[OOC] CLOSED - Ultimate One Universe: Season One

[Master Bruce]

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@Byrd Man

Says the guy who played The Question in multiple seasons of UDC...

[Morden Man]

Season two is only a month away. It's not like that's a significant amount of time for things to change and be better suited for multiple characters per player.

I think Morden nailed it on the head when he said that historically, evidence shows that additional POVs are too tempting for too little yield. It's the same thing I said a little over a month ago when I brought it up. It distracts from constant posting in the majority of cases and encourages players to divide their attention. All of which easily sends us tumbling down the usual hole of players backing out, unable to commit to the deadline, or holding up other players. And subsequently leading to the death of the game.

And, really, why do we need that? Aside from people having other concepts they want to try out, what real purpose does it serve in this game to allow secondary characters in the future?

I am personally very much of the mindset that as soon as secondary or villainous PCs are enabled, that's when we are signing this game's death warrant. There are proven to be far more downsides than benefits, and I'd hate for this thing to die as soon as the second season begins.

@Retired

Perhaps unsurprisingly, I'm in agreement with much of this. I don't know that the success of a game (or perhaps a series of games, should we choose to see it that way) that is still in its fancy quite outweighs years of failure to sustain games based on multiple characters.

I would love for the opposite to be true and for us to be in a position to pick up as many characters as we liked, but that's not where we are as a community anymore. No one is saying you can't play a different character season-to-season, or perhaps drop and pick up characters throughout the season if you have a good reason to do so, but I don't think we can be under any illusions as to the fact this game's success is the exception, not the rule – and given that rocking the apple cart would be a mistake.

As ever, it's to @Master Bruce's credit that he is open to the idea. That we're even discussing it is a good thing, I think – it's a sign that people are enthusiastic about where the game is and how things are going. I'm enthusiastic too. But let's channel that enthusiasm into the right place: having fun in a thriving, active game with some limitations, rather than wishing it away for a free-for-all that dies out after a month.

[Simple Unicycle]

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Season two, we're gonna have a Q-off. Me and you, boy.

@Byrd Man

You will lose. Horribly.

[mickilennial]

Season two, we're gonna have a Q-off. Me and you, boy.

@Byrd Man

Haha. Well damn.

Are you going to write Batman fanfiction in Hub City again?

[Byrd Man]

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Says the guy who played The Question in multiple seasons of UDC...

@Master Bruce

I'm not running Q down. I'm just running down SU's concept of him.

[Retired]

This game has the momentum we didn't have in other games, not because we are limited to one character (though I'm not ruling it out as a contributing factor) but rather we were missing marque members of the Hype and RPG community that made these games work in 2013 and earlier. We've never really respected the games to give the time it needed outside of very few exceptions.

I'm just not convinced that secondary characters or villain POVs is a bad idea in itself. It's just timing, motivation, and dumb luck. We've just had a long run of unfortunate consequences in the past.

@Inkarnate

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. I know from our past talks on this topic for other games that we don't see eye-to-eye, and that's fine, so I'll refrain from spamming the OOC with more of my opinions on the matter. I said my piece, I've let it known where I stand and what I believe is at stake, and that's where I'll leave it.

[Byrd Man]

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You will lose. Horribly.

@Simple Unicycle

Only if you defeat me will you be able to rightfully claim the title of "Comicbook RPG Detective Man"

If.

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Haha. Well damn.

Are you going to write Batman fanfiction in Hub City again?

@Inkarnate

Is there any other way to portray Q?

[Simple Unicycle]

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I'm not running Q down. I'm just running down SU's concept of him.

@Byrd Man

My kung fu master conspiracy detective idea is good, dammit!

_{*insecurely rewrites sheet*}

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Only if you defeat me will you be able to rightfully claim the title of "Comicbook RPG Detective Man"

If.

@Byrd Man

Oh it's on, compadre.

[Byrd Man]

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Oh it's on, compadre.

@Simple Unicycle

I'm not your compadre, friend.

[mickilennial]

May the best sheet win when the time comes, it seems.

[Simple Unicycle]

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I'm not your compadre, friend.

@Byrd Man

You're not my friend, buddy.

[Byrd Man]

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You're not my friend, buddy.

@Simple Unicycle

I'm not your buddy, pal.

[Simple Unicycle]

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I'm not your buddy, pal.

@Byrd Man

this is getting ridiculous maybe we should stop OR KEEP GOING

I'm not your pal, bro.

[mickilennial]

Ladies, you're both beautiful.

[AndyC]

Gentlemen, gentlemen, PLEASE! I think we can all agree on one thing here.....

....if I were to play the Question it'd easily smoke both of you bitches.

[Byrd Man]

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this is getting ridiculous maybe we should stop OR KEEP GOING

I'm not your pal, bro.

@Simple Unicycle

I legit do this at home with my wife for hours

I'm not you bro...

slick.

[Simple Unicycle]

Gentlemen, gentlemen, PLEASE! I think we can all agree on one thing here.....

....if I were to play the Question it'd easily smoke both of you bitches.

@AndyC

yes I have this pre-made for whenever I need it don't judge me

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I legit do this at home with my wife for hours

I'm not you bro...

slick.

@Byrd Man

*gasp*

You take that back.

[Byrd Man]

Gentlemen, gentlemen, PLEASE! I think we can all agree on one thing here.....

....if I were to play the Question it'd easily smoke both of you bitches.

@AndyC

A Question who just sits around all day reading Ayn Rand books? I'm good.

[AndyC]

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A Question who just sits around all day reading Ayn Rand books? I'm good.

@Byrd Man

Hey now, he wouldn't be that much of a one-trick pony.

Sometimes he'd read Von Mises.

[Retired]

I'll hop in on this competition once the time comes.
So that way when I win, you can all hound me about how little I post and ask what is even keeping me here. Then I can respond with: "that's The Question."