FlexAmerican Dynamite
WZCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Yup, nothing wrong with jokes that are offensive when you're the one making them.
WZCW Discussion Thread
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BK Styles
Certified Nerd
Oh you glorious motherfucker. Cannot wait to read that.
As long as they're funny then no, no there isn't FWIW mine were all taken from a joke website and were the most up-voted jokes in their categories (which for the sake of people who aren't reading them I won't mention just in case.) so I'll use that as a relatively objective measure of funniness.
Viola Moonlight
I'm Literally Just Here for WZCW
If it's a joke, nobody should be offended, regardless of who said it. However, you say things with malicious intent, different story. I'm not going to report a friend who tells a rapist joke but if the guys actually a rapist, I'll make damn sure he gets punished for his actions and get him into prison, pronto.
FlexAmerican Dynamite
WZCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
As long as we're getting kicks out of dead baby jokes out of character there's little to no reason to be offended by other types of the lesser kind in character is all. Just a bit of a reminder for the future.
Da Prophet
Mid-Card Championship Winner
Viola Moonlight
I'm Literally Just Here for WZCW
We're treading on thin ice here so hopefully I can explain it properly:
This is a fake fed where we are writing chapters in the lives of fake characters. Whilst we've established that a lot of things aren't out of the ordinary in WZCW, there are still some lines that we cannot cross because it wouldn't be acceptable in the real world so why do it here if we are trying to emulate that? If someone is written to be a paedophile in an RP and the act is described/implied, then there is going to be punishment dealt with accordingly just like in real life. It won't be as severe but the general idea is there - your character shouldn't be doing anything related to being a paedophile no matter what the motivation or purpose of writing such an act would be.
Even if our RP's are comedic or not, we're writing it in a serious manner and should be dealt with seriously. Some taboo subjects are more clear cut than others but generally, it's best to stay away from them.
This is a fake fed where we are writing chapters in the lives of fake characters. Whilst we've established that a lot of things aren't out of the ordinary in WZCW, there are still some lines that we cannot cross because it wouldn't be acceptable in the real world so why do it here if we are trying to emulate that? If someone is written to be a paedophile in an RP and the act is described/implied, then there is going to be punishment dealt with accordingly just like in real life. It won't be as severe but the general idea is there - your character shouldn't be doing anything related to being a paedophile no matter what the motivation or purpose of writing such an act would be.
Even if our RP's are comedic or not, we're writing it in a serious manner and should be dealt with seriously. Some taboo subjects are more clear cut than others but generally, it's best to stay away from them.
FlexAmerican Dynamite
WZCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
This part is kind of contradicting, it's been made pretty clear as long as your funny you may make these kinds of jokes on occasion. I get that even though it's a fake world stuff still needs to be grounded in reality, most times however we're just using that rule when it's convenient.
Also nobody's writing a pedophile character, you just can't make jokes about a significantly offensive topic and then be offended or get angry when somebody else does the same, especially when it's not nearly as bad.
Infinity
Starving (Martial) Artist
I didn't want to rescind my word this early but the Jew Gold bit was just a joke. I've already mentioned what I'm doing for All Stars on the podcast before, and I still plan on giving it a shot.
Hey, maybe if he's a hit I'll bring him in in the future full-time. Doubt it though.
Hey, maybe if he's a hit I'll bring him in in the future full-time. Doubt it though.
Jesus Christ.
Skairipa Matrix
3 Time Elite Openweight Champion
Just got home and come here to see if Meltdown is up yet and no dice. Damn you creative!
So, here are my dead baby jokes. Don't read them, obviously...
Q: How many babies does it take to paint a house?
A: Depends on how hard you throw.
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Q: What's sitting in the kitchen and keeps getting smaller?
A: A baby brushing its hair with a potato-peeler.
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Q: How do you make a dead baby float?
A: Two scoops of ice-cream, one scoop of dead baby.
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Q: What do you get when you cross a baby with a car?
A: An erection.
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Q: What's green and likes to crawl up women's legs?
A: A homesick abortion...
A: Depends on how hard you throw.
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Q: What's sitting in the kitchen and keeps getting smaller?
A: A baby brushing its hair with a potato-peeler.
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Q: How do you make a dead baby float?
A: Two scoops of ice-cream, one scoop of dead baby.
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Q: What do you get when you cross a baby with a car?
A: An erection.
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Q: What's green and likes to crawl up women's legs?
A: A homesick abortion...
red ass skull muhfukkah
Dooooooooooooom
I'm highly offended by these jokes. Reporting all of you to Dagger.
Dan Severn's Moustache
Patent Pending
Would a anti-abortion, neo-conservative, misogynist Christian be acceptable?
The thing about dead baby jokes is that the content of the joke itself isn't what we find funny. The reason dead baby jokes are funny is because they are so depraved and disturbing that we can't help but find it humorous. I don't think I've ever seen anybody laugh at a dead baby joke for more than a few seconds, but even people who claim to hate dead baby jokes will still let a laugh or two slip if they happen to hear one.
The problem with having really disturbing jokes in RPs is that it generally ruins the flow, and when I say ruins the flow I mean brings it to a complete flippin' halt. You'll notice that when it comes to dead baby jokes, they're generally not told in conjunction with more acceptable forms of humor. The only time you tell dead baby jokes is when you're sharing dead baby jokes with other dead baby joke enthusiasts. The same can be said of "The Aristocrats" joke. It's extraordinarily rare that a comedian tells it during their set, but comedians will definitely swap Aristocrat jokes behind the scenes.
So to sum all of that up, the reason depraved jokes in RPs don't work is because it's not the proper time or place unless you made the entire RP a playground of depravity.
The problem with having really disturbing jokes in RPs is that it generally ruins the flow, and when I say ruins the flow I mean brings it to a complete flippin' halt. You'll notice that when it comes to dead baby jokes, they're generally not told in conjunction with more acceptable forms of humor. The only time you tell dead baby jokes is when you're sharing dead baby jokes with other dead baby joke enthusiasts. The same can be said of "The Aristocrats" joke. It's extraordinarily rare that a comedian tells it during their set, but comedians will definitely swap Aristocrat jokes behind the scenes.
So to sum all of that up, the reason depraved jokes in RPs don't work is because it's not the proper time or place unless you made the entire RP a playground of depravity.
Ta-night! Well, tonight EST/CST I believe. For you folks over in the UK it'll probably be up really, really early tomorrow.
Working on NPC bio's for the rest of the Merry Band of Misfits. Once I hear back from Kermit on an idea regarding said bios, I should be posting them in the NPC thread afterwards.
Here's an image rep I made for Kirilah, the Paladin of Mystra:
Without spoiling any of my ideas regarding the D&D storyline, she's the only member of the other half of the team I plan on bringing back, as of right now. They are all still alive, just in unknown whereabouts. It won't be for many more RP rounds, although I plan on having her play a role in the elemental artifacts arc if the story works out the way I'm currently planning. I might do a random RP regarding her later down the line in the random RP thread. Her human counterpart is important though and should be showing up soon. Possibly even my next RP.
Here's an image rep I made for Kirilah, the Paladin of Mystra:
Without spoiling any of my ideas regarding the D&D storyline, she's the only member of the other half of the team I plan on bringing back, as of right now. They are all still alive, just in unknown whereabouts. It won't be for many more RP rounds, although I plan on having her play a role in the elemental artifacts arc if the story works out the way I'm currently planning. I might do a random RP regarding her later down the line in the random RP thread. Her human counterpart is important though and should be showing up soon. Possibly even my next RP.
I photoshopped old Final Fantasy graphics in MS Paint, then added the menu with everyone's name and health points at the bottom with borders and text. With D&D being Final Fantasy's ancestor I thought it was a fun little tribute.
Everyone's graphical origin is as follows: Theron is the FF1 fighter, Sheshmish is the FF1 thief, Kayrentia is the FF1 White Mage, Keifasar is the FF1 Black Mage, Davivel is the FF1 Red Mage, Kirilah started off as Maria from FF2 but also has some of FF2's Layla (namesake of one of the human NPC's) too. The 6th hero from FF1 was the Black Belt and his graphic will be used as well in a slightly different role, although that's a spoiler at this point.
The bear is a monster named Ipooh (no I'm not kidding that really is its name) from FF6, Babba Dingo came from one of the shopkeepers in FF1. I made the battle graphic in MS Paint by applying the forested background from FF1's forest battles at the top, pasted in everyone's graphic to the black background, then made the menus by creating a white border and typing the text in.
I can make one for every future battle with ease.
EDIT: Here's a chart showing the FF1 character classes, should see some familiar faces in their original role before they became image reps for the merry band of misfits.
