that was also at a point where real life suddenly overwhelmed me, yet I had somehow become overly central to three different plotlines.
our own miscommunication at the time is in itself almost comical in retrospect; it just caught me at the wrong time, in the wrong way.
it was a situation where a number of us each apparently had strong ideas on how to proceed, some preconceived, some not. And it was a combination of players that hadn't interacted in that particular dynamic before.
I think with a 'backstage' area for players to hammer out a few parameters, it could be overcome.
I really liked in particular the mystical spontaneity that Candle brought in, the back-and-forth petitioning of the Cack Queen (without her ever posting), the Lardi/Ghost Girl bit.
It might be fun for everyone (Zardi included) to suddenly realize they'd all been mindwiped (to explain the dropped plots), and both sides start trying to figure out who did it to both sides - and why.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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As far as loose ends go, we haven't seen Rockhopper Lass in over three years! Maybe that's why Rocky broke up with Lardy.
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Obviously, the main thing I've got going on right now is Lardy going power-mad as Chief. So far, it's nothing really illegal or over-the-top, but it's escalating. There are a few places it can go and some I definitely don't want it to. Mostly, I want some spontaneity thru interaction to help guide it.
But everything that's guiding Lardy's action go back as far as "Invasion!" and his feelings of guilt for putting a target on Legion World. More recently, his getting shot and losing his powers followed quickly by Rocky breaking up with him are all causing Lardy to overcompensate in his new role.
There was kind of a love story/redemption arc that Kent refers to with Lardi and Ghost Girl that just kinda got put out to pasture amid all the stuff Kent was talking about. That was a lost opportunity that kind of eats at me that could bear some revisiting. Stu and I had brainstormed some previous lives ideas years ago that Lardi was helping me pay off. The idea that Lardy's soul is reincarnated and every single past life ends with him turning evil is appealing to me in the context of Lardy's huge arc.
It recently occurred to me to start writing tickets for various, supposed laws and regs that are being broken to kind of remind everyone what's going on with Lardy and maybe kickstart some roleplay interaction. Lemme know what you think. If you like, I'll continue.
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quote:Originally posted by Chief Lardy: Arrow, I'll admit that your character's continuity confuses me, so you'll pardon me if that left me a bit lost.
Actually, I have been wanting to reroll and make a new character. We can do that, right?[/QB]
Arrow, I'd honestly rather you didn't "re-roll" Red Arrow until we can resolve her story. I think she could play a big part if we get something going and has already been established to a degree.
While we don't "roll" characters, we are known to reinvent ourselves from time to time, sometimes wholesale. As I've explained before, we're very informal on the rules here and try to do whatever suits us with the roleplaying.
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Personally I want to continue the Sam Pureheart/Everyday Girl story with the ideas that Cobie and I worked out. And Kent's idea of a group mindwipe is interesting, especially after Zardi's spell causing everyone to remember him as Jose Jimenenez. Maybe one of Zardi's minions (Or Ex-Minions, like Legolas?) messed with that spell just a little.
I like it. A little something for everyone with the action being confined to a limeted number of threads.
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Agreed. Obviously, Zardi is one unifying factor that would bring all or most of the diparate threads together. It would be nice if there are some other surprise elements brought in, as well. I really like what Sharky brought up about Lardy's shooter, for example.
There was also some stuff going on with Exnihil as well. Shady dealings and what-not. Can't remember if or how it was tied in with Zardi.
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There is also the tobacco drug ring plotline. I'll have to research how that was playing out. It connected with Cobie, Space Ranger and Gruertis (sp?) Gov of Ventura guy.
The LW prom happened by now but that plotline (Sam Pureheart) is one I definitely want to pursue.
If we could all get back posting at the same time, plus Ex, Ram Boy and others, we should start the ball rolling again! I'd suggest we all post other dangling plotlines first just to bring everyone up to speed.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Cobie post about "Lag-time" is really the reason I havn't taken much part in roleplays for the past few years. Sure on days off I can keep up no prob, but during my work cycles I work 12 hours + travel time. I barely have time to eat before heading to bed.
However, I think when we start to roleplay again I'll take a shot at joining in again. I really need to resolve the dedman/Shenu relationship
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In that regard we should all agree as things move allow people time to resolve their stories even if it takes them a few days. The posts don't actually happen in 'real time' in my mind--three days could be three minutes.
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quote:I think she could play a big part if we get something going and has already been established to a degree.
Sweet! I'm up for some epic events. Unfortunately/Fortunately my strengths are character creation and character restoration. I can do basic plotting, but would need some prodding to actually finish the RPG.
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Well, as a newbie, I didn't know there was 'lag time'. I'd just wait until the parties in the current scene stopped posting and left 'Mission'. I thought that meant it was open to whomever.
I tend to be an action/visual person and get antsy when there's a lot of, to me, talk. Talk has to be visual stuff, moving along, either intellectually or physically.
I guess I was just going too fast.
I was also discovering my character while trying to respond to what people were doing, like in real life, just going with the flow, from MY perspective. lol
For example, if Zardi hadn't introduced Cthu... ancient whatever demon and the other demons, I wouldn't have gotten the idea to use Armor of God, which is a spiritual thing in my life here, but which became, since the demons were visable, etc., real weapons against demons in LW.
Zardi's being immortal and invincible made me want to intoduce an equal for him, Mysa Nal3, someone who wasn't stopped by his regular spells.
On and on. .. .
That was hard on everyone, I guess, because people didn't realize I'd added a separate character, at first or didn't get that her powers and her minions were out of sinc with our universe . . . lol gads
I really wasn't over powered, I thought, which some thought. Other than my light power and Armor I had slight empathy (hard earned by the real me) and the gadgets Kent issued, mostly ( was a gift from Mysa and very limited in use, the other gates were Kent issued.)
Perhaps off screen we could let people know about who our character(s) basically are and maybe, add and subtract and/or run possibilities/ideas for changes to each other or the moderator, so everyone knows who they're dealing with.
Of course, I may have been the only one who didn't know or wasn't clear.
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Well, I say we start something soon (who knows when Historical Methods will beckon me to the library for hours on end). I think I'm going to write a story that ties in with the LMB.
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quote:Originally posted by Candlelight: Well, as a newbie, I didn't know there was 'lag time'. I'd just wait until the parties in the current scene stopped posting and left 'Mission'. I thought that meant it was open to whomever.
I tend to be an action/visual person and get antsy when there's a lot of, to me, talk. Talk has to be visual stuff, moving along, either intellectually or physically.
I guess I was just going too fast.
I was also discovering my character while trying to respond to what people were doing, like in real life, just going with the flow, from MY perspective. lol
For example, if Zardi hadn't introduced Cthu... ancient whatever demon and the other demons, I wouldn't have gotten the idea to use Armor of God, which is a spiritual thing in my life here, but which became, since the demons were visable, etc., real weapons against demons in LW.
Zardi's being immortal and invincible made me want to intoduce an equal for him, Mysa Nal3, someone who wasn't stopped by his regular spells.
On and on. .. .
That was hard on everyone, I guess, because people didn't realize I'd added a separate character, at first or didn't get that her powers and her minions were out of sinc with our universe . . . lol gads
I really wasn't over powered, I thought, which some thought. Other than my light power and Armor I had slight empathy (hard earned by the real me) and the gadgets Kent issued, mostly ( was a gift from Mysa and very limited in use, the other gates were Kent issued.)
Perhaps off screen we could let people know about who are character(s) basically are and maybe, add and subtract and/or run possibilities/ideas for changes to each other or the moderator, so everyone knows who they're dealing with.
Of course, I may have been the only one who didn't know or wasn't clear.
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Just some thoughts raised by your post, Candle.
Role playing on this board is a long drawn out process, largely because our membership is world-wide. The "Lag Time" Cobie is talking about is a result of posters living in England (Faraway) interacting with posters living in Oregon (Candlelight) and Austraila (Joeboy). Early morning for one person might be latenight for another. So a sequence between Candlelight and Faraway Lad might take two or three days of posting time to complete 5 minutes of role play time, because neither poster is up and about when the other is on the board. That doesn't mean a third poster can't step into the scene and contribute something, it just means that everyone needs to understand that replies to what they have posted may take some time to appear and be patient.
Zardi is way too powerful for any single member of the LMBP to take on for a reason. There is nothing epic about a hero going up against a weak opponent. A fully powered Lard Lad (for example) taking on Jailbait Lass isn't heroic but a depowered Chief Lardy preventing Zardi's minions from destroying Founder's Park is.
The heroes are supposed to be at a disadvantage, that's half the fun of it. Zardi just unleashed a horde of deamons at the gates of the Legionworld Nursery School, how can Everyday Girl, Red Arrow, and Candle save the poor little chillins {without going into godmode and magically reversing the deamons back into Zardi's Castle with powers they didn't have yesterday.}?
Figuring out a way to beat the vastly more powerful bad guy is the challenge, and half the fun of the role play.
The other half is developing your character or characters.
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