Elite roleplay: Q&A and OOC

19 Aug 2024, 6:32pm
Being Tidally Locked is now the best euphemism to come out of any writing on this site
Thank you Vasil
19 Aug 2024, 7:20pm
… I also noticed the title of the log is the year 2383. Now that’s one long-lived memory. And almost exactly nine centuries before this idiot was born.

Jokes aside, I did just want to point that out.
19 Aug 2024, 7:34pm
Kasumi Goto… I also noticed the title of the log is the year 2383. Now that’s one long-lived memory. And almost exactly nine centuries before this idiot was born.

Jokes aside, I did just want to point that out.

Thanks. I am going to claim the problem is not my lack of typing skill, but the keyboard having dyslexia. It also seems to have a problem with the letters A and N. I am always having to make chnages.


MiseriBeing Tidally Locked is now the best euphemism to come out of any writing on this site
Thank you Vasil

You are welcome. May you have much locking of whatever type you desire.
19 Aug 2024, 7:56pm
I feel like there's an obvious - and inappropriate - joke to be made here about the proportions of my character(s, though less so in the case of my alt/Jana)
after they chose to increase them in certain specific regions.
22 Aug 2024, 9:36pm
See, having a conveniently oversized body is not always a detriment.

... you do still have to get used to not seeing your feet because you have so much mass on the chest.
04 Sep 2024, 4:01am
So, maybe it’s just me, but I am seeing a distinct pattern of people sticking around for the meltdown of Taranis from quite the variety on the spectrum (or however I should say it to make sense, my brain is basically right on the ‘shutting off to sleep’ point).

It’s of course been… well, basically six months already, but it was the only “interesting” event (from my perspective for all the wrong reasons) in these last few anyway. If you exclude humans being humans and deciding that with Thargoids on their way off the galactic stage (sort of) because they’ve had their performance*, they need to begin belittling each other again instead.

Not that I’d mind seeing the Sirius Tower(s) fall.

*Just ignore me holding up that banner of “It ain’t over till it’s over” above my head.
04 Sep 2024, 11:19am
War is not just war. Business is done, high profits are made, technology develops - and the whole thing can also serve as a good distraction to set things in motion elsewhere that are better left unnoticed by the public for the time being.

Elsewhere, a meeting concluded in an unknown place.

Finance raised a glass. “The incentive we’ve given to the independent pilots is still being eagerly accepted. Our offer of abundant materials is boosting their involvement in the fight against the Thargoids, just as we planned.”

Personnel grinned. “Who would have thought that appealing to sheer greed would be so effective?”

“Well done indeed. But what about the bad news?” Society inquired.

Exo’s satisfaction faded. “Sirius. Li Yong-Rui. He’s openly abandoned our agreement.”

“Too soon?” Infrastructure asked thoughtfully.

Exo nodded, serious. “There are already rumors that time is running out. Maybe the pilots can still learn new tricks, but even that might not be enough.”

Finance looked displeased. “And what exactly do you think they should be doing?”

Infrastructure turned, his eyes shrewd, gesturing to the open space behind him. “What I expect many will do in the coming years: embark on a long overdue exodus.”
04 Sep 2024, 12:46pm
In the far, dimmed corner, at a separate table, Grand Design smirked viciously, overhearing the conversation. On the table, right in front of them, cards were placed, but not the mere playing cards, but photos, of people, whose significance was meticulously crafted and maintained for years upon years. Yet, despite all the measures, all the strings pulled, they still looked old, dusty, neglected. Almost forgotten.

"You were right about greed," Grand Design whispered quietly. "You just have no idea how much..."

From under the coat, carefully, with the hand ever so slightly trembling in anticipation, they produced another set of photos. New. Fresh. Unpacked. And a strange looking box, which resembled those people used for gifts...
04 Sep 2024, 1:02pm
A figure of “Grand Design” does not exist… in the actual lore. I’m guessing it refers to the Powerplay portraits? (My brain doesn’t seem to find it very funny)

Though I’m not entirely sure what to make of the ‘secret meeting’ either.
04 Sep 2024, 1:17pm
Grand Design = Game Design, and, yeah, PP2.0 and its possible effect on players. With the bloody irony about even the coded-in game design being helpless sometimes.
17 Sep 2024, 1:43pm
So it’s probably weird to find the idea of sitting on somebody with an oversized backside fun, but weird is basically my MO, so…
17 Sep 2024, 8:52pm
Crap, I totaly forgot that I have unfinished log series for two months or so. Today as already late but I would like to know your opinions guys: is OK to switch from log style story (aka recorded from one main character pov) to classic novel style (more povs and actualy inputs from other persons even if they are not directly influencing main character)?
17 Sep 2024, 8:57pm
Both have their pros and cons, as I think. Generally, do what you like the most and you should be fine.
18 Sep 2024, 3:40am
But if story started as first option can I switch to other one?

Last edit: 18 Sep 2024, 5:23am
18 Sep 2024, 1:01pm
Why not? Some real books have their 'POV' switching between characters in different parts. And we aren't getting paid for it anyway, so why not to try. Maybe you'll find a nicely looking way to do it. Like, I'm currently involved in two collabs, one of which is quite classic and straightforward, but the second one has quite the amplitude of things written there, and it's so experimental that we still can't figure out how to arrange all that, we just write the thing to look at it when it's done and then think, lol.

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