Uhoh. I feel a wave of nostalgia washing over me . . .

Ha! You beat me! Mind you, not difficult

I hope you all had a very Happy Christmas, that Santa left you loads of wanted gifts, and that you all have a wonderful New Year!

I'll be seeing New Year in working on ArchLord, so I'll probably keep an eye on IRC just to see if anyone else is partyless (yes, partyless, not pantless, Mir!).

Esme

Only one one word...actually two: Feckin' awesome!

And I hope you had a Merry Xmas!

Esme

I like to have some dynamic skilling when there are quiet RP moments. Those even happened in the MUSH I used to play, and I used to occupy myself coding objects. Actually, that makes it sound bad. I used to love coding objects!

So I would like a skill system, but a much more flexible one. Say you have two items and you try to make them work together. Some things will and some things wont, but you don't know until you try. And I liked the idea of submitting a plan for something. You could have an ingame Guild who approves designs if they are deemed worthy. On the other hand you could make a slightly different item, say a weapon, by combining different parts you found. So I'd like to see somethign more innovative that you could discuss in RP, exchange ideas, brainstorm etc.

I think NPCs can have a role, but they can again be more dynamic. They could respond to particular characteristics so the options change according to our behaviour ingame. For example, if people like your character, they could vote and give that character a thumbs up in terms of characteristics such as respectability, reliability, reputation...hmmm I seem to be working my way through the 'r' section of the dictionary. So you  make a deal with someone and you feel they ripped you off, you could vote accordingly. Then 'respectable' NPCs might give you the hard shoulder, while 'non-respectable' NPCs welcome you as friends.

((A big resounding yes))

Goddamn, these are superb! I'll kill whoever stole my creative streak.

Ironically I'd just moved onto the Pink Floyd tune 'Time' when I was looking at Piece of Time. Freaky!

oh and for the how to on Chatzilla:

1. Launch Chatzilla.

2. Type '/server irc.seedthecommunity.org' in the dialogue box.

3. Type '/nick <nickname>' to set your nickname if so wished.

4. Type '/join #seed' in the dialogue box or click on thr 'IRC' menu, select 'Join channel', highlight #seed and click 'Join'.

Totally agree. I'd be interested in helping out as editor, as I started using CMS with Seed which I enjoyed. But I am working full time, so maybe a role share with someone else?

ok, now you have my interest piqued...Permadeath, superb.

Nothing like someone who's been absent to come along and shake up posts!

I like the idea of it being for the roleplaying community as a whole, as this is what binds us, not just the fact we all loved Seed. We came from Seed though, so we can easily tie in our memories, feelings etc. of Seed with a where we came from thread.

Seeing as how many of us searched the internet day and night looking for a game we could RP in, it suggests there is a bit of a missing niche out there. Why shouldn't we lead the way?

As for examples of RP and stuff - that's a great idea. But a far better way in my opinion is to use RP logs, if we can get them. I don't know if SoR or URU give us that opportunity. I have found a couple of logs back from my old days in PernMUSH on the web, and they always bring a smile. Examples are good, but nothing can replace the originality of improvised RP for me
I'd also be happy to write some articles too. I'm sure between us all we can cover all different aspects of RP. And maybe we can start creating a FAQ? Then maybe I'll finally be able to get my husband to understand what it is I spend my time on the pc doing outside work

I would also go with a fairly simple looking site, but definately with eye-catching graphics.