Update for everyone (I won't send an [ @Mention ] this time because people should be following the thread if they're interested), since I recently made an edit in the opening post. Part of the character sheet is now included for those who'd like to get a head start on working out characters.

I'm considering the removal of the 'Age' category, because it's sort of pointless having that in a role-play where both birthdays and the present date of the story are provided (my IC posts will always include the current date). 'Also Known As' was a category I usually have in my character sheets but it got omitted here. If you have any thoughts about 'Age' being kept or 'Also Known As' being put back in then I'd appreciate you bringing them up with me here.

Also, since we've easily got at least enough interest to meet the minimal requirement for the role-play, I'll be moving things to the official thread in the near future. Before this can happen though, I'm going to bring up another post soon that will divulge on several elements of the role-play (without really spoiling anything) and I'd like all those present to give me any opinions they've got on them.

@KoL
Ah, right. I'd never heard of Gossik before, but it's interesting to know the premise is that similar. I do know Poe, but I wasn't aware of he wrote the first detective story and that's an interesting bit of trivia. If I get some spare time (read: not happening for a while) I'll check out the anime and possibly look into the other story, but I actually don't read very much.

I agree that there's certain aspects that a role-play has to be handled differently to a novel, primarily in the sense that you can't just let the players feel like they're nothing but pawns being used to direct the story down a particularly plot. On the other hand, I do feel that not executing a role-play enough like a novel can also have issues, mostly by sabotaging the quality of the writing. I try to balance out the two, since I'm a very detailed writer in general and I find that I don't so much increase or decrease the amount of detail so much as I change the specifics of the details.

The decision to have this story be capable of multiple 'routes', if you will, was mostly built around the idea that I didn't want everyone to feel like they were just pawns, as I mentioned earlier. At the same time, I'm fairly confident in my ability to move a plot towards a certain direction without killing the immersion for people. For example, I've already explained that this role-play will operate on a time schedule, but instead of simply springing a major shift in time on you all while you're in the middle of character interaction - possibly interfering with whatever you're engaging in - each one of my IC posts will include the current time and I'll be taking efforts to make sure it feels like time is moving forward realistically based on what people are doing.

@Shoryu Magami
Regarding age, I think it's fine not having to create another section for it. We can just put the age in brackets next to the birthdate.
The reason why I feel it'd be good to indicate the age clearly is because there are people who are just really bad at Math. Not that I am, but I do know people in real life who are - even in my current college class - who are just hopeless even with simple calculations, yeah.

As for "Also Known As", I assume that you mean the nickname or alias the character has. I guess it can be an optional section, because not all characters would require that. In some Western/European names, the nickname/alias may be included in the full name itself, but with quotation marks around it to indicate that it's not part of their real name.

@tsukune
I appreciate the quick input.

Regarding 'Age', based on what you've said I think I'll keep the category where it is. The main reason I considered removing it was actually because it'd force people to edit their profiles (to change it) in the instance that we actually ended up having a birthday come up at some point due to time progressing realistically. I normally like to include other information in brackets in the 'Birthdate' category. For example, if I was to list my own birthday in real life into my usual CS format, it'd be done like this:

November 17 (Thursday), 1983 (GMT+10)

I'm actually still considering having that information in people's profiles, because I personally love little details like that to make things more 'real'. Since this role-play it set in the real world, it's entirely fitting to have this information, but I haven't committed to making it obligatory (thoughts are welcome).

With that in mind, it'd be awkward to have brackets listing the age afterwards, so I think I'll leave the 'Age' category, but I'll somehow have it organized in such a way that it's made clear that it's the character's age at the time the story begins. I'm open to suggestions for how people think it would be best to format or include that information, since I don't usually do it. I'm thinking with the 'Age' category itself will include brackets to mention the context, or when people list their age they include the context that it's based on the date of arrival at the setting.

As for 'Also Known As', it's a staple of my CS format that usually pertains to anything from an 'alias' or 'nickname' to even a 'title' the character has. More than one can be included, and what the thing listed is would also be listed in brackets. If I need to give an example of this, I will, but you should have an idea what I mean. So the question is whether you guys think we should include that category. There's a more complicated reasoning behind all of this, but I can't discuss it until I reveal the information in the 'Private' CS.

@Pudding

But I saw the update in your thread. I can work on a more structured CS now. Is it okay if I change the format? I like to stylise my CS's. I'll keep the necessary requirements in. It'll probably just look different.

I reckon this is probably a question you should've asked in the interest check, so everyone knew the answer.

Honestly, I usually don't like it when people stylize their character sheets too much because it can make things more difficult to read and keep tabs on, but I might be okay with it if it's not too drastic -- I do enjoy cool and personalized looking character profiles. I think I'd probably have to see what it looks like when you're done, because overall I'd like everyone's sheets to look fairly easy on my eyes. It's sort of like when you're reading an instruction manual for a game or a guidebook for an anime -- character profiles usually have a similar format for ease of use.

So yeah, you can try to mess with the format but I can't say whether I'll be okay with it until I see it myself. I did put the code/format their for a reason. You should also keep in mind that I listed the template as 'Incomplete' for a reason too -- even the format isn't finished yet and I'm likely going to personalize it more. I'm currently messing with its format in a PM to try and determine what format looks the best to me on this particular website. People shouldn't assume the format is complete, and should focus more on the instructions in the hider. Regardless of how you mess with it, I definitely don't want the portrait at the top being changed.

@Shoryu Magami
Okiedokes, I wasn't going to do anything drastic. Regardless I'll send you my attempt when I'm finished.

@Pudding
Sounds good.

I've got an IC post to deal with in another thread, and I haven't gotten breakfast yet, but I'll keep a tab on this in case someone speaks to me.

@Shoryu Magami
Actually, this is the kind of format I had in mind, for example:


Personally I'm not too fond of the format you have above - because it looked too "computerized" to me, rather than realistic. I mean, technically when people fill up any forms in real life, most probably don't write their birthdate in the way you've illustrated above, and few people would actually bother to remember the exact day (i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...) their birthdate fell on in their birth year. (For me, I have two birthdates because another is based on the Chinese lunar calendar, which gives me more headache - well, just a trivia.) I'm more inclined to follow the one you've already provided in the CS template.

As for stylizing the CS, my practice is to follow the given coding the GM has provided when applying my character for approval (with very minor tweaks to simplify the coding for myself to make sure it doesn't get errors, because most of the time I type all the coding manually in a Notepad app on my phone since I'm often on the move), and experiment with more stylized aesthetics in my own CS archive thread.

EDIT: Actually, now that I think of it, adding timezone to the DOB in this RP isn't necessary since all player characters would be in the same place - in Paris. Lol.

@tsukune
Honestly, the inclusion of the specific day is something I do primarily because it shows my attention to detail. The fact that I've actually taken the time to know what day it was - or the time zone - just shows there's not a single nuance about my characters that I'm not aware of. It's more showing my work than anything.

In some systems of belief though, a person's day of the week they were born in is actually as important as things like birthday or blood type. I think numerology is the belief system where a person's day of the week being born has an impact on their personality -- similar to astrology. The actual reason I removed the day of week from this CS is because I also removed other information that was usually only related to these sorts of systems. This is the reason why 'Astrological Sign' and 'Blood Type' were omitted, despite often being part of my official profiles.

Also, do keep in mind that my IC posts (which have already been stated to include the current date/time) will actually be including the day of the week. I believe this makes things look more professional and there are sometimes plot points or character interactions that could be relevant to what day it is, so potentially including it in the CS format was more based around keeping it consistent with the IC post information. If you don't think this information being inconsistent with the IC posts will look problematic, I don't have an issue. I like things to have a sort of structure and professionalism to them.

The example you listed above wasn't bad, but it still lacks information specifying that this is the character's age upon arrival at the setting. I'm still contemplating how exactly that information should be presented, so I can include it into the CS format, and this is one of the reasons I haven't removed the 'Age' category yet.

So, any thoughts regarding 'Also Known As'? I should point out that this category would also include names a character had prior to being adopted (if they're adopted) and for characters who've changed their name (either through marriage or for other reasons) would also be included there.

@Shoryu Magami
About the age, I don't know if it's best to keep it. As you said, people might have to change it on their CS if they actually have a birthday. Just having someones B.O.D. makes it easier as the shift of age is still implied and nobody has to edit their CS. In IC characters can work out the age of people based on the information they know about each other.

The 'Also Known As' could this include preferred names? I was thinking about having my character introduce themselves as something easier to say, or shortened. Kind of like;
"My names Andrew, but you can call me Andy"

Before I say anything, I'd just like to say that me and @tsukune continued to discuss some of the thoughts I've presented here over Skype, so some of what I say now will include that alongside taking into account what @Pudding said. I believe I've made my decision regarding certain matters now, so I appreciate everyone's input.

The 'Age' category will be removed, and I also won't be having people include their age in the 'Birthdate' category; in fact, for the sake of us not needing to edit information in the event of a birthday, I want you to outright not put it there. I honestly think catering to people who suck as math is less important than avoiding the annoyances of potentially having to edit the age or work out a way to specify that the age was at time of arrival at the setting. As was just mentioned in the previous post, characters can figure out each other's ages IC. I'm not going to have the day of the week born or time zone included in the character sheets, but I'll still be putting the day of the week in my IC posts -- I've worked out how to handle it now.

The time zone is also redundant technically (like 'Age'), due to the 'Place of Origin' determining it. Due to the complications of things like daylight savings messing with time zones slightly, I think I'm going to remove this from my personal templates too. I knew there was a reason I used to not include it. One detail cancels out another detail -- this is the sort of thing I mean when I say the truth's in the details.

As was brought up in the Skype discussion, and is also something I've personally brought up on the site a few times, the only reason we'd have to include the 'Blood Type' category would be if the story was set in Japan (because their culture believes it has an impact on personality, so you will be judged by your blood type and frequently asked it), there was going to be a transfusion or someone would donate blood (unlikely given our setting, but not impossible), or if there was a certain mystery that could only be solved involving blood types somehow (I don't have anything like this planned... _{yet *shifty eyes*}).

The 'Also Known As' could this include preferred names? I was thinking about having my character introduce themselves as something easier to say, or shortened. Kind of like;
"My names Andrew, but you can call me Andy"

What you just suggested falls under 'nickname', so yes this could be included.

This brings up the next point. The 'Private CS' will be including information that relates to your character's history and also specifies what their wish for coming here is, possibly among other categories, but will also include a category called 'Secrets'. You can take one guess of what this would pertain to -- yeah, I'm gonna allow certain parts of your 'Public CS' to be a lie, but only if the truth regarding those lies is listed in the 'Private CS' you PM to me for acceptance. Not all your secrets are related to deceptions in the 'Public CS' though. With this in mind, I'm still thinking 'Also Known As' should be public.

Any thoughts?

Once discussion about these matters is out of the way, I'll be making one more important update post - possibly hitting everyone with the [ @Mention ] feature - so that significant details not being talked about can be gotten out of the way, and then I'll be posting up the official thread for the role-play.

*temporary post spot*
Sorry, just posted here in an attempt to fix a problem where Shoryu would get redirected back to page one whenever he'd try to view this page.

@Shoryu Magami

Well, I have been out of home most of the day thanks to school and work, so I couldn't place my opinions yet. I hope it doesn't make it look like I'm not engaged with this idea, since I've been keeping tabs of it as closely as I can. In fact, I'm even working on a CS with the fields you provided and planning for those that might come later.

Anyway, here go my two cents. I won't elaborate on Age, since you already reached a conclusion and, frankly, it would really feel redundant, given that we are providing birth dates, already. As for the question about an "Also known as" section, I think it's good to have, if only because most people will have at least a moniker to which they may be called and, say, in case of a transgender character, they may not use their birth name at all unless demanded by law.

Info like sign (Western or Chinese), blood type, etc might not be very important as well, though I like a bit of trivia such as this, it eventually turns a CS into something unhandy to write if you start adding categories. But this brought to me a few questions. What about family relationships, social status/class, potentially, sexual orientation (I'm not very fond of this, but I figure some may be), and other odd information. Do you have any plans to add them? Or can we provide extra bits we think on, maybe on an extra info/trivia section on the CS? By this very way of thought, wat could be public or not, since most of this info is not very 100% private on the days of today anymore and some might even be celebrities onto themselves, so people naturally could know more about their characters. One last bit, maybe, a short description/concept of the character could be a good thing to make public, so that people can get what the idea behind your character is in a brief synopsis, without the need to actively know any info that might be private/secret? Something like:

"Ana is a very cheery young woman, who's working hard on achieving her degree, after getting on a top notch college through scholarship. She likes books and is very fond of long discussions on her favorite genre, horror, and author, Stephen King. Despite her seeming naivete, Anna's smile hides the practiced lore of one used to working hard for long hours in the Indian farmstead where she was raised along with seven other siblings by a couple of loving parents."

I think this gives a good base for other players to interact, instead of a plain black box, without giving too much as well.

Since you already relied to Pudding's question regarding stylization of the CS models, I'll not ask about that as well. I'll say that my public CS will not be heavily tweaked, just a bit of color to make it better readable/more visually pleasant.

I guess this is all I had for the time being.

By the way, would you like to take an advanced look on the CS's public part that you provided here or on a PM? Or should we wait until more is added, and just keep working on our characters? Because I have a very interesting/solid concept in mind at this moment and would like your opinion once I can actually get past the initial draft, sometime up to this Wednesday~Thursday.

Either way, I think I said too much already. Let's leave it at this. I wait fr the reply.

PS:

I forgot to add, what about spoken/known languages? This is a fairly important affair for a real world RP, after all.

Is an orphan hobo acceptable? Barefoot, dirty and torn robes. No idea why you would invite him though...

@KoL
Don't worry -- I'm not gonna assume you're not devoted if you don't respond for a day or so, but I definitely appreciate people who make their enthusiasm clear like you've done now. I'm also really liking how inquisitive you are about some of the more finer details about this project, so don't feel like you're posting too much. I didn't tell people to ask questions in the opening post for nothing, after all.

I've been thinking about a lot of the categories you've listed, actually -- I simply hadn't settled on them or their placement in the CS or which CS they would be most appropriate for. I've also been considering the possibility for a 'Trivia' (to use your wording, though I'm uncertain if this would be the official tag) section for in the 'Public CS' that you could use to give notes you'd like to add about the character, since I also enjoy little trivial details. This same place could also be used to include things such as your astrological or blood type, if those aren't made part of the obligatory section. This way only people who think they're important or useful need to include them. For example, not everyone believes in astrology, but some people might want to make a point that their character is - for example - a Scorpio. I don't follow astrology myself, but because my own sign (Scorpio, and specifically November 17 born Scorpio) fits me quite well and my fiancé's fits her, I actually do usually base all my character's birthdays off astrology -- mostly as a bit of fun.

One of the reasons I've been neglecting to finalize certain parts of the characters sheets so far is that I'm actually deciding what parts I think should be public or private. I like that you've brought up the detail about character's being celebrities, because I'm actually in agreement that if someone wants to play a celebrity it'd make sense that they'd potentially need to make more information public than, say, some regular everyday schmuck. I'll think about this in more detail, because it's actually not something I've thought about simply because I was going to keep everyone's character sheets consistent, but if anyone else has thoughts regarding it then I'd like to hear them, especially since I'm all about realism even in settings with supernatural concepts. Of course, even if a character is a celebrity, there's no guarantee everyone would know them, but it's useful information for people who would.

I've been thinking about a synopsis of sorts myself, actually. The 'Personality' category (I won't go into how I'm planning to have it presented yet) was potentially (hadn't decided) going to be private so you don't know too much about each other, but I like the idea of us basically having a sort of summary of who the character is in 'Public CS' -- this'd sort of be like the basic information you might get about the cast if you - for example - read the character profiles on a DVD you bought, or in novels that include profiles that don't have spoilers.

As I've mentioned, yeah, stylization is perfectly fine for CS, within reason. I plan to give more elaboration on this when I provide the final version of the opening post's CS section. Basically, I want all of the categories to remain in the order and format I've given (basically, I want the answers written as I've asked them to be), but you're allowed to 'make your profiles look fancy' so long as it doesn't end up looking jarring or difficult on the eyes.

I've actually already received a PM from @Pudding with a draft of their 'Public CS' (and I liked what I saw), and I'd be happy to read it if you'd like to do the same. I'm going to ask that people not post a CS into the actual thread until the whole format for the 'Public CS' has been provided and completed, but PM samples are perfectly fine.

I've been considering including the languages your character knows and can speak into the character sheets, but the problem is that this information is only useful for the first few posts at most of the role-play. Again, I won't spoil why, but once you're at the location the whole 'language barrier' concept actually won't exist. There's a very good reason that the letters you all received inviting you to this place were written in your own languages, regardless of how abstract or rare said language was. If your characters happen to meet each other on the way to the location, and you don't know each other's languages, you won't be able to communicate, but once they're there this won't be an issue.

@Bishop
If you can come up with such a character and they'll fit the themes and setting the role-play is going for, I don't see any reason why not. There's actually a good reason (I'm not spoiling it) why anyone could be invited, so don't fret too much about trying to justify why you'd be invited -- this goes for all of you, just for the record.

The most significant criteria is, of course, that this is an offer the character can't refuse, and a person in the situation you're describing would certainly be desperate, so as long as they live somewhere that would allow them to travel (assuming they were bought a passport -- when I say this was an all-expenses paid ticket to the location, I mean it), then this type of character is fine if you've got a CS in mind for one and they're suitable for the role-play. So even if you're not a local of Paris, you'd still be able to come because the letter your character received also includes whatever is needed to get through loopholes or problems preventing you coming here.

Arguably, the host of this thing easily has enough money to bribe people into allowing a criminal to come here. Not that I'm trying to give anyone ideas for the sort of characters to create, but it should give you an idea of how unlimited the possibilities are for what types of individuals can take part in this so long as the character sheets meet my approval.

So long as your character knows some sort of language that would make it possible for them to receive a letter, it should be fine.

Edit: 'Also Known As' has been returned to the CS -- instructions and format are still pending. 'Age' was removed.

@Shoryu Magami

I had one more thought on languages. Perhaps they can be useful if you plan on include language based puzzles at some point of the story, or if one of us (the assassin, maybe) decides to leave a"business card" in a certain language. Unless the writing /reading barrier is going to fall as well as the spoken one.

On my end, I would have a character with four known languages ask of which she's fluent in, being two birth languages, one from the place she went to graduate and French, which is the international language of diplomacy and science.

@KoL
Much like the blood type puzzles, I haven't confirmed whether I'll be using something like that yet with language. I've got a large number of possible mysteries I can go with for the story, and a lot of the puzzles or mysteries do involve communicating with NPCs and such if I go with my current ideas, but I'm pretty much planning to work out the sort of puzzles I want after I have more time to finish the setting and I've got a better gauge of the characters people're bringing over.

I might end up adding the languages though, because I haven't decided on the writing/reading barrier yet actually. It's another one of those 'still deciding' thoughts that I'm settling on since I really only put this project together in the last few days. Known languages is a useful piece of information to include though, with more potential applications than blood type technically, so I'll look into it. Likely going to work it into the CS format once I've rested.

Heading off to sleep now, since I'm well beyond when I wanted to call it a night.

First Edit: I'm awake now -- got a few things to take care of.

Second edit: Posting the next big update here is now my priority. Also, I might be adding a category involving known languages in the 'Public CS', but we'll see.

@Pudding@UnknownScarlet4@Aewin@Ailyn Evensen@tsukune@Xyo@MayLien@CrazyShadowy@Bishop@Masaki Haruna
@KoL@Eidolen
Next group poke incoming. The following post contains discussion points regarding the role-play, and will be one of your last chances to post concerning them. After the discussion on these points is dealt with, I'll be getting ready to move this over to the official thread for the role-play. I'd appreciate people confirming if they're still interested, regardless of whether they've got input or not about the discussion points. For obvious reasons, since these discussion points concern finalizing the details of how the role-play works, those who know they aren't gonna participate in the role-play shouldn't give input -- this doesn't affect them, after all.

I might be missing something, and if that's the case I'll bring it up once I'm in a better state of mind.

Now on a more immediate matter -- does anyone have opinions or feelings regarding the possibility that dead characters will be able to continue to be able to take part in the role-play in some sort of light? Before I even consider discussing how this might work, I want people to give their thoughts, since this element's something I believe my plot can adapt around both ways. Those who die can either be out for good, or I can have ways to allow those characters to continue to be part of this thing to a certain capacity -- I'd like your opinions. This idea primarily exists so people who get eliminated don't feel like they're being 'kicked out' of the role-play, but I've got ways I can use it creatively.

Just for the record -- characters who get killed because their player broke the opening post's code of conduct section (under the title 'The Rules') don't count.

Since this hasn't been addressed yet, I'm reposting it here.


As I've mentioned in the thread multiple times now, this role-play is gonna include an elimination system where players can be killed. While I still don't have a complete idea of how many people're getting involved in this, I'd like us to discuss our thoughts regarding the existence of this system (the elimination primarily exists as a nod to the 'murderer game' thread I run, and also because fans of stories with similar systems - such as Danganronpa - are interested in this role-play), especially considering the plot is a lot deeper than that premise. Examples of thoughts we can discuss include:

• The existence of the elimination voting system in the first place. After all, it primarily exists as a nod to the 'murderer game' thread and also as a nod to things like Danganronpa and such (those shows like that didn't inspire this project, and are mostly just a link people have made in hindsight). Much like Danganronpa, the plot of this role-play has the potential to develop beyond this premise, so keep this in mind. It's entirely possible for people to die in this role-play without the elimination voting system, so I'd like us all to seriously discuss how we feel about that system. Basically, at specific plot points you guys will be engaged in a battle of wits where you need to vote for who you think is the murderer in your group, and the person who gets the majority votes is eliminated.

• Whether or not the murderer will be actively killing people off (other things besides the murderer can kill you, just for the record), assuming we do go with the voting system. The reason I bring this up is the primary motivation for me wanting to know how many people are actually interested in this role-play, because if people are occasionally getting eliminated through voting and the murderer can eliminate people at specific points then our numbers could start thinning out pretty quickly unless there's a lot of players. With this in mind, I want everyone's thoughts concerning this and its symbiosis with the previous point.

'Arena' is the most likely additional tag to be added, simply because part of this role-play is probably (based off the above entry) gonna involve elimination games between the players in terms of a battle of wits, and will be a battle of wits between the players in general unless you all choose to put things aside and work together. The only other option would've been 'Slice of Life', but to the best of my understanding the usual meaning of that tag's misleading and could give people the wrong impression of this role-play. If it could be appropriate and I'm just not familiar with its overall use as a tag, someone should fill me in. If 'Slice of Life' implies realistic characterization and an emphasis on realism (even if it's in a supernatural or unrealistic setting) then most of my works apply to it, since my works tend never to be rooted in escapism -- generally speaking my works are 'literary fiction' and has a large emphasis on psychology, social commentary, and the human condition. 'Fantasy' wasn't included mostly because I feel like it applies to stuff like Lord of the Rings, not contemporary fantasy -- feel free to let me know otherwise. 'Romance' wasn't included mostly because whether or not it happens is heavily subjective to the cast, at least in terms of the player characters.


As I've made clear a few times now in a couple of posts (including updates to the opening post), characters will be registered with both a 'Public CS' and a 'Private CS'. This is to prevent you all from knowing too much about each other's true natures or pasts, to build immersion and create a sense of unknown where even learning about the other players in detail will be an engaging experience full of spoilers and plot twists. With this in mind, I'd like anyone to ask questions or concerns they have regarding how this works and what kind of information goes where. Also, I've already made this clear before but - yes - a lot of the categories in your 'Public CS' are allowed to be lies so long as they're within reason and the truth about them is included in the 'Secrets' section in your 'Private CS'. Both of these character sheets need to be accepted before you post the 'Public CS' into the character tab.

I'm still interested, just working out the finer details of my character. Some things aren't coming to me like they used to.

In terms of the ghost idea, I like it. It gives players the option of still being involved, even if it's a less active role after their death. I may or may not use it, depending on how much I've grown attached to my character and if she still has something to contribute.

I can't say for certain which method of elimination I prefer mainly because of the whole 'we don't know how many are playing yet' thing. If we end up getting a lot of people, the story could be subject to dragging along due to the sheer number of posts, especially if everyone really gets into their characters and lots of stuff happens. So in that case, the murderer taking people out as we go might work out. I'd like to see what the others think as well.

The points you bring up in the missing tag and the CS' look okay to me. No objections or issues at this point.

@Ailyn Evensen
I appreciate you actually giving input in the thread, even if we've been discussing how you feel about these things over Skype.

We'll wait until more people confirm their presence and thoughts.

On a side note -- after some discussion with @tsukune over Skype (I won't go into the rest of our conversation beyond this one point, since it'll probably take more time than I have), it's been brought to my attention that 'Fantasy' is unlikely to confuse people into getting the wrong idea since the 'Modern' tag is already there. Honestly, I was thinking having both would basically make it obvious the genre is contemporary fantasy, but I wasn't sure that's how things worked on this site. Unless someone can address the things I said regarding the 'Slice of Life' tag in my previous post, 'Fantasy' and 'Arena' are the two being juggled now -- 'Arena' obviously dropping off the board if people think this works better without the voting elimination system (which is mostly there for those of you who're fans of 'Who is the Murderer?' or of shows like Danganronpa).

Edit: Also, I haven't made a final decision on whether or not known languages gets a category, since it's not something I actively plan to include in the mysteries yet and the 'language barrier' being broken that I've mentioned previously could easily apply to writing as well. People are free to include known languages in their 'Trivia' if they want to though.

Now for me and from all the RPs that I have witnessed which had a "Slice of Life" tag on them, it usually means normal, ordinary, everyday happenings. Like in a Naruto RP with that tag, people mostly went on shops with friends, eating meat and ramen, visited their neighbors and all the usual stuff you do before a mission. I say that it's not necessary to put that as a tag.

I feel as though none of the tag's are gonna fit to well for the survival esc, scenario/environment. Sadly Fantasy as a tag addresses to heavily to the setting which would probably throw people off. In this instance Arena probably fits best for the pacing of the rp.

It will be interesting to see where we go with the whole background killer thing, a way to pressure or make it more likely for someone in the group to die first I feel should be in the game just to add some player based incentive on top of the Sherlock based stuff.

For instance the idea that instead of a voting system we have a big formal declaration of who someone thinks is the killer and if they are wrong the person who makes the formal declaration dies. I have been talking with Sho about something that doesn't gives the accused person amnesty.