by sunhorsestar » Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:13 pm
@Everyone: Attention y'all. Due to a couple of reasons, I’ve received news that Poppy may be dropping out of the RP, one of those reasons being that there’s too much happening all at once, too much to read in between posts, as there’s always 4-5 pages between her posts. Until she mentioned it and I took a look, I didn’t realize exactly how fast things were moving, and so I want to request that we halve that. It makes it hard for folks to keep up, so I’m going to say if all active players haven’t posted within a 2 page time period, the RP will be paused until they have had the chance to post. I understand that this is largely my own fault, driving the plot and all, and I’m making efforts as of now to slow down and monitor, and I’m going to be asking and expecting other RPers to be mindful of this as well.
I would also like to remind people to try and interact with a variety of characters, rather than just love interests, as otherwise a LOT of characters get left behind, and players can feel cut off or left out, which is LARGELY the reason people leave RPs, or RPs die in general, and ideally that would NOT be the outcome here. An RP like this relies strongly on forming multiple bonds and I’ve been trying, but it’s pretty hard when I’m not seeing very many characters stepping outside of their 1 or 2 people they already know.
Edit: I will note that after the current scene has been wrapped up, in order to wipe the slate clean and lay out a plot that won't go all over the place, we will be doing a 1 year timeskip. This will not be our big 2-3 year skip, this is just to get us back on track. The Calm Belts will have escaped. Damage done to Marineford/Marine HQ will have been repaired. Characters injuries will have healed for the most-part, depending in severity, along with a variety of smaller details to be discussed at a closer date.