time to post in just one class period... I can try to do it tonight, but I'm not sure at all. Maybe, I can get around to it this afternoon, in 7th hour.... I hope it will turn out alright if I can't get to it immediately. But I really liked your post, it was very interesting and I think I can make a wonderful post that will put us "ahead" of the mercenaries (since they seem to be playing off of our original ideas, and they seem to want to race... :animesigh ) But yes, I will try my best!

EDIT:

Okay, I finished my post. There's a few typos but I didn't have time to go back and fix them. Sorry. And I think it was long enough to compensate for the few posts that we've had. Plus, the Titans and Argo haven't been up to posting as we have. We've both posted twice. And the mercenaries have all at least posted once. Only Tiana from Argo has posted, I believe and not all of the Titans have posted yet, so I'd say we're golden so far as long as we keep our posts at a really good quality. Okay, so tell me what you think.

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]I thought the post was sufficient :] Maybe fix the few typos, but the quality was great. I enjoyed reading it. Every seems to be already getting past the gargoyles and such, so I hurried that part along, but with a logical way. Now I gave us a more interesting twist that you can pretty much take any way you want. I'm curious what you'll do ;) Haha.

Keep it up, LOL!

[b]EDIT:[/b] Oh, and, every time you have a new paragraph, double-space it so you can see where the new paragraph is. I guarantee Sandy will be picky about this since in roleplaying, most are. :]

[b]EDIT 2:[/b] Oh, well, Sandy made a plot twist around my post, so... I guess... do what you want. Haha.[/size]

[Darren]

It seems that I didn't have time to post before all was changed. But I think we should keep our info generally the same. Since this is a X-menesque story, I think I can do extremely well. I love X-MEN. I think instead of brothers, we should be roomies now! So I'm going to keep the same info about the bio, but I'm just going to briefly go over his powers in my first post... Which will be coming soon!

[Dragon Warrior]

[size=1]Sounds good. Once you do that, I'll post after you to introduce my character as his roommate. I think we're not doing too shabby here :D[/size]

[Darren]

Sorry about the short post. It was kind of crappy, but at least it gets us moving again and we can hook up with some of the other groups so that we don't seem like we're doing nothing...

I guess you can decide which other people we'll team up with, and we can go from there.... ok ^_^