Kamau
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Oct 13, 2008 11:39:32 GMT -5
Post by Kamau on Oct 13, 2008 11:39:32 GMT -5
I'm back from England (have been for a few weeks, in fact) and it doesn't look like a whole lot is going on.
What's up, MUCK?
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Oct 13, 2008 17:21:32 GMT -5
Post by lutalo on Oct 13, 2008 17:21:32 GMT -5
I have no idea.. Seems like the place is finally dead which is sad to say. -.-
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Kamau
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Oct 13, 2008 17:25:11 GMT -5
Post by Kamau on Oct 13, 2008 17:25:11 GMT -5
Hmm, that is sad. What do others say?
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Oct 14, 2008 23:13:49 GMT -5
Post by lutalo on Oct 14, 2008 23:13:49 GMT -5
Well, seeing how no one else has been on in like ever.. Who knows. =P
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Oct 15, 2008 14:06:23 GMT -5
Post by Arazia on Oct 15, 2008 14:06:23 GMT -5
I'd have to agree. The place seems pretty dead. Mostly, the only folks I ever see on are the usual idlers (who shall remain nameless). -.-;
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Oct 15, 2008 18:42:20 GMT -5
Post by lutalo on Oct 15, 2008 18:42:20 GMT -5
I personally think there needs to be a full restart of the MUCK.. Start over from scratch on chars, lands, prides and the works.. We might then be able to pull in new players who may be interested in TLK type RP.
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Oct 16, 2008 16:38:33 GMT -5
Post by Kione on Oct 16, 2008 16:38:33 GMT -5
Well it's clear that we need to do at least /something/ soon. I agree with Lutalo in regards of starting over from scratch and hopefully we can think of some awesome new idea so we can draw in some new players. It really is sad to see this place so dead.
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Kamau
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Oct 17, 2008 12:28:26 GMT -5
Post by Kamau on Oct 17, 2008 12:28:26 GMT -5
I never like the 'start from scratch' idea. If I couldn't play Kamau, or at the very least some descendant of Kamau, I don't think *I* would keep playing. The problem isn't with the characters.
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Oct 17, 2008 12:45:41 GMT -5
Post by Arazia on Oct 17, 2008 12:45:41 GMT -5
I could go either way on 'starting from scratch'. My current characters aren't connected close enough to anyone for me to be too terribly attached to them. They all have 'threads' of possiblity... but nothing solid. I would really prefer not tossing the whole history of the game out the window, though, but at the same time... something -needs- to be done.
1. Kivuli - Who the hell is the leader now? What is going on with the plot idea? Are the cubs even still going to be born or not? Is anyone even willing to keep going with this pride and the plot?
2. Tyne - Elimn? Any thoughts on things? Kamau seems willing to pick up things, and I see Kale on quite a bit (although idle a lot). I'm still willing to play with stuff in Tyne at the moment.
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Oct 17, 2008 13:53:06 GMT -5
Post by lutalo on Oct 17, 2008 13:53:06 GMT -5
I don't see why anyone couldn't play a decendant of one of the chars now.. I was mostly thinking about starting over fresh to hopfully pull different ppl on. The staff has tryed doing RP's, thinking up TP's and even offering prides to people who want them with very little to do to get said pride.
So I guess now the key is what ideas do you all have? An where do you want to go from here?
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Oct 17, 2008 16:01:44 GMT -5
Post by Arazia on Oct 17, 2008 16:01:44 GMT -5
To be honest, I have no real ideas for plot/RP, myself. I just tend to play my characters in the flow of whatever is going on... and there's nothing going on. Either way, I think the following suggestions work regardless of a restart or not. I think what the game needs is a core group of people who are active, and interested in role-playing, together in one area/group. It may just be that we don't have the population for two prides. But I'd say if we had 5-6 people, who connected daily, who were interested in RP and not just idlers... we'd find that more people would be interested in joining us. ... The reason I say that is, the game I admin on was dead other than a couple of characters. We organized together and started off by just agreeing to connect whenever we can, and Rp whenever we could. Within the course of less than six months, we went from 'dead' to having a regular group of players. Other suggestions of that nature... 1. Fix the website. Every time I look at it, half the images don't work and it's out of date. 2. Advertise. Do you know we aren't even on www.mudconnector.com? The biggest listing of Mu*s out there? I'm sure we aren't on any other Mu* listings and we certainly should be -.-;
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Oct 17, 2008 16:58:11 GMT -5
Post by Kione on Oct 17, 2008 16:58:11 GMT -5
I think advertising would be a great way to get people back interested in us because, frankly, I'm sure a lot of people have passed us on for dead.
But before we go around advertising, we need something /to/ advertise and not just some dead and/or inactive place. I haven't really been around long enough to know what the best ideas are for having people connect, but I think Azaria's idea is a good start.
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Oct 17, 2008 23:15:54 GMT -5
Post by lutalo on Oct 17, 2008 23:15:54 GMT -5
Its a start, but I have no control over the website. Also, when I was on the MUCK, which I still get on, I was always listed LRP/IC which means if anyone wanted to RP all they have to do was /page/ me. I'm not going to start poking people if they want to RP. Obvousily sitting online 'looking' for RP or wanting to RP isn't the key to pulling RPers onto the MUCK. We need ideas..
I see no point in advertising until we have ideas to offer players who come look at the place.
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Oct 19, 2008 17:07:09 GMT -5
Post by Arazia on Oct 19, 2008 17:07:09 GMT -5
I don't agree. Sorry. -.-; I think part of the key is being online and available to RP, but I'm not going to argue the point. I don't really have any ideas to pitch right now. My hands are full with the game I run. I'm just help-staff here, and my hands are tied when it comes to most things. I'd like to hear what the other wizards think about things, like Elimn and Tilyn.
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Oct 19, 2008 18:14:13 GMT -5
Post by Elimnyama on Oct 19, 2008 18:14:13 GMT -5
WELL. I can resolutely, unfortunately, and dispassionately say that I do not care. I don't RP here anymore. I don't RP anywhere anymore. I'm in grad school and it's eating my life and I'm very happy with the way things are going for me right now. MUCKs were always a way for me to escape during high school and my early years of college, and that's when I was most passionate about my characters and about plots and players. But I don't have it any more, and I don't have the time or interest to pretend that I do.
I have pushed the idea of starting over from scratch since the big dead-period when the MUCK was down forever and ever a few years ago. Nobody has EVER listened to me, no matter how much pitching, justifying, and begging I did. Because as long as there's one or two people who decide they want to stick their heels in the dirt, the ENTIRE MUCK is held back from getting a new chance at life. I pitched the start over from scratch idea AGAIN (seriously, it feels like the 87th time) several months ago and got a pretty lukewarm, uninterested response from others. I decided that that would be the last time you'd hear that from me.
I honestly don't have any interest in playing my characters any more. I've been losing interest in this storyline, with its tangled ancestral relations and stale traditions that everyone limits themselves to, for a long time. If y'all want to take over the yoke and do YOUR best to keep it going, then I am quite happy to pass it on to anyone who would like it. Naturally, though, I can't speak for the other wizards so more than likely I'll just end up surrendering my wiz-bit and fading away into the sunset. Not like I haven't already been doing that for months and months anyway.
So yeah. I'm sorry to sound this pessimistic, but understand that I've been at this for a LONG LONG time, and by "this" I mean trying to use emergency defibrillators on this MUCK and trying to FORCE other people to feel the same passion for the place as I did. I'm tired. I'm bored. I love my life right now and I don't need the escape that RP has always been for me anymore. The best I can do is be willing to pass it on to those who still have that passion, and give you all my blessing.
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