Daigotsu Thrakhath
Spider Clan
Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken
Posts: 600
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Jan 14, 2011 8:32:11 GMT -5
Hi, my name is Thrakhath, and I'm tainted. Cool game you guys have here. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Bayushi Shinsou on Jan 14, 2011 8:43:23 GMT -5
The name's David and I'm from Portugal.
I played L5R between Diamond Edition and Samurai and I am still in love with the game, even though money's short and the game here sort of died off...
My character is Bayushi Shinsou, a Scorpion Magistrate hailing from the Rokugo vassal family.
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Post by Shoju on Jan 14, 2011 9:32:23 GMT -5
I am Chad, go by Shoju on most boards I'm a member of. I'm Currently playing
Chuda Oronkohiro - A very angry and insane Chuda Bloodspeaker.
Previously, I was Bayushi Taizin.
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Post by Togashi Homsar on Jan 14, 2011 9:57:36 GMT -5
I'm a song from the sixties.
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Kakita Shinji
Crane Clan
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone
Posts: 485
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Post by Kakita Shinji on Jan 14, 2011 10:02:49 GMT -5
Mateusz Wielgosz, Poland.
I've been playing pen and paper L5R for over 10 years now, my friend invited me to Emerald Empire, and so far it's great, and hypes me to reactivate L5R campagins (recently I mostly played other RPGs).
When I'm not geeking out here I'm working on PhD in Telecommunications.
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Post by Isawa Gareburōdo on Jan 14, 2011 10:08:10 GMT -5
Hi all. I'm from the south coast of the UK, have had interactions with L5R since imperial edition, but never really took it up as there aren't many players around my area. Many of my friends from my home town of Sheffield play, though. Since I got into EE through one of them, I've been and bought L5R RPG 4th edition, which I'm reading, and I bought the Kyuden Tonbo box to get back into the card game. I'm loving EE at the moment, and I play a Shugenja who seeks peace and truth.
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Post by Kitsuki Sanetama on Jan 14, 2011 10:32:58 GMT -5
Hi, this is Christian. I currently play as Kitsuki Sanetama and am helping in the FAQ team where I can, when I can I played L5R all the way from Jade through .. er .. Lotus? Dunno, honestly ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) I'm really happy, the game exists and I'm looking forward to having a nice forum where we can do all the fun things we alsways wanted to do. Can I hear three BANZAI! for the techies? ( Alison, Jay and Rob) P.S. Avatar coming later
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Akodo Tomatsu
Lion Clan Mod ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star.png)
The Shining Lion
Lion Clan Champion?Samurai?Tactician?Loyal?Paragon of Sincerity?Defender of the Empire
Posts: 1,042
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Post by Akodo Tomatsu on Jan 14, 2011 11:27:03 GMT -5
My name is Tom. I've been playing the card game since Diamond edition, and the pen and paper game since 3ed. I guess now I can say I've also been playing Emerald Empire since almost the very beginning. Shout out to Alison and Jay for making all this happen, thanks so much for the fun way to waste hours.
My character is Akodo Tomatsu, hes the current Lion clan champion.
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Isawa Kinen
Phoenix Clan
All is equal before the Void.
Posts: 117
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Post by Isawa Kinen on Jan 14, 2011 12:18:17 GMT -5
My name is Kevin, though my character is Isawa Kinen. Phoenix Clan.
I recently go introduce to the table top RPG once the newest addition came out. My GM mentioned this thing on Facebook and now I'm actually playing it more than her. (It helps that I have a reliable internet connection.) I'm trying to keep my Emerald Empire character linked up with my L5R character for the most part. I've already decided if that character dies, my Emerald Empire character is going to die as well, so I can always have my L5R character and the Emerald Empire character be the same.
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Post by tadakasan on Jan 14, 2011 13:32:20 GMT -5
Sean Lennon, pleased to be with you all and humble greetings from the state of Minnesota in the USA. *bows low* Played the card game back in the says of the Scorpion Clan Coup and the Hidden Emperor, but picked the card game back up in Lotus Edition. Played phoenix in Lotus and Crane in Samurai under the name Doji Saduharta. Since then I've slowly been shifting away from the card game ($$$) and more towards the RPG, which I play every week now. And this is a very very nice addition to the once a week I get to be in Rokugan ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) My character in Emerald Empire is Isawa Tadaka, named for the late Master of Earth. He is stumbling his way towards enlightenment through trial and error, but is slowly learning the errors mean just as much as the successes....
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Mirumoto Machu
Dragon Clan
Advantage: Different school Shiba bushi. Dissadvantage: Missing limb
Posts: 299
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Post by Mirumoto Machu on Jan 14, 2011 13:58:39 GMT -5
Chris V. in Nebraska Still have my imperial eddition cards and the base book for the first 3 edditions ofvthe RPG as well as the D20 book. I will be RP-ing Mirumoto Machu who could not master the school of his anscestors after he lost his hand.
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Post by Jay Luo on Jan 14, 2011 14:51:09 GMT -5
My name is Jay Luo and I live in Atlanta in the USA. I am co-developer of Emerald Empire with Alison Petrisek; our division of labor has made my primary responsibilities coding, game mechanics, database administration, troubleshooting and interfacing to our web hosting service. I end up re-rolling my Emerald Empire character a lot for testing, so am just going by my real name here; I figure it'll be easier to recognize.
I started playing the L5R CCG in Emerald Edition and played it heavily until around the end of Hidden Emperor, after which I kinda got out of the habit of CCGs due to getting hooked on online MMORPGs. My first starter deck was an Emerald Edition Crane deck and I've pretty much always been attached to the Crane since then. (This is why our domain name is 'esteemedhouse'.) I tended to play honor rocket, exploding crane, dueling type decks; military decks never seemed to work out for me.
I played Clan War, the L5R miniatures game, for a couple years. This sucked up immense amounts of time painting little Crane soldiers, who were ultimately irrelevant because my strategy always involved maneuvering my troops into a position so that my generals could kill the enemy generals in duels.
I eventually got pulled back into the L5R world in 2008 by the Heroes of Rokugan 2 L5R RPG campaign, where I played an idealistic yet lecherous Crane warrior poet who bravely met his end in a duel at Gencon 2010.
I've been picking up booster packs of the L5R CCG at the comic store each week, but not really playing; mostly I've been getting packs so the comic book store guy feels like it's worth keeping L5R on the shelves.
Originally I was totally against facebook, viewing it with great suspicion, until I read about Duels of Honor (the previous L5R facebook game) in the Imperial Herald. This caused me to actually sign up for facebook. I played Duels of Honor heavily until it was taken down back in May. Regretfully, the announced successor to that game never quite made it off the ground.
I'm a programmer in Real Life, and I thought...how hard could it be? With some encouragement from Alison Petrisek, I ended up learning php and creating the Emerald Empire facebook game. After getting AEG's blessing to run an L5R game from the most honorable Todd Rowland, I spent time off-and-on from July through November 2010 getting the game up and running, creating the game world, and coding new features.
We made a couple conscious decisions early on when developing Emerald Empire, that had a large role in shaping the game today. These were:
1. The game is primarily targeted towards L5R fans. As a result we rely heavily on the source material, the history, and the language of the L5R game, to hopefully make the game a richer experience. The downside of this decision is that people who don't know anything about L5R might find the game incomprehensible. We have decided we are OK with this trade.
2. The game isn't intended to make money. As a result, we don't sell in-game items, we try not to spam your facebook profile, and don't link to advertisers, except for Alderac Entertainment, who we owe the entire game setting to. Our design decisions get to be based on "what would make most sense in the L5R world?" and "what would be the coolest or most fun thing to do here?" and not on "what would generate us revenue?" On the downside, this means we operate at a loss. We have decided that we are OK with this.
Ben Heisler and Don Riddick and a few others discovered the game in August from a stray link on my profile, and became some of our first playtesters. The game really took off in November 2010 when I added the feature to invite facebook friends to your dynasty, and I tested it by inviting a few friends, at which point the lovely and esteemed Rebecca Hobart (who knows practically everybody) invited all of her friends, and it kinda snowballed from there.
I was quite floored by how quickly and how big the game has grown. I am immensely honored and pleased by the response of the player base to the game, and I hope you all continue to enjoy our little game.
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Post by Kaiu Ebisu on Jan 14, 2011 15:33:18 GMT -5
Hello my name is Chris. I am Crab and apparently I write Haiku that moves the listener to tears.
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Akodo Keisuke
Lion Clan Mod ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star.png)
Lion Clan Regent ?Samurai ?Daimyo ?First Among Generals ?Tactician ?Commander ?Loyal
Posts: 704
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Post by Akodo Keisuke on Jan 14, 2011 15:49:15 GMT -5
Brendon Goodyear
I got in to L5R back when John Wick ran a demo of the CCG at my high school back in 1995. I continued to play the CCG with some regularity until Wrath of the Emperor.
I worked at AEG for a spell first spin casting miniatures for Clan War and later doing graphics work in the main office.
I have studied Kenjutsu for about 10 years now where I currently hold a brown belt in the art.
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Kaiu Tekkusu
Crab Clan
Crab Clan * Yokozuna * Kolat * Jade
Posts: 28
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Post by Kaiu Tekkusu on Jan 14, 2011 16:22:21 GMT -5
Hey all My name is Tex. I go by Kaiu Tekkusu. I took a break from the ccg during the diamond arc and Just recently got back into it. I love the RPG and am Psyched for 4th ed. The Crab Community has always been my home. I am happy to try this game.
My character is a former Yokozuna now Crab Bushi of very questionable character. My reputation of debauchery is well known. Until recently he was of the Kolat mind set. There was nothing bigger than wealth reputation. He made everything on his own. There was nothing he could not do. That was until he insulted some Crab Samurai and was tossed on the other side of Kaiu Kabe and was forced to fight for his life against an Ogre. Now he admits there is something greater than him out there and Samurai do have a place. Since it is the Kaiu Wall that protects Rokugan he swore fealty to the Kaiu Family.
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