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 Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:13 am
@Angil:It's okay Angil your definitively forgiven. The part where I first proposed the idea for the Inn/Pub (The Three Broomsticks) was almost 10 pages ago so.
No, as I said in my other post, I would be happy to be a Co-owner with you. I don't want to delete the thread you already made, I just want my input in some of the pics and colors. Of course it may be easier to just make a new one. Where you could make the first post and I could make the second post and so on until it's done (just so it shows that we both made it a little bit). I really do like the layout of it and everything, I just want to, as I said before, have some input in on it. I'll pm you and we can talk about it. (First I have to do a bit more to my RA, it still needs work. I will get back to you really soon though, either tonight or tomorrow morning.)
@Everyone: Okay since we have decided to have the Grads that Graduated long ago to already have Houses in their RA, should we also already have them married and even potentially have children?
I think we should consider the Spouses at least, and then maybe next Term we can start the whole having a child thing.
What does everyone think? And we still need to figure out if the Spouses can r-p at all (which, I think they should a little. I mean we have to make up a back story and everything else. It would be a bit of a waste if we never used that character again.
For example, when I "got married" he wouldn't be able to get a job or do anything our main characters could, he would just be there to speak occasionally. Like I said before, what if my character wanted to go out for the night with her hubby? When they got to the restaurant or Pub, if would be a very one sided conversation if his character wasn't aloud to talk a bit here and there and occasionally open the door at home or cook dinner or just little things to make it seem a little more real. The spouses would not at all be like the children we would be able to have. They wouldn't be able to leave this par of the guild or go to Hogwarts and participate like the child would. Plus, this would keep the threads moving a little. Especially in the Houses. When I said I wanted my husband to be part of the Pub, I meant that I was originally thinking that he would work the Pub and I would work the Inn with my main character but, now I would just want him to come in and help if he needed to. For example if my main character was at school teaching that day or just at home doing something and suddenly the r-p kicked up on us and Angil wasn't around at that second, I could just use him to r-p that way. Like an emergency stand in. (I know we can r-p so that we are in two places at once but, to me that gets confusing for some reason. Which is why when I do r-p I tend to stay in one area until I leave.) So we need more opinions on this too.
Also, we still need more opinions on the aging.
I think we should stick with what we already have, we could always change that if we had to.
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:26 pm
Angil/Tina:
Glad that’s sorted, and neither of you seems to blame the other. biggrin
Icee:
What I said about having only one RP character was referring to Tina saying that she planned to have her normal RP character run the inn and then her “husband” run the pub. I was confused because I thought we were only meant to have one main RP character, and then a child if we wanted. This has been cleared up by Tina's last post though.
Tina:
-I think those who graduated a while ago should probably have completed the one term that brings their age up.
>We never specified when people can get married, so at the moment people can get married as soon or as late as they like.
>Should they (those who graduated a while ago) be able to have a child now (and then that child waits one term to become 11 and start at Hogwarts)? Or should they have to wait a term before they can decide to have a child? (ie it’ll be two terms before the child starts at Hogwarts.)
-Second RP character: Now that I see what you mean, I think that should be fine. Originally, I thought you were basically going to create a whole new RP character who can do everything your main one can. That’s why I was originally against it.
-Aging: by “what we have” do you mean leave the “age one year per term” part in there?
-Any chance you could please change Gryffindor's RA name to RA: Godric's Hollow, so that it's the same format as the rest?
Just so it’s clear for everyone:
Nobody automatically gets married and has a child. It's not mandatory. Also, the two do not have to go together. You can have a child and just pretend that you adopted or your husband died/left/is on vacation or something.
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:49 pm
It seams to me that things are coming along swimmingly and I love it. When is the RA's open? As a student Am I able to visit the RA's like a hogsmeade trip?
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:21 pm
I noticed that the Slytherin and Hufflepuff RAs say non-residents must send an owl before visiting. This topic has never really been discussed. I thought we were meant to stay in our own RAs, and then meet at the park or shops if we wanted to.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can use as a background for the Eagles' Glen banner? I'm having issues finding something.
Should the park have a name, or should I just title the thread "Park"?
Oshenukhar:
There will be Hogsmeade trips so that students can visit the shops (but not the RAs; there are only houses there). As for when it'll be open, I'm not sure. We'll just have to wait and see.
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:48 pm
So I guess I missed the part bout the park... if you see anything else wrong with Brock's Valley please let me know!!
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:49 pm
My computer went all weird when I tried to create the park, so I accidentally created two threads. I'll ask Icee to delete one. sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:33 pm
Don't worry about it Lyra, I messed up on my first RA. Someone will delete it, just ask. smile
-Why would I blame her, she said she hadn't read it and I have no reason not to believe her. Plus, we go way back to when the guild was basically just beginning, I think we could work it out.
-I know it brings up alot of things. That's why I wanted to ask and make sure we were still on the same pages too.
>Well, in the beginning we were talking about people being able to get married at the end of "the dating period". We could still base it loosely off of that. So, basically what I'm saying is that, as soon as they enter the in they can start "dating" and then when they leave the Inn to build/buy a house, they could get married. OR we could just let everyone get married when they wanted to. I think the first way would be just more fun to be honest but, what does everyone else think?
>I think they should wait, we don't want to rush things to much.
-Yeah, I was in a rush in the first post I made, I probably explained it all wrong, sorry. (I've had a really bad day sorry.)
-Aging: Yes, that's what I mean. Age one year per term after the original term where you turn 30. We could always change it.
-Already done. smile
Yes, we are just discussing it for people that want to. You don't have to get married or have a child. You can do anything you want with your character, as long as you stick to the Rules, Aging, etc.
I though we were aloud to go visit any RA we wanted to, too. We actually did discuss this a very long time ago but it was a very short conversation. Probably about two lines long.
I'll think on the banner, I may have some idea's. After I post this I'm going straight to my books to do some reading for idea myself, if I see anything for Ravenclaw, I'll defiantly send you it.
Andrew:
Lyra's right. Students can only can visit the shops on days when Hogwarts has a day for you to come. We did talk about letting the students into the RA's though. I think we decided that they could only go into an RA if their family already lived there and someone was ill or situations like that.
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:50 pm
Lyra, I sent you a PM with an idea of what you could do for your picture for Ravenclaw's RA.
Also, another idea. I was looking for things to put in the Gryffindor RA and I kept thinking of the statue in the middle of Godric's Hollow and I was thinking of putting the quote from the statue of Harry, Lily, and James. Then I though about their House, or rather the remains of it. It should still be there. What if we put it in the Gryffindor RA? That got me thinking of the rest of the town too. What about Bathilda Bagshot's house, what would it look like after the whole situation with Hermione and Harry and Voldy and Nagini? And the graveyard. Where are we going to put everyone when they die off their main character and start to use their child as their main? Everyone can't turn their main character into a ghost. We should have a graveyard too. The graveyard doesn't have to be a place to rp, it could be like a place to put things we don't use anymore (like the Tomb) or we could put past people who we know who have pasted away there like Lily and James, Bowman Wright, Bathilda Bagshot, Kendra and Ariana Dumbledore, and Ignotus Peverell. This doesn't have to be just for people who lived in Godric's Hollow either, it could be like the park (for different reasons of course, it would only be in the aspect of it that would be the same is it being for everyone to use). You could all pick some of the people who were in all of the Houses who have pasted away in the books for any reason, whether due to Death Eaters or to old age. They don't have to necessarily have to be famous either, they could be inventors or someone you just really liked in the story or someone in your character's family that you just really liked. I personally like the second idea.
And as I said above what about Lily and James House? Would Harry have fixed it up or would he leave it there, the way it was. Personally, I think he would have left it because, it would have been yet another reminder of what to "power" and pure craziness could do if left in the wrong hands. And if it was left like in the 7th book, just like the statue, I think it should be a part of it. Also, as I said the aftermath at Bathilda's House what would it look like? Would it be all boarded up or would someone in her family have moved into it after Voldy was killed and cleaned it up? Would someone be living there now? I think these are all questions that should be addressed.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:06 am
-I figured you wouldn't blame each other, but sometimes people do. I was just saying that I'm glad you're both very kind, reasonable people. It makes it easy to solve problems.
-That timeline sounds ok to me. Still not sure about "age one year per term". We've only got three opinions on that. What does everyone else think?
-(Hope tomorrow is better biggrin )
-Visiting other RAs: I must have missed that bit somehow. Do we still need to be able to visit other RAs if we now have a park? What does everyone think about this?
-So you mean students can go into the RAs if that person's main character is a grad, since that's the only reason they'd have family there.
-I don't think we should have a thread specifically for a graveyard. Perhaps a post in each RA that serves as a graveyard would be sufficient, it you want to. Then the people living there can go visit it. Also, it's up to the Gryffindor grads whether you put in those houses and either leave them as they were or restore them. The RAs are essentially yours to do with as you please. So you can have a graveyard and "historical houses" if you want, or not.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:47 am
I'm not keen on automatically turning 30, we go from 17, to 30. We don't get to RP anything between. I know this is a new idea, but, what if after the first term of living in the Inn you get to choose your age, and from there you age one year per term? I really don't want to skip my 20s...That way someone who decides they want to roleplay a very old character doesnt have to wait 6 or 7 actual years to do so...they graduate, live in the inn for a term, and then say "ok, now I want to roleplay as I'm 52." and then they do. I know it might not make sense for someone to graduate the same year as another person and one be 99 and the other be 27, but it would be boring if everyone was 33 as well. Besides, it's just a game, and also, it's magic, maybe the 62 year old time travelled for a long portion of their life and then moved into the ra after they had just graduated in the timeline, it's magic! Lol. I just really really don't like the idea of being 30 as a mandatory age. I really think we should let everyone choose their age when they move out of the inn (min 18 ) and then age one year per term from there.
Also, we need a way to track how old everyone is. Maybe a post in town hall with all of hogsmeade's residents, with their ages listed? I'd say split them up into the RA's but it seems like it would be easier to put them all in one place and update them, and then it can also say who lives in the inn, who lives in the ras, and who is eligable or not eligable to live in the ras. I personally don't want to move people to the ra just because they're eligable, I'd rather have them pick and address and describe their home and then have them move in.
I love the graveyard idea. I think it'd go great in each RA!
I also love the idea about historical houses. Makes me really really want to find something to put something in Slytherin's RA!
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:09 am
@Lyra: - I have a long opinion on this one so just hear me out, it will be towards the bottom of this post.
-(I hope so! smile )
-Yes, we still need to visit each others RA, even with the Park because, for example, what if you wanted to have a dinner party and your friend was from a different RA, they would have to be able to get into the RA to get to the House. If they wanted to have a picnic that would be different but, what if they wanted guest, not just family in their home? I think we should be aloud to go into any RA, as long as we have an invite or we knock on the door and someone answers. If you are invited you could be sent an owl with the invite or you could "bump" into someone in Town and just invite them to come over. Plus, the Park would be a place for everyone to go with or without an invite of any kind and it will be a cool place to just plain old r-p in. You wouldn't have to talk to anyone in the Park if you didn't want to but, this is a place where everyone could come instead of bringing 50 people (even if 2/3 of them of tektek characters) into their home. Some people may not want others in their home, some will, so I think we have to have both.
-If they have family there, they should be able to visit there home. They would have to like I said a home there already to go but, they should be able to go, in my opinion.
-Okay, the only question I have is how can they visit a graveyard if it's not in a thread by itself like a house? Would they r-p in the actual RA or what? If people are going to visit it, I think it should be in a thread by itself but, if there isn't going to be any r-ping with it and it's just kind of something that is there, then it could either go in the RA's or in the Town Hall. What do you think? If we don't choose one or the other, it could get really confusing since people would be r-ping and putting up their things for the homes. Which is why I think it should be in it's own thread, that way if people did want to r-p and see the the graveyard they could do both without it getting confusing.
-Okay, I'll see if I can get in the Common Room and ask for the other opinions. (It is the End of Term, so I think I'm aloud in now right? I'll ask a Mod, just in case.)
@Angil: I don't think that's such a good idea. Wizards can live 150+ years, we have lots of time to use our main characters before they are killed off, one way or another. If you want to just change 30 to 20 then, I think that wouldn't be completely terrible. I don't think we should mess around with everyone's ages though. That would get super confusing, for everyone.
As for keeping a list of how old everyone is, we can either put those who already have homes in the RAs with their homes. If they don't have a home and are living at the Inn, then the Inn would keep track. Then, we could have a Master-list in the Town Hall. OR we could do all three. What does everyone think we should do?
Thanks. (Also, see the post above about the graveyard.)
I like the historical House too. They could be put in the RA and I personally think that The Potter House should be left as is, described in the book. As for Bathilda's House, I think that could be used as someone else's home now, whether it be "family" or someone who bought it after the whole Voldy/Nigini/Harry/Hermione situation but, I'll ask the others their opinions.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:16 pm
I could deal with changing the age to 20, I just thought it might make it interesting if people wanted to play different ages is all.
As for the age tracking thing, I think we should stick to one master list, easier to update than spreading it out everywhere and confusing people.
The historic houses should go in the RAs imo.
The graveyard could work in either the RAs or as a stand alone thread. I personally think it would be better for Rp as a thread and then everyone could visit their friends from other houses too.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:19 pm
Just a quick note (I think Adonis will put this somewhere in the Town Hall, after you all make your posts)
Graduates can:
[x] participate in events
[x] post in any subforum, including Around Hogwarts*
---limitations: obviously places that are specific to the school and the common rooms (grads can only post in common rooms the first two weeks of a term)
[x] not earn house points. Ever.
[x] teach
and it's some others things, but that's the general idea
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:53 pm
Angilwingz I could deal with changing the age to 20, I just thought it might make it interesting if people wanted to play different ages is all.
As for the age tracking thing, I think we should stick to one master list, easier to update than spreading it out everywhere and confusing people.
The historic houses should go in the RAs imo.
The graveyard could work in either the RAs or as a stand alone thread. I personally think it would be better for Rp as a thread and then everyone could visit their friends from other houses too.
Historic Houses: put a few in the RA's; but there should be some in the common area, for all HPGoG members to visit.
Graveyards: keep them in the main area for everyone to visit them that was people can mourn those who they knew.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:14 pm
Aging: I agree with Angil that you should get to pick your own age. Maybe some want to start of younger than others, I mean its not to much of a deal really. I also think that there should be a master list of the ages so its in one spot and then if RA's want to they can add a list of thier residents ages too.
Graveyards: I dunno bout this one its kinda half and half for me. But its gonna be a big rp thing I'd say make a thread for it. But if its a minor thing then keep it in the RA's cause maybe someone wants to be buried in thier town.
Historical Houses: Sounds like a nifty Idea but again im half and half its a big thing I think it should have its own thread and if its just something to look at maybe keep it in the RA's.
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