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Feedback ยท Make an RP ad a Prototype or Definition that can spawn actual RPs infinitely. (accepted)

I do the same scenes, with modifications, multiple times on Flist. And these are based off of scenes I concoct and put on my profile. People see those and go "Hi, Anne, cool profile! I love that so and so scene idea!" Then we chat and start one. On Lit, if I start it, I'm using that idea, and it goes private. It gets used, and disappears from public view. Then it won't be found in searches, and I'll need to make it fresh again, so that the next person can come along and find it.

So ideally, there would be a way that an Ad would be permanent, like a prototype or definition. Then if someone joins it, it becomes a 'real' RP in which it can be staged, and taken into private, and holds the unique RP that happens there, while the next day, or simultaneously, some new person can come along and see the same definition of the Ad, and start a whole new RP based on the same idea, all with the Idea definition only being created once, and the RPs being spawned when they are connected to by interested users.

I realize that might be some work to go from the current scheme to something that works that way, but it would really be a lot better than me creating a few copies of my favorite RP scenes.

Anne Mayer

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endorsement points: 95

created: 27 January 15 at 05:39 AM (build: 1/26/2015 1:37 AM alpha)

Latel Akil

I want this a LOT because I have the same problem. It's nice to set specific RP ideas you want to run once or twice, but many ideas serve as templates that should have the functionality to be used over and over without needing refreshing.

Anne Mayer

To a degree, this is somewhat mitigated by the new PM system, though it would still be nice to work this way. I'm saying that now, someone might not jump into a specific RP because they want to stage it slightly-differently. Thus they think of sending a PM instead of just responding to the RP Ad and posing staging questions there. With the new PM system, any question about an RP Ad can become that very RP in seconds, complete with original setting with a quick mulit-tab copy and paste. I did this exact thing last night with a PM asking about one of my RP Ads.

So, what if RP Ads were not the full RP but merely had a 'Start' or 'Inquire' button that started a 'PM' that is pre-filled with the RP Ad information (Setting, Title, etc.) This would start you off in a unique PM/RP effectively in a staging phase. I'm thinking it is no different from the current PM, except that maybe when converting to RP, it auto fills some of the RP fields.

Anne Mayer

P.S. ...or it is just the full RP in staging mode, and not a 'PM' chat. Either way.

Anne Mayer

Actually, it sounds better for all if we could make both a regular ad, and an RP 'definition', where the definition has a "Contact" button that starts the RP/PM. I'm kind of preferring the new PM, because then there isn't necessarily anything special or different about it and it can be easily implemented from the current code without huge changes. That, and the fact that an intial contact is in an inquiry phase, and may not go anywhere. Then, ideally, when promoting to RP, it would be smart enough to grab stuff and auto-fill the new RP from the RP definition you made.

Anne Mayer

Hmm, that sounds like I thought the regular RP Ad would ever go away, but I didn't. The regular Ad is still great for getting multiple participants into the RP. I don' t know. I can also see just keeping one form of RP Ad, but making it always split when switching from staging to In Progress. So you and one or more people could be staging an RP. When switching to In Progress, it effectively clones, and you get an In Progress RP and the original Ad is now clean and new, still sitting in your list of RP Ads, no entries in it yet, still in Staging mode. Like a reset trap, hee hee. Someone else comes along and starts staging with you, and when it is set to In Progress, it clones again. Would just have to handle the cloned RPs that have the same name.

Wrecked Avent Site Administrator

Implementation wise, I think this can be achieved with the help of two things:

  • Being able to import/clone a roleplay idea
  • Being able to 'contact' some one based on a roleplay idea, like anne described

The these two things would prevent us from having two make a new roleplay 'type'.

Tracey Smith

Or just make it like an actual RP Idea, which is far different from just a normal RP in any stage. I would LOVE this, though it would also be neat to have a sort of record of the RPs you've participated in, maybe a Stats page for a character to show stuff like that? I dunno. Just came up when I started typing. Take my points either way :D

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