So i actually started to post this on 3 different thread but decided to just bring this all to fruition in one.
I think that the best way to approach this would have to be on a case by case basis but that there is 2 rules that would have to be put in place in order for it to flow more efficiently.
1: In character Reasoning and this is where the case by case basis comes in. I understand that we don't want people copping out and getting out of what should of been and instant death because "Applications are hard." but we also don't want to see someone's hard work destroyed because they took a kunai to the eye randomly while jogging down the street. Loose the eye yea but you can live with 1 eye hell you can live with no eyes just ask a couple of Uchiha brothers.... bad joke, sorry.
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- Jack wrote:
- I'll be honest, back in the day i bounced between 2 or 3 sites i found only really 1 issue that was common on all sites and that was death. I understand that in the "Shinobi World" Death happens it was the natural flow of things but i also recall being killed about 3 times in a row in under 2 week as a genin each time because i pissed off 4 staff members on TNRPG and they just kept spiking my characters to get back at me. I also recall slaughtering two of J's Jounin rank characters in under a week as a Genin because he pissed me off.... I will mention i was a bit of an arrogant ass and deserved it at the time but hindsight is 20/20
An interesting or idea that i think would being intriguing and more beginner friendly would be instituting and "NPC Medic/Hospital" Where if lets say you're a genin and happen to have just started and the plot has your village get destroyed that same week you wake up in a new thread and you have to meet a word count and time limit in order to leave and try to venture to another thread.
Its one of the things that i always found to be a rather kind of huge turn off was spending a week or two in the app to made a clan, bloodline, jutsu for it, a character and then first week, plot event or piss someone off in the chat box and bam, you're dead.
Obviously there is situations where death would happen but it would have to be taken on a case by case basis and be more about the possible plot development and or character development rather than some OCC bull which at least 3/4 of the deaths i ever saw in text rpg's usually started in the chat box.
The other side of this though is....
2:You have to reply to all attack in the rotation that you enter on. Just because you enter of someone else's post doesn't make you immune to their attacks.
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- Jack wrote:
- I understand and completely agree not attacking and the entering post but i also feel like ESPECIALLY for plot posts when entering and battle thread you must make note of any possible attack made in rotation cycle where you are entering to avoid some really dumb situations.
So for example
A Post
B Post
C Post
A Post
B Post firing Giant Fireball At A
C Post
D Post jumping in and giving A a great big Hug
A Post stands there and burns to death while being hugged..... but D is fine?....
I've seen this happen quite a few times surprisingly, especially with new players who don't want to take the time to fully read through an particularly long post by another RPer.
and as a consequence for breaking this rule you could either have your post voided or take the hits to the face.
The spoilers are the original posts i deleted from the other thread because they make more sense in this thread since they are directly related to this issue.