OOC5 - "Adventures in Gunrunning" RP

POSTED BY: Astriana
UPDATED: Saturday, February 7, 2004 04:43
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TEELABROWN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 12:20 AM

Thank you very much, Capn. I did look for Raven's posts, but I couldn't find it. Oh well. Thanks again!

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.

CAPNRAHN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 12:28 AM

Anytime Teela.

That was the post/referance I think was foreshadowing the 'switch' Slight mentioned.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

GEEZER

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 1:11 AM

Ciara - You could have taken the punch line if you'd wanted. Expect me to set Mal up for all sort of double entendres. That which does not kill him makes him stronger.

Channain- I think Rowan taking Niska down would be neat. Her acting all scared and air-head then picking up a convenient pipe and beating the stuffing out of him while quoting Sun Tzu from The Art of War.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

CIARA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:07 AM

ooh no no no Geezer, I wanted that one to be yours!! It must be so hard playing both parts! Just wanted to say you're doin' a spiffy job :) now make Mal moon over Inara! *laughs*

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

ASTRIANA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:23 AM

Okay, looks like it's time for me to do a little catch up. I should have Zoe's and Wash's moves posted shortly. (I'm going to have to back up a bit to make sure I catch everything, so it's going to be a long post.) Once I have that finished, I'll go ahead and post the newest RP thread.

Before I do, we need to figure out whether we're going to continue the current naming/numbering scheme or not. Maniac put forth the idea of calling the previous threads 'scenes,' and heading the story into a second 'act.' I believe CapnRahn also suggested that we perhaps use a 'Part 1' vs 'Part 2'... In either case, the next thread would be the beginning of the 2nd 'act' or 'part.' I think either of these will suffice, what do y'all think?

We should probably also come up with a loose outline for the remainder of the story arc for this RP. (Otherwise, this could drag on forever, with no real conclusion... )

One final idea... We should probably check the Green Room Chat and the 'Community' links before posting, to see who all is on to make it easier to integrate scenes/posts.

I believe CapnRahn's "Mechanics of RPing Workshop" thread
( http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3640) will explore these ideas in more fully, but it's a good idea to get started talking about them before we start another new thread. Can everyone's system handle the current thread for a little bit longer while we discuss this in the OOC?

*off to post for Zoe and Wash*

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

SQUEE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:35 AM

Yes my system can handel it and starting a second part sounds good. I vote for calling them part 1 and 2 cuz there are usually more that 2 acts in a play or script or movie.
Tallking about/planning the end of the RP sounds like a great idea. Will we do that here or at the link you just gave us from CapnRahn?

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

ASTRIANA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:42 AM

The planning we'll probably do here. I believe CapnRahn's thread will be for giving the basics of how something like this would be structured in the future. Kind of like a "how to" manual for beginning RPers.

Capn? Is that right?

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

CAPNRAHN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:48 AM

OK... cool

What I said was in this vein:

Let's continue with the current naming till we finish this 'episode' ...

There are only 2 ACTs left (9 & 10) and the coda of this 2 part episode (AiGR). Since we sorta already have started the Episode type Thread Titles.

Gives us time to suss out just what we should switch to and THEN impilment it in the next Episode.

On that note ... we should start throwing out Episode Arcs ideas for the players/actors to chaw on before we start the next Episode.

So,good, bad, ulgy?

Any other ideas floatin' in yer gray matter(s)?

EDIT
Astri, yep close ... the workshop is to toss around general RP ideas and refine them.

Now, the 'Gunrunners' (unoffical name I have given to our RP troupe) may not choose to utilize the ideas presented in the RpMechWS thread.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

GEEZER

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 3:27 AM

I'd like to see AiG wrapped up neatly, but have concerns about doing it in two more acts, considering we don't even have the guns on board yet.

I see that we have several threads that need to be, if not brought to conclusion, at least brought to a satisfactory stopping point.

We have the gunrunning, which we should probably close out.

There's the apparent Niska in Simon's brain, which could continue for a while.

There's the River, Thorne, Slight, Damon interaction, which could go either way.

Also the Thorne, Mal, Inara triangle, that I enjoy, whichever fellow wins.

Kaylee apparently has some secret about Serenity. Plus she and Simon are finally becoming an item.

Then there's Rowan, who seems to have an interesting story in there somewhere.

Would it be worthwhile to keep this entire crew for another episode or two? Would it be interesting to have each character, or grouping of characters (Zoe/Wash, Simon/Niska/Kaylee, Thorne/Inara/Mal, River/Slight/Damon/Simon/Thorne,
Rowan/?, Book/?, give direction to an act or story arc?

I have no idea how RP is supposed to work, so I may be just babbling. I enjoy the surprises in AiG so far, but sometimes things get a bit too hectic. Maybe if we had an Idea where we were heading, even if just for an act (baselined at 100 posts, perhaps) we'd get to a conclusion sometime. Or maybe we don't want to reach an end, and just sort of stream-of-consciousness off into the distance.

Damn sake(rice wine, not 'for goodness...').

"Keep the Shiny side up"

SQUEE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 3:40 AM

Ok, I'm sorry but I'm lost. Could someone please explain to me what an 'episode' and an 'act' is?
And for the record, right now Damon belongs in the Damon/? category. He has very little to do with the Slight/River/Thorne thing.
Oh, and I love the name Gunrunners for the group.

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

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