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Memory Fading PBP [Pre-Game Exposition and Out-of-Character Thread]

Started by Ishmayl-Retired, December 10, 2006, 01:00:44 PM

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Ishmayl-Retired

Alrighty, first post updated, I'll get a nice update soon and we can start playing.  Cheers!
!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

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For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Furor

What? Huh? naw. It ain't that, are you stupid? man. It's chickens, you know?

            -A Very Serious Bunburyist-

Ishmayl-Retired

Hey guys,
Sorry for the lack of info; I promise I haven't forgotten, nor is this a dead project.  It's just that, for the same reason I've been such a deadbeat with LC's game recently, I've got a lot of "real-life" stuff going, including a possible career change (which is what I've been focusing all my energy on for the past couple weeks).  I'll get some info and we can do this, I still really want to play and am still excited about this.
Cheers!
!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

- Proud Recipient of the Kishar Badge
- Proud Wearer of the \"Help Eldo Set up a Glossary\" Badge
- Proud Bearer of the Badge of the Jade Stage
- Part of the WikiCrew, striving to make the CBG Wiki the best wiki in the WORLD

For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Gwaihir Windlord

Is it too late for me to join?  If not, then say hello to Aramis Lazurus, sorcerer.  If so, then, well, PM me when someone dies or if an opening arises.
Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man that wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish that man would go away

It is amazing to think of how much chaos ten trained men can wreak.  Our world as we know it is easier to destroy then we should like to think.
-Me

Let us have a moment of silence for those who perished in those three days of terror in Mumbai

this is the best thing ever.

Ishmayl-Retired

Hey guys,
Procrastination is done.  I got my new job, so I'm done working on resumes, interviews, etc.  It's now time to begin.  I'm going to post the first opening dialog/session/chapter this coming Sunday, and will be attempting to update it every day.  If every day is too much for you guys, we can make it 2 or 3 times a week.  Basically, here's how I'll do things  (since I don't know anything about running a PbP):

I'll post a chapter opening with a "cliffhanger" (I'll ask a question, or leave an opening, something similar).

The next person to post has the first opportunity to respond to the opening.  Then, the next person must respond in real time, assuming the previous person has already done their action.  Thus, if King Bob asks, "Which one of you people will hold my hand," and the next person to respond is Crit, saying, "I will hold your hand, my liege," then Darkxarth can't come around next and say, "I will hold your hand, Master Bob," because the action has already been done.  Make sense?  Sound fair?

I have the first three weeks planned out (at least, the basic outlines) as a sort of exposition, which will go relatively straight-forward; after that, you guys are running the show, and I'm simply playing the NPCs.  Hope to see you all soon!
!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

- Proud Recipient of the Kishar Badge
- Proud Wearer of the \"Help Eldo Set up a Glossary\" Badge
- Proud Bearer of the Badge of the Jade Stage
- Part of the WikiCrew, striving to make the CBG Wiki the best wiki in the WORLD

For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Darkxarth

All right!  Glad to hear that you got the job, and also glad to hear that the game is going to start up!  I can do a day-by-day game.
[spoiler=Sigariffic!]
[spoiler=Links]Wal-Mart: Post Apocalypse

All hail the wisdom of the Red Mage[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Cookie]Fortune Cookie!
 [fortune] [/spoiler]
[spoiler=Quotes]"No violence, gentlemen -- no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!"
- Sherlock Holmes

" 'Hey, you're that one guy!'
'No I'm not. I'm those two guys, and neither of me is the guy you think I am.' "

- The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy and Dave

"That's cooler than Nuclear Fission in a bag!"
- Me

"There's no problem that can't be solved by throwing a lot of Ninjas at it."
- Anonymous[/spoiler]
[spoiler=The Welcoming Song]Welcome new member,
Hope you like it here,
Just don't let these guys,
Talk off your ear.

When we get annoying,
Which happens quite often,
Be annoying too,
And our hearts will soften.

If ever you're bored,
Just show up online,
We wash away boredom,
In absolutely no time.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Unofficial CBG Holiday Tagline]"It's like christmas, only instead of presents, Santa brought universes!"- Eclipse[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Unofficial CBG Theme Song]CBG, CBG,
A great website for you and me,
Spinning webs, connecting dots,
Building campaigns, advancing plots.
Look out, here comes the CBG.

Is it cool? Listen bud-
It's got nothing but gamer blood.
Can it live on a thread?
Yes it can, it's never dead.
Hey there! This is the CBG.

CBG, CBG,
Friendly neighborhood CBG.
Wealth and fame, never seen-
Though they sound really keen.
To it,
Life is a great big campaign-
Wherever there's a campaign,
You'll find the CBG![/spoiler]
[spoiler=Scouring the old threads...]
I found a great number of old banners and the like and have decided to add them to my sig, just for fun.
[spoiler=Han Solo vs MacGyver]
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=TRON vs Enzo]
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Vegeta vs Prince]
 [/spoiler]
[/spoiler][/spoiler]
-DX

Captain Obvious

Congrats on the new job dude.

And as for the game, allow me be the first to submit a joyous Woohpp!
[spoiler=My Campaign Settings]
The Age of Kings: My main CS(Comments and Criticism welcomed)
Shadows of the Last Alliance: My PbP game\'s CS (Not much written here yet)
...As it is in Heaven: My newer CS (currently mostly just brainstorming)
Vorsatz: my newest setting.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Quotes]
\"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, leaving only the memory of smoke and the presumption that once our eyes watered.\" -Samuel Beckett
\"Who am I lady? I\'m your worst nightmare. A pumpkin with a gun!\" -Merv Pumpkinhead
\"This whole Case is like a chocolate jigsaw puzzle: It\'s messy, it sticks to your fingers and you don\'t know whether to fit the peices together or just take a big bite.\" - Jack Leaderboard
"Pig's lips meet my lips,
Pig's Stomach meets my stomach,
A meeting of meats."
- Anonnymous hotdog haiku.[/spoiler]
My Unitarian Jihad Name is Brother Boot Knife of Forgiveness.
Instigator of the Weirdo Invasion! :weirdo:

!turtle Are you a member of the turtle club? You bet your boots I am!

Ishmayl-Retired

!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

- Proud Recipient of the Kishar Badge
- Proud Wearer of the \"Help Eldo Set up a Glossary\" Badge
- Proud Bearer of the Badge of the Jade Stage
- Part of the WikiCrew, striving to make the CBG Wiki the best wiki in the WORLD

For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Ishmayl-Retired

Hmm.... have I already bored everyone into not playing? :(
!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

- Proud Recipient of the Kishar Badge
- Proud Wearer of the \"Help Eldo Set up a Glossary\" Badge
- Proud Bearer of the Badge of the Jade Stage
- Part of the WikiCrew, striving to make the CBG Wiki the best wiki in the WORLD

For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Captain Obvious

well, it's maybe going a bit slower than i'd prefer, but it's fine.
Mostly i just don't see a reason for me to post at certain points.
[spoiler=My Campaign Settings]
The Age of Kings: My main CS(Comments and Criticism welcomed)
Shadows of the Last Alliance: My PbP game\'s CS (Not much written here yet)
...As it is in Heaven: My newer CS (currently mostly just brainstorming)
Vorsatz: my newest setting.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Quotes]
\"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, leaving only the memory of smoke and the presumption that once our eyes watered.\" -Samuel Beckett
\"Who am I lady? I\'m your worst nightmare. A pumpkin with a gun!\" -Merv Pumpkinhead
\"This whole Case is like a chocolate jigsaw puzzle: It\'s messy, it sticks to your fingers and you don\'t know whether to fit the peices together or just take a big bite.\" - Jack Leaderboard
"Pig's lips meet my lips,
Pig's Stomach meets my stomach,
A meeting of meats."
- Anonnymous hotdog haiku.[/spoiler]
My Unitarian Jihad Name is Brother Boot Knife of Forgiveness.
Instigator of the Weirdo Invasion! :weirdo:

!turtle Are you a member of the turtle club? You bet your boots I am!

Darkxarth

Sometimes, I just can't think of anything for Fizz to say.  But it's going fine.
[spoiler=Sigariffic!]
[spoiler=Links]Wal-Mart: Post Apocalypse

All hail the wisdom of the Red Mage[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Cookie]Fortune Cookie!
 [fortune] [/spoiler]
[spoiler=Quotes]"No violence, gentlemen -- no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!"
- Sherlock Holmes

" 'Hey, you're that one guy!'
'No I'm not. I'm those two guys, and neither of me is the guy you think I am.' "

- The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy and Dave

"That's cooler than Nuclear Fission in a bag!"
- Me

"There's no problem that can't be solved by throwing a lot of Ninjas at it."
- Anonymous[/spoiler]
[spoiler=The Welcoming Song]Welcome new member,
Hope you like it here,
Just don't let these guys,
Talk off your ear.

When we get annoying,
Which happens quite often,
Be annoying too,
And our hearts will soften.

If ever you're bored,
Just show up online,
We wash away boredom,
In absolutely no time.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Unofficial CBG Holiday Tagline]"It's like christmas, only instead of presents, Santa brought universes!"- Eclipse[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Unofficial CBG Theme Song]CBG, CBG,
A great website for you and me,
Spinning webs, connecting dots,
Building campaigns, advancing plots.
Look out, here comes the CBG.

Is it cool? Listen bud-
It's got nothing but gamer blood.
Can it live on a thread?
Yes it can, it's never dead.
Hey there! This is the CBG.

CBG, CBG,
Friendly neighborhood CBG.
Wealth and fame, never seen-
Though they sound really keen.
To it,
Life is a great big campaign-
Wherever there's a campaign,
You'll find the CBG![/spoiler]
[spoiler=Scouring the old threads...]
I found a great number of old banners and the like and have decided to add them to my sig, just for fun.
[spoiler=Han Solo vs MacGyver]
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=TRON vs Enzo]
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Vegeta vs Prince]
 [/spoiler]
[/spoiler][/spoiler]
-DX

brainface

I think ishmayl, to speed things up, you should have your npc talk about muffins.
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." - Voltaire

limetom

So... uh... are we going to get started again sometime? :-|

Just wondering.

Ishmayl-Retired

Guys, I've gotten a couple questions concerning this, and I apologize I haven't answered very quickly.  The reason is, I wanted to think about it.  Personally, I think I may have started the campaign off on the wrong foot.  I'm 100% new to PbP's, and it's obviously I kept things going rather slowly, and probably didn't really know what I should have been doing to make things more interesting, so I apologize for that.  Maybe we can regroup here and speak of some things I could be doing, as well as things you could be doing, that would help things run a bit smoother.  I don't want to end the campaign before it's even begun, and I have a lot of (what I think of as) fun stuff to do, but we've got to get there first.  Let me know what you think.
!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

- Proud Recipient of the Kishar Badge
- Proud Wearer of the \"Help Eldo Set up a Glossary\" Badge
- Proud Bearer of the Badge of the Jade Stage
- Part of the WikiCrew, striving to make the CBG Wiki the best wiki in the WORLD

For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Darkxarth

I was okay with the way the campaign was going, though I will admit it was moving slowly.  I've seen this problem several times before, PbP campaigns that start slowly usually don't get off the ground, unfortunately.  So while the role-playing opening works well for some real life games, it tends to kill off PbP games.

Good methods tend to include the instant action start.  Usually it means that the PCs are thrown together suddenly when something exciting happens.  This isn't a guarantee, but it usually insures that the players are excited enough about playing their new characters to get truly into the ideas of the campaign.

Finally, PbP games in general seem to need to include more action/puzzles/etc. in order to keep players.  There's less guilt about leaving a PbP game than a RL one, probably has something to do with Internet anonymity.
[spoiler=Sigariffic!]
[spoiler=Links]Wal-Mart: Post Apocalypse

All hail the wisdom of the Red Mage[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Cookie]Fortune Cookie!
 [fortune] [/spoiler]
[spoiler=Quotes]"No violence, gentlemen -- no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!"
- Sherlock Holmes

" 'Hey, you're that one guy!'
'No I'm not. I'm those two guys, and neither of me is the guy you think I am.' "

- The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy and Dave

"That's cooler than Nuclear Fission in a bag!"
- Me

"There's no problem that can't be solved by throwing a lot of Ninjas at it."
- Anonymous[/spoiler]
[spoiler=The Welcoming Song]Welcome new member,
Hope you like it here,
Just don't let these guys,
Talk off your ear.

When we get annoying,
Which happens quite often,
Be annoying too,
And our hearts will soften.

If ever you're bored,
Just show up online,
We wash away boredom,
In absolutely no time.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Unofficial CBG Holiday Tagline]"It's like christmas, only instead of presents, Santa brought universes!"- Eclipse[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Unofficial CBG Theme Song]CBG, CBG,
A great website for you and me,
Spinning webs, connecting dots,
Building campaigns, advancing plots.
Look out, here comes the CBG.

Is it cool? Listen bud-
It's got nothing but gamer blood.
Can it live on a thread?
Yes it can, it's never dead.
Hey there! This is the CBG.

CBG, CBG,
Friendly neighborhood CBG.
Wealth and fame, never seen-
Though they sound really keen.
To it,
Life is a great big campaign-
Wherever there's a campaign,
You'll find the CBG![/spoiler]
[spoiler=Scouring the old threads...]
I found a great number of old banners and the like and have decided to add them to my sig, just for fun.
[spoiler=Han Solo vs MacGyver]
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=TRON vs Enzo]
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Vegeta vs Prince]
 [/spoiler]
[/spoiler][/spoiler]
-DX