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i would like ti to stay but how we gonna get anything if only the same people put stuff an its not enough i to wish that this place was more active

i would like to keep it

I want this plave to stay. Maybe we should throw some new ideas into the pot along with the guild questing.

alright well

back from hiatus...

i can see yall at least enjoy the idea...and since yall are the most active users anyways XD

we need to find a way not to get more users but to get our current users active...

i do like that pirate RP idea...can you explain a lil more about your idea, Ducky? (I almost just called you "Dusty" XD )

Sure, will do.

Hokay, my idea.

Step one. Nomintations
You (Dusty), with or without your crew, would take a look at members and pick three that you think would be good RP pirate captains. PM them and confirm that they'd like to be captains. Remember that not everyone wants the sort of responsibility.

Step two. Construction
Captains chossen, you let them go about constructing their legacy. They'll need a ship and a character. You could make them a tread, or just have them do their stuff extra-Gaia, as in offline. Some research may come in handy here, as to insure that you're making a good ole pirate ship.

Step three. Recruitment
With the captains now choosen and created, everyone else needs to make their characters! You'd make a thread for this including a sample bio for people to base theirs off. People would begin to make their characters but not annouce their alligance to a captain, that comes soon.

Step four. RP TIME!
Not that everyone is ready to RP, RP! I think it'd be neat to start in a port city's bar/tavern/whorehouse/et cetera, wherever you'd find a bunch of pirates. The three captains would make their way around the town, trying to recruit people into their ranks. People would sign on with captains for a certain amount of treasure hunts/pillaging trips/whatever before going back to the bar town.

Step five. 'X Marks the Spot!"
The captains and crew need somethings to do! (lol, it rhymed) Dusty, now you'd go and announce that rumors of tresure on some island are spreading aroud and that everyone should go hunting. I'm still working out how the ships would compete, with a safeguard against 'teleporters' and n00bs. Probibly the best way to make sure that all three ships have a fair chance would be keeping close contact with the Captains and arranging convient 'accidents' such as bad-weather or something similar. When people arrive on whatever island, then they'd have to wander around and serch for the tresure, with you or a crew member randomly deciding when or if they find it. Yay! Gold! Now the gold would be split up among the crew if you like the gold tracking idea below, a crew member would update the gold totals for everyone.

A new thread for each search/quest/hunt/mission would probibly be a good idea, as with a tavern town pirate bar island hang out thing-a-ma-bob.


Other neat ideas
-Gold stat-tracking
I think it might be cool if we had someone keep track of the amount of gold everyone has stolen. There could be a top ten listing and high ranks might recieve a GaiaGold prize. The only way to get gold credited to you would be by RP-ing enough on each search. Ex. You need to post at least 10 times to be credited gold for a seach. That way, depending on the prize size, stands a chance at keeping people RPing and posting. More posts means higher overal GGN ranking!

((I need to apologize for any random stupid said here along with all of the tense-bouncing, missing works, and spelling mistakes as I'm REALLY tired.))

Hmm... The one question I wasn't prepared to ask...

You could try and appeal to RP-ers by saying that you are one of only a handfull of Pirate RP guilds. I know I've alwyse wanted to RP a pirate... on Gaia. (I do that at school enough in real life, lol) I think a fun, slightly comicl, pirate RP could draw a crowd on it's own. No one really wants to join an empty RP, so if we really needed more people, we could 'conscript' out mules into playing small roles, long as we don't post publically who our mules are. I have a mule, you have a mule, and I'm sure nearly everyone else does, too. But I'd consider mule conscription a last resort. I think if we could advertise enough, we could get the RP to be self-sustaining in members. Everyone want's to be a pirate! Arrr!

I'd be honored to help. -bows deeply- I'll start to type stuff up ASAP. I'll also keep an eye out for active members for Captains.