GraspingVileTerror

It could all be contained in a single thread, at least with how I envision it. And I might have a workaround regarding the single-point-of-failure issue, but it then becomes a new issue: A dedicated-to-purpose shared account. So . . . that would involve a number of users agreeing to adhere to certain standards together, sharing responsibility, and actively recruiting stable and community-minded individuals. Having been the Op for a variety of channels . . . that's not easy. Finding other people who are A) Willing to be responsible, B) Actually capable of being responsible, C) Having the patience to allow community members to flail around a little without snap judgements, and D) Having the temperament not to throw in the towel after being beleaguered by community members with very different levels of understanding and acceptance . . . It's a dire prospect, even in a larger population than what Homecoming's roleplay community with forum habits currently has. That being said, I do not want to be a pessimist, so I eagerly extend an invitation to everyone to nominate other folks who you feel would fit that bill. Regrettably, I can't really promise any sort of payment or reimbursement. At best, I could contribute some Inf or ATOs or the like, but I know that what I have to offer is probably quite paltry compared to what others are able to get on their own terms.

Forget about Group names, those are easy to work around. I want Base ID numbers to get freed up! There are some premium numbers that were reserved for Groups that ultimately got deleted. What's THAT about? Also: Why is Australia getting nuked? And so early, too? Double-ewe tea eff, mate!

Mainly just me suggesting that the gnome canonically made it to the rocket, then went through space and time to visit the Marvel What If universes. Naturally, it's nonsense. But I like the idea that this one weary gnome links disparate fictional realities.

https://half-life.fandom.com/wiki/Garden_Gnome

Have some Excelsior, @Luminara. Join your Freakshow brethren in the deep end. Oh. Sorry. T3h D34p3nD (There's another name idea for someone to snag. Free of charge!)

Where's it at? I can't seem to find which service or even which country it's airing.

Thank you for the diligence in breaking this all down, @chase! Much appreciated. Honestly, similar to the List of Character Lists ( https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/18342-list-of-character-lists/ ), I was thinking of potentially curating a living Thread; editing the original post with a table of content as users populate the thread with their personal ads, and linking to the specific posts with each edit. This would probably be updated whenever someone posts an ad, or at worst weekly if I get overwhelmed (assuming my real life doesn't take a dramatic turn). That provides the sort of checks and balances that will help with ease of searching, let visitors see what's new, and even let existing users ping me in private to update their listing periodically. The obvious downside to this is there's a single point of failure: Me. (Although, I would expressly give permission / request that the GMs also pitch in if I ever fail to uphold the thread curation). I wanted to get some more community involvement here in ascertaining the details on our needs and wants before committing to it, though. Rather than going off half-cocked, I wanted to build something meaningfully and purposefully by gauging community interest and catering to specifics. An obvious alternative would be the forums' Clubs feature (not to be confused with the in-game nightclubs), BUT that thing's been around for over a year now, and it's not terribly visible. People have to be directed to the Clubs feature, and then it also fails to remain visible even after users sign up for various Clubs. If @Number Six or @Cipher or one of the other forum-savvy members of the Homecoming Team could add an option to allow individual users to make Clubs more prominent in their UX, that would probably improve the usefulness of that feature substantially. The dream, of course, would be full integration with the game itself, but I don't anticipate something like that any time soon. Still, having the community work up a design document collectively could be a great first step. A long-term dream, but the more planning that happens in advance, the more legwork is pre-emptively complete. So . . . yeah. With those other options shelved presently, I put to the community: Do we want a curated Personals list, in a vein similar to the List of Character Lists? If Yes, what recommendations do folks have to circumvent potential pitfalls or shortcomings? If Not, do we have a workable counterproposal that meets the same needs?

Any chance that the software could support changing skins without an account?

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/1104-rp-and-ooc-global-channels-code-of-conduct/ is stickied, but it's in need of an update. And that's another community project sort of dealio where I want everyone to have an opportunity to be involved.

There actually is a "Looking for RP" Global Channel, as well as the RP/OOC duo, and RPG-13. However, despite having over 1300 members, the RP/OOC channels usually have less than 100 online at a given time these days, and maybe 1% to 10% of those ever use the Channels as of late. I find that there is a call for passive recruitment efforts, with the assumption that some one else will put in the active effort to review those "personals" and make the outreach. And I can't blame 'em. Goodness knows that I constantly feel drained doing active outreach. So, yeah: It would be stellar to have something baked in to the game by the Devs, but I don't anticipate that being a priority for any of the current Team members . . . And thusly it falls to us to try our hands at various solutions. I think a multi-prong effort might be useful. Either one thread with a clear line for players to distinguish between in-character first person messages, in-narrative third person hooks, and out-of-character player-to-player communications, OR three separate threads, each done in one of those three approaches.

I think Miller had stated that he had wrote off Redside, since he recognized that it was in a perpetual downward spiral from the get-go. So, less that he hated Redside, and more that he had given up on it.

Call me crazy, but I think I remember the Legacy Devs doing this on purpose, and purportedly distributing the rewards that would have come from the Surgeon in to the rest of the Traitors as a marginal bonus. I vaguely recall Surgeon Farms being a thing for a time, and this was the way to "fix" that. I could also just have easily dreamt it all. Someone with a better memory or some actual evidence should probably weigh in here.

@Faultline (and I think @Piecemeal too) already has plans for the future of the Paladin/Kings Row Event. However, some other elements of the game are going to be receiving attention first, as I understand it. Rest assured, @Sir Zues; it's being worked on.

Yes, sorry. You're both right, of course. I'll tone down my intentional overreaction. I was being mildly irreverent and projecting my antipathy for the entire Ruined Galaxy City tutorial on Blue Spectrum as a stand-in for whoever it was that decided to sign off on that particular change. There's just so much wrong with it, that it's mind-numbing.

What can I say? Villainy can be a lot of fun.

Why do you say that, @Darmian? For all we know, Blue Spectrum got exactly what he deserved. Unless you know something more to the story? But, yeah . . . I'm not against the Ruined Galaxy City Tutorial evaporating in to nothingness . . . BUT we should probably make an actually good tutorial first.

Basically, it's why I do the posts I do in these threads. While not accurate to the moment, as I only periodically check the donation window when I am able to (which, as I work on Saturdays, means I'm occasionally not home in time), but you could get a rough estimate by checking the timestamp for when Cipher opens the gates, and when I make my closing post. But if someone has real numbers, that would be much better.

https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Rogues_Gallery

I wanted to give everyone the opportunity to weigh in. I value broad and different points of view, particularly while trying to craft something that is meant to be used by many different people.

They definitely give different amounts of reward, but yes; Story Arcs do usually have a big bonus at the end. I don't know if a concerted effort has ever been made to establish those amounts in excruciating detail before.

Ah, but there might be a slightly problem with that . . . https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/18342-list-of-character-lists/ If, for example, I were to list a description of -each- of my characters, well . . . that's just my character list thread being repeated ( https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/10583-vileterrors-roleplay-characters-as-of-2020-04-27/ ). I suppose if someone has fewer characters, it might not be a big deal . . . BUT, alternatively, if everyone posts a character list thread independently, and then links to that list with the Roleplayer Personals post, that could work quite nicely. Yes? Maybe?

So . . . that begs the question: Which info is the vital info exactly? Tone/Theme(s) Number/Variety of characters Format Availability Shard (since, let's be fair, not all roleplayers are on Everlasting) Anything else/different?

A Roleplayers' Connections thread would be great. I'll summon a few folks to see if we can't put our heads together on organizing something of that nature. @CrystalDragon, @TwoDee, @Darmian, @HelBlaiz, @rookery., @McSpazz, @_Kai_, @Latex, @GM Kal, @GM Tempest, @TalynDerre, @chase, @Andreah, @VV, @Bastille Boy, @Fermmoylle, @irkallanprince, @twozerofoxtrot, @Dreamboat, @FrauleinMental, @Sovera, @Six-Six, @Saeletra, @Moka, @Ry, @Muppy, @Heraclea, @Greycat, @seawater, @BasherBot, @MTeague, @Oginth, @Eoraptor, @PaperKilly, @Kallisti, @Coyotedancer, @Chuckledunk, @Fidgetcetera, @OctoberRaven, @Kelri Irris, @Retrobytz, @Siouxsie, @Sic, @Paragon Vanguard, @Sabrehawk, @Magairlín, @Zodai, @r0y, @Castilonium ... (I know I'm missing a TONNE of roleplayers who frequent the forums, and I'm sorry. I can't keep going. My memory isn't that good. So, please, everyone; feel free to tag someone else in to the discussion if you feel this is the topic that they would like to weigh in upon.) So, I like things to be very organized. I know that's not ideal for everyone, but I'd like to start us off by proposing a little reading from previous discussions to see which elements we may want to incorporate in to something of this nature: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/20878-community-project-the-roleplay-scale/ https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/6611-what-kind-of-rp-you-want/?tab=comments#comment-60955 https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/9312-what-are-your-thoughts-on-long-form-story-arcs/ https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/20317-outlier-roleplay-genres-character-types/ https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/21568-rp-character-form/ At the moment, I'm kind of thinking a framework modelled after the likes of online dating sites. Flag your personal identification labels (for examples): "Light tone, Themes of noble-bright heroics, No death/serious harm to player-character(s), OOC often, Gameplay-focused" versus something like "Medium-dark tone, Themes of struggle and redemption, Serious harm but no death, OOC only when necessary, Narrative-focused" and then mark the ranges of interest you have in those categories. Something efficient, clear, and provides other players the necessary tools to decide "cool, I think I'll message them and see if we can come up with anything." How do you other folks feel? Can we workshop it?

And done, around 2 hours. Definitely a quicker showing than last month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law