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Deadline; X-Men: Final Resolution
Topic Started: Feb 1 2008, 12:00 AM (401 Views)
Michelle
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Well, this is it! The deadline is upon us... Um, we had a rather interesting turnout for this RP. Quite astonishing, really. But um well, I did enjoy reading the posts that did go up.

In any case, I'm well aware that most of you guys had a busy week and well some things you just can't help, right? So... about the session. I guess you can expect that sometime next week. I don't know, Kyle will clear that up I guess.

Thanks for being a part of the conclusion of the UW X-Men story arc!
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Haha, interesting turnout? In other words... a very shabby turnout but it was expected. These stand-alone stories (Justice League, DBZ, etc) never do too well. Only the UW role-plays have done well. Anyway, it appears everyone is quite busy nowadays and I don't have as much free time as I used to myself, so I'm changing the plan again.

This role-play will be the last of the season. It makes sense, it's the tenth role-play of Season 3 in mini RPG's and also the end to the X-Men story arc. The UW story arc has also ended this season, JLU ended a long time ago and so did DBZ so there is nothing left to do in this season of role-playing anymore. The future story arc of UW can be done in PBP role-plays if interest picks up in that but as far as I'm concerned, the traditional role-play style has run its course.

It was exciting at first, less time consuming and stories wrapped up very quickly. That was our motto and it worked wonders for the first three long-term seasons. By the fourth we were starting to stall so I created the mini role-plays. Again, we ran strong with that revamped style for two and a half strong seasons, then it started to stall after Final Battle. Now it's time to shelve this style of role-playing and let a less time consuming style take over; PBP. Role-playing that has no deadlines, nor demands for every day posting or even long posts.

I'd like to thank all the role-players that were part of the seven seasons of UW; the four long-term seasons and three great mini RPG seasons we've had. It's been a blast! Expect the session of X-Men: Final Resolution to be posted within the next two weeks and a date for the Awards Show will be determined after that session is up.

Oh, thanks for posting the deadline as usual, Michelle. B)
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Feb 1 2008, 04:52 PM
Haha, interesting turnout? In other words... a very shabby turnout but it was expected.


Sure, if that's what you want to call it.

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Feb 1 2008, 04:52 PM
Oh, thanks for posting the deadline as usual, Michelle.  B)

Yeah... no problem.
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That's just wrong and rude! First of all, you're mocking her and second of all you're shelving an RP system because of the turnout? Why not leave it open? If anyone at one point in time gets the urge to make an RP, allow them to go for it. Don't just end the system. If you want to end the season here, that's fine. Also PBP isn't always a good thing. Some stories wouldn't work by that system. Just my two cents worth here.


Anyway, I (don't know about the others) am actually looking forward to the session! Get to writing you two!

Oh yeah, I will post for the DBZ one later on. I have to run some errands first.
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Sorry about not posting, too much crap going on right now that I just couldn't really sit down to write for UW. That being said, it seems kind of silly to end this system of rollplaying over a bad turn out, but if that's your choice then by all means. As to why these RPs never take off the way UW ones do, I'd say it's because there's really not any freedom in comparison. Experimenting and picking out new characters is the most fun part of UW for me, so to be required to stick to one genre (DC, Marvel, etc) makes it a bit more confined I guess.

Anyway, again, sorry about not posting. The posts of your guys' that I did have time to read were good. Looking forward to the session regardless of not being able to post.
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Alright, since you guys think I should keep the traditional style of role-playing active, I'll do it because the two of you have that kind of pull, having been here since the beginning. Season 3 is still pretty much done, though and I doubt I'll be moderating another traditional style role-play any time soon. I'll more than gladly join role-plays moderated by others, though (primarily Mack or James.)

Let's see if either one of you two actually moderate and carry the banner for the fourth season after campaigning to keep mini RP's around now. I think you guys are bluffing and in the long run you won't really pick up the slack but by all means, prove me wrong. =P
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Don't need to be so snippy about it.

Yeah, the turnout sucked. I apologize. I should have posted, I didn't. I don't have an excuse except I had absolutely nothing to work from or with in my writing, and so I had nothing to write.

Anyway, just because you don't feel like doing Mini RPS doesn't mean the system should be canceled or shelved. If someone wants to use this kind they should have the option. You don't need to be an asshole and challenge people to do something that you personally don't feel like doing anymore. And why, really, do these things need to be broken up into seasons? Can't one or two be done whenever someone feels like making it?
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Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with Tim on this one. Let's look at this realistically. We all work at least one job full time, some of us also go to school and work, so logicallhy of course we don't have time to moderate freely and sometimes we don't even have the full time to post like we used to. So, because of that, while the system might not be effective for "seasons" there's no real reason for us to not be able to pick up roleplays like this whenever we want to.

As for you being so confrontational... what the hell, man? Yeah, we can't do a season on our own because we don't have the time to. I commend you for all the time you managed to but if we want to still do this system of roleplaying is there any reason we can't do it outside of the seasons?
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If memory serves me right, nobody but James, Michelle and I bothered to moderate all year in 2007. James only co-moderated with me once because I practically begged him. Aside from Michelle and I, nobody took the initiative to moderate one single role-play on their own. That's a fact and going by that observation, in addition to the shabby turnout we've had, what conclusion should I draw in the most logical approach?

Everyone is either too busy or doesn't give a shit. I don't know what infinitely open minded conclusion you would draw in my place Tim, but that's what I got. Yet I'm an asshole. Do you even think before you post and analyze the situation from any point of view but your own, or just let your emotions take over whenever something pisses you off? Honestly. ONE YEAR. I think it's safe to shelve mini role-plays and replace it with PBP but again... I'm an asshole for bending the established rules we've all knowingly agreed upon joining. Get your head out of your ass, dude. People have been losing moderating perks since the beginning due to lack of moderation for an entire year (IE: Nancy, James, Matt and Michael.)

Secondly, I went back on my decision once I saw people (James and Mack) were still interested in possibly (miraculously?) moderating individually in the future since I no longer feel like it. Yet again... I'm an asshole. Seriously. Did I challenge James or Mack to put their money where their mouth is? Sure, why wouldn't I? They called me up on a supposed mistake of shelving this style without a crystal ball, so I call them up on showing me WHY I should. After four years of being the only one who gives enough a shit about UW to moderate most of it on my own to keep it alive, I think I've earned at least that perk to challenge someone to pick up the ball if they want to keep things the way they are.

I don't even care if it's broken down into seasons, I just always did it to keep things organized and to have an Awards Show in between each set of role-plays that would keep things fun; it's worked wonders really. You guys want to keep mini role-plays alive? Go for it. I encourage you. I'd love for anybody else to moderate because quite frankly, I'm sick of seeing just my own writing up. I've always encouraged others to moderate. But if you're going to convince or tell me not to shelve it after I've made a conscious decision to do so after an year's worth of observation... actually MODERATE something within this century. Simply because six months from now, nobody will have picked up the slack and when I IM someone asking why, they'll tell me "oh, pfft, no time or I lost interest." When shit, I could have told you that FROM THE PAST YEAR'S OBSERVATION NOW! >:O

So instead of getting pissed at my challenge to pick up the slack, grow some nuts and prove me wrong motherfuckers! Yes I said it. PROVE ME WRONG! Otherwise, if it's too much pressure to keep the style because you may not want to moderate anything any time soon, just let me know now because otherwise you're aware deep down you never really wanted to moderate anyway, but instead just have that option open in case you got interested. It's not that mentality that has maintained UW continuity for four years straight... that's the mentality that makes role-plays tank (in other words, not even last three months.) That's not UW.

So yeah, mini role-plays will stay open... all I ask if whoever requested it, actually take some initiative to moderate at least once to keep things alive and not let UW turn into an embarrassment that just dies instead of knowing when to call it quits. If you guys still have it in you, good. Go for it but make sure that you really want to.
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Do you even think before you post and analyze the situation from any point of view but your own, or just let your emotions take over whenever something pisses you off?


Wait what? I'm not mad at all. In fact I think I was being fairly objective. Shelving the system entirely is restricting the possibility of creativity.

And excuse me for having a stressful year. Between senior year ending, bailing out of college at the last second, the following two weeks of depression, and landing a shittastic job, I haven't exactly had the most time (or desire) to moderate a session. Kudos to you and Michelle doing it so often, despite whatever's going on. People MIGHT have ideas, ideas that might not work in PBP that would work better as much more finite, single session stories. Say they were struck with sudden inspiration and then you turn around and say "No, we're only doing pbp now." I like pbp, I do, they're fun and low maitenance, but I'd like to have the option to go back and do the session system.
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Feb 4 2008, 01:50 AM
If memory serves me right, nobody but James, Michelle and I bothered to moderate all year in 2007. James only co-moderated with me once because I practically begged him.

Haha, you begged me? Dude, I don't remember it like that. And let's face it, you're not the type that begs either.

Anyway, I haven't moderated because, well quite frankly I lack ideas, but yeah if anyone else has one, then by all means put it on the table and we'll take it from there.

But yeah, this should be an interesting year... RP-wise of course.

And dude, how can you be sick of seeing just your own writing? You're not the only writing for UW. <_<
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I meant in terms of sessions. Ok, maybe I didn't beg, but if I hadn't asked, you know you would have moderated at all this past season, James. You sell yourself short. You have plenty of good ideas, you just don't have initiative or interest.

For the last time, despite repeating myself time and again, I'm alright with you guys wanting to keep the old system open, as long as somebody actually bothers to use it. If not, there's really no point.
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I meant in terms of sessions. Ok, maybe I didn't beg, but if I hadn't asked, you know you would have moderated at all this past season, James. You sell yourself short. You have plenty of good ideas, you just don't have initiative or interest.

Haha! There's a typo in that second sentence. Quite contradictory, I might add. But uh, I would've moderated... >_>; And I do have interest! Otherwise I wouldn't show up around these desolate grounds. :D
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Oh yeah, two consonants and an apostraphe. You know what I meant! >:O The point is, you would have never moderated if I hadn't asked you! You know that because you were moderator during the entire first Season of mini RPing and you didn't moderate once. You weren't as busy back then as you are now, either! That's check!
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Haha! He got you there, James! ;)
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