Seeking fellow writers to brainstorm and exchange ideas on MMORPG-themed stories!
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DireBadger
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It's the year 2600
The promised space age never came to pass, no technological breakthrough helped breakthrough the scaling problem. Ever increasing population has burnt through the last resources on the planet, humanity's only escape now is the virtual world.
Hibernation pods became the norm, entire countries quickly fell asleep to stretch their meagre resources for as long as possible.
By the end of the third decade of this century 99.9% of the population were under hibernation.
Syuk-Ji-Won a 19 yr old has just entered the world of Urtrium, at a time when the last new player was half a decade ago where did Syuk Ji Won come from? Why does he not have any memories of the real world?
And why Is he the only one seeing the huge countdown floating in the sky?
A mind-bending thrilling adventure tale of suspense, horror, mystery and sci-fi.
The promised space age never came to pass, no technological breakthrough helped breakthrough the scaling problem. Ever increasing population has burnt through the last resources on the planet, humanity's only escape now is the virtual world.
Hibernation pods became the norm, entire countries quickly fell asleep to stretch their meagre resources for as long as possible.
By the end of the third decade of this century 99.9% of the population were under hibernation.
Syuk-Ji-Won a 19 yr old has just entered the world of Urtrium, at a time when the last new player was half a decade ago where did Syuk Ji Won come from? Why does he not have any memories of the real world?
And why Is he the only one seeing the huge countdown floating in the sky?
A mind-bending thrilling adventure tale of suspense, horror, mystery and sci-fi.
CharlesEBrown
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The only one I've got has a virtual world split into regions. The MC is essentially isekai'ed into the Wild West region but there are science fiction and fantasy regions as well. Player Character Avatars are called "Travelers" and all follow some generic rules and some setting-specific ones.
laccoff_mawning
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I did/do have an idea for one, but I don't find the premise interesting enough for me to want to write it.
It's sometime in the future, where the world is run by a council of great scientists/madmen, elected by the previous generation of scientists/madmen.
One such scientist is about to retire. He wants to go out with a bang, so he makes a VR-MMO type world with the excuses of "wanting to map out the human mind" and "gathering data for Ai learning."
The players of the VRMMOs are all volunteers who play the MMO like a job, and get points based on how well they preform to some (unknown) criteria.
The MC would be a decently-skilled character in a decently-skilled guild, and it would just be a comedy SoL about him playing the MMO and dying in stupid ways along with his guildmates.
Because it would be a slice of life, I have a lot of worldbuilding thoughts about what might make the story interesting:
1. Shopkeepers are Ai, so they're stupid and a nightmare to talk to.
2. The devs don't care about game balance, so every week they create a new batch of overpowered monsters that would rampage throughout the world.
3. All players would need psycological counciling once in a while to check their mental state, due to frequent deaths they experience.
4. Giant insects and other ugly monsters would exist. most people wants to go near them because they find them creepy.
It's sometime in the future, where the world is run by a council of great scientists/madmen, elected by the previous generation of scientists/madmen.
One such scientist is about to retire. He wants to go out with a bang, so he makes a VR-MMO type world with the excuses of "wanting to map out the human mind" and "gathering data for Ai learning."
The players of the VRMMOs are all volunteers who play the MMO like a job, and get points based on how well they preform to some (unknown) criteria.
The MC would be a decently-skilled character in a decently-skilled guild, and it would just be a comedy SoL about him playing the MMO and dying in stupid ways along with his guildmates.
Because it would be a slice of life, I have a lot of worldbuilding thoughts about what might make the story interesting:
1. Shopkeepers are Ai, so they're stupid and a nightmare to talk to.
2. The devs don't care about game balance, so every week they create a new batch of overpowered monsters that would rampage throughout the world.
3. All players would need psycological counciling once in a while to check their mental state, due to frequent deaths they experience.
4. Giant insects and other ugly monsters would exist. most people wants to go near them because they find them creepy.