20 years of X-Project - Conner
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x_projectAnd now for our last interview, it's with Conner, our very newest player. :) Conner joined the game this month with Ben Russell/Shatterstar and we're very happy to have him. :)
1) What brought you to X-Project?
I actually found X-Project through tumblr and realized that I had been stealing inspiration from your wikia since 2018, having thought it was a dead game. I was so excited to find out that it was still active AND that my all-time favorite character had never been played. So I decided it couldn't hurt to apply!
2) (modified) - What, as our newest player, are you most looking forward to?
I'm most excited to get to play with all of these really dedicated roleplayers and to get to hone my skills as a writer. I'm especially looking forward to learning how to write combat, especially since I have such talented people to learn from.
3) What's a idea that's really sticking in your head that you want to get on screen? (was "what did you write that stuck with you most, again, doesn't work for you just yet)
I have two ideas that I really want to happen right now. One is the idea of Shatterstar's mother Rita Wayword coming back as the villain Spiral, but I expect that that won't happen for some time. The other idea I have is getting Shatterstar to do powers work with Haller. Tap and I talked about it and we have some ideas on how powers therapy could go down.
4) What's a moment that has really stuck with you that someone else wrote?
I haven't read the whole game yet, but one of the coolest scenes I've read so far was Namor's introduction. I thought it was just so well written and so COOL.
Read the full log here
"Not my laptop, you fucking psycho," Clint hissed. "Goddammit. Sue, on my count — I'll use your taser, hit him with my last two charged arrows, and you enclose him in that bubble. Hold it for as long as you can." There was blood seeping from the shallow wounds his previous arrows had made, so the guy wasn't completely invulnerable. Only mostly invulnerable. "Three, two, now."
Sue's invisibility dropped. The taser ricocheted off a piece of equipment behind the man, its prongs embedded in an oddly neat line down his spine, and then Clint fired two arrows at once. Both hit the man's front, visibly pumping more electricity into him.
As the stranger convulsed, Sue rushed forward, her hands spreading in a forward, waving motion that sent a force field washing up over the man in the toga and swept him off his feet, into the air. "He's a lot heavier than he looks," Sue told Clint through clenched teeth. "Do you have anything that can hold him?"
Then the pounding began. The foreigner was starting to show signs of wear and tear from all of this abuse, but he was still high on adrenaline and the concept of being boxed in again focused his remaining energy into a pin-pricked point: get out. Slowly, but aided by super strength, the monstrous man in the bubble hammered between spasms against Susan's willpower as hard as he could manage.
The young woman groaned and sank to her knees clutching at her head, "He... really wants... to get out." she told Clint through clenched teeth. She was going to feel this in the morning, whoever they had managed to wake up was strong, away stronger than anyone she'd ever come across.
Clint had thrown the hand-held portion of the taser as soon as Sue started moving forward, having seen how quickly she could put up her force field. He was just glad she'd scooped in time — even as it was, he'd gotten a bit of a jolt through the water around them, which had come up to his ankles. "Right, time for you to get out of here," he said, leaning down so he could pick Sue up. "Hold that for as long as you can, but don't break your brain or whatever. I'll get you to your exit, then go." He knew the warehouse, if the guy didn't stay down after all that tasing — and it didn't seem like he was going to go down, it'd just be time for a bit of hide and seek.
The pressure only increased against Sue's barrier as the electricity faded. The stranger — more enraged, eyes locked with wide-eyed fury— was not giving up. But as his protests only built, suddenly the invisible walls confining him disappeared as the blonde's hold was pressed to its limit.
The dark-haired man, head held high and back arched as he hovered in the air, let loose a scream of triumph as the walls were broken and he was free once again. The last word in his victory cry, however, wasn't totally unknown. "Atlantis."
Silence lingered for a long moment before Clint asked, "Did he just say Atlantis?" When he didn't get an immediate answer, he took his eyes off the man for a split second to check on Sue - only Sue was out. Or almost out. Near enough to unconscious to make her mostly a liability at the moment, though it bothered Clint to think of her that way. Still, he needed to figure out how to put this man down. Possibly permanently. Powered individuals could be problematic, he knew that first hand, but that wasn't how Clint wanted this to happen. That was SHIELD's way of operating.
5) What is something about X-Project that you really like/enjoy so far?
While like everyone else I really enjoy the people in this game, I don't know anyone that well yet so I have to go with a different answer. I really enjoy the system of roleplaying and the organization of X-Project, it's so professional and it also is so good with timing. I know that this is a roleplay that I can keep track of events in easily, and that's such a relief.
1) What brought you to X-Project?
I actually found X-Project through tumblr and realized that I had been stealing inspiration from your wikia since 2018, having thought it was a dead game. I was so excited to find out that it was still active AND that my all-time favorite character had never been played. So I decided it couldn't hurt to apply!
2) (modified) - What, as our newest player, are you most looking forward to?
I'm most excited to get to play with all of these really dedicated roleplayers and to get to hone my skills as a writer. I'm especially looking forward to learning how to write combat, especially since I have such talented people to learn from.
3) What's a idea that's really sticking in your head that you want to get on screen? (was "what did you write that stuck with you most, again, doesn't work for you just yet)
I have two ideas that I really want to happen right now. One is the idea of Shatterstar's mother Rita Wayword coming back as the villain Spiral, but I expect that that won't happen for some time. The other idea I have is getting Shatterstar to do powers work with Haller. Tap and I talked about it and we have some ideas on how powers therapy could go down.
4) What's a moment that has really stuck with you that someone else wrote?
I haven't read the whole game yet, but one of the coolest scenes I've read so far was Namor's introduction. I thought it was just so well written and so COOL.
Read the full log here
"Not my laptop, you fucking psycho," Clint hissed. "Goddammit. Sue, on my count — I'll use your taser, hit him with my last two charged arrows, and you enclose him in that bubble. Hold it for as long as you can." There was blood seeping from the shallow wounds his previous arrows had made, so the guy wasn't completely invulnerable. Only mostly invulnerable. "Three, two, now."
Sue's invisibility dropped. The taser ricocheted off a piece of equipment behind the man, its prongs embedded in an oddly neat line down his spine, and then Clint fired two arrows at once. Both hit the man's front, visibly pumping more electricity into him.
As the stranger convulsed, Sue rushed forward, her hands spreading in a forward, waving motion that sent a force field washing up over the man in the toga and swept him off his feet, into the air. "He's a lot heavier than he looks," Sue told Clint through clenched teeth. "Do you have anything that can hold him?"
Then the pounding began. The foreigner was starting to show signs of wear and tear from all of this abuse, but he was still high on adrenaline and the concept of being boxed in again focused his remaining energy into a pin-pricked point: get out. Slowly, but aided by super strength, the monstrous man in the bubble hammered between spasms against Susan's willpower as hard as he could manage.
The young woman groaned and sank to her knees clutching at her head, "He... really wants... to get out." she told Clint through clenched teeth. She was going to feel this in the morning, whoever they had managed to wake up was strong, away stronger than anyone she'd ever come across.
Clint had thrown the hand-held portion of the taser as soon as Sue started moving forward, having seen how quickly she could put up her force field. He was just glad she'd scooped in time — even as it was, he'd gotten a bit of a jolt through the water around them, which had come up to his ankles. "Right, time for you to get out of here," he said, leaning down so he could pick Sue up. "Hold that for as long as you can, but don't break your brain or whatever. I'll get you to your exit, then go." He knew the warehouse, if the guy didn't stay down after all that tasing — and it didn't seem like he was going to go down, it'd just be time for a bit of hide and seek.
The pressure only increased against Sue's barrier as the electricity faded. The stranger — more enraged, eyes locked with wide-eyed fury— was not giving up. But as his protests only built, suddenly the invisible walls confining him disappeared as the blonde's hold was pressed to its limit.
The dark-haired man, head held high and back arched as he hovered in the air, let loose a scream of triumph as the walls were broken and he was free once again. The last word in his victory cry, however, wasn't totally unknown. "Atlantis."
Silence lingered for a long moment before Clint asked, "Did he just say Atlantis?" When he didn't get an immediate answer, he took his eyes off the man for a split second to check on Sue - only Sue was out. Or almost out. Near enough to unconscious to make her mostly a liability at the moment, though it bothered Clint to think of her that way. Still, he needed to figure out how to put this man down. Possibly permanently. Powered individuals could be problematic, he knew that first hand, but that wasn't how Clint wanted this to happen. That was SHIELD's way of operating.
5) What is something about X-Project that you really like/enjoy so far?
While like everyone else I really enjoy the people in this game, I don't know anyone that well yet so I have to go with a different answer. I really enjoy the system of roleplaying and the organization of X-Project, it's so professional and it also is so good with timing. I know that this is a roleplay that I can keep track of events in easily, and that's such a relief.
