WTB: some allies

[Shensen]

Yeah I know it's posted there which is great, but you know it's easier to get involved in a story when something actually happens IG than reading it here and then going IG and all of a sudden you're toon who was previously clueless now miraculously up to speed lol and just shows up like mighty mouse *here I come to save the day!* and is at the wrong place at the wrong time and everyone stares at you quietly wondering "WTF is up with this fella?", to which his equally puzzled companion replies, "Too much spice I think. Should we put him down?"....and then the situation degrades rapidly from there. Ok so I ramble...I'm medicated now so this should lessen over time.

Which begs the question.. what would your character do?

You are presented with a piece of information. How do you react to it? Do you desire to dig deeper and find out more? If so, then do so.

If your friend desires to help us, and you are not sure why.. then what would you do? Most likely, you would want to talk to him. If you don't know what the Temple of the Goddess is, you would ask him about it, no?

What my character would do all depends on the information received and/or the scenario he's put into. If I am presented with information then it is up to me whether or not I delve deeper into it. In some cases I may want to know more and in other cases it may be best to ignore it for what ever reason (political, personal, ooc, or other).

IC I don't know that Hashum wants to help Temple, nor do I even know it exists let alone what anyone's motivations are.

As Hashum stated, cliff notes are good in the most basic form I think - too much detail could ruin it (as you pointed out), but ultimately some form of information leading to said arc has to be received before one can make the decision whether they want to involve themselves or not. Assuming he/she wants to get involved then I agree 100% it is up to them to start the process of information gathering, but there has to be that little tease piece of breadcrumb to get someone to start asking questions....

How did this crumb get here?, who left it?, why did they leave it?, was it a part of a trail? etc etc.

[Isleh]

I can see why the person may feel that way, and I don't necessarily disagree. But were there no posts on story arc's it would enforce cliques because only the characters that are typicaly with your character would know what's going on and thus exclude people from a chance to RP.

Without some OOC knowledge we wouldn't know that there would be rumor's floating around about Templ and MERCS going at it. Which is why I at least think cliff notes or a general overview is good for RP. It opens up the story to those that can see the story would be something their character would dig deeper into.

Now there are risks involved as Shensen points out just because I read something here doesn't mean my Character knows what I know, and I try to keep those two issues seperated. But we do need some OOC or posted info to make good decisions. How we use that information could use some work.

I probably should have for instance taken another root or a longer road to getting involved myself "employing" certain characters to help me get what I needed. So that is definately a valid point.

Could we maybe get some names on info or "spy" people. This isn't an aspect of RP that is used often (to my knowledge) so I wouldn't know what type of person I should look for. I think typically we assimilate character's into easy to define roles. Hashum=Jedi, Kirt=BH, Ekade=teh pwn, etc. Spy or informant isn't typically one of those. Maybe we could get some "underground" advertising out. If I know it's available I will use it.

Public Knowledge Hooks (feel free to add):
The Enigmatic Refrain broadcasting Isleh's capture.
Nyvveck's wanted broadcast concerning the events of Sepiv's trial.

Maybe not a cliff notes version of the events, but maybe a listing of open RP hooks that are public knowledge. This gives the player the OOC knowledge they need to get involved. A selection of hooks so they can choose one that fits their character. It doesn't give away the story but puts the options of how to get involved in plain view answering the question "how do I get involved", letting them do so quickly.

[warsloth]

If I'm not mistaken here's my take

Templ
-ONE-
Sharn
Sepiv
Dwilah

VS.
Kirt

No but really

We've got MERCS and possibly TTF-S on the same side (With the exception possibly of Nyvveck due to the jail break) against Templ who now has the aid of -ONE-, and possibly Sharn and Dwilah from what I can tell.

Sounds pretty even to me.

yet again.... absolutely no love for teh WHAR!

[Hashum]

If I'm not mistaken here's my take

Templ
-ONE-
Sharn
Sepiv
Dwilah

VS.
Kirt

No but really

We've got MERCS and possibly TTF-S on the same side (With the exception possibly of Nyvveck due to the jail break) against Templ who now has the aid of -ONE-, and possibly Sharn and Dwilah from what I can tell.

Sounds pretty even to me.

yet again.... absolutely no love for teh WHAR!

Sorry your Rodian's are so short I often miss you as you're just under my field of vision.

[warsloth]

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