P2TM Community Discussion Thread: I

[Zarkenis Ultima]

I'd say they are decently popular, a fair amount of people find the idea of RPing slice of life moments appealing. However, it's difficult to maintain some forward momentum when that isn't done within the context of something else, so roleplays dedicated fully to slice of life have a tendency to stagnate.

Do you have any advice for how to keep them from doing that? I have an idea for one, but I'm not sure it'll take off very well.

It's difficult to say without knowing the specifics, but off the top of my head I would say some important general things to keep in mind are to have a decently fleshed out setting so that the players have plenty of possibilities and are aware of them, and to be ready to shake things up and provide new stimuli for the characters to react to in order to keep things from going stale and keep the interest of the players. Obviously, shaking things up doesn't mean changing the whole genre - there's plenty of situations that could feasibly occur during normal everyday life that can offer a breath of change. It all depends on what your setting is, really, and to a lesser extent on your players, since an engaged playerbase can offer up ideas of their own.

What's your idea? Do you mind sharing it here?

[Madrinpoor]

Do you have any advice for how to keep them from doing that? I have an idea for one, but I'm not sure it'll take off very well.

It's difficult to say without knowing the specifics, but off the top of my head I would say some important general things to keep in mind are to have a decently fleshed out setting so that the players have plenty of possibilities and are aware of them, and to be ready to shake things up and provide new stimuli for the characters to react to in order to keep things from going stale and keep the interest of the players. Obviously, shaking things up doesn't mean changing the whole genre - there's plenty of situations that could feasibly occur during normal everyday life that can offer a breath of change. It all depends on what your setting is, really, and to a lesser extent on your players, since an engaged playerbase can offer up ideas of their own.

What's your idea? Do you mind sharing it here?

My idea is to have a slice of life RP in a rapidly gentrifying New York City neighborhood. It's pretty simple, but I think offers lots of opportunities for adaptive storylines.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

It's difficult to say without knowing the specifics, but off the top of my head I would say some important general things to keep in mind are to have a decently fleshed out setting so that the players have plenty of possibilities and are aware of them, and to be ready to shake things up and provide new stimuli for the characters to react to in order to keep things from going stale and keep the interest of the players. Obviously, shaking things up doesn't mean changing the whole genre - there's plenty of situations that could feasibly occur during normal everyday life that can offer a breath of change. It all depends on what your setting is, really, and to a lesser extent on your players, since an engaged playerbase can offer up ideas of their own.

What's your idea? Do you mind sharing it here?

My idea is to have a slice of life RP in a rapidly gentrifying New York City neighborhood. It's pretty simple, but I think offers lots of opportunities for adaptive storylines.

Yeah, sounds like a setting with a fair amount of possibilities. As long as you've got a few good ideas on how to shake things up as needed, you should be fine.

Having a solid plan is only half the battle though, so I would ask around (probably not in this thread since that might be a bit redundant, but any circles you participate in would be good) to see if there's enough interest in the idea to warrant getting a thread started.

[Madrinpoor]

My idea is to have a slice of life RP in a rapidly gentrifying New York City neighborhood. It's pretty simple, but I think offers lots of opportunities for adaptive storylines.

Yeah, sounds like a setting with a fair amount of possibilities. As long as you've got a few good ideas on how to shake things up as needed, you should be fine.

Having a solid plan is only half the battle though, so I would ask around (probably not in this thread since that might be a bit redundant, but any circles you participate in would be good) to see if there's enough interest in the idea to warrant getting a thread started.

Alright, thanks so much!

[New Antarcticania]

I'm typing up an thread. It's an RPG, and i think the system is challenging and somewhat of an balancing act.

It should be up by the new year, if all things go well

[Deblar]

It's difficult to say without knowing the specifics, but off the top of my head I would say some important general things to keep in mind are to have a decently fleshed out setting so that the players have plenty of possibilities and are aware of them, and to be ready to shake things up and provide new stimuli for the characters to react to in order to keep things from going stale and keep the interest of the players. Obviously, shaking things up doesn't mean changing the whole genre - there's plenty of situations that could feasibly occur during normal everyday life that can offer a breath of change. It all depends on what your setting is, really, and to a lesser extent on your players, since an engaged playerbase can offer up ideas of their own.

What's your idea? Do you mind sharing it here?

My idea is to have a slice of life RP in a rapidly gentrifying New York City neighborhood. It's pretty simple, but I think offers lots of opportunities for adaptive storylines.

Looks interesting to me

[Madrinpoor]

My idea is to have a slice of life RP in a rapidly gentrifying New York City neighborhood. It's pretty simple, but I think offers lots of opportunities for adaptive storylines.

Looks interesting to me

Would you like to help me create it? Or just be a player? It'd be nice to have someone else on the team.

[Caliland]

I’m planning a political satire/comedy RP set in a fictional New York newspaper. My character will be the editor-in-chief of the paper, inspired by J. Jonah Jameson from the Spiderman movies. Other characters could include a crazy conspiracy theorist or a foreign, uppity food critic. Now, I talked to someone who said that I needed a cohesive theme for a newspaper RP, in order to stop everyone from going in different directions, so the main focus will be an election. I still feel I need more input though.

[Meretica]

I’m planning a political satire/comedy RP set in a fictional New York newspaper. My character will be the editor-in-chief of the paper, inspired by J. Jonah Jameson from the Spiderman movies. Other characters could include a crazy conspiracy theorist or a foreign, uppity food critic. Now, I talked to someone who said that I needed a cohesive theme for a newspaper RP, in order to stop everyone from going in different directions, so the main focus will be an election. I still feel I need more input though.

What if we focus on a series of elections instead of just one? We could write about local elections-- mayor, council member, etc-- but then also write about, say, a Senator, a governor, and possibly a president? But also add that for whatever reason, NY politics are a mess atm, so all of the races are extremely competitive.

[Constaniana]

I’m planning a political satire/comedy RP set in a fictional New York newspaper. My character will be the editor-in-chief of the paper, inspired by J. Jonah Jameson from the Spiderman movies. Other characters could include a crazy conspiracy theorist or a foreign, uppity food critic. Now, I talked to someone who said that I needed a cohesive theme for a newspaper RP, in order to stop everyone from going in different directions, so the main focus will be an election. I still feel I need more input though.

Character idea: a foreign, uppity food critic who, being forced to cover election stuff by his boss, only covers the election insofar as he keeps track of which restaurants the various candidates eat at and invariably belittles them for not being good enough. Do politicians do stuff like "eat corn dog at state fair" in NYC? Do they just get a regular hot dog from random hot dog stands? Do they get judged on whether they remember to fold their pizza in half before eating it?

[New Antarcticania]

I’m planning a political satire/comedy RP set in a fictional New York newspaper. My character will be the editor-in-chief of the paper, inspired by J. Jonah Jameson from the Spiderman movies. Other characters could include a crazy conspiracy theorist or a foreign, uppity food critic. Now, I talked to someone who said that I needed a cohesive theme for a newspaper RP, in order to stop everyone from going in different directions, so the main focus will be an election. I still feel I need more input though.

Character idea: a foreign, uppity food critic who, being forced to cover election stuff by his boss, only covers the election insofar as he keeps track of which restaurants the various candidates eat at and invariably belittles them for not being good enough. Do politicians do stuff like "eat corn dog at state fair" in NYC? Do they just get a regular hot dog from random hot dog stands? Do they get judged on whether they remember to fold their pizza in half before eating it?

Man must be really dedicated to his job, presidental canidates eat a shit ton during campaigning.

[Deblar]

Looks interesting to me

Would you like to help me create it? Or just be a player? It'd be nice to have someone else on the team.

I'd be a player, but I wouldn't mind helping create it.

[Constaniana]

Character idea: a foreign, uppity food critic who, being forced to cover election stuff by his boss, only covers the election insofar as he keeps track of which restaurants the various candidates eat at and invariably belittles them for not being good enough. Do politicians do stuff like "eat corn dog at state fair" in NYC? Do they just get a regular hot dog from random hot dog stands? Do they get judged on whether they remember to fold their pizza in half before eating it?

Man must be really dedicated to his job, presidental canidates eat a shit ton during campaigning.

No 3 AM stop at IHOP will go unnoticed; no trip to the deli will be free of his questioning.

[New Antarcticania]

Man must be really dedicated to his job, presidental canidates eat a shit ton during campaigning.

No 3 AM stop at IHOP will go unnoticed; no trip to the deli will be free of his questioning.

The critic is just sitting at a nearby hill in a ghillie suit with Night vision optics, laying down in the mud and observing the Republican canidate in the cold rain
...
"Honey, where were you? Why are you wearing that? And why are you... covered in mud?"
"....work."

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Happy new years, Portal! Hope everyone has a fun year of roleplaying ahead.

[Constaniana]

Happy new years, Portal! Hope everyone has a fun year of roleplaying ahead.

I plan on updating my RP at least twice.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Happy new years, Portal! Hope everyone has a fun year of roleplaying ahead.

I plan on updating my RP at least twice.

Maybe even thrice, if lightning strikes.

[The Knockout Gun Gals]

Happy new years, Portal! Hope everyone has a fun year of roleplaying ahead.

Happy New Year, Zark

[Madrinpoor]

Just wanted to ask one last time: Would anyone be interested in helping me set up or admin a slice of life RP set in a gentrifying NYC neighborhood?

[Voxija]

I have an idea for a mystery RP. The main setting would be in a compound owned by a cult. The cult has a secret, and only the OP (me) and some selected players know what it is. Other players can either play clergy, regular members of the cult, or spies infiltrating the cult, and they are all trying to find out what the secret is. Good idea?

[Zarkenis Ultima]

I have an idea for a mystery RP. The main setting would be in a compound owned by a cult. The cult has a secret, and only the OP (me) and some selected players know what it is. Other players can either play clergy, regular members of the cult, or spies infiltrating the cult, and they are all trying to find out what the secret is. Good idea?

Sounds like a rather interesting idea, I'd say to go for it.

Do you have any thoughts on cult dynamics? Or the venues that will be available for the players to investigate?

[Voxija]

I have an idea for a mystery RP. The main setting would be in a compound owned by a cult. The cult has a secret, and only the OP (me) and some selected players know what it is. Other players can either play clergy, regular members of the cult, or spies infiltrating the cult, and they are all trying to find out what the secret is. Good idea?

Sounds like a rather interesting idea, I'd say to go for it.

Do you have any thoughts on cult dynamics? Or the venues that will be available for the players to investigate?

There is certainly a hierarchy in said cult. There's the leader, who discovered "the process of becoming a god!", the clergy, who try to help cult members "become gods!", and the average rank-and-file cult member, who either lives in the cult headquarters or somewhere in the same city (probably somewhere in Florida), knows very little about the inner workings of the cult, and wants to "become a god!" I think the players would be able to investigate the entire compound (a very sprawling place) and maybe even the leader's residence. I plan for any spies to work their way up to becoming trusted members of the cult, or even clergy, gain the leader's favor over a slow-burn process, and then the secret will be revealed to some, or they will gain the resources to discover it. Once enough players have discovered the secret, there are a lot of different options open to them. I will let them choose.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Sounds like a rather interesting idea, I'd say to go for it.

Do you have any thoughts on cult dynamics? Or the venues that will be available for the players to investigate?

There is certainly a hierarchy in said cult. There's the leader, who discovered "the process of becoming a god!", the clergy, who try to help cult members "become gods!", and the average rank-and-file cult member, who either lives in the cult headquarters or somewhere in the same city (probably somewhere in Florida), knows very little about the inner workings of the cult, and wants to "become a god!" I think the players would be able to investigate the entire compound (a very sprawling place) and maybe even the leader's residence. I plan for any spies to work their way up to becoming trusted members of the cult, or even clergy, gain the leader's favor over a slow-burn process, and then the secret will be revealed to some, or they will gain the resources to discover it. Once enough players have discovered the secret, there are a lot of different options open to them. I will let them choose.

Cool, sounds like you've got a good grasp on your concept. In that case perhaps defining some routines and fleshing out the compound would be good ideas, assuming you haven't done so already of course. As always I'd recommend to sound out interest in any circles you move around in, as well as here, to see if there's enough to support the thread if you make it, but as far as I'm concerned you've got a pretty good idea for a roleplay here.

[The Beckett Basement]

Good evening all,

Gosh, I’m really hoping this is the right place to ask this (also I know this is a dumb question). How do I get involved here? It looks super cool and I’d love to participate sometime but I have trouble just jumping into stuff when I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’ve read through the rules and such, is there anything else I should know about? What is the easiest way to get involved? I just want to avoid making millions of newb mistakes and accidentally bringing down the quality of a rp or something.

Again, sorry if this is in the wrong place and thank you guys for your time.

Signed,

J|M|T

[Constaniana]

Good evening all,

Gosh, I’m really hoping this is the right place to ask this (also I know this is a dumb question). How do I get involved here? It looks super cool and I’d love to participate sometime but I have trouble just jumping into stuff when I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’ve read through the rules and such, is there anything else I should know about? What is the easiest way to get involved? I just want to avoid making millions of newb mistakes and accidentally bringing down the quality of a rp or something.

Again, sorry if this is in the wrong place and thank you guys for your time.

Signed,

J|M|T

This is the right thread for asking P2TM questions like the one you have. An easy way I would suggest of getting involved is looking the P2TM Advertisement Thread, since it's full of people who really want more players in their roleplays. Don't be intimidated if you feel the other participants in the thread seem way more experienced. I was in a similar situation when I started in P2TM almost a decade ago, at the end of the F7 Era, but because I was around people whose writing I thought was much better than mine, I was able to develop mine. Don't worry too much about making "newb mistakes". Worrying to some extent can be good, assuming it sharpens your proofreading, etc. Ultimately though, you can only learn so much by reading forum guidelines or watching how other posters operate on this forum; you just have to jump in and start playing.