Opposition Party, ever want to be the baddy?...(interest check)

I give it a eh.
If it's done right it can be fun but it can give ego boosts to people.
If it's done wrong then that means another "Outcasts" and no one wants that.
Good luck though.

 

That would be fun to be apart of, someone stealing fuel from Tanji. I'd have not issues playing the victim.

 

It sounds like you're either wanting to make a group whose sole purpose is to say "nay" to what is largely accepted in order to shoe-horn conflict, or for a conglomeration of pseudo-throwaways to start crap for a week only to be stopped and die/disappear/get arrested at the end like the average episodic superhero cartoon.

I get the desire to keep things fresh and have things happening to minimalize baRP, but the way this is worded makes it feels too forced. Like you HAVE to make characters oppose A, B, and C (being popularly-held beliefs or morals) for devised reason X solely to make conflict.

Basically, a group of extremist space-hipsters designed to be fought against? No. Seems to hollow to me.

I'm all for having characters who are written to be naturally prone to start crap (especially if they profit from it in some way, just have to always be prepared for death threats if they make someone IC angry), and I love it even more when two Player Characters' ideals clash and lead them to become rivals or nemeses, but throwaways who are only meant to pick galactic fights every week are never good. Players controlling "NPCs" have their part in private events/dungeons if done appropriately, but a "villain of the week" would stale quickly and likely dive into the world of stereotypes.

 

I got it. Space Nazis

 

Again, I get what you say and I agree there needs to be more events for the larger population...correction, more open ended events that are not simply closed off for a group of BFFs and at least are open to others' involvement.

But this:

Is exactly what I'm talking about that rubs me the wrong way. It feels too much like a superhero cartoon for me. Every week someone can expect some ultimate evil of darkness or twisted-mustache evil genius to challenge the noble in the frontier, fight, and more than likely die/get arrested.Could it work? Maybe. Would it give the playerbase something to do? ...Well as long as the USAF don't beat them to the punch, maybe (if anyone in them reads this, love youuuuuuu). But it still feels a little forced. And then there's the possibility of what if some players actually want to SIDE with them? Will you just take steps to ensure they're universally hatable? That doesn't really make for good characters. Will you make the character's lifespan actually progress as a standard player character if they "win"/survive their "episode", or will you just have them off themselves at that point?

And there's also what Raidek said about it giving some people ego boosts. "Ha! I beat THREE villains of the week, you only beat one. You're not that special of a character and don't deserve attention from my faction/settlement/clique, go away, scrub."

I guess ultimately what I'm beating around the bush of is this: characters who develop into antagonizing forces of one group or another as a result of server-side experiences, amazing, great, fantastic (Dionaea Tribe comes to mind for me). Characters who fly in on their space horse twirling a curly mustache and kidnap the first damsel they can find and tie her to a railroad track shouting "mwahaha" until the entire server comes down on them every week, nope.

All that said...I think this server could possibly benefit from some kind of crime syndicate. Siru puts the Chaotic in Chaotic Netural, but their ultimate purpose is just salvage with some drug dealing on the side. I have a non-deployed character who could help start that off if you went that route. It's no "villain" of the week, but a crime of the week possibly part of some convoluted conspiracy to maximize profits by seeding chaos might be closer to something less cartoony and more long-term. As long as it's played smart so the USAF doesn't easily kill them all before something can come of it.

TL;DR: Villain of the Week, meh. But an Intelligent Crime Syndicate looking to profit in this isolated and diverse community due to it being out of the peripheral of the major Chucklecanon factions...there's an idea. Or maybe that's an even worse idea. Thoughts?

 

youre too pessimistic. USAF (or, atleast everyone except the gross rescue fireteam) wouldnt intervene, lest it takes place inside mattis; involves the well-being of a member, or happens upon a certain garden. something something else ur rong im rite

 

Raideck*

And anyways past that, there can be a villain group it just needs something to make it a villain group. A purpose, a goal. Please don't use the "Some people are just inherently evil." or "Some men want to watch the world burn." that is true but for an entire group? No. For instance, only the Joker was wanting the world to burn, while his henchmen were being manipulated by him, as they were suffering from mental illnesses. look at the nazis (Oh god...) they wanted to make the world "perfect" in their eyes.

So something like that, a goal.

 

Making a bad guy or "evil" faction inst difficult. It simply requires a lot of community outreach and interest. The second people start to see things as is vs them, it stops being fun for most players. Make roleplay for people, and in most cases they will come. Its not hard to craft an experience better then walking into a bar. It does however take time to set up, prepare, and execute.

 

I miss the Outcasts, myself.

SP3CTR3, if you're thinking of doing something and you find some willing people, I say do it. Any additional villain type characters would be great to add to a real feel of antagonism and danger. Maybe you won't hit the mark the first time you do this and get in an OOC fight or two, but that's part of learning. Just because you haven't done if before, don't be hesitant. It's a learning experience.

My advice is do if you're sincerely interested, and don't if you're not. One or the other.

 

A notorious space bandit gang.

Led by the infamous warlords Cheeki and Breeki.

 

Well, in that case, I suppose count me in. I need something to do when I'm not trying to find things to do with Maz or planning an assassination with Sion.

 

I'm actually thinking this could be a thing. People should love being evil for once, evil and complex with a rich background story and insight!

 

I'm in. It's been my desire to retire my main characters and play some antagonists or assist with these events.

 

I'm in. It'll give my characters (Akira Akane and someone not revealed yet) a lot more purpose. Because having IC Antares criminal connections as a spy is a lot more interesting.

 

I'm okay with this idea, I would like to try my hand at an antagonist at some point, I usually shy away from them as I cannot do antagonists quite right, they usually end up being chaotic good or neutral. I would like to take a go at it though.