Floating Castle - Collaborative RP Discussion

[Krika]

So, hopefully should have a side story up soon-ish explaining how Fern joined the Loreknights.

Also, Sicon?

[Sicon112]

So, hopefully should have a side story up soon-ish explaining how Fern joined the Loreknights.

Also, Sicon?

Kirka? You are going to die now. You know that right?

[Krika]

So, hopefully should have a side story up soon-ish explaining how Fern joined the Loreknights.

Also, Sicon?

Kirka? You are going to die now. You know that right?

Been there, done that, have a list of people who called doing it before you.

[Sicon112]

So, hopefully should have a side story up soon-ish explaining how Fern joined the Loreknights.

Also, Sicon?

Kirka? You are going to die now. You know that right?

Been there, done that, have a list of people who called doing it before you.

Then I guess I just have to handle them first, don't I?

You ruined the even 900 post count. Your sins shall never be forgiven.

[IslaKariese]

Oo Did... Did I miss something?

[Krika]

Then I guess I just have to handle them first, don't I?

You ruined the even 900 post count. Your sins shall never be forgiven.

3 and 29 times, respectively.

[Blurred_9L]

Oo Did... Did I miss something?

Don't worry about it, just get some popcorn and enjoy the show

[SpiritfChaos]

*Whistles innocently*

[IslaKariese]

Are y'all leaving your posts blank on purpose, or am I just obtuse today?

[JackAlsworth]

Sorry, we're both insinuating that we, also, are whistling innocently.

[IslaKariese]

Okay, cool. I was beginning to think it was some sort of glitch...

[Scarab]

Added a few more to the NPC list, but I hope you guys will understand that I don't always go back and add further adventures to the 'other stories appeared in' list for the characters. I mean, if I were going to do that with some of you guys I'd be here all day

[JRPictures]

I'm just gonna say

This: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=1261

Is awesome

Firefly is so awesome.

That is all

[Scarab]

Oh hey guys, I managed to draw Ben at last.

Oh my god f***ing FINALLY, you have no idea how tricky this girl was to get right.

[Qara-Xuan Zenith]

<3

[Krika]

Just a heads up, but I have a thing about trying to trope stuff that I've written, so it's likely that I won't necessarily add things related to works of mine (or things I have worked on) to the trope pages. So.....if you see something, add it I guess. I, in all likelihood, won't.

[Scarab]

I would like to suggest the addition of loose time-frames to the quests provided to players, something a little like this:

• Quest XX: Insert Title Here (Takes Place 3 hours after Quest WW)

I say this because I've noticed keeping our timelines straight is getting difficult. I first noticed a problem in our most recent quests: by that time Tamar ad Salvantas should really have KNOWN about Anji being stabbed, but since Eli and Pix were writing that scene at the same time as Xana and I were, we didn't discover it had taken place until our writing was done: we didn't have time to adapt our story with this knowledge, and knowledge of the event SHOULD have affected our characters behaviours. It's not the only problem I've noticed, and I think giving a vague time scale for the quest would keep things in order.

I would also suggest that writers have some patience and post in the order the quests were given to help maintain this sense of timing. I'm sure you quest 47 guys can hang onto your writing until 46 and 45 have posted even if you finish first, and then you can adapt a little if necessary before posting.

[Qara-Xuan Zenith]

As has been mentioned probably... waaaaaaaaaaaaay at the beginning of this thread, quests of a single turn are intended to be simultaneous. Obviously, if one's set at night and the other during the day, or they're a couple days off, it's not a big deal, but bottom line is, assigning timeframe isn't necessary, and I don't think it would even necessarily be a good thing-- it would just mean slowing things down, because if I'm writing a quest that's supposed to take place six hours after one on the same turn, I CAN'T write my quest until I know what's gone down. As opposed to assuming they're simultaneous, and then letting your friendly neighbourhood timeliming GM figure out exactly how the puzzle pieces slot together once they're up. Which you'll find has been done, in the timelime.

If you have any issues with how the timelime's ordered, please let me know and I'll put in any corrections that are needed. But otherwise, well... Look. If you want to put a timelime note at the start of the quest when you post it, I'm happy for that. But if you're just concerned that "my character doesn't know X happened during the quest because someone else's quest hadn't gone up yet but he really should have been reacting to that"-- look at it like this: people don't think everything all the time. Maybe the character has heard of it, but it's not relevant to the quest, or it is but the narration doesn't show it going through his head for any number of valid reasons. Maybe it's already happened, but it only happened a few hours ago and he simply hasn't heard yet.

Bottom line: Quests of one turn are simultaneous/approximately-simultaneous unless specified otherwise.

EDIT: also, to respond to the specific example you gave-- by that time, Tamar and Salvantas would NOT have heard about Anji and Julius. Not only did it happen within, say, 12 hours of each other, but the Anji and Julius thing happened in a secluded area and was then kept under wraps. Ben knew because they ran right into her; as far as everyone else knew, they were MIA and then declared dead a day or two later.

[Scarab]

As has been mentioned probably... waaaaaaaaaaaaay at the beginning of this thread, quests of a single turn are intended to be simultaneous. Obviously, if one's set at night and the other during the day, or they're a couple days off, it's not a big deal, but bottom line is, assigning timeframe isn't necessary, and I don't think it would even necessarily be a good thing-- it would just mean slowing things down, because if I'm writing a quest that's supposed to take place six hours after one on the same turn, I CAN'T write my quest until I know what's gone down

Sure you can, it would just be for the sake of making minor continuity edits if required, but okay, if nobody else thinks it' s required.

[eli_gone_crazy]

As has been mentioned probably... waaaaaaaaaaaaay at the beginning of this thread, quests of a single turn are intended to be simultaneous. Obviously, if one's set at night and the other during the day, or they're a couple days off, it's not a big deal, but bottom line is, assigning timeframe isn't necessary, and I don't think it would even necessarily be a good thing-- it would just mean slowing things down, because if I'm writing a quest that's supposed to take place six hours after one on the same turn, I CAN'T write my quest until I know what's gone down

Sure you can, it would just be for the sake of making minor continuity edits if required, but okay, if nobody else thinks it' s required.

I think that requiring everyone to become Timelime OCD about everything we write, or requiring a set post order on every quest, would be detrimental to the RP.

I am not in favor of it, because honestly, this is a game. None of us are receiving payment for this, nor are we asking for it. We do this because we think it's fun, not because we are required to do so. If it becomes something so serious as to demand minute to minute details and updates, I will stop playing, and go somewhere else. It's not worth this level of trouble.

[Endless Sea]

Right, so thanks to some witty banter while me and Russet were doing our underground quest, I am now convinced that floor 100 will be either Australia or Magic Australia. DX oh dear god spare me from this horror of horrors

[Victin]

Right, so thanks to some witty banter while me and Russet were doing our underground quest, I am now convinced that floor 100 will be either Australia or Magic Australia. DX oh dear god spare me from this horror of horrors

o.o What underground quest?

[eli_gone_crazy]

the one this GM has been unable to post because of being away from any tech for a while

[Pixelmage]

The other GM posted it. *has no clue what he's doing*

[Scarab]

The other GM posted it. *has no clue what he's doing*

You guys are just going to blame each other whenever stuff goes wrong, aren't you?