Post by Anna on Jun 14, 2009 21:41:41 GMT -6
Kris and I have recently joined a few other holts and have observed some of their RP methods. We're never adverse to re-evaluating our current methods and adapting to new ways of doing things, especially if we think it'll make the RP experience better for everyone. 
The two things we observed that seem most common are the tags and post orders used. The tags are simply notifications at the beginning of a post to let everyone know who is being posted for, and who that post is directed to. For example:
Starting with the current Wavedancer RP (since it's just barely begun) and the next Wolfrider RP, we'll implement this tagging method so we can streamline who's expected or invited to respond to a certain post.
The other convention, post order, we observed we are not, at this time, going to insist on. To be courteous, we'd like to try and follow it - but neither Kris nor I want to have the RP come to a screeching halt because someone can't or won't respond to a post for a week. We're a smallish group yet, and one person's busy RL schedule can easily stop things cold if we insisted on following posting order. If some isn't able to sign on every other day or so and post, then we would ask they designate a back up who can at least move their character to a background position so play can continue without the busy player's character being ignored or forgotten.
If we sign on and we see everyone who could post in a current thread has been online or posted elsewhere since the last post in the current RP thread, odds are we'll move the story along, regardless of posting order. If you really, really want to post something and don't have time to do it immediately, just let us know in the RP Questions and Answers thread and we'll make sure we don't move things beyond that current point for another 24 hours.
If membership grows and things get so busy and move so fast that members are starting to be left out completely in the posting, we will definitely revisit this. At the moment, however, a posting order doesn't seem necessary.
The two things we observed that seem most common are the tags and post orders used. The tags are simply notifications at the beginning of a post to let everyone know who is being posted for, and who that post is directed to. For example:
Sunsong to Stormfire
"Wake up, sleepyhead! The moons have risen and it's time to hunt!" the plant shaper sang out merrily, dunking inside teh chieftess's den, then hastily tumbling out again when her friend threw a sleeping fur at her.
Starting with the current Wavedancer RP (since it's just barely begun) and the next Wolfrider RP, we'll implement this tagging method so we can streamline who's expected or invited to respond to a certain post.
The other convention, post order, we observed we are not, at this time, going to insist on. To be courteous, we'd like to try and follow it - but neither Kris nor I want to have the RP come to a screeching halt because someone can't or won't respond to a post for a week. We're a smallish group yet, and one person's busy RL schedule can easily stop things cold if we insisted on following posting order. If some isn't able to sign on every other day or so and post, then we would ask they designate a back up who can at least move their character to a background position so play can continue without the busy player's character being ignored or forgotten.
If we sign on and we see everyone who could post in a current thread has been online or posted elsewhere since the last post in the current RP thread, odds are we'll move the story along, regardless of posting order. If you really, really want to post something and don't have time to do it immediately, just let us know in the RP Questions and Answers thread and we'll make sure we don't move things beyond that current point for another 24 hours.
If membership grows and things get so busy and move so fast that members are starting to be left out completely in the posting, we will definitely revisit this. At the moment, however, a posting order doesn't seem necessary.