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A few ideas and such
Topic Started: November 12, 2014, 5:56 pm (183 Views)
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So we're kind of slow right now. Veil's about to begin, but Pokemon's a three legged dog (or should I say, Poochyena?) and I don't think Onime's mini thing's meant to last much longer. And I feel we can hold on to more than one RP at once. So I had a few ideas that I wanted to put up for discussion/thought, to gauge some interest and see if they'll be done... eventually? Sometime.

First of all, I Will Keep is still something that I really want to do sometime if there's still some interest in it, and if the few people who are active again (... so basically Onime and NTNP, I think) are interested in it too. I can't say much about it other than "trust me I've got some good ideas and the mystery's the awesome bit."

My second idea came from quickly skimming through Niroth's topic here. Mainly, this quote:

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I came up with the idea to break up the RP into individual parts as episodes or whatever. I feel that completely shorter episodes with a longer continuity would beneficial to the RP and the community. This would make it easier to complete an arc in the story with reasonable time as well as allow me to plan out and flesh out the upcoming episodes better, as well as even change up the character mechanics in whatever manner between episodes to keep things interesting.


In other words, what about an RP whose storyline is highly episodic. Rather than having a focus on an overarching plotline, with the RPs events building up towards it, why not place the primary focus on the events themselves? Each shorter episode would move towards the conclusion of the overall plotline, but that wouldn't be particularly significant until the end.

Advantages:
  • More fluidity for RPers in the RP. Players can move in and out of the story fairly easily, and their temproary/permanent absence won't significantly affect the rest of the RP. Furthermore, a player can skip out on arcs that they don't like, while still keeping on top of the storyline for later ones.
  • Ability to use different characters without being cluttered. Make three or four different characters, use them in different episodes. Don't have to juggle them all at once and can give each one adequate focus.
  • Realistic character growth. You know what's weird? A character going from a 18 year old army recruit to being a general in about 5 or so years. But at the same time, there's a desire for some characters to grow significantly from their timid little kid to their badass. That can be done more naturally, if the episodes are further apart.

Disadvantages:

  • Potentially complex keeping track of other episodes that an RPer did not participate in.
  • Character growth is more staggered than continuous, depending on the timeline of the episodes
  • Less focus on overarching plot - constantly moving forward to overthrow the big bad or whatever else could be desired.


Given a few weeks to handle my last few finals, I could definitely start up something for one of those two ideas (and join Veil and do whatever else). Anyone have any thoughts to provide/are interested?
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My opinion on I Will Keep remains the same. Different characters from different time zones in a mystery RP that doesn't have a huge focus on fighting is definitely a different thing.

...Only problem would be that I'll be using one source of inspiration for three different RPs.

As for the episodic one, that depends on what it'll be about, but sounds like it could work pretty well. We... just have to make sure we don't burn out with too many characters and RPs to keep track of.
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