I take issue with other players being able to pose my characters out during an involuntary disconnection. No-one is sufficiently qualified to spoof my characters, so the only way I would agree with this is if the pose-out process was by implicit assumption.

Additionally, the way this is written seems exponentially more heavy-handed than was agreed upon on the MUCK. I thought we were trying to encourage a different paradigm of RP where players live in the world through their characters, not punish them for circumstances beyond their control by creating -additional- circumstances beyond their control.

I think this rule needs re-examining, because at the moment, it seems like it'll do more to stifle RP than encourage it.

I'm all for it! :3

I find the RPs to be a fun and relaxing experience, without having to worry about being serious. I can understand you sentiments, though. There really should be more ideas going around concerning it.

I would really like the plot to stay, since there's so much that could be done with it, and since it's such a nice alternative to other plot lines.

I'd be up for discussing it, and could probably give it a try in general.

Agreed. Moaning and complaining solves nothing.

Hey Juli..should I create a new threat to the colony...or would that complicate things...

I read the RP and have to say,living in Hawaii has its ups and downs but I am allways willing to RP with whoever and have been trying soo fur awhile now.I am new and have not got the hang of it yet,but do try...I would love to do one with you sometime.
Your friend Zaden

I'm game for anything at this point that will even slightly, push the Global Plot along. You just say the time and place and I'll be there.

If we can work out a proper time I can jump in on this as well. I have something in mind that I will run across kieran when I see him so if the time is right count me in.

I'm not sure how one can have a GP involving just a few people, since GP means Global Plot. A GP is supposed to be the main, overarching theme of the game, and that has to include absolutely everyone. As I've said, it's not something that was meant to be strongly visible to everyone, and is really the responsibility of the RP wizards to try and maintain. And since we currently lack an official RP wizard who is active and motivated, I've been trying to fill the gap as best I can with the limited amount of free time that I have. So we have a GP. There just needs to be more day-to-day RP and mini-arcs for us to work with.

I think what you're looking for would be a TinyPlot, or TP, which is a smaller scale story which spans a larger time-frame than a single RP would. Organizing a TP requires someone with the motivation to do so, but that motivation must also be met by that of other players bringing their own creativity into it, or it will fall short and die. That's a major issue on NIMHmuck, since from what I've seen, a lot of people seem too lazy to actually think of an idea, and instead try to rely on the GM or organizers to dream up something for them to play out.

You're not the first person to make a post like this, and you won't be the last. The GP lives, but despite what a lot of people might believe, these things don't happen overnight. In fact, a good global plot is often so large and all-encompassing that it's difficult to see at all.

People should feel free to organize any RP or plot that they like. So the question here is really, why aren't they? My response, is that it seems much easier to try and get someone else to make up stories for them to play out, than it would be for them to come up with ideas of their own.

I've seen quite a number of NIMHmuckers lose their enthusiasm, even their interest in the MUCK altogether, because they simply got tired of being used as a source of entertainment. People get burned out, in other words. Every suggestion and encouragement in the world falls short of motivating them, yet they can't really move on either. They are in limbo.

I feel there is a greater problem than lack or shortage of RP which needs to be addressed. The people who hold the NIMHmuck community together are tired, and this needs to be acknowledged. They need to be allowed to rest, and for some, also to heal. I do realize a lot of people, new and old, are eager to RP, but good fiction seldom comes from burned out writers.

Secondly, there are a good number of people who's characters' backstories are mangled as a result of others disappearing forever without notice. These stale links need to be dealt with, or the plot will just continue to sputter and stall despite what effort is put into it. Messing with history is not something I like to do, but it may be necessary.

Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, I feel that through our various periods of trauma over the past while, parts of the MUCK's vitality have been shunned or allowed to slip away. No matter how one might try, for many it seems at though things on the MUCK are somehow diminished and lackluster. And that feeling can and often does spread to individual people, leaving them feeling drained and beaten down.

This is the thing which is not so easy to solve. But one must realize that it is not the MUCK which is broken. That is just a side-effect. No, what has been broken, is us.

A long time ago, I told a friend that I thought people were drawn to NIMHmuck because they needed to be here. I still think that holds true, but the MUCK as a whole has lost its way. We need to find our path again, even if it means going back to the beginning to do it.