Top Mud Sites Forum - View Single Post - Turning Point MUD: Responding to a review

Pleos · 11-17-2003, 05:44 PM

Thanks for the kind words Kat.

In reference to this, one thing we had decided to do awhile ago, which we've only just implemented today is Character Applications. This is not completely and solely in response to some of the issues we've experienced with people playing certain races out of whack, but that definitely impacted our efforts.

We've decided to go with Character Applications for certain races, including the elven ones and katta. To create a character with one of these races will require an application that has a description and concept (among other things).

We hope that the application process is a relatively simple and smooth one for veteran and new players alike.

We've decided -not- to make all races require applications because we wanted to strike a balance of some kind between control over the RP environment and the ability for people to get into the game quickly.

Play a human - you can be in the game in 5 minutes (not to say that humans shouldn't be RPd a certain way, but there's more flexibility in their personalities/characteristics). Play an elf - it'll require an application.

And ultimately, if this reduces the number of characters playing poorly outside the scope of their racial concepts, it will also reduce the amount of Imm involvement required, saving our time for other more productive activities.

I don't think there's one "silver bullet" solution to the issues of maintaining a strong RP environment, and in this case, with respect to racial RP. Hopefully character applications prove to help in our ongoing efforts.

Thanks.

Pleos

11-17-2003, 05:44 PM	#12
Pleos Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 36	Thanks for the kind words Kat. In reference to this, one thing we had decided to do awhile ago, which we've only just implemented today is Character Applications. This is not completely and solely in response to some of the issues we've experienced with people playing certain races out of whack, but that definitely impacted our efforts. We've decided to go with Character Applications for certain races, including the elven ones and katta. To create a character with one of these races will require an application that has a description and concept (among other things). We hope that the application process is a relatively simple and smooth one for veteran and new players alike. We've decided -not- to make all races require applications because we wanted to strike a balance of some kind between control over the RP environment and the ability for people to get into the game quickly. Play a human - you can be in the game in 5 minutes (not to say that humans shouldn't be RPd a certain way, but there's more flexibility in their personalities/characteristics). Play an elf - it'll require an application. And ultimately, if this reduces the number of characters playing poorly outside the scope of their racial concepts, it will also reduce the amount of Imm involvement required, saving our time for other more productive activities. I don't think there's one "silver bullet" solution to the issues of maintaining a strong RP environment, and in this case, with respect to racial RP. Hopefully character applications prove to help in our ongoing efforts. Thanks. Pleos