To Shatter Unseen Shackles

[PtahWithin 1320]

Recently I have read the opinions of several different people on the state of roleplay on the server. Two things in particular that I shall focus on:

• 'Cliques' are commonplace, groups of players that stick to themselves entirely and develop a group mentality.
• New players often feel lost amidst such a wide number of closed or exclusive groups.

So, I propose a game, with a very simple concept. Each week, people who are in the game will be assigned to engage in a roleplay scenario with a random person also in the game. There has been much conflict, in-character and out-of-character, between many of these cliques. What I intend to do with this is threefold:

• Shatter the automatic instinct for many cliques to only roleplay with themselves by introducing them to other players, new and old, in situations which both parties agree upon.
• Give new players a sense of direction by directing them to privately message the person they are assigned to and organize a roleplay event with them.
• Provide RP for any player interested, nudging them to interact with people they normally would avoid or not even be aware of.

As follows, the rules of the game:

 

-=[The Game]=-

• Each player will be randomly assigned a partner every Sunday.
• Each player shall contact their partner OOCly and organize a time and place for their RP event, and possibly plan out the details of it as well.
• Players ARE allowed to decline an assigning, some possible examples being:
  • A player will not be able to find time for the RP event.
  • A player cannot be contacted or does not respond to contact attempts.
    • Players who are reported to have missed two RP assignings in a row due to not responding to contact attempts shall be placed in the INACTIVE state, taking them out of the assigning pool, and can be placed back into ACTIVE after sending me a private message.
    • Players who know in advance that they will not be reachable can send me a private message and be put into the AWAY state, taking them out of the assigning pool, and can be placed back into ACTIVE after sending me a private message.
  • A player has some kind of past history or present dispute with the other player and so wishes to not be around them.
  • A player simply refuses (I strongly advise against this if there is no clear reason or it is simply because you "don't like" the player or the group they are in.)
• Players who are for one reason or another left out (an odd number of people to assign, the other player for one reason cannot complete the assigning, etc) are encouraged to post on this topic saying they are looking for an assignee this week.

 

It is literally as simple as that. In order to participate in this and become a player, simply fill out your MCname and timezone and post it here:

 

 

Minecraft name:
Timezone (GMT +-X):

 

Now, this entire idea is all dependent on interest from players - so, what do you think? Is this a good idea, does it need slight changing? Post below what you think, and if you would want to participate in this.

 

>>THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNING<<

 

It is imperative that you report if the person you are assigned to is inactive or does not respond so that they may be correctly placed in the INACTIVE state should this happen twice.

 

List of Players:

1. (ACTIVE) ff_wk_14 (GMT -6, UTC)
2. (ACTIVE) JJKoshane
3. (ACTIVE) Zarsies
4. (ACTIVE) Ever
5. (ACTIVE) Meguzara
6. (ACTIVE) edronos (GMT -5, EST)
7. (ACTIVE) Watyll
8. (ACTIVE) birdwhisperer (GMT -5, EST)
9. (ACTIVE) ConnorMagill
10. (ACTIVE) Shpoop
11. (ACTIVE) TheCleaningCrew
12. (ACTIVE) zePato
13. (ACTIVE) Princetonlax21 (GMT -5, EST)
14. (ACTIVE) Octovian10 (GMT -5, EST)
15. (ACTIVE) Sentlit (GMT -8, PST)
16. (ACTIVE) JunoStriker (GMT +8, CCT)
17. (ACTIVE) Bryanwaffles (GMT -8, PST)
18. (ACTIVE) 12werbles12 (GMT -5, EST)
19. (ACTIVE) TornadoWatch (GMT -5, EST)
20. (ACTIVE) JCQuiinn (GMT -8, PST)
21. (ACTIVE) SortedJarhead (GMT -6, CST)
22. (ACTIVE) radferrari (GMT+10, AEST)
23. (ACTIVE) ski_king3 (GMT -5, EST)
24. (ACTIVE) SunderedHeart (GMT+10, GST)
25. (ACTIVE) oHawkZo (GMT -5, EST)
26. (ACTIVE) Wodehouse (GMT)
27. (ACTIVE) TehLulu (GMT -6, CST)
28. (ACTIVE) Jroy96/Vaunce (GMT -5, EST)
29. (ACTIVE) LeRenardNoir (GMT -5, EST)
30. (ACTIVE) porkchopp2 (GMT -5, EST)
31. (ACTIVE) Galendar_Aveere (GMT -5, EST)
32. (AWAY) Snowshovel (GMT -5, EST)
33. (ACTIVE) Arzar/I_Am_Still_Alive (GMT+10, AEST)
34. (ACTIVE) TgTemplar (GMT -6, CST)
35. (ACTIVE) Icelifreakx (GMT -5, EST)
36. (ACTIVE) Tmdeath (GMT -8, PST)
37. (ACTIVE) gorgo_empire (GMT -4, AST)
38. (ACTIVE) DecorumAmour (GMT -5, EST)
39. (ACTIVE) MetaSol (GMT -5, EST)
40. (ACTIVE) SkyyoBee/lmfao111222333 (GMT+10, GST)
41. (ACTIVE) Knightei (GMT)
42. (ACTIVE) thomascovey (GMT -6, CST)
43. (ACTIVE) Picklesickel (GMT -5, EST)
44. (ACTIVE) martinvilla822 (GMT +8, CCT)
45. (ACTIVE) Black_myst (GMT -5, EST)
46. (ACTIVE) aptrotta (GMT -8, PST)
47. (ACTIVE) uracow (GMT -5, EST)

[Tee-Tree 22]

Meh, Why not give it a try, Seems interesting and all I have been doing for the past week has been running around!

 

 

Minecraft name: ff_wk_14

 

Link to your forum profile: Just click my picture

Time: GMT -6 UTC

 

Edit:

First!

[Death Reaper 37]

Probably going to be matched with a serial killer.

 

Minecraft Name: JJKoshane (Infamous Von English.)

 

Link to your forum profile: Easier to just click my picture.

[PtahWithin 1320]

I've decided it's just easier to click on your profiles - no link to the profile is required.

[Zarsies 6795]

Minecraft Username: Zarsies

 

Link to my profile: Click the gif!

[Ever 2648]

Minecraft name: Ever

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/user/15629-ever/

 

Why not? ^^

[meg 1994]

Why not?

 

MC Name: Meguzara

[blindmind 350]

MCname: edronos

Edit: Timezone: GMT -5, EST

[Watyll 1104]

Watyll

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

Mc Name: birdwhisperer

Time Zone: GMT -5/EST though I tend to play late into Australian times.

 

Very nice idea. But what if through some bizarre circumstance, there's just no way the characters could realistically meet?

[ConnorMagill 43]

Minecraft name: ConnorMagill

 

Just click my pic.

[PtahWithin 1320]

Mc name: birdwhisperer

 

Very nice idea. But what if through some bizarre circumstance, there's just no way the characters could realistically meet?

The universal RP equalizer of the Cloud Temple could be used, I suppose?

[Phibbup 286]

Hrm.

Yolo.

 

 Mc:Shpoop

 

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[The Cleaning Crew 571]

Hrm. I should be able to do this now.

Mc Name: TheCleaningCrew

[Pato 82]

MC NAME: zePato

 

Let's gooo.