5tar
Active Member
Over a year ago I had made my way into StarArmy.com, when I arrived the first time I was amazed at the quality and quantity of the writing here. Actually I was intimidated, I wasn't confidant enough to join the likes of SARP, and so I had gone on to other things. But this site still lingered in my thoughts, I was more than intrigued, I was inspired. Days past, and still I would wander back to the forums to check what was new-- to imagine a character what I could play in the elaborate worlds the people of this site had created.
Then one fateful day, I had submitted my first character. Then after a lot of debate and conversation, he was accepted. That was Sumaru, a nobody who had became the samurai guardian against all odds for the princess of his heart. I spent many days here, role-playing on many different plots and ships-- but as I played in those, I already had my own ideas and concepts collecting in the back of my mind.
It was going to be a plot where the players were the main focus, where I could create a world around them and it didn't matter the size of that world, they still wouldn't be lost to the wash of NPCs and numbers. This ship sat for the longest time in the back of my mind, and each JP I attended, every day I checked the SP boards, it grew more and more. Then one fateful day, I had spoken with Wes-- I told him I was ready to take on my own ship.
This ship had to be able to protect my players and their creations, but not hog the spotlight away from them. So I had chosen something that I was told no one had done before, I decided to take on a repair ship large enough to eat most Yamataian ships. People thought I was crazy, I agreed with them-- and still do. So once I had picked it out, its name and got everything lined up, I started looking for players.
The first group of players were amazing people; some of them are still with us. We started out with a bang, in our first mission we joined up with another plot and played out a epic battle and had a great time-- people came back every night for the next JP. It was exciting to see that my plot already was becoming the creature I wanted it to be.
It's been a year since our first post, and I can truthfully say that the YSS Senbu has been everything I've wanted and more. My main focus has always been my players, and even though many have come and gone it's always been that way. I don't think I could have made it this far without the wonderful people I have in my plot, with all the people who made it possible for this little dream to flourish-- the good and the bad. I'd like to thank everyone who's ever been a part of the Senbu, and the people who read it and support us. The Senbu wouldn't be the same without you guys.
So, I just wanted to put this here in celebration of the first year of one of the best plots in StarArmy.com history. To the memories past, and the many ones of our future-- happy birthday Senbu!
Then one fateful day, I had submitted my first character. Then after a lot of debate and conversation, he was accepted. That was Sumaru, a nobody who had became the samurai guardian against all odds for the princess of his heart. I spent many days here, role-playing on many different plots and ships-- but as I played in those, I already had my own ideas and concepts collecting in the back of my mind.
It was going to be a plot where the players were the main focus, where I could create a world around them and it didn't matter the size of that world, they still wouldn't be lost to the wash of NPCs and numbers. This ship sat for the longest time in the back of my mind, and each JP I attended, every day I checked the SP boards, it grew more and more. Then one fateful day, I had spoken with Wes-- I told him I was ready to take on my own ship.
This ship had to be able to protect my players and their creations, but not hog the spotlight away from them. So I had chosen something that I was told no one had done before, I decided to take on a repair ship large enough to eat most Yamataian ships. People thought I was crazy, I agreed with them-- and still do. So once I had picked it out, its name and got everything lined up, I started looking for players.
The first group of players were amazing people; some of them are still with us. We started out with a bang, in our first mission we joined up with another plot and played out a epic battle and had a great time-- people came back every night for the next JP. It was exciting to see that my plot already was becoming the creature I wanted it to be.
It's been a year since our first post, and I can truthfully say that the YSS Senbu has been everything I've wanted and more. My main focus has always been my players, and even though many have come and gone it's always been that way. I don't think I could have made it this far without the wonderful people I have in my plot, with all the people who made it possible for this little dream to flourish-- the good and the bad. I'd like to thank everyone who's ever been a part of the Senbu, and the people who read it and support us. The Senbu wouldn't be the same without you guys.
So, I just wanted to put this here in celebration of the first year of one of the best plots in StarArmy.com history. To the memories past, and the many ones of our future-- happy birthday Senbu!