Today on NIMHmuck we had a brainstorming session on how we could improve on the mechanics of our RPs. We identified a few common problems and came up with the following solutions. Please, if you have anything you'd like to add, leave it in the comments below.

Too much OOC chatter during an RP

• Encourage others to use pages/whispers/alts to talk OOCly.
• Install an ooc channel program that people can opt to be in or out of.
• Modify rooc/aooc to highlight OOC stuff with a different color for those with ansi color.

Too much time between poses, or poses are too long.

• Added a new FREE status that allows players to RP without a pose order.
• Encourage shorter poses through good peer pressure.
• Encourage people to work on their poses well before their turn comes up.

It's difficult to keep track of the pose order.

• Write a program that will keep track of the current pose order, allowing anyone to check their place in the order at any time, and possibly 'warn' a player that has a pose coming up or that skipped another player or was skipped by another player.

Again, if you have comments you'd like to make, please leave them below.