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Date: January 16th, 2013
Today's Forecast: The air is reminiscent of spring. The snow, turning slowly into a fine carpet of slush, is slowly disappearing after a decidedly warm spell. |
HIRP: Reborn is located here. |
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It is now: Year 7 - Day 4 - Supper/Quidditch Practice
Happening now: Supper Azkaban Trip is now out of time. Feel free to continue all plots as planned. Feel free to finish all plots out of time. |
| Next: Day 5: Valentine's Day |
| Read Today's Daily Prophet: Knights of Walpurgis attack Hogwarts; Belleford steps down as Hogwarts closes until further notice |
| Welcome to Hogwarts Interactive Role Play, one of the net's best in Harry Potter and Hogwarts role plays. We hope you enjoy your visit. Here at Hogwarts our students are currently in their Seventh Year. Last year, the war against the Knights crescendoed into a direct attack against the school. Disappearances are still reported (or not) daily, and the Dark Lord and his Knights of Walpurgis have succeeded in spreading their message of "do as thou will" far and wide across the globe. Magical Law Enforcement, which is now the only authority in the wizarding world under Martial Law, has responded by tightening security, controlling the media, and strictly enforcing curfews and other laws. Their control is damaging to the people's freedom, and their hierarchy is a suspicious lot. It is clear that some members of the MLE like their new found power a bit too much, others see it necessary, but all are in serious danger of being consumed by it. But with the picture of just what Azariah Amaranth is after becoming ever clearer, and a third player in the form of a group called SAVIOR entering the scene, what will the MLE do next to ensure that they've got the situation under control? The Elementium, the Higher Plane that had once been hidden just beyond the veil in the Department of Mysteries, and the Deathly Hallows. The pieces of the puzzle have been identified, but what picture do they make? Today is Day 1 of Year Seven. Students have had time to recover from the Knight's attack, and are beginning to reluctantly return to the walls of Hogwarts. The safety of the school has been diminished, bringing up the question everyone must ask. Are you safe anywhere these days? It's up to each individual to decide their fate, where will you decide to go? You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. If you are interested in joining our forum as a role player, please take a look at the Joining HIRP Checklist (click me!) for an easy-to-follow guide on how to join! Click here to register! Await your email confirmation before you can post. If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
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| Dave McKelvey | Aug 18 2012, 10:59:38 PM Post #21 |
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Seventh Year. Lori rocks! But srsly, Morgan is the best! I love Malynne! But not as much as I LOVE ANNA AND LORI. BUT MORGAN STILL PWNS THEM ALL, THE END. I love Meg she is so awesome and epic. Did I mention how silly Jess is?
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You should see the SL, Ave. ![]() We've talked about how we want to structure next generation a ton, and we actually did think about introducing multiple years anchored around one central or "main" year. The only problem that I had with that was, as you said, that, once the initial group finishes, what happens to the others? Do they get left in limbo? If we continue on for an extra year to finish off the younger students, then the older ones get left in limbo anyway, so there's really no way to do it without excluding a year. Here's the thread if you'd like to take a look at it (click me!). |
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| Hazel Evans | Aug 18 2012, 11:01:20 PM Post #22 |
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Would there have to be a limbo? Life goes on after school... |
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| Kane Resultran | Aug 18 2012, 11:09:49 PM Post #23 |
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Introducing the younger years is kind of what we had before, isn't it? Before the transition to Zetaboards, I mean. Initially, new members were put into First Year (or Second Year, based on the number of people, I guess), when the main year was Third or Fourth. As each year passed, new members were put into First Year and everybody moved up a year. However this could pose some problems because say we have a huge increase in members during one year and then the next year we have, say, two. The year after that, four. We'd be left with 9,001 Third Years, 2 Second Years, and 4 First Years, which doesn't exactly balance out. In accordance with the generation idea and multiple years, would it be so bad to let members flesh out their characters on their own after the main generation finishes their arc/graduates? I understand how we'd get some people who would take things too far and make their characters uberpowerful, but most would develop their characters appropriately. The downside to characters being left in limbo after the primary generation graduates is that they won't get to RP their character developing, and we'll just have to take their word for what happened (and this is especially problematic if individual plots rely heavily on other characters and we can't allow the interaction because everybody's in limbo). Forget I said this paragraph. I sort of like the idea Avery had, where each year has a "quota" of sorts they have to meet before more people can be added. Five does sound like quite a bit, especially if we're waiting for 35 people to join before we can add more Fifth Years or whatever. Perhaps we stick with the checkpoint idea, but make it three characters per year before we allow people to make more? This would have to be closely moderated, of course, perhaps with a list in the New Student Applications forum detailing how many members of what year have been Sorted. Thinking about it, this raises the question of inactivity. Should a member go inactive and they were filling the last spot in, say, Sixth Year, but a new member wanted to create a Sixth Year student, should we allow that? Of course, the applicant would have to have a reason why they can only make a Sixth Year student and not one in another year, but provided the explanation is good enough, maybe? Food for thought. EDIT: Post 1,200 woot Edited by Kane Resultran, Aug 18 2012, 11:10:23 PM.
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| Avery Griffith | Aug 18 2012, 11:25:40 PM Post #24 |
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I'm confused about all this limbo hibbertygibber. So, going back to the no generation thing though, I honestly think it could work out fine with a limited number of people in each year. Really, within three years age difference (ie: a group of 5th/6th/7th years) they can kind of intermingle without there really being a wall of their ages standing between them. There can still be a main plot without a main generation because the main characters can be spread out amongst the ages. Then more people can find their way into the plot in different ways and if the main plot ends when they're a first year, they just remember it and we automatically get started on a new one. Then no one's in limbo if we just keep the plots going. If that makes sense. The plots can still take the same amount of time, or shorter or longer. Really, with this kind of setup there's no time constraint whereas now it's kind of the whole Azzie thing must be completed in seven years, no more, no less. And Kane, the inactivity thing is also what would need to be monitored. Although, that would kind of be a common sense thing too, so it wouldn't be a huge deal. Just if someone realizes that so-and-so is inactive and a sixth year, the spot could open. |
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| Terry Boot | Aug 18 2012, 11:32:02 PM Post #25 |
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I think if a few people work together then the keeping track of multiple years thing won't be that bad. And professors (or whoever wants to) can always post a couple of simple lesson plans for each year that is repeated every year. I would be perfectly willing to write up a couple of lessons and homework assignments for Charms if needed. I actually like the idea of multiple years and no giant jump because it a) gives people a better chance to gradually flesh out characters, b) eliminates time constraint and allows more natural flow and c) gives members as a whole more control in the plot, rather than hording the creative juices into a few select "plotters". I think it allows more influence and creativity if we build up ourselves rather than 'deciding'. Does this make any sense? Sorry, I just got off a long shift, so I may be rambling. |
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| Kane Resultran | Aug 18 2012, 11:43:22 PM Post #26 |
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The only thing I see with keeping the whole ball rolling after one huge event finishes is what happens with the characters who graduate and are only seventeen? They can't exactly become Aurors or professors right after graduating Hogwarts. I understand how it would make sense with the people in younger years not being left in limbo, because they still live out the rest of their years as Hogwarts, but what about the people who have graduated? They'll be stuck in limbo because there's not really much they can do with their character outside of Hogwarts. This is a Hogwarts RP after all, not a wizarding world in general (even though we do include a lot of stuff outside of the school). I hadn't thought of just keeping things rolling because what had been ingrained in my mind was that we'd skip a few years before we started the next generation to give us time to explain all of the political changes and changes in the landscape and y'know stuff like that. If we didn't do that, we'd have to RP through all of the transitional stages (oh my wizard god, we'd have to write?), and individuals' characters would drop off like flies after something didn't apply to them anymore and they'd finished up with their plot. Now, I don't know about you, but I don't want a character I've worked on for years just disappearing off the face of the earth. Okay so just now in the cbox someone brought up how weird it would be if we stuck with one year in the next generation because it wouldn't be realistic for all of our characters to have kids the same year. Didn't we have some explanation for that about how when Azzie was defeated some magic made everyone preggo or something? I might be getting this all wrong and I'm really hazy on everything, but I remember there being an explanation for that. I think if people want characters related to their former characters, we let them have them. I mean, we can work out all the little details as they come along, but it shouldn't be too big an issue, especially if we have multiple years. Anyway, I lost my train of thought. Must have left the station a bit early and I didn't catch it. That's what I've got right now, though. |
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| Terry Boot | Aug 18 2012, 11:45:44 PM Post #27 |
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Maybe we can incorporate more of the magical world so there is more to do? I think it could be fun if we fleshed the outside world out a little bit. It is an interactive RP, there is more than Hogwarts to be interactive with. |
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| Avery Griffith | Aug 18 2012, 11:50:03 PM Post #28 |
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I think outside of the Hogwarts world we can just make time go whenever. I mean really, in adulthood it doesn't matter what age you are, it's like an 80 year old dating a 100 year old, what's twenty years? LOL what was that comparison even. ANYWAY what I'm saying is that you can skip years after Hogwarts and go straight to working. May not be realistic, but it's not going to really affect anything drastically. Also, I was talking in the cbox and as far as classes go, we could just have one professor per subject that could just have classes whenever. IE: today I shall have a 5th year charms class. Tomorrow I shall have a 7th year charms class. Except they'd probably go in order of years because logic is good. |
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| Hazel Evans | Aug 18 2012, 11:51:47 PM Post #29 |
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ALRIGHT. Thoughts on completely getting rid of regulated classes? 1) Class threads are only open if they are needed for a plot/general fun 2) Professors open up threads depending on muse. (Today, first year Transfig, etc...) 3) We make a generalized outline of what everyone should learn throughout the years and leave it open to everyone. ALSO: If we decide to open up the rest of the years, we'll deal with what happens to those who graduate in another thread! /Don't make me edit/delete posts ![]() /all said in cbox Edited by Hazel Evans, Aug 18 2012, 11:55:26 PM.
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| Terry Boot | Aug 18 2012, 11:56:09 PM Post #30 |
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I like the skipping straight to careers thing. We should also open up more careers so that it's more than just "healer, teacher, minister of magic worker, shopkeeper." I think there could be tons of different careers, we should just make things up. Personally, I want to be a leprechaun wrangler. |
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| Hazel Evans | Aug 18 2012, 11:58:29 PM Post #31 |
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Spoiler: click to toggle List of occupations and what one would need to get into them. /Breaking my own rule here. Just wanted to post it before I forgot about it. Edited by Hazel Evans, Aug 19 2012, 12:00:58 AM.
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| Kane Resultran | Aug 19 2012, 12:09:47 AM Post #32 |
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But wouldn't it be odd if somebody wanted to become a professor and they just went straight into their career after graduating, then you have one of your former colleagues teaching you how to Charms? I think classes are an integral part of the HIRP experience, especially because Hogwarts isn't Hogwarts without DADA and falling asleep in History of Magic! We can't have people running around knowing spells they haven't learnt, now, can we? I mean, people would say they learned something in Transfiguration or in Charms, but I don't think that seems fair. I feel like we should need to RP the learning of the spells so we can understand how a character learned it (I don't know how to explain it, it's late). I like the idea of professors planning out classes for each year. Perhaps we could RP classes out of time and just have everyone take their respective classes at the same time? Maybe. I don't know. EDIT: Let me clarify the part about professors planning out classes. Each professor plans out the classes they want to teach for the year, y'know. They come up with the lesson plan and everything beforehand and then when it's time to teach they just post threads with those lesson plans. What I said about RPing classes out of time means that they post the several lessons they had planned at the same time, one for each year, and everybody takes the class at the same time. ex. >Charms professor has seven lesson plans. >Time for charms class? >Post all seven lessons. >RP all seven lessons out of time. >Done with Charms for the year. Edited by Kane Resultran, Aug 19 2012, 12:19:06 AM.
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| Avery Griffith | Aug 19 2012, 12:20:11 AM Post #33 |
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Josh, I think the teacher/peer thing would be an issue even after this generation. Like you skip years, but they're automatically professors? I don't know. Students in class could just ignore that fact. I don't feel like it would be a huge deal. They'd probably become professors when they were still in school anyway for some of them. As far as classes go again, there could be structured lessons that the professors do throughout the year per each class as I've said, but if the issue is that there won't be enough, there can always be out of time ones. The professor could create a new class as often as they wanted. Daily, if they were ambitious enough. And they could always do additional unstructured ones if need be. That last suggestion also sounds awesome, however the professor would have to plan out seven lesson plans at once which would be a little painstaking /: |
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| Beth Snape | Aug 19 2012, 07:18:47 AM Post #34 |
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I like the idea of allowing people to make characters in years other than the 'main' one. But letting the graduated students become professors or aurors the following year after graduation? It would be kind of awkward for the next Seventh Years to have their friends suddenly grow 4 years older. And what about if anyone wanted to create their kids and send them to Hogwarts? Can't say I like the mysterious disappearance of time continuum. What if, after the graduation of main year, we'd make the time go faster? As in, for example, instead of 7 days each with 4-7 periods, we could have 4 days with about 3 periods... Actually, I'd prefer if that didn't happen and we instead continued as usual, either electing another year as 'main' or leaving them on the same level, depending on the state of things. And that would mean having to wait for your character to end their training, which would suck but at least be realistic. They could make an appearance or find a RP out of Hogwarts in the meantime. As for Professors, we could eventually have more than one person teaching a subject. Like, John Doe teaching 1st-4th Years and Jane having 5th-7th Years. Depending on how many people would be interested in the position. As for classes, I think it would be better if we at least decided which day some of them should be. E.g., there should be either Potions, DADA or Transfiguration class in Day 2 for at least two years (the most active ones?). Just so we don't have one boring day with nothing happening and then one with 15 classes. And the idea of posting several lesson plans in one 'day' is okay with me, if people playing Professors are willing, because we could make the class days (Day 2) actually last a week. So instead of periods, it could be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... But, I think we do need to make a list of that spells would be taught in each year, to prevent Second Years from mastering a Patronus Charm and such. I think we've considered that before. |
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| Avery Griffith | Aug 19 2012, 08:35:21 AM Post #35 |
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The only real job that is affected by this kind of system is professors. I mean, aurors, ministry, and other people outside the Hogwarts realm doesn't really matter. If a peer came back the next year I don't see that anyone would really care. However, the Professor thing is a good point. What if we took, instead of that year off thing where it would be easy to lose your character altogether, we could do something similar. How about everyone that seeks out a profession other than teaching can go straight into the work world. Professors must wait a year before teaching. BUT, we could have them act as though they have been teaching without actually contribute to the classes, or have them say they are working towards teaching/looking for a job/whatever, but as far as hosting a regulated class goes, they won't be able to do that until the next year has graduated after them. That can keep a steady flow of professors if need be as well, without having to maintain a "main" year or conflicting with the cycle. And I like the classes thing too, Beth! At least having a schedule will encourage to create classes on a regular basis, and since all classes would happen out of time, Professors can also have as many classes as they'd like if they wish. |
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| Winnie Anderson | Aug 19 2012, 03:38:04 PM Post #36 |
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I was looking through some of the themes for Zetaboards on the site Dave posted the link for and this was one of the only ones that caught my eye. Theme! I looked through a lot of the themes under Recommended Themes I think it was called. Edited by Hazel Evans, Aug 19 2012, 03:44:08 PM.
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| Dave McKelvey | Aug 19 2012, 05:11:48 PM Post #37 |
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The first thing that came to mind when I saw the Timbertina theme. Spoiler: click to toggle (Anyone who remembers the PIRP fiasco will know why.) Anyways, I have some thoughts after reading everything that you guys have posted. Although I'm entrusting Eme and Beth (and everyone who's still around!) to breathe life back into our RP, part of me still wants to maintain the same ideals that I had in mind when I created the site. I may or may not return, and regardless of whether or not I do, I'd at least rest easier with the knowledge that I have the option of coming back to a site that still feels like it's the one I created. Now, that's not to say I'm not down for change, but I'd still like to maintain some creative control. If you guys feel I'm being unreasonable, please do let me know, but I don't think it's too much to ask. WITH THAT SAID, I like and dislike some of the things that have been presented. However, I feel that we might be talking in circles when it comes to certain issues, so I'm going to take the opportunity to sum things up in a more concise way so that we can tackle each subject individually (and so I can present some more of my own thoughts). The main problem that we have to tackle is inactivity. Before we can fix the problem, we must think about why this has become a problem. Here are some things I can think of off the top of my head: - Years/individual time periods take too long and stagnate. - The main plot is too exclusive and/or inaccessible. - The plot relies on one or two people to move forward, whereas everyone else is left to spectate/wait for events to unfold. - MOST IMPORTANTLY, we've gotten into a disgusting habit of very VERY exclusive RP*. *By this, I mean that all characters and time periods are almost always "booked". If you look at the individual character plots, people have planned out conversations, breakups, relationships, events, blah blah blah. To me, this practice achieves nothing besides creating a "grocery list of shit I have to actually RP out even though I know what the outcome is going to be". To be honest, it makes me want to torch the entire plot section. I feel that when we over-plan our RP, it creates several problems. 1) It makes posting feel like a job because you're "locked in" to doing what you said you would. 2) It kills any opportunity for new people to interact with your character. "Sorry, I can't converse with your character because I've already scheduled my breakup at precisely 4PM. Please see my secretary to schedule time for a conversation." 3) It creates an enormous backlog of "stuff that has to get done" before the admins can change the time. Am I right, or am I right? Anyway, here's a plan of action that I'd like to propose for moving ahead smoothly without killing too much of what HIRP is about: Regarding Characters: - We maintain the plans we've already made. We move on to a new generation (by moving ahead by twelve years or so). - We start our new characters off in first year. HOWEVER, we allow people to create ONE older student of any age in addition to their main character. How they handle their older character upon graduation is up to them (so if you create a seventh year, you do so knowing that you'll only be able to RP them for the first year). However, realistic expectations will be placed on these characters (ie: don't expect your character to become an auror or professor for many years after graduation). - When second year rolls around, we also allow the creation of younger students under the same rules. However, once the main year finishes year seven, the generation is finished, so these characters will be subject to having their seventh year retconned by their owners. Regarding Time Management: - Each RP year will be shortened drastically. This will keep things rolling and keep people interested, as change will be happening faster. - Instead of RPing all eight classes every single year, we hold a vote (or otherwise decide) on one to three classes to RP that year. This will make class days drag on far less, but still maintain the potential to RP fun classes. - We cut out anything that feels unnecessary, or we RP it out of time completely. A good example is Defense Club meetings. Unless every single active character is there (they aren't, obviously), we can completely skip over the "Night" time period. - We set time limits on major events. A week should be more than enough to get what we want done. Regarding the Plot: - We stop planning so damn much and just go with the flow. I've said this a million times, but the best RP I've ever had has been unplanned and spontaneous. The Dave-Precious drama? Completely random, and it has shaped both of our characters immensely. - We scrap individual character plots altogether. People can take notes about their character's future in their character sheet thread. - Major characters are shared, no exceptions. Headmaster/mistress, Minister for Magic, Dark Lords, etc. How we share them is something we can discuss. - We actually use the "Current RP Events" forum. We use it to post what's going to happen during a time period, what people can participate in, etc. Did I miss anything? What do you guys think? |
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| Laurel Luther | Aug 19 2012, 05:59:09 PM Post #38 |
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Dave, can you please clarify what you mean by scrap individual character plots? If you mean people can't decide ahead of time what relationships they'll engage in or something I honestly think that's crap. Each person has a different plotting style and it's unfair to limit that. Our problem with being "exclusive" doesn't stem from planning in and of itself-- it stems from not going out on a limb to plot with someone new and try things out. That is the key to making new members feel welcome and retaining them. But forcing people to plot to specific specifications is going to discourage not help. Dave likes more "spontaneous" plotting --he is free to do that. I like to make tentative plans but prefer to see how two characters work together before I make any kind of commitment and am not into "endgame" or "finals." awesome, I can do that too. Person Z might like planning things out after much less RP than me -- they should be able to do that too. Also on the issue of careers -- with something like aurors or healers, your character CAN enter a training program. The auror program is 3 years (canon) and we could make a number for some other professions which likely require a residency/training period. It would not be that difficult to implement. Also I said it before and I will say it again -- if you go inactive you lose any spots you might have. It might seem harsh but it you can't bother to drop in for two minutes and say "hey RL is kicking my butt I might disappear for a while" then it is not unfair to keep the site moving and spots open. If we needed to add more sixth year or whatever spots to meet demand that is feasible to deal with as it happens. OH and I do like the changes Dave has suggested about the time system. Shortening the year is a great idea and making cuts as far as classes go. I would also say having "day x lunch" "day x morning" "day x night" ETC is superfluous. How about just "day x???" and then if tere's a class link to it? |
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| Dave McKelvey | Aug 19 2012, 07:03:04 PM Post #39 |
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I may have gone overboard with the idea of BURN ALL THE PLOTS, but I do stand by the fact that we may have taken it way too far. When the individual plots section was created, there was an enormous influx of people using it to plan, which was good. However, individuals like myself, who may not necessarily like meticulously planning the time and date of their next sneeze, may have felt pressured to plan everything out as much as everyone else. Basically what I'd like to push is more spontaneity and less planned teen drama, because it's already a proven point that some people cannot be relied upon (ie: how many people have been left without a final because of inactivity?). Anyways, I don't really know how to say what I'm trying to get at, but my central point, if you will, is that individual character plotting should be a tool, not the be-all, end-all. Does that make more sense? ![]() This makes sense. There's no way that a student straight out of Hogwarts is equipped to be an auror (or any major profession), so it makes sense that there would be supplemental schooling/training involved. Think of it like... wizarding college? But yeah, if we really wanted to, we could whip up some information on how long training should take and all that jazz. |
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| Avery Griffith | Aug 19 2012, 08:07:18 PM Post #40 |
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I definitely agree with taking more advantage of the out of time stuff. Since the days are spread out anyway, that's a good way to keep it realistic but get everything done still. As far as the multiple year thing, Dave, do you mean each member would be able to create a character in year one, one in any other year, and all future characters as either adults or in year one? And when you say that when the main generation moves to year two that year one would open up, does that mean if you've previously created a character in year five or whatever (so you have one in the main generation--year two--and one in year five) that you would not be able to create a character in year one? I'm kind of unclear on all that. Also, Dave, the theme Winnie meant wasn't the blue thingy, that's just the background of the forum or whatever. You have to scroll down to see where they show you the actual Timbertina theme which looks like this here. Edited by Avery Griffith, Aug 19 2012, 08:07:55 PM.
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