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« on: August 06, 2011, 10:48:50 pm »
I agree and disagree. i honestly believe that all plans in rp fail and the only plan that works appropriate is if you plain to fail. I believe in freedom of rp where those who actually operate in a clever manner. such as not rushing headlong into battle all by your lonesome or trying to be the hero or 'star of the show'. honest truth, 80% or more people who earn the title of hero, do so by dieing heroically. and people who rush into battle alone is a lamb to be slaughtered. it's as true in real life as it is rp. If you want an rp to advance your character or be a star of the show, your rp is better off a private rp where no others get involved, because that's the only way you can avoid others doing what their character would rightfully do, if brought into the situation of all these plots we play out for our characters. If you simply go by the ask the ec if you can be the hero isn't gonna work, because everyone will ask you that, and then who do you pick? I also believe knowing all that will happen, planning the plots out entirely from beginning to it's end, is just down right boring. like putting on a play for others to watch, without being any fun for the players, and taking away our creativity in it's entirety.
I can agree though that attempting to rush the plot is a strain on those who are playing out the NPC's of that plot, don't do it. it doesn't matter if you have a whole army built up, if the EC hosting the event doesn't feel like roleplaying that scenario at that moment, then you shouldn't try to drag them into it. all this would accomplish is irritating the EC who will either not enjoy their own event or worse yet, they take out their frustration by getting into their role a bit too much and butchering a few people's characters. Not a likely scenario but it's possible!