reading some old threads in an old, dead game and seeing so much of this shit:
Character A had heard about the problems his friend Character B was having and wanted to check up on him, so he headed in that direction.
or
Character 1 entered the room, looking for someone to answer his question. Character 2 was behind a piece of furniture and not visible to anyone. he was asleep but his magic ninja training alerted him that someone was here so he woke up!
in this case it's not even IC for Character 2 to be a dick and just hide in the shadows to watch people, he's polite and helpful so it makes no sense for him to know somebody's there and just ignore them
in both cases, why can't either of you just ENGAGE THE OTHER PLAYERS IN YOUR SCENES
why can't Character A walk up to the door of his friend's apartment and knock, why can't Character 2 come out from behind his bookcase or whatever and ask the other character what's up
would it kill you people to do something to move the scene forward a little instead of padding it out with a bunch of posts of people doing nothing
and don't get me started on the logs that have 7519266 lines of character smiling and nodding and giving two and three word responses to each other
in the first case, maybe it's because they didn't want to post a closed log and wanted to give players other than character b's mun the chance to catch character a on his journey and engage with him for a while?
i see the rest of what you're saying, but sometimes you want to make an open post... more open.
no in Character A's case it was a closed log between him and his friend
if it had been an open log or if the other character had been described being anywhere but in their house moping i would have understood Character A just "walking in that direction" instead of going directly to the house and doing something to get his friend's attention
as it is it just smacks of laziness or not understanding how to get a log going
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(Anonymous) 2013-01-23 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)Character A had heard about the problems his friend Character B was having and wanted to check up on him, so he headed in that direction.
or
Character 1 entered the room, looking for someone to answer his question.
Character 2 was behind a piece of furniture and not visible to anyone. he was asleep but his magic ninja training alerted him that someone was here so he woke up!
in this case it's not even IC for Character 2 to be a dick and just hide in the shadows to watch people, he's polite and helpful so it makes no sense for him to know somebody's there and just ignore them
in both cases, why can't either of you just ENGAGE THE OTHER PLAYERS IN YOUR SCENES
why can't Character A walk up to the door of his friend's apartment and knock, why can't Character 2 come out from behind his bookcase or whatever and ask the other character what's up
would it kill you people to do something to move the scene forward a little instead of padding it out with a bunch of posts of people doing nothing
and don't get me started on the logs that have 7519266 lines of character smiling and nodding and giving two and three word responses to each other
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(Anonymous) 2013-01-23 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)i see the rest of what you're saying, but sometimes you want to make an open post... more open.
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(Anonymous) 2013-01-23 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)if it had been an open log or if the other character had been described being anywhere but in their house moping i would have understood Character A just "walking in that direction" instead of going directly to the house and doing something to get his friend's attention
as it is it just smacks of laziness or not understanding how to get a log going