Pepperm1nts

Amongst Gods (High sci-fi NRP)

TheSovereignGrave said
Telling someone that they don't like writing a good story just because they hold a different opinion than you on how much detail should be on a sheet is definitely an insult.

No, it wasn't.

If we are going to consider that an insult, then we should consider his implying that I, or Gorgenmast, am/is "an over-descriptive story whore." should be considered an insult too. One that is much clearer and offensive than the mere act of acknowledging he does not prefer story-telling (AKA writing good stories), as he himself said. You don't see me crying insult, though.

I am not trying to offend anyone, anyway. I am only stating my opinion. If my opinion prompts overreactions on part of others, then.. well, that sucks, I guess.

You need at least some detail on it, or else the GM has absolutely no idea what to base their acceptance/denial off of.

Jeddaven knows how good a writer Gorgenmast is.

Amongst Gods (High sci-fi NRP)

There isn't even an insult there, but okay. I've said about all there is to say anyway.

Amongst Gods (High sci-fi NRP)

You don't like telling good stories. Got it. Actually, aren't you being over-descriptive?

You don't need to know the intricate details of a character or nation's history in order to effectively collaborate with the writer behind it. All you need to do is read what the writer posts. By reading, you learn about whatever the writer is roleplaying and react to it accordingly. You will eventually gain an understanding of their creation, and be able to make posts about it without having to consult a sheet.

Take Precipice of War for an example. We all play countries that are wildly different from their real-life counterparts, yet not one of us needs to consult each others' sheets to make posts and create a story together. This is because we have read each others' posts and watched our nations grow and be defined through in-character posts. We know what our nations are about because we created them together, in-character.

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It's done passively, bit by bit, as you go. George R.R Martin didn't publish a huge sheet explaining everything that happened before he published his first A Song of Ice and Fire book (he did release a book detaling the world, but only long after he had created it through the book series). He published his first book and unraveled the backstory as he went. Little by little, using everything from character thoughts, to speeches, and the occasional in-character history lesson (or even just passive references), he built a rich world that is the setting of one of the most popular book series and TV show. He built this world through the eyes and words of the characters, and now fans lose themselves in it.

Amongst Gods (High sci-fi NRP)

Because he hates sheets, as he said.

And I don't blame him. I do too. It's a lot better to just lay down the history through IC posts than to puke it up into some sheet. It's simpler, and it allows for more freedom. He can make it up as he goes and that is way more fun than restricting yourself to what you wrote down in a sheet one night.

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He told me a bit about his plan and, basically, he's going to play as righteous badasses that go to extreme lengths to keep order and uphold law in the galaxy.

Amongst Gods (High sci-fi NRP)

I can guarantee you Gorgemast is among the best writers in this entire forum. No, that isn't sarcasm. Jeddaven has been around the Precipice crew long enough to know Gorgenmast is a really damn good writer.

I'm not going to go into how IC posts are infinitely more valuable than sheets again, but really, it's IC posts that should define a character and/or nation. You can learn just as much from a handful of IC posts as you can from a bloated character sheet and, honestly, it's a better means with which to judge the the character as well as the writer. It says more about you as a person when you learn about someone's world through their in-character posts, as opposed to consulting some encyclopedia-sized sheet whenever you need to interact with someone.

zombieaccount said
So you intend to be space janitors?Cool.

In this case though, you're the trash.

Amongst Gods (High sci-fi NRP)

The best sheet by far.

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