Lady Seraphina

Fae Courtis: The Wylde Hunt

I'm human, not Falk! Cause let's face it. If I was Falk I'd be turning Seraphs to my whim to make him/her remember who is the Ruler while fixing the problem.

@LadyRunic

I'm a courtless fae, you have no jurisdiction over me. Mwhe he he he...

Fae Courtis: The Wylde Hunt

@Prince of Seraphs Problem with advance is it's so... Out there. Even I won't go into it because I don't think I can write enough reliably. Thus I'd rather stay in casual.

@LadyRunic

That's a reason I don't go there. I think I'm fully capable of performing as Advanced requests but I don't want to be required to do that well all of the time. It takes a fair bit of time and energy. In casual if I have the time and energy to spend I can crank out an Advanced level post. If not no one is going to yell at me for doing a little less.

As far as making people stay... Really I think that it's about attracting people that are sincerely interested from those people that see the Original Post think "this might be fun" then decide it's too much work. The best way to do that I would say is to make it more difficult to get accepted. Put something in the Original Post about 'acceptance not guaranteed' or 'acceptance dependent on quality of Character Sheet' Perhaps make them include a sample post to test there style of writing. If people believe they are being heavily scrutinized when applying those that are joining just for the hell of it and will probably leave in a couple weeks won't bother because it's too much of a hassle while those that really wish to be here will perform better in order to get accepted.

Another way to go would be to make the Character Sheets more inclusive. Add categories unique to this RP that require some serious thought. Anyone will dash out a basic character sheet based on categories more or less universal to to Roleplaying but if they look at the form see something they are not used to dealing with and there first thought is "I'm gonna have to think about this one" those that don't really care will move on while those that really want to be here will put some effort into it.

Lastly I think we lost a number of people because they were uncertain of their actions. This is supposed to be a more freeroam style RP where the plot is driven by the actions of the characters. It's comparable to an open world video game where you don't have one set story path you must follow. The difficulty with that kind of game is that a programmer must anticipate any action a player might choose to take and plan how the game will respond. They have to design settings, NPCs, general rules, that kind of thing. I think you left things just a little too freeform. The RPers didn't have enough established (for lack of a better term) 'Overworld' to work with. Have you ever read the novel Coraline or watched the movie adaptation? In the other world outside the house and grounds the world is entirely white and blank. Coraline walks in a straight line away from the house and comes back on it again and comments that it must be a small world indeed for her to be able to walk all the way around it in such a short time.

At the moment the Fae Courts look a bit like that. Blank and formless. We know for sure that the courts are more or less populated by forests, each one a little different depending on the season it embodies and we have a rough description of each of the palaces from the various rulers before they dropped out but we don't have anything more concrete than that. I've tried to take what liberties I could but even I'm a little in the dark and no one wants to make anything too drastic like an entire city for fear that it might be out of line with what you (the GM) have in mind. Are there cities in the four courts? What are they like? Is there more than one or does each court just a have a capital? What does infrastructure look like? Are there roads running through the forest? Are they stone paved roads or just paths worn into the ground from millennium of travel? Are the cities made with stone buildings like a medieval city or sung out of the trees like some fae depictions?

I took some more extreme liberties with how the courts borders are guarded by establishing a barrier between the four courts that is only crossable at certain predetermined gates except by using the blood of the Tuatha but prior to that it could have been simply that one season bled into the next and no one patrolled the area.

I've done my best to use popular Welsh mythology to fill in the gaps but there is very little literature that deals specifically with what Faerie is like. Most of it deals with specific fairies and there actions in the mortal realm. If we are going to Roleplay in the world of the Fae we need some idea as to what that world is actually like. Maybe if you put some basic information about what each of the courts is like and perhaps some common destinations for the rulers to work with that would help immensely.

I think I went off on a bit of a tangent there at the end but that's my two cents. Take of it what you will.

Fae Courtis: The Wylde Hunt

I'd be willing to take over spring as long as I don't have to use Natsu's Spring Queen.

I think the reason that people ducked out is cause really they're lazy. I had a freeform style RP a bit like this one but with demons and it fell apart because of those involved only two people were actually down with writing events into the RP. Everyone else just wanted me, the GM, to drop plot bombs for their character to react to it.

I see only two ways to fix that, having some sort of screening process for those wanting to apply. Those that are only kind of interested won't bother, those that really are interested will jump through hoops for it.

The other option would be to restart this in the Advanced category where presumably the writers are a little more experienced and mature.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

I'll take your damn box. >;3

@harinezumikouken

@Multi_Media_Man You know who your enemies are. I can help liberate the wastes and your box but you must trust me.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

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I'm sorry sir, but I must commandeer that box for the greater good! But thou shalt join me in glorious conquest, as a courier of my rule!

Sign here

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Your loyalty shall be rewarded under my rule. CATS! CATS FOR EVERYONE! TONIGHT EVERYONE IS GUNNA GOT SOME PUSSY (CATS)!

@Lucius Cypher

He seeks placate you with bread and circuses. Such a rule cannot last. I cannot promise that your stomachs will always be full but I do promise that you shall be free. Free to build your own future not have one forced on you. He believes that by overloading your stomach he can cloud your mind. Prove you have evolved past your basic needs. The mark of an evolved species is the ability to sacrifice your personal survival for a greater cause. Prove you are not animals. Rise up against Cypher's tyrannical rule of the wastes and take back what was yours.

Join me Media Man, I will never take your box from you.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Commense raid on the food porn stock pile. We must cut off there supplies and thereby cripple loyalties if we wish to succeed.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

If this is a wasteland, then I nominate myself as the new Warlord of the waste. Follow my rule and we shall turn this barren landscape into a world of bounty! Or die to ensure it's prosperity. WHO WILL JOIN ME!?

@Lucius Cypher

I challenge your rule and oppose you. I intend to free the waste from your tyranny.

Fae Courtis: The Wylde Hunt

So are we going in for a reboot then?

Fae Courtis: The Wylde Hunt

Then stuff ceased happening.

Fae Courtis: The Wylde Hunt

And then stuff happened.