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 on for this round. Sock journals are still allowed.

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
➜ FLOOR MAP
➜ PLOTTING 101 + NOTE
➜ AC REQUIREMENTS
➜ NEW CHARACTERS/MUNS
➜ IC INBOXES

Comments

[valerie]

Haha, that's fine!

Most games with IC mailboxes are games centered around networks based on computers or devices each character is equipped with. Since Paradisa deals with journals instead of communicators, the question becomes where these IC inboxes would be.

We have CastleNET, the player-built Internet of Paradisa, but not everyone uses it. I believe the cell phone tower Tony Stark set up is still in town??? (someone correct me if I'm wrong) so there's also that. But again, not everyone uses or even knows what a cell phone is.

I guess what I'm saying is, how would the IC mailboxes be set up?

[rightchoices]

It could simply be what happens when someone filters something to a single person. The system is already theoretically in place. "IC Inboxes" would just be a way to move them off of the main community so we're not cluttering it with things that the game at large has no way to interact with. That way I (and other people!) wouldn't have to do the worry dance of "is this important enough to merit a whole post, should I think of some generic BS to unfilter to add to it so it doesn't look exclusive, should I just PM the mun and handwave it" dance.

[valerie]

I can see how that would help keep the community free of "clutter," but the downside might become a community that looks like a ghost-town. I personally don't mind seeing filtered posts, as I like to read others' interactions. But if others would like to see this system set up I wouldn't mind discussing it more. c:

[rightchoices]

I don't think it'd necessarily make it look like a ghost town! You can't start CR without general posts -- but both asgardeventide and exsilium even recommend when you're accepted that you create and link an IC inbox in your journal, and neither of them have a posting problem. While Exsilium is huge, yes, Asgard isn't that much larger than Exsilium. Posting still remains the #1 way in Para to get AC, either way. :)

[putuporshutup]

/reads entire thread

I really like this idea, it seems like it would open up SO much CR.

[princelyspirit]

I think it would be very useful for keeping up with CR and dropping quick and dirty messages to other characters. Though, if you're worried about it making the comms a ghost town, maybe there can be a rule where only [X] amount of inbox threads are eligible for AC? That way, people wouldn't become too reliant on them, and would encourage them to stick primarily to posts.

[lord_wizard]

I like that idea. I wouldn't mind testing this idea out with that kind of limit in mind.