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c3p-0h said
An idea for future situations like this, where everyone splinters off into different groups for smaller conversations: maybe mini-group members can make a post in the IC as a spot holder for whatever conversations are being held by their characters, and then their conversation can be carried out in PMs, and edited into the post once they finish. I just figure it would be more convenient, so the entire group doesn't have to wait on a small non-plot relevant conversation to finish up before moving on. I just worry about flagging momentum in the RP if everyone's always waiting on someone else. And of course we don't want to sacrifice those small conversations as they're very important for character development and relationships.

With this idea though, it limits characters being able to organically enter and leave conversations as the number of participants would be preset. To fix this, maybe the convos would only move to PMs once everyone else has gone into "sleep mode" and is waiting for the next plot point to happen?

Thoughts?

This seems like a great idea for the small conversations. It also sort of adds a sense of suspense for those who aren't in the conversation. Of course, this means I would be monitoring these PMs to make sure that everything flows smoothly.

Anyways, it is possible that I will be taking up the position of GM for the roleplay Romance Dawn in my signature. So, I will occasionally be looking into that every now and then but this RP will take precedent of Romance Dawn.

Romance Dawn - A One Piece Roleplay

thanatosDefiant said
I think someone should just take over during the time Jabber's gone. And since he was going to do so when Jabber announced he was leaving for the first time, I think DAWNSTAR might be most likely.

I would be willing to take over as GM. I would prefer to remove myself of a character if I take over though which is fine with me.

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Yeah, I agree on the time skip to the morning if it is okay with everybody else. I would prefer to finish out the conversation with those who are currently talking with Tregon and then go on with the skip.

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Alchemical Chimera said
It sucks here too. If I had the time right now, I'd make a final post. But if you're open to having me back when/if my availability returns: have it rain and thunder before morning & then find a note saying that the storm was an omen to set out at once.

Alright, sounds good to me. I will always be open to letting you back in when you are free.

Romance Dawn - A One Piece Roleplay

It seems that this might be dying because I can't post until Jabber reappears or somebody else posts a response that states the extent of the injury of Moto Moto's damage. After that, I would be perfectly capable of getting us rolling again if everybody is in for it. Or, I could just remake it instead and we can start over.

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So, I am officially disappointed in some of the casual roleplayers in the interest check section. Below are two things said about a conversation I was having. Warning, this is mostly for me to vent about.

Un-named Party1 said
I don't see the actual goal of this conversation.
For the RP's sake - regardless of what Canon information has shown us - I don't think its that much of an issue if we considered Arrancar to be a race.

Un-named party2 said
And for the rest of you, let's just shy away from the subject of Hollow/Arrancar being a race, it's whatever in the end.

I seriously don't understand how the discussion that links to creating a character sheet is pointless. Despite what they believe, it is essentially for us to talk about races. We can't sit around and say that a character like Kat isn't human because she doesn't match the physical characteristics of a human. She is still human just as an Arrancar is still a hollow. When basing a roleplay on a pre-created world such as the Bleach world, all cannon information needs to be considered. You can't just state that it doesn't matter if there is a difference and move on because this can effect a player's decision on what kind of character they want to play. Also, it is just bad GMing to state that a subject should be 'shied away from'. No subject relating to the roleplay should be shied away from because the player's input is the most important thing because I won't run a roleplay where the player hasn't provided input that could change the roleplay.

Just a few days ago(or weeks?) I had asked you guys how you would like to pass the time for traveling the week to the Spine. Your input told me that you wanted a fight so that you guys could size each other up. If we started a discussion on another topic, I wouldn't do the above by saying to drop it. Let the discussion continue even if it isn't on topic. If it is on topic, even better! If we wanted to start the discussion on the difference between a high elf and a wood elf, I would allow it and even provide my own input.

The point here I am trying to make is that no GM should ever tell possible players to shy away from a topic that relates to the roleplay itself. That is just a bad GMing in my eyes and should never be done. Sorry and thank you guys for hearing me out on this.

Bleach [Shattered Dimensions]

I'm going to have to drop interest of this. I've already put interest into a NRP and another Casual before this and I have discovered that I no longer have enough time to GM my own roleplay and do five other rps at the same time with a sixth rp being possible.

Bleach [Shattered Dimensions]

Phobos said
And well I think Arrancars can be considered a different race when compared to Hollows, because the way I see it they're the Vizards equivalent of shinigamus but for Hollows. Since they have some shinigami powers.

Except, Vizards don't happen normally like an Arrancar does. Ichigo is the only exception in this case. Ichigo is a rare existence where he is a mixture of human, shinigami, hollow, and quincy all in one. But, a shinigami alone can't become a Vizard because they don't have the hollow part of them. The Vizards themselves were created by Aizen's experiments. So, Vizards would be even more limited than Arrancars because Vizards aren't natural. But, a Vizard is indeed a race because you have to be born that way while an Arrancar is just an evolution of a hollow. Though Arrancars often are stronger than some Vasto Lorde ranks of hollows, they often come from hollows below menos ranks.

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Alchemical Chimera said
Hey guys, I'm not going to be able to keep up with this game, and I'm going to have to withdraw from it. My apologies.

Bummer man. I actually like Ekindu. He was a rather interesting version of a goblin that I haven't personally seen before. Well, I'll find a way to let Ekindu drop out of the adventure. Anyway, going to get to work on a post.

Bleach [Shattered Dimensions]

I like it. But, I tend to get a little annoyed when people refer to Arrancars as a race. Hollows are a race, Arrancars are just one of the higher variations of a hollow. Arrancars are quiet different from normal hollows. Normal hollows can evolve through the consumption of souls. Arrancars can not evolve, they are permanently locked in a more humanoid form with access to a transformation into something like their old form. All Arrancars are hollows who fear devolving(decreasing in power), which can be deadly. But Arrancars are pretty powerful so we might want to limit how many of them we have. Same with vizards.

Anyway, interested in a possible hollow or shinigami character. Not sure which one yet but I might decide when we have more people. Now then, I am off to sleep for the night.