Excelsior! A Marvel Comics MU.
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Hey, True Believers!
Excelsior! is a MUSH set in the Marvel Universe — our Marvel Universe. Taking a page from What If?, Ultimate Marvel, the MCU, and the countless variations of characters we’ve seen across other comic book MUSHes throughout the years, our goal is to make an early years, Roster Only comic book game in which the interconnections between the characters help guide the story. Every background and every plot is meant to push our roleplay forward and tell new stories, as well as fresh new takes on old ones. Chances are you’ll recognize most every character we’ve got; chances are greater still that they’ll come with a little twist.
Come and check us out, feel free to ask questions, and join us for a ride. We’ve got a ton of plot happening and more coming, we try to include people in all time zones by providing both live and asynch events, and there’s a whole bunch of characters that we’re planning on adding.
Even if a character isn’t someone you’d usually play, you never know what sort of connections and RP can come from it.
Looking forward to new voices on our little corner of the hobby.
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While I might be biased because I designed the web portal, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this game if you:
- like playing Marvel-based games but also would like to see some really cool interpretations/alternations to roster characters;
- have difficult times always being around for live scenes because there’s a lot of fun async scenes to join in on, and;
- want staffers that are really flexible and eager to get people involved. Mind and Power have not hesitated to give me stuff to play with and I’m having a right fun time.
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BUMP
Excelsior is gearing up for more adventures and a larger story. We’re getting ready to put out more rosters, and we’re looking for people who want to play scenes of all sorts – from live, to async – and who want to explore different interpretations of classic superhero characters from the Marvel Universe.
There’s plenty of plot types, too: from the personal, to the world-saving; magical and sci-fi; deeply spiritual or savage and violent.
Even if the characters available aren’t your usual, we encourage you to give them a try and see how they fit; you never know what you might find. If you do have a character that is particularly close to your heart who isn’t on the Roster yet, you can always page staff and ask information about if, when and how they’ll be brought in.
Come take a look around and see for yourselves.
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Today, Excelsior is one year old!
Galactus is about to get to Earth, the Mutant Registration Act and Sentinels are in full swing, and everything is going to shit, just before new characters are being introduced to the Roster!
If you’re interested in a whole ton of comic book fun in a twisty Marvel Universe, check us out!
(Special thanks to @Zz for the fantastic anniversary banner.)
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Hey, True Believers!
Excelsior! is a roster-only game hosted on AresMUSH using the setting and characters of Marvel comics. If you like story-driven RP and a chill and dynamic environment, you should come check us out. We have plenty of events and plots brewing and cater to people who like live RP, but also those with families and responsibilities who prefer to engage in async or distracted RP. Recently, we’ve returned a slew of heroes to our roster, and there’s almost three dozen slated to be added throughout the course of this year. That said…
It was a big end-of-the-year for Excelsior!
The Mutant Registration Act got put into effect and caused the X-Men and the rest of the U.S. mutant population to go into hiding (in foreign lands, underground, and even in space), as the Commission of Superhuman Affairs, led by Henry Peter Gyrich managed to put Trask Industries’ sentinels into full public service.
Meanwhile, the Silver Surfer arrived to herald the approach of his master, Galactus, and Emma Frost was claimed by the cosmic power of the Phoenix Force, incubating it until it could grow and rebirth itself. The superheroes of Earth rallied themselves and with the help of a remorseful Silver Surfer, managed to battle the forces of the World-Devourer’s other heralds – Terrax, Air-Walker, and Firelord – to a standstill, until the Phoenix was born anew, and able to push Galactus away, though not without a price: the Phoenix warned the heroes that the consequences of its intervention would be Earth’s to deal with on its own.
While the Defenders continue to battle the Hand and organized crime, and the mystic encroaching of Otherworld and other magical realms into the mortal world becomes ever increasingly a problem for magic users and Excalibur, a rise in vampirism in New York City as well as other supernatural horrors has led to the forming of the Midnight Mission. Independent superheroes continue to do their best to keep the city and the world safe.
With the MRA struck down by SCOTUS and decreed current use of Sentinels as unconstitutionally dangerous for civilians (humans and mutants alike) thanks to the morally-gray psychic intervention of Charles Xavier, the X-Men have split: on the one hand, the school; on the other, the paraterraformed Asteroid M, soon to be rechristened Akorak, offspring of the mutant island of Krakoa, where James Bradley – Doctor Nemesis – and Douglas Ramsey – Cypher – continue to study and attempt to understand the massive mutant landmass. X-Force has been created to deal with problems that require quiet violence, while X-Factor has been deployed as a mutant community outreach organization in New York City, ready to help mutants outside of the immediate circle of X.
Simon Williams’ tragic death a year ago is surprisingly not… entirely so. With ULTRON gaining sentience and turning on the Avengers, it’s Simon that comes out of the woodwork, reconstituting his body out of the ionic energy that supposedly destroyed him thanks to his brother’s machinations.
There’s plenty of dangers left in the world: the island nation of Genosha continues to seem like a safe haven for mutants; the Fantastic Four find themselves needing to reopen the portal to the Negative Zone to save Susan Storm-Richards’ pregnancy; and lurking in the shadows are infamous and heinous figures that have yet to rear their ugly heads into our world.
Nevermind those big alien empires across the galaxy that have suddenly taken notice of the one world in the last million years that repelled Galactus…
So come check us out.
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Much like @Jumpscare and Silent Heaven, and Clockwork and The Network, Andruid over on the blog Writing Games has put up an interview/review of Excelsior!, and we’re super stoked about it.
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Hey True Believers!
Excelsior is approaching our second anniversary (November 10th), and we’re incredibly excited about it! We’ve got plenty of stories left to share, and I’m here to update former players, future players, and everyone in between on what’s coming up. I’ll also give you a glimpse of the characters you can expect to see soon!
Yes, I did mention a limited roster. The admin team has received a lot of feedback about our roster-only approach, so I’d like to clarify why we’ve chosen this path. While our admin team may seem large and we do have all the Infinity Stones in attendance, not all of our staff are involved with rosters or storylines. We have a dedicated CSS admin (Hi Blu!) and a staff member handling administrative tasks (Hi Mind!), but only a few staffers focus on story development (Hi Power, Reality, and Time!).
We strive to maintain a roster that ensures our story staff can manage it without being overwhelmed.
Now, let’s talk about what’s coming soon!
Some upcoming characters will join an all-new team, while others will slot into existing teams. We’re currently running a storyline that will bring the Exiles into our world with a unique twist.
Here’s a list of characters to expect in the next few months:
Brielle Brooks, Cerise, Monica Rambeau, Kamala Khan, Felicia Hardy, Hercules, Jacqueline Falsworth, Leiko Wu, Yelena Belova, America Chavez, Billy Maximoff, Brandy Selby, The Stepford Cuckoos, Daisy Johnson, Eli Bradley, Franklin Richards, Laura Kinney, Luna Maximoff, Madelyne Pryor, N’Jadaka, Nathaniel Richards, Rachel Summers, Talia Wagner, Teddy Altman, Tommy Maximoff, Valeria Richards and Vivian Vision.
This roster will be rolled out through the end of fall. The Exile characters will be introduced sporadically at the end of August, with some listed characters following through September and early October.
We’ll use storylines to introduce them and provide reasons for their interactions with existing characters in the game.
If any of these characters catch your interest, chat with us, and see what we have planned for the next few months. All of our characters have unique twists on their canon counterparts, and we hope you’ll join us for the adventure!
