Judge Sewall
08-08-2011, 02:45 AM
Rating: Mature. This RP will likely deal with graphic details and sexuality.
This will be the OOC thread for the Diaries (Zombie Apocalypse) RP. Given the nature of characters telling their stories only through diary/journal entries, the IC will always be open to new characters. Here are the rules if you wish to join:
If you are interested in joining, you have to completely tell your character's story only through diary entries. That's right, diary (or journal) entries. Each one of your posts will be an entry from your character about their experiences over the last hour/day/week/month. There are a couple of advantages to doing a roleplay in this style.
1. If someone loses interest or does not post for a while, readers can simply assume that character has died.
2. While we will all be posting in the same thread, there is no necessary engagement with other roleplayers! We will simply be sharing a common experience of the zombie apocalypse as told by our each individual characters.
3. No character sheets required. Each person is only allowed the space of a diary entry to explain their character. It will be just as if someone found the diary randomly and picked it up and started reading.
If you do decide that this sounds interesting, there are a couple of guidelines I would like to be followed.
A. While there is no requirement to interact with other characters, if you do want to mention a character (i.e., "I saw a small boy running into a grocery store around midnight"), you have to PM them or talk to them here in the OOC thread to make sure it's ok. I am certainly not against characters interacting or even traveling with each other, but I feel that it's necessary to message the individual so that they are on board.
B. Each entry should be given a date. This allows for continuity with each of our characters and allows the reader to determine how long it has been since the character made a post.
C. You can only roleplay one character, unless that one dies. This allows readers to see the name of the person posting (i.e., Judge Sewall), and instantly know which diary entry they are going to read.
D. Finally, each posting should be signed in some way by the character. This is another way to keep the characters straight, and fits in well with the diary theme.
Other information:
Post Length: The length can vary from character to character and from day to day. If someone is on the run and is just glad to get some sleep, it is perfectly acceptable to simply type "No time for an entry tonight, have to get some sleep for tomorrow."
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Before I get the IC thread started, I wanted to hear your thoughts on the time period when this takes place. I was going to try to keep it modern, maybe around the year 2015. Also, we need to agree on what kind of zombies we want our characters to be dealing with here. Do we want fast zombies or slow zombies? Does anyone have a preference?
This will be the OOC thread for the Diaries (Zombie Apocalypse) RP. Given the nature of characters telling their stories only through diary/journal entries, the IC will always be open to new characters. Here are the rules if you wish to join:
If you are interested in joining, you have to completely tell your character's story only through diary entries. That's right, diary (or journal) entries. Each one of your posts will be an entry from your character about their experiences over the last hour/day/week/month. There are a couple of advantages to doing a roleplay in this style.
1. If someone loses interest or does not post for a while, readers can simply assume that character has died.
2. While we will all be posting in the same thread, there is no necessary engagement with other roleplayers! We will simply be sharing a common experience of the zombie apocalypse as told by our each individual characters.
3. No character sheets required. Each person is only allowed the space of a diary entry to explain their character. It will be just as if someone found the diary randomly and picked it up and started reading.
If you do decide that this sounds interesting, there are a couple of guidelines I would like to be followed.
A. While there is no requirement to interact with other characters, if you do want to mention a character (i.e., "I saw a small boy running into a grocery store around midnight"), you have to PM them or talk to them here in the OOC thread to make sure it's ok. I am certainly not against characters interacting or even traveling with each other, but I feel that it's necessary to message the individual so that they are on board.
B. Each entry should be given a date. This allows for continuity with each of our characters and allows the reader to determine how long it has been since the character made a post.
C. You can only roleplay one character, unless that one dies. This allows readers to see the name of the person posting (i.e., Judge Sewall), and instantly know which diary entry they are going to read.
D. Finally, each posting should be signed in some way by the character. This is another way to keep the characters straight, and fits in well with the diary theme.
Other information:
Post Length: The length can vary from character to character and from day to day. If someone is on the run and is just glad to get some sleep, it is perfectly acceptable to simply type "No time for an entry tonight, have to get some sleep for tomorrow."
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Before I get the IC thread started, I wanted to hear your thoughts on the time period when this takes place. I was going to try to keep it modern, maybe around the year 2015. Also, we need to agree on what kind of zombies we want our characters to be dealing with here. Do we want fast zombies or slow zombies? Does anyone have a preference?