October EMP Meme

[enablemeplz]

ENABLEMEPLZ meme goes up on the Second Saturday of every month FOR GAME ADS: ➤ Put an ad up with the characters / crew / pairings / fetish you want for your game under the correct game header. This meme is primarily going to be focused on DWRP games but IJ and LJ games are allowed. ➤ PLEASE NOTE A RULE CHANGE HERE. ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding (no font size > size 4 or 3 "big" tags, no oversized banners (they must be 250px in height or less), no blinking text, no obnoxious table html that doesn't collapse easily, no sparklies, no large pictures). Use all the colors you like, but please remember 3 "big" tags is the limit and that's only for headers or title text rather than for all the text in an ad. FOR GAME QUESTIONS: ➤ RPers interested in a game can create a header for the game and ask questions about that game that aren't easy to find on faqs, such as the actual pace vs. what's listed/what kind of plots are run/if the game leans more towards plotty or slice of life/if a game leans more towards network or logs, etc. Both anon questions and anon answers are welcome in this section just like in the rest of the meme. ➤ This thread is not for speaking about wank or drama in a game. There are anoncomms that exist for that. This thread is specifically for general questions about a game that rpers want to get perspective on from players already in the game. Answers can be slightly negative (such as saying app response is slow or that the plots are repetitive or similar things) but this should at least be worded politely. Unnecessary vitriol, any mention of personal drama or wank, or mod teams/individual mods/players being singled out, will be either frozen or screened (based on what seems right based on the content). FOR CHARACTER ADS: ➤ Put up an ad about the characters you are offering. For PSL ads, there is a separate subthread but for character ads for games, post directly to the meme post. Others will comment to you with the games/casts they want you to join. ➤ There is a "Find a Castmate" section, where you can talk about a cast you play in at a game, and try to lure people to join it. Not all games post to the meme or have a "wanted" section, so players that want to tempt people to their cast on their own can use this section for it. Please format this the same as the PSL section, where you post your character's canons in your subject. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find a Castmate" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. When listing who's currently in a cast, please do this in sentence form (with commas) rather than in list form. ➤ There is a "Find Crosscanon" section, where you can talk about a character you play and and desired crosscanon for that character. Please make sure this is not too generalized a search, because just wanting general crosscanon can be accomplished with the other sections of the meme. This is for specific characters or character types you're looking for. In the subject, please list the "Looking for [canon you're looking for]" rather than your character's canon. If looking for a character type, list the character type in as few words as possible. Do not make the subject huge or I'll screen your comment. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find Crosscanon" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. This section is only for game crosscanon as in the psl section people can list their preferences. ➤ Examples of crosscanon you can search for: You play The Flash from DC Comics and your dream CR is fellow speedster Quicksilver from Marvel. Or you might play a witch and want cr with other witches in general. Or maybe you play a good character messed up by evil parents and want to play against a villain character you know has evil parents, because you know it'd lead to some interesting negative CR. ➤ ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding, with the same rules as the Game Ads Section above. ➤ If you're recommending a game to someone, try to match your suggestion to their needs. It's okay if part of your game rec is copy-pasted (such as what the game's about), but at least some part of the rec must be personalized to their ad. Try not to recommend the same game to every single ad, either. Ad spam that isn't individualized in some way will also be frozen or screened. Keep in mind this needs to be more specific than "this game has easy AC like you're asking for but meets none of your other requirements." Make sure you're advertising games that might click with that specific character, where a few elements fit what they're looking for. You should be thinking about the story reasons of how the character might click with the game. IN GENERAL: ➤ Don't be a dick. This isn't one of the anoncomms, so any snide comments or unnecessary commentary on the RP plans of others will be frozen or screened. MOD CONTACT: If there's trouble, tell me HERE, please! RESOURCES: enablemeplz - The plurk for Enable Me Plz. Follow for monthly, replurkable EMP reminders DWRP Masterlist - A regularly updated basic list of public DWRP games. dedoralive - A more detailed listing of DWRP Games. AD LINKS: General Game/Dressing Room Ads Link - New Games - Small Games - Medium/Large Games - Museboxes/Memes/Dressing Rooms/Misc. - Game Questions - Game Start Discussions/Questions PSL Offerings Find a Castmate Find Crosscanon Latest Page Textbox for Character Ads (Optional): <b>[character offered]:</b> <B>[fandom]:</b> <B>[rp you're offering for / rp type you'd wanna play in]:</b> <b>[preferences]:</b> Textbox for "Find a Castmate" Ads (Required): <b>[game]:</b> <B>[fandom]:</b> <B>[game's current cast]:</b> (Please list this in sentence form with commas. Ex: "Bucky, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Thor.") <b>[who I play]:</b> (Who you play in the game you're advertising for) <b>[wanted]:</b> (Who you'd like to see) <b>[game info]:</b> (You can list some info about the game or what's been going on for the cast you're trying to lure people into). For "Find Crosscanon" Ads (Required): <b>[game]:</b> <b>[who I play]:</b> Character / Fandom (Who you play in the game you're advertising for) <b>[wanted]:</b> Character / Fandom (if it's a specific character. You may list more than one character if you have a few specific ones in mind character types you'd like to see.) <b>[why]:</b> (Maybe explain the dynamics you're interested in and how you think the characters would mesh interestingly. Explain what they have in common or how they might clash if you're looking for something more negative.) <b>[game info]:</b> (You can list some info about the game itself and why it'd be a good place to app to). ➤ Important note: IP logging has turned on due to multiple instances past and present of problem players trying to return to the dwrp community via emp after being banned other places, so I'll be IP logging from now on, and will compare notes with the rpa and wg mods (as well as game mods) where appropriate if it seems like someone that has been mass banned. I will not pay attention to IPs otherwise. I don't care what people like playing or who's who. So please feel comfortable to keep doing your thing, anon or otherwise. The knowledge will only be used for really egregious problem cases.

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GAME START DISCUSSIONS/QUESTIONS

[enablemeplz]

Want to do an interest check to see if people would be interested in a game idea you want to run? Looking for comods to help you start a game? Or do you have questions about possible game mechanics?

Ask questions regarding starting a new game here. Please put the topic of your post (i.e. "looking for comods," or "interest check for a steampunk sci fi game") in the subject of your comment.

[fistsofchange]

Okay so HYPOTHETICALLY.

If I started assembling a Sci-Fi AU game inspired by Deep Space Nine, Babylon Five, Lancer (the tabletop RPG setting), and similar about a dozens of different kinds of aliens civilizations and space empires meeting together on a research space station that is supposed to be neutral ground to study ancient technology...

Would that be something people would be excited about?

[imyoubut]

I would be, but I think that's obvious.

[fistsofchange]

Remind me some time to share with you the seven hundred year timeline I already have vaguely defined in my head.

[imyoubut]

I'll keep that in mind.

Oh! I do have a question. Did you have it planned to be AU, jamjar, people choose to be there, a mix, something else, etc?

[fistsofchange]

I planned to do full AU. My big problem with Jamjars is that you have to bend over backwards and tie time and space in knots to get around the question of "Why are your characters interested in doing anything other than trying to get back home." The mods of any RP have put a lot of work into making a vibrant and interesting world for your characters to interact with and having your character put all their energy into trying to get away from it and not interact with it feels almost...I dunno. Unintentionally insulting to the effort they put in? But NOT doing that also feel OOC for most characters. AU games bypass this entire problem neatly by getting rid of their home universe entirely. I think it's the most elegant solution.

BUT if there was an overwhelming demand for a jamjar option, and I could think of an elegant way to handle it, I might be able to be talked into it.

[ohmagicshield]

AU game AU game AU game

(yes)

[fistsofchange]

/chanting

AU GAME! AU GAME! AU GAME!

[rose_liberated]

Space stations eh?

[fistsofchange]

Nearby planets could be visited in logs.

[(Anonymous)]

You had me at "AU game."

[fistsofchange]

There is apparently a demand!

Steampunk/Magitech Rebellion Mission Game

[(Anonymous)]

I've been tossing this idea around in my mind for about a year and mentioned it on rpanons a few times through my refining process, and thought I'd bring it here since I'm thinking I might actually pull the trigger on it in the not too distant future.

Basically it would be set in a world where there are a species of magical creature or corrupted mages (haven't decided yet) who extend their lives and reproduce by basically hollowing out peoples' minds and bodies and replacing them. Characters are brought into the game by these creatures, then promptly rescued by a rebel force, brought back to their base camp and asked to join the rebellion for a chance at getting back to their own worlds.

My plan was to post missions every month or every second month (still deciding on this) that can vary from fighting to espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance, to making propaganda and recruiting, to rescuing new arrivals, and anything else that might pop up in a rebellion. Missions would be handled in a D&D-lite kind of style where I lay out the rough trajectory of how things would go and players can either plot the details out for themselves, or I can offer to interject at various thread intervals with curveballs or direction if players feel more comfortable being hand-held. (I know this sounds very high-effort, my plan is to not play a character in the game and rather handle it more like a GM, which sounds like fun to me rather than work.)

As for other mechanics, I'm waffling on AC either being 10 comments that have to come from mission-related threads, or 15 comments with 10 having to come from mission-related threads. Player cap would be in the 35-40 range, one character per player to start. Players could turn in completed mission threads for points that they could use to get additional character slots or other rewards. Powers would be automatically suppressed but there would be the option to immediately regain powers but with an IC plot-related incentive to keep them suppressed. The TDM would be a magical construct/spell where prospective kidnappees are tested for compatibility to be used for continuing the species before actually kidnapping them.

Would anyone be interested in this? Any thoughts or feedback?

Re: Steampunk/Magitech Rebellion Mission Game

[(Anonymous)]

YESSSSSSS PLEASE.