Hey guys, this is gonna be one hell of a first post, but.. Here goes!!

The premise behind the community RP events is great for the players to get their characters involved in something fun and exciting, and I think the Mind Games event has been a great success in establishing how they work and what issues arise from them.

Now so far from what I've seen in the feedback thread for the event, there was one concern that everyone seemed to agree with: That there were too many people involved, causing overwhelming confusion and deterring people from getting into it as much as they'd like, and while the solution to this problem seems easy, it's not. The last thing we want to do is exclude people, or make them feel left out.

While I myself wasn't involved at all with this particular event, mostly because of the aforementioned reason, I have been part of a few scenarios where there was just too many people doing too many things at once to keep up with, and it was really disappointing that I couldn't take part as much as I'd have liked. I'm not saying I wanted to be the hero, I just wanted to feel like my actions and presence were for a reason, rather than just another face in the crowd, even if it was the one being kicked into the dirt.

So, what I'm suggestion is something that will require a little bit of effort from everyone. As they say, you have to give a little to get a little.

For future events, any kind of role play done by characters that relate to that story arc will document what happens to them. Not a full detailed report, but more a brief summary of important developments. For example, Jack meets Jill in Club Caprice. They talk about their lives, what they do, have a few drinks, get hassled by Hu'Szsersvn and go on their separate ways.

Too. Much. Information. What might be considered an important development from that instance though, is that perhaps Jack having befriended Jill leads to a partnering later on that leads to the downfall of Dr Doom, or Jill discloses pivotal information regarding one of Dr Doom's evil schemes.

I think you get the idea.

So once your character has been involved in one of these "important developments" and you've quickly jotted down what's happened, you send it to an e-mail. I'm more than happy to create one specifically for this cause.

What I'll do with it then is read over what's been sent in by the parties involved, re-write it and post it up on the Primus Database. For example, the entire Superior event would be listed under "Mind Games" with links to all characters involved.

What this does is allows us to not only document the events that unfold as they happen, but also keeps those who aren't involved for whatever reason up to date. It also allows us to have the smaller events we wish to have and letting everyone else know of the advancements in the scenario so should they choose to partake at a later time, they don't have to feel like they've missed out on anything to participate.

What I'm also hoping it will do is give a bit of notoriety to some of the more involved members of the community. When you think of the things lacking in an MMO, and particularly CO in particular it's that no one is special. Everyone has defeated Menton and everyone helped to rid the city of the Qulaar invasion. But who in the community can say they were instrumental in destroying Superior? One of the most powerful villains to attack the hero community?

As I said, I'd be more than happy to have the e-mail set up and to keep the Primus Database up to date, now all I need is your feedback!

Thanks for hearing me out, if you made it this far that is!

Yeah, I really dig this idea. I'm game to go along with it if you go through with it!

Problem with this idea is if the person responsible disappears for whatever RL reason it kinda stops...



Better to set it up as a Primus page that anyone can edit and let the person running the event moderate it.

I'm not sure I interpreted the post right, maybe I'm still just too groggy from waking up lol.

I liked how there were so many people involved in the Mind Games plot... it was fantastic for creating links between characters, I thought. I was never so involved with so many people in the RP community as I was with that plot...it really opened the door for me. What my problem with the whole thing was, I think, is that the story overall seemed kind of "in for a penny, in for a pound"...not that I see that as bad per say, but like I said in my feedback post, it'd be nice if there were more little things that people could relate their characters to. Little plot strings that weave into the bigger one somehow. That way everyone involved, no matter how much or how little, can get their fifteen minutes of fame or whatever.

Ahh, I like this idea!

A Primus Database page should be set up and open to free edits. Get on it!

P.S. Give it the tag of Events and CORP

#2195703 Hinty wrote:

Problem with this idea is if the person responsible disappears for whatever RL reason it kinda stops...



Better to set it up as a Primus page that anyone can edit and let the person running the event moderate it.

The Primus page would still be free for anyone to edit, but my only train of thought with having only one person dedicated to updating it was to have consistancy rather than a jumbled mess of everyone's two cents.

@Mickenzy: In regards to your issue, I think you may have misinterpreted what I meant in my post.. I was hoping that by having that page setup it allows for people to create their little subnplots within the bigger picture. The problem with it before was that only the few people involved in the story might know about it, where as now it's written for all to see and get involved with if they choose.

For example, going back to Jack and Jill, while it isn't an important development to that particular event, perhaps Jack having met Jill allows for personal character development, whether it be a romantic relationship or getting insight into how to better utilize their powers from one another to become stronger. While in most cases that would be information better suited to the individuals own Primus page, it may also be a pivotal moment in what will eventually lead to the downfall of Superior v2.0.

I feel like that was a very long winded way of explaining things.. So I hope it makes sense.

#2197053 Crimson wrote:

The Primus page would still be free for anyone to edit, but my only train of thought with having only one person dedicated to updating it was to have consistancy rather than a jumbled mess of everyone's two cents.

That was my first concern aswell, which is why i suggested that the person who runs the event, (thus knowing most about the event) should moderate and have final say on what is on the page.

#2195407 Crimson wrote:

For example, Jack meets Jill in Club Caprice. They talk about their lives, what they do, have a few drinks, get hassled by Hu'Szsersvn and go on their separate ways.

I think this happens to everyone who goes to Caprice. Hugs is part of the decoration.

Anyway! This idea sounds -great- to me. And i've already told Crimson i liked it In-game.
A Primus Page that everyone can modify sounds awesome. And like Hinty said the person whos in charge of the event should be the one who decides what to write down together with the person we decide will be in charge of the page as a whole. Cause i still think it needs one (or more) dedicated person in charge of the page itself. If anyone is willing that is ^_^

this is my pity post for crimmy


Yay, good idea, let us revel in genius. <3s and H5s, someone do now ploz

This is good stuff. One of the problems of the ongoing plot is it forced us to rely on events. A lot of people couldn't make them and a lot of people could make them, both a problem. This looks like it will fix a lot of that without too much fuss.