THE Wookie Jedi
Im serious @Tefka. Get rid of it. Make it a rule pls.
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Kenrath
Well-Known Member
[member="Tefka"]
In my opinion no.
In my opinion no.
Lord Ajihad
I use Aristois
I won't vote on this, but perhaps a system where it isn't banned but adequately restricted would be a good middle ground.
Darth Carnifex said:
Eternal Father
Make it more of a risk to kill off your master character permanently.
Eradicate the cheapness of just transferring the rank.
Eradicate the cheapness of just transferring the rank.
Sic transit gloria mundi
No
L Admin
It's never a risk, and never will be.Darth Carnifex said:
We're not that kind of roleplaying community. Only a writer decides when his character is dead.
Laira Darkhold
Well-Known Member
I think he means make the consequences of death more consequential... which from Darth Resurrector doesn't hold as much weight.Tefka said:
I say Nay, Let them do as they please.
Lord Ajihad
I use Aristois
when Tef deletes your witty Donald Trump/Star Wars meme
Two-Bit Con Artist
It has never even occured to me before seeing people talk about it here that I even *might* recycle a master tag to a new character. I like starting characters from the ground up, to give them a chance to see who they become- rather than starting out already knowing that.
HOWEVER
I also don't care if other people do it. If someone can be trusted to write a master, then they can be trusted to write a master. Period. Dot.
If rebooting to a new character with Master rank is fun and makes them happy? How in the WORLD does that negatively impact *my* enjoyment/experience here?
Answer: It does not.
Clarification edit: I don't personally care about this rule, one way or the other. But I lean in the direction of "Let people write what they want to write, as long as it's not hurting anyone else."
HOWEVER
I also don't care if other people do it. If someone can be trusted to write a master, then they can be trusted to write a master. Period. Dot.
If rebooting to a new character with Master rank is fun and makes them happy? How in the WORLD does that negatively impact *my* enjoyment/experience here?
Answer: It does not.
Clarification edit: I don't personally care about this rule, one way or the other. But I lean in the direction of "Let people write what they want to write, as long as it's not hurting anyone else."
Jsc
Disney's Princess
[member="Darth Carnifex"]
I killed off a character on another site recently. I broke a silver chain in the stories of half a dozen other writers. See. Her killer got a trophy, sure. But he was only one person. Just one person in a sea of other people. Writers and friends from all over the world were affected. When she died some people lost a friend. Others, a teacher, an aunt, an instructor, a wingmate, and a commander. Still others lost a wife. A mother. A years long best friend.
Nah. Killing off a character of any rank is always a risk. A bigger risk than I ever knew. Yet it was never the fear of death nor the sleep of the grave that caused me to hesitate to push that button. It was the people. The connections. The other writers I left behind. That, is what that made it suck. It was the end of her story. Yes. But it was a trauma to all the stories I left behind.
And I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
I killed off a character on another site recently. I broke a silver chain in the stories of half a dozen other writers. See. Her killer got a trophy, sure. But he was only one person. Just one person in a sea of other people. Writers and friends from all over the world were affected. When she died some people lost a friend. Others, a teacher, an aunt, an instructor, a wingmate, and a commander. Still others lost a wife. A mother. A years long best friend.
Nah. Killing off a character of any rank is always a risk. A bigger risk than I ever knew. Yet it was never the fear of death nor the sleep of the grave that caused me to hesitate to push that button. It was the people. The connections. The other writers I left behind. That, is what that made it suck. It was the end of her story. Yes. But it was a trauma to all the stories I left behind.
And I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
Break
System Reboot
I'm for keeping it the way it is. People won't be as stingy with their characters deaths because now they don't have do a half a years work just to die again.
Miss Blonde
Trying to be straight in a crooked Galaxy
I'm all for tag recycling. Let people write what they want and move forward with new stuff.
Neldar Poska
Active Member
I believe "recycling" is okay, under 2 conditions
Enforcing it is just like anything else; let the person know, or, the report button exists, use it.
- Character Bio continues to list their roleplays
- It's under the same Writer Account, so they can't just give/sell a master rank FU to another account
Enforcing it is just like anything else; let the person know, or, the report button exists, use it.
Samka Derith
Decitus Ren
The way I've read into the rule was that it was as much about making sure the writer earned their rank as the character. Weed out the god-modders, if you will. If someone has already shown they can be trusted with a master level character then I don't see why we should stop them making another, sometimes for a character concept it's not ideal to start at Padawan level and given that NFU can start up as powerful as they like, it's a little restricting.
Saying that, sometimes it does pay off to have to grow someone more than intended with training and such. Not that I'd earned Master rank before but if I had the choice then I'd have started my character Samka here out as an upper Knight/lower Master level character as she was originally only intended to serve as an occasional antagonist to others. I decided as I had to start with Padawan, I had to grow her power up a bit and at least get a Knight rank before taking on that role since I wanted her to be a formidable foe but as I started writing her, I found I really enjoyed it more than expected and she's now my main so I'd encourage people to start from the bottom whenever they can because it can really lead to more vivid characters.
I just don't think it should be an enforced rule if the writer is trusted/experienced.
Saying that, sometimes it does pay off to have to grow someone more than intended with training and such. Not that I'd earned Master rank before but if I had the choice then I'd have started my character Samka here out as an upper Knight/lower Master level character as she was originally only intended to serve as an occasional antagonist to others. I decided as I had to start with Padawan, I had to grow her power up a bit and at least get a Knight rank before taking on that role since I wanted her to be a formidable foe but as I started writing her, I found I really enjoyed it more than expected and she's now my main so I'd encourage people to start from the bottom whenever they can because it can really lead to more vivid characters.
I just don't think it should be an enforced rule if the writer is trusted/experienced.
Shadow Hand
No.
Coci Heavenshield
Dawnguard Grand Master
No from me too.
The people above me have pretty much said the reasons why we should keep it as is.
The boards are very good at self regulating and I doubt that would change. The majority of members of Chaos are reasonable when doing this for themselves as well. I have done this twice I think in the past. One master I did nothing with and now is 'dead' mainly cause muse, the other I basically copy pasted the old master character's force ability to the new and let it at that. Any new force abilities to be added to the new master I would train like I would normally and not assume any new power.
The people above me have pretty much said the reasons why we should keep it as is.
The boards are very good at self regulating and I doubt that would change. The majority of members of Chaos are reasonable when doing this for themselves as well. I have done this twice I think in the past. One master I did nothing with and now is 'dead' mainly cause muse, the other I basically copy pasted the old master character's force ability to the new and let it at that. Any new force abilities to be added to the new master I would train like I would normally and not assume any new power.
thegreatbeyonder
Well-Known Member
I don't see an issue with it. I don't really like rules that are made because someone might use it in a way that bothers people. As long as it doesn't guarantee mass abuse (which it hasn't thus far, I'd say) then there's no problem in my eyes.
Let people recycle tags. Roleplay is about the writing, not about achievements.
Let people recycle tags. Roleplay is about the writing, not about achievements.