O M E G A

There are over six billion people on planet Earth. Ordinary folks like you and me. But if you look around carefully, you might find that some of these 'ordinary folks' have extraordinary abilities. I call them Alphas. Some Alphas, like the ones I work with, can do things that would amaze you. Others... the angry, the lost, the afraid... have abilities that, frankly, can be terrifying." — Dr. Lee Rosen ⚠ The employed theme does not work well on mobile. Click here to access equivalent menu links. ⚠

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OMEGA is open!

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Character Inspiration

Joshua Jeremiah “JJ” Sternberg, 29, recreational therapist

myosclerosis: from the prefix “myo-” meaning “muscle” and the suffix “-sclerosis” meaning “harden,” this alpha ability thickens muscle fibers to such a density that they become like miniature steel cables. alphas with this ability are prone to self-injury due to lack of control, balance, coordination, and self-discipline.

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Face Claim and Ability Reserves are Open!

Send us an ask with your alias and whatever playby and/or ability you want reserved for you when we open, and we will add you to the list! :)

Up to two faces or abilities may be reserved per alias.

And we call it an “ability reserve,” but remember that, on Omega, alpha abilities are nonexclusive, and so they can be shared between multiple characters. (We will cap that number, though, to keep diversity alive.)

First come, first served!

We will disregard asks that do not include an alias!

These reserves will last for four days after opening day, and that’s it! After that, Omega has a non-reserving policy, especially on abilities. So make sure you’ll be around when opening day comes!! This will be your only chance to stake a claim!

Ready, set, go!

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Friendly reminder that Omega reservations is a thing~

The current list can be found HERE. :)

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omg I loved Alphas and I was so incredibly sad when it ended! I have been looking for a site like this for ages! omfg i can't even...

I GET YOU, MAN, I GET YOU SO HARD

<3333 Hope to see you on opening day! :'D

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Question for you all. Would you consider "Psionic Manipulation" a plausible ability to have, or is that too far outside of the spectrum of believability/too broad a subject? I've had a character on my mind for ages that posseses several (not all) of the abilities that fall under that category, but I've found nowhere to put him. You can read more about Psionic Manipulation if you google it and click the first link if you are not sure exactly what it entails.

Hmmm, well, first off - thank you for asking! :’) It warms the cockles of my heart that you are conscientious enough to ask. Seriously. Imagine your doorbell just rang and a marvelous fruit basket was just delivered to you from me. <3

Now, then: What you actually asked, I can’t quite answer. :) You already acknowledged the single proviso I would have given you (realism), and you have to answer that for me, and you, and everyone. ;) Only you know if you can make your fellow and his ability make sense and be believable. Show us, and make us believe you! :D

If it helps, remember to give him (a) downside(s) equal to every advantage you grant him, and keep in mind that you will need permission from every writer/character he intends to influence/affect before you may have him do so. You cover those things, and I am all for whatever you have in mind and whatever you want to do!!

;D

Oh, and be careful with how “several” abilities you string together. As long as they all logically follow, you’re good.

You may want to reference this post outlining alpha abilities to see if you’re OK with what we have in mind with Omega.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with, and I hope to see you and your character on opening day! :D

P.S.: If you want some one-on-one help hashing out logistics or anything “sciencey”, or if you want to run him by me in detail and use me as a sounding board, or just get some advice, or just whatever, send me another ask, but off anon, and I’ll give you my AIM and we can chat! :) I'm kind of super addicted to science and I love nothing more than talking character-shop with fellow writers. :D Especially about Omega characters. 8D

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"But don’t worry your pretty little head!! We will be announcing the Omega opening date this week. :)" Please tell me that it will be soon? I am so dying for this site to be open!

(Answered via mobile, so please pardon the sloppiness.)

First, an apology: I said I’d answer in a week and I didn’t! :( please forgive me! I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting a hold of my staff. But mostly, haha, I’m in the middle of a rough fall semester right now and my workload got heavy when midterms came and went and now finals are coming up…

'Lindseyyyyy, then why did you start working on Omega and advertising?!?!'

I knowww! And it’s not a lost cause or dead! It’s just taking a smidge longer than expected because of reasons I really should have foreseen better. ^^; (In fact, I’m wondering if the same reasons that dragged me to a halt did the same for my staff. If not, I’ll need to wrangle a new staff. ;P)

So I’m going to make an executive decision and say—

Omega will be opening on December 12!

How does that sound? :D Finals will be over for me by then and I can give my undivided attention to you little wonders. :>

I cannot wait to write with you all!!!

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my body is ready please

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when are you set to open?

See, anon, the thing is that we have been REALLY REALLY freakin close to opening for, like, days now. We just hit some unforeseen snags. And, you see, we’ve had an opening date planned since, like, uhum, the middle-ish of October, but we were waiting to announce it until it was closer, but theennnn we were just hanging onto it just in case we had to push it back.

Aha ha… ha… There’s always something.

But don’t worry your pretty little head!! We will be announcing the Omega opening date this week. :)

And, if it helps, it will very much definitely be long before the end of the year. :)

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this blog is flawless

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Face Claim and Ability Reserves are Open!

Send us an ask with your alias and whatever playby and/or ability you want reserved for you when we open, and we will compile a list lickety split! :)

Up to two faces or abilities may be reserved per alias.

And we call it an "ability reserve," but remember that, on Omega, alpha abilities are nonexclusive, and so they can be shared between multiple characters. (We will cap that number, though, to keep diversity alive.)

First come, first served!

We will disregard asks that do not include an alias!

These reserves will last for four days after opening day, and that's it! After that, Omega has a non-reserving policy, especially on abilities. So make sure you'll be around when opening day comes!! This will be your only chance to stake a claim!

Ready, set, go!

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D: do I have to write a physical appearance? does it have to be good? bc like i'm sure i could write something, but it'll be crapolicious. all the other parts of my app will be superb, don'tcha worry, but... physical appearance?

Oh, dear. I was worried about that “physicality” bit when I put it in! ^^;

But, dude, don’t worry! Literally all we mean is little one-offs like “tall” or “waving his hands in front of him like he always did” or “her well-worn jacket” or “they checked the time on their pocketwatch”. You feel me?

You don’t have to go crazy on detail on any “section” of the app, really, and definitely not with physical appearance, either. :) All we’re saying is don’t forget to give your character a body to go with their face. ;) A soul to go with their story.

That’s all. :) Don’t you be stressin’, ya pretty little puddin pop. <3

EDIT: To clarify further, Omega is a site for advanced writers and we do expect you to be advanced. Do not mistake our informal, freestyle, “say only as much as you need” application as a refutation of that fact. We will still pend or deny an app based on poor writing, we just don’t want people to pull their hair out in stress over making a pristine, we-should-submit-this-to-a-literary-journal app. ;)

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The Omega preview we've all been waiting for: THE APP!!!

Holy crap, are you as excited as we are?! We are so close to wrapping up and slapping a bow on the site and stringing out a ribbon to cut!

And, two more exciting things:

A reminder: If you start getting eager about a character for Omega and want to post about them, do it! Tag that gloriousness with #omegarp so we can all revel. Plus, we'll reblog character inspiration/images right here on the rp blog, too!

An announcement: Since we're getting sooo stinking close to opening, and sooo antsy about making babies characters, how about some reservations up in here? YEAH, we agree. ;) So keep your eyes peeled, pretty ones, because we'll be opening up face and ability reservations in less than a week!

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We listed them off to you last week, but here they are as an official preview: THE MEMBERGROUPS.

(Ooh-- sorry for the weird blurry/hazy look. :\ Apparently we're too big for our britches and tumblr had to size the screenshot down. I promise it looks better on the site. ;P)

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Have you given any thought to character limit rules yet? I always try to control myself and try to stick with just 1 character I can really devote to...but I don't know if I can help myself. >.> I'm sort of getting ideas for 2...possibly 3. o.o Also, any preliminary ideas for the app? Freestyle? Interview would be cool, too. I don't know what your prefs are, but for me, traditional apps are very limiting. My best writing comes out in a freestyle.

We are not going to impose a character limit. ;) We trust that you guys will/do know your own limits.

(But if not, we are providing measures to help character whores like myself let off some character-creation-steam. ;P Namely the option to submit character concepts to the Adoptables thread, as a sort of idea-bank for potential members. :D Yaaay, options!)

As for the application, we are going freestyle, for sure. :) But, of course, as is the nature of freestyle, one can easily convert it to a “traditional”, interview-style, or whatever-type-of app one’s preference demands. :)

Thank you for asking!!

- Lindsey

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Uh, I took a selfie with my phone, and I guess I…pushed the button too hard again and broke the phone. Apparently my AppleCare plan only allows up to 11 phone replacements. #alphaproblems

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Oh, a suggestion about how to include nonbinary individuals: I see a lot of sites nowadays categorize by other types or themes instead of sex/gender. App archives are can be done by character type or member group, and want ads can be done by the specific kind of request like friends/enemies, family, lovers, co-workers, other/etc.

Thank you for your concern, and your suggestions in this matter. :) Here are our determinations for how we will organize:

We will be archiving accepted apps alphabetically, all together.

All claim lists are gender neutral and alphabetical, as well.

The “want ad” forum will be divided by relationship type for easier browsing by potential fill-ers.

The character “shipping/plotting” forum will be divided by membergroup.

Did I miss anything? :) Thank you for your message!!

- Lindsey & Ellie