:!: WARNING: If you don't understand what I mean by "Touhou Meido," this plot may not be for you. :!:
The lack of MaidRPG games has been a little disconcerting, and SenbuHime (Our lovely dicebot) has been getting lonely. One of the problems is getting the same group of people together every weekend, the BESM games suffered from the same problem. So, I came up with a solution where even a GM would not be necessary for people to RP and have fun in a light-hearted atmosphere like we've had in the Maid and BESM games.
Danmaku battles.
Basically, people would get together for jeeps whenever they have time, with whoever else is available under the condition that the jeep must end by the time people need to go. No pausing and continuing later. One of the reasons for plot-staleness I've noticed is when people pause in the middle of a jeep and never pick it up again due to various issue. I myself am a horrible perpetrator of this as well. And make sure said jeeps get posted before you move on, allowing everyone to know when thing have happened. They don't have to be pretty, or even an exact log, just responding to the initial plot post with a summary of the events would be fine. Just remember that since I'll be using these to know what happens as well, that you'll want to be as clear as possible, so transcriptions are best.
The plan is for plots to go something like this: As GM, I'll post an opening thread for the story, explaining what's going on in Gensokyo for PCs to talk about/investigate and what have you. If characters know specialized pieces of information, then they'll get PMs with this information. Thus, it's up to the players to spread and find out things from each other to move the plot along. Of course, when I'm available I'll play NPCs and such to also help move the plot, and will always be available to answer PMs if people want to have their character go study in a library or whatnot to see what they can find.
The climax of the story will be delivered in similar fashion, with boss NPCs appearing for different characters and allowing multiple people to get their character-specific (or group-specific) endings for the plot.
Note that this will not be Fanfiction. People will not be playing Reimu or Marisa or what have you, neither will we be revisiting the 60-year cycle present in PoFV or dealing with the arrival of the Moriya shrine, though both events can be assumed as to have already happened.
If you're interested, Forum PM me a character sheet and we'll see about getting started. Or, come discuss character concepts with me some time on IRC. We'll use #sarp_maids and #sarpooc for IC and OOC chatter. Though, don't feel constrained if you'd rather hold one over YIM or AIM or something, it's just that those channels will have a Dicebot (SenbuHime) there for your convenience.
The lack of MaidRPG games has been a little disconcerting, and SenbuHime (Our lovely dicebot) has been getting lonely. One of the problems is getting the same group of people together every weekend, the BESM games suffered from the same problem. So, I came up with a solution where even a GM would not be necessary for people to RP and have fun in a light-hearted atmosphere like we've had in the Maid and BESM games.
Danmaku battles.
Basically, people would get together for jeeps whenever they have time, with whoever else is available under the condition that the jeep must end by the time people need to go. No pausing and continuing later. One of the reasons for plot-staleness I've noticed is when people pause in the middle of a jeep and never pick it up again due to various issue. I myself am a horrible perpetrator of this as well. And make sure said jeeps get posted before you move on, allowing everyone to know when thing have happened. They don't have to be pretty, or even an exact log, just responding to the initial plot post with a summary of the events would be fine. Just remember that since I'll be using these to know what happens as well, that you'll want to be as clear as possible, so transcriptions are best.
The plan is for plots to go something like this: As GM, I'll post an opening thread for the story, explaining what's going on in Gensokyo for PCs to talk about/investigate and what have you. If characters know specialized pieces of information, then they'll get PMs with this information. Thus, it's up to the players to spread and find out things from each other to move the plot along. Of course, when I'm available I'll play NPCs and such to also help move the plot, and will always be available to answer PMs if people want to have their character go study in a library or whatnot to see what they can find.
The climax of the story will be delivered in similar fashion, with boss NPCs appearing for different characters and allowing multiple people to get their character-specific (or group-specific) endings for the plot.
Note that this will not be Fanfiction. People will not be playing Reimu or Marisa or what have you, neither will we be revisiting the 60-year cycle present in PoFV or dealing with the arrival of the Moriya shrine, though both events can be assumed as to have already happened.
If you're interested, Forum PM me a character sheet and we'll see about getting started. Or, come discuss character concepts with me some time on IRC. We'll use #sarp_maids and #sarpooc for IC and OOC chatter. Though, don't feel constrained if you'd rather hold one over YIM or AIM or something, it's just that those channels will have a Dicebot (SenbuHime) there for your convenience.
