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| Topic Started: Feb 8 2012, 05:11 PM (254 Views) | |
| Dirge | Feb 8 2012, 05:11 PM Post #1 |
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Don’t mind me, I sometimes get these mad moments of inspiration that spurs from an idea in the depths of my mind. It isn’t an important thing or even necessary, but I think it could be a unique little feature that we could possibly all enjoy. My idea is….. drumroll….. A PLACE TO HAVE IC LETTERS! I mean, its how people communicated back then and while these kind of thing can be easily sent in PM’s I thought it would be fun if we could read each other’s, a plot to usurp a throne, a blossoming relationship from star crossed lovers. An employer and employee. A death warrant, a BOUNTY! I can go on and on with possibilities. And also give room for dialog only sections to plots, personal or major. Not only this, but it can be another way to get characters to interact. Perhaps character A could come across a piece of information via finding a lost letter, it being passed to prying eyes, ambushing the messenger!? Ok I need to stop my mind is going to go into some crazy hyper place where I start spurting idea’s with even less purpose XD |
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| Kestrel Sumner | Feb 8 2012, 05:30 PM Post #2 |
And then she was gone, her hips swinging as the knives jostled her thighs, passing by guards with her head held high, a haughty smile upon her lips.
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I thought that I had changed the description of the Chronicles forum to reflect the possibility of letter-writing, but apparently I didn't (or, alternatively, at the time it made sense in my head, which means it probably didn't translate over). That being said, that forum can actually be used for such a purpose that you describe, Dirge. And I definitely encourage plotting IC that way! I know I've seen other forums with such things. Since that forum doesn't get used very often for character journals and such, I don't think letter-writing would need its own forum. Unless people feel strongly on the matter? |
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| Dirge | Feb 8 2012, 05:51 PM Post #3 |
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now you have pointed it out, i can see that the chronicles have been edited! but yeah the description is a little cryptic and thus my eyes must of glazed over it =D *feels silly by making this topic now* anyway i think we should ALL do it~ it seems more fun than writing a journal anyway. |
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| Kestrel Sumner | Feb 8 2012, 06:17 PM Post #4 |
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And then she was gone, her hips swinging as the knives jostled her thighs, passing by guards with her head held high, a haughty smile upon her lips.
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No, don't feel silly! :3 It's a good question to ask and it's good for me to note that I need to tweak that a bit in the future. |
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| Matchitehew | Feb 9 2012, 11:41 PM Post #5 |
I could be nice. Hell! I know I'm nice, but ask yourself, 'What's the fun in that?'
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Just chucking in my two cents worth |
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| Zygus | Feb 9 2012, 11:52 PM Post #6 |
Yišoġowt’in më p’oragrowaç hogow ew mort’i mēǰ.
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Actually, I think that could be kinda cool. I suppose it could go in the Chronicles section, but it would be fun to show a correspondance between lovers or people plotting nefarious things. :> Good for building on your characters, yes?
Edited by Zygus, Feb 9 2012, 11:53 PM.
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| Dirge | Feb 10 2012, 08:40 AM Post #7 |
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If I may, I personally don’t like the IC box, its purpose confuses me just a little, and from what I can see it’s like an orgy of characters generally being silly? I also don’t see a use for it in terms of plotting and dialog, especially since you cant keep it to refer back too later. But that’s just my personal feelings towards it. I’m all for character building, its the reason I have generally stereotypical characters and then through story build from that, after all someone once said that it is out memories, experiences and emotions that shapes us into the people that we are. But in the chronicle section would you just make a topic called "dirge's letters" or something? Or make a letter for each thing? Sometimes it could be one letter? I imagine it getting very messy in there... Perhaps a subforum within chronicles? For letters to keep it tidy, and then people can make a tracker for it, so they didn’t want to sift through it? |
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| Nevneni | Feb 10 2012, 08:58 AM Post #8 |
Asperges me hysopo, et mundabor: lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
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I can imagine a topic where two characters write letters they send back and forth to each other or some such. |
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| Kestrel Sumner | Feb 10 2012, 05:51 PM Post #9 |
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And then she was gone, her hips swinging as the knives jostled her thighs, passing by guards with her head held high, a haughty smile upon her lips.
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The IC Cbox could be used seriously, but I think most things turn into crack in it. I have, however, seen and been a part of the moments where it's used seriously for serious character chats, though that was in its earlier days. Though a pain in the ass, it is also possible to copy and paste the Cbox messages into word so that nothing is lost if you're really attached to it. The issue with making an entirely separate forum for letters is that not only are there very few journals in there as it stands, but I don't know how many letters will crop up in there, either. It's a bit of a toss-up because sometimes people latch onto ideas and a whole bunch of people will start something (ex. writing letters), and then other times only one or two people will do something like that. Unless the letters became immensely popular, I don't feel like there needs to be an entirely separate forum for them. If people are really keen on having an entirely separate forum, though, I can make one. For each set of correspondence, I would just make a thread for it, and update that thread as necessary. Even if that means that, 3 months down the road, the character who initially received correspondence writes their own letter back. |
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| Kestrel Sumner | Feb 26 2012, 07:31 PM Post #10 |
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And then she was gone, her hips swinging as the knives jostled her thighs, passing by guards with her head held high, a haughty smile upon her lips.
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Double-posting for an update: I have altered the description of that forum, so I hope it's a bit clearer now for everyone. |
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