[Rail] Academy City OOC II : ONEESAMA!!!!

[Bago!!!]

Cool.

Huh... How do I respond to something that happened the previous day?

[Silverraptor]

I forget. Does Jason know what Jirou's power is?

[Anyr]

I forget. Does Jason know what Jirou's power is?

Not unless he learnt it from other sources.

[Silverraptor]

Not unless he learnt it from other sources.

All I wanted to know. Now I can plan his response better.

[hanzo66]

Sorry, were you looking to continue this scene? If so then you might want to attach a [Saturday Night] tag to the post, so that people can tell that it takes place in the past. This is especially useful if you're going to post for the sunday version of Avery as well, since having two incarnations active at once can get very confusing if they're not clearly marked.

Sorry 'bout that. Was busy these few days. I guess I'll just can that post and make a new one.

[FlashRah]

Yo ho and a bottle of rum my fine chums.

I've been looking into getting some solid RP time and seeing how bloody active this is this might be the ticket.

So... anything I should know?

[Anyr]

Yo ho and a bottle of rum my fine chums.

I've been looking into getting some solid RP time and seeing how bloody active this is this might be the ticket.

So... anything I should know?

Welcome aboard. Almost everything you need to know about creating a character can be found in the first post of this thread, which also has a link to the wiki. Aside from that, feel free to post any specific questions that occur to you.

[FlashRah]

Disregard previous statement. I have discovered that this is not for me. Phooey.

[Mina Kobold]

Disregard previous statement. I have discovered that this is not for me. Phooey.

Why not?

Something wrong with the setting?

[Anyr]

Disregard previous statement. I have discovered that this is not for me. Phooey.

Oh, that's a shame. You're of course welcome to return if you ever change your mind.

[FlashRah]

Why not?

Something wrong with the setting?

Yes there is.

Oh, that's a shame. You're of course welcome to return if you ever change your mind.

Thanks. I never rule anything out so who knows...

[Anyr]

Yes there is.

Assuming it's not too much trouble, could you possibly be more specific? If there's some aspect of the setting that's driving potential players away, we'd like to know about it. Unless of course it's just a case of being set in the wrong time period or suchlike, in which case there's not much to be done about it.

[FlashRah]

Well I thought it was an original setting but now that I know that it's based off some anime I've never even heard of. Nah... I know it says watching the show is optional but since I realise that the world is already made rather than what the players make of it I don't care for it.

[Silverraptor]

Well I thought it was an original setting but now that I know that it's based off some anime I've never even heard of. Nah... I know it says watching the show is optional but since I realise that the world is already made rather than what the players make of it I don't care for it.

I actually thought the same thing before I first joined. But I gave the anime a chance and I was hooked. Why don't you give it a try?

[Anyr]

Well I thought it was an original setting but now that I know that it's based off some anime I've never even heard of. Nah... I know it says watching the show is optional but since I realise that the world is already made rather than what the players make of it I don't care for it.

An understandable concern. Though knowing the source material isn't essential, it definitely helps. Anyway, if you're ever looking for a good anime or manga in the future then it might be worth giving Index/Railgun a try. It's a very enjoyable series, even when it's not being used to create forum RPs.

[Mina Kobold]

Well I thought it was an original setting but now that I know that it's based off some anime I've never even heard of. Nah... I know it says watching the show is optional but since I realise that the world is already made rather than what the players make of it I don't care for it.

Well, if you want an original universse then the Nexus is pretty fun.

I still think you should give Railgun a try but I don't blame you for not.

[Frozen_Feet]

I think I'll have Hinata do something weird, but I'm lacking ideas.

So... give me ideas! XD

[Mina Kobold]

I think I'll have Hinata do something weird, but I'm lacking ideas.

So... give me ideas! XD

Dance contest?

Build a fort of toothpicks?

Cosplay as a character from the Railgun Anime?

Tofu?

[Silverraptor]

I think I'll have Hinata do something weird, but I'm lacking ideas.

So... give me ideas! XD

Battle the Evil Monkey Man and save the Eigth Dimension!

[shinnmoso]

Here's a nice sketch I've done of Rockwell... Sorry, it was done on Scrap paper so whatever was behind came through >.<

[Lillith]

I think I'll have Hinata do something weird, but I'm lacking ideas.

So... give me ideas! XD

Let Hinata bump into Rockwell. No seriously. Do it!

[Frozen_Feet]

^Consider it done.

[Lillith]

^Consider it done.

This can only turn into something hilarious with those two interacting!

[Lillith]

Okay sorry for the double post but the story is obviously in a rut again. For those of you wondering why I am not starting the plot it's cause I can't. I've tried to do it subtle in the game itself, but as long as I have to deal with a big massive group where people stick together like glue I can't do a thing. I guess I'm a bad dm cause I tried to persuade you guys to split into groups but I don't know, it's not happening.

Anyways, I don't really care what happens as long as you guys have fun so if the story involves a big group of people I'm just gonna sit and wait for another day and let you guys have fun now. But I felt obligated to inform you people why I'm not doing anything.

[Anyr]

Ah, it seems that you've run afoul of one of the pitfalls of freeform plot design: If everyone's free to act as they will, how can you plan complex plots ahead of time? There's no single correct answer to this sort of question, so everyone develops their own way of dealing with them. For instance, I prefer to create the various actors and their motivations with almost no reference to specific scenes that are going to contain them. Instead I'll say 'Right, this villain's trying to take over the city using method X, for the sake of reason Y. Given that and his personality type of Z, how would he react to this off-the-wall thing that the players are doing right now?' That way there's no preplanned set of scenes to derail; The plot's actors are people just like anyone else, so they simply adapt to the circumstances.

Of course, that's not a method that's going to work for everyone. Assuming you're the type to prefer more tightly scripted plots, the best advice I can give is to communicate more in the OOC. If you need certain conditions to prevail in order for your plans to succeed, then you need to actively arrange for them to happen. People are often quite happy to go along with scripted cues, but they have no way of knowing what's required if they're not told about them. A quick note in the OOC or some PMs to the relevant players can be all that it takes to set things on the right path.

In short, don't feel obligated to do this alone. If you need small groups rather than big clusters, just tell us; Chances are we'll be happy to help.

[Lillith]

Ahhh I thought it was kind of a big no no to pretty much tell people to do so and so. (I was joking with Hinata/Rockwell) And well my story isn't really that tight scripted, only the start. I thought it would be better if different groups would work on different parts of the story. Then people wouldn't be dependable on such a large number of people for the story to continue and they could make their own twists and such. So I thought up different plot points for different groups to work on. And well improvise from there. Never had to be a dm or something before so I'm not surprised I already messed up.

[Frozen_Feet]

Don't be too hard on yourself. First times are always riddled with mistakes.

The trick is to tell people what to do in a way that makes them think it was their own idea in the first place.

[Rhydeble]

I love the calling card shinnmoso.

[shinnmoso]

I love the calling card shinnmoso.

Thanks, made it in 10 minutes in Xara :)

[hanzo66]

Oh and also, terribly sorry about being absent. I've been busy with various things, leading RPing to be in something of the Backburner.