I was going to make a post along the lines of "Some of my friends like that kind of humor, some don't. So I only act that way around the friends that enjoy it. Never bothered me." But that was before I realized the thread was already five pages long. Clearly I missed a lot.
Hate to tl;dr all those lovely rants but can I get a quick summary of things?
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Drakel said
[quote]Hi Im a MOD
Hah.
Always consider player interaction before anything else.
RP's are like webs of character connections with content and posting responsibility flowing from one member to the next - a whole slew of mixed metaphors, you see. If your RP isn't set up well, activity will get clogged up and the whole thing will start to crumble.
I realize that was probably pretty confusing, but what I'm trying to say is, just try to visualize in your mind how the posts from each member (and from yourself) affect everyone else in the RP. You should always make sure each post you write contains something for others to react to, and ensure that the rest of your players do the same. Additionally, avoid scenarios where the characters have nothing to do, where a single player is writing interactions between two or more of their own characters, or where you just have too many characters in one place, so it's hard for the players to know who moves next, causing everyone to just stop out of nowhere because they all think they're waiting for someone else. Which brings me to my next point - if a player, for any reason, becomes inactive and starts holding up the activity flow, act fast, or else their absence could hold up a bunch of other people and cause a huge chunk of your RP, if not all of it, to crumble.
There are a lot of potentially bad scenarios to look out for, but basically what I'm saying is, always think of things in terms of activity flow. You're right that planning a novel and planning an RP are two very different things, because when planning a novel, you only have the story to worry about. But with an RP, you not only have the story to keep an eye on, but you also have activity flow, which so many GM's seem to overlook despite it being the blood that flows through every RP's veins. Always look at every decision you make not only from a story standpoint, but perhaps more importantly, from an activity standpoint. Always try to go for what will keep things flowing the best.
RP's are like webs of character connections with content and posting responsibility flowing from one member to the next - a whole slew of mixed metaphors, you see. If your RP isn't set up well, activity will get clogged up and the whole thing will start to crumble.
I realize that was probably pretty confusing, but what I'm trying to say is, just try to visualize in your mind how the posts from each member (and from yourself) affect everyone else in the RP. You should always make sure each post you write contains something for others to react to, and ensure that the rest of your players do the same. Additionally, avoid scenarios where the characters have nothing to do, where a single player is writing interactions between two or more of their own characters, or where you just have too many characters in one place, so it's hard for the players to know who moves next, causing everyone to just stop out of nowhere because they all think they're waiting for someone else. Which brings me to my next point - if a player, for any reason, becomes inactive and starts holding up the activity flow, act fast, or else their absence could hold up a bunch of other people and cause a huge chunk of your RP, if not all of it, to crumble.
There are a lot of potentially bad scenarios to look out for, but basically what I'm saying is, always think of things in terms of activity flow. You're right that planning a novel and planning an RP are two very different things, because when planning a novel, you only have the story to worry about. But with an RP, you not only have the story to keep an eye on, but you also have activity flow, which so many GM's seem to overlook despite it being the blood that flows through every RP's veins. Always look at every decision you make not only from a story standpoint, but perhaps more importantly, from an activity standpoint. Always try to go for what will keep things flowing the best.
mbl said
You take shit I say way too seriously, I'll probably forget about all this in a day or two. If you've figured out my perspective by this point, try reading this thread again, it is rather amusing. To me at least.
Well, at least I didn't make any enemies tonight.
Yeah, I've been sick the past couple days. I knew I should've stayed home from Spam... 
mbl said
I never cared about the opinion you shared, it's been irrelevant to what I was talking about from the beginning. I've lost respect for you because of all the arguing you did completely out of your ass against me without ever properly figuring out what I was talking about.
Dude, I admit I didn't know what I was talking about at first. I thought you were talking about a different thread at first. I admitted I misread it at first, so sorry about that. :/ It's just... my point still stood, even after I did know what you meant. It was a simple misunderstanding that I admitted to, but if you still don't respect me anymore, then, I guess I can't force you to think differently.
_99bottles_ said
oh crap, is this classed as trolling? I was just amusing myself, please carry on. don't ban me, i just got here
Nah, you didn't do anything. Carry on. If anything I'm the one making a fool of myself, so uh, sorry, again.
mbl said
No one? I tried to point out some stupidity I found amusing because spam likes to laugh at stupidity, only to have Kaga continuously try to argue with me having no idea what I was talking about.
When I first posted, I thought you were talking about a different thread.
I openly admitted to having misread what you said at first.
Then I read the thread you were actually talking about.
I do understand what you're saying now.
Point. Still. Stands.
Sometimes forum games can last for years. It's really not too surprising, especially since in this game, the number doesn't just change by one with each post.
Again, sorry you had to "lose your respect" for me. I just wanted to express my opinion that what you said was stupid really didn't strike me as too unbelievable. *shrugs*
Ok, so I admit I misread part of this thread and thought you were talking about a different game. But, I still don't see what the big deal is? If their game works out then I can totally see people continuing it. If it works out. Which... it might not, since I do think it's kind of dumb, but you never know.
Sorry a stupid misunderstanding on a forum made you lose your respect for me, I guess? Sheesh.
Sorry a stupid misunderstanding on a forum made you lose your respect for me, I guess? Sheesh.
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KnightShade said
If you could sue for stupid injuries under the influence of drugs I think half of the world's breweries would be out of business.
Fair enough.
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