Hello, fellow Blockland users. My name is Caution, and I'm here to give some life back into Community Projects by reviving a previously somewhat successful roleplay of mine, known as Highler Ridge. The original roleplay had developed quite a crowd of users of different kinds, all coming together to create a fun and interesting storyline involving characters of many different kinds.
But enough about the past. I hope to see this roleplay get some life back, and I'm all for progress. Let's look forward to the future.
ABOUT Highler Ridge is a city that has an ongoing problem with crime - drug trafficking, warfare, police corruption, and flashing. There's no real form of enforcement in the city, due to large percentages of minorities and cultural disagreements. When will there finally be peace in the city? Will there ever be?
You're here to determine the fate of this situation. Will you be a drug lord, establishing your own territory among countless others, setting up hits and organizing shipments, taking down whoever gets in your way? Or will you be a junkie on the bottom of the food chain, doing whatever he can to get his next high? On second thought, there's always the flipside - start proving to the citizens there's still some good in the force. Bring back order and peace into the residents' lives. Track down criminals, establish a team of people that can do what needs to be done in the face of justice. Will you lose some men or prevail?
GENERAL So everyone has a history, right? Are you working for the Italian mafia, for a huge family of drug lords, being a slave to the money when the boss calls? Or will you play it solo? Establish a name for yourself as you go, cooking up your own drugs and combinations. Jerryrig some cool weapons and sell them out the back of your Prius, because no cop is going to expect someone to set up shop out of a hybrid. Maybe you're a typical immigrant fresh off the boat looking for work wherever you can. Or perhaps you're a runaway, living on your stolen earnings since you were motherloving thirteen years old.
Okay, so my main goal here is to inspire you to be creative in thinking up a backstory for your character. No one said it had to be original - be a Pegorino from GTA IV or be Niko, be Walter White or Jesse from Breaking Bad, or just be some kid who thought he was selling oregano but it turned out to be some weed. Make people interested in who you are.
THE CITY The city is large - it is a metropolis, after all - and divided amongst a small series of five islands all interconnected by ferry terminals, bridges, or the jet-ski rental company.
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Bright Annex, the part of town you should probably stay in if you're new around here. A lot of suburban homes are here, and the building height is kept around three or four stories. The work is easy here, steal a few cars or pick up a package, and the cops are too busy in the other parts of the city. The people are mild and the bosses are as well, an ideal place to begin.
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Woodland is a bit of a mystery, especially its name - there's not really much for trees here. It's a smaller island, and is pretty similar to the Bright Annex area, but with more cops and more jobs. The Greenwald International Airport is here as well, being the largest and busiest airport in the north. Airport security doesn't take any stuff from anyone, and there's no corruption - it wouldn't be wise to get funny.
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Edina; you don't know much at all about this area, but it's supposedly the fancy part of the city, full of nice houses, skyscrapers and sports cars. You've talked about going over there with your cousin once, but he seems afraid of the area - perhaps its the mafia bosses and other people of such status that look like they'll shoot you on the spot if they see you. Maybe once you have some experience.
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Goodyear is pretty much the business area of the city, filled to the max of skyscrapers and taxis. With so many people here, it can be good for you and your wallet, but the population can kill you in a second as well, especially when the police are around. Be alarmed!
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Daltine is the industrial. Whenever you steal a car, this is probably where you should take it to either sell it for a quick buck or deliver it to one of the hundreds of garages. A shootout here would be a catastrophe, with all of the flammables and opportunities to blow stuff up. Several city buildings are located here, such as the city dump, recycling center, the dump. Some offices are located here as well, such as Bernard's Taxi services and the city buses. There's not much to see here.
CHARACTERS Finally, the exciting stuff. This can be a fun part if you put effort into it. Your character is your baseline for your story and will ultimately be the deciding factor of how the game goes for you.
1 :: Start out with a bio. Who are you? Write a brief summary of a few sentences; general characteristics, where you came from, status of your parents, whatever you want. Just tell us who you are. We don't know you, so let us in!
2 :: A physical description would be nice. Either post a nice picture of who you are - make it look like you in real life, or Google a random picture of a lovey man and claim to be him. Or, if you'd rather, give us a text rundown. Eye color, hair color, clothing style, the works. We've never seen you before, so how would we look at you? Are you a streetie or a thug? Business professional or a mime? Who knows? I sure don't.
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IMPORTANT :: You will need to keep this menu at the top of every RP post you make here in Highler Ridge. Consider it your status update; it'll explain what you're doing in basics for people too lazy to read (though realistically they probably shouldn't be in a roleplay anyway). On to the template;
NAME | What's your name?
LOCA | Where you at, dawg?
ACTN | What are you doing? Robbing a place? Stealing a car?
INVT | What's in your pockets? Include cash and weapons.
OBJV | What's your objective? Goal in your post?
Other than that, feel free to explain your character in as much detail as you want in your first post, or whatever post you'd like. Hopefully you keep coming back so we get to know you well enough.
RULES They're pretty straight forward; I mean, it's a pretty simple roleplay. Obviously compliance with forum rules is a must - no one really wants to read in detail about love with your prostitute. No overly gross love scenes, don't make a stupid character who says forget every other word, and I wish it could go unsaid, but no god-modding. You didn't start out with a four million dollar estate you inherited from Uncle Jerry.
Be realistic. That's the most important in my opinion. I want realism, and I want to have fun, so make it fun!
If you have any questions, feel free to speak up. Enjoy!
