Untecna wrote:Could you elaborate a little? Any example doesn't have to be specific to this, it would be helpful to see what you mean.
A basic example would be your leader, an opposition leader, or someone explicitly asking for foreign aid or intervention. Or it would be an action that you know will rile foreign nations up: genocide, other human rights abuses, the rise of radical politics, etc.
I just feel that if you don't have a network of players you already plan to RP with, and so will reply no matter what, or if you do and you want to open it up to more than that group, you need some sort of hook or call-to-action that makes it easy and obvious to join. For example, I have
a current RP that has no third-party contributions (that last one is a puppet of mine), and it's because it has no clear way in. It's based on canon that you have to know to understand, I don't have anything in the content that asks for other people to participate, and it's not obvious what the thread is even about. I did this purposefully for this thread, it's a maintenance thread, but it's a good example of what doesn't work on NS if you want wider traction.
Another option is to create an OOC thread where you might clarify certain things about the thread and how others can become involved. See for example
this OOC thread.