Last Updated: September 14 2005

About the Battle of the Posters

Started in October 2000, Battle of the Posters is an ongoing series of interactive stories written by the participants using the characters of the participants.  BOTP is not your ordinary cookie cutter Role Playing Game...it's as far from it as you can get.  While in RPG fashion you still make a character for the story, but instead you get to write a story based on their interactions with the other characters.  Kind of like a glorified "Story Stick".  However, you alone do not control your character's fate.  In BOTP everybody contributes for everybody's characters which is why the tagline of BOTP is "Subject To Change Without Notice".

Below is a quick summary of the BOTP stories, but it's advised to go to the mini site and read the entire story there.

The Battle of the MDBmb Posters

This is the proverbial "IT".  The one that started it all.  Back in the wee early days of BOTP, it was nothing more than a story about members of the Metroid Database and how they became involved with killing each other for an inane prize.  This is actually the only BOTP that was not moderated by me and my cronies.  Instead this was the brain child of Billy Chilly.  The story was simple.  Take a bunch of misfits... Throw them on a planet... And watch them kill each other for some stupid prize.  BRILLIANT!

Battle of the Posters II: Darkness Rising

Take BOTP1, and add a bunch of EVIL.  BOTP2 had it's fair share of villains.  From Kral to Zazuke, from the Silence to Ms.Blonde, and of course the evil bastard of all bastards, Emperor Darvos.  Think of BOTP2 as the "Empire Stikes Back" of the BOTP universe...except in this case the Empire just Struck.  This BOTP also has the DUBIOUS honor of having been the origin of the infamous "Bubba the Monkey Award for Extreme Shittiness"...thank to a one Bubba the Monkey.

Revenge of the Posters: Battle of the Posters 3

A continuation of BOTP2, this one picks up shortly after with the survivors of the last BOTP plotting to oust the Emperor.  A LOT of new participants were inducted into the BOTP pantheon of posters this go...about 2 of which stuck it out.  The culmination of BOTP3 is not just the end of the Empire, but also the last time Billy Chilly was a participant.  He was retired in an explosion while stomping the Emperor's balls flat...he would have wanted it that way.

Battle of the Posters 4: The End of the MDb Wars

Yeah...Not one of the favorites as far as BOTP's go.  This one was basically thrown out there to sever all ties with the "increasingly overrun with flamers" MDbMB.  We felt the need to tie up all the loose ends from the past 3 BOTP's into one neat little package.  The bad thing was that the character profiles became so obsessed with stats and special powers that little personality was included.  The story turned out good despite the difficulty.

Outlaws: Battle of the Posters 5

Semenai de... Kesanai de... Makenai de...  It's cheesy anime rip off time on BOTP Land!  This time our intrepid participants find them selves in a race to find the one and only "Galactic Leyline" which will give them anything they desire.  Probably one of the most unabashed Outlaw Star knockoffs you'll probably ever see outside of Dojinshi made from it.  All in all it was an excuse not to have the MDb World in a BOTP and try and recapture the giddy mess that was BOTP1 even down to the original stat sheet for the characters.  The story ended up being good, but not living up to the caliber of ridiculousness that the first BOTP had.

The Shattered World: Battle of the Posters VI

A hideous evil entity, thing, has taken over the once pristine planet of Vol.  But events have been set in motion that could change the fate of Vol. Something big is about to happen... something that could change the fate of the planet forever... for better or for worse.  BOTP6 makes the final chapter in the Battle of the Posters saga.  All things said and done, this was probably by far the best of them all story-wise.  Stats were reduced to a simple profile about who the characters are, what they do, what they look like, how they act, and a little of their history...completely abandoning the old stat sheets of old.  It may not have been the fastest moving BOTP, but it ultimately had a far deeper and more interesting story.