HOW'S THE GAME?

[paradisamods]

HOW'S THE GAME?

It's been awhile! It's time for another round of Game Discussion, also known as "How's The Game?"

Here we come together to discuss the game, its plots, the settings, and just about anything we can think of that we'd like to talk about, expand upon, improve, change, etc.

This is not an HMD for players and their characters; this should be about the game's function as a whole and not the people in it. If there is something you feel is absolutely necessary to address that involves a specific person, please IM a mod first to discuss it. We can be reached at terraqueous orb (Kayla), end title (Fudgey) or a great fanfare (Jenn). (Though Jenn is on hiatus right now because her laptop is broken, so Kayla or Fudgey would be best for right now!)

Anonymous will be left off for this round (see first section).

Here are the sections that we've come up with. Add your own and we'll edit it into the list.

Anonymous: Why is it turned off?
What do the mods/helpers do, anyways?
How is my activity being monitored?
Activity check changes
Applications/turnover rate
 → Test Drive Comm
Abilities on the application
Villains & Heroes
 → Recent Villain Activity
 → Upcoming Villain Activities/Plots
Death
World Plot/Paradisa Lore
 → Concrete Resolutions, etc.
Canon Updates
Mini-plot Planning
Changes since last HTG
Plots in General
Regular Plots?

How's The Game will now be held quarterly, in order to avoid excessively long stretches in which there is no outlet for discussion.

Comments

[luckyvalentine.livejournal.com]

I can't think of anything to add to this! I agree with everything.

I think all of this was something that the game naturally managed to do in the past, people being mindful of the plots and how they functioned/were spaced, and that has somehow fallen to the wayside along the way. There are probably piles off ooc reasons why, and I don't think they're worth thinking about. Regardless, better attention should be paid toward pacing and 'purpose' of plots from here on out.

Everyone likes different kinds of plots, and you can't please everyone. But, when the timing and purpose is thrown off, you get WAY more complaints. The people who dislike certain kind of plots get annoyed when they are stuck with what they don't like for too long, and then that kind of plot is subsequently postponed for a really long time, and then you get those people who do like those plots annoyed because now they have to wait months and months before those plots are 'allowed' again. If everything was more balanced to begin with, there would be far less to complain about.