Post by Nathan on Nov 4, 2011 6:34:17 GMT -5
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Sissa the Brahmin
King Balhait of India summoned Sissa the Brahmin in 400 BC and requested of the wise man to create a game which would require pure mental skill and oppose the teaching of games in which fate/luck decides the outcome by the throw of dice. Sissa invented Chaturanga, a type of ancient Indian chess using the already popular Ashtapada checkered board. The pieces include the rajah/king, the senapati/general, the gaja/elephant, the ashwa/horse, the ratha/chariot and the sainik/infantry.
Jacob Levy Moreno
Jacob Moreno coined the term "roleplaying" in 1921 and opened the Theatre of Spontaneity acting company. Levy was a psychodrama director who believed in Drama Therapy, originally created as a methodology for studying role theories by the social sciences. To roleplay, one enacts various motives, attitudes, and postures. The protagonists are the participants who improvise their actions within a situation normally simulated about them. It is their life or abilities, their roles, that are being examined or tested. The auxiliary egos are anyone else who performs to place the protagonists within the situation. The audience is any onlooker who may provide feedback. The stage is wherever the practice is performed or perhaps fictionally set. The director is the expert who guides the exercise.
Jessica Mulligan
Jessica Mulligan of USA started the Rim Worlds War as the first play-by-email RPG on a commercial online server in 1986. Jessica's work is listed here as one of the major influencial factors involved in the evolutionary making of textual combat.
Dai Kiaou Shin
Andy Oedo was notorious on Yahoo! in 1995 for his abilities in speed-based chat fighting, as his intricate and alluring style attracted on-line fighters from all over who wished to challenge him. Andy adopted the name Dai Kiaou Shin and called his new speed fighting style "freeform". Andy became the very first speed-based textual fighting champion on the internet. Another champion was Ken Kyo from Homestead, and Kyo's method was called "freestyle". It is now believed that both styles came from the same root or origin, and most people view freeform/freestyle as being the same speed-based chat fighting style with two different names. Dai Kiaou Shin (Andy) eventually met §hin Gouki Ž (Ken) and together they started an Elitist clan called the Z-senshi. The Z-senshi were known to be incredible speed-stylists in Freeform, having a remarkable sense of grace and style that was very unique. The Z-senshi used Auto, but were easily differentiated from less advanced fighters by their highly descriptive actions, philosophical wisdom and respectful attitudes. Rather than following a concrete set of rules, they lived by an unwritten, unspoken code of honor. Some of the later Z-senshi Elitists also practiced AA, T1, and T2.
Kellindil
Yahoo! chat was released to the public in 1997. John, or Kellindil, created a website on Angelfire, which is when some people believe he developed Type One (T1) and attempted to create a structured style of speed-based textual combat. Early versions of Type Two (T2) were written by Blake Hardman and some of the members at Kellindil's site, including Matt or Juntai. Aglaranna, a member of Kellindil's site, coined the term "Ayenee" refering to the Arts & Entertainment channel on Yahoo! chat.
Vøices øf Xenøn
Not much is known about Vøices øf Xenøn, except that his name is on the original Type One (T1) tutorial from Eden's Era, where the T1 style originated. It is believed that Kellindil, Juntai and James Thornbury all had a hand in the making of the original TB fighting style that is now popular everywhere.
§hin Gouki Ž
Kenshiro Maruyama wrote the first official Freestyle tutorial in 2000, explaining the history of Freeform textual combat as it was taught to him by Dai Kiaou Shin. Kenshiro used the name §hin Gouki Ž (not to be confused with another "Shin Gouki Z" named Eric Kane), and became famous in Comicity as the leader of an Elite clan known as the Z-senshi. Prior to Ken's tutorial, the Z-senshi lived by an unwritten code of honor. Another tutorial on Freeform was cooked up by Kao-Vegeta (Eric) and Tairo No Masakado (Alex) of Comicity who were OOC friends and IC enemies with the Z-senshi. Shortly after this is when Kenshiro decided to issue a written set of guidelines for everyone to follow.
Juntai
Eden's Era opened a chatroom in 2000, adopting Type One (T1) based on Kellindil's former fighting system. It is a known fact that Juntai (Matt) helped write the first Type Two (T2) tutorial for Eden-Era some time before 2000, as his name is mentioned at the bottom of the original tutorial.
Dalmuros
Eden's Era opened a chatroom in 2000, adopting Type One (T1) based on Kellindil's former fighting system. It is a known fact that Dalmuros (Alex) helped write the first Type Two (T2) tutorial for Eden-Era some time before 2000, as his name is mentioned at the very top of the original tutorial. It is also believed that Blake Hardman also had a hand in the making of the original T2 fighting style that is now popular everywhere.
CloakedWarriorRias
Brian Morgan was the first person to invent Adanced Auto (AA) and write a tutorial for it in 1999.
LegendaryMercenaryScias
Max Cook, or Scias, and Luke Herrington collaborated together to create Type Three (T3) in 2000.
Seiryou Shinjou
Eric Kane followed in Kenshiro's footsteps by adopting the name Shin Gouki Z and writing his own words on Freeform in his alternate Shin Freestyle tutorial, giving a more in-depth look at an already ancient RPG style. The newly upgraded Shin Gouki Z (Eric) defeated many champions on AOL, MSN, YIM, IRC, Geocities, Metawerx, and abroad. However, he was more cruel and arrogant than Kenshiro, which caused many fighters to hate him. Nevertheless, Eric Kane became the cocky leader of a small group of dark Z-senshi masters in 2002. At the same time, Seiryou Shinjou and his brother Heiryou Shinjou became famous for their own Shinjou Temple style, hopping from chat to chat and defeating everyone in their sight. The infamous Shinjou Brothers gained wide popularity, but refused to reveal their identities to the rest of the RPG world. That changed in 2008 when Fuma Kotaro (Wesley) from Metawerx openly announced in RPGateway that he was Heiryou Shinjou, and revealed the identity of his brother Seiryou Shinjou as being Eric Kane. Kane had adopted the name Nonpariel and in 2007 he defeated Circ Aloriath to take the GTLeague title as the undisputed grand champion. Nonpariel was the undefeated number one ranked fighter between 2007 and 2009. He formed a group called "Legacy" which has dominated the competition ever since.
Heiryou Shinjou
Wesley started his RPG career living in other people's shadows. He stayed out of the stage light as a ninja called Fuma Kotaro, but he also used several different names and aliases which might be remembered. Among his several aliases were Lordred, Juvious, Kanretsu, Goutetsu Ž, Corvin, Dionysus and Heiryou Shinjou. Wesley was the first person to actually start a large-scale project involving the research of RPG history. Textual Combat Museum (TCM) was all Wesley's idea, his own little brain-child. Wesley's record is obscure. He hated styles that were based soley on competition with no real purpose for fighting. For this reason, Wes seems to have avoided making a name for himself in any fighting tournaments, and very little is known about his true level of skill. However, he was most popular as Fuma Kotaro, a notorious assassin from Metawerx, and as Seiryou Shinjou's brother Heiryou Shinjou, a warrior monk who's alluring T1 style and prowess was never matched. On a much smaller scale, he was also known as Goutetsu Ž, the last member of the legendary Z-senshi. Goutetsu Ž (Wes) was instructed in the ways of the Z-senshi by §hin Gouki Ž (Ken) himself, and is known to be §hin Gouki's very last private student. As a member of the Z-senshi, Goutetsu was entrusted with the mission of preserving the Z-senshi's heritage. Wesley spent some time in Comicity with Kenshiro between 2001 and 2002, where it's said he swore an oath never to use "ki" or energy-based attacks. Despite the fact that many of his enemies used "ki" in their own attacks, Wesley never broke his oath, and according to some oral traditions from Comicity, he was able to beat multiple opponents all at the same time, using just his fists.
Liberazi
Nathan Dexter, known by his friends as Dex, is an elitist roleplayer and on-line fighter from Nexxus Chat who met Dionysus (Wes) on RPGateway in 2010, and decided to become his student after witnessing a sparring match. Liberazi (Dex) then opened the Textcity Forums on Proboards, which included a Fighting Academy dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of textual combat, an idea he says was cooked up by his mentor. Dexter interviewed Wesley for his site, and posted a complete time-line to his forum covering RPG history. Before this happened, Dexter claims that Wesley had a site called the Textual Combat Museum which was closed down in 2006. The intricate Fighting Academy at the Textcity Forums became the basis for this forum you're on right now. Liberazi (Dex) re-opened the Textual Combat Museum on ProBoards in 2011, finishing where Dionysus (Wes) had left off. Dexter closed the Fighting Academy and instead opened the Grand Arena where truly elite fighters may go to compete with one another in the most realistic methods of online fighting. Dexter established TCM Enterprises Ltd. as a trademark company and claimed the legal rights to TCM's archives. You are now in the presence of those archives.
CASnelgrove
With the help of Nathan Dexter, Transcendent Al, RequiemX, and GreviousKhan, CASnelgrove and his colleagues invented a totally new type of turn-based textual combat called the "Art Of War", or the Advanced Roleplaying Tactics (ART), revolved around multiple armies on a battlefield using clever strategies in which the enviroment and weather play a factor in the events which take place. ART was founded in November, 2011 and CASnelgrove is currently the last person to be mentioned in TCM's Hall of Fame.
Written by Nathan Dexter of TCM Enterprises Ltd. 2011
Sissa the Brahmin
King Balhait of India summoned Sissa the Brahmin in 400 BC and requested of the wise man to create a game which would require pure mental skill and oppose the teaching of games in which fate/luck decides the outcome by the throw of dice. Sissa invented Chaturanga, a type of ancient Indian chess using the already popular Ashtapada checkered board. The pieces include the rajah/king, the senapati/general, the gaja/elephant, the ashwa/horse, the ratha/chariot and the sainik/infantry.
Jacob Levy Moreno
Jacob Moreno coined the term "roleplaying" in 1921 and opened the Theatre of Spontaneity acting company. Levy was a psychodrama director who believed in Drama Therapy, originally created as a methodology for studying role theories by the social sciences. To roleplay, one enacts various motives, attitudes, and postures. The protagonists are the participants who improvise their actions within a situation normally simulated about them. It is their life or abilities, their roles, that are being examined or tested. The auxiliary egos are anyone else who performs to place the protagonists within the situation. The audience is any onlooker who may provide feedback. The stage is wherever the practice is performed or perhaps fictionally set. The director is the expert who guides the exercise.
Jessica Mulligan
Jessica Mulligan of USA started the Rim Worlds War as the first play-by-email RPG on a commercial online server in 1986. Jessica's work is listed here as one of the major influencial factors involved in the evolutionary making of textual combat.
Dai Kiaou Shin
Andy Oedo was notorious on Yahoo! in 1995 for his abilities in speed-based chat fighting, as his intricate and alluring style attracted on-line fighters from all over who wished to challenge him. Andy adopted the name Dai Kiaou Shin and called his new speed fighting style "freeform". Andy became the very first speed-based textual fighting champion on the internet. Another champion was Ken Kyo from Homestead, and Kyo's method was called "freestyle". It is now believed that both styles came from the same root or origin, and most people view freeform/freestyle as being the same speed-based chat fighting style with two different names. Dai Kiaou Shin (Andy) eventually met §hin Gouki Ž (Ken) and together they started an Elitist clan called the Z-senshi. The Z-senshi were known to be incredible speed-stylists in Freeform, having a remarkable sense of grace and style that was very unique. The Z-senshi used Auto, but were easily differentiated from less advanced fighters by their highly descriptive actions, philosophical wisdom and respectful attitudes. Rather than following a concrete set of rules, they lived by an unwritten, unspoken code of honor. Some of the later Z-senshi Elitists also practiced AA, T1, and T2.
Kellindil
Yahoo! chat was released to the public in 1997. John, or Kellindil, created a website on Angelfire, which is when some people believe he developed Type One (T1) and attempted to create a structured style of speed-based textual combat. Early versions of Type Two (T2) were written by Blake Hardman and some of the members at Kellindil's site, including Matt or Juntai. Aglaranna, a member of Kellindil's site, coined the term "Ayenee" refering to the Arts & Entertainment channel on Yahoo! chat.
Vøices øf Xenøn
Not much is known about Vøices øf Xenøn, except that his name is on the original Type One (T1) tutorial from Eden's Era, where the T1 style originated. It is believed that Kellindil, Juntai and James Thornbury all had a hand in the making of the original TB fighting style that is now popular everywhere.
§hin Gouki Ž
Kenshiro Maruyama wrote the first official Freestyle tutorial in 2000, explaining the history of Freeform textual combat as it was taught to him by Dai Kiaou Shin. Kenshiro used the name §hin Gouki Ž (not to be confused with another "Shin Gouki Z" named Eric Kane), and became famous in Comicity as the leader of an Elite clan known as the Z-senshi. Prior to Ken's tutorial, the Z-senshi lived by an unwritten code of honor. Another tutorial on Freeform was cooked up by Kao-Vegeta (Eric) and Tairo No Masakado (Alex) of Comicity who were OOC friends and IC enemies with the Z-senshi. Shortly after this is when Kenshiro decided to issue a written set of guidelines for everyone to follow.
Juntai
Eden's Era opened a chatroom in 2000, adopting Type One (T1) based on Kellindil's former fighting system. It is a known fact that Juntai (Matt) helped write the first Type Two (T2) tutorial for Eden-Era some time before 2000, as his name is mentioned at the bottom of the original tutorial.
Dalmuros
Eden's Era opened a chatroom in 2000, adopting Type One (T1) based on Kellindil's former fighting system. It is a known fact that Dalmuros (Alex) helped write the first Type Two (T2) tutorial for Eden-Era some time before 2000, as his name is mentioned at the very top of the original tutorial. It is also believed that Blake Hardman also had a hand in the making of the original T2 fighting style that is now popular everywhere.
CloakedWarriorRias
Brian Morgan was the first person to invent Adanced Auto (AA) and write a tutorial for it in 1999.
LegendaryMercenaryScias
Max Cook, or Scias, and Luke Herrington collaborated together to create Type Three (T3) in 2000.
Seiryou Shinjou
Eric Kane followed in Kenshiro's footsteps by adopting the name Shin Gouki Z and writing his own words on Freeform in his alternate Shin Freestyle tutorial, giving a more in-depth look at an already ancient RPG style. The newly upgraded Shin Gouki Z (Eric) defeated many champions on AOL, MSN, YIM, IRC, Geocities, Metawerx, and abroad. However, he was more cruel and arrogant than Kenshiro, which caused many fighters to hate him. Nevertheless, Eric Kane became the cocky leader of a small group of dark Z-senshi masters in 2002. At the same time, Seiryou Shinjou and his brother Heiryou Shinjou became famous for their own Shinjou Temple style, hopping from chat to chat and defeating everyone in their sight. The infamous Shinjou Brothers gained wide popularity, but refused to reveal their identities to the rest of the RPG world. That changed in 2008 when Fuma Kotaro (Wesley) from Metawerx openly announced in RPGateway that he was Heiryou Shinjou, and revealed the identity of his brother Seiryou Shinjou as being Eric Kane. Kane had adopted the name Nonpariel and in 2007 he defeated Circ Aloriath to take the GTLeague title as the undisputed grand champion. Nonpariel was the undefeated number one ranked fighter between 2007 and 2009. He formed a group called "Legacy" which has dominated the competition ever since.
Heiryou Shinjou
Wesley started his RPG career living in other people's shadows. He stayed out of the stage light as a ninja called Fuma Kotaro, but he also used several different names and aliases which might be remembered. Among his several aliases were Lordred, Juvious, Kanretsu, Goutetsu Ž, Corvin, Dionysus and Heiryou Shinjou. Wesley was the first person to actually start a large-scale project involving the research of RPG history. Textual Combat Museum (TCM) was all Wesley's idea, his own little brain-child. Wesley's record is obscure. He hated styles that were based soley on competition with no real purpose for fighting. For this reason, Wes seems to have avoided making a name for himself in any fighting tournaments, and very little is known about his true level of skill. However, he was most popular as Fuma Kotaro, a notorious assassin from Metawerx, and as Seiryou Shinjou's brother Heiryou Shinjou, a warrior monk who's alluring T1 style and prowess was never matched. On a much smaller scale, he was also known as Goutetsu Ž, the last member of the legendary Z-senshi. Goutetsu Ž (Wes) was instructed in the ways of the Z-senshi by §hin Gouki Ž (Ken) himself, and is known to be §hin Gouki's very last private student. As a member of the Z-senshi, Goutetsu was entrusted with the mission of preserving the Z-senshi's heritage. Wesley spent some time in Comicity with Kenshiro between 2001 and 2002, where it's said he swore an oath never to use "ki" or energy-based attacks. Despite the fact that many of his enemies used "ki" in their own attacks, Wesley never broke his oath, and according to some oral traditions from Comicity, he was able to beat multiple opponents all at the same time, using just his fists.
Liberazi
Nathan Dexter, known by his friends as Dex, is an elitist roleplayer and on-line fighter from Nexxus Chat who met Dionysus (Wes) on RPGateway in 2010, and decided to become his student after witnessing a sparring match. Liberazi (Dex) then opened the Textcity Forums on Proboards, which included a Fighting Academy dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of textual combat, an idea he says was cooked up by his mentor. Dexter interviewed Wesley for his site, and posted a complete time-line to his forum covering RPG history. Before this happened, Dexter claims that Wesley had a site called the Textual Combat Museum which was closed down in 2006. The intricate Fighting Academy at the Textcity Forums became the basis for this forum you're on right now. Liberazi (Dex) re-opened the Textual Combat Museum on ProBoards in 2011, finishing where Dionysus (Wes) had left off. Dexter closed the Fighting Academy and instead opened the Grand Arena where truly elite fighters may go to compete with one another in the most realistic methods of online fighting. Dexter established TCM Enterprises Ltd. as a trademark company and claimed the legal rights to TCM's archives. You are now in the presence of those archives.
CASnelgrove
With the help of Nathan Dexter, Transcendent Al, RequiemX, and GreviousKhan, CASnelgrove and his colleagues invented a totally new type of turn-based textual combat called the "Art Of War", or the Advanced Roleplaying Tactics (ART), revolved around multiple armies on a battlefield using clever strategies in which the enviroment and weather play a factor in the events which take place. ART was founded in November, 2011 and CASnelgrove is currently the last person to be mentioned in TCM's Hall of Fame.
Written by Nathan Dexter of TCM Enterprises Ltd. 2011