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Okay, so, the Mods have been considering something that would affect the entire RP, but we want to poll the people first.

As you know, we originally split the Earthlings into two groups because, at the time, the mods as a whole felt a little overwhelmed by a single group of such magnitude. It was an experiment of sorts, to see if it made things any easier.

It did. Eventually, though, both groups essentially got just as large as the original group (canons included). Logically, you'd think it would have been twice as hard... but strangely, we'd pretty much grown accustomed to planning for large groups, so it was no longer an issue.

What did become an issue, though, was the dead spots in both groups. There would be times when one group had zero activity, but the other was zooming ahead, which essentially ruined any hope of an equal timeframe without careful (read: annoying to both mods and RPers alike) handling. One group would be held up simply because the other group couldn't move forward.

This was further compounded by something I mentioned in my last post: RPers ignoring their secondary characters, the canons. People may post frequently with their Earthling characters, but completely 'forget' about posting as their canons. That essentially means those characters do not act... and let's face it, that's out of character. If the canons didn't act, they wouldn't be heroes of any sort.

Faced with both of those conundrums, we have a proposal:

When the groups reunite at Port Royal, a splitting will occur again, but with one key difference: the Earthlings will remain on the 'King's Quest', the main plot, while the Canons will all transfer over to the 'Queen's Quest', the secondary plot. The 'why' is already accounted for, so you won't have to worry about figuring out a reason for your characters to just up and 'jump ship', so to speak.

With this new split, the Earthlings can all progress down the central plot, and even if some people are inactive for a time, it won't hold the plots back nearly as much. As for the Canons, the main reason for the split is so they may progress at their own pace. They won't be 'required' to post, or rather, not as heavily as the Earthlings, because their plotline is simply 'follow a trail to Mickey'.

Now, for those of you who truly enjoy playing a canon frequently and are concerned that your characters will simply be lost, don't worry. The canons will still post, still progress, still develop as you had likely planned. And if, for whatever reason, the Canon quest is -still- not active enough for your liking, we will be allowing some Canons to stay along for the ride. It hasn't yet been discussed the limitations on such a thing (maybe two or three could take turns, switch out every so often, whathaveyou), but as I said, you will be able to post. We're not taking your characters away.

As for the canons who are, essentially, completely forgotten by their owners: any canon on that quest who hasn't responded in a reasonable amount of time to another canon's post will likely be re-opened for audition (assuming, of course, they're active with their other characters). It isn't fair that someone claims a canon, brings them in, and then does absolutely nothing with them if someone else wants to play that character.


The main point of all this is the actual separation, and this is where I ask for your opinions or concerns. Are you okay with the idea of the Earthlings being on the main quest, while the Canons are on the Queen's Quest?



And just as a little teaser, for those of you wondering when any sort of plot-related discovery will be made by the Earthlings: you'll get your just desserts soon enough ;D

All sounds Kool to meh but I have no cannons right now, LOL

Honestly, I think that would increase the activity of the RP exponentially.

I tend to post as Cloud more often than myself. >_> >o< <_< So, if this does happen, I'd rather like to have him come along with the Earthlings. It doesn't particularly matter, though.

Playing HA!Amy with more of the main group would inspire me, too, I think. :OOooOoo. In short, I think this is a grand idea!

I think that's a really interesting idea, and I'd actually be rping with people who I've talked with for forever in skype, but I've never actually rped with here. I mean, I don't have a canon character, so really I'm not heavily affected by this. Sayrike just gets to meet new people and have that awkward stage where everyone knows each other but she doesn't so she'll just stand in the corner and smile and nod and watch all the happy reunions. XD

Joking aside, it sounds fine to me.

As I said, the canons won't be dumped. They'll simply be allowed to go along at their own pace. Should they be 'dumped' by their owners, they'll be left up to audition for anyone else who wants to play them.

Things of Note!:

• To lessen the clutter of Stickies, the HA Profile Threads have been combined! There is now a Table of Contents in the first post, organized by type of character (Earthling, Canon, et cetera).
  
  
• Also to lessen said clutter, the Random Chance thread has been moved to the Main Forum (since it can be used for anyone and for anything, really) and unstickied (since we don't have to worry about it getting lost in the, oh, 4 normal threads in that forum xD).
  
  
• In case everyone missed it, Psalm Grasshopper has announced that her and Riokin's new roleplay Kingdom Hearts: Fragments of Memory is open for auditions! Please check the FoM Profile thread and the Information thread for details!

Also, welcome back, Kichi, since no one actually seems to have responded officially 8D

Welcome back Kichi!!!! ^_^
Expect my reaction posts tonight!

For those that aren't familiar with the Power Rangers universe, the Zords must be in Animal form. It can be any animal that relates to the summon, but it -must- be an animal (mystical or not), and not a human or a human-animal hybrid.

Also, Zords are all approximately of equal strength, so someone with really low MS would still have a Zord with the same power as someone with really high MS. The only difference might be in any sort of energy attacks they use.