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RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Suraru » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:14 am

Some RP Problems and some Solutions.


1. Sandbox gets boring.
A. Have objectives, so it does not get boring.

2. Inactive players slow the RP.
A. Temporarily remove them via game event if they become inactive.

3. GM is inactive,
A. Have another ready! (different timezone)
T. Have each GM control a group (each group is set based off of timezone)

4. Waking up and seeing over 9000 more pages to read!
A. GM Summarizes the past day, every day, for players who missed it.

5. Metagamers
What is a good way to prevent players from accidently meta gaming.
Or what is a good way to allow players to advance and GM themselves
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Taria » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:16 am

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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Fawkes » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:17 am

A second GM in a different timezone? Or just make sure everyone in the rp can be active the same time you are.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Reapergod36 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:19 am

Fawkes Wrote:A second GM in a different timezone? Or just make sure everyone in the rp can be active the same time you are.


I agree with this ^ but also, someone else could GM. And be voted in, and also the plays possibly could gm themeselves like we've seen with the lovely Maze Of The Gods rp
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Suraru » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:22 am

Hmm, so Multiple GMs, that is actually good.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby RavenLord » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:58 am

WELL, IT SURE IS FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND SEE 9 PAGES OF POST PILED IN! DAMN I REALLY NEED A SECONDARY GM IN DIFFERENT TIMEZONE FOR ULANOR..... AND YES. I HAS RAGE!
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Suraru » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:00 am

Lol, ok, so a way to organize the pages.... I was thinking multiple threads? That might actually be cool, like a spinoff show or something.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Reapergod36 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:25 am

RavenLord Wrote:WELL, IT SURE IS FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND SEE 9 PAGES OF POST PILED IN! DAMN I REALLY NEED A SECONDARY GM IN DIFFERENT TIMEZONE FOR ULANOR..... AND YES. I HAS RAGE!

I'm eastern US
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby RavenLord » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:26 am

Need someone to cover time zone opposite of GMT +3
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Reapergod36 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:28 am

no idea what opposite of GMT +3
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Fawkes » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:31 am

GMT -3 presumably, but that's in the middle of the Atlantic.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Suraru » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:43 am

GMT -9 actually is the opposite, take 12 - 3.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Reapergod36 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:44 am

Well is eastern US close?
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Fawkes » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:45 am

right, oops

and Eastern US is GMT-5 or -6 depending on how you define it.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby RavenLord » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:49 am

well someone from america could easly cover the other shifts but i like how you play Azshara too much to allow you GM. Nope, Azshara is a great char.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Reapergod36 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:50 am

lol thank you.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby RavenLord » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:56 am

you are welcome.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby BlueLight » Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:08 pm

For the post part your problem is isn't really the post them selves.
A. space taken up by the forum.
B daunting task of reading all of it.

What we need is a review Either a post or a file. I personal have been messing around with Microsoft office because i'm going to need it for school and i have the 2007 version.

Lets say every 10 pages we compile the post in to a word document and upload it. Media fire should allow me to make a folder for downloads and share the folder link. So all we have to do is in the OOC provide the folder link.

We make a new post in the IC for the review and post it we the file link every 10 pages.
There is no way we can completely remove B but we can remove A form the equation.

Here is what my solution provides.
It completely removes the forum and the space it requires for each post.
It allows great formatting
It provides the user with 2 pages to read instead of 10.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Suraru » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:12 pm

Yes, but normally half of the posts you have to read are unimportant.

I think having two different threads for the timezones will fix this.
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Re: RP Game Mechanics.

Postby Reapergod36 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:01 pm

I think Bluelight's 10 page thing should be a summary. Not be the actual data of each post. It should list details and important moments that happened. So that if the person really wants to see. "Susan and Drix confess their love" They can look back in the posts (which will be listed on the side like post 3-8 on page wtf) And then people can read into what details they want.
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