A Lesson in Hell
New Player Lesson in Hell in 10 mins (9 pm edt) Tonight's topics: Character background & History and how to properly plan a TP. Just type: hell. Also, Morphius' eggs are rocking and rolling in a hidden location. See Lynsay for details.
-- entered by Jueann on 2000-04-10 19:48 MOO Time.
Tsi grins. "Hello."
@set-party New Player Lesson starting. Come and get your questions answered. Just come to the favorite hot place by typing hell. Also, Morphius' eggs are rocking and rolling in a hidden location. See Lynsay for details.
** Jueann just set the @party! Type @party to check it out! **
Jueann says, "hi"
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon hrrms, and forgot he turned this off.
Hell
This place is about as far from Pern as you can get. It's a bar, you can tell that much. Along one wall is a huge row of windows that offer a nice view of space, and you notice spacecraft bustling about from time to time. Graffiti is spray-painted on the other wall. Numerous comfy chairs, couches, and tables fill the room. It's a good place to hang out OOC for a while.
You can easily see that this is a public place. If someone tells you to leave, tell them to go to Pern.
You can type 'return' to return to the place you came from.
On the perch is Cocoa.
Jueann says, "hello, any questions befoer we start?"
Siria says, "nope"
Lylana looks around at all the other people. "Hey everybody."
Loren nopes.
Jueann says, "Before we start I would mention one rule I have. I encourage discussions, comments, questions. but I would ask that unnessary spam be kept down. Anyone know what I mean by spam?"
In a caricature of Fyren, the daemon's face disappears from the daemon.
In a caricature of D'thon, the daemon LOL!
The daemon speaks in Cipri's voice, "No fun for Fyren, if he can't spam;)"
Siria says, "yes"
Tsi nods.
Jueann says, "What is it?"
Siria says, "spamming is continually sending a message, and blocking someone elses screen not allowing them to do anything productive"
In a caricature of Shirgall, the daemon can demonstrate if need be.
Jueann says, "That's for a chatroom room. Spamming here means unnecessary wordage. This is sspam"
Jueann says, "That's for a chatroom room. Spamming here means unnecessary wordage. This is sspam"
Jueann says, "That's for a chatroom room. Spamming here means unnecessary wordage. This is sspam"
Jueann says, "That's for a chatroom room. Spamming here means unnecessary wordage. This is sspam"
Jueann says, "it's causing a person's screen to to scrolling by"
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "go shirgie!"
In a caricature of Natch, the daemon hides
Jueann says, "Feel free to ask questions and make comments. Now on to the lesson"
Jueann says, "What do we mean but character background and history?"
Jueann says, "oops but/by"
In a caricature of Azae, the daemon's face mystically appears on the daemon.
Jueann says, "What world is it that we play in?"
Siria says, "Pern"
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Ooo. I know this one. "fantasy""
Siria says, "?"
Jueann says, "Right." she snickers at Shirgall. "So we need to have a character's background."
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon likes BlueScreens?
Loren raises her hand? "You're character's life. You can set it with @notedit me.char_history, and it usually tells about where we come from and stuff. And stuff." Erp. I was late. "You can view a person's history with @history
Jueann says, "Jueann's background is that she's from Rocky Hold. She has 3 brothers and the only girl."
Jueann says, "Right Loren. You can @set your character's history but it does take up quota."
Jueann says, "That's background. You have one in real life. You live somewhere, you go to school, you have family. Well it's the same here but you have to make it up and keep it within the theme of the game."
Deliarra smiles tentatively. "Sorry I'm late, I didn't know the newbie lesson was today."
Jueann says, "Welcome"
Maximillian just popped in. "Had no clue either."
Jueann says, "Feel free to comment.."
Deliarra says, "Okay... What were we talking about? "
Jueann says, "Now for your character's history. Jueann is from Rocky Hold as I mentioned, she ran away to join the harpers at Ista Hold. She was accepted, made it through her apprenticeship etc."
Jueann says, "Character background and history, then how to properly plan a tp"
**** *sighs* I got disconnected at this point and had to log back on. *****
Jueann says, "I missed everything past my last coment, can you repose?"
Siria says, "nothing really important"
Deliarra shrugs. "I was off editing mail, missed all of that too."
Jueann says, "ahh. Well have you come up with a background and history?"
Maximillian shakes his head. "Just me explaining what TP meant.
Siria says, "i havean inkling"
Jueann says, "We'll get to that in a moment"
Deliarra says, "Some ideas, but I want to be completely sure before I write it out. "
Jueann says, "There are some no no's in background. You can't be someone famous, or be descendant from someone in the books. or a Lord Holder."
Maximillian snaps his fingers. "Darn."
Siria grins
Deliarra phhbt's. So much for one of her "brilliant" ideas..
Maximillian was actually kidding..:>
Siria says, "Am I the only one without "great" ambitions?"
Jueann says, "You can't be from Ruatha Hold or Benden, we aren't allowed."
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "What we're looking for is avoiding the kinds of things that will get you in a fight with other people over status."
Deliarra grins wryly. "Probably, Siria. ;o)"
Loren peers. "I also heard it's kinda bad to have a rilly angsty history like 'my parents died in a devestating rockslide when I was all young and vulnerable'.. mine's just 'my mom died in childbirth, my dad got depressed, he recovered, we moved to Tillek'. In a lot more words, of course." ;>
Jueann says, "Jueann only had one goal and that was to be a harper"
Tsi shakes his head. Nun-uh, he's just plain old him.
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Generally the kinds of things to avoid are "being related to famous book characters" and "having status that has not yet been earned""
Siria says, "that seems acceptable"
Jueann says, "Loren, actually, having a normal background and history is the exception. People like having slightly angst backgrounds for some reason"
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Angst gets really old pretty quickly... and is generally pretty rare in book characters."
Siria grins
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon nods, "While characters do exist taht are children of current Lord HOlders, that's because the LH chose to have the child, and chose the player, etc.
Maximillian thinks it would be okay to be an orphan, as long as you don't make it the crux of your existence, i.e. mentioning it every five minutes.
Deliarra says, " What exactly /is/ angst? "
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Also note that you cannot have genetic diseases."
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Angst is excessive use of negative drama."
Deliarra ooh's.
Jueann says, "I don't know how many times, I did an interview for the harpers and I get a sob story how my fatner/uncle/mother/aunt abused me, wouldn't let me do what I want."
Maximillian writes tha down. "Good definition Shirgall."
In a caricature of Shirgall, the daemon nods. Had a decade to whittle it down to that.
Tsi says, "does mental deficiency count as genetic disorder?"
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Generally, yes, if it's genetic in origin."
Tsi says, "oks."
Maximillian is guilty of having an angsty backstory to a former Alt.
Jueann nods. "And if you have plans for Search and be a rider, you have to be in perfect good health with no defects.
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Some people are slow, but are productive, they won't be disallowed."
The daemon speaks in Azae's voice, "If you got dropped on your head too many times as a baby, genetics had nothing to do with it."
The daemon speaks in D'thon's voice, "Thank you, Shirgall. I try."
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "But birth defects were removed from the bloodline by Kitti Ping... and there is not enough radiation here to produce throwbacks in only 2500 years."
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "They would be rarities, and we like to avoid rarities as they are often a status symbol."
Loren hrms. "My only defect is I'm short and I'm warped.. well, short as Loren and warped as an alt. But aren't defects kind of rare on Pern? What with the way the Ancients made sure to choose.. like.. non-defected people? Or something?"
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon nods, "Also watch out for being really skilled at something. My char might be one of the best with a knife on the game ICly atm... but I've been working on that for 4-5 RL years to get that good.
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "We want folks to be outstanding for the role-playing, not their ability to choose unusual backgrounds."
Jueann says, "Right! "
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon nods to Shirgall, "That's a great way to put it."
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "4-5 RL years is, after all, 20 IC turns."
Jueann says, "Anything else, we have to move on to tp's"
Maximillian grins. "How long does it take to get eyes that pierce your very soul?" ;>
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon nods to shigall, "True. Also, one of my favorite types of RP is where my char is defficient.
Jueann says, "Thanks Shirgall"
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "don't forget to know where your char is sub-par. That's _fun_ to rp."
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Soul-piercing eyes are reserved for wizards."
Maximillian laughs.
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "`shirgall and the guards."
Jueann says, "Ok, anyone know what tp's are?"
Siria grins
Maximillian says, "TinyPlots!"
Deliarra says, "oh yes, how do you do that 'the daemon speaks in %N's voice' thing?"
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "Every camper knows that TP is "toilet paper". A vital supply."
Deliarra says, "sorry, off the subj. "
Jueann says, "addcom hl=Hell"
Jueann chuckles at Shirgall and tp's hisoffice. "Actually tp means tiny plots
Siria says, "WHatwould that be?"
The daemon speaks in Shirgall's voice, "If you were writing anovel, you'd call them subplots. Little stories within the story."
Jueann says, "Tiny plots or tp's are organized role-playing that's planned and can happen over several days or weeks. The cycle of Search is a tp. Planning a Turn Day party or a Gathering is a tp."
P> Siria says, "thank you"Deliarra says, "What's an area leader? "
Jueann says, "Area Leaders are staff people for a certain area. Evan is an area leader for the Smiths or CraftMaster."
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "and Jue is for the harpers."
Deliarra says, "oh. "
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "atleast, I think she is?"
Jueann says, "Dee is the area leader for Ista Hold, Natch is the area leader for Gar. No Evan, Katja is"
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "damn rotating leaders. :P"
Maximillian says, "Better than revolving ones. "
Jueann chuckles. Tp's can be fun but they can be a pain. Alot of times, people don't think them through or it gets away with them.
Loren peers at Max and attempts not to make bad jokes about Clue.
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon notes that area leaders are an OOC thing, not IC.
Jueann says, "Right. Area Leaders are Game Staff members."
Jueann says, "Anyone know the difference between ic and ooc?"
Maximillian is a bad joke.
Siria says, "umm... I have to go, is there anything else you are going to discuss?"
Jueann says, "I;m logging"
Siria says, "in character and out of character"
Jueann says, "right."
Siria waves
Deliarra says, "I gg, bye all people! "
Siria is off to piano, uhg
Jueann says, "Angst tp's can be fun but more over they are a trouble. People come here to have fun and not have to deal with negitive role-playing"
Jueann says, "Can anyone give me a reason why?"
Maximillian grrs. "In the past I have had really bad angst on here."
Loren isn't sure if she knows or not.. it gets foggy sometimes on that little line. "Yeah.. like the avalanche TP up at HRW? And DaMove when it first got started? Kinda angsty, with Lara dying, but still kinda fun, too? ..oh, me too. I'm guilty of it myself, unconciously, sometimes."
Maximillian says, "We have enough angst in RL!"
Jueann says, "Angst happens. We all know it and can't get away from it. But it's frown on here because this is a game. People come here to relax and forget rl."
Loren also attempts not to make bad jokes on forgetting RL. Forgive me; I just ate a package of Cadbury eggs.
Jueann says, "role-played Suicides, rape, incest and child abuse are grounds for getting you kicked off the game."
Maximillian would suggest letting others know you are planning on being angsty in advance. Nothing screws up one's day like having bad stuff dropped on their head.
Maximillian had someone announce that they were having his character's child and had a rider bring them between.
Jueann says, "Plan and get the necessary approval."
Loren nods. "I once had a person request a history from me (why people like my spam, I have no idea..) and when I got it, the first line was 'my parents died in a mudslide when I was young and vulnerable and I was traumatized for life'. Esh."
Jueann says, "And think of what's going to happen after the tp is over. If you are hurt, plan to spend time with the healers. Don't go from a broken leg to all better in a day."
The daemon speaks in Azae's voice, "And always, always ask permission from the healers first. There's nothing like logging on to find out you've got to treat somebody for a concussion or whatever."
Jueann says, "And if it's hurt angst, please please get healer permission first. They like to rp as the next person but giving them no warning that you are hurt isn't fun. They do have the right to say no. And they do get upset if you do use an npc"
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "oh my yes. ALWAYS ask a healer for help _before_ the injury. Same with the guards if it's a fight/etc."
Jueann says, "The same with the guards. Dee will tell you that she hates being paged, 'btw there's a fight in the Mug."
Maximillian nods and has been there..:<
The daemon speaks in Dee's voice, "very correct"
Loren blinks. "Oh. Thought you meant there /was/ one.. yes, me and a friend of mine have been provoke a lot.. mostly by people being all sexist-ish. Eck."
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon grins to Dee, "One of these days I'm going to be evil and start tieing up your guards until you have no guard force b/c they can't move.
Maximillian was RPing with some twinkish types and as a result got in trouble with Dee when a proublem brewed.
Jueann says, "If you want to use an npc healer, get healer permission first. They are a bit touchy about it. Same as a harper npc. We worked hard getting these knots and your role-playing a puppet in their place is fustrating and a slap in the face"
In a caricature of Dee, the daemon chuckles evilly at Evan.
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "it'd be a good training exercise."
Loren hides from twinks. "They tend to be psychic-ish, and problems arise when my alt's IC twin starts in on 'Great Faranth, you're a mindreader'. Even if I tell him they don't exsist on here." Eh.
Loren blinks. "I mean, they tend to say they know your name 'fore you say it. Some twinks are sweet, though."
Maximillian has an alt that is not very active anymore because of them.
Jueann says, "The best way to get labeled a twink is to ignore set guidelines on fairness."
In a caricature of Evan, the daemon nods, "My pet peeve is when people come up to my char "Hello Evan, Mr. craftMaster Sir." When they 1) don't know my name and 2) have no way to know I'm a Smith, much the less a craftmaster.
The daemon speaks in Evan's voice, "the same is true of any name/rank. Check to make sure someone is wearing a knot. :>"
Loren was a twink, once. A long long time ago.. Desh. Reminds me of Star Wars. Eeeh. Gotta run.. I'm full of bad puns tonight, and I don't want to torture anyone. Bye now!
Jueann says, "ok any questions?"
Maximillian shakes his head. "I was just geting a refresher here."
Tsi says, "Don't think so...."
Jueann says, "Remember, this is a family moo. Keep that in mind, when youplan a tp."
Jueann says, "ok, any questions before I dismiss?"
Tsi shakes his head. "Thank you."
Jueann says, "I hope you learnt something."
Maximillian grins and shakes his head. "No, it was quite informative! Thanks!"
Jueann says, "Be sure to look on my website for other logs on New Player Lessons"
Tsi nods. learned about angst, tps, twinks.... yep, did learn.
Maximillian waves and heads out.
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