Retired

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For the record, I never meant open up secondary characters now. We've got a good thing here. Good momentum. And no core built up enough to justify it. Season 2 or Season 3? Yeah. I'd suggest opening it up then and only then. We've got a decent window for stories here and we should stick to it.

@Inkarnate

Season two is only a month away. It's not like that's a significant amount of time for things to change and be better suited for multiple characters per player.

I think Morden nailed it on the head when he said that historically, evidence shows that additional POVs are too tempting for too little yield. It's the same thing I said a little over a month ago when I brought it up. It distracts from constant posting in the majority of cases and encourages players to divide their attention. All of which easily sends us tumbling down the usual hole of players backing out, unable to commit to the deadline, or holding up other players. And subsequently leading to the death of the game.

And, really, why do we need that? Aside from people having other concepts they want to try out, what real purpose does it serve in this game to allow secondary characters in the future?

I am personally very much of the mindset that as soon as secondary or villainous PCs are enabled, that's when we are signing this game's death warrant. There are proven to be far more downsides than benefits, and I'd hate for this thing to die as soon as the second season begins.

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Red breasted booby.

...heh, booby.

@Hound55

What's the scariest type of insect?
A booby.

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On the secondary-characters front, while nothing's written in stone, I've definitely spent more time than I should shopping the "teen hero named after a bird that starts with an R" aisle.

@AndyC

Red-naped Sapsucker? I love that character!

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Put me down as being opposed to the second character idea – and I mean, no ifs, no buts, fully opposed.

I don't think as a community that we've shown we can support games while splitting our attention across multiple characters. In fact, all of the evidence up to this point has shown the exact opposite. I don't think it's worth endangering what we have here – a formula that is working – to indulge secondary ideas people have that they aren't committed to enough to drop their primary characters to pursue.

@Morden Man

Marry me.

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Oh, and think you're mixing stuff up for which RP I'm talking about, you're referring to Absolute Comics, I'm referring to this.

@Simple Unicycle

Psh. You act like I care about the details.

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Ehhh, wasn't the first, but it was the first that didn't die after a few weeks or only feature OCs. So I consider it to be the first "real" one.

@Simple Unicycle

That's like some church girl logic to maintain purity as long as possible.

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First comic book character I RPed as was the Question, and that was only like, a year ago. Still enough time to cement me as 'that guy who does the Question in DC RPs', so not too shabby.

@Simple Unicycle

Didn't realize that RP (forget which one, but I know you applied as Question in a game I was in a year ago) was your first comic game.

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Fun fact: Booster Gold was the first official comic character I ever RPed as. And for about five months, too, so not too shabby.

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You're not the boss of me. I'm just planning ahead. Maybe instead of chastising me you should work on a post.

@Inkarnate

I already am, but your suggestion is noted.

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Now you've gotta do it.

Also, is this the right time that I've been considering a secondary as Huntress down the line. And a handful of other ideas.

@Inkarnate

Is this the right time where I chastise you for considering another character after the conversation that took place in here yesterday and your admission therein?