Centralized RP Community?

[Yhitzarie]

Gwen we are just wpeaking in peace about that subject ! i see you are very nervous when we are speaking about move house. But you know in my guild we have 17 house in the village and if we décide to move for the new Rp town, all of my member will probably follow me. my house is the best you can see near Skara Brae but if we can do a better rp live i can trade mine for a 7x7 hehe.

[Gwen Irima]

i'm not nervous at all I am very interested to see what will happen (but i am not willing to move house or make new characters)

[Edmund Fairholm]

Gwen's response here is a justified one. Whatever comes out of this must have viable solutions for all parts, even those choosing not to participate. A disaster like Yhit mentioned might not be a bad idea, however. In fact, it might be the only way to go about this.

[Rabid Bogling]

Delucia is overrun by the Savages and it's populace slaughtered. The Royal Army retakes the town and soon afterwards the Great Council puts out a call for civilised, Britannian, and above all else loyal colonists to repopulate it. There you've got an excuse for Loyalists to move. The rebel authorities aren't best pleased with this extension of royalist might, and so do their best to halt the colonisation - jointly seizing power in Papua to be used as their HQ. The most blessed Church of our lord the Avatar in Yew calls for the Lost Lands to be taken in the name of the Higher Being. The Guardsmen Militia are sent forth to purge a stretch of land and establish the long awaited New Yew. The Orcs near Delucia are convinced into joining the Shadow Alliance..

I was bored.

[Gwen Irima]

spread some deseases in some towns that want to participate in this ?

[Pistia]

I'm confused Gwen, you say have no interest in this at all, yet you still post? Posting mostly about your own stubborness.

I think picking a town that's already populated won't work, because of people wanted to be in Vesper, they would be. As in; its a guild that already exists!

No-one has made a guild yet, because nobody has agreed on anything, its not going to happen immediately.

[Raiden]

Originally Posted by Gwen Irima

How about this solution: You folks that so badly want to move town to centralize rp, just do this ?

I absolutely agree here.

Those who want this to happen get together and get moving forward. If you are waiting for EVERYONE to mass migrate to a new city and give up their old characters etc. etc. It just aint going to happen in my opinion.

So why don't you chaps who want a new start just go for it?

Even if it isn't the Holy Grail of an all encompassing centralised RP community at least it should be an active guild of like minded people looking for a fresh start with new ideas which can only benefit those that make the move to do it, as well as the existing community as a whole through new and varied interaction.

[Tabbitha]

A few years back now [ is it that long already eeks] Vesper had a disaster,causing those that wanted to ,to move to Ilshenar.

It wasnt long term though,just for 2 weeks.

Those that wanted to go ,did so, those that didnt,stayed behind.

My suggestion is this.

Those that want to restart some where else,get together and make a start.

Once established yourselves,THEN begin to plot ideas for other things.

Those that didnt want to move can then involve themselves in things like plague ridden towns,and take 'refuge' in the new 'rp 'area.[ this could last for a week/month etc]

Gwen for example can redirect her customers to a new makeshift tavern for the duration of however long the plague lasts]

All markets and other daily lifestyles can be carried out in the chosen area .

Its going back to my idea of centralising roleplay on a mobile system with a regulat turnaround.

I would also suggest that those wanting to ,use this thread now to plan your move and make a start with your ideas etc.

The discussion has reached a conclusion imo and as already said,there is never going to be a 100% agreement to this.

Those that have welcomed the idea and are willing to try it out,should now begin to do so.

[Timothy Young]

You have to see that you're not facing a playerbase of encouraged players that have no ties. You have vets that have been playing in their guilds for years and have ties to them. There has been just a small amount of players involved in this entire discussion. I'm sure if you asked the big majority you'd find that they are unwilling to move at all.

Also consider this: If you start one or several new guilds for alts or current characters somewhere, it would definately drain the last bit of life force of guilds like BoC, -V- or even Grd. You would have split the people that were unwilling to move in even more inactive old guilds and some that did move in a temporary active new community. But what if that new community would fail however as after the first few weeks the enthusiasm for 'the new thing' fades? The players might find out that the etablished old guilds they came from originally have meanwhile fully collapsed.

All in all i consider that discussion about a centralized community dangerous. I feel that it would bring more harm than good if it was attempted. If people want to kick into action i would suggest a very small step. Starting a community ICQ List where people write down their chars + guilds could be a start. If you log in and see who is around from the entire community you would have it much easier to organize something spontaneous with the involvement of many guilds instead of just your own. If that works you can ponder about the next steps. Merging guilds, organizing -temporary- events with many guilds in a centralized area.. Loyalists occuping Vesper or the Anti-Loyalists guilds and the liberal Duchy allying to bring war mongering Yew down once and for all and occupying it for some time etc.

[Gwen Irima]

I'm confused Gwen, you say have no interest in this at all, yet you still post? Posting mostly about your own stubborness.

You misunderstand me

- Yes i have interest in how this will develop and in what way i can help out with the idea for centralizing rp.
- But no, i have no interest in making a new character or to move away from the Elven Quarter.

I hope this clarifies that, Pistia