Ellri

Texarkana by Night owod

going to work out a post soon.

We had to think a lot on how to work out the prey exclusion flaw. Ended up adding descriptions to each merit and flaw, following this and this description list. Reading there, we discovered that parts of the character was contradicted in the "Soft-hearted" flaw. We had not understood exactly what it was about originally, thus we replaced it with "Touch of Frost", which fit more naturally into the character.

EDIT:
Out of want not to have a triple-post, we edited the last one instead, despite a 16-hour gap between them.
We finally got the post in. For once Alodia was pretty clear-minded. Probably because she was hungry.

Sith

Ok.

Currently the Sith are pretty varied. Some are cruel, others not so cruel. Some value politics, others ignore it. Write up a concept, and we can see if it works. We're around in the IRC now, so if you drop by there, we can discuss various concepts you might thing would work for ya.

Sith

That is nice to hear.

What sort of character do you have in mind?

Texarkana by Night owod

Pretty sure the kid is Gaius.

Star Wars: Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

Excellent. Feel free to stop by the IRC.

Stll missing a few old RPers

If nothing else, maybe you get another person to RP with out of it?

Tracking people down is very hard when you've not got a channel of communication.

Sith

Do you people think the Jedi should escape? Are there no more real Sith among you?

Sith

Thanks for the Bump, Fallen.

Truth be told, no one has bitten anyone yet in the IC thread. Shot, stabbed, cut, experimented upon and things like that, yes. Bitten, no. Excluding if you count the PC that was fed to some Sithspawn. Or the Sithspawn that bit some droid.

Texarkana by Night owod

Since lots of us seem to be stuck right now... Anyone want to write a collaborative post?

oh, and one more thing... You should set up an extra Interest Check. We found a nice guide a week ago that managed to get new players for a High-advanced RP that has been going for many months, so it sure works. Recruiting for an RP like this one is child's play in comparison. Hardly any IC or OoC to read through, few characters to read up on, etc.

The guide is here:

Brovo said Interest Checks

One of the rules of advertisement: If it can't be understood in five minutes or less, nobody will be interested. Post an excerpt of the plot you want to run, no more than three paragraphs, and then devote one paragraph to just explaining clear as day what you want and what the RP will be about. For example: You have a fantasy RP? Try having the King of whatever nation write a letter to another, detailing the main conflict at hand for the party, add some exciting words, words that are vague enough to conjure any image but powerful enough to convey the validity of the problem at hand. Think words like: Cataclysm, apocalypse, endless, brink, destruction, terror, etc.

After that, keep the interest check afloat. Answer everyone who comes in. I mean everyone, even a simple "I'm interested", reply with a thank you and a smile. Even if half of them don't show, if you get the interest of like, 30 people, that's still a solid 15 who will arrive to join the frey.

OOC structure

Comes in a variety of valid ways. If you're going pure text, always put the plot up front and centre as the first portion, the character sheet second, and any information thereafter third. If you're in casual, keep it below 2,500 words. If you're in advanced, below 6,000. Nothing drives players away like an OOC that takes a solid two hours to read and understand.

And, again, keep excitement alive in the initial phase. Respond when you can, use teasers, answer questions. The formatting of the OOC just needs to be solid enough to garner attention--what will really keep people keen is in how well you can keep the tension going for whatever is going on.

Brovo said
Hm. Time to expand. :3

Well the king's letter example is what the literary world calls a hook. The movie industry calls it a trailer. Video games call it a teaser or demo reel. It's the very first thing people get to see about the universe.

The best way to show your players your world is, well, showing them, not telling them. Saying "my world is a fantasy RP involving the kingdom of Tyr" is information. It's telling the person what it is. Showing an excerpt of how the characters behave, followed up with the OOC explaining what they just witnessed and explaining what they'll do, is showing them the world and then using information to explain it. It yanks at someone and says "HEY! LOOK AT ME! I AM IMMERSIVE! MY WORLD IS ALIVE AND ASKING FOR YOUR HELP!" Instead of, say... "The world of Tyr is in danger by the evil monster."

Using that method I've never had an interest check fail. LoR 2's interest check was apparently so wildly successful it blew away all expectations and garnered over 30 players into my OOC initially. Take that for what you will.

EDIT

tl;dr: Marketing tactics 101. People prefer to feel involved directly, as though witnessing something or being spoken towards, instead of being informed in a wiki-like fashion. Why? I have no idea. Go ask a psychologist.

Casual a purer RP than Advanced?

Actually, the particular post above in our example fit in under category three. Not one and two. (No chance to reply to everything & TMI). It worked fine. Aftermath is an RP based around long posts with a lot of interaction between 2-4 of the characters without expectations that more involve themselves in every situation. Instead, it varies which 2-4 are involved in the post. You don't bring all your friends (or all your enemies) to a torture session.