Thaddeus N. Banner
Hufflepuff-Student 
7th Year
Some say the world will end in fire; some say in ice.
Posts: 72
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Post by Thaddeus N. Banner on Sept 18, 2011 0:15:47 GMT -5
I'd like to organize a mass role-play on the forum, something everyone can participate in. It could be as simple as a classroom activity or as complex as a battle scenario.
Also there are a few questions I have regarding HP cannon. Are we running along the same timeline as the books? If so, following that logic, Harry Potter is currently thirty-one years of age. I assume these characters all still exist in the world we play in? Is The Boy Who lived still famous? Is Voldemort still dead?
Discuss!
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Ursula Bennett
Instructor 
Muggle Studies
Ancient Runes
Hufflepuff HOH
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Post by Ursula Bennett on Sept 25, 2011 13:12:50 GMT -5
I doubt it will be that simple to engage everyone in one role play. Thus the options of all the open rooms. Right know there is a conflict plot starting if you are following up with the Sanctuary thread. It is obvious that yourself and Eli are doing majority of the posts which is great to see the character development between your two love birds form. Be patient. We need more players to get involved so we are recruiting new students to come in. As far as the time line I am not sure of the actual sequence.
Oh and it is so difficult to get everyone to enjoy the same thing without any problems or drama. We cannot really start classes yet due to enrollment as well as all the professors are not ready with their classes. Such as we have a new DADA's professor, and not all the students signed up for classes yet. -Shrugs-
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Post by Carrigan O'Hare on Sept 25, 2011 18:20:09 GMT -5
I would like to chime in that something really should be started on the forum. As of the moment, its rather dead with only a couple of personal roleplaying going on. This most likely due to some set back with one of the admins having real life problems. The truth is, the forum does need a spark of life to get at least something going.
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Post by Bee McCallister on Sept 25, 2011 18:32:14 GMT -5
I think that everyone needs to be more aggressive with asking others for roleplay. I know I haven't been around in quite some time, but I expected much more activity to have gone on that what occurred.
Let's mingle!
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Post by Carrigan O'Hare on Sept 25, 2011 20:41:15 GMT -5
Just exactly is the plan for that? |
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Post by Bee McCallister on Sept 25, 2011 20:55:49 GMT -5
Carrigan,
I don't know! Open threads! Ask people to roleplay with you? It seems like there's a lot of talk that the forum needs to be more active, but not a lot of action.
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Post by Nepharet on Sept 25, 2011 21:07:54 GMT -5
Thank you, Ursula, for addressing some of these concerns.
Thad,
As all of the above have stated, it appears like a mass roleplay function is not really possible at the moment. Once classes begin these opportunities will arise. However, until then couples and small group threads will most likely remain. I do encourage you to recruit, though! Nothing can stir things up for larger roleplay groups like getting more people on the forum. I am trying to keep up with profiles and such as they are submitted, but I am only one person and exceptionally busy lately, too.
Now, for your question on canon characters. We are following the books, so yes, the timeline has remained. As far as I'm concerned Harry is still famous; he is, after all, no one hit wonder. However, I think he is seen more as a legend than a Lockhart. As Ursula mentioned, we do have some other plots going on, so it's safe to consider Voldemort completely and irrevocably dead. But until further notice, the canon characters are not options for roleplaying characters.
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Post by Carrigan O'Hare on Sept 25, 2011 21:36:26 GMT -5
First, I apologize Bee. I didn’t mean my statement to be directed in that way. Rather, what I was expressing at is how someone should mingle with other people? I personally come from RPs that people, upon joining them, generally know who they could/would roleplay with. You don’t have to randomly message someone and than have to figure out exactly why the hell your talking with the person.
But the true reason to call for action on a global board scale is because at the moment, there is no difference with roleplaying on this board and doing something on a YIM chat. Although, that is where, I believe, the forum has evolved from. Instead of having mini storylines that have no harmony with each other. It would be nice to give what little of a player base we have, an actual feeling like we belong to the same board. Otherwise, why did we all take the time to make character sheets for?
Also, sadly, roleplay just doesn’t come from having more people. If anything, just because we get more people it would not transition the board away from just hub where mini storylines happen. Besides, how are you suppose to advertise for a board that has no activity? At the moment the only thing I could say is…
Hey man, I got this great Harry Potter board for you to join. I mean, there is like two threads going on and no classes going on at the moment. But you can make your character and when some roleplaying starts you’ll be all set to maybe find something going on.
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