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Old 09-26-2010, 09:38 AM   Top  -  End  -  #31
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One thing I've noticed recently - a large amount of games are fizzling out because narrators are disappearing. I thought we had a rule that games had to have conarrators? Or something?
I don't think that's a rule, but maybe it should be, at least for first time narrators.
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I don't think that's a rule, but maybe it should be, at least for first time narrators.
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I think it was a rule, at one time. But I'm not old enough to remember. Can we get a really old player to give us their wisdom.
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Yes, that is a good idea. How about someone really old, like, say...

DM77?

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Yes, that is a good idea. How about someone really old, like, say...

DM77?

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D'oh -_-''
It was never a rule but it was recommended. Not in the first games, though.
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Guess what first time narrator had to do 2/3 of the big WW game all by himself and who was at fault x_x

And I didn't even get the ownership of the game theme in the deal
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One thing I've noticed recently - a large amount of games are fizzling out because narrators are disappearing. I thought we had a rule that games had to have conarrators? Or something?
Based on the Central OPs (Both before and after I rewrote them), co-narrators were recommended, but not compulsory, except for Classic.
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But they're not forbidden. And as we know, everything that is not forbidden is compulsory.
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Looks like Gehenna starts recruiting tomorrow.
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How much candy? What happens if someone mails you lotsa candy? Do they get lotsa candy and level ups for their pokemon in return?
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How much candy? What happens if someone mails you lotsa candy? Do they get lotsa candy and level ups for their pokemon in return?
1 pound of candy = one rare candy. 3 pounds of candy = 2 rare candies. 5 pounds of candy = two rare candies and a health potion that will let you use your One Time Use Pokemon a second time!

Hey, as long as I'm exploiting people, sending Atreyu a copy of a Pokemon game playable on the GBA, Gamecube, or Wii, will allow you to have a second Pokemon!
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Atreyu, you said POKEMON, this just looks like some random names scribbled onto a used candy wrapper by some hoofed entity.

Everyone knows there are only 151 Pokemon.
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What is this I don't even...

Atreyu, you said POKEMON, this just looks like some random names scribbled onto a used candy wrapper by some hoofed entity.

Everyone knows there are only 151 Pokemon.
151, you say? Yes, and no.

You see, there are 151 ORIGINAL Poke'mon, from Bulbasaur to Mew. As the years have gone by, more of the creatures have been created... for a total, as of generation 4... 493 Poke'mon! And that's not counting the generation thats coming in next year from Japan.

Yet, some people trapped in the past, continue to say that there is only 151 Poke'mon, or that there are no Poke'mon past the 251 of Johto. I don't blame them, though... considering the diety-level Poke'mon that have started appearing.
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I'll hold him, you hit him.

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151, you say? Yes, and no.

You see, there are 151 ORIGINAL Poke'mon, from Bulbasaur to Mew. As the years have gone by, more of the creatures have been created... there are no Pokemon past the 251 of Johto.
I think this is what Eternal Drifter meant to say. The rest was just a set of meaningless combinations of letters which merely appeared to be words stated utter nonsense.
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I like to have a spot in January for S.E.U. VII: Corruption if that's okay.
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You'll have to be more specific. Also, SEU VII already happened. Add I to the number.
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You'll have to be more specific. Also, SEU VII already happened. Add I to the number.
How strange, I went back and looked in my threads... very well then VIII it is, and let's say January the 3.
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How strange, I went back and looked in my threads... very well then VIII it is, and let's say January the 3.
Wolfbane started the thread.
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Atreyu, you said POKEMON, this just looks like some random names scribbled onto a used candy wrapper by some hoofed entity.

Everyone knows there are only 151 Pokemon.

*SOBS* It used to be a table of 151 Pokemon and some new fangled ones, but...but...now its just a mess and I can't get it to be a table again!!!

If someone wants to run it, they can tweak it so it only uses the 151. You'll have to take the part about Introbulus dying out for Mareep, but that's easily done.

I just want my table form back!!
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So would one-shot Pokemon still evolve into a usable form, or are they just gone?
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I think it was a rule, at one time. But I'm not old enough to remember. Can we get a really old player to give us their wisdom.
It was never a rule, but a really good idea were if RL comes and takes you away, then your first game to narrate doesn't become your last game to narrate because you loose everybody's faith in your being able to run a successful WW game.

What people look for in a narrator....
Consistency with updates (Timeliness, PMs sent and received, actions happen as explained, questions are answered)
Balance in game roles (No role or set of roles given to one player allows them to dominate all the other players or be dominated by all the other players.)
Amusing narrations of death (We don't like to die from games, but if we gotta go, then let's go with a smile!)

Do you really take the risk that RL attacks (and RL will attack!) and your first game bombs because of it, thus scarring you for the rest of your WW career? I wouldn't.
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Amusing narrations of death (We don't like to die from games, but if we gotta go, then let's go with a smile!)
Either this, or creative narratives. I've personally always received more praise from certain updates from Vampire then I ever did when trying to be funny.

This one, from Classic IV, which was also the inspiration for Helgraf's Scry Interference Rule if I recall correctly, has always been my personal favorite.
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