[OOC] Island in a Sea of Death

[Polyphemus]

I apologize if I sound tense. Definitely not my intention.

[Darkraven]

I apologize if I sound tense. Definitely not my intention.

@Polyphemus

Like I said, relax XD. No need to apologise for something as tiny as this. Like I said, your post's super. I'll write a post like 4-5 hours later once I get home.

I'll also be posting weapons and equipment lists for my character, in case you guys need it. I just need to copy-pasta again.

[Darkraven]

Oh yeah, and I got a few more questions:

1) Do we get to introduce arcs for our characters? Should we run it by you or do it whenever we want to?

2) Related to the above. Do we get to bring about special events related or unrelated to our characters? Is there any rules for this? And how should we do this? Because I've got alot of ideas for my peacekeepers, some of which would change the dynamics of things temporarily or permanently, depending on which idea it is.

3) What about things like influence, resources and stuff like that? How do we track such things? It seems that we're doing it arbitrarily and based on character interactions, but would this be the only control?

EDIT 4) What about events that would add or remove manpower, resources and stuff? Obviously we can't have someone finding an oil tanker stuffed full of M249 Machineguns rather than oil XD XD

EDIT: Also, add manpower to the list in question 3.

[DaDrummer676]

Shit, I have no idea how I'm going to jump in now :P I had a plan and then I had to work on a project last night.... Polyphemus you should add a simple summary section just to show what the survivors have accomplished, but that's just an idea. We should also integrate an equipment function into our characters, so we know what each of the characters have. Maybe just a little blurb at the bottom of the post saying what they have, if anything has been added, lost, broken, how much ammunition they have, etc.

[Stairdweller]

I've been keeping some brief notes on the conversation, @DaDrummer676 and I can PM them to you if you like.

[DaDrummer676]

That would be cool actually, thanks!

[Polyphemus]

Oh yeah, and I got a few more questions:

1) Do we get to introduce arcs for our characters? Should we run it by you or do it whenever we want to?

2) Related to the above. Do we get to bring about special events related or unrelated to our characters? Is there any rules for this? And how should we do this? Because I've got alot of ideas for my peacekeepers, some of which would change the dynamics of things temporarily or permanently, depending on which idea it is.

3) What about things like influence, resources and stuff like that? How do we track such things? It seems that we're doing it arbitrarily and based on character interactions, but would this be the only control?

EDIT 4) What about events that would add or remove manpower, resources and stuff? Obviously we can't have someone finding an oil tanker stuffed full of M249 Machineguns rather than oil XD XD

EDIT: Also, add manpower to the list in question 3.

@Darkraven

These are some good questions, and I'll admit that I didn't think of a few things when I started this RP. Let me take these one at a time.

1. I have no objection to anyone introducing arcs. Unless it's going to shake up the RP, don't feel obligated to clear it with me.
2. As far as special events go, if they're going to substantially change things, I'd prefer you PM me and we can hash it out.
3. As far as tracking resources and manpower, what I've been thinking is that you guys won't really know what's avaliable unless someone makes an IC census or inventory. Even that might not be 100% reliable, either- for instance, it's been established that Remy is hiding some hoarded supplies, so unless he tells the group we can't really count them available. Influence isn't really something I'm willing to tack a number onto, I feel it should come organically within the story from character actions. For instance, Carol might say, "Well, Alice has good ideas, but Bob seems more trustworthy, so my vote is going to him." That's based on how those characters have interacted, rather than just an arbitrary number.
4. I have no objection to people making a windfall like that, so long as it makes logical sense and it doesn't fundamentally change the RP. It's fine to find a working car, finding a working Abrams tank is a little different.

Polyphemus you should add a simple summary section just to show what the survivors have accomplished, but that's just an idea. We should also integrate an equipment function into our characters, so we know what each of the characters have. Maybe just a little blurb at the bottom of the post saying what they have, if anything has been added, lost, broken, how much ammunition they have, etc.

@DaDrummer676

Summary section is a great idea- I intend for this to be an open RP, so a few notes would be helpful to newcomers. Thanks for the suggestion! Maybe also some kind of IC duty/ project roster, that way we can see who's working on digging a well and who's out hunting for food.

If you guys would like to, feel free to add an optional equipment section to your character sheet.

[McHaggis]

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[Amelian Draco]

Alright, got a post up, and put a equipment section in my CS

[DaDrummer676]

Sorry for the short post, I'm sick :(

[Stairdweller]

I think I'm going to keep the contents of Abby's mysterious backpack of mystery a mystery for now.

[Polyphemus]

Alright, let me try out this duty roster thing. This lets us know who's doing what (good for collab posts) and which jobs need more hands.

SUPPLY RAID
Roy Patterson- Polyphemus
Remy Hunter- McHaggis
Calvin O'Riley- Red_massa
Gearbox- Amelian Draco
Chris Valentine- DaDrummer676

SEARCH AND RESCUE
Captain Ishida- Darkraven

CAMPUS SWEEP
Sam Crowe- teapotshark
Ray-Ray- LokiLeo789

As you guys can see, we definitely need more manpower for the campus sweep.

[LokiLeo789]

I guys Marcus could always join the sweep, I was planning to have him work on the solar panel, but he can be convinced to do otherwise.

[Darkraven]

I thought they didn't want Captain Ishida and crew to do a recon on the Wal-mart?

[Polyphemus]

Perhaps I misread your post- I assumed Ishida was going to have a look over the town in his armored vehicle.

[Darkraven]

Perhaps I misread your post- I assumed Ishida was going to have a look over the town in his armored vehicle.

@Polyphemus

He's actually going to town with his armoured rover to do a search and rescue mission to find some of his lost soldiers, who had shown up on his GPS.

But you've kinda read my mind a little bit. Being the idealistic type, he's always going to look for ways to help, so he's also going to be on the lookout for things that might help his tattered unit and the group. He's also looking for... other things, which I won't spoil it for you guys yet.

[Polyphemus]

That's my mistake, I'll edit the roster.

That's what I like about Ishida- even though he's been inadvertently insulted and disrespected, he's still looking for ways to help out.

[Darkraven]

And I like all the interactions that had been going on. That's what I love about RPs :)

[LokiLeo789]

You know, sigh me up for campus sweep.

[Darkraven]

Doesn't work that way. That list reflects what is ggoing on in IC, not the other way around.