[Seluna]

Currently, there are 6 roleplays, not counting Evil Dictators Unite and after I closed and archived the inactive ones on owner's request. I have some roleplays still being moulded by their creators, and they will go up as soon as they are done and satisfies the conditions.

However, I'm still thinking of having one roleplay that is created by combining opinions of roleplayers together (in the feasible way, of course), just to see how successful a roleplay can be with combined effort in creation. So, just name your preferred or would-like-to-see:

- setting (medieval, modern, futuristic or what)
- plot-line (what sort of main plot or story in the background)
- roleplay method (freeform or prodded along by creator or something else)
- species (not necessarily according to setting)
- special abilities (psychic powers, magic, the likes)
- miscellanous (other stuff not mentioned above)
- length of RP (approximately how long would you like it to take to reach the end)

The meshing process will be done in this thread, and when everyone (or the majority) agrees with the way the roleplay is developing, the OOC thread will be written, a manager (or just creator) will be chosen, and the roleplay will go up. Sounds good?

Yes, this is quite like the creation of Necropolis, only this time round, everyone... and I mean everyone, oldies or newbies or retired but seeking to come back roleplayers... can be involved. So, ladies and gentlemen... ^^ let the ideas flow.

[Dart]

Normally when I create my RPGs I just trust the opinions of RPGers I know and can work with, not an entire forum, but I might contribute to this scheme anyway and see how it comes along.

I'd suggest a plotline that can work in a number of settings. Something to do with civil war, where neighbours and countrymen, friends and perhaps even family, are at conflict over their views on the future of the created setting. Civil War is a well-rounded basis for a plotline because it creates tension and character goals, as well as leaves room for traits such as despair, suffering, conflict, death, change and perhaps even love.

Setting isn't quite as important as a solid plotline and I believe the plotline of a civil war works well for this sort of RPG creation. Because civil war also leaves room for many creative elements such as player/character factions and contrasting character views. It also has the capacity to be more then just 'good vs. evil' or 'us vs. them'.

[Shion]

Civil war sounds good to me.

I personally prefer a Sci-Fi/Modern Day/Alternate Timeline setting, but fantasy suits me fine as well. I seem to like playing the role of a soldier, so I'd have no objections to Tim's suggestion.

[Seluna]

Okay... but I would like to see other opinions on plot as well as the other aspects. I'm somewhat dubious about civil war since I'm still not sure what exactly classifies as one. But whatever.

Surely not every single roleplayer out here prefers civil war, right? So please, voice your plot opinions.

[Krazed]

I'd like to see a fantasy where, as said above, it is not an us vs them mentality. like.. were you could be borderline good or evil, and just live in an rp world but not have to be on a side in a huge conflict.

Like, have (just for example, not an actual setting) three nations. you can be a merchant, and write about adventures you have while trading and wandering about this world. or, you could be a mercenary, working for nation one then, when their done fighting with nation two, join nation three in its new conflict fighting nation one.

An rp without any real end, that would just talk about living in this rp world. kind of like an mmorpg, but in text form. i think something like that might be kind of cool to see.

[KeeroTashimi]

Though i much like the idea of a civil war,..or even just a war would be fine,as it sounds very interesting, but i would like to see something like i dunno..a vampire rp...(the more i think about it the more i'm leaning towards that war idea...xp)....Though..maybe it could be a fantasy war of somesort..and well have vampires in it ...It wouldn't be an us versus them sort of thing..(like if we included a bunch of other things(demons..etc....)because vampires...aren't demons..really( if anyones read the vampire chronicles by anne rice...xp)..and are considered a race of their own....But meh..whatever comes up with the war thing..i'll do...bacause i am interested, no matter what.

[Yume-chan]

I'm actually alright with the war idea and the setting. And YES to special abilities. Only that we have to come up with realistic goals for the end of the RP(length of RP). Like for the morale of the RPers so to speak.

Notice that the RPs that really get to finish are usually either ones that have short plot, (Dragon vs Pheonix & Draconian Chronicles I) or took really darn long to complete (DC III). >.> Heck it is happening right now with many of our RPs...

This post has been edited by Yume-chan: 21 July 2005 - 02:12 AM

[Dart]

Follow-up to what I said before about civil wars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war

So you see a civil war can count for many things, but I'd suggest instead of leaning towards something as rapid and less violent as a political coup, that our setting should be based around something like a long drawn out civil war between competing factions or rulers trying to pacify and take control of the setting country/empire/universe/whatever.
Also, because it is a long drawn out war take our opportunity to make something with an open ended conclusion. As in, the ending and victors of the civil war are not predetermined at the start of the RPG, and that the 'factions' of players at the beginning of the RPG don't necessarily have to be the same at the end. Open-ended Roleplaying, but not necessarily freeform as each character should have some part to play and not just fade into the background or take off in their own private world.

Also remember civil wars are very tragic things and never straightforward things. If we use this idea we have to keep things simple without resorting back to the "clichés of RPGing warfare".
The setup to the RPG can be simple but its likely the actual playing of such an RPG would be complex and possibly not what we're looking for in this project. Not my decision to make though.

I'm not really interested in working out a setting for this, I'm more suited to working on the backstory and things of that nature. What drives the RPG.

[Seluna]

If most roleplayers genuinely wants to try out a civil war for a new roleplay, we can have it though it will be very messy roleplaying. Like Tim, I would recommend against it because I would prefer this to be easier to include many elements and simpler to play out.

Anyway, any more other ideas? Keero, I quite like the vampire rp idea ^^ and also Krazed's idea of a non-conflict roleplay sounds fun... considering most of our roleplays involve war and fighting of some kind.

[Stranger]

Personally, I would like to see a rp play out to be strongly episodic. Something that can be lighthearted and comical at times but also capable of being morose and emotional. Having short stories that involve the characters and the world and less on some overbearing plotline. It must be easy for new rpers to jump in but at the same time keep the interest of the more senor members.

Sel, if you think I should outline more about my Fantasy/Western Rp, just say so.

[Seluna]

Sel, if you think I should outline more about my Fantasy/Western Rp, just say so.

Nope I have no problem with your roleplay, Stranger. ^^; It's scheduled to go up once I see your finished work. Same goes for the other roleplay in queue.

I'm just looking to create another roleplay, one that can be rightfully called a dreamers roleplay, not a Tim's roleplay or Penguin's roleplay. One that the majority, if not everyone, can be involved in its very creation all the way to the end. Many of our roleplays come to a prematured end, and though I joined many, I've only seen two played out fully and come to an end.

The roleplay, like I said in my first post, is to be created from everyone's opinions and preference so that at least something will attract the roleplayers to stay on. Straying roleplayers is another problem with our roleplays. I wish that in having a hand in development, roleplayers will have incentive to stay on.

And, I genuinely would like to see what is the type of roleplay that everyone prefers in an approximate common. Of course, if it turns out unique, that's always a plus. You can say that this is a little experiment to see how having members being involved in the very development can affect a roleplay and how successful it can be.

Personally, I would like to see a rp play out to be strongly episodic. Something that can be lighthearted and comical at times but also capable of being morose and emotional. Having short stories that involve the characters and the world and less on some overbearing plotline. It must be easy for new rpers to jump in but at the same time keep the interest of the more senor members.

XD You know, this accurately describe my very first roleplay, that one which got me addicted/obsessed with roleplaying. It was pretty much episodic, the plot not obsessed about, and characters have side-stories (romance, hidden past revealed, the likes) and it was pretty easy for new rpers to join in. I'm very interested to see something like that in dreamers.

[Stranger]

You know what Reaver. I'm sorry for calling you an ass. Your totally right. No need to correct him Sel.

Anyway, thanx for the encouragement Sel. I did in fact have another idea. A roleplay in which the player's more or less play, or at least make an honest attempt to do so themselves. The clincher is its set in a fantasy realm, or a techie realm or some such. We could use that Civil War theme, too. Like have it start off as "us" just graduating from a military academy. Of course the rp wouldn't be completely serious or completely truthful about ourselves, but it would make things interesting.

This post has been edited by Stranger: 21 July 2005 - 08:59 PM

[Seluna]

You know what Reaver.  I'm sorry for calling you an ass.  Your totally right.  No need to correct him Sel.

>.< Adam, you know better than to react to SR's post. Brian, don't go overboard with expressing your opinion please, I would really hate to have to deal with you or your posts. If you have problems with each other, get it over with yourselves, or bring it to me. I'll willing to hear the both of you out, at the same time even. Just please don't make things difficult in the RP forum.

Anyway, thanx for the encouragement Sel.  I did in fact have another idea.  A roleplay in which the player's more or less play, or at least make an honest attempt to do so themselves.  The clincher is its set in a fantasy realm, or a techie realm or some such.  We could use that Civil War theme, too.  Like have it start off as "us" just graduating from a military academy.  Of course the rp wouldn't be completely serious or completely truthful about ourselves, but it would make things interesting.

It would, make things interesting I mean. Having to roleplay ourselves, you mean? That's something that's quite rarely done, isn't it? But yea... it sounds like fun. Let's see how everyone else think about this?

[Krazed]

I would like to see a civil war play out. but something beyond that. not really with an end. but not non-conflict either. Like i said, you could pick any character at any stage in life in any profession. have a merchant character and talk solely of how he lives his life. or be a mercenary and fight in the various wars that would naturally be existant in a world. You could be a king of a small nation and talk of your attempts to gain power, land ect. You could talk of maintain your army, and your thoughts on what your doing, and interact with the mercenary mentioned above.

Like, it would be continuous. Not just a civil war, that would end with them winning or losing. there could be a civil war in the plot, but it wouldnt be the focus. the focus would be on the world at large. it could be one to help noobs to start in and learn the basics, and that would hopefully keep old rpers interested too. you could be a peasant talking about the conditions of your life, whether its good or bad, and tlak about the theives harrassing you, or be the peasants king, and improve the peasants life, or tax the hell out of him. Or, you could be the leader of an uprising against the king of this country, either for good or evil purposes.

now, i suppose part of the plot could be an ultimately evil figure that controls the evil and he'd be locked in a continuous struggle against the ultimately good character (think voldemort to dumbledore in Harry Potter) and give these roles up to whoever wants them. if theres multiple people who want each role,, we could figure something out im sure. but these would be (in my opinion) harder to fill. i dont know about others, but i'd rather be just someone who lives in this world, rather than the major character.

now about this idea, it'd be like, THE evil dude has somehow manipulated the uprising, but THE good guy would manipulate others to stop it. I dunno, getting in over my head here it feels like, but im really just thinking out loud. but, this to me, sounds like the basis at least of a good idea. someone, back me up here =p.

[LonelyTsukasa2025]

I think these are fantastic ideas, so i'll throw mine in i guess, despite it being a mix of everyone's (i give credit to you all!) ideas. I think if we try hard we can make the whole thing work quite well. My idea is to run with the civil war plan that Tim devised in this huge country (see example of my planet in the extended rp topic thing). We can also make it episodotic like this: one person will post a fairly long post (3000 char. or something-this can be changed later). This will be about their character(s) interacting in a town, the war (if a soldier) etc.

Then the next post (which will be from another person o'course) will go to a completly different place in the same country and show how that rper's characters are being effected by the same war. Every different person's post will have nearly nothing to do with anyone elses. But each indivual roleplayer has to keep their many stories/posts consistent to eachother and make sense so that in a way we'll have several, maybe more (hopefully) mini-roleplays inside one roleplay. This also solves the "don't use my character problem" since you simply put your charcter in a different town/city etc from everyone elses'.

Or if you feel you can trust the others, have your characters in the same area. I feel this can be accomplished with 10-20 roleplayers. Then have them have one-two characters a piece and you have a great roleplay on your hands. Quite epic if you ask me. Also, since this is a massive collab. rp, i feel we should all have a say in the developement of the world this is taking place on, countries ect.

Lastly, i think i should have a slight say in this moderator thing since i came up with this idea of creating an rp where everyone has a say in it back in the "question to rpers" topic (not sure if it was that one or not, Seluna would know since she started the topic i belive). How's this body of work and ideas i supplied for you?

This post has been edited by LonelyTsukasa2025: 22 July 2005 - 02:15 AM