First of all howdy all,

I've been in the shadows for a while, observing whats been going on here and deciding what to do... and i've got an idea.... so roll with me on this if you will.



I want to make a sequel to my RP some of you may remember called ColdHarbour which takes place in Molag Bal's realm. but this time it isn't a remake but as i like to say "ColdHarbour 2" seeing as when i remade it; it didn't last much longer than the original...

but this time i have a clever idea but will need to state it to you all in advance to get myself and the RP prepared....



It all starts because i want to try my hand at writing a FanFic and have decided to base it one MY surviving characters in the previous makes of coldharbour

but i won't reveal the plot just yet as that would be defeatist

anyways....


My Idea Is....


to start with a fan fic so i can introduce the setting/plot and my characters and the initial "mission" or "goal" so to speak

after a few "chapters" i would like to SLOWLY transform it into an RP by allowing one or two of you into my story with your own characters at a time


the reason being is because i find in personal experience that whenever i make an RP a get a mass influx of rpers and chars who all try to get themselves settled and introduce themselves at once and kind of...

lets say, imagine putting wood on a fire, one log at a time the flame grows and becomes stronger....... now imagine chucking all the wood on at once... u would most likely snuff it out.


anyways... the point of doing this is so that it allows the story to progress and develop at a more reasonable and explorative pace, and so that at any one time we will have players who are very settled in their character and will be able to help when the time comes to introduce more characters and help intergrate them into the group without having to explain their own backstory or actions because we already know alot about them etc..

in essence it will go

Fanfic > 2-3 person RP > 4-5 person RP and so on until we have a good amount of people (not too many but just enough)

this also means that by the time we get to the meaty part of the story where alot of RP's start we all already know each other and know how to work together and will be more effective in doing what needs to be done because we wont have to juggle so much initial char development in with the action (although of course there will still be some of that) ((and dont read me wrong in thinking that it will be a hell load of travelling and talking then suddenly lots of battle scenes, thats not at all what i mean))

i like to call my idea a Progressive Fiction Roleplay because it sounds smart and i am not

but yeh, i've told my idea to two fellow RPer's on here who both like the sound of it and are willing to join

at the moment i am still writing the Fan Fiction and fine tuning my writing so this is more something to think about while im doing my shtuff


please feel free to give me any opinions, criticisms or questions you may have about what im planning on doing




oh and btw did i mention i svck at explaining things?

Sounds like sweet idea, I'd prefer to see the fan fiction first but I'll definitely be watching this.

I think thats good

good idea I guess, but you should aprove characters first and set a time frame for introductions, other wise the interest will just die.

To be honest, I had been considering doing this sort of set up, because to me, it seems more logical and it strikes me that RPs that work like this are going to be more successful. It means that not everyone is vying and struggling to get a 'major role' or try and find a way to work themselves into a scene or such. I say, go for it (and good luck of course)!

Glad to see at least a few people like it,

@solidor: i know to make it work i will need to clarify alot of things including what u said, but at the moment im purposely being quite vague about it all due to the fact i havnt written/posted up my fanfic part yet
once that gets going i'll be able to reveal and set into motion more of the planning

i guess i just made this topic ahead of time to see how many people were interested in the idea as it hasn't been done quite like this before as far as i know

and because i am lame at explaining things i didn't want to confuse people when it came to actually joining. rather confuse them now

I are interested, sounds like a good way to run things, if you can get people to stick with this for long enough you could end up with a real epic here

i sure do hope so, i'd like to run one epic in my entire time of RPing

It certainly sounds like an interesting idea, Korroded. I absolutely agree about the massive influx of roleplayers at the onset causing difficulties.

If I may suggest, however, I think that you could achieve the same general effect by starting it off as a roleplay, only limiting the number of iniitial participants. If you had an in-depth OP, I don't see why you couldn't proceed from the onset as an RP, albeit one with a smaller number of roleplayers.

This is just a suggestion, of course. Proceed as you see fit.

I like it. I like it a lot. Expect one of my customary quirky members of Valenwood Royalty to show up, If I dont seem too inexperienced. I have been lurking in the Fallout section lately, but anyone whos seen examples of my writing on this forum should be able to determine that I can be considered a fair enough RP'er.

Sadly, everything I've joined so far has died. So if you dont want my curse, I will understand you not wanting me in it.