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| Topic Started: Nov 5 2009, 01:31 AM (190 Views) | |
| Rounin Nagasaki | Nov 5 2009, 01:31 AM Post #1 |
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On our board, we have a set number of characters allowed for each member. The set limit of characters on our board is four, which I feel is a gross overestimation of our ability to write effectively. The people who have four characters would likely agree with me that writing all four characters often causes neglect to one or more of the characters in use, and thus, the writing suffers. This can cause the quality of our RPing to suffer, or the amount of RPing that can be done to suffer. Because of the above facts, I feel that the number of characters should be reduced to a maximum of three. The number of characters would not affect most, and it would remove on character from the people who do have four. However, it would allow for less time between posts for a character, and would also potentially alleviate pressures that may come with RPing as so many characters, as there could often be one fewer topic to reply to, or one fewer character to worry about developing. I think that reducing the maximum number of characters to three could be effective for increasing the speed at which we are currently progressing through the RP, and believe it should be considered. |
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| Aoi Sanders | Nov 5 2009, 01:58 AM Post #2 |
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I disagree because it is up to the user to employ the characters. We should not deny someone the option to use four characters if they legitimately are able to do it. If anyone cannot manage four characters, they should not sign up for four characters. |
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| Shichiro Kai | Nov 5 2009, 02:02 AM Post #3 |
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I agree with Aoi on this one, Joseph. inb4 not going up to bat, or something. |
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| Wilhelmina Hatcher | Nov 5 2009, 02:11 AM Post #4 |
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I disagree. For starters, plots drag for such incredibly long lengths, one simply can not plan that far ahead in time. Sure, I can handle portraying Billie, Brett, Lawrence, Swebb, Allison, Isaac, Sender and Wollstonecraft, right now, the simple fact is that even halfway into the plot... might be a month or two months down the road, and that's VERY meager estimates [hmm, I just realized this sentence doesn't really... end here. I'm sure you get what I'm saying though...]. If I had a plan with just about every single character here and I suddenly fall down an uncovered man hole, then all those ideas just die, having to be quickly scrapped and replaced. On the opposite end of the spectrum, why four specifically? I think I can handle *counts* eight characters. Edited by Wilhelmina Hatcher, Nov 5 2009, 02:25 AM.
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| Danielle Chirel | Nov 5 2009, 02:25 AM Post #5 |
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Why four? That's a good question. Nobody needed any more than four, ever. I suppose that's as good a reason if any. Most people who have a total of four characters (only a small handful of members, actually), don't even use all of them anyway. And to my knowledge, they don't plan on using them. If they did, then it would be awesome, and it would make the days feel like they drag on less. But right now, it's just not happening. Ultimately, the Staff is not responsible for you being too lazy to write with all of your characters. It's your decision to make. We can't force you to do it. Basically, don't bite off more than you can chew. If you want to increase the speed at which the RP flows, then you should begin by coordinating with your partners so that everyone is online at the same time. You can get a lot more RPing done if you trade posts back and forth for an hour or two than if you just hope your scenes will progress one post every day. |
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| Jason O'Connell | Nov 5 2009, 07:41 AM Post #6 |
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What Dani said. Only I don't really have too much to say since I don't have a second character. If I did, though, I'd probably use him to satisfy my own boredom though. I probably wouldn't run more than two, but I'm fine with letting people run as many as they want, within reason. Put a cap on it of course (four is fine by me), but I wouldn't want to limit people too much. |
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| Rounin Nagasaki | Nov 5 2009, 07:55 AM Post #7 |
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No, it's staff's responsibility to ensure that the RP is moving as smoothly as possible. If that means that people are biting off more than they can chew, than it is a legitimate gripe that we request that the number be more limited. Just because I choose to have four characters, doesn't mean that I can handle four characters very well. Basically, while it may be the member's choice to have four characters, it's very easy to look back over the people who do have them, and see where one or two of them are sitting around doing nothing, or where they're in topics that are dragging, because other ones are taking priority. Thus, I feel that it is a VERY legitimate gripe to make a request of reduction. It's a matter of increasing speed in which the RP is carried out. Basically, four is just too much. If most people aren't using the max number, and the people who are using the max number are neglecting one or more, then why not reduce it for the sake of convenience? |
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| Aoi Sanders | Nov 5 2009, 01:40 PM Post #8 |
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Umi no Tenshi
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That wouldn't be reducing it for the sake of convenience, that would be reducing it for the sake of imposing an arbitrary limit. |
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| Rounin Nagasaki | Nov 5 2009, 01:47 PM Post #9 |
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Rated R - Parental Discretion is Advised
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Hey Aoi, I can make general statements too. Support your statements, or your posts can be done without. |
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| Aoi Sanders | Nov 5 2009, 02:05 PM Post #10 |
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Umi no Tenshi
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It is not convenient to deny members the ability to use four characters if they choose to. Even with accounts that have seemingly "neglected" characters, the characters not being used are rotated into play periodically. |
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