Sep

Star Wars: Rebel Scum | Recruiting because of bailouts.

I'll wait until someone comes to the med bay, I don't really know what I can post that i haven't posted before.

Star Wars: Rebel Scum | Recruiting because of bailouts.

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lol I was still waiting to be told, "Now's a good time to get back into the IC." ^_^

@Ruby

We're back on the ship. So Now's a good time to get back into the IC.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Will post tonight after cubs.

New player

the stargate is broken. welcome to Venice

@Dead Girl

Was probably McKay....

Crisis: Mars! [Full unless you're Brilliant]

Sent you a PM @Elekrisk about your character. Couple of minor points though for your first sheet on the Guild it's pretty good.

I quite like how you balance the powers out. I'm here to help :P

Being a GM (for mystery/challenge based RPs) - How does one do it?

I'm going to throw up a short answer.

You wing it, everyone has their own way but really you need to decide yourself. In terms of my own Crisis: Mars which bases around people gaining super powers in a futuristic colony on Mars people are running with what they want.

I have a plot on the top, and I'm kind of nudging, not pushing or shoving, them towards it. However I also am letting them know that there are consequences or rewards to their actions via the comments of the Watcher who right now is a mysteriou figure of unknown origin and unknown motive.

I think it's important to make people WANT to continue the plot, the more bored they are the more likely they are to try and derail things. At the same time you don't want to FORCE them along a certain path. They are players after all, not characters. You need to make it interesting and intriguing and I feel give them some time to perhaps go off to develop their own characters on their own.

Challenges you need to know the reward/consequence at the end and know how it's gonna play out. You also gotta give them hints (subtlely if possible to not ruin it) on how to solve it.

Longer than I meant it to be, bt I've said by bit. Farewell.

Post Your Pikcha

When is it appropriate to bump a check?

Casual is the only one I tend to bump. Though to be honest (I myself need to do this) I always think its nicer if a going RP has a new Recruitment thread and doesn't use the old IntChk if it's just looking to recruit.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

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The GM owns their thread, decides who is in and not in, and can essentially decide to kill off characters or kick people out. If they aren't breaking Guild rules, we tend to side with the GM.

On the other hand, players are just as able to talk to each other and start a new thread, so being tactful is a damned good idea -- players also own their characters (if they created them in the first place, anyway, but that's most players) or are playing canon characters that belong to neither of you. Just because they write one into your RP doesn't mean they are forking over the rights to you (and in the case trying to claim ownership of a canon character, you'll get laughed all the way to the door.) They might have to take out specific names that you came up with in your RP if they reference them, but otherwise, free and clear.

So yeah, they own the sandbox, but you can take your ball and leave the sandbox. It's not an East German sandbox with a big wall and barbed wire that forces people to stay. So it's a good idea, even as a GM with lots of power, to be a nice person, unless you want to just play with yourself all the time. I mean, if you don't already.

I know people are going to try to nitpick what was said, and I'm going to sort of head that off by saying -- consider the general principles being stated rather than trying to find ways around it. :)

@HeySeuss

True. In terms of my own Sandbox RPs I treat them like the likes of Fallout or Skyrim. I have an plot that is always "there" in a way. It doesn't go away. Though that doesn't stop people from going off and participating in their own little sidequests.

Though they have to realize, they can interfere in my plot I can interfere in theirs.

Though in terms of death, I always ensure that people know that over heroics/stupidity in those situations is likely to result in death.

I'm new, derp

I am new but not inexperienced! So if ya wanna rp Im always open annnnnnd yeah.... anyway please dont treat me like Im new to this stuff thats what I hate when I rp is when people treat me like a newb or ignore me completely.

@Kilai

True, that can be irritating. Though I'd say never turn your head away from help from those that offer it :P

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