Snippar Sol
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Post by Snippar Sol on Oct 1, 2015 14:17:22 GMT
I thought this may be cool. What if we had an alternate time line, and its own thread for it. Which also would permit Time travel even though its against the law as jaco stated. I think it would be a cool aspect of RP. To fight alternate characters that were good in current but turned evil. I think the many aspects in an alternate time zone and to travel there would open so many doors for storyline RP. Limitations on the subject however. In order to enter that time zone I would say you must buy the parts from the store. Each part of the ship sold separately. I think it would be cool if a character could go to an alternate time or back in time to change a particular event in our canon. For example when zucceta rolfstomped Arcarose. One perhaps could go back and time and prevent the tree of might or destroy the planet before she does. It would cause tension and a challenge. Of course I strongly believe in limitation. So if discussed why not. I would like like every mod admin, and or member to comment on this, perhaps we can get it approved perhaps we can forge something better. The entire concept of what ifs create interest. So it ought to be fun.
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Mayze
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Post by Mayze on Oct 1, 2015 14:33:22 GMT
Interesting idea, but it would be time consuming to set up, and difficult to keep track of.
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Snippar Sol
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Post by Snippar Sol on Oct 1, 2015 16:10:46 GMT
I think if it would be properly organized by mods and admins alike it can be regulated and be more fluid.
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Post by Hyoza on Oct 1, 2015 23:48:44 GMT
no
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Zod
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Post by Zod on Oct 2, 2015 0:18:53 GMT
gotta love Hyoza's "no." ha ha ha
basically, the administration is putting too many things into action, figuring out too much stuff, and trying to play catch up on something that basically just got out of hand. They don't have the time to impliment something that would cause numerous problems and god knows how much abuse when they are having a difficult enough time just keeping up with the regular staffing proceedures x.x Once things calm down and the site isn't getting new members by the day this might be something to look into but? I wouldn't get your hopes up.
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Snippar Sol
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Post by Snippar Sol on Oct 3, 2015 19:07:14 GMT
It was just an idea. That could incorporate more Rp. If the staff has so many pro dominant issues as you suggest. The logical course of action would to get more statf and make divisions between them. That way the work is accurately split up and things get done more effectively. I've said this many times and more. The staff cannot complain about the work load when measures aren't taken into consideration. Alas my opinion does not matter and it's off topic.
It's not like the idea does not make sense and I openly stated it can be changed. For something better.
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Post by Hyoza on Oct 3, 2015 20:01:08 GMT
There are certain jobs nobody wants to do Snippar. The divisions thing has been tried - it just leads to people getting burned out.
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Snippar Sol
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Post by Snippar Sol on Oct 4, 2015 23:43:19 GMT
Then get people whom are dedicated. I've stated many times before, I'll help out if need be and try to recruit to make a solid team. Utilize me, abuse my expertise, and if you arent happy demote me. It all about giving chances. I like results just as the majority, if I can be a mod, I'll do meh job.
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Post by Hyoza on Oct 5, 2015 5:28:40 GMT
You've been considered and decided against long ago. We didn't ignore your offer, we simply chose not to accept it.
We don't need more staff, we just need to get some stuff sorted out that is necessarily time-consuming.
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Nicolas Mclendon
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Post by Nicolas Mclendon on Oct 5, 2015 7:45:08 GMT
*ZZZZ* *POP!* I'm awake! I'm awake!
Ahem, anyway you wanna be like my boy Crono and change the future? Stop Lavos from coming out of the ground in 999 years and save th-*Smacked*
Right.
Well, while the concept of time travel has been explored multiple times in the DBZ universe I personally feel that it's not the best idea to implement into the site. Ever read "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury? The story illustrates that little changes to the past can create big differences, differences that could (and would) disrupt every character on the site. The only way something like this would EVER work is if the entire member base agreed to it because it would certainly lead to huge retcons and huge headaches if we just let people muck about freely.
There are still issues with keeping it contained to an alternate universe as well though because, again, if we allow people to muck about freely it'd be impossible to keep up with it. It'd be a clustering of different ideas and what ifs cobbled together into one universe that could lead to more huge headaches for people who might want to explore this alternate world. Not to mention, that it would most likely be messy since either we'd have multiple new categories for AU worlds or one board filled with a cluster of different threads set all over time and space.
In my humble opinion the safest/fairest/best way to do "time travel" and "what ifs" is via simulations like the room of time and space at the lookout, something that has no real baring on site events/history. Either that, or do it as a staff run saga where a 'Future Trunks' type character comes into our universe to aid us from some future threat rather than letting the players have that power to try and undo our lore. (Though that would not likely pass since the current mantra is that all sagas should be driven by the playerbase)
In summary Time Travel and Alternate Universes are cool concepts but in a big game like this I feel they can only work if they are heavily restricted/have no baring or weight to the history, or if the staff runs an event where we get a time traveler to help us from some predetermined threat.
-Gaspar
-Nicolas
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Post by Defrosch on Oct 5, 2015 8:23:57 GMT
Perfect Chrono trigger reference aside, I agree with Nic, the Pendulum Room, and things similar to it would achieve these effects nicely.
As for the timetravel plot- being run by staff or otherwise- I think it'd be pretty interesting. Perhaps that could get its own suggestion thread/poll? Sure, it might be somewhat silly and feel odd as DBZ has canonically done it, but that doesn't stop a suggestion.
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Zod
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Post by Zod on Oct 5, 2015 21:49:43 GMT
ah yes, back in the chrono age... anyways! If you really want to somehow make this work? I think you'll need to use the intersecting world theory used by Kingdom Hearts or "The Neighborhood" like in the anime World Trigger.
Kingdom Hearts- there is a single spot where all universe's intersect. Because of this, you can meet anyone at any time by first going to that location and then traversing to the time/space you are looking for.
World Trigger- all time/space floats around like a complex weave of galaxies orbiting each other on already fixed paths in fixed speeds. When one time/space gets close enough to another time/space, one can transfer to the other via something similar to a wormhole.
In both these cases, it is almost more like planet hopping than time/space traveling, but what the different worlds are like can be anything in your imagination and anywhere you can imagine... so if you wanna be a saiyan fighting side by side with cloud against sephiroth? you can do it. However, nothing you do will have any affect on the original planet you came from... aside from if that other "world" decides to go ballistic on ours because you interacted with it x.x (thanks a lot jackass)
Anything where you can alter past events or interact with cannon characters or even some minor thing that can alter the current reality will be rejected on spot. There are several reasons why but allow me to explain the biggest one in a single sentence. "But I want to be related to Goku"
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Bing Gan
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Post by Bing Gan on Oct 21, 2015 0:32:50 GMT
I would personally love to see some kind of alternate universe type of saga, perhaps a Multiverse tournament similar to that fan manga that's been running for years. I think it'd have to be staff run, with all participants writing down at least 1 alternate universe of themselves beforehand. We'd also need to make sure we don't bring too many members into it. That might seem unfair, but Id rather not have 49 players and their alternate selves running around in the same thread/batch of threads.
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Post by Letrune on Oct 21, 2015 14:54:55 GMT
A small suggestion: a side thread/playground/non-canon thread batch for such?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 16:45:56 GMT
I hate to be that guy (a lie) but I can't see that idea taking off for all the effort it'd take to implement. Nicholas has the best idea on the thing. A staff-wide agreed on future arc would be best.
Multiverse stuff really shouldn't be dabbled with, at least not until the final tiers are all reached.
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