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Problems with partners...

Tick said
People get smart about that. They scan through the rules to find the passy into the game without reading the rules. You can make the password more complicated to figure out, but that generally becomes a pain to everyone that plays fair.Harsh bio screenings have helped keep especially bad players or character away for one RP I'm in, and a policy of rejecting players that aren't ever active and leave without warning, if they come around again. It often tests how well the player takes criticism, how willing they are to change or fix something, how good of a sport they are, etc.It also scares away good players or rejects decent to good players, either by not accepting what they did, or by killing their enthusiasm after the bio screening experience.

Oh, I plan to be smart about it, too, if I implement such a thing. One thing I had in mind was maybe having players tell me their "favorite" rule, which would at least make them read one rule. At any rate, even if it's not a perfect system, it would still be some help. Even if some people find a way to still not read the rules (which, at that point, sounds like it would require more effort than just reading them already), it would at least convince more people to read them. And just one additional member actually reading the rules is still helpful.

At any rate, though, I just started an RP and likely won't start another for quite a while, so I have time to think on this.

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See, this is why I don't follow sports.

Anywho, Nautilus, I'm assuming you saw my post about what's up with Muse's group?

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Neobullseye said
Meanwhile in the Netherlands, 'soccer fans' (read: hooligans) decided it was a good idea to throw on to the field. During the cup finals. *sigh*After the second time this happened, the match was suspended for about half an hour in order to get some, well, order back. Just before the match was continued, the general president/ex-keeper of the offending team spoke to the supporters in general, saying something that roughly translate "Cut this shit out, you're fucking us all [the team and the actual supporters] over.", on live television. So yeah...Oh, and for what it's worth; the other team managed to win with 5-1, which is doubly amazing due to said team being a major underdog in this match.

TV over there sure sounds lenient.

If someone said that on live TV in the US I feel like they'd be out of a job.

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Brovo said
I just usually doodle a little rule somewhere in my OOC thread saying "type this if you read everything: I'm not a moron" and voila. That filters idiots decently.

Yeah, I'm starting to consider using a sort of password/phrase on future RP's. I'm getting kind of fed up with people not following certain rules.

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Animelover_princess said
i'll go ahead and change it so she crosses and sees the group

Thank you.

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Animelover_princess said
and Rae's gonna wake up in a school but not the same school as the rest of you guys, it's from one of my own RP's, that went down with the guild but's been restarted since (or we're trying at least)hope that's alright

Yeah that's fine, I just would've recommended that you initiate an interaction in that post. Because, given the way your post currently is, you've kind of just forced yourself to post twice in a row before you can actually interact with anyone... Which is a situation best avoided.

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Alright.

Feel free to contact me (either here in the OOC or via PM if you prefer) if you have any other questions/concerns.

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I wrote a rant about my GM problems but then deleted it cuz I didn't want to whine on a public forum.

Though I did feel better just writing it up.

How do you get by with few members in RP

Additionally, depending on the setup of your RP, you might not need a ton of people for the RP to be stable and keep running. Plus, once you've got it started, who's to say more people won't want to jump on board?

Of course, whether or not newcomers can join beyond that point depends on the setup of the RP and you're GMing style, but yeah, my point is, you don't have to worry about numbers so much. If you only get a few people and advertising/recruiting isn't working for you, then just focus on making the RP work with the members you have. Sometimes a tight-knit group of 3-4 players is a lot better than a larger group within which half the players will lose interest and leave, forcing you to work around the problems caused by their sudden absences.

MLP FIM RP anyone?

I might be up for it, depending on what sort of plot/setup you want to go with. I guess I'd have to wait for more info to say yes or no for sure.