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I was thinking it would be cool to make a role-played thread just for us new people. It's a way to get used to role playing with people that haven't role-played on this site as much as everyone else. It's a good way to make new friends and new enemies. So that if you have problems with someone or fall in love with someone or find a new best buddy there at least somewhere in the same power level and role-play experience your character is. The idea is to get a whole bunch of us new people together throw us into some nice role-play and see what happens. I'm looking for somewhere to about five or more people don't want to get too close to 10.I think that would stop it around eight people.The idea is that we would have a posting order so that we can keep up with what's going on.so I could help drive the role-played as well and we could have a lot of fun going back and forth as new characters.

If anyone likes this idea let me know.

no bites?

While I think this is a good idea, I think it can also maybe be a little polarizing. I get what you're aiming for, for people of lower levels to gather and have fun but creates a bit of a division that might make older players feel left out. And I say this as a new player myself. Just think if it was the other way around and someone wanted to make an "older players only" thread... might make feel new players feel unwelcome, you know?

Mixed groups will help new players and older players meet and let me tell you, the amount of knowledge some of the older players have is really, really useful for a new player. Similarly, new players might be able to bring something new to the table for older players.

Furthermore, cutting the group off at 8 or 10 makes it even more exclusive. >.< Like it seems like a first come, first serve basis and a lot of people here are pretty busy in their day-to-day lives. I know 10+ people is a lot but it's not impossible to manage a thread with more numbers!

Besides the whole point of the RP end of this game is to meet people at all levels and learn new things! Or that's how I see it anyways. I've had the pleasure of meeting and speaking to many people from different ends and it's been fun.

This is all just my two cents but I hope it's been a little insightful.

Kendal wrote:Mixed groups will help new players and older players meet and let me tell you, the amount of knowledge some of the older players have is really, really useful for a new player. Similarly, new players might be able to bring something new to the table for older players.

QFT.

Some of my favourite threads have been where conflict sourced from differences in experience between the characters.

Best of luck!

About 19 months ago or little more, I was playing a character Aloisio and I disappeared from the Internet for about 19 months for personal reasons. At a time there was a very big influx of newbies there was a very big draw, dont remember all the reasons but there was a lot going on in this game at that time. I talked it over with several of the people in chat,several of the sire's thought it was a great idea to help their newbies spread their wing.As well as several newbies thought it was an awesome idea and wanted me to push the idea forward. So we ended up coming up with this thread which people had a lot of fun until I disappeared http://www.mooncalfstudios.com/pathofth ... it=aloisio.
I can't remember what the other one was but we actually had two going on at one time.

At the time even Moodcalf liked the idea. Dont seem like as much is going on now as back then so could be very big difference,
http://www.mooncalfstudios.com/pathofth ... o&start=20


But location, timing, and situation are what make something work well at that moment. It may not be time, location can still be fine but the situation could not warrant it at this moment. I thought I would toss the idea around again and see if it worked. Seeing people are a bit more opposed to at this time than last time I guess it's not likely to happen.

To be fair, open threads in general are good ideas like Bjorn player mentioned. >.< Anyways, best of luck to you on your endeavours!

First of all, it's good to see an "old" player making a return. Welcome back, Aden-player :)

I remember the Aloisio character, and the discussion you started back then about newbies writing together. I had only just joined the game, and was interested in the discussion, although I was (and still am) primarily a gamer not a writer, so I never got involved with the thread. If I recall correctly, you had a story taking place in the Quarantine Zone/Corvidae Flats? I think that you had a lot of interest in your idea, and that quite a few characters joined the thread :)

That's why I think that this is a great idea!
Build it, and they will come!

I doubt that many older or more experienced players will get annoyed or feel excluded by a thread created to encourage new players to write together. Instead, I imagine that they would actually encourage such a venture because it may help new players take their first steps into the world of RP, and help to keep them here - held captive in thread chains and writing handcuffs! Jumping into your first thread in a new game can be daunting. I can see how new players such as Kendal, who has posted here, may have no difficulty in getting involved because Kendal-player is clearly an excellent writer (loving your work so far!), but not every new player is going to be that skilled. Let's face it, the majority of threads here are incredibly exclusive. They are usually started by two or three players who want to write together. In that respect, a thread exclusively for new players is no different to most threads here. As for limiting the numbers to around 10 potentially causing more feeling of exclusion to arise, I really don't see that as a problem at all. I would love, LOVE to read a thread with 10 characters involved, but I don't remember many such threads, so please don't worry about that :)

I would definitely go ahead with your plan, but probably create the thread using the [Open] option, as the earlier posters have mentioned. Be warned, though: generally, open threads are still pretty hit and miss. Almost half seem to die before a reply has been made, or after just one response, while nearly half seem to have 6 or 7 replies in quick succession, and appear to be about as open as a clam's arse in a tsunami. However, the ones that survive are always a good read :) An "open" thread that has had a bit of discussion in the forums before it is posted, may well be the way forward.

A month or two back, there were only about 100 active. unique players. There are, apparently, over 130 at the moment, so the opportunities for more RP are rising!

Good luck with your suggestion :)

I say go ahead and make an Open Thread on the forum and then create a link to a new thread here in the Roleplaying board as a discussion piece. Explain in both instances that all new folk are invited to come in and explore their characters, the Path story, etc. etc.

Good luck and I hope you get what you're looking for.

If you need any advice or whatever, just ask.

Bjorn wrote:

Kendal's played hit the nail on the head.

I have learned from personal experience on this very board that the more you limit the entourage you seek, the less people will bite. It is great to have a good idea of what you want, and brilliant to take the initiative, but might I suggest posting an open thread and seeing what happens, or, if you wish to be more conservative, post a filled out form to the Active Roleplayers List.

Re: the active roleplayers list - There are plenty of newer characters who already have a filled-out form on that list. Alternatively, if you see any particular characters that catch your eye, I'm sure their players will be thrilled to receive a message where you state your interest in / idea for a thread.

As for limiting the number of players per thread, I agree with Kendal that it may seem a bit exclusive, and might, due to time constrictions or other reasons, cause a willing player to be excluded. However, I think that it might also put off other players, who may not be interested in 5+ player threads, but have great plotting potential. It can go both ways, really.

I do like the idea of new characters getting together and learning the ropes, reshaping the norm, and all the amazing potential story lines that can stem from having new interpretations of canon and perspectives thrown into the mix. That said...

Kendal wrote:Mixed groups will help new players and older players meet and let me tell you, the amount of knowledge some of the older players have is really, really useful for a new player. Similarly, new players might be able to bring something new to the table for older players.

QFT.

Some of my favourite threads have been where conflict sourced from differences in experience between the characters.

Best of luck!

I need to get this charry to be more social, so an open thread for all players would be awesome. I love to 'watch' the older players 'in action', seeing as how I'm still a newbie. lol

A quick extra thought on this. If some people don't think that a "newb only" thread is going to be helpful, then why not check out some of the existing open thread options? There are several open threads already, and I'm sure that the thread originators would be happy to have newbs jump in.

I'm not the world's greatest role player (although my two boys are averaging level 19 in RP level, which I think is ok?), but I'm happy for anyone, new or otherwise, to jump into this thread:

One for the Money...

or this older one:

Turn the Page

They are both fairly generic settings, so anyone could easily get involved. I promise that I'm keeping my posts (relatively) short so as not to bore the pants off anyone, and there will be no flowery Shakespearean sonnets anywhere!