BrokenPromise

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

@Ariamis@Aewin@Melo@Mateotis@Vocab@ThatCharacter@MyCatGinger

Just filling in everyone on what I'd like to do.

At the moment, I'm pretty much just waiting for Calvin to respond with something. I'll likely post again Monday-Tuesday regardless of what happens.

I have a bit of a to-do list, and I'd like to check as many things off of it as I can. Obviously I need to finish working on the crime with those involved as well as map stuff, but everyone else can...

- Help explore the rest of the first floor.

- Solve some of the present mysteries about your strange environment. Particularly the ones present in Damiyon's and Cyrus's notes. (There are seriously way too many at the moment.)

To remedy both of these situations, you'll find that your searches in the first real chapter will yield greater discoveries than in the prelude chapter. So grab your favorite waifu/husbando and go on a date search to deepen your bonds aid your escape.

You may be happy to hear that the first case is shaping up to be pretty interesting. If all goes well it should be done well before the three month deadline I set for myself. However, I'm not going to unveil it until at least late June. Can you believe April is almost over? It feels like we just witnessed Shona's death.

Also, I'm not opposed to taking candidates for the second chapter. We don't have to do anything right away, but it would be helpful to know what I'm working with in chapter two. Another reminder that after the first trial, there will be only 4 cases left max. Max, as in there could also be fewer cases. I'm toying with the idea of some chapters coming to an end without the appearance of a trial, but I'll have more for you on that later.

Oh, and one last note: While I think Discord is a fun place to pal around and discuss our favorite ships, it does make the RP's OOC feel kind of dead. Remember that not everyone in the RP is on discord, and no one thinking about joining the RP can see how much fun we're having when it's all on a special discord server. MyCatGinger also said one of the reasons they joined was because we were talking about danganronpa and the zero escape series. I'm not saying you should stop using discord, but it might help to share some of what you're posting on discord with those that don't move off the OOC. Like this beautiful shoop I did of Calvin's best ship partner:



EDIT: just to clarify, I'm not ordering people to post in the OOC.

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@awa1997 Night and day difference my friend. I can't believe this is the same person who wrote that other interest check.

I think I would flesh out the setting a bit more, in terms of how the mages have actually affected modern society. Especially if you are thinking of making lore a high point for the RP. But it looks so much better than what it was. You can continue to improve it of course.

RP Plot Help

@awa1997 Being a GM means making hard choices and being the driving force behind your story. You need to have a goal, and realize you need people to achieve it. sometimes you need to be overbearing in order to get things done. It is a balance, and one that changes moment to moment. But don't confuse arrogance with confidence. "I'm a pretty damn good GM" sends a much different message than "I'm the best damn GM."

Sure, I would love to look over it again.

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Alright, here's what I see. You can feel free to take and do whatever with the advice I'm about to give you, but this is how I would address your interest check one part at a time.

Hello all, this is my first interest check, so please inform me if I do anything wrong in it.

@awa1997

It is not necessary to tell people "this is my first time." Even if it's true, people will think you are inexperienced and not show interest. You don't have to lie, but you don't have to tell the truth either. Your honestly won't net you any extra interest in this instance.

I don't have a plot for this yet, but I do have enough information to get it out there before the plot. It's made for a larger group, but could be split among a smaller group. IT honestly depends on how many people want in.

@awa1997

You sound a little unsure of yourself here. "It's made for a large group, but could be made for a smaller group" sounds like "It's made for a large group, but I'm not confident enough my idea will generate enough interest." If you're indecisive about something, don't mention it. I also wouldn't tell people you don't have a plot for this yet, because that makes it sound like you don't know what you want to do. Instead, you could say something along the lines of "I'd like to brainstorm a plot for this," which sounds like taking player feedback is all part of your master plan. And you DO have a master plan.

This RP will be set on earth, the time frame will most likely be modern day, though this is not set in stone. The world is inhabited by beings known as Mages. Mages are people that have magic powers, but each Mage is limited to controlling a single element, while each element also has only one Mage. The powers of the different elements can overlap, but no two have the exact same power set. Mages are nearly immortal, and cannot die of natural causes, but there are things that can kill them. They try to stay out of the public eye and work behind the scenes. If they die, their powers can be taken, but are usually given to someone else by another Mage to pick up where they left off. A side effect of this type of reincarnation is that certain personality traits can be passed on through reincarnation, such as one Mage feeling obliged to protect another even though there's no real reason to, or two Mages falling in love over and over throughout different incarnations, or even two characters hating each other over and over.

@awa1997

I tend to break things down into sub categories and use pictures and such to make things more fun to look at, but there isn't anything wrong here really. It just looks a little boring for an interest check.

Eventually I would like to have a full timeline of the Mages to put up, including all mast incarnations' birth and death dates, but to start with that's unnecessary. What I would like is somewhat of a degree of historical accuracy with your characters, but it doesn't have to be perfect accuracy, after all, these are characters that work behind the scenes to keep the world in order, so they may have tweaked some circumstances over the centuries.

@awa1997

I would not reassure my players that they didn't need to have perfect accuracy after suggesting you want historical accuracy, etc. I think what you're trying to say is "I want to have some lore."

The Mages will be overpowered by nature, but the majority of powers should only affect mortals, and the majority of characters will be Mages, so the strength of their powers probably won't be too much of a problem, but if they are, I would let you know.

@awa1997

I don't think this part is necessary. We all know you're going to GM the RP.

Sorry for the wall of text, but hopefully it's enough to give you an idea of if you'd enjoy the concept. If you have any questions, I will answer as best as I can.

@awa1997

You do not have to apologies for writing an interest check smaller than some casual posts. Nor should you hope about things that you know you did a good job explaining. You will not answer as best as you can, you will answer, full stop.

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Overall, your problem is that you're too modest and you don't know how to write interest checks. Don't tell people about your inexperience or that you don't know what to do. People will automatically assume the worst and not join. while you shouldn't act like a smug dick, there's nothing wrong with expressing a healthy amount of confidence and excitement for your idea. When I read your interest check, it's almost like you're not sure if anyone is going to be interested in it or not. And if you aren't sure of yourself, why should I be sure of you?

The interest check that Buddha posted is an example of how you can make a decent looking interest check with just a few effects. If you want to see more that you can do with BBCoding go here. Do not be intimidated by the word coding, it's all very simple, and you don't have to use all of it. Word of the day is "production value." If it looks like you've spent a lot of time on the interest check, that tells people you are dedicated to the idea and will continue to put a lot of work into it going forward.

Buddha makes some good points. I wouldn't have thought to address the title, but that's very important for original RPs.

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@awa1997

1) I'd like to see the interest check, I'm sure I could give you some advice to help make it more appealing. Honest;y, I made 1 interest check on here and I got 5 people to join it. But It was a Danganronpa RP and a new game was dropping in japan that same month. So I was able to take advantage of that rush.

2) If you like short, daily posts, stick with free. people post slower in casual, but they write a lot more.

3) I've never had to bump a thread, but once every other day seems to be okay. Maybe instead of just bumping though, you could add an update or work something out before bumping it again.

RP Plot Help

This sounds like a discussion you should be having with your players. Find out what makes them happiest and go with that.

what can we do to help improve roleplayer guild?

@Raddum

what can we do to help improve roleplayer guild?

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The issue isn't whether or not people realize the problem, the issue is the amount. I think almost everyone who frequents the bitch thread knows about the issues, recognizes the issues and combats them, but the simple fact is that the majority of the site doesn't regular the bitch thread- much less the discussion threads like this.

@Ammokkx

Let's make a GM/Member care package and PM the important bits to everyone!

what can we do to help improve roleplayer guild?

@pugbutter@Grimhildr@Raddum

Oh, I don't include that rule because I think it needs to be there. I do think it lets interested roleplayers know that i'm going to be looking at their posts. It's not there to ensure I can be a GM, but to scare off roleplayers that aren't qualified to join.

what can we do to help improve roleplayer guild?

I'm tired of having players in my own roleplays repeatedly try to enter new ones that I make and have little choice but to accept them or have the whole bloody interest check look bad because I have to actively be hostile to the one poor roleplayer that has shown up.

@vancexentan

Wanna know a really cool way to prevent people you can't stand from joining your roleplays right now, without a cumbersome reputation system?

you add this as a rule on character sheets:

~ A character sheet can be rejected for any reason, including your behavior and grammar in other RPs.

@BrokenPromise

Emphasis on "any reason." And before you ask, no, this did not stop the 10+ people from initially joining the RP. In fact, I just got a request to join last week.