HOW'S THE GAME?

[paradisamods]

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 valawie (Valerie), fan of todd (TF), or never die ftw (Ashley).

Anonymous will be left off for this round. Sock journals are allowed, but you will have to request comm access to post with them.

This round will be an OPEN FORUM. Please feel free to bring up any game-related topic you'd like to discuss. All topics will be linked in the main post.

➜ HOW'S THE STAFF
➜ MANDATORY PERSONAL HMD POSTS
➜ PLOTTING 101
➜ ACTIVITY CHECK ACCOUNTABILITY
➜ WORLD OF PARADISA

Comments

[heloise]

I still really want to help with this!

If I may make a suggestion though, it would be helpful for me to know what's still needed. Because all the pitches for the content pages are great but they are mostly covering new ground while leaving the basics more or less untouched?

I'd love to help out with moving the stuff from the wiki to the comm if not all the things have been moved yet. I want to help with getting the basics there first so then when we pitch ideas, we don't end up having patches of information while missing the basics.

The table of contents we have now is very helpful, so having that page updated and marked with what's already posted on the comm and which pages are in progress and which are still on wiki would be very useful. Basically, having a checklist and a roadmap to go with when building up the comm!

TL;DR I'm disoriented and it'd be great to have an idea of what's done, what's in the works and what still needs to be done, aside from pitches for new pages.

[superheroine]

I think there's still a lot that needs to be moved, but I think we also need someone with a creative hand to go over said moved content and update it. Lots of it was written in 2008/2009 and hasn't been touched since, so plenty is out-of-date or inconsistent with how players do things now, so while moving it is a big thing, lots of it also needs to be revamped from there.

[20thcentury]

The problem is, I'm sure there are a lot of people who would want to update the content but weren't here that long ago. I don't know anything about the Wild West plot or the spider people in the Dead Zone -- hell, I barely know anything about the First Gens, and I've been in the game for nearly three years. So it really does need to be a collaborative effort instead of just falling to one person (unless that one person is someone who was around during 2008/2009, I guess).

[assassino]

Definitely! I agree -- but stuff like castle locations, the city (which is largely untapped even after 6 years) could be written by just about anyone with a creative hand and a little bit of collaboration with other players who can fact-check some minimal stuff.

[hellshaped]

Do we have city and castle maps floating around somewhere? I have the ones you made uhhh a year or so ago on my HD, but I don't know if these are technically canon or if they're going to be updated, or whatever. It would probably be super helpful to have these as a starting off point so people know exactly what is available to be written about.

Then again, I guess it could go the opposite way ... that the descriptions are written first and the maps will follow?

[assassino]

Descriptions first, I think -- it's easier to build a map based on that rather than update it later when more is added.

(Sorry for how short these are, on phone.)

[hellshaped]

Okay, that works! Looking at the worldofparadisa comm now, I see there are a lot more guidelines than I remember, too.

It looks like the main problem is exposure. Like Valerie said, interest kind of waned and we haven't had any new people sign up to help after the initial push. Maybe having a link on the info page ("help flesh out our world! details here," etc) would help? Or even making another OOC post solely about it?

I know personally it's been in the back of my mind for awhile, but I've had other priorities. :|c Probably it's the same for everyone else who signed up, so actively trying to generate more interest would definitely not hurt.

[heloise]

Agreed! More exposure would be great, or even the occasional OOC post saying hey guys, check out this new page on worldofparadisa and btw you can help out too if you'd like!

And, for me again, the issue I have is it's really helpful to know what I can do to help as I'd be up for doing about any page really? But maybe personal preference, I feel like just letting everyone pitch ideas without building up the foundation will just be all messy and it's hard for me to grasp and pick up the parts I can work on to make it all whole and shiny :/