[OOC] Pokemon: New World

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Zarkun Ah, congratulations! And there's no rush, I'm just checking in on people.

[Balthazar007]

@LuckyBlackCat@Dusksong@Zarkun

Hey guys and gals,

It sure has been a while! I'm glad to see a few people have stuck with this RP. I've recently quit my full time day job underneath "the man" in order to focus more on a company that I have started. I'd rather not talk about the details on that. It IS legal and wholesome; I just want to keep my real life separate from my RP life.

That being said, my schedule has opened up immensely. I'm want to revisit this RP in order to build some much needed features, such as a gym infrastructure. As my first order of business, I would be moving some content from the 1st OOC post to the 0th OOC post,so Co-GMs can edit the 0th post. Unless there are any objections, this would replace the off-site google document.

I would then be promoting new people to the position of Co-GM. This would be a solid way of spreading out the work load even more. If you've been active in this RP and would like to be a Co-GM, just let me know. To keep things organized, Co-GMs would have different areas of focus (e.g. Co-GM of Location Approvals, Co-GM of Character Approvals, Co-GM of Organization Approvals, Co-GM of Story Arch Tracking, etc...)

Also, I will not be continuing work on the stand alone site that I began earlier. I have my hands full already in regards to website development.

Let me know what you all think about me becoming re-involved in this RP and the ideas mentioned above. I don't want to make any moves without your approval, seeing as you all have been much more active than myself. I only want to help your community grow and hopefully become an active participant myself. And on that note, any input at all would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Balthazar

[Zarkun]

@LuckyBlackCat@Dusksong@Zarkun

Hey guys and gals,

It sure has been a while! I'm glad to see a few people have stuck with this RP. I've recently quit my full time day job underneath "the man" in order to focus more on a company that I have started. I'd rather not talk about the details on that. It IS legal and wholesome; I just want to keep my real life separate from my RP life.

That being said, my schedule has opened up immensely. I'm want to revisit this RP in order to build some much needed features, such as a gym infrastructure. As my first order of business, I would be moving some content from the 1st OOC post to the 0th OOC post,so Co-GMs can edit the 0th post. Unless there are any objections, this would replace the off-site google document.

I would then be promoting new people to the position of Co-GM. This would be a solid way of spreading out the work load even more. If you've been active in this RP and would like to be a Co-GM, just let me know. To keep things organized, Co-GMs would have different areas of focus (e.g. Co-GM of Location Approvals, Co-GM of Character Approvals, Co-GM of Organization Approvals, Co-GM of Story Arch Tracking, etc...)

Also, I will not be continuing work on the stand alone site that I began earlier. I have my hands full already in regards to website development.

Let me know what you all think about me becoming re-involved in this RP and the ideas mentioned above. I don't want to make any moves without your approval, seeing as you all have been much more active than myself. I only want to help your community grow and hopefully become an active participant myself. And on that note, any input at all would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Balthazar

@Balthazar007

Would be good to see ya come back! Also good to have a Gym and Poke League infrastructure. I'd also be good with whoever you appoint as Co-GMs.

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Balthazar007 Yes!! It's still alive! As the most active person here besides Dusk, I'd be happy to be a co-GM.

Just a question. The timeline's become a little skewed from absences (not anyone's fault, it's just that time of year) so what's happening with that?

[Balthazar007]

@Balthazar007 Yes!! It's still alive! As the most active person here besides Dusk, I'd be happy to be a co-GM.

Just a question. The timeline's become a little skewed from absences (not anyone's fault, it's just that time of year) so what's happening with that?

@LuckyBlackCat

Well, being gone for so long myself, I'd like to take on the daunting yet exhilarating task of reading through everything that has been written in my absence. I'll form an opinion on that question after doing so.

I'll take your positive response as a motion to proceed with these updates. If we can get a second from @Zarkun or @Dusksong, I will begin.

[Balthazar007]

Oops, I missed Zarkun's original post. I'll get started then. First order of business is reading and seeing what you all have created in my absence. I'm very excited about that! I think I'm going to start on that right now actually. I'll post here again once I'm finished.

[Balthazar007]

Okay, I've skimmed over the top of everything. It seems as though a solid break has been met. Now is the perfect time to do a time skip. If I may, I would like till Friday night to try and revamp this RP. I'll have 3 objectives.

1) Condense and simplify the manual and processes currently in place.
2) Move content to the the 0th post so that Co-GMs can help edit.
3) Release/upgrade at least one new feature. I'm open to suggestions. Gyms? Contests? Etc...

When the time skip happens, it will be the middle of a new day, three days later, a "Monday" (just to pick one). I will be simplifying the time elapsing model, so don't work about sunrise or sunset anymore.

Any objections?

[Balthazar007]

Actually, one question.

Who thinks that we should move this to a brand new RP? "Pokemon: New World 2.0"

Pro: There are a lot of retired characters now. This would help unclutter the character's tab. If someone wanted to rejoin, they could copy their character over to the new one.

Pro: This will make the RP as a whole look more clean, and might thus attract new users.

Con: Sentimental value of this RP.

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Balthazar007 Yep, I'm ok with a timeskip. It's probably best story-wise, Florence is currently out of commission and Zarkun's character Tommy is waiting for a badly injured Pokemon to be healed.

Gyms and contests sound good! Looking forward to both. It seems most people want gyms first, so that might be the best one to go with.

Edit: New thread could bring more people in, some people in the interest check take one look at this RP and say how established it looks, even though it's pretty easy to jump in.

[Zarkun]

Okay, I've skimmed over the top of everything. It seems as though a solid break has been met. Now is the perfect time to do a time skip. If I may, I would like till Friday night to try and revamp this RP. I'll have 3 objectives.

1) Condense and simplify the manual and processes currently in place.
2) Move content to the the 0th post so that Co-GMs can help edit.
3) Release/upgrade at least one new feature. I'm open to suggestions. Gyms? Contests? Etc...

When the time skip happens, it will be the middle of a new day, three days later, a "Monday" (just to pick one). I will be simplifying the time elapsing model, so don't work about sunrise or sunset anymore.

Any objections?

@Balthazar007

Sounds good to me. I would like to request that we add Gyms, a Pokeleauge and something non-battle focused, like contests or the like. Gives us some more structure to work with.

[Balthazar007]

You got it! I'm working hard as we speak and loving every minute of it.

I have a related question for you all though. Did anyone in this RP try to PvP battle using the Pokemon Showdown method? If so, how did that feel? If not, why didn't anyone use it?

Similarly, has anyone used Pokemon Showdown in other RPs? How did that work out?

[Zarkun]

You got it! I'm working hard as we speak and loving every minute of it.

I have a related question for you all though. Did anyone in this RP try to PvP battle using the Pokemon Showdown method? If so, how did that feel? If not, why didn't anyone use it?

Similarly, has anyone used Pokemon Showdown in other RPs? How did that work out?

@Balthazar007

I think we kinda did in the battles, I know in the one PvP battle I did with BlackCat, we used only type moves. But, it didn't feel right. I understand the purpose behind it, but it feels...I don't know how to say it other than wrong.

[Balthazar007]

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I think we kinda did in the battles, I know in the one PvP battle I did with BlackCat, we used only type moves. But, it didn't feel right. I understand the purpose behind it, but it feels...I don't know how to say it other than wrong.

@Zarkun

Using Pokemon Showdown felt wrong in general? Or using only type moves felt wrong?

Also, I've created a 0th post for the IC section. I wrote in a general Plot overview, but I need help filling out the Chapters that will be contained within hiders. That's where all you come in. Can you all please summarize any major plot points that have happened since the inception of this site. I know it is a daunting memory exercise, but don't sweat the small details. You can break it into multiple "Chapters" or condense it all into the "Chapter 1" hider. At this point it is more your story than mine. So you all can do as you like. @Zarkun@dusksong@LuckyBlackCat

[Balthazar007]

Oh... there is a 2 Co-GM limit. I already have Dusksong and LuckyBlackCat already volunteered. Zarkun, do you mind helping LuckyBlackCat by proxy?

[Zarkun]

Oh... there is a 2 Co-GM limit. I already have Dusksong and LuckyBlackCat already volunteered. Zarkun, do you mind helping LuckyBlackCat by proxy?

@Balthazar007

I'd be happy to help.

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Using Pokemon Showdown felt wrong in general? Or using only type moves felt wrong?

Also, I've created a 0th post for the IC section. I wrote in a general Plot overview, but I need help filling out the Chapters that will be contained within hiders. That's where all you come in. Can you all please summarize any major plot points that have happened since the inception of this site. I know it is a daunting memory exercise, but don't sweat the small details. You can break it into multiple "Chapters" or condense it all into the "Chapter 1" hider. At this point it is more your story than mine. So you all can do as you like. @Zarkun@dusksong@LuckyBlackCat

@Balthazar007

Primarily the only type moves. Pokemon learn tons of moves, even if they don't match the type, and denying them that move feels wrong.

[Balthazar007]

Primarily the only type moves. Pokemon learn tons of moves, even if they don't match the type, and denying them that move feels wrong.

@Zarkun

I know the off-site version of this RP never took off (my fault). But I would like to refer to a section on there that addresses your issue. Click this ---> LINK

That is closer to how I'm looking at doing things now.

[Balthazar007]

Hey everyone!

I just remembered something. Silly me.

Dusksong already took all the information that I was going to use on a stand alone site and created another RP within the roleplayer guild. This is the link to it: LINK.

I'd like to use that thread's content (maybe just dial it back a bit and make it more focused). All the ideas that I've ever had are neatly put together there. Unfortunately, all of Dusksong's work on it is located in the 1st OOC post instead of the 0th OOC post. This means only she can edit it. This leaves us with two options.

1) We wait for Dusksong to come back online, before making any decisions. She hasn't logged in for 14 days (as of the time of this post).

2) I copy and paste all of her work and build a new RP off of it. Technically, she copied it from me first from my stand alone site (with my permission of course), so I doubt she would mind.

What do you all think?

[Zarkun]

Hey everyone!

I just remembered something. Silly me.

Dusksong already took all the information that I was going to use on a stand alone site and created another RP within the roleplayer guild. This is the link to it: LINK.

I'd like to use that thread's content (maybe just dial it back a bit and make it more focused). All the ideas that I've ever had are neatly put together there. Unfortunately, all of Dusksong's work on it is located in the 1st OOC post instead of the 0th OOC post. This means only she can edit it. This leaves us with two options.

1) We wait for Dusksong to come back online, before making any decisions. She hasn't logged in for 14 days (as of the time of this post).

2) I copy and paste all of her work and build a new RP off of it. Technically, she copied it from me first from my stand alone site (with my permission of course), so I doubt she would mind.

What do you all think?

@Balthazar007

Copypasta.

[Balthazar007]

@Zarkun

Awesome! Actually I remembered that Dusksong and I have a Discord direct chat going. So I reached out. It's all good. She's cool with me copy and pasting. With that shortcut, I'll have everything done by the end of today or sometime tomorrow at the latest.

[Balthazar007]

Phew! I'm beat! I've been fine tuning the new RP all afternoon. It's coming along nicely. I'll continue tomorrow. Check out the work thus far here: roleplayerguild.com/topics/167727-pok…

Currently, I'm trimming the fat and re-imagining some aspects. My main focus is the 0th post of the OOC tab. I'm working from the top of the post down. I've made it as far as the manual hider "Organizations". Everything below that point is still subject to change. Hopefully it will all work out and be much easier to grasp once finished.