[FULL] OOC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux [FULL]

[michael_noah]

We're probably best to do a summary whenever it is that we start a new thread. I don't know what ENWorld's policy is on it, but we'll probably want to when it gets to 10 pages or something like that, just so board performance, etc. doesn't get out of hand.

 

[o3caudata]

i like the idea of summary's after each new thread and i agree with michael's assessment that 10 pages is a good mark.

are you making regular back-ups dichotomy? would you like us to?

so thought bubbles are sblocked. are they sblocked so dichotomy can read them, or so people don't have to read them if they don't want to? i guess i'm confused. if it's acceptable to use the thought bubbles to metagame, let's just use them. if they're simply to tell dichotomy our characters thoughts, that's cool but i didn't understand that was the original intent. i'm not at all against them, i just didn't get how they fit into the game.

 

[Dichotomy]

At this point, you guys can feel free to either keep talking, or you can just summarize anything else that you do for the night and your prep for the morning. If you have other stuff you want to do, feel free to include that. Whichever you guys prefer, since I've no imminent need for you to stop roleplaying your characters.

As for backing up the thread, would one of you with more hard drive space than me be willing to do that?

 

[TiCaudata]

I guess we'll have to define "more hard drive space" I have 8 gigs right now and am working on more...

I also have been backing up the pages as we fill them. Yep, that means a grand total of once so far.


Edit: Oh!Oh! Twice!

 

[Dichotomy]

Well, my total space varies as I try to lighten the load. Right now I have about 2 gigs.

 

[o3caudata]

Dichotomy: What's your position on thought bubbles? I am confused about how they fit into the game and would like some help understanding.

 

[Dichotomy]

My position on thought bubbles has previously been that they are very useful for character development. However, I certainly understand how they could be used for metagaming type things. I'd not previously thought of that as an issue.

I still think they are useful for characterization. I guess the bottom line is that if people want to post them in sblocks, that's cool. I think it helps us all to have them. But don't feel a need to make them.

Any other thoughts?

 

[TiCaudata]

I think it helps us all to have them. But don't feel a need to make them.

Any other thoughts?

I think I get what you are saying, but that there are too many objective personal pronouns there. If I'm following you correctly, 'them' means something different in each sentence. If I'm not I might still be following you, but I'll just ignore the second sentence.

Either way, if we use thoughts, I think they should be in sblocks and that the blocks should be treated like any other. Namely that the person they are addressed to (in 'thought' cases this should be the person posting) and Dichotomy should be the only people reading the blocked text. I'm with O3 in that I just don't see a reason why the thoughts are in any way relevant for all of us to read.

 

[Dichotomy]

Sorry for the grammatical error. Indeed I did confuse you, because both "them"s were referring to thought bubbles (not sblocks).

 

[michael_noah]

Hmm. Two thoughts. Posting thought bubbles is not metagaming. Metagaming is using outside (or personal) knowledge that the character does not have in-game. Thought bubbles don't cause metagaming, they just provide extra opportunities for it.

I think the risk that someone might use knowledge of my character's thoughts for metagaming is worth it considering the gain that can be had from everyone, not just the DM, getting an insight into what my character is really like.

We have a hard enough time roleplaying a "character" in person, what with all of us being repressed, minnesotan, non-actors. Doing so in written form is doubly hard. Thought bubbles help.