The "Splosion" Concept

[Zachariax Lestat]

Hey there. I talked about this up in the c-box and Andrew seemed to think you could already do this in the Random section (and has started one to see if it would work). However since I saw nothing that suggested ulterior RP’s (Are they? If so I guess this entire post is worthless) were allowed I thought I would run this suggestion past you and see what you thought.

Basically I have always found the whole “Coffee Club” type of RP fun but also a style that gets quickly boring without punctuations of other styles, genres or at least some good old fashioned superhuman beatings. In case you are wondering Coffee Club refers to RP’s like this which focus more on character interaction than a central story and physical conflict. Now I am not suggesting any changes to the central RP and find it quite fun but I did have a concept that could be interesting and allow us sort that like to blow things up to do so without actually doing it in real life or in a way that causes direct long term changes to the core RP. I had two solutions:

• 1) Make a Random RP section where we can export our current characters in completely different forms into a myriad of member made “short RP’s” that have nothing to do with the normal RP and can be made for any genre with any sort of rules so long as they don’t break the core RP rules as well (Fantasy, Horror, whatever floats your boat so long as you don’t cross it over into the real RP.)
  
  
• 2) A worldwide game, sort of like those .Hack RPG games that came out that allow the user to take on a character and “be” that character within the post concerning it (written from that characters point of view even though its just an RPG game you are controlling). This option does not give as much freedom of choice but it does fit the feel of the core RP.

These were just two thoughts I have, there are other solutions but overall I just thought this sounded fun and would broaden the interest in the board as well as allow current members to get their full RP buzz going without even having to leave the boards. I of course understand if you don’t particularly care for such things as your central interest is certainly the core RP but tell me what you think.

Thanks for your time!
- Zachariax

[Headmistress Vasquez]

Despite the fact that I, personally, would not be interested in participating in this, it's a very interesting idea and I definitely think it's worth exploring. I'd rather go with Solution One, but I have a few questions:

Where should the board go? In OOC? Under Random? I need a few specifics.

Also, what should the board title and board description be? Can you condense this post into a few sentences for me?

I think this can work for you and anyone else who's interested.

[Zachariax Lestat]

Sure, as far as where it goes like you said “OOC – Random” would probably be the best place for something like this since it does not fit with the core project. It could be titled something along the line of “Random RP’s”, “Ulterior RP’s” or “Separate RP’s”, just something that basically says it’s for RP’ing but is not directly related to the central Academy RP. As far as an explanation perhaps something like:

“Members who wish to take part in RP’s of different genres and origins can post here. The RP’s are member created and run but are held by the same core rules.”

That basically sums it up, if you do not want to have to write a rules section you could also add something along the lines of:

“Approved characters are central just as in the CHA RP but Custom characters allowed as well so long as they are not used outside of this area.”

[Headmistress Vasquez]

Alright! Your Ulterior RP board is coming right up!

[Zachariax Lestat]

Thanks! I hope others will join me there...*nudge nudge*. No , but seriously thank you!

[Headmistress Vasquez]

No problem! Rather clever idea in my opinion. I might actually join you, haha.