Kill Adam

Kill Adam was a groundbreaking RPG created by James and Shy in November 2003. It garnered much praise and attention due for its adult content, excellent presentation, and the quality of members who participated in it. These included Shinmaru, Shy, Queen Asuka, Generic NPC #3, Heaven’s Cloud, Babygirl and Hinata (formerly sweetreyes,) who never officially posted.

Directly inspired by Kill Bill, the original premise was to create an RPG where OtakuBoards members could run around a highly stylized world fighting Tarantino-esque versions of one another. Almost immediately the idea grew to feature Adam, theOtaku’s site founder, and the popular OB clique “Adam’s Angels” in prominent roles.

The RPG was structured after the films which inspired it, and Kill Adam’s story unfolded in self-contained “chapters,” which often took place out of chronological order. Kill Adam is the story of two assassins, Jamie and Joshua, who lost their adopted son at the hands of their crime lord boss. In an effort to strike revenge on Adam for their loss the lovers began an all-out war against him, with much of the action taking place on the streets of Japan. These battles were incredibly graphic in nature and directly inspired the creation of Arena Thread Ratings.

Kill Adam was also the first official use of the “Chapter System” of RPG posting. Prior to this all RPGs were much more freeform, and writers would post as often as they like. With the Chapter System in place things became much more structured, and players could only post when the RPG’s creator felt it necessary to the story. Kill Adam also featured html and music within posts in a way that hadn’t been seen before, barring notable exceptions such as Project Gamer.

Great presentation and strong writing made the RPG a hit both with participants and non-participants alike. However, it did create added pressure for members in the Adventure Arena to focus on the aesthetic value of their projects rather than simply the writing. This “Post Kill Adam World” of The Arena became less active than it was in the past, but the writing was stronger than it had ever been.

This pressure was also felt by the participants of Kill Adam. Month-long gaps would occur between posts, and the first half (Kill Adam: Volume 1) concluded in June 2004. The second half of the story (Kill Adam: Volume 2) began a month later, but currently remains unfinished due to the same problems that plagued the first.

Kill Adam: Volume 1 [M-LSV]

Kill Adam: Volume 2 [M-LSV]

Kill Adam companion site

Boba Fett’s post, which inspired the term “Post Kill Adam World” can be found here.

Queen Asuka’s original story based on the history of her character, Arianna Love, can be found here.

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