I went Old School for this one. This is Message 5054. Shannon was complaining about everyone feeling the need to do a useless post, simply so they could have...
Just my opinion, but I wouldn't write a post that did nothing to advance the story as a whole or my part in it, I don't care who asked me to do it. If the...
Actually my opinion differs just a little bit. Sometimes the other writers don't realize that you have nothing to do, or that you intend to do nothing. So it...
O.K., was glancing down the Players looking for a game section of PBeM.com (what can I say? I'm wierd), and noticed that one individual listed the following ...
Well, (kinda jumping in here 'cause Im a mod of a game where we have rule about how often you need to post) I guess *I* wonder from this thread - if you...
I don't know much about PBeM but several of the board based X-men games I know about range in the 30 players; my own has about 25 - and that's because we have...
For me, a nice sized game's 10-15 active members, though I've been in great ones that only had five and things rolled along fine. Depending on the posting...
Always feel free to jump in. Actually neither time was it so easy to move the thread, that wasn't the issue. The previous time, Player 1 said, "I need to talk...
And there is that fine line, and I can respect that. Between plowing through a thread because two people are on a roll, ignoring everyone else in a single...
That is also my opinion. I would never leave a player with nothing to do. I did once, but that was because another thread had slowed down because of a player...
I've discovered, it is all a matter of perception. My two games both have about five players. In one we average 10 posts a day. Which means every player...
The first one (the "I'm having a conversation with Player 2" one), it would for me depend on if I absolutely needed to be with the others the whole time or not...
... writers ... nothing. ... ideas or ... Another fine example of the importance of OOC lists - or some medium where players can talk to eachother off the main...
... I'd consider that large - but once again, I think it depends on your idea of what a "game" is. GMing a game that big, I'd say I'd entered "you're on your...
... time ... to ... here." ... Missed the clueboat. Heh heh. :) I favor this approach because it does a few things. 1. It lets the other players know the...
... go ... Were you like his valet or something? Because that's just messed up. Honestly, unless there was a valid reason for not wanting me involved, I'd take...
... To me, that's just serious bad GMing. By wanting you to post nothing just to say you posted, he or she IS ignoring and bypassing you. As Shannon would...
... You would probably like my games. I like to think I do a bit of both. Sometimes I work with the people to build up a thread, other times I'll throw...
... No but I was truly treated like one. It had to do with the idea of, "Hey Mikel isn't in any threads and hasn't been forawhile because we (the mods) are...
... And that would've worked for me. The mod's character is the leader. So why not bark some orders to those people not doing anything. If you feel they've...
... Actually we weren't standing at ground zero, but that at least would've gotten a reaction from me. Unoccupied area, which that might've been interesting. ...
<<<Be there, in the moment. You might not have anyone to post against, but there's still things for you to do. Look around you. If they didn't flesh out the...
<<To me, that's just serious bad GMing. By wanting you to post nothing just to say you posted, he or she IS ignoring and bypassing you. >> Yup. Emphatically...
This came up on one of the other RP communities I read, and I figured I'd ask it here. Where is the line drawn for you as far as angst is concerned? How much...
You know, I know I just got through writing that players need to feel like they're the center of their own story, but there is a fine line between that and...
Just a few quicktakes which might spark a bit of discussion. 1. No character is going to meet their soulmate and decide they even have a soulmate after only...
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