Drinking Game

Well, everything that's anything has a drinking game. Metal Storm's not much, yet, but I plan to fix that shortly. In the mean time, here's the Metal Storm Drinking Game!

Materials Needed

• A connection to the Internet, or a print out of the stories. The stories can be located at http://www.meta-earth.com/metal/stories.html. Chances are, if you are reading this, you are already familier with Metal Storm.
• Something to drink, not necessarily alcoholic, as you might hurt yourself, just don't use stuff that's really harmful like sulfuric acid, molten metal, liquid nitrogen, or antimatter plasma.

How and when to drink

• Sip is a quick pull at the bottle. Double and triple sips should be measured and consumed accordingly.
• Gulp is a fairly large swallow, and double gulps should account for a substantial portion of your glass/can/barrel/beaker/whatever.
• Chug equates to an order of "finish off your drink and get a new one."
• Finishing off the bottle is exactly what it implies; it is potentially suicidal, but mercifully rare.

General Rules

• When something very typical happens, sip.
• When something unusual happens, drink a larger amount-- the more unusual the event, the larger the amount.
• When in doubt, the simplest rule of all is: if you think you should be drinking, you should be drinking.

Rules

• Sip whenever a mecha appears. Double if its more than one. Triple if it's a whole fragg'n wing of mecha.
• Gulp whenever someone falls in love.
• Chug if they turn out to be the enemy.
• Sip if a fight erupts. Double if its between members of the Guardian Squadron. Triple if everyone joins in.
• Sip if a major character gets hurt. Double if its Ryo or Taeon. Triple if its Destiny Gray.
• Gulp if they get hurt bad.
• Chug if they get hurt really bad.
• Finish off the bottle if a major character is killed.
• Finish off the bottle again if they come back anyway.
• Sip if Michael gets into trouble. Double if it's Ryo or Taeon.
• Sip if Kanis gets pissed at Taeon. Double if it's any other character.
• Sip whenever Admiral Steele appears. Double if it's not on the bridge.
• Gulp whenever Taeon goes on about being from a noble house, or some such.
• Gulp whenever Ryo talks about his awesome skill. Double if its during combat.
• Sip if the main characters are in the Vigilant's Computer Room. Double if something crazy happens. Triple if a fire fight erupt.
• Sip if the Vigilant ever leaves the Eridani star system.
• Gulp if they every go back.
• Sip if a capital ship is destroyed (this rule is void for episode 13, for safety reasons).
• Gulp if a mecha destroys the ship. Double if a main character destroys it.
• Chug if its a flagship.
• Sip if anyone else other than Taeon from House Toshio makes an appearance. Double if it's Kanis. Triple if it's Xandra.
• Sip if Kanis acts like an a**hole.
• Sip if someone hurts him for it. Double if it's Sara.
• Sip if any of the main characters go to Falmore-Glave. Double if it's not Taeon. Triple if they all go.
• Sip if Taeon or Ryo get's captured. Double if it's by the GSC. Triple if it's the ITR.
• Sip if a diver (other than Taeon, Steele, or Xandra) appears.
• Sip whenever Destiny speaks. Double if it's to Taeon or Ryo. Triple if it's more than three words.
• Gulp if Destiny talks about his past.
• Gulp if Xandra speaks. Double if anyone understands her.
• Gulp whenever Xandra uses her powers to help the main characters.
• Chug if she uses her powers against them (for your own safety, the whole of episode 13 is just counted only once).
• Sip if the word 'seething' is used in conjunction with 'energy'.  Double if it's with any other word.
• Sip if the word 'brilliant' is used in conjunction with 'fireball'.  Double if it's with any other word.
• Chug if one or more nukes are used in a battle.
• Sip if someone screams just before dying.  Double if they scream after dying.
• Sip if Allen uses his shotgun.  Double if he's laughing maniacally at the same time.
• Sip whenever Kyle Suavarre starts acting like Don Juan. Double if he's coming on to JT. Triple if Ryo is nearby.
• Sip when Jason Grivar takes an important role.
• Sip if David Pollux does something important.
• Gulp if half the Guardian Squadron buys it in one episode. Double if it's half of the Third Wing.
• Sip if someone mentions 'The Sword of the Empire'. Double if they are talking too or about Ryo. Triple if it's Xandra.
• Sip if Taeon uses his diver powers. Double if its a power he's never used before. Triple if he uses it to kill somebody.
• Sip if someone uses diver powers in mecha combat. Double if they're in a Psycho Raptor. Triple if they're not.
• Sip if Taeon has a vision. Double if he understands it.
• Gulp when said vision comes true.
• Gulp when a couple divers start slugging it out. Double if Taeon is involved. Triple if Xandra is involved.
• Sip whenever Briggs appears. Double if it's after he's taken over the GSC. Triple if he's in a mecha.
• Gulp if Briggs makes a dramatic speech in combat. Double if it's to anyone besides Ryo.
• Sip when the fate of thousands is in the hands of Taeon and Ryo. Double if it's millions. Triple if it's billions.
• Gulp if the fate of human civilization as we know it depends on them.
• Sip if our heroes when a battle.
• Gulp if they lose a battle.
• Gulp when Xandra starts moving entire moons around. Double if its not the Zion Moon.
• Chug when a planet sustains cataclysmic damage.
• Finish off the bottle if an entire planet is destroyed.

  And Finally, when you have finished reading the Saga...

  Finish off the bottle, grab another, and start all over again!