I'm going to be a pain and add some of my views >.o'''
I totally agree with what ya'll are saying, and I think it is a great idea to have a small database explaining what has been done critter-wise, a quick intro to the characters, kinda like the 'describe your character in three words' thing and a brief overview of some of the histories that are being duplicated. It is SO difficult to keep up with the RP and entrants, heck I've had little to no time lately and there are new people popping up that I didn't realise had got onto the island!
I know it is up to us questors to keep up, but with such a RP intensive shop such as IoDM, its damn near impossible to be up on all the querks and stories of all the character now there. I've been questing for ages, and I'm still not finished with my character, mainly through lack of time, inspiration and the time I had a while ago wondering if it was truely worth the hassle, as the goal for this seemed years and years away. I agree with Orestae that some islanders can be so so intimidating and snappish with questors when they get something wrong, and I think that at times everyone needs to chill a bit, and it can be very intimidating to very new questors and I've seen a lot run away because they are just so scared of screwing up.
One thing though, the concept of IoDM is the stealing of people for these scientific pursuits, yes? That people are often chosen who have few living relatives or friends as not to arouse suspicion? Perhaps this is a reason why some stories are duplicated, as questors may not have many ideas other then death of family, disownment, you know, that kind of thing. I know when I started I had nearly no clue as to how to set it up so that Duke wouldn't be missed too much.
Ok, didn't really go anywhere with that post, but hey, I think it was worth while saying something.
I totally agree with what ya'll are saying, and I think it is a great idea to have a small database explaining what has been done critter-wise, a quick intro to the characters, kinda like the 'describe your character in three words' thing and a brief overview of some of the histories that are being duplicated. It is SO difficult to keep up with the RP and entrants, heck I've had little to no time lately and there are new people popping up that I didn't realise had got onto the island!
I know it is up to us questors to keep up, but with such a RP intensive shop such as IoDM, its damn near impossible to be up on all the querks and stories of all the character now there. I've been questing for ages, and I'm still not finished with my character, mainly through lack of time, inspiration and the time I had a while ago wondering if it was truely worth the hassle, as the goal for this seemed years and years away. I agree with Orestae that some islanders can be so so intimidating and snappish with questors when they get something wrong, and I think that at times everyone needs to chill a bit, and it can be very intimidating to very new questors and I've seen a lot run away because they are just so scared of screwing up.
One thing though, the concept of IoDM is the stealing of people for these scientific pursuits, yes? That people are often chosen who have few living relatives or friends as not to arouse suspicion? Perhaps this is a reason why some stories are duplicated, as questors may not have many ideas other then death of family, disownment, you know, that kind of thing. I know when I started I had nearly no clue as to how to set it up so that Duke wouldn't be missed too much.
Ok, didn't really go anywhere with that post, but hey, I think it was worth while saying something.
