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Questions about SOTF and V3?
Topic Started: Feb 6 2008, 10:09 PM (668 Views)
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We neglected to do this during the beginning of the last game only to realize that more handlers than we had originally thought had questions concerning the game, the rules, or other aspects of SOTF, so I thought I'd post this topic to gather up those questions now and answer them before the beginning of V3.

So, how about it? Does anybody have any questions about the rules, specific questions about V3, anything like that? Please don't waste my time with questions about the plot, as I won't answer those right now, but I'd like to see some legitimate questions and maybe some concerns that the members might be having.
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How is inactivity being handled this time around? Like, the same way that it was intended to be taken care of in v2 or is there going to be a new method?
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Um, how do u liek, um, play?

Nah, an actual question I had - are we going to run pre-game and actual game concurrently with one another or is pre-game going to end once game begins?
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Yes, I actually have a question that I don't think anyone has been answered anywhere. Exactly how many characters will we be chosen at a given roll? I could gather that from the rolls in V2 it was about five, but I'm not sure at all if there's going to be a change.
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Yay! Questions. Haha. For whatever reason, that excites me.

#1 - Inactivity
Okay, this is NOT set in stone yet, as I want to clear it with the other staffers and new moderators first, but my current plan for inactivity is to axe the inactivity list from V2. It's a good idea in theory, but far too hard to keep up. Instead, I'm thinking that an inactivity sweep will be done at the end of every month and the inactives shall be auctioned off during the new announcement. In V2, three weeks with no post constituted forfeiting your character (if you'll recall, two weeks/no post put you on the 'bad list' and one more week/no post resulted in forfeiture). So, in V3, three weeks/no post shall also constitute inactivity. The main difference is that there will be no warnings this time around. You guys know if you've posted or not. That's the current plan, but it still has to be reviewed by the rest of the staff.

#2 - Pre-Game/V3
To be honest, I haven't given a whole lot of thought to this one, but pre-game will probably close once V3 begins, simply because during the last game, it was barely worth keeping pre-game open simply because very few people chose to participate in it after the real game began.

#3 - Rolls
I reserve the right to roll as many or as few characters as I want at any given time, so I can't really give you an exact number. The number of rolls I do, though, will probably depend on how active the forum is. During the first month or so, I'll probably only roll 3-4 characters, then, as we get later into the game, depending on how high or low activity is, I may roll more or less. For example, if we're only getting one or two posts a day, I might roll as many as ten or twelve characters. Doubtful, but you know. Long story short, there's not really an answer to that question, it just depends on what I decide to do when the time comes.
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I'm thinking of starting a "dojo" thread in Pregame where handlers can brush-up on/learn melee fighting skills with their characters. If the thread happens to be running while V3 is...how much of these "skills" can be transferred into the game?

Assume responsible and realistically-playing handlers in this case.

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Well, as I stated previously, as of right now, pre-game will most likely come to a close once the real game begins. If you do create the thread, though, skills acquired between now and the time pre-game is closed will be allowed to transfer into the game, so long as they're kept within the realm of realism. Somebody isn't going to become a Tai Kwon Do blackbelt in two weeks, but of course, you already knew that. :)
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Double post, oh no! But, I can do that. :)

This question hasn't come up yet, and it's one of the more important ones, so I'm gonna cover it here as well.

Multiple Topics in One Area. There were only one or two cases of this in V1 and it was actively done in V2, so what about this time around? The V3 locations have been shrunk down drastically from the V2 locations because the staff felt that there wasn't nearly enough random character interaction in V2. As such, multiple posts in an area will NOT, without exception, be allowed in V3. Topics will continue to be locked after all members of the thread have exited that thread, so if there is an open topic already in progress and you want to go to an area, you must post in that topic. Creating a second topic in an area will result in your post being deleted and, if done too often, will result in warnings.
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Also, when's the prom gonna begin?

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Stop asking irrelevant questions, Frank.
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How was that irrelevant?

Let's see...the concept (not actually the topic) was proposed, we've had Prom King & Prom Queen votes, and it takes place in V3's pregame. That sort of event will also have an influence on our characters in V3, and this is, after all, the "Questions About SotF and V3" thread, as the page title says.

But if Kyle says so, I guess it's irrelevant. <_< Jesus Christ, you guys are fickle.

Anyway, if you really want a more relevant question, one of my (and probably others') main concerns back in V2 was people suddenly disappearing on threads and leaving active handlers' characters dangling in potential danger zones. How will this figure into the inactivity plans being discussed?

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"You guys"? I wasn't aware that Kyle had multiple personalities. I'll have to take that into account the next time I speak with him. :P

Answering your other question - you'll do two things, really. First, you'll not plan your storylines so much like was done throughout V2. If someone goes inactive, you just RP around it. Be creative. It happened ALL throughout V1, and happened a lot. You just deal.

How will it figure in? Probably won't. If someone vanishes, ditch 'em, move on, and then do something else. OR wait til' they go inactive and take control of them if it gets to that.

Easy solutions, really.
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How will it figure in? Probably won't. If someone vanishes, ditch 'em, move on, and then do something else. OR wait til' they go inactive and take control of them if it gets to that.

Easy solutions, really.

It's easy for you to say though...it's not exactly good for my RPing reputation if virtually all my kills were either "handler cannibalism" or forced due to inactivity.

But hey, this isn't the right thread for that sort of commentary.

On a more relevant concern that just came to mind, I'm just curious as to what happened to reserving player numbers.

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Well, I stated a LONG time ago that we weren't doing them during this round of SOTF and it was simply going to go in order. The only reason Adam Dodd is B77 is because Adam Dodd was always B77, the number was retired and unavailable for use in V2 because B77 was still living, and it's only logical that since he's competing in the program once again, he'd retain his number.
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Feb 8 2008, 10:15 PM
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Feb 9 2008, 12:10 PM
How will it figure in? Probably won't. If someone vanishes, ditch 'em, move on, and then do something else. OR wait til' they go inactive and take control of them if it gets to that.

Easy solutions, really.

It's easy for you to say though...it's not exactly good for my RPing reputation if virtually all my kills were either "handler cannibalism" or forced due to inactivity.

But hey, this isn't the right thread for that sort of commentary.

On a more relevant concern that just came to mind, I'm just curious as to what happened to reserving player numbers.

How does it affect YOUR reputation if people go inactive on that one?

And...reputation!? Who cares about reputation?

Just wondering.


And yeah. It's kind of a thing, the winner keeps their number. Hence why in V4 we won't use 77, 12, or whatever number this times winner is.
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