In SL news, I've been hanging out at Enslaved, a combat/capture sim-- i.e. people run around shooting at each other, and whoever wins can do what they want with the loser.
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Might as well explain the end of the story arc since we'll probably never actually get to it.

http://community.livejournal.com/echo_guild/10321.html

I've been playing Mass Effect, which is by the same people who did Jade Empire, and despite many differences, it shows: the dialogs and levelling system are similar; so is the combination of a large long main quest plus a tasty but limited number of side quests (as opposed to Oblivion where the main quest is dwarfed by other possibilities).  And it ( Read more... )

I asked kata_kita what her favorite Echo RP sessions were.  (See http://community.livejournal.com/echo_guild/9225.html for a list.)  She said: the asteroid; Arnem station; the flood; the life support failure.

My list would be similar: the first encounter with Nawi; the asteroid; the disaster sessions in general.

So, what lessons can we draw...?

1.  Everybody ( Read more... )

I've been playing a couple of months in Naraka.  I had a low opinion of 24/7 RP sims based on Lumindor, but Naraka works surprisingly well.  Not perfectly-- a recent storyline seemed to railroad a bunch of people and drove many of them away.

I'm trying to analyze what's works and doesn't work in Naraka, in case the chance comes up to start up ( Read more... )

Along with Steph and

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OK, so "good" and "evil" are stupid as alignments, and Jade Empire's Open Palm and Closed Fist are not much better.  If only I had some ideas for wuxia alignments!

To keep things simple, there are just three Ways.  They are not quite religions, not quite philosophies.  They each have their scriptures, rituals, clerics, and monasteries; but they are ( Read more... )

I've created a new community for the RP group, for announcements, schedules, background info, and recaps.

http://community.livejournal.com/echo_guild/

Kata and I will be putting more info there as we think of it. :) 

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Some people in the RP group have expressed concern over combat and other things...

First, why do I want any at all?

Because stories are more intense and involving when things can go seriously wrong.  Read my previous entry about Rear Window... the scene is scary because, at root, we're afraid Grace Kelly is going to get killed.  I don't want a lot of ( Read more... )