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An important discussion [message #2413]

Tue, 09 June 2009 23:01

Tikatu
Messages: 803
Registered: May 2008
Location: somewhere in the South Pa...

Field Commander
Mother Hen

As I announced in the email I sent to the players, I feel it may be time for our role play to take a hiatus. It's been going for over five years now, which is a long time as role plays go.

I've started this thread for discussing the idea, particularly from the players' POV. Input from our other members and readers is also welcome, though it is the input we get from the players that will determine the ultimate decision.

An excerpt from the email that explains how I feel:

Quote:

"Everyone is busy, whether it's with school or work or just plain life in general. When there is a conflict, everyone brings it to me to solve, instead of talking politely and calmly with each other. People aren't carefully reading what has been posted before writing their own stuff, and when something comes up where edits have to be made, there's complaining about that. Despite our recent push to have Liz and Rain do more betaing, I'm still the one who gets the lion's share of that work--and my betas have been less than stellar lately. I'm the one who knows what's going on, the one who keeps all the plates spinning, and I'm finding that the plates are beginning to drop more and more."

So, how do you feel about a possible hiatus? Should we do it? If so, how long? Where should we go when we return? Should we push time forward? Restart the whole RP? What do you think?

[Updated on: Wed, 01 July 2009 00:30]

- my IR:TNP OTP!

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Re: An important discussion [message #2414 is a reply to message #2413 ]

Wed, 10 June 2009 02:51

TracyFan4Ever
Messages: 31
Registered: May 2008
Location: Montgomery, AL, USA

New Recruit

Maybe a hiatus would work, so it could help all our engines start up again. As for how we should do things, I say move time forward. After all, we've been in 2068 for nearly five years! I feel bad for Dianne because she does feel like she's carrying the brunt of the load. Now, I'll admit when it comes to plot, I'm not as sound there. Grammar and spelling, on the other hand, I'm very strong in. I could do basic grammatical and spelling checks for posts, if that would help anyone. What do you think?

BTW, I do understand about the different British spellings. Smile

Life is too short, so play hard! Callie Spenser

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Re: An important discussion [message #2415 is a reply to message #2414 ]

Thu, 11 June 2009 23:18

Icarus1982
Messages: 111
Registered: July 2008

IR Operative

Well, as one of the newer members of the roleplay, I think my position is a little different. Not only is it still 'new' to me but I'm actually going to have more free time over the summer months than I normally do. Also, in my experience, taking a break from something usually means the end of it. Anything I've been a part of that we've tried that, the members never quite got around to getting it started again.

I wouldn't mind moving time forward a little. It would save me some of the hassle of getting the Crenshaws established on the island. I'm more in favor of skipping ahead a few months. I think a year is a little long. What about skipping to New Year's Eve.

As for a reboot of the role play, I think it might get too confusing if it was too similar to the current one. Someone might start writing something with something in mind that happened in this role play not in the current one.

That's just my thoughts on the subject. In short, I vote no to a hiatus and yes to moving time ahead some.

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Re: An important discussion [message #2416 is a reply to message #2413 ]

Fri, 12 June 2009 14:34

scuppy3
Messages: 54
Registered: May 2008
Location: Australia

IR Operative

I'm quite happy with a hiatus; I'm finishing my schooling and trying to get my driver's license, which is taking up a lot of my time.

Do a reboot? Actually, yes, I think that would be a good idea. I'm not sure why exactly though.

For my part, I've been grumbling to myself about Jenny, wishing I'd made her more challenging, because I find myself struggling to find something worthwhile to write about. And I'm shy of writing about the canon, in case I tread on someone else's toes.

If we do a reboot though, can the RP go faster? For instance, if nothing much is happening with the characters, then we simply skip to the next major event and perhaps give a quick rundown on anything minor that happened during the time we skipped.

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Re: An important discussion [message #2417 is a reply to message #2416 ]

Sun, 14 June 2009 15:54

Tikatu
Messages: 803
Registered: May 2008
Location: somewhere in the South Pa...

Field Commander
Mother Hen

Susan emailed me today with this, and gave me permission to post it. If there's anything else she needs to add, she's welcome to do so.

You can post any part of this if you wish but I wanted this to go to you first.

I don't post much, I know. I know this bothers some people. But life has been hard the past couple of years. I enjoy the writing I do for this site but I don't write to relax or because I have an overwhelming need to write (a friend who is a fan fic writer put it like that). I write when I find something to write about.

I think you are a person who has to write. But when writing becomes a chore, something is wrong. I doubt it's the writing that's the problem, though. Its the soap opera.

I think we all could use a break. We need to do something else for a bit. I also think we should do an automatic break or slowdown for the months of November and December. Between Nwanmo and the holidays we don't need the extra stress of somone waiting on us to post something.

I don't see how restarting anything would help. We aren't bogged down by the past much and I think it would cause more trouble than it's worth. What would we do about Christopher, Kat andd Brandon? Having people leave is a normal part of life.

We could have fun with Thanksgiving and Christmas, but they might cause some problems I'm looking forward to Vince's talk with his wife about IR and the talk with thier son. Not to mention Scott's reaction to meeting someong taking the same path he did. But I bet they wouldn't move until after Christmas no mater what. So we could restart with them moving to the island. Which would be a nice paralell with the start of the story and Tyler running into his dad's office about the plane bringing the building materials for the cliff house remodeling.

The thing is, what do you need to do to make it fun again? Maybe we should take a month long break and then decide what we want to do. That may not be fair to the newbies. I remember how frustrating it was to have to wait 5 months before I posted my first post- which I'd had written for 3 months. I think it was another 2 months before you were ready for my second post.

Susan Martha

- my IR:TNP OTP!

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