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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Vonor on January 21, 2009, 01:49:24 pm
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I'm trying to go more into eventing and event writing and would like to know what kind of GM events you people would like to see.
Would you like to see pure RP events with long backstories going deep into the settings, quest like events, hide and seek like events, pvp based events or whatever?
Please don't post whole event ideas, for that use the Community input request for GM team improvement (http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=34464.0) thread. In this thread I only want to hear about your preferred type of event.
And please stay on topic. If it goes too much off topic I'll request a closure of the topic.
Thanks,
Vonor
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I think events like hunting/seeking/tracking/protecting would be beneficial to guilds such as mine :) And since it would be beneficial to my guild, i like those kind and would like to see more of them.
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I'd like to see any kind of event, however WITHOUT the NPC label. People just join GM events where they can see the label in order to get a reward. And for a reward they go OOC and turn their character from being an evil villain into a saint that cares to find the child's lost doll.
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I somewhat remember this poll - my vote there is still valid http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=33181.0
Sen
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Since Vonor kindly informed that this is no thread for criticism:
I would like to see more long lasting events from the GM side. Maybe a vigesimi of somewhere with whom player can interact. Or travelling merchants selling rare goods (They were there but are gone..).
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Oh, oh, I'd also like to see some sort of hint of plotline in PS events. not something gigantic and majorly effecting the PS story, but some string of events and stuff changing in the game perhaps to reflect it.
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Events that express the general setting, like festivals, religious days, military parades, appearances of the Octarch, etc. The GMs make the official program of the day, and players can fill in with their own event in the main one. No plots, no rewards, but an atmosphere.
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An event that is on going, which has a story behind it; one that could be role played by us as it goes on. In other words, I would like to see a GM event where the role players help with the story line and conclusion.
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I like the pvp based events ;D
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I like the idea of longer events with NPC interaction/quests and the like. One idea I had put forward as an example... would be a overpopulation of Ojaveda with <insert mob here>... a few NPCs added at Brado's that can't get back to Hydlaa... a few quests offered for supplies (food, weapons, etc)... maybe some quests to deliver messages to loved ones in other cities telling them what is going on... other quests offering rewards for proof of X kills... more mobs of the appropriate type running around aggressive so that it is not safe to travel to Ojaveda without banding together or having higher skills/stats...
Basically a fully immersive storyline that could be augmented with live GM events.. but runs for a couple of weeks or a month... This is the type of event I would like to see more than any other.
[EDIT] Backstory and lore being added in would make it all the more immersive... and I like Karyuu's suggestion of personalizing things a bit... which I hope I expressed, though not as well, when talking about food and weapons and proof of kills... not every character can do each of these things... but all would be able to participate in their own way.
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I'm trying to go more into eventing and event writing and would like to know what kind of GM events you people would like to see.
I don't like events with a deep storyline. I like good stories, but if they are told in a series of events, it's too easy to miss a part. A good event is one, that you can join any time while it is ongoing, so you can come in late, when you are held up with something else. In short: Events, I'd prefer look pretty much like quests, just with a smarter set of NPC, that allow for more interesting interaction (additional benefit: Such events are more or less automatically reuseable, meaning popular ones can be repeated with less work overhead).
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As someone who has been seeking events yet has come across 3 in 3 years...ANYTHING! :P
For my guild, certainly events requiring finding something/someone or having to know the terrain are attractive.
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I would like to see events, like those mentioned earlier, that will continue and grow the people and characters and atmosphere, but the challenger here would be to make the events not to difficult for others to join in the middle, fact is in life events happen all the time but not everyone is affected by the beginning of it and/or only play a small role somewhere in the middle, or just hear about it from those that were there. Size for the amount of people doesn't matter to me.
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I think GMs should be allowed to play the game using non-GM characters and, while doing that, they should be able to spawn unique items for themselves and elicit the cooperation of other GMs to help facilitate things (ie playing NPCs and monsters).
If GMs masquerade as normal players, then players will be more quick to help one another and interact with one another.
Masquerading as a normal player can also help GMs catch trouble-makers in the act.
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I think GMs should be allowed to play the game using non-GM characters and, while doing that, they should be able to spawn unique items for themselves and elicit the cooperation of other GMs to help facilitate things (ie playing NPCs and monsters).
If GMs masquerade as normal players, then players will be more quick to help one another and interact with one another.
Masquerading as a normal player can also help GMs catch trouble-makers in the act.
this thread was about gm events, i dont see a mention of a request on how to do a gms job.
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Thank you for all the replies. I'll try to come up with events that address your points, but please bear with me as I just start getting into that.
I can't promise to address all your replies in the next time, but I'm quite positive that I can address them with time.
@Sen, yeah, silly me, I totally forgot about that poll *looks ashamed*
Thanks again and keep the replies coming :)
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Events that require the use of job skills.
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I like the pvp based events ;D
You would. *kicks Vannaka in the shin* :whistling: :lol:
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I think GMs should be allowed to play the game using non-GM characters and, while doing that, they should be able to spawn unique items for themselves and elicit the cooperation of other GMs to help facilitate things (ie playing NPCs and monsters).
If GMs masquerade as normal players, then players will be more quick to help one another and interact with one another.
Masquerading as a normal player can also help GMs catch trouble-makers in the act.
this thread was about gm events, i dont see a mention of a request on how to do a gms job.
It's an alternative way to go about gm events, Caarrie and quite on topic.
I like to see what events GMs come up with, the more people who can be included the better and the more power the players feel the have the better. I don't like how I phrased that but, still.
Also, as Karyuu pointed out, one that uses certain characters unique skills or positions. Events would seem much more integrated if they involved The Royal House of Purrty, for instance, or the Rangers of Yliakum. Also serves as a good way to reward those who roleplay well, although it does require a bit of planning with those involved.
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I think GMs should be allowed to play the game using non-GM characters and, while doing that, they should be able to spawn unique items for themselves and elicit the cooperation of other GMs to help facilitate things (ie playing NPCs and monsters).
If GMs masquerade as normal players, then players will be more quick to help one another and interact with one another.
Masquerading as a normal player can also help GMs catch trouble-makers in the act.
this thread was about gm events, i dont see a mention of a request on how to do a gms job.
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I never tire of PS' awesome puns. But yes, the type of events I like are ones that limit OOC motives.
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I'd like to see an event where the storyline's a mystery, and the players have to figure it out with some help (or misleading ;) ) from the NPC's.
Sort of along the same line of thought there, events that involve teamwork are good - it's a nice way for players/characters to meet each other.
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I want the kind of event where I never know that a gm is toying with me and I get rewarded for playing dumb over the long run.
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I'm new and have yet to participate in an event, so I'll just give my thumbs up to others posts I like the sounds of. The follow two sum up my feelings at this point.
For my guild, certainly events requiring finding something/someone or having to know the terrain are attractive.
I would like to see events, like those mentioned earlier, that will continue and grow the people and characters and atmosphere, but the challenger here would be to make the events not to difficult for others to join in the middle, fact is in life events happen all the time but not everyone is affected by the beginning of it and/or only play a small role somewhere in the middle, or just hear about it from those that were there. Size for the amount of people doesn't matter to me.
:thumbup:
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I'd like an event where all PVP'ers are teleported "Intact", with skills/stats to the new pvp server. But failing that. A nice hunt the GM ;D
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I would not only like to see more GM events being held, but also a more simple way to enable players to suggest ideas about possible events to more experienced people - especially experienced in running an event and organising the communication between several participants.
For example, I had a basic idea already for years... now this idea became almost impracticable, due to some unsolved issues with the jumping height. Game mechanics contra creativity.