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Re: Why the heck use Real Time?
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lugnet.castle.org.cw
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Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:12:25 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.org.cw, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> Why should we use Real Time on the Isle of Mist?
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> We debated using RT from the very beginning, and finally, after giving it
> plenty of thought, we decided that it's the
> best thing to use for the Isle of Mist. Here are some reasons:
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> 1) The Isle of Mist is discovered unpopulated. The danger of using RT with
> Castle World is that people want to have
> full control over their kingdoms, which is perfectly understood. The IOM on
> the other hand is a joined effort with story
> guides - kind of facilitators on the Isle.
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> 2) The IOM is a living creation. The best thing about the Isle is that
> once it gets going, there will always be traffic.
> People will always be doing something, and with four story guides working
> independently, there will be a lot of surprises
> going on. I won't even know what's happening on 75% of the Isle. This is
> designed to provide the maximum stimulation
> and diversity for people.
>
> 3) What if I can't update? Aha - that just means we can't "Hear from you."
> Suppose you are gone for a month and
> unable to update. When the time comes to update, you just let us know what
> happened for the past month and WHY
> you couldn't update (due to heavy storms, famine, etc - be creative :) If
> major events have occured during that time,
> take it into account for the maximum effect. We'll have histories on all
> the individual map pages of the important
> events, so it will be easy to cross-reference that.
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> 4) Major events? Yeah ... these will be done just to keep the writers
> stimulated, but everything on the Isle will still be
> as much or as little as you want to make of it. Just go with the flow ;)
> Much more on that later.
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> Ok ... In this context, I really don't see any downsides to RT. It gives us
> structure, direction, and makes the IOM come
> alive. I really don't see it as limiting either - just the opposite.
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> We (Chris, myself, and the rest of admin) are very flexible and want to make
> this page the most fun for everyone, so
> if you have any thought on this, let us know.
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> -- Pawel
Nothing to add to this but a me too. Couldn't have said it better. Thanks
for clearing it up for everyone Pawel. I apologize if I was confusing
earlier; I should have made it clearer.
-Chris
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