yes, that is very helpful and i thank you for your insight, but i have a question... or set of questions... or a few sets-oh nevermind, i'll just continue.
what if noone* wants to be evil? i am VC of another guild that attracts somewhat nonviolent types, and few people are willing to even attempt maliciousness... as many reading this will agree, it is very hard to continue a story if there is no ACTIVE antagonist, no matter if there are NPCs such as monsters et al.
i have attempted to run an RP a few times which has petered out every time. the first time i was less experienced and probably didn't explain things well enough, but each time i try to learn from my mistakes and, ya know, "tighten nuts" in the story. the second time i tried was a little better, but it nevertheless failed, mostly due to a certain writer who either refused to read or else couldn't comprehend the events taking place around her character. she scared/frustrated everyone else away before i could stop her successfully and that, as they say, was that.
so then we come to the present incarnation. in this one i have a few solid characters and writers who know what's happening around them, but as i said, no villains. i had to use a mule to create a villain and, though it did seem to create a little more depth for a time, i am not of the opinion that a functioning RP has the creator working as both pro- and antagonist.
there was a guy that was about to start who i had high hopes for, but after he posted his character sheet (which we worked together to perfect) he disappeared from Gaia... i believe entirely.....
*sigh* so.. if ya have any suggestions for that sort of problem, i'd be very grateful.
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@Make, school RPs are... difficult.... i was in one for a bit that was started by a friend from a different, more successful RP and it more or less flopped simply because of the premise. (ie: it was a school for assassins. i was the poisons prof and cook incidentally.)
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*(to all you fierce literates, is it "noone" or "no one?" when i see "no one" i think "no one person ...." and less of "none")
