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User:the_initiative (36662)
Name:The Initiative
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About:It's a far different world that we live in.

Superhuman Registration was only the beginning of the nightmare for mutants and those with extra-human abilities. Following the Skrull Invasion of Earth, Norman Osborn leveraged his success in defeating the Skrulls into political power, running for and winning a Senate seat. Once a member of government, Osborn found his way onto a top secret security committee and from there got unfettered access to registration information for superhumans as well as other, confidential information the government had collected. In short order he's disabled SHIELD and before anyone--mutant, superhuman, or otherwise--realizes, Osborn has jockeyed himself into the Presidency, a position he quickly turns into a dictatorship.

The world is an ugly place. Mutants and superhumans have either joined forces with Osborn to further his global domination designs or have gone underground as those who do not toe the party line are hunted down and neutralized. The Avengers are now a government agency. The X-Men don't exist and in cities and towns across the nation, life is a form of regulated Hell. Morality is legislated, censorship is rampant, Big Brother knows all and there are rumors that there are drugs in the water systems both to keep the public under control and, horrifyingly, to test various chemicals that might be used in war.

Five years in, the Land of the Free is but a distant memory. However, without explanation a few heroes underground have been contacted by a figure identifying herself only as Jensen. She talks like the long-dead Nick Fury and speaks of treason with her invitation to a resistance, to a group trying to take back the country and save the world--the Initiative.

Will you join her or will you join in crushing what's left of the American spirit?

(The Initiative is a role-playing game loosely based on concepts found in Marvel Comics. All characters and themes contained within are for entertainment purposes and in no way reflect the ideas, concepts, and characters put forth by Marvel Comics.)

Your friendly Moderator is Nix.

1. Comic canon is a guide but players are not required to have encyclopedic knowledge of their characters. As long as players have a general understanding of their characters' histories up to present comic canon (May 2010) we'll be happy.

2. Respect your fellow players. This means in character and out of character. If you have a dispute, settle it privately. If a situation arises where it cannot be settled privately, please bring it to the moderator. Leave it OUT of the game.

3. We have a zero-tolerance policy for player bullying. Here this means if you are deemed to be bullying another character, you will be given one warning. After that, you are banned from the game.

4. Everyone is encouraged to bring plots to the game. Please email plot outlines to lifeinpolaroid@gmail.com so they can be provided to all the players for discussion. We're a collaborative environment--no idea is thrown out!

5. Characters are presently limited to 2 heroes, 1 villain, and 1 independent per player. This limit is subject to change.

6. Please keep explicit sexual content out of the community journal.

7. Violent or other explicit content must be put under a cut so players have the option to read or not read. It is also suggested that those posts be friends-locked.

8. Do not kill anyone's character without their permission.

9. We do not require applications. However, when considering a character please email lifeinpolaroid@gmail.com with the character you are interested in and your general ideas for them. After that, the entire group will discuss things. This allows for everyone to share ideas and generate ideas. You never know what your fellow players might suggest that could make your character even more awesome.

10. HAVE FUN!
Maintainers:1: lifeinpolaroid
Members:5: cap_a, ironinandout, lifeinpolaroid, one_eyed_bandit, thewhitequeen
Watched by:5: cap_a, ironinandout, lifeinpolaroid, one_eyed_bandit, thewhitequeen
Account type:Early Free User

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