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Title: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 04, 2013, 09:54:39 AM
All right just wanna get this out of the way, Im not the best role player. Ive messed around on some Garrys Mod RP servers but thats not hardcore rp. sooooooooooooooo if you want to join you are going to have to pitch your ideas of what the rp would even be about but......you have to be your Fursona.
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Post by: DragonGirl2 on January 04, 2013, 02:49:20 PM
u could do one about farm life.
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Post by: Volo Quack on January 04, 2013, 04:33:41 PM
I'm very interested. I'll try to think of some ideas.
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Post by: Nobi on January 09, 2013, 05:02:49 PM
What kinda time and place are we thinking of? Present day? Future? Past? Urban, country, wasteland, undersea metropolis on a terraformed Mars?  :)
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Ventus Fall on January 09, 2013, 09:50:30 PM
I would either go for Medieval times or on another planet (space/future rp), where people are starting to terraform it.
(nice idea, in my opinion, ShinobiFox, about the terraforming :))
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 09, 2013, 11:38:39 PM
I would either go for Medieval times or on another planet (space/future rp), where people are starting to terraform it.
(nice idea, in my opinion, ShinobiFox, about the terraforming :) )


Why thank you! I'm quite fond of writing sci-fi stories. My most recent unfinished project thingy was called Iridia, and took place on a planet called Catalyst. It originally starred humans, but I could always furrify it if other people here are down for that!  XD


Here's the first bit of the introduction, if anyone would like to read it. Just replace any mention of humans with furs.  :)


    Earth—Humanity’s home sweet home. For millennia, we lived on what she so generously provided. She gave us land on which to live; water to drink; food to eat. We built cities of the grandest scale on her crust, and achieved a level of technological superiority that no Earthly species would ever surpass. We also ravaged her surface with self-destructive wars, greedily tore through her resources and used them for our own gluttonous benefit, and generally repaid her kindness with a collective middle finger to her face.

            By the time we realized the true extent of our damage, our planet was already far beyond repair. And so it was that roughly halfway through the 21st century, the human race left the green movement behind. Instead, we turned our attention to space travel. In an unprecedented group effort by most of the world’s major powers, the field of interplanetary travel was born, with the first humans settling and eventually terraforming Mars in 2164. So began Humanity’s expansion across our solar system.
           
2299—Earth is officially deemed unsuitable for human life.

            With a dead home planet, our only choice was to keep expanding. Shortly after the last ship left Earth in the early 24th century, we were lucky enough to stumble upon a trio of Earth-like planets in the nearby Proxima system—the closest solar system to our now lifeless homeworld. The first two—Hope and Windsor—were quickly settled with little need for terraforming. The third, now known by the name of Catalyst, wasn’t so simple. It contained all the necessary resources for human life: water, livable terrain, etc. But its atmosphere was just out of range of breathability for humans. So its future inhabitants began yet another previously unheard-of project: to build the first solid atmospheric containment system around the planet.

            Completed in 2457, this colossal, transparent sphere—nicknamed the Shell by the planet’s citizens—held within it an atmosphere that was not only breathable, but also under complete human control. Levels of gases, water vapor, pollution, and the like were now constantly monitored, with the Shell’s vast network of climate-control systems keeping everything in near perfect equilibrium. It was after the completion of this artificial sky that Catalyst was finally settled.

            Iridia, the planet’s first city, began as a small mining colony; so named because of the massive Iridium deposit on which it was built. But by 2700, over 200 years after the city’s creation, it had become the largest and most developed population center in the system.
 
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 09, 2013, 11:47:51 PM
I dont care what the setting will be. Just find something we all will agree too :)
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 11, 2013, 02:11:36 AM
I dont care what the setting will be. Just find something we all will agree too :)


What does everyone think of Iridia, then? We can always do something completely different. I just wanted to describe the setting to see if anyone thought it was interesting.  ^_^
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Post by: Shapeshifter on January 11, 2013, 10:05:32 AM
Can a Shapeshifter still join?
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Post by: Ventus Fall on January 11, 2013, 11:25:59 AM
Iridia sounds good to me too, except the meaning of this topic was to roleplay as your fursona, not as a human ^^
So anthropomorphic creatures instead of humans? Or are the anthros from the original planet(s)?
I prefer to go with the latter, that there were anthropomorphs on the other planets, able to live in those different condistions. The fact that there will be humans and anthropomorphs will create some kind of suspense,
or that is my opinion.

What do you guys think?




@Shapeshifter: I do not see why not ^_^
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 11, 2013, 03:57:57 PM
Iridia sounds good to me too, except the meaning of this topic was to roleplay as your fursona, not as a human ^^
So anthropomorphic creatures instead of humans? Or are the anthros from the original planet(s)?
I prefer to go with the latter, that there were anthropomorphs on the other planets, able to live in those different condistions. The fact that there will be humans and anthropomorphs will create some kind of suspense,
or that is my opinion.

What do you guys think?




@Shapeshifter: I do not see why not ^_^


The story was originally written with humans, but I posted the idea here with the intention of replacing humans with anthros.  :)
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Ventus Fall on January 11, 2013, 05:00:01 PM
Ah, I see x3 It's clear to me now, thanks for explaining :)

I'm good with either theme/genre, etc, but this is a good background story. So I'll stick with ShinibiFox on the idea :3

(Unless of course someone else has an idea all worked out).
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 11, 2013, 06:42:26 PM
Ah, I see x3 It's clear to me now, thanks for explaining :)

I'm good with either theme/genre, etc, but this is a good background story. So I'll stick with ShinibiFox on the idea :3

(Unless of course someone else has an idea all worked out).


No problem.  ^_^


As far as the level of technology goes, blasters/laser weaponry has been developed, holoscreens are the norm, and there are flying vehicles (hovercrafts/skycars/etc) as well as land-based vehicles in use. However, it's not at the level of Star Trek, where furs can be "beamed up" and stuff. I'm probably leaving a bunch of technological details out, so if anyone wants to know if a certain piece of technology is in the world of Iridia, please ask me!  :)
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Ventus Fall on January 11, 2013, 06:45:29 PM
Wow, you really thought this through :D
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Post by: Nobi on January 11, 2013, 07:00:06 PM
Wow, you really thought this through :D


Hehe, thank you!  X3  I was really serious about making it into a full-length story for a while, so I spent a good deal of time working out the finer details of how things worked.


Here's a short passage from the first chapter that might give you and idea of what the city and its culture are like:


   He and his friends sat at a circular, hovering table near the edge of a shady outdoor food court in one of Iridia’s numerous shopping centers. Larger than some of the city’s neighborhoods, these malls sat on huge, pedestrian-only platforms suspended thousands of feet above the ground amidst towering Iridian skyscrapers. Around the group’s table were various establishments selling everything from retro-style hotdogs, to nutrient-filled, heavily caffeinated shakes that could keep you fed and fully energized for an entire day—an expensive, but useful convenience in the city’s busy urban society.


As a city, Iridia differs from some of the other cities on Catalyst—and in the Proxima System, for that matter—in that its government is attempting to cut down on automated services like auto-piloted busses and taxis in order to create more jobs. This gives it a much more Earth-like feel, with many tasks being performed by furs rather than machines.
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Ventus Fall on January 11, 2013, 07:08:27 PM
You're welcome :P



And ok, nice writing too.


All we have to wait for I guesss if others accept and that the RP can begin! *woosh*

Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 11, 2013, 07:12:46 PM
Sounds good!  :D  I shall await the others' responses! *smoke bombs and disappears*
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Post by: Shapeshifter on January 11, 2013, 07:42:13 PM
Sounds great!

What kind of jobs are available apart from Taxi and Bus drivers? :D
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 11, 2013, 07:48:21 PM
Sounds great!

What kind of jobs are available apart from Taxi and Bus drivers? :D


Anything, of course!  ^_^  I was just using those as example of jobs that were formerly automated in Iridia, but are now once again performed by furs. The rest of the colonies, for the most part, rely on machines to perform jobs like those, as well as stuff like recycling collection (many cities have become almost totally trash-free in an attempt to prevent the sort of environmental damage that forced us to leave Earth behind), construction, cleaning, and the generally less desirable jobs. However, any job that you'd find in our current time period is very much available on Catalyst, as well as jobs that don't currently exist in our time.  :)
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 11, 2013, 10:47:07 PM
We can do it in Iridia if we all want to, and yes you can be a shapeshifter.                            @ShinobiFox: Will humans be co-existing with furs as well? Or what? Frankly, I dont care  ^_^
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Volo Quack on January 12, 2013, 12:44:19 AM
All of this is sounding great! Sign me up!
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 12, 2013, 03:45:56 AM
@ShinobiFox: Will humans be co-existing with furs as well? Or what? Frankly, I dont care  ^_^


I'm thinking it would be just furs, if that's ok with everyone else.  :)


And yay Quilgard! I'm glad you're on board, too!  :D
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 12, 2013, 04:38:56 AM
Well, shall we begin? I think we are all in agreement  :D  (P.S. IM NOT GOOD AT ROLEPLAY :S )
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Post by: Nobi on January 12, 2013, 07:30:22 AM
Oh, silence, Rena! I'm sure you're just fine at roleplay.  ^_^  Just look at this as an opportunity to gain more experience!


Since it is 1:30 in the morning, I think I will hold off on my starter post until my thoughts are more coherent.  -.-
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Ventus Fall on January 12, 2013, 02:10:13 PM
Well, shall we begin? I think we are all in agreement  :D  (P.S. IM NOT GOOD AT ROLEPLAY :S )


I think setting up rules, and an OOC board so we can post in there character information and setting
is best to set up firstm what do you think? ^^


Also, not good at roleplaying? I'm sure you'll be fine, and otherwise, like ShinobiFox said, you can gain experience from this, right? :)
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Post by: Shapeshifter on January 12, 2013, 02:13:38 PM
Yes, an OOC thread would be nice as well as some kind of character sheet.
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 12, 2013, 02:30:18 PM
Mind if I join?
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Post by: Nobi on January 12, 2013, 03:04:57 PM
I like the idea of an OOC thread and character sheets. We don't have to go into super mega extreme detail on the sheets, but they can be relatively detailed if you like. Is there a way to link an OOC thread to this one (I'm honestly quite new to forums in general, so forgive me if I don't quite know my way around things yet  :S )?

And AlmarRaccoon, of course you can join!
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 12, 2013, 03:55:40 PM
Thanks, I'm not sure where the OOC thread would be located, but yeah, you could link it if you made it.
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Post by: Nobi on January 12, 2013, 03:59:33 PM
I assume we can just make it right here in the RP boards, right?


Also, what sort of RP does everyone want this to be? Are we gonna be playing as normal, everyday furs, or do we wanna be soldiers, mercenaries, spies, bounty hunters, pilots, that sort of thing?


Post Merge: January 12, 2013, 04:00:37 PM
Personally, I wouldn't mind doing the latter. I think it would make things much more interesting.  ^_^
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 12, 2013, 04:22:59 PM
Bounty Hunters sound cool, what do you guys think?
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Post by: LeafTheSwift on January 12, 2013, 05:11:23 PM
I like mideval fatasy rp because there is so much you can do with them.
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Post by: Shapeshifter on January 12, 2013, 06:03:12 PM
We already agreed to play in Iridia and that's a sci-fi setting... *would be a good spy with all her forms* :D
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Post by: Nobi on January 12, 2013, 06:09:56 PM
I think there are one or two medieval RPs going on here, FoxStorm.  :)  And we can always do a Medieval one another time. Fret not, my friend!


And it looks like we've got our spy, then!  ;)  That takes hiding in plain sight to a whole new level!  XD
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Post by: Shapeshifter on January 12, 2013, 09:03:36 PM
lol doesn't it :D
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 13, 2013, 12:00:42 AM
I'll be a bounty hunter, that sounds awesome  :)
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Post by: Ventus Fall on January 13, 2013, 01:37:51 AM
I think we should first decide if it's going to be a serious RP or not,
in which case after if we decide it serious RP, we can place an OOC thread in the Compagnion board and such :)


Also, I'll have to see what kind of character I'll be as of yet, XD
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Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 13, 2013, 03:03:28 AM
Well, I cant function in a serious RP because Im not any good. And I have no idea what my character would be.
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Post by: Nobi on January 13, 2013, 05:22:24 AM
I was thinking it could be a mix of serious and comedic. Could that work?  :)  Like, have serious things going on, but with plenty of humor thrown in.


What/where is the Companion board, Ventus? O:


As far as you and Rena514's characters go, what can you see yourselves doing in a massive futuristic metropolis?


I did forget to mention that there is a bit of a crime problem in the city (that played a pretty large role in the original story). So if you wanted, you could even be part of a gang, or smugglers, or something like that.  :)
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Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 13, 2013, 06:42:17 AM
I honestly would almost never be able to come up with a character.  :/
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Post by: Shapeshifter on January 13, 2013, 09:20:56 AM
So it'll be a FunRP...

Rena514: what are you doing in RL or want to do? Maybe that helps.
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Post by: Ventus Fall on January 13, 2013, 12:19:28 PM

What/where is the Companion board, Ventus? O:




Here is the regular serious RP board: http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?board=28.0 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?board=28.0)
You might be able to see the serious RP compagnion board above all of the roleplay topics.


But here is the Serious RP compagnion board, if you're interested: http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?board=55.0 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?board=55.0)


:)
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Post by: Nobi on January 13, 2013, 01:58:23 PM

What/where is the Companion board, Ventus? O:




Here is the regular serious RP board: http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?board=28.0 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?board=28.0)
You might be able to see the serious RP compagnion board above all of the roleplay topics.


But here is the Serious RP compagnion board, if you're interested: http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?board=55.0 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?board=55.0)


 :)


Ah, thank you! Like I said, I'm still kinda working on finding my way around the forums here.  @.@

I honestly would almost never be able to come up with a character.  :/
Well, it's an RP as your fursona, right? What does your fursona do? Maybe you can take that, and tweak it to fit the setting?  :)
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 13, 2013, 03:21:06 PM
Rena,
An easy way to create a character is to go through a few easy steps:
1.) Good or Evil character
2.) Think of something you'd want to do based on that (Evil: Smuggler, Good: jedi)
3.) Give them a background that would add motivation for what they do (I would suggest avoiding the whole "Lost both my parents at a young age" thing because that seems to be very common)
4.) Give them a little bit of you. For example, I never like to be an evil character, so even if I play a bounty hunter I will make him more neutral than evil.
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Post by: Nobi on January 13, 2013, 03:37:12 PM
Neutrality is always an option.  :)
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Post by: Volo Quack on January 13, 2013, 04:13:39 PM
Yay for neutrality!
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 13, 2013, 11:21:02 PM
that's true
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 14, 2013, 04:25:43 AM
What do you think, Rena? :) So far we have AlmarRaccoon as our bounty hunter, Shapeshifter as our spy, and I'm thinking it would be fun to play a thief/hacker-type person (with more of an emphasis on thief). By no means do you need to have a profession/role along those lines, but maybe these will give you some inspiration? Also, just because a role/profession is taken doesn't mean you can't have it, too! So choose anything you like!  ^_^


If you want more inspiration, I can always fire off some random, off-the-top-of-my-head professions/types of people you'd run into on Iridia (and even just the Proxima system in general. You can always be from a different planet, or even an entirely different system).


You could be a...


Police officer, or even en elite, SWAT-like person


A mercenary or bounty hunter


A thief


A hacker (they can make a looooooootta money if they play their cards right)


A gangster


A smuggler or drugrunner


An information broker


A spy


A pilot


A space pirate


A miner


A reporter


A mechanic


An amazing/famous gourmet chef


An inventor


A chemist


A biologist


A microbiologist


A physicist


A doctor, surgeon, or medic


An explosives expert


A sniper


A heavy weapons person


A CQC expert


A ninja or assassin


And you're certainly not limited to those! I just want to help inspire you to create your role for this RP.  :)
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 14, 2013, 04:42:49 AM
Well Im intested in anything medical (Probably because once college starts again im going to try and major in it) Soooooo maybe doctor or nurse or some kind of military medic.
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Post by: Nobi on January 14, 2013, 05:03:50 AM
Well Im intested in anything medical (Probably because once college starts again im going to try and major in it) Soooooo maybe doctor or nurse or some kind of military medic.
There you go!  :D  When I'm creating a character, I usually start with what I want to do as that character, and then think about whom I want to do it for/why.


As a doctor/medic-type person, you could do that for a variety of people/organizations. You could just be a regular doctor working for the public. However, you could also be a field medic for the military, or for a mercenary group. You could even work for a gang or organized crime syndicate, fixing people up after they've been shot/stabbed/overdosed on something/etc. This could be done in the field during gang wars/battles with the authorities, or in safehouses or hideouts.


If you wanna do something really out there, you could even be a super crazy/sadistic doctor or surgeon who uses their knowledge of anatomy and bodily functions to torture and/or kill people. Maybe even poison them with large amounts/strange mixtures of different medicines, eroding their vital organs from the inside out...
Any of that sound appealing?  :)
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 14, 2013, 06:28:29 AM
Hmmmmm I guess a field medic for mercenarys or something of the such
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 14, 2013, 06:46:21 AM
If that's what you wanna do, then I say go for it.  :)  Just make sure you nail it down to something specific. For example, are you gonna be part of a team of mercs, or are you more of an independent medic-for-hire?


Post Merge: January 14, 2013, 06:49:53 AM
In fact, should we all be a team? Maybe Shapeshifter and I could be the stealthy ones, Rena514 can be the medic, AlmarRaccoon can be a specialist in whatever area he wants (and of course be a lone bounty hunter as his other job), and Ventus and any newcomers can be whatever they wanna be?


That's not to say that we need to start as a team in the RP, of course. Maybe we could all meet, or be thrown into working together somehow?
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Volo Quack on January 14, 2013, 07:39:40 AM
I think I'll take the role of a space pirate. Space pirates are the best.
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Post by: Shapeshifter on January 14, 2013, 08:21:51 AM
Since spy can't be my main job I'd also like to be a pilot to be of some use... so I get around a lot and meet many new people aka acquire new forms :D

becoming a team sounds good to me
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 14, 2013, 01:39:16 PM
We could be a mercenary team like StarFox! I'll have to think of a role for myself, but for now I'm going to school.
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 14, 2013, 05:36:51 PM
I guess I could be a medic for hire then.  ^_^
Title: Re: An RP as your Fursona potentially?
Post by: Nobi on January 15, 2013, 05:35:30 AM
Wonderful!  ^_^  Personally, I like the idea of a team of normally independent mercs being brought together for a very specific mission. Would everyone like that as a main plot element? I'd still need to think of the mission in question, of course...
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Post by: Shapeshifter on January 15, 2013, 08:14:43 AM
I'm in
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 15, 2013, 12:36:32 PM
Sounds good to me
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Post by: nixon/monto on January 17, 2013, 02:22:12 AM
this is nixon sir i would like to join sir..uuhhh mam.....hhuuummmmmmm. lets pick sniper and close range fighter. that sound good. also HI!
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 17, 2013, 03:54:56 AM
Hello and welcome  :)
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Post by: DarkWolf556 on January 17, 2013, 04:23:42 AM
Hello  :)