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trans_pilgrims2009-03-08 06:20 am
cityship) wrote in trans_pilgrims2009-03-08 06:20 am
Mod Management post
HEY GUYS, need y'all to weigh in on SIX things. (As well as keep tagging).
1. Chats. Due to the general sporadic-ness of the mods' schedules, sometimes we start chats all over the place, so we were talking about setting aside two days/times a week where we make sure we always ALWAYS make sure at least someone starts the chat. (Between four mods and a bunch of other people, we should be able to manage that, right?)
So my question is this: what two days a week (with times) are your best RPing days? The ones where it's easiest to get into chat and you typically have the most time to fiddle around and be goofy. (A note, if the two days we pick do not suit you, they will NOT be the only days--we try to do chat almost every night if we can, and as early as possible, for the early-timezone peoples. They'll just be the two days we try for when everyone's hit with school busies at once or something, just to keep the place lively until we break through the Busy).
2. Update to the Rules Check 'em out. Added a bit, clarified a bit, after the chat thing is decided, we'll actually pop the chat days in there, under the chat one. Slight change to the character limit that you'll all probably be happy with. Limit has been raised, and no limits to number from a canon, just the closeness limit. Last rule has been added in light of all the mad-crazy love after the RP_anon_meme, because it made me realize how awesome a dynamic we've got going here, and we should always have a little rule-thing reminding us of why we're all here. <3
Is all this kosher with you? Please state y/n + anything you think might need discussion and change or to be added.
3. Tags! LJ TAG YOUR POSTS, PLEASE. ZOMG GUYS, SRSLY. We'll behead you if you don't tag your posts! Stacy will give you an anal probe! It will be terrible. D=
For those who are kinda unfamiliar with lj (since I know a few our newest players are semi-new to LJ RPing) and/or confused as hell because because we use the term "tag" also to mean "post," I mean the little LJ clicky-box version, where it says all the character's names at the bottom of the post and if you click on the little "tag" square in a post (it's next to the edit one) you can pick a bunch of names from the list.
For plot and location, those are aaaall predone and we pop the first one in so it starts to show up when a location first appears or a plot first start. Names are always added in the first podpop the character shows in, so always always go by the list rather than writing something in since sometimes you wind up with doubles (or write it in but just make sure you spell it right). Just make sure y'all tag your character on each post. We now have too many characters really for the mods to keep up and make sure all of you are tagged in (like 60+ characters now), and we REALLY do tend to scout back and read stuff for characters for plot purposes. So right now, I'd like to ask everyone (at least when you have a moment) to go back and make sure you're posts are tagged and respond here with "Tagged for [character] and [character]!" or sommat.
Then from here on out TAG YOUR POSTS OR SAPHIE WILL EAT YOUR FACE. NOM. DELICIOUS FACES.
(Srsly, tho, if you don't, s'okay. I forget a lot too. Just try to keep up with it, if'n you can. Makes it easier).
4. App page tweaked! Some new stuff added, history part tweaked to make it easier on everyone. Is okay? y / n
5. WANTED PAGE. Go forth! Comment! Request for canon-mates.
6. Journal-based RP. Is anyone perhaps interested in turning character journals into the characters' actual journals? I was thinking perhaps that Brainy, Billy, and the tech guys can make everyone comm-rings (since they need comms) but also maybe limited omnicoms. So people have the comm rings for typical instant communication over distances, but can keep written journals other characters can read in their omnicoms. I don't want that to take over the game, though, as I LIKE having the game largely centralized, and don't want to have to update add/drop lists, but it might add a bit of flavor since this is an atmosphere where it would make sense to have them. Is anyone interested in it? Fellow mods, good for the game? Bad for the game? Anyone horribly opposed? (I'd want it to be optional, obviously).
So. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. <--comment!
~Saphie
1. Chats. Due to the general sporadic-ness of the mods' schedules, sometimes we start chats all over the place, so we were talking about setting aside two days/times a week where we make sure we always ALWAYS make sure at least someone starts the chat. (Between four mods and a bunch of other people, we should be able to manage that, right?)
So my question is this: what two days a week (with times) are your best RPing days? The ones where it's easiest to get into chat and you typically have the most time to fiddle around and be goofy. (A note, if the two days we pick do not suit you, they will NOT be the only days--we try to do chat almost every night if we can, and as early as possible, for the early-timezone peoples. They'll just be the two days we try for when everyone's hit with school busies at once or something, just to keep the place lively until we break through the Busy).
2. Update to the Rules Check 'em out. Added a bit, clarified a bit, after the chat thing is decided, we'll actually pop the chat days in there, under the chat one. Slight change to the character limit that you'll all probably be happy with. Limit has been raised, and no limits to number from a canon, just the closeness limit. Last rule has been added in light of all the mad-crazy love after the RP_anon_meme, because it made me realize how awesome a dynamic we've got going here, and we should always have a little rule-thing reminding us of why we're all here. <3
Is all this kosher with you? Please state y/n + anything you think might need discussion and change or to be added.
3. Tags! LJ TAG YOUR POSTS, PLEASE. ZOMG GUYS, SRSLY. We'll behead you if you don't tag your posts! Stacy will give you an anal probe! It will be terrible. D=
For those who are kinda unfamiliar with lj (since I know a few our newest players are semi-new to LJ RPing) and/or confused as hell because because we use the term "tag" also to mean "post," I mean the little LJ clicky-box version, where it says all the character's names at the bottom of the post and if you click on the little "tag" square in a post (it's next to the edit one) you can pick a bunch of names from the list.
For plot and location, those are aaaall predone and we pop the first one in so it starts to show up when a location first appears or a plot first start. Names are always added in the first podpop the character shows in, so always always go by the list rather than writing something in since sometimes you wind up with doubles (or write it in but just make sure you spell it right). Just make sure y'all tag your character on each post. We now have too many characters really for the mods to keep up and make sure all of you are tagged in (like 60+ characters now), and we REALLY do tend to scout back and read stuff for characters for plot purposes. So right now, I'd like to ask everyone (at least when you have a moment) to go back and make sure you're posts are tagged and respond here with "Tagged for [character] and [character]!" or sommat.
Then from here on out TAG YOUR POSTS OR SAPHIE WILL EAT YOUR FACE. NOM. DELICIOUS FACES.
(Srsly, tho, if you don't, s'okay. I forget a lot too. Just try to keep up with it, if'n you can. Makes it easier).
4. App page tweaked! Some new stuff added, history part tweaked to make it easier on everyone. Is okay? y / n
5. WANTED PAGE. Go forth! Comment! Request for canon-mates.
6. Journal-based RP. Is anyone perhaps interested in turning character journals into the characters' actual journals? I was thinking perhaps that Brainy, Billy, and the tech guys can make everyone comm-rings (since they need comms) but also maybe limited omnicoms. So people have the comm rings for typical instant communication over distances, but can keep written journals other characters can read in their omnicoms. I don't want that to take over the game, though, as I LIKE having the game largely centralized, and don't want to have to update add/drop lists, but it might add a bit of flavor since this is an atmosphere where it would make sense to have them. Is anyone interested in it? Fellow mods, good for the game? Bad for the game? Anyone horribly opposed? (I'd want it to be optional, obviously).
So. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. <--comment!
~Saphie
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4. Dude, I go to a wiki when I app and I'm a mod. XD What I sort of figured was, I mean, we do need the histories for some because if we're unfamiliar with the canon, we want to poke around and make sure the character seems IC, and also we like to know background for plotting, but no one likes writing histories, and other than just having it there for convenience, there's no reason to have it there, so might as well make it so people don't have to write it out. The personality and writing sample are far more telling.
5. YOU DID. I'm glad of that honestly. It's hard finding not finding them already in pairs, because I think a lot of friends buddy up and app places together.
6. What I think might work is having a rule about it or something. Like...you can't actually have any ACTION take place on it. No voiceposts, nothing like that. All it can be is like text messaging almost, and if something actioney happens like a fight or whatever, it has to be happening in an actual thread in the real game, rather than portrayed in a journal post. In other games, I've seen people sort of use as it where action is described and then the action doesn't actually...happen anywhere.
But what I'm thinking is like this: http://lil-hellion.livejournal.com/1856.html
This is from the Marvel game Kaylin, Karl and I played at, and that was a very active game, with all the stuff in the main comm. All the stuff the two characters are talking about was stuff that was threaded out in the main comm (with like a hundred comments or so even), so this just sort of supplemented it, rather than replaced interacting.
They didn't really maintain the friend add/drop lists though so it was harder to do stuff like that, though.
I was thinking maybe we'd arranged it like journal posts, but you're not allowed to use it to play out an event, only have it be like someone writing in a public journal. And for ship business ones, you'd mark it as a public ship bulletin thing.
And it'd be okay if other people didn't check the bulletins because some people don't bother to check bulletin boards and someone else will inevitably tell them what's going on in person anyway.
Like I'd foresee the nerds using it a lot for communication on engineering stuff, Brainy and Billy maybe tapping out ideas on their journals from their bunks before going to bed. The guys like Cybil and Chief maybe doing business-like missives on command structure and ship issues. The teenagers using it to titter over each other.
That kinda thing.
There's enough hands on stuff like the Sensoriums that people would still mostly talk in person and it could even be a topic of conversation. "ZOMG, did you see what Leela said on her omnicom about Dean's butt? [titter titter]" "Shut up, Kara!" "Make me!"
Paco: "CATFIGHT!"
And it'd all start with a trial period. And if it WAS abused or used instead of people talking face to face, even after the trial period, we'd plot them out of the game.
Would that assuage some of your worries? (I know exactly what you're talking about with that, believe me. I don't like journal-only or journal-mostly games myself).
~Saph
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