IAmTheIsland

Do You Have RP Pet Peeves?

@Qia same vein as my thoughts on blurry control. At some point in the life of an RP, it can reach a state in which the players have contributed creatively, logistically, etc. as much as the GM. The world and mechanics may be of the GM's making, but the stoties and relations between characters come from the players that join and participate. There's a lot of nuance to the matter, imo; maybe worthy of it's own discussion topic.

I'd be inclined designate spinoffs as an acceptable avenue as well though, if the RP ran for a while and got deep into the plot. Maybe more easily done via 1x1, or closed RPs between the people the were involved. Hell, I'd go off site/PM style so as to keep it off the record. Deleting an RP to keep others from referencing it is, I think, a bit petty? Excessive might be a better term. Someone on a prior forum rage quit and pulled exactly that and left our group like wtf?

Do You Have RP Pet Peeves?

Is terribly wrong to think it a weird vibe for someone to ghost on (or openly drop from) their own RP and get upset if the people that joined decided to press on in some way, shape, or form?

If one is either too busy or too unmotivated/disinterested (especially the latter), why even care? Why fret over "losing control" over something that you've decided not to see through to the end? What's the thought process? And frankly, what's to stop anyone to pick up where tbings left off, or to reboot the idea? Last I checked, there's no rule explicitly banning that practice. How far do you go to keep your idea dead once you decide to kill it?

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If we're in accord, I do believe matt is up?

Do You Have RP Pet Peeves?

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Maybe make your own RP at that point, then.

@mickilennial

Let's agree to disagree. 🤷‍♂️

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I guess something like that? Maybe it's more that While Hoshi and Leon are bickering, Launchpad decides to 'help' of his own accord. We're kind of starting of on a foot of Hoshi readily trusting the two, considering they deceived her just a bit, at least from her perspective.

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@IAmTheIsland i mean, if you want an excuse to crash the ship, then Launchpad is RIGHT there.

@mattmanganon

But I also need to establish where Hoshi's intentions are in the moment.

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@IAmTheIsland Sorry for my lack of activity. So, if we're going to Aristocats world, i'll try to make a post later to push us towards that, or, if you have any other worlds you'd prefer, do let me know.

@mattmanganon

We're not heading off of Traverse Town just yet.

I'm almost into the idea of the trio ending up somewhere similar to how SDG ended up in Deep Jungle. Hoshi, hearing Alias is in Wonderland wants to go there to fetch him, but Leon (being the pragmatic one) insists on going to another world. A struggle for the ship controls ensues.

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@IAmTheIsland Well, going back to my old RP like this, the first world i sent the party to was Aristocats world... And they lost... Maybe watching a world get consumed by The Heartless will be the kick in the pants she needs?

@mattmanganon

So straight to Hoshi as a furry. Lol

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@IAmTheIsland Sorry, been a bit busy this week with IRL drama. Anyway, i'm happy to post again, but i'm curious where you want us to go from Traverse Town?

@mattmanganon

The Incredibles world is definitely on the table. Though I'm not sold that that HAS to be the first world they visit. Having a world between Traverse Town and Incredibles for Hoshi to demonstrate her... err... lack of proper heroics, couldn't hurt. Unless we can somehow tie Hoshi's hesitance to place the 'greater good' over finding her friend and brother into an Incredibles world. Basically, I'd like to have a world where Hoshi kind of mucks things, setting the foundation for the things she needs to learn before going back to set things right.

Although... I wonder if there's a better option for a learning to be a hero kind of world than the Incredibles... is Marvel on the table, what with it being owned by Disney? lol.

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Eh, I can see this for fandom RPs, but for people who create original content this is effectively asking to steal someone's prompt and run with it with no consideration to the effort they put in. I can understand being frustrated, but it is completely understandable when people would rather the RP die than someone run with their work.

@mickilennial

This is a hot take (maybe) on my part, but if a person is going so far as to invite other people into a world/universe/lore they've crafted by way of making and RP, they've already handed away a noticeable degree of control to others anyways. From the point that a GM accepts another player's character(s) into the fold, absolute control is forefeited. And if a GM is too bogged down to give their own work any attention, but has half a dozen players that are able to willing to keep things going, seems a bit selfish to just pull the plug. What's the harm in having a Co-GM or two that can hold the fort while the GM Prime is busy with other life things?

If someone wants a story to move entirely at their discretion, they're best off just writing a solo piece, IMO.

Incidentally, I've personally seen more GMs with [mostly] original RPs willingly and smoothly hand the GM role to others than I have GMs running Fandom RPs. Both instances I cited of GMs denying or being less-than-amicable about transfer of responsibility were Fandom RPs, for example.