[Discuss] RP island?

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 2/8/07, Timothy Collett <danaris at mac.com> wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Anthony Cerqueira wrote:
> > It's broke, that's well known. Can we fix it, seems unlikely. But
> > could we learn from this mess and start over? Not sure, what do you
> > all think?
> >
> > Hypothetically speaking here, but could it possibly work if the
> > island was smaller?
>
> Unless there are meaningful consequences for *not* following the RP
> rules, it will never work, because powergaming (or simply ignoring/
> avoiding RP, which, on an RP island, *is* powergaming) provides more
> personal gain for the characters than roleplaying, and, human nature
> being what it is, a large proportion of the player base will be after
> more personal gain for their characters.
>

Obviously this is the case so let's think about the problem a bit....

Problem: Powergaming; gets more 'tangable' rewards and is thus more common.

Possible solutions;
Disable takeovers; can't destroy your enemy I guess you'll have to
talk to them.
Select Membership: Not allowed on the RP island unless you meet some
form of criteria
Long March: make a map with a series of islands with really long
sailing times between so invasion, while possible, are less likely.
(there's actually a map like this kicking around too)
Spellmasters: a small island in the middle of no where with some
spellmasters still running around, or maybe as pernament leaders
(until they train a replacement we could say). They act as RP mods of
sorts as they use their mortal pawns against eachother (maybe have it
so the island resets like the SW/E, time loop or some such that
they're forced to repeate over and over)

Reminder:
Think tank so just put down anything.... we can sort them later. (have
to go to class so these are just off the top of my head)


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