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In an attempt to try and keep people thinking on things and to ask random questions. Your character and another player's character have known each other since...
Mikel
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Jul 30, 2007
12:38 am
9246
... I'd be OK with it. Provided I knew the other person's playing style well enough. I guess it'd also depend on the story somewhat. If it makes my character...
Shannon
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Jul 30, 2007
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I'd only allow such a thing if both players worked on it in advance just to avoid any grief or such. ... -- --I know there are no lifeguards in the gene pool,...
Vampi Digitalwytch
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Jul 30, 2007
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From the clinical definition, I'd say that does count as controlling someone else's character. You're defining their past, however insignificant the part,...
Hez
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Jul 30, 2007
2:34 pm
9249
... controlling ... if ... philosophical ... grind to ... been ... and ... a ... to ... I'd ... my ... the ... that ... Now personally I try to avoid doing...
Mikel
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Jul 31, 2007
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By imposing a childhood acquaintance upon someone else's character, that might already count as controlling someone else's character. :o) It would be a larger...
crescentia3
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Jul 31, 2007
5:42 pm
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Yes, it could be considered to be controlling the other player's character. I've kinda done something similar a few times in the past, where my character has...
Gregory Griffiths
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Aug 1, 2007
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... character, that might already count as controlling someone else's character. :o) It would be a larger imposition to declare them to be childhood friends or...
Hez
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Aug 8, 2007
3:56 pm
9253
... a ... nature ... It is completely ok, as many people enjoy reminding me, the world does not revolve around me. So you had a funeral? See, this is a...
Mikel
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Aug 11, 2007
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I'll start off with the important comment: the term "werebear" makes me giggle. Secondary comments: The one game I have seen where there was a similar weight ...
Hez
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Aug 13, 2007
8:23 pm
9255
Anyone ever perticipate (either as the Game Manager or a player) in a plot that was really, really fun for them - something that just sticks out in your memory...
Gregory Griffiths
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Aug 27, 2007
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... From: Gregory Griffiths <rynok@...> Date: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:52 am Subject: [freeform_GMs] Favorite plots To: freeform_GMs@yahoogroups.com ......
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Aug 27, 2007
1:32 pm
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So there's been a lot of discussion over on the RPG Player Sanctuary list, a lot of it childish (some of that childishness coming from my very own keyboard,...
Shannon
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Sep 10, 2007
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We've had this discussion in a number of ways over the years, but, again, since it came up elsewhere, I got to thinking about it. What makes a good and...
Shannon
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Sep 10, 2007
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I've got a whole different view of this topic after 18 months of running pbem2 - and my main peeve is people who put extra characters in their ads as ...
b.l. imai
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Sep 10, 2007
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9260
... Admittedly, I haven't been playing as much lately (I've joined two sims in the past four years as a player). It's because I really haven't found any game ...
Gregory Griffiths
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Sep 10, 2007
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I wouldn't say that the RPGverse is in a decline, but more undergoing a shift of paradigim. I think I started back around '02-'03 and compared to then, now...
Vampi Digitalwytch
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Sep 10, 2007
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Had to pop in at Sanctuary and see what the hub-bub was about, and somehow ended up back in 2005 with Gregory declaring "An RPG is a DICTATORSHIP, not a...
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Sep 10, 2007
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I'm going to go out on a limb and propose the idea that the number and quality of writers in the RPGverse has never changed. People are constantly coming and...
Hez
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Sep 10, 2007
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This thread made me wonder what any of us would think of the RPGverse today if we had just discovered it. If it was, to us, all shiny and new again. I was...
b.l. imai
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Sep 10, 2007
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I was looking for the Season 2 schedule for the WB's Roswell when I happened upon an advertisement for "a Michael" and I got curious. I autoed like mad in my...
Hez
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Sep 10, 2007
8:43 pm
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... Yeah, I'd almost forgotten about that comment. And yes, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if most of those who didn't care for it were those who...
Gregory Griffiths
rynok
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Sep 11, 2007
10:54 am
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... I think this does bring up a good point. A lot of people who start roleplayiung (either on-line or off) start when they're in school, and when they've ...
Gregory Griffiths
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Sep 11, 2007
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... them back? ... pet niches in which they enjoy playing... and those niches may experience a flux as their subject matter waxes and wanes in popularity. For...
crescentia3
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Sep 11, 2007
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For games, short and sweet. What's the game and what can I play? The ones that scare me are the ones that seem incredibly large. "I've designed this world...
Mikel
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Sep 12, 2007
3:47 am
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I think it is a pretty strong limb, so you're fine. Because I would agree with you, I do not think the number of people has gone down. What is happening is...
Mikel
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Sep 12, 2007
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... Good point. I'm getting crusty in my old age (heh) and I agree. I know what I want, and just because you've joined my game does not mean that I need to...
Shannon
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Sep 12, 2007
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Oh God. My first game was horrible. I had no idea what I was doing at all. Which is why I started this group. And hell, yeah, I am seriously jaded. Most of the...
Shannon
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Sep 12, 2007
4:22 am
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... Those scare me, too. If I can play the ruler of a country, what do you want me to do? Can I come up with my own plots or do you have something in mind?...
Shannon
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Sep 12, 2007
4:31 am
9274
Dat's right, she only does that for me....
Mikel
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