Author Topic: Questions, doubts, requests, answers - Public discussion thread. (Read 207551 times)

Lexicat · « **Reply #210 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:47:16 PM »

I think that if you replace out, and help the mod find a replacement for you, so that the flow of the game is unaffected, no penalty should be incurred.

Schezo · « **Reply #211 on:** May 29, 2011, 05:04:44 PM »

Maybe, if it wasn't for the fact that replacements can always have doubt cast upon them later on in the game and can get somewhat of a clear that other players who played the whole game can't get. This would also depend on how late in the game they replace out since a day or on LYLO would mess with a lot of people and would probably be disruptive even if the replacement was found quickly or not.

Though personally Polaris/ iced fairy's spot in MRM was disruptive even with the fastish replacement since that player slot got through on one of the more important days, day 1, without a single post yet couldn't be treated as such.

Shadoweh · « **Reply #212 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:36:09 PM »

Pfft Don't blame Iced for the clear you were giving him. <3 I agree that Polaris literally lurking out until the mod force replaced him is the exact kind of situation I think of for a yellow card.

Conqueror · « **Reply #213 on:** May 29, 2011, 10:54:34 PM »

Quote from: Schezo on May 29, 2011, 03:48:52 PM

minimum 1 hour a day

You people must be fast posters with that kind of minimum. :ohdear:

That said, Pesco?s plan looks sound to me. Mods can always be lenient when the situation permits it.
$$Promote: Pesco

ActionDan · « **Reply #214 on:** May 31, 2011, 01:40:40 PM »

I read Pesco's plan of action and I quite agree! I happen to believe that all replacements get a yellow card however (maybe 1/2 card perhaps?)

GuardianTempest · « **Reply #215 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:15:42 PM »

The first Game I launched was a flopped test(which is good right?), thus having me pull out a more lively one.

Since I already have 'Tigrex Quest' somewhere in another site....

You have two options:
Razor Ninja
Smoky Cloaker

Pick one, before I go with the 'Terrifying Appetite'.

Hanzo K. · « **Reply #216 on:** June 08, 2011, 05:32:43 PM »

I got an idea for ya.
Tigrex Quest: Gaiden
It's pretty much the SRW Alpha Gaiden kinda idea.
Same base plotline, but a different timeline/universe.

You know, if say, the MC hadn't killed that Jaggi at the outset, and went after say..something with a bit more bite to it?
Of course, I'm just shooting in the dark here with this, but you can get what I'm saying right?

And on a different note, and I'm unsure if this was asked before or not, so bear with me on this. (It wasn't in this thread, that's for sure.)
Why is mafia so dang popular?

Pesco · « **Reply #217 on:** June 08, 2011, 05:37:39 PM »

Mafia was the first game that brought activity to UGW (as it was named back then).

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #218 on:** June 10, 2011, 08:59:27 PM »

Not immediately or directly relevant to the talk at hand, but I don't particularly like that a two-month autolock policy has been/is planned to be added for RPG; the nature of text adventures makes it entirely possible for a thread to die for quite a while but be revived with a single post from the 'GM,' and recreating the thread would create significantly more difficulty for players.... especially if the previous one is removed from the board.

I don't know if this is the best place to bring it up, but I don't think autolock is entirely appropriate for this section of the forums.

Pesco · « **Reply #219 on:** June 10, 2011, 09:08:36 PM »

When a text adventure is inactive for 2 months I move it into the Dead section of the archive thread. All the threads are linked in the archive, so finding you old thread to relink to a new one is not a problem other than pure laziness.

There is no automatic moving into MSG or deleting in here. It's all done manually.

Berzul · « **Reply #220 on:** June 19, 2011, 05:24:23 PM »

Ok I got the idea from Aqua style.. and some other things..

I would like to put out a game, in that style of "rouge RPG". It's quite possible to make it turn based, since the first ones actually were set that way, even those MUDs. One rule would be that you control one character at one time, other things practically would come out in actually making a thread of that.

Who would be interested?

Edible · « **Reply #221 on:** June 19, 2011, 05:57:34 PM »

Your idea sounds remarkably like the crawl relays we used to have. They were tremendously entertaining to read.

Sonae · « **Reply #222 on:** August 12, 2011, 12:09:21 AM »

Um... This topic says I can ask questions here :ohdear:

Could someone explain to me what really goes on in this section of the forums? I'm kinda new to the place that's all ^^'

Aya Squawkermaru · « **Reply #223 on:** August 12, 2011, 12:11:19 AM »

Quote from: Sonae on August 12, 2011, 12:09:21 AM

Um... This topic says I can ask questions here :ohdear:

Could someone explain to me what really goes on in this section of the forums? I'm kinda new to the place that's all ^^'

Rumia's Party Games is a place for Text Adventures, RPs, and basically any forum game type things.

Hanzo K. · « **Reply #224 on:** August 12, 2011, 12:16:50 AM »

*ninja'd!*

As well as games like Diplomacy, Tabletop Games like D&D, Pathfinder, and all that good stuff.
And let's not forget Mafia, which has been a mainstay here since the start.

Aya Squawkermaru · « **Reply #225 on:** August 12, 2011, 12:23:46 AM »

Yeah, that's what I meant by other forum games. I don't know much about those, so I just grouped them into an "other" category. Especially considering how many Text Adventures this forum has.

Sonae · « **Reply #226 on:** August 12, 2011, 12:30:01 AM »

It sounds interesting, I haven't been in a role play (writing on a forum thing) in such a long time... It'd be awesome to be in one again : D

Would anyone happen to know if there are any open ones or ones that are just starting out?

Aya Squawkermaru · « **Reply #227 on:** August 12, 2011, 12:35:30 AM »

The only one I know of is Elements of Gensokyo. I think it's still open, but you'd have to ask Youkai Jesus. The sign-up is here, and that's where you'll want to ask if you can still join. After you've made your character with YJ's, approval, you may want to read the story up to this point here. nothing much has happened, but some of it is important.

There may be others; check out Mystia's Stored Games, there's a game directory in there.

Hope to see you join us in Elements of Gensokyo!

Sonae · « **Reply #228 on:** August 12, 2011, 01:05:35 AM »

Thank you for showing it to me, I hope i can join :ohdear:

Do you know when Youkai Jesus will probably be online again?

Also choosing a touhou....hmmmm...... -thinks hard-

Aya Squawkermaru · « **Reply #229 on:** August 12, 2011, 01:11:30 AM »

YJ generally comes online in about five or six hours from now (I don't know your time zone, or else I'd give you a better description.)

GuardianTempest · « **Reply #230 on:** August 14, 2011, 05:27:47 AM »

Wonder, is it acceptable to make a game with the current TH13 setting as long as there's a big, colossal, gleamingly luminous...

SPOILER ALERT!!

Pesco · « **Reply #231 on:** August 14, 2011, 05:52:55 AM »

Put something like a 'Th13 Spoilers' in the thread title. By the time you get to a second thread for the game, it should be common knowledge.

J.O.B · « **Reply #232 on:** September 13, 2011, 10:46:04 AM »

Seeing as how Dormio has started another Roll to Dodge. I thought we could probably start a monthly RtD or something. I quite like the game and it's huge amount possibilites and I think a lot of people might play it. We could have lots of different people running it, and it would be a different person each time.

Just throwing it out there.

Dormio Ergo Sum · « **Reply #233 on:** September 14, 2011, 12:06:21 PM »

Only some sick freak that derives pleasure from pain would voluntarily host a game of Roll to Dodge.

BT · « **Reply #234 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:53:07 PM »

This thing's supposed to be the simple questions thread, I take it? Doesn't seem like it on first glance but I'll go with it.

I'm new to this site but I've been playing mafia for a while. If someone could elaborate on any or all of the following, I'd gladly appreciate it;

1) Where do you generally sign up for games and how? Any special cases?
2) Where are games usually played? (forums or irc or both?)
3) Are there games that involve outside contact? Are there anon games?
4) Is there any priority system here, or any special requirements for joining games?

And more importantly, is there a main irc channel for the playerbase here? Would be much easier to get answers that way.

Dormio Ergo Sum · « **Reply #235 on:** September 16, 2011, 09:04:30 PM »

Most games have a signup thread somewhere, or they're done in the actual gamethread itself.
I think most are run on the forums, though I know of several that are done via IRC.
RPs, Diplomacy, games of that nature allow for outside contact. Some people create separate accounts for RPs, and some mafia games are anonymous as well.
The only priority system is for hosting mafia, I believe.

BT · « **Reply #236 on:** September 16, 2011, 09:15:03 PM »

Got my answers already. Thanks anyway, though!

Conqueror · « **Reply #237 on:** September 16, 2011, 09:20:37 PM »

Well, you're there already, but just to make it public, the answer to the last question is #MotkTown on the ppirc server.

Sonae · « **Reply #238 on:** September 19, 2011, 01:02:22 AM »

I have a question. Do threads lock after a certain number of posts are made in here?

Also any tips on how to start a Text Adventure thingy?

Conqueror · « **Reply #239 on:** September 19, 2011, 01:12:35 AM »

There's a two month inactivity time lock in the RPG subforum, as well as a manual lock at ~1000 posts.
To start a text adventure, you can just make a thread and go! :V What kind of tips are you looking for?