What would be needed to make Inbox searchable? Is that a possibility? Too much bandwidth/coding/memory/disk space?
It would make Staff's job way easier sometimes.
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- Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:37 am
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: Searchable Inbox?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 29961
- Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:20 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Feeding Grounds
- Replies: 27
- Views: 68958
Re: Feeding Grounds
Okay, folks! You’re talking, and we’re listening. It sounds like many people are worried that this system will be used as a way to punish players who don’t put in enough downtimes on it, and that it will make the game less fun. It also sounds like other folks are concerned that the idea of patrollin...
- Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:02 am
- Forum: Public Announcements
- Topic: Seeking Help For Court OOC
- Replies: 17
- Views: 26258
Re: Seeking Help For Court OOC
Thank you all! And Thanks Tommy who volunteered in a PM to help as Trash. I don't think you'll be doing the tarot cards reading...though MAN that would be funny. Oh man, Thrash doing Tarot Reading. "The cards say you bleedin' suck. An' that this whole fuckin' system needs takin' down a peg. I have ...
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:50 am
- Forum: Public Announcements
- Topic: Seeking Help For Court OOC
- Replies: 17
- Views: 26258
Re: Seeking Help For Court OOC
Please do support this! We all like it when events are fun!
(And of course you can get NPC XP for NPCing.)
(And of course you can get NPC XP for NPCing.)
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:44 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Character backstory: You were then, like you are now.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 27434
Re: Character backstory: You were then, like you are now.
Great point, Justin! I agree that people change. But I think characters who make a 180 between backstory and playtime feel jarring and unrealistic, rather than the changes that people tend to have. Characters theoretically don't know that they just moved from backstory to gametime, but it's really c...
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:13 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Character backstory: You were then, like you are now.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 27434
Re: Character backstory: You were then, like you are now.
There's another character here that comes to mind for me that I want to call out, thinking about this topic and how it applies to characters that DO dramatically change: Morgan Sharett! I think Megan did a great job of creating a character who had a dramatic change in her backstory, but with reason,...
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 5:16 pm
- Forum: START HERE
- Topic: Account Creation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 27002
Re: Account Creation
Yeah, when I switched from having MrMacabee as my main account to having Ted as my main account, I had to unlink and relink them all. It was a few minutes annoyance, but it's worked fine ever since.
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 4:30 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Character backstory: You were then, like you are now.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 27434
Re: Character backstory: You were then, like you are now.
That's a great process! And it totally does make for a character with a past that matches their present.Melissa wrote:So that's my process! It requires a lot of quick thinking and makes for a rough first month or two. But, it makes for a backstory that very much matches how they play in the game.
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 3:40 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Character backstory: You were then, like you are now.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 27434
Character backstory: You were then, like you are now.
This is a principle that generally I try to put into practice when I'm writing NPCs, that I encourage other Narrators to use, and that I encourage in players. In general, if you look at a character's past, it should probably be similar to how you play them right now. If there are differences, there ...
- Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:43 pm
- Forum: Public Announcements
- Topic: Looking for donations.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4774
Re: Looking for donations.
Donated $20! Thanks for asking!
- Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:22 pm
- Forum: Public Announcements
- Topic: Wear your woolies
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6519
Re: Wear your woolies
Are you old enough to be our mother, Sam?
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:19 am
- Forum: NPC Casting
- Topic: Wanted: Male Malkavian Elder
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21709
Wanted: Male Malkavian Elder
Looking for someone good at fastidious costuming, to play Melissa's Sire this coming Friday.
PM Staff if you're available.
PM Staff if you're available.
- Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:05 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Beast Traits and Downtime
- Replies: 16
- Views: 57809
Re: Beast Traits and Downtime
Love it.
- Tue Nov 25, 2014 7:01 pm
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: Influence Boards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20154
Re: Influence Boards
Lindsay, your High Society influence corrupted the database. I hope you're happy.
You should have never invited ";DROP TABLES to that fancy dress party.
You should have never invited ";DROP TABLES to that fancy dress party.
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:09 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Curt: moving from Staff PC to NPC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20289
Re: Curt: moving from Staff PC to NPC
Hey Stacz, thanks for bringing that up! One thing this definitely doesn't mean is that Curt is unassailable. He's a contentious character a lot of PCs dislike for good reasons! Feel free to attack him, as always, in whatever ways you see fit! Especially wereshark ninjas. There are occasions where St...
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:47 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Curt: moving from Staff PC to NPC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20289
Curt: moving from Staff PC to NPC
Due to his changing role in plot, Curt Macabee is now an NPC. (Previously, he was a Staff PC.) This means a few things: - He'll be appearing more often in the story. - Other Staff might play him if it's needed. - If I ever step down, he'll remain an NPC and I won't play him as a regular character. -...
- Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:15 pm
- Forum: Public Announcements
- Topic: character ties?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17179
Re: character ties?
You'd probably know a few New York-based performer NPCs. (Like Dive. And Kathleen.)
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:19 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Secret NPCs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 36523
Re: Secret NPCs
My one exception is in situations where we will often hand wave a bit of the Acknowldement process for some pcs to help get them into play. Oh, yes. Yes indeed. Hand-waving some of the Acknowledgment to get PCs into play is just kind of basic decency so we don't kill off every new player. Punishing...
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:29 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Secret NPCs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 36523
Re: Secret NPCs
BAM has had secret NPCs for a while. I remember Glen played a Toreador antitribu infiltrator as a secret NPC in 2010 or so, and it went well. We were all surprised when he turned. (I was a PC at that point, and so was Ralph if I remember correctly. Lindsay was ST.) I think the main things are: 1. It...
- Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:48 pm
- Forum: NPC Casting
- Topic: Wanted: One Female Toreador Elder
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13346
Wanted: One Female Toreador Elder
Wanted: Someone to play an Elder Toreador NPC for November 7 for the Masquerade Ball!
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:55 am
- Forum: START HERE
- Topic: BNS Character Sheet Download
- Replies: 7
- Views: 57417
BNS Character Sheet Download
Heard from a helpful player that the current link to the character sheet in the wiki wasn't working.
I'm checking this out. In the meantime, please use this link.
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I'm checking this out. In the meantime, please use this link.
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- Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:56 pm
- Forum: Perspectives on Storytelling
- Topic: Kids and LARPing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 38306
Re: Kids and LARPing
I don't believe anyone here is a lawyer (and I'm definitely not), though a few people here have taken law classes. As far as I understand the law of this, basically if a minor is at game and their guardians decide to press charges, anyone could be liable, but if they don't press charges (or if they ...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:40 pm
- Forum: NPC Casting
- Topic: Looking for 2-4 folks for April 11th.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18389
Re: Looking for 2-4 folks for April 11th.
Looks like we're all cast! Thanks!
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:59 pm
- Forum: Public Announcements
- Topic: Avatar Size.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10867
Re: Avatar Size.
I leave my reaction to Lindsay, I guess.
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:38 pm
- Forum: START HERE
- Topic: Spending XP Online
- Replies: 1
- Views: 36894
Spending XP Online
(Thought we'd posted this a while back, but I couldn't find it.)
If you want to spend your XP through the forums, include the spends on a downtime action, or just send a PM to Staff. We will update your paper sheet accordingly.
If you want to spend your XP through the forums, include the spends on a downtime action, or just send a PM to Staff. We will update your paper sheet accordingly.