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Sorry for dredging up old posts, but I want to respond to them.
Bluefirecan said :
Fysyx said :
In my [poor] experience, most permanent character injuries come near the end of a thread ...
... My biggest question for you is what made it so interesting in comparison to every other urban powers thread?
Well, I wasn’t solely talking about permanent injuries. PCs regularly make it out just in time before ... any other possible source of damage.
As far as the individual threads go, I think I liked the breakout and chaotic aspect of the first ... The second had good features of everyone trying their hardest to cope with the powers ... Then again, I just liked your writing style, so maybe that’s swaying the thoughts.
In short, I hadn't read Department 37, nor your posts on it, and I immediately assumed damages to be permanent. I was mistaken. And you're right, rarely have I ever actually been hurt in an RP.
They both had their merits. I think next time, I need to go for transparency of information. In my opinion, a large contributing factor to the death of the last iteration was that I basically didn't tell anyone what was going on. That's okay for trying to build suspense and plot twists, but not great when trying to run/organize a thread.
Also, you like my writing style!? I don't know whether to be flattered, embarrassed, or try to correct you.
What qualities do you guys, both players and TMs, think make a good thread master? 404 SIGNATURE NOT FOUND
Bluefirecan said :
Fysyx said :
In my [poor] experience, most permanent character injuries come near the end of a thread ...
... My biggest question for you is what made it so interesting in comparison to every other urban powers thread?
Well, I wasn’t solely talking about permanent injuries. PCs regularly make it out just in time before ... any other possible source of damage.
As far as the individual threads go, I think I liked the breakout and chaotic aspect of the first ... The second had good features of everyone trying their hardest to cope with the powers ... Then again, I just liked your writing style, so maybe that’s swaying the thoughts.
In short, I hadn't read Department 37, nor your posts on it, and I immediately assumed damages to be permanent. I was mistaken. And you're right, rarely have I ever actually been hurt in an RP.
They both had their merits. I think next time, I need to go for transparency of information. In my opinion, a large contributing factor to the death of the last iteration was that I basically didn't tell anyone what was going on. That's okay for trying to build suspense and plot twists, but not great when trying to run/organize a thread.
Also, you like my writing style!? I don't know whether to be flattered, embarrassed, or try to correct you.
What qualities do you guys, both players and TMs, think make a good thread master? 404 SIGNATURE NOT FOUND
07-Aug-2016 15:07:42
Well, Fish got his arm cut off, so there's that. That's pretty permanent. But yeah, most PCs are able to recover from just about anything and/or never get hurt anyway.
Skipping this second paragraph, as I intend to address it in the next topic. But yeah! Your writing style is really good.
A good threadmaster, in my opinion, can balance out the suspense with the action. Like, when I tried my hand at running a thread a few years ago, I piled on so much stuff about the story so early on that there wasn't room for character development. Good TMs give that space, but also keep the thread on track story-wise. This is where I address you keeping so much information: withholding some is good, withholding as much as you did meant we weren't sure the limits of our knowledge of powers and such. It was confusing, if I'm remembering correctly.
It seems as though each faction now has at least one follower, so that worked out surprisingly well. As long as each person who said they'd join actually does so, and as long as they don't change their mind, haha.
It was the cafeteria, yeah. I thought I made it clear but I guess I forgot to clarify since, you know, I knew what I was thinking and no one else does.
I don't know if I actually earned back Angel's... enjoyment of my presence? Not hatred? I don't know what to call " almost liked". :L Technically I helped with the elves, but was it enough?
Isn't short hair fantastic?!
Skipping this second paragraph, as I intend to address it in the next topic. But yeah! Your writing style is really good.
A good threadmaster, in my opinion, can balance out the suspense with the action. Like, when I tried my hand at running a thread a few years ago, I piled on so much stuff about the story so early on that there wasn't room for character development. Good TMs give that space, but also keep the thread on track story-wise. This is where I address you keeping so much information: withholding some is good, withholding as much as you did meant we weren't sure the limits of our knowledge of powers and such. It was confusing, if I'm remembering correctly.
It seems as though each faction now has at least one follower, so that worked out surprisingly well. As long as each person who said they'd join actually does so, and as long as they don't change their mind, haha.
It was the cafeteria, yeah. I thought I made it clear but I guess I forgot to clarify since, you know, I knew what I was thinking and no one else does.
I don't know if I actually earned back Angel's... enjoyment of my presence? Not hatred? I don't know what to call " almost liked". :L Technically I helped with the elves, but was it enough?
Isn't short hair fantastic?!
I just play FFXIV at this point. DC: Crystal
07-Aug-2016 15:38:57
Too lazy to quote again, here's in response to Fish:
Or it's just because he doesn't know that he wants to join you. Maybe he hates the other three that much.
Which depends on how much he wants followers (a lot) and whether or not Aly can distract him (currently unknown).
Hey, you're the one who wrote it up. It wasn't my fault.
I do two, maybe three of those listed. And since I misspelled her name I'm sure that didn't help (whether or not anyone can prove it was intentional).
I've had every length of hair between mid-chest length and so short it spikes up on top with the sides buzzed and I definitely prefer the latter. Especially in car rides with the windows down.
Or it's just because he doesn't know that he wants to join you. Maybe he hates the other three that much.
Which depends on how much he wants followers (a lot) and whether or not Aly can distract him (currently unknown).
Hey, you're the one who wrote it up. It wasn't my fault.
I do two, maybe three of those listed. And since I misspelled her name I'm sure that didn't help (whether or not anyone can prove it was intentional).
I've had every length of hair between mid-chest length and so short it spikes up on top with the sides buzzed and I definitely prefer the latter. Especially in car rides with the windows down.
I just play FFXIV at this point. DC: Crystal
07-Aug-2016 17:37:57
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