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capeandcowlooc2013-05-04 11:21 am
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Hey, guys. Some of you will remember this from (oh god when did we get so old) almost three years ago, and some of you will not! Either way this is Leah, shamelessly ripping off my own old wording to bring you the:
✖ OFFICIAL CAPE AND COWL PLOT BRAINSTORMING POST II: ELECTRO BOOGALOO ✖
What is this post for, you ask? It's for exactly what it says: future plot brainstorming. The scope is meant to be more gamewide than personal, though there's room for that too; it's essentially a CR meme, only instead of... CR... we throw around ideas for potential game plots. This could range from "I think this might be a fun, lighthearted plot, what if X" to "hey I've got a plot idea--are there any villains who would have an interest in Y?" to "I want an NPC villain who drag-races an ice cream truck through the City streets and needs to be taken down before he can run anybody over." It's also a place to talk about directions you'd like to see C&C go in the future, what elements you'd like to see more of, etc. and discuss that with your fellow players. The ultimate aim is to get open discourse about potential plotting and game directions that'll hopefully help promote lots of fun stuff in the future! Also, this way you can gauge the whole playerbase's interest in something before you run it by us modtypes on the plot post. Obviously some people want their plots to be secret, and surprises are fun too! This post is not for those plots.
You might also be asking how this is different from the plot brainstorming memes we've had in the past! The answer is that this one is a mod-lead discussion officially posted and sanctioned by us, as you can tell from the fact that it's actually in the OOC community as opposed to spam, it's a plot post, not a plot meme, and okay really outside of the mods posting it there's not much of a distinction to speak of. I'm not adding any form to fill out, because, a.) textboxes can eat me and b.) frankly, it's supposed to be more spontaneous than a typical CR meme! If you have actual details, numbers, and specifics in mind, we want to hear them, but don't think you have to come on in all serious business with Google spreadsheets of what you want. This is a brainstorming session, and that means tossing all kinds of ridiculous ideas around. It also goes without saying that all criticism given here, just like criticism of another's playing, must remain civil. If you don't, we will find you, and we will whap you on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper.
Anyway, all that said, get in here and go crazy! Even if you don't think you have any ideas you can still give feedback to other people, and reading the discussion might inspire you -- who knows?
What is this post for, you ask? It's for exactly what it says: future plot brainstorming. The scope is meant to be more gamewide than personal, though there's room for that too; it's essentially a CR meme, only instead of... CR... we throw around ideas for potential game plots. This could range from "I think this might be a fun, lighthearted plot, what if X" to "hey I've got a plot idea--are there any villains who would have an interest in Y?" to "I want an NPC villain who drag-races an ice cream truck through the City streets and needs to be taken down before he can run anybody over." It's also a place to talk about directions you'd like to see C&C go in the future, what elements you'd like to see more of, etc. and discuss that with your fellow players. The ultimate aim is to get open discourse about potential plotting and game directions that'll hopefully help promote lots of fun stuff in the future! Also, this way you can gauge the whole playerbase's interest in something before you run it by us modtypes on the plot post. Obviously some people want their plots to be secret, and surprises are fun too! This post is not for those plots.
You might also be asking how this is different from the plot brainstorming memes we've had in the past! The answer is that this one is a mod-lead discussion officially posted and sanctioned by us, as you can tell from the fact that it's actually in the OOC community as opposed to spam, it's a plot post, not a plot meme, and okay really outside of the mods posting it there's not much of a distinction to speak of. I'm not adding any form to fill out, because, a.) textboxes can eat me and b.) frankly, it's supposed to be more spontaneous than a typical CR meme! If you have actual details, numbers, and specifics in mind, we want to hear them, but don't think you have to come on in all serious business with Google spreadsheets of what you want. This is a brainstorming session, and that means tossing all kinds of ridiculous ideas around. It also goes without saying that all criticism given here, just like criticism of another's playing, must remain civil. If you don't, we will find you, and we will whap you on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper.
Anyway, all that said, get in here and go crazy! Even if you don't think you have any ideas you can still give feedback to other people, and reading the discussion might inspire you -- who knows?
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I'm talking here about the appearance of, say, monsters, zombies, temporal anomalies, and that sort of thing. These events could cause a short term problem for characters that was not necessarily caused by a big bad like Vulcanus. During the quiet periods, it can feel to me that there isn't much going on in the City that would require the presence of the heroes that Lachesis is bringing. Essentially what I would like to see is the City becoming less safe for heroes in the future. Having regular events that aren't connected with the Vulcanus metaplot, but which still bring a danger to the City, would help to address that.
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