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Post by boggs on Jun 18, 2015 18:06:18 GMT -5
Could we get a sub-board inside of the plotting / adopting area for like a group plot sign up place? Instead of plotting for specific characters, people would be able to sign their characters up for scenes, situations, and other things advertised inside of it. It would also be a good place for deputies and medicine cats to put up things for their patrols, herb gathering, group training, or whatever else.
I've got a lot of different plots in mind that I'd like to post in a place like that for people to utilize, but we just need the place to do that.
And also, are deputies assigning the mentor and apprentice pairings in our clans?
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Post by riptide on Jun 18, 2015 18:56:14 GMT -5
i think you mentioned this to me once. we could definitely have a sign-up space under the plotting board, if that would make things easier.
as for mentors/apprentices, deputies won't be doing that. if anything, leaders will. i still have to chat with doe about that. we might just assign them ourselves. the numbers are okay as of now, except windclan. they need more warriors, so we'll work on that.
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Post by doe on Jun 18, 2015 21:08:41 GMT -5
yes!! I was actually thinking about having a board like that for scheming and sign-ups good suggestion boggs <3 and whoever is updating rosters will just assign apprentices unless a pair has been specifically requested. As for the infestation of windclan apprentices I've just been saying npcs until we get more warriors?
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♛ princess kiwi
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Post by ♛ princess kiwi on Jun 18, 2015 23:34:36 GMT -5
maybe for patrols we could ask for volunteers before deputies assign people? that way it goes to people who WANT to be involved rather than someone who'd rather spend their time roleplaying elsewhere and it doesn't feel like a chore.
also, maybe gathering attendance could be based upon involvement in clan events like hunting, patroling, participating in deputy-assigned patrols, battles, etc?
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Post by boggs on Jun 19, 2015 3:44:02 GMT -5
this is really long and ramble-y and i'm sorry but it's 3am
♛ princess kiwi - For patrol sign-ups / assignments-- Yes, member would be the one to sign up, it isn't meant to force anyone. With as few cats as we have in each clan right now, it's not really a big deal just yet, but as we expand, deputies will have more options and people will have other folks to rp with. What I'm thinking (at least for Thunderclan) is to have a main thread for their border and hunting patrols, have people sign up just in general as being willing to do one of those types of threads, and they can either request specific cats to be assigned with, or it can be randomized and they can be assigned with a group by the deputy.
doe - Windclan and it's Apprentices-- Something that I really like about this site is that there's not a lot of crazy bans like there are on others. Y'all have really done a good job of fostering that "RP what you want, we're here to enjoy ourselves," kind of vibe while also maintaining a good level of realism (y'know, as real as our humanized cats can be). I really like Doe's idea with the NPCs for this one, as that prevents an all-out ban in case anyone just really wants to play an apprentice there. They're popular-- but the good news is that a lot of the apprentice-aged characters that we have (not just in windclan!) are older and near that 12 moon stage, so it won't be long before they're warriors, themselves, anyway. We'd just need to work out how kits and apprentices age up (personally I'm in favor of the 2 weeks = 1 month for those age groups). The only part that makes me a little sad about NPC mentors is the lack of training threads that we'd see-- but at the same time, were there even requirements for those to begin with? It's really half and half as far as apprentice RPers wanting to actually RP the training part of their apprenticeship. Doesn't seem like a good idea to force training threads on those that don't want to RP it (dead threads, anyone?).
Like ♛ princess kiwi mentioned with the gathering attendance, maybe that could be where things like training threads and whatnot come in, as well? I love their idea about including the hunting and border patrols as bonuses. Not every cat should be able to attend the gathering, and this would be a really good way to reward those players who went above and beyond wit their level of activity and involvement. At the same time, again, this site has done pretty well so far by not imposing a lot of restrictions that other warriors sites do. It feels weird to me as someone that's used to working inside of those requirements, but it's been relaxing to be honest. I definitely think there needs to be some kind of reward system in place for the RPers that actually DO get involved with those things.
So for these kinds of things, what it looks like it's going to come down to is what kind of 'feeling' or 'vibe' Doe and Riptide (I always almost type 'ripetide' and that... just sounds odd) are wanting this place to have. Restrictions and requirements can be a great way to motivate people, but from what I've seen, they tend to work well on larger sites with a wider member base far better than they would in our current state. We've got a fantastic foundation here, our members are great and active and everyone has been RPing with everyone. That's the entire point of restrictions, usually, so why put them in place if we're already doing all of that? Having requirements in the future like 2 training threads with apprentice/mentor pairings, plus the examination with the deputy or leader may be something to think about, along with participating in an assigned patrol once a month or something.
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Post by doe on Jun 19, 2015 11:43:26 GMT -5
i love the idea of signing up for patrols mixed with your adeptness at d10 events boggs, it would be really cool to see those occasionally mixed, but i also wouldn't wanna force that on any deputies either. maybe we'll have an official discussion thread for both patrols and events so we can get some feedback from everyone? how does that sound? neither of those things seem like something that tide or i ought to be making official calls on.
this is kinda a separate topic from patrols but about the events, i don't think tide or i would have the time and/or creativity to be constantly making events happen, but what about like an event committee? a couple of folks who are in charge of the whole event thing on maybe monthly basis? how i was seeing the events was a list of possibilities posted monthly which people could sign up for, and maybe different events would have different 'point' values? this could go toward gatherings and maybe accumulated points would give different characters better chances at getting high positions when they open up and whatnot? i think that would be a GREAT way to determine high positions down the road, instead of auditions. look at the appropriately aged characters with the most points and pm their roleplayers if they'd be interested? bam. well anyway the points thing is definitely worth discussing, although tide and i definitely don't want a shop, i'd love to see other ic options for earning and using them.
apprentices!! i'm pretty neutral on training threads, and i definitely don't want to make them required. like you said, that would involve bans- and what if someone has a really awesome apprentice idea for windclan? apprentices make more apprentices, i already know that. you see a group of young cats and you're like "i want a character who can hang out with them!" i get it, and it doesn't bug me. i think bans are a pain anyway. as soon as you ban one thing, the opposite thing goes out of control. sites with bans have a tendency to teeter-totter.
how i felt about both kit aging and apprentices becoming warriors is that it should probably be covered by the roleplayers? honestly, i find roleplaying kits to be pretty dull as far as the different ranks go. if i knew i was signing up for three months of trying to keep a kit character active and interesting, i wouldn't even adopt any kits. obviously this doesn't go for everyone, but again i don't think that leaving something like that up to either the kits' mother or the leader would be such a horrible thing. same, i should think, for apprentices. i have no desire to make roleplayers of both apprentices and mentors go through a bunch of potentially monotonous threads just for giggles. and what about the apprentices who are created at more then 6 moons old? obviously older cats are not going to need required training threads. i doubt many people will be interested in that anyway, but again i think an official discussion thread about it would be great, i'd love to hear more input on the whole mentors thing.
but then again, maybe the idea of ic use of points might come in handy for apprentices? but again, i'm just not sure how to make an official distinction between 7 moon old apprentices and 11 moon old apprentices as far as training and points would go. but like you said, two training and a patrol wouldn't be unreasonable for any age. we'll just have to see what everyone else thinks. if i made an official discussion thread for these things, what all topics do you think we'll need to cover?
so far i have: events, aging, patrols, and points
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Post by hush on Jun 19, 2015 20:16:34 GMT -5
Just popping in to say -- can we have sign ups for mentors/apprentices when and if the time comes? I absolutely hate mentoring, I hate playing apprentices too lol, and don't like the idea of being forced to mentor, especially if I have more than one warrior -- the possibility of them all being mentors at the same time would turn me off to making warriors.
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