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 Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 5:11 pm
You're lovely, Souyu.
I think that letting people join as SOLDIERs and other ShinRa members is a good idea. It gives us more to work with, more to do, esepcially if we decide to start near the beginning of FFVII and take it from there like Kim suggested.
I'm not sure quite how to phrase it, but the introduction of SOLDIERs and other ShinRa associates kind of gives us even more control of the company, if that even makes sense to anyone but me. X3'
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:01 am
Man, we should really start posting more sweatdrop
We visit the guild daily and all, we're just being lazy now that we've left school and got a propper job biggrin
No, we're not turning into Wydda (No offence oh great and powerful leader! DON'T SMITE US! gonk ) but we are being a little slack and all 3nodding
Our idea is thus far this:
A new Rp should be started, but untill the details for it are fully sorted out between everyone and all, everyone should continue the one that is currently going.
Hell, we're gonna post in it right now we think!
Since we've been so slack and Ater's been out for FAR too long! IT'S WHUPPIN' TIME!
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:18 pm
Shadkim Souyu no Phoenix The Turks Guild: A Call to Arms
Recruiting thread underway. If you see anything that you think I should change, tell me and I'll consider it.
Tell me what you think, Turks.
EDIT: Oh, and please don't post in it. I'm not done with it; finish it tomorrow. That's quite amazing! I'm sure this will attract the kind of people we want to RP here. Let's see... it would be horrible to get rid of the main rp thread... so maybe we can move it somewhere as a source of inspiration? As far as where we should start over, I'm not so sure. I know it would probably be boring to follow the FF7 game like we're kind of doing now. I'm not sure about post AC either since most of the Shinra things would be gone- the fun stuff we enjoyed. (Heidegger, Pres. Shinra, Shinra building, etc.) I think we should start it near the begining of FF7 but let it go our own way. We can create a new enemy and everything, while still sticking with the aspects we loved most. ^^
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:23 pm
Souyu no Phoenix Shadkim Souyu no Phoenix The Turks Guild: A Call to Arms
Recruiting thread underway. If you see anything that you think I should change, tell me and I'll consider it.
Tell me what you think, Turks.
EDIT: Oh, and please don't post in it. I'm not done with it; finish it tomorrow. That's quite amazing! I'm sure this will attract the kind of people we want to RP here. Let's see... it would be horrible to get rid of the main rp thread... so maybe we can move it somewhere as a source of inspiration? As far as where we should start over, I'm not so sure. I know it would probably be boring to follow the FF7 game like we're kind of doing now. I'm not sure about post AC either since most of the Shinra things would be gone- the fun stuff we enjoyed. (Heidegger, Pres. Shinra, Shinra building, etc.) I think we should start it near the begining of FF7 but let it go our own way. We can create a new enemy and everything, while still sticking with the aspects we loved most. ^^ Heh heh *laughs nervously* I really don't know anything about the Wutaian War so I don't really feel to comfortable doing it. Also, it's back even futher than BC and I really like RPing while using Reno, Rude, Tseng, Rufus and Elena. sweatdrop Ah, I just posted too! WHUPPIN' Time! xd
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 10:04 pm
I know nothing of the game @.@ -has never played it- But I read about 'em.
We could start a new kind of genre/theme/etc. --not actually following the game, ya' know. I don't know...maybe its just me. but the whole, other RPers joining as SOLDIER's or any other ShinRa employee is a good idea. Follwoing the game/movie is a bit boring because you already know whats going to happen. So yeah... I'll leave it up to you guys to decided.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:50 am
That's the thing--there isn't really much information available about that war, so it'd be freer--we'd have a lot more room for making our own stories, and it'd make it easier to diverge from the game's story a little more when we got to it.
I also don't know anything about BC, and I think that most people who we have and who might join probably wouldn't know much, so it would be best to completely ignore BC.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 12:17 pm
We actually could do DC to a point. Kind of... after DC. Shinra is re-established, but their main job now is to continue to flush out and destroy Deep Ground soldiers. That's pretty open, and at least we have an enemy we can really harbor ill feelings towards. (I would'nt want to fight Wutai ><)
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:41 pm
I also know next to nothing about AC and DC's stories, as I've mentioned a few times. I also really don't feel like doing anything post-FF7, either. Things seem tiny afterwards.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:47 pm
Also, we were on the 41st floor, and Kim shouldn't know Crest, and especially not well enough to have her number. Crest recognized Kim's face, but they don't she doesn't really know her.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 4:14 pm
Souyu no Phoenix Also, we were on the 41st floor, and Kim shouldn't know Crest, and especially not well enough to have her number. Crest recognized Kim's face, but they don't she doesn't really know her. But I'm supposed to let everyone know where I'm going. I guess Crest won't know unless you post. I'll go change it.
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:22 am
-ish blur- =__=
Okay, so how exactly are we going to do this? I don't really want to follow FF7 much either. Its a bit too bland and dull. I know nothing about DC too >.> But then, from the game's secret ending, I'm sure there's going to be another game sequel >.>
So we could come up with some alternative storyline. Lets say ShinRa got a branch somewhere else? [not on that continent/island/etc.] or something liek that >.>
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:51 am
Miori Kurumizawa -ish blur- =__= Okay, so how exactly are we going to do this? I don't really want to follow FF7 much either. Its a bit too bland and dull. I know nothing about DC too >.> But then, from the game's secret ending, I'm sure there's going to be another game sequel >.> So we could come up with some alternative storyline. Lets say ShinRa got a branch somewhere else? [not on that continent/island/etc.] or something liek that >.> Ah, I guess I haven't been saying it right then - YES for alternative storyline! I like the idea of the other branch! My main concern is that I want the characters we've been RPing with to still be around. (i.e. Elena, Tseng, Rufus, Rude, Reno, Reeve, etc) To me, it's fun to have them being used it the RPing. So, that's why I wasn't comforatable with having the time we chose to be that far ahead or behind. Let's be creative and come up with an alternate!
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:29 am
I've been saying that we should make it more alternate universe for a while now...
sweatdrop
In any case, we've only got a northern hemisphere from the game. We might consider introducing a southern one if we really want to expand. I'm pretty good with maps, and I'm pretty good with coming up with histories and cultures. I'll take care of that if we're all interested.
We might also consider having a rival company/organization/government and a non-"sephiroth's second coming"-centred plot. A different primary antagonist might be a good idea as well. And we have to remember that, here at Shin-Ra, we aren't the good guys.
Just running one possibility in that vein off of what Miori said, it could even be a branch of Shin-Ra that decided to split off, and Shin-Ra proper hasn't been able to put it down. We could even have characters on either side.
In any case, it's one thing to keep talking about things like this, but another to do something. And I can't finish that recruiting thread until we finally start doing something. We're going to need a leader, guys.
So first of all, Ater, do you have a way of getting in contact with Wydda? I tried PMing him, but he has it set to friends-only, and we're going to want him here--I'm sure he's going to want a say in who takes things over. Second, who would be a decent candidate? It has to be somebody who's here frequently and who's responsible; somebody we all know, and who's been here long enough, and has read enough, of the guild to know how to take care of it. It also has to be somebody who has a lot of creativity--since we're going to be restarting entirely, he/she will be primarily responsible for creating premise and plot. He/she will also need the vision to see these things carried out without letting things fall apart. Obviously, Vice Captains, Crew, and members will have to help, but the less help that the new Captain actually needs, the more quickly and smoothly the changeover will go.
In terms of people who already have been in a position of leadership in the guild, the only people we have left are Shadkim and Ater. I wouldn't pass up Mirai-sama, if she can get on enough, either; she ran a Turks-themed roleplay with Ehkru quite admirably for over 60 pages. Can anybody think of any other nominations?
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:23 pm
Alright, I think we agree that an alternate world would work best. That means that everyone gets what they want too ^^. I like the idea of rivaling companies. Here's a bit of my idea: Shinra is rebuilt and is once again a thriving company. The focus is now on finding another energy source to survive since Mako has been outlawed. (I'm not sure what the energy source Shinra uses will be, but it will be fair... but hard to obtain. Any ideas?) Even though Shinra is big again, most people still hate them. Most of their customers are only there because of good prices or past loyalty. Shinra has a lot of work to do if they are to thrive once again. There's a rival company who is also using a new energy source. I was thinking that Barrett could be the president, since he discovered more mines in AC. Though he is the president, he really has no idea about how to run a company. He's used more as a figurehead to gain the trust of the potential customers. The workers under him are doing very bad things, and they want to destroy the competition - mainly Shinra. So, right under Barrett's nose, their's a secret war raging between the two companies. As far as Barrett's companie's name, the energy sources, and building locations, I would need to work that out. I'm sure that Souyu would help! ^^ Does that sound like a good plot? Any imput, comments, suggestions? I think I can contact Wydda.... I believe I'm on his friendlist. If so, I'll tell him to check the guild out and see what's happening. EDIT: Nope, I can't do it. *sigh* For the leadership role, I'd be glad to try. But then, it's up to you guys. I believe that having a close crew would also help the guild. For example, Wydda came up with everything himself. So, when he's absent, we'd get lost at certain points. Having at least one or two more people know the basics would help prevent us from becoming dead. ^^
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 1:15 pm
Plot: Quite honestly, I just don't like the idea of doing it post-FF7, I don't know about anybody else. There's a couple of reasons why it wouldn't work very well, either. If we do make it post-FF7, that would do one of two things: either we'd be severely limited in the manner that we could make it alternate universe--we'd have to go around everything in the game, and continually reference back to them, as important as they were; or we would have to completely rewrite the events of the game to give us more leeway to rearrange things, while still being significantly hampered by the events that would have to be included, such as Meteor and Sephiroth.
I think what we ought to do is something which doesn't really require a specific time-frame, and with no reference to the game. Some things from it could happen--for instance, Sephiroth might come back--but on the other hand, we might even consider still having Sephiroth as a SOLDIER. These would be for later decision. And if he did come back, he wouldn't play nearly as important a role as he did in the game. In any case, it's really too early to be discussing plot specificities.
Organization: A lot of the features that Wydda, Kazuo and Ater put in need to be reorganized and reemphasized. The training stats and center, for example, have gone almost completely unused. The Stats might be consolidated with the application, and made to be a secondary aspect--a thinning of the waters for those who are a little less sure about dedication, for instance. The training stats application could be reviewed by any crew member, while the application proper would have to be reviewed by the captain or a vice captain.
We'd also want to make the training center rules far less stringent, and actually enforce them at the same time.
We might consider making different threads for differing places, as well, but those can be double edged swords.
We really need to stop focusing on plot right now, and start focusing on organization. Plot is only a tiny part of what we really need right now in order to make this work, and so we need to get focused on the things we really need right now, people.
Also, a notice for everybody:
TRY TO VISIT AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN!
You can't subscribe to the thread, and we really need to get things moving, so it would work best if we could all be on as often as possible so that we can get ideas rolling!
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