Furare
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Sept 1, 2013 9:00:02 GMT -8
Post by Furare on Sept 1, 2013 9:00:02 GMT -8
...do people still play/want to play this game?
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Sept 1, 2013 18:21:04 GMT -8
Post by Jolyma on Sept 1, 2013 18:21:04 GMT -8
yesssssssssssssssssssss
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Sept 1, 2013 20:15:36 GMT -8
Post by firebolt153 on Sept 1, 2013 20:15:36 GMT -8
What Joly said
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Leif
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Sept 1, 2013 21:43:14 GMT -8
Post by Leif on Sept 1, 2013 21:43:14 GMT -8
If it involves reading and cocktails, I'm in.
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Sept 2, 2013 7:05:04 GMT -8
Post by Marinated on Sept 2, 2013 7:05:04 GMT -8
I'm in!
I was going to suggest we run a small game on the YPP forums to drum up interest from new players but... they're not loading for me at the moment which isn't a good sign.
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Sept 2, 2013 10:19:55 GMT -8
Post by firebolt153 on Sept 2, 2013 10:19:55 GMT -8
I got them to load for me, but I'm not holding my breath
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Furare
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Sept 3, 2013 1:55:06 GMT -8
Post by Furare on Sept 3, 2013 1:55:06 GMT -8
We can give it a go, I guess; they have loaded for me every time I've tried lately. I don't know what everyone has in mind, exactly, so chip in if you've got any ideas.
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Sept 3, 2013 10:35:58 GMT -8
Post by firebolt153 on Sept 3, 2013 10:35:58 GMT -8
Something book related?
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Leif
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Sept 3, 2013 11:05:44 GMT -8
Post by Leif on Sept 3, 2013 11:05:44 GMT -8
ROMS: The Write Stuff.
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Sept 3, 2013 16:33:32 GMT -8
Post by DementedDuck on Sept 3, 2013 16:33:32 GMT -8
Can we... can we role play a fictional character? Because I might have to play if that's going to be a thing.
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Sept 3, 2013 20:27:06 GMT -8
Post by firebolt153 on Sept 3, 2013 20:27:06 GMT -8
If I thought I could pull it off I would totally do that
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Furare
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Sept 4, 2013 0:30:23 GMT -8
Post by Furare on Sept 4, 2013 0:30:23 GMT -8
Nothing has ever stopped you from doing that if you wanted to. I think Leif tried to RP Sam Vimes once. PS: Not that there's anything wrong with theme ideas, but I was actually more looking for what sort of game people wanted to play.
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Sept 4, 2013 2:19:10 GMT -8
Post by firebolt153 on Sept 4, 2013 2:19:10 GMT -8
You mean like vanilla or roles? Speed game? If we do a speed/small game, is it worth doing it over on the YPP forums to round up some new blood? Also, where has everyone disappeared to?
Clearly I have many questions at 630 in the morning.
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Furare
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Sept 4, 2013 2:42:07 GMT -8
Post by Furare on Sept 4, 2013 2:42:07 GMT -8
Yeah, size, speed, roles or no, location, that sort of thing. Even I need the bare bones before I can start thinking about the flesh. Edit: Oh, and your last question is something I've been wondering myself. >.>
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Sept 4, 2013 2:58:53 GMT -8
Post by Marinated on Sept 4, 2013 2:58:53 GMT -8
My preference would be for vanilla, not too small (9 or more players?) and not too speedy (72-84 hour days). But I'm happy to go with whatever comes. :)
I think people might start re-appearing now the holidays are over and things getting back to normal.
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Furare
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Sept 4, 2013 3:06:13 GMT -8
Post by Furare on Sept 4, 2013 3:06:13 GMT -8
*sets out bait for ROMS players*
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Sept 4, 2013 4:03:21 GMT -8
Post by wrecker15 on Sept 4, 2013 4:03:21 GMT -8
I reckon playing a game or two on the YPP forums may help. Maybe. I'm not sure - there are several factors that make me think it won't help. But it's certainly more likely to attract people than just a signup thread.
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Sept 4, 2013 5:23:54 GMT -8
Post by randomact on Sept 4, 2013 5:23:54 GMT -8
I probably shouldn't sign up for anything anytime soon. I'm trying to find a job and ROMS would just make me procrastinate everything in my life even more!
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Sept 4, 2013 9:58:56 GMT -8
Post by Aethera on Sept 4, 2013 9:58:56 GMT -8
I can't. As always, my life is nuts.
But I think the YPP forum game is a good idea. Seeing it played might help recruit. Though the game is getting deader all the time.
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Sept 4, 2013 12:52:25 GMT -8
Post by firebolt153 on Sept 4, 2013 12:52:25 GMT -8
What about on mafiascum, or whatever it's called? Or is that not a good idea? Where else could we look to recruit, to bring in players who might not even play YPP?
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Furare
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Sept 4, 2013 13:58:10 GMT -8
Post by Furare on Sept 4, 2013 13:58:10 GMT -8
I am not convinced the MS playerbase would mesh that well with our way of playing the game, and I don't know how they feel about people they don't know running games on their site.
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Sept 4, 2013 14:34:51 GMT -8
Post by Riku on Sept 4, 2013 14:34:51 GMT -8
I'd probably play a game as long as the days were on the longer side. I don't think a roled game is necessary, but I like the themed game/roleplay ideas. I've always wanted to have, like, roles where you are encouraged to roleplay as your role (it used to happen occasionally, but i haven't seen it lately), but then there's the danger of giving away that you are the doctor by roleplaying as a doctor. So for that to work, either the roles would have to be entirely new and their effects hard to guess by roleplay, or have there be no real uses to the roles, they're just assigned for roleplay purposes, and it would essentially be a vanilla game except more fun.
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Furare
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Sept 4, 2013 15:48:42 GMT -8
Post by Furare on Sept 4, 2013 15:48:42 GMT -8
I could certainly see about making some sort of vanilla/near-vanilla Costume Party-esque game. That could even tie in with what DD was saying earlier about roleplaying as a fictional character - like, you get given an archetype to play, but you can pick a specific character on your own (if you want to). So if you get given "Private Detective" you could be Hercule Poirot or Sherlock Holmes or Sam Spade or whoever takes your fancy.
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Sept 4, 2013 16:32:28 GMT -8
Post by firebolt153 on Sept 4, 2013 16:32:28 GMT -8
Ooo. I like that idea
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Sept 4, 2013 17:29:13 GMT -8
Post by Bunnylaroo on Sept 4, 2013 17:29:13 GMT -8
I'd play. And I like the "Costume Party-esque" idea too!
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Sept 4, 2013 18:08:38 GMT -8
Post by Crazy Mg on Sept 4, 2013 18:08:38 GMT -8
Sounds good.
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Sept 5, 2013 0:34:15 GMT -8
Post by wrecker15 on Sept 5, 2013 0:34:15 GMT -8
There is also the possibility of playing live-ish games on epicmafia. Last I checked there is a way to fit a password to your games so that we don't get random people crashing the game. They are a little bit different from how we did our live games before, but the built in system makes it convenient to access. I may be able to join a short game if it runs between mid September and October, but will have less time to commit again after that.
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Sept 5, 2013 0:39:44 GMT -8
Post by Marinated on Sept 5, 2013 0:39:44 GMT -8
I am not convinced the MS playerbase would mesh that well with our way of playing the game, and I don't know how they feel about people they don't know running games on their site. The playstyle there isn't that different to ours, but the deadlines are usually longer although there's a discussion thread there at the moment about running much quicker games, more like ours. But it's entirely up to the individual mod how quick they want their game to be and faster games have been run. You'd have to play a game there and be on the site for three months before joining the mod queue, and that's just to run a basic game of up to 13 players after which you can run larger and/or more intricate games. Mods have a fairly free hand as to how they want to run their games, even so far as overriding some of the site rules. What they don't like is people going there to try to get players for their own mafia-like site.
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Sept 5, 2013 0:40:36 GMT -8
Post by Marinated on Sept 5, 2013 0:40:36 GMT -8
I've always wanted to have, like, roles where you are encouraged to roleplay as your role (it used to happen occasionally, but i haven't seen it lately), but then there's the danger of giving away that you are the doctor by roleplaying as a doctor. I think you might like a Smalltown type game. In Smalltown everyone knows your role but not your alignment.
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Furare
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Sept 5, 2013 0:51:41 GMT -8
Post by Furare on Sept 5, 2013 0:51:41 GMT -8
What they don't like is people going there to try to get players for their own mafia-like site. I figured that would probably be a problem for them. I don't really like the live game (because I am not good at it - but at least I'm honest about that being the reason) so I would probably pass on anything like that, really. But that's just me and I'm aware lots of people do like it, so y'know, it would only be a problem for me if that became all that was ever played. If people like the Costume Party idea I'll have to see how many literary archetypes I can come up with that will be fun to play. I'm sure there must be a lot.
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