And why is it always LigH that corrects everybody's grammar and spelling? :P
There should be food and plenty of it. Quantity AND quality, from all over Yliakum.Yeah...I must manage to get out of Kada El's with my char one time and try to find some cooks in game for this. ;) We will of course try to do this.
Music would be nice.Same as above...need to get in contact with more musicians in game. And I personally would really like to have some musicians describing their music in chat with /me. The new instrument system is maybe nice...but a lot people like me play without sound and it's very hard to fill a longer time with that music without repeating it over and over again. But that is up to on which musicians we can get our hands on.
Dancing would be nice.Not much we can do there. Of course we will have an area for dancing..but other than providing a place for dancing and the necessary music we can't do much. Up to the players if they want to take that chance. The one thing I learned from the Den events is that no matter what you offer...people will always do something completely different than you expected.
Singing would be nice.Haven't thought of that. But sure...if we find someone up for singing in game I see no reason why not. Depends again on if we find some player doing it.
A contest for which male and which female wore the best, most creative mask.Good idea...will look into that one. Just don't expect any big prizes. I'm not up for rewarding RP in a RP game. This is no GM event where only the reward matters. Some small, more symbolic prizes are a lot better in my view.
A theatrical performance would be most satisfactory.Here I have to say no. Not because I wouldn't like it but because I know from the theater event in the Den how much work this is. Sorry, simply no way we can do that additional work ourselves. So...if a group of players is up for preparing something there we would love to have them perform at the ball. But we can't prepare it ourselves.
For precaution's sake and the safety of the guests: GuardsOf course! Though I have to deal out the details with my "boss" first. Seems we have slightly different opinions on that topic.
Do most people have too much trouble as it is walking through the plaza?
An item "empty bottle" exists. But I believe it is a quest item (to be filled with pure water?). And it is not able to have a custom title ...
Customizable bottles/flasks/packages/meals would indeed be an interesting addition. A GM could "engrave" single items; but I doubt a specific item class for user customizable items would belong to seriously planned content, the risk of abuse is known from years of misnamed pets and books.
Hey everybody, in talking with people I've noticed both a shortage of players RPing tailors and that we don't have kran food aside from raw ores and crystals. I'd like to ask if anyone that can RP a tailor could start offering tailoring services and maybe even advertise themselves. Also, can someone could come up with some kran dishes and serve them at the ball? Perhaps some blacksmiths might double as kran chefs and make diamond sprinkled iron loves. or make little lumium and coal quiches with little bits of copper shaped into something cute as a garnish? ;)
We are still working on the location of the ball as we want as many people as possible to be able to attend and once we finalize our decision, we will let everyone know for sure.
yes I believe that some items like that could be nice addition to RP... do you believe I could ask a GM to engrave some items to stage at the event?
About the ball, I have some questions that I'm not entirely sure about.Yes, we would like to see people comming disguised.
We have to dress up? yeah?
It takes the whole Hydlaa map? yeah?Nah of course not the whole map. The initial plan was to use a small part of the plaza for it. But this plan was dropped now with the new map as it causes too many problems for too many people. Currently it looks like we will do it in east Hydlaa on the plaza right at the gate. But we will post something once the location is finally fixed.
So what happens if we like to play a character that is a bit trashy and kinda slumps around Hydlaa, are they able to go to the ball?Why not?
At the DEV meeting Sarva said that the GMs team will try to run a couple of "engraving sessions" in preparation for the eventUgh..should have stayed longer than 5 minutes at the dev meeting I guess. *looks to Illysia* "Anything I should know?"
At the DEV meeting Sarva said that the GMs team will try to run a couple of "engraving sessions" in preparation for the eventUgh..should have stayed longer than 5 minutes at the dev meeting I guess. *looks to Illysia* "Anything I should know?"
Please consider a place on a different, smaller map with less details ... like, maybe, the backyard of the House Purrty, would this be too small? Or the East gate place?
A Ball would imply, to me, an evening of dancing with musicians playing. My guess is that it is derived from Ballroom Dancing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballroom_dance).
Due to the fact that the event is to stretch over a couple of days is it meant more like a Mardi Gras (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_Gras) type of event? A Ball would imply, to me, an evening of dancing with musicians playing.
Perhaps it is not only me who is confused as to what to expect?
- Nova
As someone who was not around for the RHOP but heard of it, it would be an interesting experience to see this backyard and perhaps learn a bit about its sub-setting ICly. It might even add some color to the event and help to rekindle some of what you guys had. I have heard/read about how you RP'd having a palace and such with its servants, rules, required etiquette and so on and think that perhaps spreading that sort of creative RP might a good idea... Again, just my two cents.
For precaution's sake and the safety of the guests: Guards
For precaution's sake and the safety of the guests: Guards
It's likely that the ball mask may become the latest fad; leading to removal of the hoods on many of the more fashionable rogues. :D
- Nova
Hello Everybody, thanks for the great support and sorry for the slowness on my end... Unfortunately, I have had several school projects tie up my time more than anticipated and one major project meltdown. Hopefully I will be able to get these matters resolved and then I can devote more time to the event and developing it. ;)
Who would make better guards than the SPC, headed by an adorable Menki General? :innocent:Aww...but in this case the order clearly won...mainly because our chars already met some of them. ;) (And Caraick working as guard in the Den made the OOC dealing a lot easier. He knows already what I expect from guards like only RP fights and when to start acting so can easily explain this to his guild mates. I know relying on such OOC things is not very nice for planning events but less than two months for organizing such a ball are just not enough to spend weeks of hammering the rules into the guards)
It was just like real life. I stood around and looked at people and left without saying a word to anyone.
Well, I missed what was supposed to be the highlight of the evening for one character, but there will be other opportunities for Momo to get her dances...
Hearing 'the people getting killed part' makes me roll my eyes and wish a murder didn't have to happen at every frickin' event. There's nothing wrong with RPing a good fight but are you people really so bloodthirsty that you get bored if nobody dies or sustains an injury? Honestly.
That aside, it was an excellent time for the short time I had to stay there (family kept me rather busier IRL than I like to be for the holidays though. Dragging their unwilling, sports-hating youngest to hockey games and the like). For the time I was there people were well-behaved and seemed to be having fun, though I always do find large concentrations of characters hard to follow at times. M got to tell a story I'd written, and her costume seemed to go over well.
Anyone has pictures of the event or the fireworks?To be honest, Im not much into making event screenshots since Im using the provided client that comes without movierecorder. (However, I'll add one of my two screenies http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=40557.0)
Please refrain from inviting me to participate in any possible future event of yours. The great efforts I put in my RP might be nice for others to have some fun hours, but to me it means part of my life wasted and, in the end, nothing left but tears. Thanks in advance for compliance.Yeah...I'm kind of sorry about this. I knew from the start that most of the effort that went in this event will be wasted...still tried to get as many "old friends" to show up as possible...just for my own, selfish amusement. You have a valid point and of course I will comply with the request...won't be even hard as I doubt I will do any event in PS ever again. ;)
It was just like real life. I stood around and looked at people and left without saying a word to anyone.Yeah..another valid point that is true for almost any event. I just don't see how we could prevent that from happening. During an event the organizers are usually very busy so have to rely on the guests to make sure everyone is included...what seldom works out as wanted. :/ There were some people I would have liked to see more included.
Hearing 'the people getting killed part' makes me roll my eyes and wish a murder didn't have to happen at every frickin' event. There's nothing wrong with RPing a good fight but are you people really so bloodthirsty that you get bored if nobody dies or sustains an injury? Honestly.Looks like it. What should I say...it was probably good that I wasn't around at that time. Probably it's just a game among the PS players I wasn't introduced to yet: "I bet 10K I can make a stupid murder story out of everything."
Technically the murder(s) happened outside the event entirely, it was just adjacent to it that it started.Technically I don't care what excuse people make up for their crappy in-game behavior.
I vote we hold a ball on a monthly bases!Looks like we have a volunteer for doing the next ball. ;)
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Please?
If you want to organize that, Zalya, go ahead. xDOh..and a helper for Zalya. *runs*
Well, I had a great time, personally. Good job!
That aside, it was an excellent time for the short time I had to stay there (family kept me rather busier IRL than I like to be for the holidays though. Dragging their unwilling, sports-hating youngest to hockey games and the like). For the time I was there people were well-behaved and seemed to be having fun, though I always do find large concentrations of characters hard to follow at times. M got to tell a story I'd written, and her costume seemed to go over well.
A huge thanks from me to all who made this event possible. I mean especially Edaru (Aiwendil) and Lillia (Illysia) and those I didn't notice in the back. (The GM who let Oele play with the smoke coming from the vase made my day somehow.) But I also mean all the players that attended, performers, merchants and every other participant. Thanks a lot. I had a great time!
It was a great three days. I don't think I ever got to know so many different characters in so little time. I think the smoke from day three broke the fourth wall though and made some people forget they wouldn't be able to connect me to Falc, or hallucinate I were only dressed in a loincloth.
;D
Anyway, a big thank you from me too for the event! I had a very good time and enjoyed playing a lot.
Hearing 'the people getting killed part' makes me roll my eyes and wish a murder didn't have to happen at every frickin' event. There's nothing wrong with RPing a good fight but are you people really so bloodthirsty that you get bored if nobody dies or sustains an injury? Honestly.Looks like it. What should I say...it was probably good that I wasn't around at that time. Probably it's just a game among the PS players I wasn't introduced to yet: "I bet 10K I can make a stupid murder story out of everything."Technically the murder(s) happened outside the event entirely, it was just adjacent to it that it started.Technically I don't care what excuse people make up for their crappy in-game behavior.
Second, killing is bad conflict resolution in Planeshift just like in real life. There are a lot of better ways to end an RP, provide a lead for follow up RPs, or prove that your character is a baddie. Also, like Mask pointed out, such things have lost their drama value due to being overdone. If something happens constantly, then it is either trivial or people get desensitized to it. Story-wise, once it happens too much there really isn't a justifiable reason for people to keep caring.
Third, if you die and then come right back, always come back, and/or die constantly you cheapen the story behind the death. The reason people react to death and that death has a sting is because of how permanent the loss is. The DR prevents you from having to completely start over if you die, but once again, the story is defined by the setting of the location. The DR is actually a vast place, as vast as yliakum, traumatic, and it is difficult to get out. It's not suppose to be like a wrong turn at Albuquerque. The fact that you can get off the DR map in 10 mins is also an OOC issue that will eventually be fixed. It's like the NPC guard thing... for now the mechanics can't match the settings but the settings shouldn't be ignored.
For those that kill a lot of people... it presents a story issue of another sort. If you kill one person then maybe no one will ever know since the DR isn't actually a day trip in settings, people shouldn't be able to come right back and then complain to you about having killed them. However, the more people you kill the more it is likely to become noticeable. More importantly, anyone that is a known, or suspected, killer would be hawked by the guards. The fact that they have no proof would mean nothing. Death is a serious offense, they would be constantly on your case to make sure you didn't kill anyone... not come to clean up the mess later. It is not likely you would be free to keep killing people and hanging around town. This would make it hard to play the character and keep the story believable so it's another RP track I would not suggest for a newer RPer.
So the real issue is less the killing and more how it kills the story. To be honest, being a villian is not so hard because you need people willing to be a victim but because of how hard it is to pull of off the story believably. Viliians that are known for good believable stories can always find someone willing to play along, even goodie characters. But no one wants to put their character at risk for something that makes them roll their eyes the second they hear it, yes I know how subjective this is but it is the underlying issue.
My advice for those that intend to do killing RPs or something that would break the law is to keep in mind that certain RP isn't actually valid in all places. Well, not without a great deal of fancy work with covering up stuff which is not the kind of thing I would suggest for a newer RPer to try. There are, however, places where you can do those same RPs with no problem. Just don't forget the settings. The settings is what allows RPers to tell a story together with some kind of continuity.