Strawberry425

Warrior Cats - Plague of Misery

However, thinking about it now, it would be inappropriate to keep a hold of them without the player's permission, regardless of my intent of killing them off swiftly. I think it would be easier if everyone ignored their character's involvement in the RP altogether, as if they were never there.

@Ginger Kollie

I think this is the best way to go about it In most RPs I've been in, this is ultimately the conclusion when someone does the disappearing trick, and I think it works very appropriately in this situation.

The best thing, at least, was that he gave the roleplay a tough time and you reacted immediately and efficiently. I just wasn't comfortable with the way you worded it; I thought, for some reason, Timberpaw's involvement, regardless of being a background character, would be prolonged within the RP, but I'm glad to hear you were planning to kill him off quickly. Ultimately, however, I'm glad you've deciding to go with ignoring; I think its the one that works best when RPs come to these bumps. I mean, sure, sometimes things might get rocky if those characters were in the middle of interacting with someone else...but at least you will have safely stayed within the rule of not touching somebody else's character without their permission, and then things move on and smooth themselves out!

Warrior Cats - Plague of Misery

I noticed everyone by the Great Sycamore, but just kinda went under the assumption that the sycamore was big enough that maybe the cats had not yet notice one another.

More importantly, on to the topic of the legality of Blizz's character being withheld for the RP. I cannot stand idly by while someone expressly desires for their character to be removed from an RP, regardless of the fact that Blizz was kicked out. This is in no way a respectable or moral thing to do.

Surely Warriors is copyrighted by their respective authors, and by that extension, none of these characters are purely original. They have their roots within the fiction of three or four separate and established, authors.

However, these characters are still the original creations of their respective roleplaying authors, and therefore do not fall into the total jurisdiction of the GM. Surely the GM can dictate what is right and what is wrong and where to the plot is going. But, by taking another writer's character from them, especially a writer who is aware their character is being taken, without their permission, you are expressly plagiarizing. And though Blizz was relatively rude, and broke the rules multiple times, his character is still his character. If he so chooses to kill off Timberpaw, however crude the execution, it is not in your power to say no. I don't understand why Guild, unlike some other RPing sites I am a part of, does not enforce this rule. A character is the property of its author, not the Roleplay, and not the GM. Just think about it in terms of legality; if Blizz so wanted, and this literature was published, then he could very well sue for blatant plagiarism. He killed his character, and I believe that should be the end of that. It appropriately ended his involvement in the RP and removes the character from the game.

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Carbon Monoxide alarm just went off, so this post is going to take a bit longer. I'll be here, lingering in the background, but I've been kicked from the comfort of my desktop and the inside, to outside (which was rather nice this morning, but the sun is stinging now) and have been reduced to writing the post on my phone, which is proving to be relatively annoying. Unfortunately, I can't go to the nearest library to write up a post because I can't leave my parrot and my sister. Bare with me, everyone, please!

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Working on a post right now!

El Grande (Fantasy Frontier RP)

@Sparkwell

Ohh I like you're idea for a character.

Well, hopefully we can get some more interest in here and then I can get an OOC thread up and running :)

El Grande (Fantasy Frontier RP)

@Sparkwell

Well, I've been thinking about that. We've already got werewolves, and I think the wolves that I've created have still got that "magical" element to them...I mean scientifically, do they really sound plausible? Nope. But I tried! LOL

So, I have already been thinking of a way to implement Native Americans. Their cultures are so varied that, it's a lot to take into consideration, and I want to keep some accuracy with what tribes we include as we travel through the pre-settled USA. At first, because the image of the Native American is so notorious for riding horses, I thought I would include Centaurs as a part of their culture; but its a Greek idea, and ultimately, I just didn't like it.

I much preferred the idea of skinwalkers, and the idea of them being completely and totally native to the North American continent, as well as being found in the Native American population only.

I think, this is where you can see just how blurred science and magic get in this RP. While I'd prefer magic play the subtlest of roles in this RP, I don't mind having these skinwalkers, who are able to totally morph into a single animal, preferably an animal found on the North American continent. These Skinwalkers would be, like the Werewolves and Amazons, subspecies of Human.

To expand upon Native Americans: while many of them would be found in tribes, many others have begun the transition into "civilization". That is to say, certain Native Americans are now trying to integrate with the invasive foreign "American" invaders, meaning that among our little rail family, we could find a good deal of Native Americans and by that extent, Skinwalkers.

To expand more on magic and science: Magic is not something that every character should be able to wield, and for that matter, its not very commonplace either. I think it would make things to easy, and quite frankly, I don't see it playing the conventional role of character wielded power. Rather, I like the idea of plots revolving around enchanted and alien artifacts, those of with are so magic'd up that our characters will be baffled by them. I also like the idea, of, among the Native American, a rather powerful shaman boss. I think, where big magic is concerned, I will reserve it for very powerful characters, so to speak.

Does all of this make sense? Or does it just sound like a jumbled up mess?

Fused At Birth

@The Mad Hatter

No probs Hatter. I know you've been interested in this from the beginning. Take the time you need. When the times comes and if you decide you want to join up, we'll find a way to implement your character into the present plot. I actually don't really think it'll be that much of a hassle to introduce a new character later in the plot, so everything should go fine.

As for everyone else, I hope you all are okay with this, and okay with playing with just six players. I'll get in the next plot post soon, and we can get this thing really going.

Welcome to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

So, I'm have a little, teeny, weeny, bit of writers block...my words are just not coming out right, and I don't want to make too much of a shitty post...I blame it on the sleep deprivation and also the fact that I am H-O-O-K-E-D on Kingdom Hearts right now. Me and my sister have just got the 2.5 version of it for the PS3 and have been blazing through it nonstop, but also tiring ourselves out and not taking appropriate breaks...in the past two days since we got it, we've already accumulated 10 hours of gameplay. Which means, not only am I a garbage can, but I'm also an addict. And since I also tend to play Skyrim like a garbage can who is addicted, I know one of these good nights I'm going to have some fucked up permutation of a dream between Skyrim and Kingdom Hearts...Skingdom Heartrim.

But ANYWAY, I'm digressing. What I want to say is, I'm going to take a nap and work on it tomorrow when I feel more refreshed. I do in fact have some stuff down, but its kinda nasty and jumbled, and I just do not feel its the right quality to post or put in a post. So, tomorrow!

Fused At Birth

Same! We've got a male dominated cast, except for young Sarah, and I'm pretty sure Spencer's going to have to run her knowing mouth about it and ask why LOL

Fused At Birth

So, I'm eager to get into the swing of the plot, but we're still waiting on @The Mad Hatter. I'll wait out a little longer, but I may have to end up moving on. I don't mind big gaps, but I don't want the gaps to get to the point that the rp ends up dying.