((OOC - Discussion tiems!))

[sharpestscalpel]

((OOC - So, this mirror game is an off-shoot of the very first online RP in which I've been involved. I've done a lot of table-top, some LARP, and some single-player computer-based RPG but using LJ this way kind of fascinates me. And I was thinking about that and thinking about the things that I love and the things that have been driving me crazy and I started to wonder:

What does your ideal online RP look like?

I'm posting this here because I'm interested in the thoughts of other players but also, if anyone wants to speak on it, the thoughts of readers. It's such an interesting performative way of playing and I'm pondering the back-end portion of it, the meta of it, the tendency of myself to forget that other people can read any of this, that sort of thing. Let's assume that all discussion is out of character - if, you know, there actually IS discussion and not just me rambling along in my little corner here.

To me, the best RP is a form of collaborative story telling. It becomes a tapestry of lots of different stories that all touch on and influence each other. I feel like there are some barriers to that in this format (LJ) - but that in other ways this format is ideal for games that result in a collaborative narrative.

And now we've started Twittering and I'm kind of in love with the idea of a game that works across social networking platforms. But the drawback is that then you have to put in the work to make it happen across social networking platforms and readers have a hard time following everything. I used to play a table-top game that involved a lot of websites and internets research, though, and it was phenomenally fascinating. I'm not sure where the trade-off is for that.

Anybody? Bueller?))

Comments

[dctr-mccoy.livejournal.com]

I'm a journal-game girl. They're my crack, and I make no apologies. :D

When I sit down to play, in my head I ask myself what is my goal. I thread for two reasons. 1) To tell a story, in which case I need to know something about the endpoint, where I'm going or 2) fun-fun-let's see what happens. That's where the open posts/meme threads and shit like that come in. The whole 'there is a fourth wall' aspect of this game never fails to amuse me, just as when these characters link to YouTube or something like that.

[rn-chapel.livejournal.com]

Yessss I love the memes and YouTube links and stuff. The sort of constant semi-meta in this game thrills my soul.

[sharpestscalpel.livejournal.com]

The meta stuff brings me so much joy. I think of Twitter as another expression of that - I mean, I'm really interested in the downtime, the moments between big events, from a character perspective and Twitter lets me play with that and talk about, like, McCoy's fondness for good food and the first iteration of Sandman's Corinthian.

[dctr-mccoy.livejournal.com]

One thing that always makes me sad is the lack of the 'everyday life' - threads tend to be plot-plot-plot because of their nature, and that's cool.

But my bread and butter is the domestic stuff. I enjoy saying, "I feel like pie today" and or extol the virtues of the morning nap - having people respond with their ideas makes me happy, hence the Tweeting. It's quick and brainless and I don't have to worry about coding shit on my phone from work.

[sharpestscalpel.livejournal.com]

I still do 9/10 of my RP from my phone while at work. And on one hand, hooray smart phone! On the other, holy crap, it is a pain in the ass. *laugh* Particularly across multiple character accounts.