Wouldn't a Giant Bomb RPG be a good idea?

I voted "Yes" thinking this was about an actual video game, but I am totally against any kind of forum roleplaying thing.

@fluxwavez:

Fair enough. Everyone has their own view on things.

As much as I enjoyed trolling the CV forum battle threads with inane junk like "Plastic Man could totally whoop Galactus", I have to draw the line at infecting the Giant Bomb community with their roleplaying bullshit. Nobody should aspire to be anything like the people who hang out on those forums.

"If you gaze into the abyss" and all that.

We've already been playing one of the longest-running forum RPG's on the internet. The game is that we all play the roles of people who don't like RPG's on forums. The other part of successfully playing our roles is that we never, ever discuss that we're playing the game, or that it even exists. Anyone who mentions it out in the open is immediately ostracized from the community, their name never to be mentioned again.

Remember, the first rule about the Giant Bomb RPG is you don't talk about the Giant Bomb RPG. The question is, and this is going to tear you up inside, will replying to this message again disqualify you from the game? You'll never know until it's too late. I'm only getting away with this because I'm totally abusing my power as a moderator again.

(I am giving myself +17 trolling points for this post, someone mark it down)

Welcome to the game! :D

Sorry I didn't read the OP either but voted yes. I've never much cared for forum games.

I normally do read posts before I vote, but the idea of a video game based on Giant Bomb (a la the new South Park game) has my full interest.

Yes, but only if my class can be "Shoemaker".

@joeyravn: Aw, come on. The GB forums are pretty OK, a lot of you guys are pretty cool dudes. That being said, a GB RPG thread is one step away from those terrible who would win Goku or [insert another character] threads?

I would definitely play a GB video game, only if Vinnys alter ego V-bomb is the final boss though. Take it or leave it folks.

lol no

Now that comic vine forum, that's an internet right there.

@miko1222: For a minute i thought a Viner is someone who likes vinny.

I'm an idiot.

Nah, not interested.

Unless... if everybody role-plays internet idiots like back in the seaserpent forums...

I used to use my unread mail counter as a high-score counter. Does that count?

@audiobusting: Or... What if we all role-play nice people on the internet?

I have it on good authority that there is a person on Comic Vine with at least two accounts totaling well over three hundred thousand posts, most of which were made during an RP conversation...with himself.

Just let that sink in for a second.

I haven't been able to get mine any higher since the site rejiggery pokery.

:(

I think my highest score was 658, sometime last year.

I'm Giantbomb's own Jeff Gertsman (changed his last name for legal reasons, sue me now Jeffy G!)

"Whadup whdaup whadup Jeff in da hoooooouzze'"

*crowd applause*

/jeff eats a taco

"Hello small business man, I'm done with jorts, son!"

Seriously, no. Please don't make us do something like this, it is weird. I did this to teach you a lesson and not because I want to roleplay as Jeff.

You don't have to brag about your post count to us.

As a fan of GB, yes. As someone who has seen the AVGN game come out, no. It's less about the quality and more about the fact that it's a circle-jerk. More importantly, I'm guessing the actual GB crew would be against it.

No, the community is already creepy enough with their worship of the staff, dont make it weirder

Only if we get a battle forum as well.

Who would win in a fight: Goku or Vinny?

Please no. I don't actually care if one crops up since I wouldn't join in. But please no anyways.

Nope.

I know someone that did basically the same thing on a chat server that someone hosted out their dorm room at college, and he got absurdly pissed off when I exposed his dual identity.

If you want to act like a goofball, you don't need to make an alt account. This is Giant Bomb.

My mind immediately goes to what turn based "Ultimate" animations each member of the crew would have. I'd like Vinny to slowly craft a handmade wooden weapon on a workbench before striking an opponent. Some kind of densely animated anime version of jeff powering up and destroying the world with his exhausted apathy. "Yeah. Sure. Blow the world up. Great. Sure. I regret eating fast food earlier."

Shoemaker... Maybe channeling the collective rage of the chat? Rorie would have some kind of Puppy situation. Alex would be wrestling. Anytime there is a critical hit, a sound clip of ryan screaming "YEAH! YEAH!"

An RPG where the avatars sit at desks making calls on IP phones, checking email in Outlook, updating blogs and twitter, and updating a giant wiki style website, while occasionally going to tech demos and trade shows? Sign me up!

So many people not reading the OP.

Welcome to Giant Bomb!

To be fair, the title is very easy to misinterpret.

I'd have to vote "no". Also when i read the OP i immediately thought the idea was that we would play the roles of the Giant Bomb staff and that was a super disturbing image.

Bleh, forum games are kind of the worst, and are usually just secretly postcount boosters.

A vidjamagame RPG I could get behind, even if the Vinny class would have to be heavily nerfed.

I'm ArbitraryWater, and I'm a level 42 Lichwizard. Also, I have allied myself with the moon king to force the dark power of Fire Emblem across the universe.

That sounds like the worst idea. The only thing worse would be a battle forum.

Someone mentor me, I want to be the very best Forum RPG person ever.

I've never heard of this, sound duuuuuuumb

/ooc please guys respect each others fursona, leave the petty bickering to the otherkin, m'kay?