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| So how do we create an RP that is independent of the admin | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 19, 2013, 1:30 pm (1,609 Views) | |
| Keith | May 19, 2013, 1:30 pm Post #1 |
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Because frankly I'm sick of waiting around for one person to post so that everyone else can do something, then subsequently dying because said admin stops posting completely. No offense to anyone.
Edited by Keith, May 19, 2013, 1:44 pm.
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| oniskieth | May 19, 2013, 1:48 pm Post #2 |
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If it isn't an admin refusing to post then it's just another member. Edit: We should do smaller rps. Less planning. Less hype. That way when it dies in a week it isn't a big loss. If it doesn't die we can just build it bigger. Edited by oniskieth, May 19, 2013, 1:50 pm.
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 1:50 pm Post #3 |
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Which is fine, so long as other people are posting and dragging them along. Unless they're a lone wolf, in which case fuck 'em. |
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| oniskieth | May 19, 2013, 2:07 pm Post #4 |
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Our community needs someone to push them forward. |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 2:15 pm Post #5 |
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There's several people that do that but they all seem to go on hiatus once things ramp up, so... |
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| oniskieth | May 19, 2013, 2:26 pm Post #6 |
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Not really. The only people who push us along are the admins. All our rp's are so plot dependent they're the only ones who can do anything. |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 2:29 pm Post #7 |
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You're missing the point of this topic. |
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| oniskieth | May 19, 2013, 2:37 pm Post #8 |
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We have to have someone give us direction. That's my point. |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 2:38 pm Post #9 |
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And what is preventing the players themselves from giving direction? |
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| Green | May 19, 2013, 2:46 pm Post #10 |
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Remember Calatia's Throne? We need something like that. We were basically given a blank canvas and free reign to do whatever we wanted. WE defined the world and created our own plots. And on top of that we need more people who are willing to take charge and take over a plot if the creator is away for some period of time. About 12 hours should do it. Of course, if we're in an RP like PSI maybe we should just have people take charge and lead everyone to a point where people can do their own thing until the admin gets back. Like, right now we could have someone write how everyone got into the SUV and they all went back to base. Leon would then place Acheos in some secure and sturdy medical room where he could wake up. Ryan would probably go to a similar room. Maybe Travis too. Anyone could write this simple stuff. I will if no one else wants to. |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 2:48 pm Post #11 |
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CT was good up until "I CAN SENSE MANA LOL FOUND YOU COMIN FOR YA" bullshit which is a horrible plot device and akfjdsfjkald;fkjdlfjdslfjads. PSI has potential to be freeform but Onime (or you) just needs to get us to the point where we can do that. |
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| Arcvalons | May 19, 2013, 2:53 pm Post #12 |
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Lord of the Octoroks, all hail!
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Hmm, I'll try to create something like that. |
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| Green | May 19, 2013, 2:53 pm Post #13 |
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Alright, well I'll do it now. Anyone can do it though, so to everyone reading: don't be afraid to take over if things are taking too long. Onime will correct you if you're wrong, but I'm sure he'll be good about it because we're keeping his RP moving. Also, yeah, CT did get a bit crap later on. Basically what we need for an RP like that is an admin that only jumps in when things become ridiculous. Maybe there could be a few limitations on what characters can and cannot do from the start. They shouldn't affect the plots too much and they might prevent that sort of thing. |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 2:56 pm Post #14 |
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I have no idea if this would work or not and I'm not about to try it since we have two and a potential third RP in the works, but what about something with no centralized plot? The character plots would be the only thing to pursue, but the downside would be everyone squabbling over whose plot gets the attention. |
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| Green | May 19, 2013, 3:15 pm Post #15 |
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Hey, Burnt, you were in CoH right? |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 3:19 pm Post #16 |
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I was in the...second(?) CoH but dropped after the whole fiasco when GFAQs deleted all RPs. I was in Battle of the Sacred Realm, though, all two (or was it three?) iterations. I think BotSR v2 is still on the old Exile site. Why? yeah here it is: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Exile_Revolution/forum/684327/ Edited by Keith, May 19, 2013, 3:20 pm.
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| Green | May 19, 2013, 3:46 pm Post #17 |
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Ah, well did those RPs move fast? |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 3:51 pm Post #18 |
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BotSR moved fairly slowly but had pretty quality posts, CoH moved at the speed of light (literally 2000 posts in a night), GPlan moved at a good rate...and that's all I can think of. Everything else kind of belly flopped. Oh yeah CT moved at a nice pace but the whole mana sensing bullshit kind of killed it, at least for me. I could rant on that forever but I won't. Edited by Keith, May 19, 2013, 3:51 pm.
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| Green | May 19, 2013, 3:54 pm Post #19 |
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Alright. Well, I'm assuming there were more people involved in these RPs and maybe the admin(s) were more active, but do you think there was anything from those RPs that could be applied to, say, PSI? Something that might help us figure out how to get our RPs to really move. |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 3:56 pm Post #20 |
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I have a few ideas but I have no idea if Onime would go along with them. |
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| Green | May 19, 2013, 4:25 pm Post #21 |
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Alright, what are the ideas? |
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| Keith | May 19, 2013, 4:34 pm Post #22 |
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The first and most obvious is a Magneto-esque group that wants to rule the "inferior" humans using their powers. The second is more of an Illuminati group that seeks to control the course of history using their abilities. Third is an extremely powerful group of rogue espers that just want to see the world burn. And the others aren't coming to me. Oh wait, one more is a group that has the "Sight" which would need Onime's approval but they want to figure out a way to manipulate it to achieve godhood. AND ALSO A GROUP OF TELEPATHS WHO WANT TO USE THEIR COLLECTIVE TELEPATHY TO REFLECT THEIR MEMORY MANIPULATION OFF THE MOON TO TURN EVERYONE INTO MINDLESS ZOMBIES LOL Edited by Keith, May 19, 2013, 4:40 pm.
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| Green | May 19, 2013, 5:35 pm Post #23 |
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Awesome ideas man. You know, I was sorta planning on having Acheos escape the facility after he learns of how Ryan dies because PSI wouldn't let him go. I was gonna then have him gather Rogues and fight on the side of freedom against PSI in an all out war. If the Rogues won they would start to destroy the world and Acheos would join the PSI survivors and they would all try to take control again. I kinda doubt Onime would allow that either. |
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| Twi | May 19, 2013, 5:40 pm Post #24 |
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Fun fact: Contact technically needs no input whatsoever from me. It still needs people posting in it though. :L Anyways, back to topic! |
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Warning: Prone to spontaneous changes of gender, race, species, personality, writing style, pictures, orientation, IQ, and interests. OI I'M STILL HERE YOU BLOODY WANKERS | |
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| Onime No Ryu | May 19, 2013, 6:48 pm Post #25 |
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The reason I stopped posting in PSI was because I hate making Leon do literally everything and puppetting everybody, and yet no matter how much I wait nobody else does anything else--and when you guys did take charge, the only thing you did was have Leon do literally everything and puppet everybody. We'd already be back at base and focused on character interaction if a bunch of people--I won't name names but they know who they are--didn't go full retard from the start. Travis showed major susceptibility to empathic stuff, losing control of his fine-tune manipulations and resorting to just making a big boom, yet only two people were trying empath stuff and one of them just gave up and did nothing else. We had two people with guns who could have shot non-psychically-enhanced shots to wound. One of them sat around doing nothing while the other one ran around screaming I NEED A DISTRACTION when literally EVERYTHING was happening around them to give a perfect distraction. One person attacked from range and from behind Travis, which worked. Said person then ran in to not only deliver a SUPER AUTOHIT COMBO but also GOT IN THE WAY of someone else, who was COMPLETELY IGNORING THE WHOLE "secret organization" concept and the whole COLLATERAL DAMAGE thing and just wantonly throwing fucking cars. Granted, we did have one attempt to trap Travis with the electrical wires, but again, that completely goes against the whole "avoid collateral damage so we can make it look like we were never here" thing and also the "capture him, don't fucking fry him alive until he's nothing but charred bones" thing. NOBODY WORKED TOGETHER. The idea of that battle was for it to be quick and more plot oriented. PSI shows up, pushes Travis to the brink, Travis has his little plot flashback, then gets taken out and taken back to base. Instead we had a long drawn out affair like PvP ALWAYS IS, and I basically just knocked Travis out myself cause I couldn't foresee a worthwhile combo attack doing it anytime soon. The point of Travis was to give a demonstration of how psychic battles might work, how PSI does things, provide a method of getting involved for other people who weren't with PSI, and finally, throwing a little plot point in there that could be freely touched upon whenever instead of being a pressing linear thing. Instead of that we got a demonstration of everybody BEING TRYHARDS TRYING TO BE SO KEWL, made PSI look like a bunch of sociopaths, got other people involved to the point of dragging it out longer than it was supposed to be, and finally, throwing a plot point in there that nobody got to see anyway because only one person did any empathic shit. I also blame myself because PSI is one of the few ideas I've tried to make into an original story of my own, so I have a specific idea of how things are supposed to play out, in the beginning at least. Thus when things happen that throw off what's supposed to happen in my perspective, I have to stop posting and thing about how I'm going to adapt. I am not good at adapting. tl;dr IT'S EVERYONE'S FAULT |
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