As much as I'll run one-offs for people (2-3 hrs max unless there's a lot of players) I far prefer running PrP arcs of 4-5 scenes at 2-3 hrs each. I find that there's more opportunity and creativity in ongoing plot and that players get more involved, can find more to latch on to and run with. You can world-build to a greater extent, and give them something really immersive to interact with.
I, for one, will still downvote the shit out of posts I think are BS.
Hey guys, if it was Thenomain's birthday, and you wanted to code something to wish him happy birthday, how would you do it?
(p.s. not saying it's Thenomain's birthday today... WINK WINK)
Props for the thread title.
Possibly some way to interact with the story/metaplot without engaging in metaplot scenes which might be during your off hours, so that when you do get the chance to RP you still have something related to RP about. I know the action system was popular for that, but I don't know how you would adjust it for scale to avoid burn out. I imagine it would work well on smaller games though.
@derp I like the idea of this because it allows everyone to participate in metaplot AND that could lead to more RP all around. You'll have a contingent of folks who won't want to deal with the mechanics of it but you could make the use of the tokens inclusive of RP too. Ie. A player could submit a log of a scene instead, with RP focused on their special area of focus, alongside their token (or whatever the mechanic is) instead of a write up.
@devrex said in Of Dreams and Nightmares:
@ganymede Given how brain-fried everyone is...modern settings often seem the best bet. Less heavy lifting on "what do? What RP? How does world work?"
I don't know. These days I want to be anywhere but our modern world.
@Derp said in Highlights of Ares?:
But that's another benefit of Ares. All the communications are easy to pull back up and go 'look, we definitely agreed on this thing here and that has not been happening so I think that we should work on wrapping this up asap'.
I really REALLY love that, too. I also love that logs are share-able. I think it's amazing to be able to read the stories being told outside of your own, if people are comfortable sharing them.
@Ghost said in Bring back the Hog Pit:
But...and this is an important but...if the Hog Pit ever reopens and the floodgates open, letting the people who haven't had regular targets for a while now back at their old hunting ground, you can pretty much guarantee 10 more years of that behavior being normalized.
Can we just avoid fanning flames? Let others do what they're doing, and we can just do what we're doing without constantly calling back to the rift and categorizing some people as bad/evil? It's the same behavior, but from our side. Now, you're punching at them. You can make good points without doing that. I've seen you do it.
@Derp said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:
You say this and then you end up with Dirty My Little Pony. Careful what you wish for.
No, please.
Did no one else read Shel Silverstein or Roald Dahl??? Paper Bag Princess ftw. Also, back then 'Sick' (by Silverstein) was just funny but now I truly get it.
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I'm just picturing trying to rob a bank and have an orgasm at the same time.
Bond. James Bond. I would kill for (pun intended) a 007-themed MU*.
@devrex I empathize with her statement. I used to feel it every time I posted something, that rising dread. It's a learned exposure. I think it'll just take time to realize that it's different now.
@auspice I got out on Q9. Stupid Meatloaf, stupid Peter Pan.
I get this a lot, but then I make it a point to have a ton going on outside of any given IC S/O so that, if that's all they want, I get my everything-else elsewhere.
Option #4; no horse in this race.
@WTFE I used to care so much, too. I blame MUSoapbox for helping me become this callous!
In all seriousness, I actually thought about this, this morning when I logged in. When I first joined here, and people would go on the attack/argue/be all name-calley it used to really bother me. Stomach in knots, couldn't sleep, would stress about it in RL time. This morning I realized I hadn't given a thought to it at all until I logged on again. And now I'm wondering, have I become so desensitized? Anyone else experience this?
@Luna The law is one thing, and reality is another. I get this. I've been there with the ex and the kidlet. I'm sorry you have to be in this situation. You don't deserve it.
