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Post by grimmedslug on Nov 25, 2009 5:37:28 GMT -5
Oooohh. Ok, let me give some time to make that up.
Is there any tips to making RPs attractive to others?
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Post by UsagiOkami on Nov 25, 2009 21:52:14 GMT -5
It really depends on your audience. I mean, you could have a perfectly good idea and it be set up well and the right people are already to busy and so it doesn't take off. It's pretty much a shot in the dark for the most part. One thing that does help is pick something people know about if it is going to be canon. For instance, picking, Final Fantasy is a good bet to get people to join. Likewise Naruto, or Full Metal Alchemist. Many people know these things and so it gets peoples attention. Modern Warfare like games are good also since they can be done whether you have played a game or not.
If you want to make an original RP then it becomes a bit more tricky, you want to make sure it is unique enough but if it is too far out there, then people won't join. Try to come up with a concept that you think people will be appealed to and yet is unique enough to not have a whole lot of competition.
Eventually as I first said it boils down to your audience, and essentially what you want to do. It might soar, or it might fail, you just never know.
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Post by grimmedslug on Nov 26, 2009 0:40:11 GMT -5
Any particular themes that you have taken note of that appeals to people in KHI? Eg war, ancient history, modern etc. Or anime, whatever.
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Post by UsagiOkami on Nov 26, 2009 1:30:49 GMT -5
No not really, it all depends on who is looking and who has the time to join. More popular animes work better then obscure ones. History depends on who's History it is and how it is written. It all depends. What were you thinking about doing?
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Post by grimmedslug on Nov 26, 2009 1:39:01 GMT -5
Erm... Something futuristic, with politics and infighting etc. Doubt that would interest anyone XD
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Post by UsagiOkami on Nov 26, 2009 2:30:25 GMT -5
You'd be surprised, plenty RP's take place in the future. Depending on how you work it out, it might be a winner.
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Post by grimmedslug on Nov 26, 2009 3:16:56 GMT -5
I don't worry about the future part. What I worry about is politics. I doubt most 10 year old kids on the forum can understand politics.
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Post by UsagiOkami on Nov 27, 2009 18:02:42 GMT -5
Depending on how you set it up then they would. And also chances are that most of the people joining will be in their teens. If you have two rivaling groups going after the same power, and those two groups each have an army of sorts. Then you have politics. Anyone in either of those two would be dealing with the politics of the country as they try to acquire the object/power. It doesn't have to be too intricate to be considered politics. The leaders of either faction are dealing in politics as they plan the best way to win. Politics if you look hard enough are in just about every RP, it just depends on how you portray it that determines who joins and who doesn't.
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Post by grimmedslug on Nov 27, 2009 19:27:06 GMT -5
Well, ok, not typically that, but I suppose since words can't explain it I'll give you a run through of the idea I've had (I've developed it through a dream XD)
For 3 centuries, the world has been embroiled in conflict. The Confederation has battled the Alliance for what seems like eternity to the people, scarring the various continents on Earth. And now, 3 centuries after the war started, the Confederation finally has enough, and has been pressured by their people to push for a punitive peace settlement to end this battle once and for all. In a meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, home of the Alliance Command Center, it is decided that they would make the Confederation suffer for their crimes, with high settlement claims on the Confederation. They don't really care; they're sick and tired of this long war already, and everyone just wants to get on with life now. (Note: The Alliance can be considered as Europe broadly, the Confederation as Asia)
However, not everyone is happy at the peace settlement. Some in the countries under the Confederation are suffering due to the poor economy from the economic reparations exacted by the Alliance, and of course there is the humiliation of 'defeat', typically in the younger generation. The people in the nations under the Alliance are also disgusted because of the war, which has slowed down technological development in their countries so much that they have literally fell back into the Stone Age in all senses but the military sense, living in houses built with sand and stone, old fashioned farming techniques etc, and they are jealous at how the Confederation has managed to supplement their technology even during this hard war.
Then there is another group who had profitted from the war, and know that they can continue to profit if the war continues. Assassins, some large corporations, weapons scientists, they do not want to see the war come to a close just like that, for that will literally mean an end to their prosperity. They know that they can make the war happen again, either by buying over the governments in the countries to provide pressure to reinstigate the war, or to simply kill leading figures, putting the blame on the other side to reignite conflict.
And deep within this conflict, there is a terrible weapon harboured beneath the sands of Saudi Arabia, recently uncovered by a huge sandstorm that swept the sand cover from the machine. The catalyst to spark a new war has appeared. A weapon that destroys entire country in a single button, developed by the terrorists in the conflict during the 21st century, but lost to the elements. Until now.
And so, as the world recovers from the chaos, it is up to some, to choose whether to send the world back.
Note: This is pretty much the backstory, but I need more details into the individual nations under each coalition so that it's easier to visualize which country a RPer belongs to.
Note 2: The head of the Confederation and Alliance are both elected respectively by their countries.
Character choices: Alliance Civilian, Political leaders of various Alliance nations, Confederation Civilian, Political leaders of Confederation nations, Assassin, Leader of large corporation
Note that scientists belong under Civilian.
Yeah, that's about it. I'm lazy to put up the templates, but I doubt you'll want it.
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Post by grimmedslug on Nov 29, 2009 3:08:09 GMT -5
So, Usagi, any tips?
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