Post by Rodimus Prime on Jan 29, 2009 20:59:33 GMT -5
As people might have guessed by the appearance of this board, it's time for us to move into our Small Plots period.
What are 'Small Plots'? Basically, it's a wind down period to allow for more personal character interaction without anything grand or epic hovering overhead (although we may occasionally drop a tidbit in that relates to the game's metaplot here and there). Players are encouraged to come up with their own minor plots, goals, and scenelets to occur during this period. If someone's stumped for ideas on their own, they're free to speak to an admin for ideas or suggestions. We want to have fun, we want to see character development, but we also want to take a breather here - up until recently, most of us have had almost double our normal character load, and a wind-down period of sorts is desperately needed.
At the start of this period, the Autobots are using a series of underground tunnels as their base, using large intersections as meeting areas and the like. The Decepticons, on the other hand, still have their mining base. The exploration parties have been reunited with their factions, though Bambi and Motormaster are still on their own. Any S2 Intro characters who haven't joined in before now can easily be dropped in at this point, and players are free to get together with other players, say, 'Our characters haven't had a chance to talk, and I'd like to see how they bounce off each other,' and just start threads that way.
In the background of everything is the construction of spacecraft by both factions, although the Autobots, at least, will be doing as much underground building as they can get away with. The crater at the center of the Matrix pattern serves as a sign-post. The Transformers have question after question, and the crater only raised more, but as Transformers, the question of "What happened to Cybertron?" is as good a place to begin as any.
If no one actually wants to do a 'building spaceships' scene, that's fine, but it is a workable backdrop to social interaction, as is the gathering of supplies for the construction. For that matter, supply runs are good ways to encounter the enemy as well.
We're giving about three months for Small Plots. That is to say, Small Plots threads can be begun between now and May 1. After that, we'd like to move onto the next phase of the game, although in-progress threads and logical spin-offs can be finished at their own pace. We're hoping this is enough time for people to get what they want to out of the down time (or at least to get what they want out of it started), while not taking so long that things start to drag.
Time-wise. Small Plots starts on what would be Day 17 of DZ-3, although, of course, it's not DZ-3 anymore. While we have an OOC time limit, there's no IC time limit set (that'll be decided after the last thread goes up). You're also not obligated to post threads in chronological order if something else fits, but stating 'Day X' or 'Week Y' somewhere in the thread will make it easier for me to create a timeline.
To make things easier, we're opening this thread up to list goals - things that players want to see happen during Small Plots. If you're worried about spoilering the rest of the players about your plot/goal, just post a title in this thread and either PM further details to the admin (me, Xaaron (admin), or Hook (beccaness)) or send them to our plot email, deadzoneplots@gmail.com.
I'm going to start with listing ones that I know should happen. Others are invited to add to the list. If you want to discuss the OOC details of a Small Plot you'd like to see happen, feel free to open up a thread for it! These are either ones sent to the email address previously, or ones I can think of off hand - most involving my characters, some not.
* "Swerve, Discovered!"
* "Heero Holi"
* "Spies Like Us" - In Progress
* "Get Lost!"
* Needlenose Fusses over Spinister - Complete!
* "History According To A Cranky Old Mech, II"
* Black vs White
* Rodimus Comes Clean - In Progress
* At least 2-3 'Fun With Dead Arrivals' scenes. ^_^
* A Day At The Races
* Hula Hoops
* Nightbeat Autopsies Himself (please, Dylan?)
* I want a scene where I get an absurd number of people into Long Haul's bed.
* At some point the Velocitronians should probably run into each other
* Long Haul, Intrepid Explorer
* Seeing some development of the Springer/Arcee/Rodimus dynamic might be fun - In Progress
* Prime Chit-Chat - In Progress
* Starscream Gets A Pony
Anyone else? And if you want me for something, please, let me know!
What are 'Small Plots'? Basically, it's a wind down period to allow for more personal character interaction without anything grand or epic hovering overhead (although we may occasionally drop a tidbit in that relates to the game's metaplot here and there). Players are encouraged to come up with their own minor plots, goals, and scenelets to occur during this period. If someone's stumped for ideas on their own, they're free to speak to an admin for ideas or suggestions. We want to have fun, we want to see character development, but we also want to take a breather here - up until recently, most of us have had almost double our normal character load, and a wind-down period of sorts is desperately needed.
At the start of this period, the Autobots are using a series of underground tunnels as their base, using large intersections as meeting areas and the like. The Decepticons, on the other hand, still have their mining base. The exploration parties have been reunited with their factions, though Bambi and Motormaster are still on their own. Any S2 Intro characters who haven't joined in before now can easily be dropped in at this point, and players are free to get together with other players, say, 'Our characters haven't had a chance to talk, and I'd like to see how they bounce off each other,' and just start threads that way.
In the background of everything is the construction of spacecraft by both factions, although the Autobots, at least, will be doing as much underground building as they can get away with. The crater at the center of the Matrix pattern serves as a sign-post. The Transformers have question after question, and the crater only raised more, but as Transformers, the question of "What happened to Cybertron?" is as good a place to begin as any.
If no one actually wants to do a 'building spaceships' scene, that's fine, but it is a workable backdrop to social interaction, as is the gathering of supplies for the construction. For that matter, supply runs are good ways to encounter the enemy as well.
We're giving about three months for Small Plots. That is to say, Small Plots threads can be begun between now and May 1. After that, we'd like to move onto the next phase of the game, although in-progress threads and logical spin-offs can be finished at their own pace. We're hoping this is enough time for people to get what they want to out of the down time (or at least to get what they want out of it started), while not taking so long that things start to drag.
Time-wise. Small Plots starts on what would be Day 17 of DZ-3, although, of course, it's not DZ-3 anymore. While we have an OOC time limit, there's no IC time limit set (that'll be decided after the last thread goes up). You're also not obligated to post threads in chronological order if something else fits, but stating 'Day X' or 'Week Y' somewhere in the thread will make it easier for me to create a timeline.
To make things easier, we're opening this thread up to list goals - things that players want to see happen during Small Plots. If you're worried about spoilering the rest of the players about your plot/goal, just post a title in this thread and either PM further details to the admin (me, Xaaron (admin), or Hook (beccaness)) or send them to our plot email, deadzoneplots@gmail.com.
I'm going to start with listing ones that I know should happen. Others are invited to add to the list. If you want to discuss the OOC details of a Small Plot you'd like to see happen, feel free to open up a thread for it! These are either ones sent to the email address previously, or ones I can think of off hand - most involving my characters, some not.
* "Swerve, Discovered!"
* "Heero Holi"
* "Spies Like Us" - In Progress
* "Get Lost!"
* Needlenose Fusses over Spinister - Complete!
* "History According To A Cranky Old Mech, II"
* Black vs White
* Rodimus Comes Clean - In Progress
* At least 2-3 'Fun With Dead Arrivals' scenes. ^_^
* A Day At The Races
* Hula Hoops
* Nightbeat Autopsies Himself (please, Dylan?)
* I want a scene where I get an absurd number of people into Long Haul's bed.
* At some point the Velocitronians should probably run into each other
* Long Haul, Intrepid Explorer
* Seeing some development of the Springer/Arcee/Rodimus dynamic might be fun - In Progress
* Prime Chit-Chat - In Progress
* Starscream Gets A Pony
Anyone else? And if you want me for something, please, let me know!