Rytsas se Valar Morghulis,
A man will have difficulty trying to explain this particular concept because of what I am looking for, so please bear with me. The above tags may or may not adequately identify with what we actually end up doing; however, as it is tag happens to be the things I am more comfortable with identifying this concept as. With that being said, please, if you have any comments, concerns, or questions please ask.
It is my desire to produce something of a cooperative Milieu Story. For those of you who do not know, a milieu story places the setting on center stage while leaving the majority of the character's stories in the background. It is my desire to use this to try and create something of a reusable persistent world for myself and/or others to use on the site and/or off. We would start with a couple of characters connected by some way in a settlement of some size in a location of some description that would encounter a very real problem that requires them to go on an adventure across the land. Perhaps it is merely across a country/province like Skyrim on Tamriel or maybe it would involve journeying from Midgar to Nibelheim from Final Fantasy. The point is, we would fill in the blanks and the description as it is required. With that being said there would be a very distinctive out of character requirement that would ask both of us to generate descriptive sheets or some sort of information regarding the things we describe. Perhaps there is a particular monster that you've found a picture for and are using in the story, let's describe it and put it in an "encyclopedia" like article. Or maybe there is a special group we've made. Anything that may be of use to us and other players. It is paramount that one thing be understood. If a character is killed, a new one can be built and join the story in some way. If a player leaves, a new player can join in and build a character to be entered into the story in some way. So this very loose and haphazardly scattered thought seems interesting enough that I may be able to find one person out there who might be willing to make a friend and help me out in having a good time.
"But what about the Star Wars forum? Or other Persistent World attempts on the Guild?"
I will answer this simply by stating that a persistent world on the guild has never truly existed as a persistent world. In order for a persistent world to exist, everything that happens in completed threads (and there should be completed threads) should influence - negatively, positively, or maybe not at all - the other threads that follow it subsequently. For example, if a mapped building is burned to the ground - all subsequent topics created after that threads completion should account for that and the moderating staff should put those gears in motion. It is entirely convoluted for sure - but these things along with various levels of "quests" for lack of a better term carry on the persistent world. Otherwise it is merely a thread in a collective setting. Don't misinterpret. This is completely fine. Just not a persistent world. And quite frankly from what I have seen over the years including before the fall and the infamous.... what was it "Forum 54" or something - a true PW has not existed on RPG.
Age isn't really important here as long as you are competent and creative. Sex is also meaningless here as I do not foresee any reason it would matter - once again as long as you are competent and creative. The only real thing that matters is that a) our creative visions do not clash so much that it ruins the concept, and b) you can obide by the expectations of data collection.
If you are interested just drop a line and we can discuss it further until I feel comfortable starting something up. Further more, anything stated in this thread may be changed in the future to accomodate any misconceptions or to provide clarity.
A man will have difficulty trying to explain this particular concept because of what I am looking for, so please bear with me. The above tags may or may not adequately identify with what we actually end up doing; however, as it is tag happens to be the things I am more comfortable with identifying this concept as. With that being said, please, if you have any comments, concerns, or questions please ask.
It is my desire to produce something of a cooperative Milieu Story. For those of you who do not know, a milieu story places the setting on center stage while leaving the majority of the character's stories in the background. It is my desire to use this to try and create something of a reusable persistent world for myself and/or others to use on the site and/or off. We would start with a couple of characters connected by some way in a settlement of some size in a location of some description that would encounter a very real problem that requires them to go on an adventure across the land. Perhaps it is merely across a country/province like Skyrim on Tamriel or maybe it would involve journeying from Midgar to Nibelheim from Final Fantasy. The point is, we would fill in the blanks and the description as it is required. With that being said there would be a very distinctive out of character requirement that would ask both of us to generate descriptive sheets or some sort of information regarding the things we describe. Perhaps there is a particular monster that you've found a picture for and are using in the story, let's describe it and put it in an "encyclopedia" like article. Or maybe there is a special group we've made. Anything that may be of use to us and other players. It is paramount that one thing be understood. If a character is killed, a new one can be built and join the story in some way. If a player leaves, a new player can join in and build a character to be entered into the story in some way. So this very loose and haphazardly scattered thought seems interesting enough that I may be able to find one person out there who might be willing to make a friend and help me out in having a good time.
"But what about the Star Wars forum? Or other Persistent World attempts on the Guild?"
I will answer this simply by stating that a persistent world on the guild has never truly existed as a persistent world. In order for a persistent world to exist, everything that happens in completed threads (and there should be completed threads) should influence - negatively, positively, or maybe not at all - the other threads that follow it subsequently. For example, if a mapped building is burned to the ground - all subsequent topics created after that threads completion should account for that and the moderating staff should put those gears in motion. It is entirely convoluted for sure - but these things along with various levels of "quests" for lack of a better term carry on the persistent world. Otherwise it is merely a thread in a collective setting. Don't misinterpret. This is completely fine. Just not a persistent world. And quite frankly from what I have seen over the years including before the fall and the infamous.... what was it "Forum 54" or something - a true PW has not existed on RPG.
Age isn't really important here as long as you are competent and creative. Sex is also meaningless here as I do not foresee any reason it would matter - once again as long as you are competent and creative. The only real thing that matters is that a) our creative visions do not clash so much that it ruins the concept, and b) you can obide by the expectations of data collection.
If you are interested just drop a line and we can discuss it further until I feel comfortable starting something up. Further more, anything stated in this thread may be changed in the future to accomodate any misconceptions or to provide clarity.
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