User blog:CheeseBurgerGuy/TD Choose Your Own Roleplay: Island

The Players:

1. CheeseBurgerGuy as Duncan

2. Fletcher.wright2 as Gwen

3. DramaDot as Lindsay

4. Bridgekiel Fan as Ezekiel

5. Finnmcmissilecar as Cody

6. The Jet-Black Wings as Noah

7. ILoveLuigi as Owen

8. NotSoHappyTotalDramaFan as Katie

9. JoeyMercer675 2002 as Courtney

10. Gmo666 as Heather

11. SirHighAwesomeParty as Tyler

12. RadicalPatMan as Eva

13. TotalDramaCleric123 as Justin

14. NesteaCookie as Bridgette

15. Amazing Brayden as DJ With sign-ups being posted over two days ago, I think it's about time to get this game underway. For any of those still interested but haven't registered yet (such as Tomas T), The campers still free to be taken are Harold, Leshawna, Trent, Izzy, Sadie, Geoff, and Beth. I'm keeping things open for that until the ending of the Big Sleep. Otherwise, for those of you who need a refresher, the rules are as follows:

1. Every particpant will choose a single Total Drama character to roleplay as. They must be from the season currently being played (or already introduced in the same generation unless All-Stars). Unless altered due to roleplay, assume characters are doing same interactions.

2. There will be three rounds of gameplay each episode in which partipants will make choices in the comments for the scenarios provided for their characters.

3. Round Zero can only happen alongside round one. Important events in the season when it comes to characters actions (ex. Heather stealing the MP3 player or Harold rigging the votes) can be altered at key points. Logic for decisions will also carry over (like if Harold and Duncan were in an alliance before If You Can't Take the Heat or if Lindsay refused the alliance with Heather). Think of this as mostly social choices, and they will not apply to every single episode for every character.

4. Round one will be based on a challenge. There will be three options, with one good (+1 point), one neutral (0 points), and one bad (-1 point). The team with the highest amount of points wins the challenge. There are also special options in round one which I will explain exactly what they do. In any round, you are also allowed to come up with a choice yourself, and I will assign it a score. I might reward players for creativity.

5. In the case of both teams earning the same amount of points, it will come down to which team had all their members comment first.

6. Round two will be the voting round, in which the losing team will have to vote out a player. Chatting in the comments about votes is allowed, though only there to keep things fair. Think of it as a live tribal allowing votes to change until I call time.

7. We will be rinsing and competing until we have a final two, which, like real Survivor or TDA, the players who lost will vote for the winner.

8. The rule about myself is the only rule I'm altering as there are still open spots left. I realized I would have to figure out the votes for all the unclaimed characters. While I would appreciate nobody claiming Duncan so that I could just take him over in the chance that we get all non-player characters eliminated, I will be treating him like a normal NPC. As for deciding votes, it's either the most logical based on new outcomes or the canon vote. They cannot be swayed by discussion unlike Duncan (who will also make recomendations during live tribal if I feel like it).

With all that out of the way, the only thing left is teams....we are sticking with the intial canon teams for all players (including Katie and Izzy). If it gets too imbalanced though, Chris might call a propper swap. Let's get started.

Not So Happy Campers Round Zero
Everyone:

From the moment you got on the dock of shame to arriving on top of this cliff, you've all spent the time settling in and making new friends and enemies. What exactly you did with this time was mostly up to you. Pick one non-player NPC who you befriended and one you got off on the wrong foot with. Additonally, instead of choosing non-player NPCs, you can choose real players (just let them know directly in the comments).

Not So Happy Campers Round One
Bridgette: 

Seems the Killer Bass are at the disadvantage of going first. Only Chris’ words of the cliff dive serve as proof of it being so. Obviously nobody wants to volunteer to go first. Despite being a really good swimmer considering your daily surfing sessions, you’ve never attempted something like this. Heck, there’s even a movie about a famous surfer’s career ending over something like this, and that didn’t involve woman-eating sharks. However, if someone doesn’t get the ball rolling, maybe nobody will jump from your team. A. Someone needs to do it...but are you willing to risk it You’ll volunteer to go first.

B. I’ll make sure it’s safe before doing something this crazy.

C. I don’t care how good I am at swimming, I won't do it.

Heather: 

This is reality TV. Everyone you know and hate is going to be watching the broadcast of this. Getting your hair wet just isn’t worth the Gophers having an additional jumper. Of course this got you into a fued with Leshawna, the most vocal and dominating presence on your team. Honestly you had it up to the stratosphere with her, and the feeling seems to be mutual. In fact, she seems to be ready to throw you off. Do you trust Leshawna to throw you into the safe zone? Actually, do you trust yourself to land in the safe zone either? You never were the best of swimmers either. Or do you walk away, guaranteeing the fact that your not going to jump, but earning the distrust of your teammates more than you already have?

A. Leshawna will have to throw me if she wants me to jump!

B. Angering my teammates to this extent isn’t worth it. I’ll take the risk.

C. Walk away. If I keep arguing this will only make things worse for me.

Lindsay:

Heather seems, like, really awesome. Standing up to Leshaniqua like that? You can barely walk in your heals let along that. This leaves you in a weird spot though. You mean, doing whatever Heather does could make you two closer, but takes the choice out of your hands. The concept of jumping by yourself scares you. This was supposed to be a talent show! Do you want the embarrassment of possibly going home first though? Besides, those chicken hats are tacky, don’t go with your swimsuit, and you hate them. But is tackiness worth your life? I guess you could also stand up to Leahana and help Heather out? You, like, hate fighting afterall. But this could get you thrown off a cliff. What will you do?

A. Do whatever Heather does (this is an abnormal option. If you choose it, your point gain/loss will equal Heather’s)

B. I’d rather die than wear that chicken, so I’m jumping.

C. Tackiness might be a good look on me afterall. That and living.

D. Laquanza has no right to say those things to my new bestie!

Cody: 

Maybe things could be going better with the ladies than you expected, but so far things have been doing alright. Gwen in particular catches your attention, though it seems it will take a lot to impress her. Jumping off the cliff could be the thing that could do so. But honestly, you’re terrified. And looking around, everyone else seems to be in the same boat...except Duncan, but he’s abnormal. Nobody would blame you for not doing it. There’s also the option of going first for the Gophers. That might really catch Gwen’s attention. How do you want to handle this situation?

A. I’m going to jump first and impress Gwen. B. Chicken hat? More like Cody’s hat.

C. How about I go near the bottom of the order? Just to triple check it’s safe.

Eva: 

Jumping off that cliff was easy peasy for someone of your capabilities. Honestly, none of these others even have a chance. Now you’ve got a new job to do: get these crates back to camp and build a jacuzzi. You bet you could save your team a lot of time by taking two back on your own. It might use up a lot of energy, but as long as nothing slows you down, you should have something left in the tank to help with building. I guess it would depend on the actual difficulty of the task. You could also just take back a single crate. It would still be an asset to the team but would guarantee you could still help latter. At the same time, a task like this is below you! You want to glory, so you’ll just have to put the jacuzzi together yourself and have everyone else carry the crates back. Or you could play an under the radar game and just help out someone else (as it seems two people are working on every crate).

A. Take back two (Special option: If your team wins the first part of the challenge depending on other players in round one, you can get a bonus +2 points. If you lose though, this will be a minus -2)

B. Take back one by yourself

C. Help someone else to take back one

D. Conserve your energy for the building process

Katie:

It’s so horrible! You and Sadie have been placed on different teams! How could McLean do this to you. Sadie came up with the plan that if you both threaten to not jump, then Chris will trade one of you to the other’s team. You thought that maybe if you just asked someone politely, Chris might be willing to switch your teams for you. At the same time, you and Sadie are already considered a duo due to being the only ones to come into the game knowing each other. Maybe it’s best if you seperate yourself from Sadie. Besides, complaining in any fashion might get you kicked off the Island.

A. Threaten to not jump unless Chris moves you.

B. Ask around and see if a camper is willing to swap teams (while not a special choice, you do have to either ask around with the players or swap with Izzy)

C. Calm Sadie down and stay on your respective teams

Noah:

After having to do an insane cliff-dive and immediately see it followed up with having to haul crates back to the campground to build a jacuzzi, you start to question if maybe you should’ve done some extra cardio before coming on this show. Honestly, you are exhausted. Your more of a manager than a manual labor guy after all. On the way back to camp, you’ve been taking a look at the instruction book. There’s some jonky wording, but it seems pretty simple to follow. Your teammates on the other hand don’t seem very impressed. Socially, it makes a lot of sense for you to try and help out your teammates (even if honestly, the energy you use up doing that will probably be better used for the instruction manual. Maybe you could try to do both. It might be difficult to multi-task, but it could be a boon in the long run (if you don’t pass out that is).

A. Work only on figuring out the instruction manual despite your teammates’ protest.

B. Improve your social standing by putting your efforts into the crate.

C. Try and multi-task

Owen: 

Everyone is looking at you really scared considering it’s finally your turn to take the leap of faith. To most people your size, this would be a death sentence and...well, yeah, it still is. ''I’m going to die now. I’m going to freaking die now.'' See, even your internal thoughts think this is a bad idea. But your team is counting on you. Can you really just accept the chicken hat? Would your team blame you for the loss? Trent seems to be waiting for you as a sign of encouragement. He even asks if you would like to jump together with him. Would your landing hurt Trent if you did that, or are you just thinking of excuses?

A. I’m going to jump now. I’m going to freaking jump now.

B. I do like to eat chicken. Maybe being one wouldn’t be too bad.

C. Having Trent by my side would be nice.

Gwen:

You did not sign up for three months at a crappy summer camp, let alone this death game. If this is what you have to look forward to, then why even try. In fact, you could purposefully try and get yourself kicked off since Chris clearly won’t let you just quit. But Trent, Leshawna, and that Cody kid all seem pretty nice. Maybe this won’t be the worst thing in the world. But then there’s that Heather girl over there. At least you would have motive to quit. Leshawna is exactly what she says queen bee is. It also seems like Heather is considering her options. Maybe you should guarantee she jumps by throwing her off yourself? It might get you in good with your allies and in the worst case scenario, you get one good thing out of this show before being given the heave-ho.

A. Jump

C. Don’t Jump

C. Throw the challenge to get yourself booted

D. Throw Heather in. (special choice: overrides Heather’s choice and your own for a neutral point gain. Unique outcome depending on if Lindsay takes her special choice)

Justin: Jumping was easy for you considering you knew the sharks would never harm a face as handsome as yours. Even bringing back the crate wasn’t too hard considering you had your partner do all the heavy lifting by charming them. Now, in order to open the crates, you have to use your teeth to do it. YOUR TEETH! How disgusting and deplorable. You need those teeth for your next modeling gig. I mean, think of that smile. You, mister schemer, have a few plans. Firstly, you can just bite the bullet and do it, but that’s a little too simple and dangerous isn’t it. Secondly, maybe just sit back and seduce your partner into doing it by themselves. It might be a little harder for them, but saving time isn’t worth your teeth. Maybe you could also ask around for someone who has already finished opening their crate, but even with seduction that might make you look weak.

A. Bite the rope and get to it

B. Seduce my partner into doing it themselves

C. Ask someone for help.

Ezekiel:

No matter what, you’ve always listened to your father’s advice. He was never wrong...or at least you don’t think he ever was. So when the last words he told you when you walked out the door was take care of the weaker girls, you just had to follow it right? This whole crate challenge could be your ticket to do just that. I mean, that loud CIT girl has a swollen eye and Twin #2’s moral seems to be a little low. You might not be the strongest, but maybe you can take on a little extra load. Mom’s a little scary when she’s angry though and a lot of the girls, especially that muscle lady reminds you of her. Dad also says certain women don’t like to receive help without asking. Maybe you should ask them for help before trying something like that. At the same time, your worst fear is being the first boot. Maybe for once you should not concern yourself with Dad’s advice?

A. Take on an extra load without asking

B. Ask around if any of the girls would like assistance

C. Focus on making sure I’m not the first to leave

Courtney:

So far, this game has sucked. Most people here are nutcases. Look at Izzy for example! Now you have to wear a chicken hat because you weren’t suicidal by jumping off a cliff. On top of all that can’t see out one of my eyes due to a stupid bug! And you’ve already taken on the responsibility of leading the team when it comes to instructions. Honestly, you can barely read it as is, and messing this up could give your team the ammo they need to boot you. You could try going to the medical tent and get it checked out right away, but if they keep you for too long, your team would lose a whole lot of time. They can’t do anything without their leader right? Maybe you could ask for help, but then that will make you look more helpless than you already are. Or maybe just give up on reading it? You should be able to at least help with something, and other people might be able to do just as good as a job as you. In particular, a lot of the team seems to like Duncan. Or maybe there’s a unique solution that’s on the top of your tongue.

A. Keep at it myself and do my best with the swollen eye

B. Go to the medical tent and have the team wait for my return

C. Get someone to help me read this Switch places and let Duncan led while I try to help with the building.

D. Maybe I can come up with something else? (Special choice: while anyone can come up with unique solutions to the problems presented to them, I left hints as to an optimal path. Try and piece it together and you can get a +2 point bonus for your team.)

DJ:

You bet you really embarrassed your mama when you couldn’t make the cliff dive, but you don’t feel too bad about your choice. It’s not like you’ll be the only chicken in the coup. Now you just need to focus on the task at hand. While bringing the crates back, you notice Sadie going into the bushes. Based on your knowledge of the woods, it seems like there's an infestation of poison ivy. It might be rude (and get you the boot) if you go over there and you are too late and she’s already doing what you think she’s doing, but if you do nothing, you’ll obviously be down a member. At the same time, maybe you need someone with a bigger target on your back, and her screw-up could help you. Maybe you can ask Courtney or Katie or literally any other girl instead? It might take you a bit longer, but then you aren’t a pervert and might benefit from whatever happens with Sadie.

A. Try and stop Sadie myself

B. Let Sadie drink her own poison and do nothing

C. Try and personally make up for the enticpation of losing a teammate.

C. Get Courtney to help Get Katie to help (Special: Depending on Katie’s team and a special round 1.5 choice if on an opposite team, this choice can either be a great choice or a horrible choice for DJ).

Tyler: 

Honestly, you’ve been doing your best with the crates but you still haven’t really recovered from that horrible cliff dive of yours. Every time you take a step, you feel dizzy. Maybe you have a concussion? Yet you want to make sure your team can win and they might need your athletic prowess. You also want to impress Lindsay, who you’ve had eyes on ever since getting to the island. Maybe you can take a bigger load? If you do it yourself, then you can get back before everyone else, giving you an opportunity to get checked out at the medical tent before everyone arrives. Maybe you should just go now. Your teammates might be understanding, but they might need you. Or you do your share and not even bother with the medical tent? Maybe there’s a better choice?

A. Take on an extra load to get back faster so you can slip to the tent unnoticed.

B. Ask the others if I can go get checked out

C. Don’t even bother with the medical tent and just do your share.

D. Figure something else out (Special Option: I’ve given you hints to an optimal path in particular. Try and find it to earn +2 points)

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Not So Happy Campers Round Two
TBD