Post by Emiko on Feb 16, 2020 15:10:16 GMT -6
Ok! So, I am happy to announce an attempt to get a new project off of the ground brought up in suggestion by one of our moderators, Yum. And that is a mini-themed RP event!
Backstory of the project!
So...you are probably wondering what the heck that is, and what exactly is going to happen during it... I'll get to that in a bit, but there is a bit of history as to how this suggestion came about. A couple of months ago, Yum actually brought this little idea to my attention to try and do these small RPs centered around various months of the year with specific themes. We discussed it among the staff and then brought it to the public via discord where it received fairly positive interest. So we are going to give it a shot...albeit in a rather limited capacity. There are plans to turn this into a more competitive thing with possible prizes and a leader board for participants if it works out. However...right now, we are just going to try and do this as a simple, exhibition role play event and see where it goes. Depending on the success of the project, we may expand on this and do a lot more. That remains to be seen at this time. Onto the good stuff, though!
What is this event!?
Basically this event is where a couple of members are going to get together and try to finish a very short, simple role play based on a selected theme for the month. In a nutshell, you are going to have to find a partner by March 1st. And then starting March 1st, you will have until March 31st (the end of the month) to get your particular role play done. One whole month to finish your role play centered around a specific theme. The kicker though is that your story CAN'T exceed more than 3 forum pages in length which is where the fun is. The challenge here is to create, start, and finish a hypnotic encountered capturing the month's theme in a limited quantity of 3 forum pages. And honestly, that's pretty much all there is to the event. I know it sounds simple, but the idea behind this was not to make something hard. This was designed as a fun little way to try something new in our role playing, so that is what we aim to do.
Instructions again are as follows... From this point til March 1st, you need to find a partner. Starting March 1st, you create a role play centered around a hypnotic encounter that needs to be concluded by March 31st. Your story must center around a particular theme (I'll spell out later) and must be confined to a maximum of 3 forum pages in length. Do that, while having a little fun along the way!
Cool! So, what's the theme, and how do I participate?
Because this is a relatively new thing, I'm going to keep this relatively simple this go around and actually pull over a theme I was thinking of having us do for February in the form of Romance. So basically, the story you create has to have a hypnotic encounter centered around romance. How you choose to incorporate hypnotic romance into your story is entirely up to you. The story however WILL need to center around this theme though for this exhibition trial.
To participate in this event, what I need YOU to do is to start searching for a partner. For now, I'm going to keep this to just a simple, classical two person role play, so only two people will be participating per story. However, it will be your responsibility to reach out to someone and try to recruit them as your partner. After you find someone that has agreed to work with you, you need to send me a PM here letting me know that you are entering and who you are entering with. I'll add you to the list of actual participants, and you'll be good to go!
Once you have a partner, you'll need to come up with a plot of sorts and characters. Then, starting March 1st, you are free to start your role play! I will actually be making an event board specifically for things like this in the near future and it's THERE that you will be doing your role plays. Come March 1st, you'll start your role play and have til the end of the month to finish your 3 page hypnotically romantic encounter. <3 It's honestly as simple as that!
Heads up on some stuff!
Now, I realize making a 3 page story isn't that huge of a task, but because this is a test run of something new, I'm going to be both lenient and strict in some areas... For starters, while I would like for you guys to find a partner and be ready to go come March 1st, for this particular thing, I won't hold people do that deadline per say. I'll be willing to accept new participants in this event up til March 10. However, I won't allow any new participants to enter after that date. Where I'm going to be strict is even if you sign up late, the deadline to get this done will still be the end of the Month. We've had some rough times getting deadlines met and I need to know that a deadline for something simple like this can be met before we turn it into something more serious.
Backstory of the project!
So...you are probably wondering what the heck that is, and what exactly is going to happen during it... I'll get to that in a bit, but there is a bit of history as to how this suggestion came about. A couple of months ago, Yum actually brought this little idea to my attention to try and do these small RPs centered around various months of the year with specific themes. We discussed it among the staff and then brought it to the public via discord where it received fairly positive interest. So we are going to give it a shot...albeit in a rather limited capacity. There are plans to turn this into a more competitive thing with possible prizes and a leader board for participants if it works out. However...right now, we are just going to try and do this as a simple, exhibition role play event and see where it goes. Depending on the success of the project, we may expand on this and do a lot more. That remains to be seen at this time. Onto the good stuff, though!
What is this event!?
Basically this event is where a couple of members are going to get together and try to finish a very short, simple role play based on a selected theme for the month. In a nutshell, you are going to have to find a partner by March 1st. And then starting March 1st, you will have until March 31st (the end of the month) to get your particular role play done. One whole month to finish your role play centered around a specific theme. The kicker though is that your story CAN'T exceed more than 3 forum pages in length which is where the fun is. The challenge here is to create, start, and finish a hypnotic encountered capturing the month's theme in a limited quantity of 3 forum pages. And honestly, that's pretty much all there is to the event. I know it sounds simple, but the idea behind this was not to make something hard. This was designed as a fun little way to try something new in our role playing, so that is what we aim to do.
Instructions again are as follows... From this point til March 1st, you need to find a partner. Starting March 1st, you create a role play centered around a hypnotic encounter that needs to be concluded by March 31st. Your story must center around a particular theme (I'll spell out later) and must be confined to a maximum of 3 forum pages in length. Do that, while having a little fun along the way!
Cool! So, what's the theme, and how do I participate?
Because this is a relatively new thing, I'm going to keep this relatively simple this go around and actually pull over a theme I was thinking of having us do for February in the form of Romance. So basically, the story you create has to have a hypnotic encounter centered around romance. How you choose to incorporate hypnotic romance into your story is entirely up to you. The story however WILL need to center around this theme though for this exhibition trial.
To participate in this event, what I need YOU to do is to start searching for a partner. For now, I'm going to keep this to just a simple, classical two person role play, so only two people will be participating per story. However, it will be your responsibility to reach out to someone and try to recruit them as your partner. After you find someone that has agreed to work with you, you need to send me a PM here letting me know that you are entering and who you are entering with. I'll add you to the list of actual participants, and you'll be good to go!
Once you have a partner, you'll need to come up with a plot of sorts and characters. Then, starting March 1st, you are free to start your role play! I will actually be making an event board specifically for things like this in the near future and it's THERE that you will be doing your role plays. Come March 1st, you'll start your role play and have til the end of the month to finish your 3 page hypnotically romantic encounter. <3 It's honestly as simple as that!
Heads up on some stuff!
Now, I realize making a 3 page story isn't that huge of a task, but because this is a test run of something new, I'm going to be both lenient and strict in some areas... For starters, while I would like for you guys to find a partner and be ready to go come March 1st, for this particular thing, I won't hold people do that deadline per say. I'll be willing to accept new participants in this event up til March 10. However, I won't allow any new participants to enter after that date. Where I'm going to be strict is even if you sign up late, the deadline to get this done will still be the end of the Month. We've had some rough times getting deadlines met and I need to know that a deadline for something simple like this can be met before we turn it into something more serious.
As well, once you pick a partner for this event, I'm going to say you are obligated to stay with that individual for the month. If you want to break up the team, both parties must consent to such and inform me immediately no later than March 10. After that, you are welcome to try and find another partner if you want, or hold out til the next time we have one of these! After March 10 however, I won't accept any new participants or team swaps. Regardless of who you choose though, please know that you can only have one entry per event, so choose your partner wisely!
Lastly, while the format and idea behind this won't be as strict as what we require for when we do contests, I do want to inspire a bit of creativity in your projects. So as such, if you sign up, please be prepared to use some original characters. I don't care if you want to use a hypnotic snake who meets some jungle boy. However, don't enter this thing and pull a story with Kaa and Mowgli with established, cookie-cutter scenes. If you want to do something like that, just do a Kaa role play elsewhere outside of the event!
The idea behind this event is to try and inspire some creative thought and writing. As such, I would expect people to at least to try and come up with some creative concepts to role play with. Maybe what you role play here will inspire you to make full fledged plot of your own! For the event though, try to be a tad bit original. You can certainly borrow concepts from anything established, that's totally fine! Just try to be a tad bit more original than say... Kaalia meeting Mowgliette and hypnotizes her while singing trust in me. XD PLEASE don't do that, lol.
Anything else is fine! If you want to have a new, original project, have at it! If you want to use this opportunity to maybe have an epilogue or a prequel to a story you've written, have at it! Even if maybe you've seen something and wanted to re-enact it for a bit of fun, have at it! The goal of this event is to inspire creativity and have a little fun along the way. It's VERY simple and has a lot of potential. So I encourage everyone to jump in and give it a shot! No one is obligated to participate, but I do hope you'll at least give it a try. I know I'm going to, so let's all have a little bit of fun with this mini event!