Personification Life OOC VI [OPEN]

[Tiltjuice]

Still night, Tilt. I was hoping to advance it to the next day but there seem to be a lot of scenes still taking place.

OK, thanks.

[Torsiedelle]

Yep! I'm a console-man. Always will be, even when I do eventually start using a gaming PC. I just prefer the simple things

Still, I should probably start using Steam more. It is a good thing. Any thoughts on the Steambox?

The Steambox is mostly irrelevant, if SteamOS isn't excellent.

Huh...I still might look into it if I can't get a good PC. Then again, I've been thinking of just building my own gaming PC.

My cousin built his own for $800, and it was on part with $2000-$3000 PCs that his friends used, of not better.

[Tiltjuice]

Still night, Tilt. I was hoping to advance it to the next day but there seem to be a lot of scenes still taking place.

OK, thanks.

I'll try to gear my scenes toward advancing to the next day, then.

[Cerillium]

Tilt we don't have to rush if people are still engaged. If not, we can wrap up the night and move on to the next day. Some characters are stuck I think until then.

Good night happy campers.

[Tiltjuice]

Tilt we don't have to rush if people are still engaged. If not, we can wrap up the night and move on to the next day. Some characters are stuck I think until then.

Good night happy campers.

OK, fair enough. Goodnight Cer.

[Germanic Templars]

Tilt we don't have to rush if people are still engaged. If not, we can wrap up the night and move on to the next day. Some characters are stuck I think until then.

Good night happy campers.

night Ceril.

[Swith Witherward]

Tilt we don't have to rush if people are still engaged. If not, we can wrap up the night and move on to the next day. Some characters are stuck I think until then.

Good night happy campers.

night Ceril.

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[The BranRiech]

So wait, why does Kei need to run? That post confused me.

[Tiltjuice]

So wait, why does Kei need to run? That post confused me.

Part of character development for Dia, continuing the trend of him and Chrys being fighters. She gets a rush from it; he'll do it at the drop of a hat. Which, in this case, was in the form of Kei telling him Volt wasn't her date. He knew she was single, and to him, having her say that again was insulting his intelligence. Think (Viking berserker)¹⁰⁰⁰.

Then I had Luce get in his way and tell Kei to run because no fighting in Chaos.

And also because I'm trying to give Volt a chance to interact with other characters. The story was heading in a direction away from him.

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Back after dinner, peoples.

[Swith Witherward]

Okay... are there any posts I missed IC? I think I have just NVE's to reply to. I think... and it would be a miracle... but I think I'm caught up with all the ICs everywhere! Yay!

*notices poll results and blushes* You guys know I was just being facetious? *touched by kindness* You peeps are the best.

[The BranRiech]

Sounds alright, Tilt, but what am I supposed to do now?

Also, trying to recreate this in the Xbox Minecraft, probably the hardest thing I've ever done in a video game.

[Primordial Luxa]

Sounds alright, Tilt, but what am I supposed to do now?

Also, trying to recreate this in the Xbox Minecraft, probably the hardest thing I've ever done in a video game.

I see your boat and raise you a city

[The BranRiech]

I see your boat and raise you a city

Guess how much of my life I'm not willing to waste on something that ambitious?

[Tiltjuice]

Okay... are there any posts I missed IC? I think I have just NVE's to reply to. I think... and it would be a miracle... but I think I'm caught up with all the ICs everywhere! Yay!

*notices poll results and blushes* You guys know I was just being facetious? *touched by kindness* You peeps are the best.

Yay!

Sounds alright, Tilt, but what am I supposed to do now?

Be patient and wait. You've other active characters, and it's not like I (through Luce and Dia) would invite Kei to join in and then whoops out of sight out of mind. At the same time, the story doesn't revolve around Kei.

Use your imagination. Have her go see Bran. He was her employee for a while. Maybe they want to brainstorm. I dunno. Free-form play her if you want. I'll send Luce (or one of my people) back through eventually, since there's two large stories going that he's involved in.

[Primordial Luxa]

I see your boat and raise you a city

Guess how much of my life I'm not willing to waste on something that ambitious?

Not as much as me

[The BranRiech]

Be patient and wait. You've other active characters, and it's not like I (through Luce and Dia) would invite Kei to join in and then whoops out of sight out of mind.

I only asked because that's what I thought would happen.

Prim, you actually mae that?

[Primordial Luxa]

Be patient and wait. You've other active characters, and it's not like I (through Luce and Dia) would invite Kei to join in and then whoops out of sight out of mind.

I only asked because that's what I thought would happen.

Prim, you actually mae that?

Yes a long time ago its just laying on a flash drive here somewhere.
Their was a lot of editing software used so dont get too excited.

[Tiltjuice]

Be patient and wait. You've other active characters, and it's not like I (through Luce and Dia) would invite Kei to join in and then whoops out of sight out of mind.

I only asked because that's what I thought would happen.

TRUST YOUR co-OP.

I know I'm old, but my memory hasn't started failing quite yet. Certainly not enough to forget events from the past 10 minutes.

[Swith Witherward]

I only asked because that's what I thought would happen.

Prim, you actually mae that?

Yes a long time ago its just laying on a flash drive here somewhere.
Their was a lot of editing software used so dont get too excited.

I always think of that line from Jurassic Park. "John's like me. He's a digger." Only I replace "digger" with "world builder".

[Swith Witherward]

Be patient and wait. You've other active characters, and it's not like I (through Luce and Dia) would invite Kei to join in and then whoops out of sight out of mind.

I only asked because that's what I thought would happen.

Prim, you actually mae that?

I think what happens is we want to settle into a scene after "business" has been taken care of without realizing that other characters are on a quest.

It's like the scene I'm doing with Tilt and Cer. I brought Mitzie in so she could relay info. Cer took over from there and used Hans... who I was running for a while... as a tool to inform Tilt of current events. That's the whole purpose of that scene. Mitzie had nothing to contribute, so if I tried to play her in conversation it would detract from what Tilt and Cer are doing. She's still there, and might chime in, but only if it's relevant to the purpose of scene itself. The scene is laying out background information that all players can refer back to to refresh their player knowledge once the events get into full swing.

The difference between advanced level and medium level players is like this (and I'm NOT picking on anyone. This is just an example that we've all seen in IC.)

Yoshi and Katya are talking about the baby. Then they run out of things to say, so it becomes "What do you want to do?" and "I dunno, what do you want to do?" Instead of letting it become the same idle chat between them, Yoshi could excuse himself because he needs to interview Swith (and Urran sent a TG to me before hand to see if Swith could take time away from her quest). Katya then is free to work with Dora on her company.

So Yoshi goes to visit Swith. He interviews her. Then it turns into "Let's have coffee". Well, Swith has her own objectives. I, as a player, took time out my character's main story to help his character out. I need to get back to Swith's own quest. So I have Swith say, "Nope, busy."

Urran might feel slighted because I don't want to RP with him. In fact, his character doesn't fit into what Swith needs to do, so it won't work having him along. Urran, in this case, had no clear objective other than being bored and wanting to do a scene. He's not actually doing anything with all these interviews. No focus. Instead, he gets caught up in the tide of relationship building and that drags Torsi away from his own quest.



Now let's focus on your characters. Bran needs parts. He goes to NVE. NVE stops his story with Gretta to RP a scene where Bran picks out parts. Bran then wants to stay and continue to RP, but NVE has to get back on track. So, Bran takes his parts and moves off.

You, the player, drop Cer a TG next. No prob. Char!Bran then goes to the observatory to see if they have parts. They do. Bran takes those home and begins to work on his stuff rather than tie Cer's characters up.

Then char!Bran totally fucks up... raptor tech and tech priest tech don't mix well. (You, the player, have already asked permission to do this!) So that tech takes on a mind of its own and begins to tear apart the fish market. Oh nooooes! Now Bran runs back to the raptors and the tech-priests. HELP! This big airplane is going insane! And that becomes a small side story whereby NVE and Cer pitch in to stop the monster from eating all the fish. The end.


What happened was that your character stayed focused on his adventure and built up a plot over time and through several scenes. You didn't get distracted by small talk and silly relationship building, or by senseless "let's find something to do." There's ALWAYS something to do if you've got an objective in mind. While Bran's working on building that monster, he might have to pause to answer a question from Misaki or help Dora fix a flat tire, but your character returns to his quest right after.

That's how an open RP like ours functions well. We layer stories like shuffling cards, where the cards come together to form a deck over time. That's also why, when an objective in a quest is met, we need to move our characters on to the next objective. Other players should understand this and, since they have their own quests, use that freed-up character to move to their next scene.

[Torsiedelle]

I only asked because that's what I thought would happen.

Prim, you actually mae that?

I think what happens is we want to settle into a scene after "business" has been taken care of without realizing that other characters are on a quest.

It's like the scene I'm doing with Tilt and Cer. I brought Mitzie in so she could relay info. Cer took over from there and used Hans... who I was running for a while... as a tool to inform Tilt of current events. That's the whole purpose of that scene. Mitzie had nothing to contribute, so if I tried to play her in conversation it would detract from what Tilt and Cer are doing. She's still there, and might chime in, but only if it's relevant to the purpose of scene itself. The scene is laying out background information that all players can refer back to to refresh their player knowledge once the events get into full swing.

The difference between advanced level and medium level players is like this (and I'm NOT picking on anyone. This is just an example that we've all seen in IC.)

Yoshi and Katya are talking about the baby. Then they run out of things to say, so it becomes "What do you want to do?" and "I dunno, what do you want to do?" Instead of letting it become the same idle chat between them, Yoshi could excuse himself because he needs to interview Swith (and Urran sent a TG to me before hand to see if Swith could take time away from her quest). Katya then is free to work with Dora on her company.

So Yoshi goes to visit Swith. He interviews her. Then it turns into "Let's have coffee". Well, Swith has her own objectives. I, as a player, took time out my character's main story to help his character out. I need to get back to Swith's own quest. So I have Swith say, "Nope, busy."

Urran might feel slighted because I don't want to RP with him. In fact, his character doesn't fit into what Swith needs to do, so it won't work having him along. Urran, in this case, had no clear objective other than being bored and wanting to do a scene. He's not actually doing anything with all these interviews. No focus. Instead, he gets caught up in the tide of relationship building and that drags Torsi away from his own quest.



Now let's focus on your characters. Bran needs parts. He goes to NVE. NVE stops his story with Gretta to RP a scene where Bran picks out parts. Bran then wants to stay and continue to RP, but NVE has to get back on track. So, Bran takes his parts and moves off.

You, the player, drop Cer a TG next. No prob. Char!Bran then goes to the observatory to see if they have parts. They do. Bran takes those home and begins to work on his stuff rather than tie Cer's characters up.

Then char!Bran totally fucks up... raptor tech and tech priest tech don't mix well. (You, the player, have already asked permission to do this!) So that tech takes on a mind of its own and begins to tear apart the fish market. Oh nooooes! Now Bran runs back to the raptors and the tech-priests. HELP! This big airplane is going insane! And that becomes a small side story whereby NVE and Cer pitch in to stop the monster from eating all the fish. The end.


What happened was that your character stayed focused on his adventure and built up a plot over time and through several scenes. You didn't get distracted by small talk and silly relationship building, or by senseless "let's find something to do." There's ALWAYS something to do if you've got an objective in mind. While Bran's working on building that monster, he might have to pause to answer a question from Misaki or help Dora fix a flat tire, but your character returns to his quest right after.

That's how an open RP like ours functions well. We layer stories like shuffling cards, where the cards come together to form a deck over time. That's also why, when an objective in a quest is met, we need to move our characters on to the next objective. Other players should understand this and, since they have their own quests, use that freed-up character to move to their next scene.

I need to print this out and put it on my wall.

[Swith Witherward]

I need to print this out and put it on my wall.

I'm eager to see Katya's company form. I think it'll compliment Eru's and between you both, absolutely everything will get covered. Anything that overlaps will help Bielefeld because it means double the protection/coverage. It's kinda like what NVE and Cer/GT are doing. Same basic field, but different aspects. If crap ever hits the fan (another invasion) then both companies can pull together to mend the citizens and restore them.

*anticipation*

What is your concept so far? Are you going to focus on one area or expand?

[Torsiedelle]

I need to print this out and put it on my wall.

I'm eager to see Katya's company form. I think it'll compliment Eru's and between you both, absolutely everything will get covered. Anything that overlaps will help Bielefeld because it means double the protection/coverage. It's kinda like what NVE and Cer/GT are doing. Same basic field, but different aspects. If crap ever hits the fan (another invasion) then both companies can pull together to mend the citizens and restore them.

*anticipation*

What is your concept so far? Are you going to focus on one area or expand?

I'm not quite sure. I planned to have the company behave like something of a private army, with its own training facilities, armor and weapons, guidelines and protocol, etc. It would also focus on stopping criminals covertly, competing with other groups, and then there would be smaller stuff, like home security systems and guards for businesses.

I'd like to see it start off as a small SWAT/Army type group that takes contracts and jobs for protection, and maybe coordinates with police. I also may use the company as a sort of test to see how a high-tech police force would work in an RP idea, so there's that.

[New Aksarben]

Swith, that reminds me I need to get Sig to finish building his boat in time for the Island. The problem is, he has no parts because whenever I tried playing him to get parts, no one would help me, even when I asked OOC'ly to get scenes set up so he could get them.... He really could be done by now, but I keep forgetting and I can't think of a way for him to get the pieces he needs....

Albert's working and I'm abstracting it because he can get those parts quite easily. Sig's different because he's stranded in a different universe, thus he can't easily find parts.... But whenever I try, nothing comes of it or he gets distracted by something.....


Eh.... just me ranting a bit. HE might have it done if I wasn't being so lazy lately, and actually remembered that he had a goal to get done.... <.<


Sig has a lot of opportunity to do interesting things, but it can't happen because it seems like no one helps him when he needs help, and he's barely met anyone because characters always have been sequestered on something when I play him.... Or just ignore the fact he's a 6"5 Viking wandering around....

[Erucia]

Alright, calling goodnight now.