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) 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
➜ PLOTTING 101
➜ SOFT REBOOT
➜ APPLICATION CHANGES
➜ ENTRY TAGS
➜ ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Comments

Re: ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

[strangewonders]

The biggest issue I can see against it, is the way the game uses losses. If it's an OC, that has the potential for abuse, because someone can say 'oh, well, they had this thing that was important, I'll give that up' when it didn't really previously factor into the character's background anyway. (This is more for secondary losses/changing losses, since I would assume the original app would have to give good reason for an initial loss to even be accepted).

If some way can be found to make sure the 'I make my own canon' factor can't be abused, I see no huge reason to reject the idea, though I'm not that big on OCs, personally.

Re: ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

[frisky]

A strong judging of the loss section would come into play here, as we definitely require an explanation as to why a person loses a thing. In normal apps, we do typically have conversations about whether or not we think a loss is weak. Also, thank you for that input!

Re: ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

[strangewonders]

Oh, totally. I know that initial losses need to have a good rational. But I also know that secondary loses/replacements might not be things that were explicitly stated in the app. And for canon characters, it's easy to just point to where in canon the new loss is coming from, but for OCs, there's that issue of 'there is no canon' besides what's already in an app. So I suppose it would just need a little more scrutiny? I'm not sure how closely extra losses are examined, I guess, since I've never put in for one.