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Post by Phagetthree on Sept 20, 2010 18:03:06 GMT 8
Neither do us, actually.
Doesn't take that long to write a post, anyway. ~5-10 mins if you don't get distracted.
/poke schro
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Post by Carillus on Sept 20, 2010 22:57:26 GMT 8
Did the tornado do anything to your place or was it far off?
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Post by RaineScarlet on Sept 21, 2010 9:42:07 GMT 8
It happened within a mile of my place. There were fallen trees all over the place, and one person died from getting crushed by a tree. ;_;
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Post by Phagetthree on Sept 22, 2010 1:02:51 GMT 8
My condolences for the dead person's family. And your hometown.
Of course we understand your lack of posts, and judging by the current (and past 2 months) number of active members and post rate, the RP isn't really what I'd say alive, or healthy (all of us probably know this, but someone has to say it).
I mean, what, 3 active PCs, 2 NPCs, and the 2 NPCs are also the same people as 2 of the 3 PCs, we're effectively 3 people winging it. I don't know if I want to continue doing this because almost everyone is disinterested already, hence there's no use for me wasting my time (no matter how much) writing or thinking about what's the next event in it.
I know that I'm not a good NPC controller (I'm NPC3, for those who still haven't figured it out), and neither am I a good PC, anyway, and this business has dragged on for long enough. It's time we take (or at least, I take) it off life support.
tl;dr I'm leaving, probably not gonna come back anymore. And yeah, I actually have the courtesy of announcing it, instead of simply walking away like some others, leaving us in the lurch or in confusion as to their actual participation.
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Post by RaineScarlet on Sept 22, 2010 3:56:48 GMT 8
Oh, I see. To be honest, my interest in the RP has been waning as well. Only participation from other members has kept me going. But if you, and other people, intend on leaving, then I see little point in me staying.
Before we got to the RP revivals and resets and everything, it might have been better to get more members first. =w= Or get the old members back.
Oh well, what's done is done.
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Post by schrodinger on Sept 22, 2010 5:02:35 GMT 8
I wouldn't have questioned his decision if I'd thought it'd only affect him, but if it's going to precipitate the death of this entire thing, it needs to be dealt with more critically.
Those of us who've been here since the start (or near the start) of this board will recall that it's endured long bouts of inactivity before, typically when people start encountering exams or other commitments that prevent them from posting regularly. By ZX's definition, that constitutes the death of the RP, since people stopped posting for an extended period of time. Yet this cycle of activity and inactivity has played itself out quite a few times before this, and considering that the RP has managed to rebound every time it's occurred, this particular dearth in posts shouldn't be grounds for complete abandonment.
I'm not sure exactly what you were expecting from the RP - posts every day? The pace of posting has undergone a great number of changes over the course of its development, from threads which had replies like 5 minutes apart (back in the teahouse, when things were really getting started), to days (after school started in the real world), to closely-packed bursts of action (the Dragnea mission, which had loads of players and therefore loads of posts), and then the sparser rate at which we're now cruising.
Yes, people have become inactive and active again throughout this time, the exact cause for which remains unknown. But the difference between those incidents and now is that there was no declaration of resignation in those cases, no official notice of giving up entirely. In some regards your notice is a good thing, because it clarifies your position on the matter.
Unfortunately, when this clarification implies that your decision to leave is 'taking the RP off life support', given that you aren't aware of the RP's sometimes sporadic nature (described above), all it shows is that your decision isn't based on the RP actually dying forever, it's based on your personal dissatisfaction with it. That's why I wasn't going to question your decision initially - I knew that the RP had been through this before, and this was just your response to something you hadn't seen before.
For those of us who have, and who managed to restore activity to it time and again, I'm just pointing out that this isn't any different from the previous times that posts dried up. Nobody felt the need to pronounce time of death during any of those lull periods.
Let me clarify my position. Clearly, I enjoy the RP, or I wouldn't have pushed for its restoration when it was removed due to excessive craziness. I believe that it's natural for it to have periods of inactivity, especially during times when schoolwork is asserting itself aggressively, and I know that the RP has always come back from cold storage after these periods pass.
My stand, therefore, is that we shouldn't write off the RP just because we've run into a very slow patch. Giving up entirely is an overreaction that could cause all of us to lose something that we've all enjoyed, and there's no reason that we can't continue to enjoy it. What's done may be done, but there's no need to blow it out of proportion.
@zx: Yes, you feel unhappy with your job as an NPC Controller. We've discussed it. If you wish, I'll take over your duties, and you can focus on your character. The burden on you would definitely be reduced, and it'd help to increase activity.
@raine: You had the 'Lemony Plot' lined up, surely that was something you were interested in? We could move towards it ASAP, there's no point letting your creativity go to waste. (I'm sure Mathus won't mind truncating his invasion, if it is even his any more.)
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Post by RaineScarlet on Sept 22, 2010 10:51:36 GMT 8
Is it ok to keep going with the number of RPers we have? At the moment, only 3-4 people are active and 1-2 more who post once in a blue moon. I mean, it's okay sort of, since it prevents things from getting confusing... And the slow pace helps me keep up, since I'm forever away (in the beginning, it was nigh impossible for Sierra to do ANYTHING but buff up other people, since it was so freakan fast). Still, seems kinda lonely. XD
Anyway, I haven't really given the lemony plot that much thought. I know the basic stuff that will happen, but specifics, like names (ugh) and riddles (more ugh) are largely not thought out.
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Post by schrodinger on Sept 22, 2010 14:41:48 GMT 8
My take on it is that there's no way to know if people are going to suddenly choose to enter (or re-enter) the RP, so we may as well proceed with who we've got at the moment and keep it interesting enough that nobody chooses to leave.
Considering that a number of us are currently going through preliminary examinations (serious business), and there's a sizable break after this week, it's probable that this bout of inactivity can be reversed soon.
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Post by NPC Controller 3 on Sept 25, 2010 21:13:56 GMT 8
I have discussed with schro, and I have decided to continue my position as NPC controller till the end of the current scenario (which I assume is in my control, since Mathus isn't doing anything). I think that we should end this scenario quickly, so that a more sophisticated plot can be developed (the lemony one). Trying to inject depth and character into characters that are otherwise pretty linear isn't fun, since I don't know how Mathus envisioned them in the first place, hence the quicker we do this, the better. Once this one is complete, I will retire and focus only on my PC, by then Raine should be NPC already to facilitate her plot. So don't sit on it, work on it!
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Post by Carillus on Sept 26, 2010 0:59:24 GMT 8
With so few PCs, it might make more sense to construct a overall story with several authors rather than controlling just one character.
So maybe we should just allow everyone here to control each other's characters (those being schrodinger, Raine, Protectorate and myself). It'll keep things moving even in slow patches for individual players (since losing one player is like losing 25% of the total workforce), and given that all four of us have relatively decent writing ability it might be better.
Then there wouldn't be a need for waiting a week or a month so just for someone to do something before progressing. And stuff would flow better.
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Post by Mathus on Sept 27, 2010 23:32:07 GMT 8
I apologize for disappearing/being inactive for awhile, Life decided to stall me. >_>
Anyways, I've been thinking of redirecting my invasion onto a different path from the original plan. As of now, it's already nowhere near the original.
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Post by RaineScarlet on Sept 30, 2010 10:12:54 GMT 8
And how's that goin' for ya. =_=
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Post by Mathus on Sept 30, 2010 22:03:21 GMT 8
I'll say, about 60%? Still need to piece stuff together. :/
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Post by Phagetthree on Sept 30, 2010 22:57:09 GMT 8
I'd say that's a wee bit too late. The course of the current arc is already far too off tangent from your original "plan", and trying to pull it back to whatever you have in mind might prove disastrous.
My opinion is that we end it as quickly as possible (though you might not want to NPC it, given your seemingly unpredictable bouts of inactivity without warning, for the sake of the rest of us), and we start on Raine's one, which I think is quite fairly thought out already.
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Post by RaineScarlet on Oct 1, 2010 13:53:46 GMT 8
I was panicking before, but then I started brainstorming again, and spontaneously produced ideas, so I've updated them in my Lemony Plot. I'd say the foundations of the arc are complete, and all that's left are the nitty gritty details. I've noticed a general lack of character development in the RP so far, so my arc is going to force you to do it.
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Post by Carillus on Oct 1, 2010 23:33:24 GMT 8
All in favour of MAGICKing the entire invasion out of existence, raise your hands.
If majority (well, as much of a majority as there is) votes for yes, we remove the invasion once the dropship finally gets out of the shit. It'll be more of a temporary rescindment, so they get forced out, so once Mathus gets more of a hold over his own things he can restart it as and when he wants to (or never, if things need be).
this will, however, be a ton of MAGICK, so i need your opinions first.
(MAGICK here, obviously, means OP. By NPC characters.)
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Post by schrodinger on Oct 1, 2010 23:39:41 GMT 8
Good to know, Raine.
Mathus, we have a problem here. Not to put too fine a point on it, but you've sabotaged your own credibility as far as directing the RP goes. Your long bouts of inactivity and lurking played a large part in precipitating the standstill that we're only just beginning to recover from, and ZX has made it clear that he intends to wrap up the invasion arc ASAP. Being that he was the one who had to pick up the slack when you were MIA, I think he's justified in making that call. You abdicated your responsibilities to him by vanishing entirely, and it isn't fair to us if you insist on taking control and upsetting our plans for getting the RP back on track.
That said, I don't like having to handwave the invasion completely, even if it's only temporarily, but I understand that it's necessary for progress.
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Post by NPC Controller 3 on Oct 11, 2010 1:22:29 GMT 8
I'm giving an ultimatum to the end of the current "story" arc.
We'll have two days (till Tuesday 2359hrs GMT +8.00 timezone) to wrap up whatever crap we have to wrap up left in the Search & Rescue thread before it gets frozen in time/nuked to the hell of unfinished arcs. At the end of that, we'll have Raine start up her stuff, and if it's not ready, then probably we'll return to the Daenelis Crescent (however you spell it) thread for some idling until it's ready.
Of course, this means that Raine should get her ideas in order sooner (if possible). Thank you.
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Post by RaineScarlet on Oct 11, 2010 6:20:52 GMT 8
1) Ok, well, when it all ends, just follow Sierra's lead. It's mostly ready, but since it's a lot of character development, you guys have to be willing to play along. >.> I can't spoon-feed you my arc of the RP.
2) I noticed the Improv RP section? Looks interesting. What's it for?
Edit: Oh right, so. For my arc, I ask that you make sure your history/backgrounds are as accurate as possible, so when I try to write the NPC posts, you don't start RPing stuff like "But you're wrong, so I win, ha ha ha ha."
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Post by NPC Controller on Oct 12, 2010 8:18:32 GMT 8
Uhhhh.
Ok, I'll go... properly write a backstory or something.
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Post by RaineScarlet on Oct 12, 2010 9:53:58 GMT 8
Request #2: Stay/rest inside the airship after the invasion ends.
Edit again (-_-): Where's Bostock supposed to go anyway?
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Post by NPC Controller on Oct 13, 2010 18:45:45 GMT 8
Just stay in the dropship.
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Post by Mathus on Oct 13, 2010 21:32:48 GMT 8
It's probably too late for this, but mind sparing Neilla's life? :x
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Post by NPC Controller 3 on Oct 13, 2010 22:05:19 GMT 8
Would help if you explicitly indicated/defined who she/he/it is so we don't have to search high and low through all the threads to determine who she/he/it is.
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Post by Mathus on Oct 13, 2010 22:16:12 GMT 8
You don't really have to search though, but she's the one who threw that 'drill-lance' at Faranella. Unless that isn't what you meant. ._.
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