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Black Lite Roleplay, a new community formed by...
Resistance Cat (Also known as Joseph Clocko) And Mr.Joe.


We hope to bring a unique roleplay experience to Hl2RP. Know how servers do not stick to the Complete Hl2 Canon? The CWU Shit? Well, we plan on removing CWU entirely, and replacing it with a hard-labor program for citizens that committed anti-civil activities. Or the ranking system, or the division system for CPs, we are removing that entirely and replacing it with a better program that would fit in Hl2RP. We are trying to match it up completely to the experience you experienced on Valve's masterpiece!

STORY/LORE/BACKGROUND
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The year is 2019, 20 years since the Black Mesa Incident that lead to the invasion of the Alien Race known as the "Combine" or "Universal Union"..
It only took 7 Hours, some people say. How could the resistance possibly be thinking about going up against them? It doesn't matter. Faith does not matter here anymore.

Arriving at City 17 after being relocated from many different cities, citizens get registered in the C17 System at the train station. Afterwards, your story is up to you now, you decide what happens with your character, there is no "set" events that are suppose to happen. From now on, players can change what happens after arriving at City 17.








OUR COMBAT SYSTEM
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Doesn't combat seem always so texty and based on chance and text, not actual skill? We are testing out a way to combat RP which is like this:

You may Shoot to Kill, but you must perform a /me starts shooting towards the (victim)/ /me starts fighting the (victim). The victim, however, does not have to /me, and can react by automatically shooting after the attacker starts to shoot. However if its a sneak attack, the victim is probaly done with. At long range, since the victim can't see the /me, the attacker must S2M at first, and once the victim has clearly reacted, he may S2M back and then you move on to S2K once it's clear of what is going on. MELEE FIGHTS MUST BE DONE WITH /MEs! (Unless your using Melee in a firefight!)

What we have for citizens

We have expanded CWU a lot more, adding labor divisions to them. For example, Janitorial devision. This devision of the CWU cleans the city. But the CWU aren't going to be treated nicely by CPs either, if a miscount or crime is in progress, they will be treated the same way. They are just jobs for citizens basically, to earn a living.

Our MPF System

Instead of Ranks and divisions, its like this..: A freshly, new recruit must have basic training for ICly about a week, but OOCly about 2-3-4 hours. If they do not pass it, they get a chance to redo, but if they fail again, they are icly amputated and can not attempt to apply again for about a week or two. After they pass basic training, their names are changed to CPU.C17-UNIT.(didgits) . Then after being a CP for awhile, they may get notifications that they have been awarded trianing programs to attend, such as MP7 Training, Hand to Hand combat extended training, Grenade Training, EpU Training, Squad Leader training, GHOST unit training (Basically recon) and much more that we will come up with. So instead of ranks declaring that you are permitted to do more as a CP, it's training programs you must complete to get more permissions and upgrade your unit more. The "high command" Is actually dispatch, as in Half life 2 The game, dispatch always commanded the CPs. In the Nexus, Officers are what train the units (Officer as in> CPU.C17-OFFICER.(Didgits) ) You can also complete officer training to become a Officer yourself, but that takes awhile. Officers do not attend tactical situations though, and are really there just to order patrolling units what to do and train.



Plugins and Addons

-Civil Protection Death Digits
-Metropolice Pack ( For certain Unit types, but mostly everyone is going to be the HD metrocop model so you won't see a bunch of different uniformed maniacs around!)
-Combine Sniper
-More admin commands
-Combine Turret
-Combine Chatter
-Hud clock
-Third Person
-Improved Fist
-Union Lock
-Notepad
-NutScanners
-NutVendors
-Campfires

Citizens registering in C17

We plan on being way more advanced on the way miscounts happen...As in, we are going to keep track more of the citizens in the C17 Permitted area. If any Citizens are missing, a miscount happens. If there are too many (Some that aren't registered in the data base) Then a miscount happens. A miscount is basically what happens at the start of Hl2 The game. So at the trainstation, if they are online, units will be at the train station and bring you into the security rooms and register you in the database. That way we can keep track of you scums!





We currently have no forums yet, but are working on it.
Our steam group is at: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BlackLiteRoleplayGroup

IP: 192.223.29.30:27015
We are done working with and a certain someone who fucked with us that hosted us if anyone knows about the server named that.

Feel free to add non-hate comments!

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

We played yesterday with 5-7 people and we had some combat and it worked fine, they loved it.
I am seeing what happens with it.

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

Wait, hold up.

Are you saying that the original canon is not fun? Jesus, all everybody is looking for here on Cloudsixteen IS a server that sticks to an original canon based story. We're all done with the dumb TnB styled ranking systems, the augmented super soldier MPF troops, and the other incidences that have sprung from the 'new-gen' style of Half-Life 2 Roleplay. It's all a lost cause.

Do constructive comments count?

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

I completely agree with Dub here, what I am looking for is a server that sticks to the canon but also has good administration and management of the story (like a Timeline that continues to update, that way people can make backstories in future times with the help of the recorded events in the past, of course the only events chosen for creation would be the ones at other locations on Earth, the rest are literally the significant events that happen in the map).

I also would like to find something where CWU (also TnB shit) does not exist and/or is replaced by something else, who knows, maybe some conscription organization that forces the volunteers to work. It would be great if a server made you and your character feel oppressed, I do not think many servers have done that successfully, if any. There is not much point in shops or tokens as people are starving to wait in order to get rations. Although, what is weird is that there is some food lying around the game, so perhaps either citizens are allowed to eat non-Combine foods or it is contraband all the same.

As Civil Protection is the second most important faction, it would be really good if I found a server that uses an entirely custom ranking system with Dispatch as their commander. I do have a concept in my mind of a canon friendly ranking system.

Not about the canon, but the server itself. I would really enjoy if I found a server that does not support that NLR bullshit, I mean, it is kind of stupid when you clearly see a character dying and then they continue to live with you being forced to act as if nothing happened (most likely because most roleplayers are babies that cannot accept their character's death except when it is convenient, I admit that I do dislike losing a character, but as it is only online data, I always end up getting over it). Also the second thing I hate is rolling (only when the server makes it be the law) to win or lose a situation instead of using common sense and realism. I am kind of neutral with S2M, I think it should only be used in order to simulate poor accuracy (should not be ridiculously missing, though) or incapacitation/influence from others (example, you got kicked or pushed) while the user makes all their effort to hit the target (ICly). This most likely changes with characters more experienced in the use of specific firearms (be it CP or civilian/rebel) or Combine soldiers.

Off-Topic: dub u hav 1337 post count, it was inevitable

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

I agree with all of you (I am still sticking with the combat system though, I am talking about the way you said about the canon) I would actually make it that way but my adminstartion team does not allow it.
I'm not the owner, just the Community Manager.

Know what, I'll take your advice and attempt to make it complete 100% canon.

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

If what you say is true, and you are indeed the Community Manager, I think you're in charge of the Administration team. If you want it, go for it.

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

If I ever had the idea to create a server again, I would strictly stick to the original HL2, barebones, no custom models whatsoever, only what's necessary, also I'd like to figure out how the ranking system works as well.

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

Also, one thing. There is no need of citizen janitors, the Combine already has enslaved vortigaunts.

Something funny about an experience I had in a server. In Freedom4Gamers, which was strict to the canon while having new factions created, the story was supposed to end up not being recognizable as HL2 anymore as the Combine drained Earth's resources with no interruption (Freeman was killed in the Black Mesa Incident, if I remember correctly) and the roleplay was even going to take us to another planet (the remnants of the United States Goverment remained hidden in what was left of North America without being discovered by the Combine, their plan was to gather genetical information from the Combine thanks to the persuation from the Unknown Entities aka G-Man race to the current Earth's Administrator as they saw humanity as an useful species to manipulate, of course the Administrator's superiors did not know as this was done in secret. Then they would have sent a shuttle to a planet similar to Earth in order to repopulate mankind as Earth was going to eventually die) and the Suppression Field was no longer necessary as humans became naturally sterile, the whole population conscripted into Civil Service to perform labour for the Combine, also Civil Protection was considered defunct and replaced by a Civil Service branch called Watchman.

It seems as if it was something combined, in my opinion, as the story borrowed concepts from the Beta such as AirEx and the Consul (Wallace Breen was the Earth's Administrator before him, but he was transferred into a host body and apparently left for either the Overworld or another universe, if not leading on Earth). In the beginning it was retail, but in the end it became similar to the Beta. If it had not been shut down, I would have loved to see that (the after-Earth part).

The only extra addons I would have are pretty much tools for OOC use (example, NPC Tools), maybe APC vehicle (depending on the map), Metropolice Pack V5 (although I would only use the hdpolice model for Civil Protection, I kind of don't like the original model for some reason, I think it might be its boots, although the HD one holds weapons awkwardly and has a kind of different mask) and maybe HL2TS2 Pack (most likely without bodygroup clothing, depends, just to add more heads to the citizen faction, although the rebel uniforms would have to be used differently if I kept the default HL2 models).

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

Updated*

Made it so melee fights must be done with /mes, unless there is a firefight going on and you choose to use a crowbar or something.

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

S2K is not roleplay.

period.

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

By that logic firefights will never end.

 

Re: Black Lite Roleplay | Hl2RP | NEW!

This server could have potential if you fixed up your canon. Basically, if I was a citizen on here, I would be bored to death. Second off, isn't the MPF training a bit too complicated? I applied to serve and protect the union, not waste three hours of my day shooting at props or whatever. I want to interact with other players.

Also, where's the dictatorship? Give me more information about how you plan on brainwashing the citizens with propaganda and loyalist systems. You gave no information about the actual communism in this server except for the complicated MPF system. One more thing, you are making this server too complicated for yourselves. You are attempting to recreate the whole HL2 game canon which is a pain in the ass to do, trust me, I tried to do it a few times before. Start with something SIMPLE since you are a small community. How do you expect to keep all your players from staying on the server without them leaving due to them being bored.

tl;dr

Roleplay is boring, MPF system is too complicated, no political system what so ever.