Can Paul make a PM Anonbot?

This is tricky! I'm trying to think of the best way to go about this

H'okay, I've been reading through this thread periodically, but I haven't had access to a computer with internet access until just now, but I'll just say quick that I've done (and hosted) this exact sort of thing quite a few times. I'll try and show up at some point tonight and give y'all a basic rundown of how I've seen it done - obviously we'd have to make a few changes to accommodate the specific challenges of this community, but I think that it's totally doable, and shouldn't even be that difficult.

I wouldn't mind doing user created characters. A lot more interesting backstory available then my backstory would be.

I like it. I want in.

I wish I had time to do this but I don't. I'll enjoy watching your efforts though.

im in.......... HA

dont know what i just signed up for but im in

Nah! :D

hosting off-site solves all problems...and if you make a bookmark next to FE you cannot NOT click on it once or twice a day and possibly become inactive

Okay, so, I'm in the middle of my honeymoon, but here's a basic rundown of how I've seen this sort of thing done. I'm sure that some of this would be extraneous, but I figure I might as well give you the whole shebang and we can tailor it to our specific needs.

The story's author generally posts a prologue on the forum, giving the audience and writers a sense of how the story is going to look. (What universe it's set in, what the main plotline is, how the characters conceivably got where they are, etc.)

After this, all users of the forums are invited to send in applications for characters who fit into the story's universe, generally consisting of Name, Gender, Species (if applicable), Age, Occupation, Physical Description, and Character Traits. If we're playing as people (and I assume we are) there should also be a picture. Along with this, writers send in a 200-500 word sample of writing, basically a scene showing the audience how the character interacts with others and introducing their main character dynamic. (This should essentially be chapter one of your character's story, so don't reveal all of their secrets or anything like that.) If we wanted to do a more thorough thingamajig, I would recommend reading this for a general idea: http://londonsfallen.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=acceptedhuzzah&action=display&thread=7506&page=1

Once the deadline for applications has passed, the hosts would sit down, read through every single application, then choose the top nine or ten, and those characters become the main characters in the story, and take over the plotline from there on in. (Alternatively, the hosts sometimes have categories, with keywords like "Dancer," "Drunkard," or "Thief," etcetera, and the authors tailor their characters towards one of those keywords. The hosts then pick the top three for each category, and the audience votes on which of those three should participate in the story. If the same author wins multiple categories, they choose which character they play as, and the second-placer joins the cast instead.)

Obviously, since we're doing this in a bit more of an everybody-can-join format, that step is unnecessary.

The host creates a forum, which only player characters have posting permissions for. There are subforums for each round, and each story post is put up in a new thread.

There should also be a separate forum just for authors to discuss plotlines and plan the story. (I've seen other RPs try to do this via Skype, and it was an incredible hassle, and completely screwed authors who weren't online during critical plot discussions.) That way, authors can be like, "Oh, hey, I had this great idea about how your character and mine can interact, what if we tried this?" It's also a good idea to post drafts of your writing, and wait for the approval of anybody else's character that appears in your post, so that if you're getting something wrong, or you have major spelling/grammar errors, other people can give you advice and help you out. There's a bit of a wait between posts because you have to get approval from other authors, but it's not as bad as havng to wait for a moderator's approval, but since you know what other people are writing before they post it, you can get started on your post ahead of time.

Then with the voting, pretty much the "PM your vote to the host" format is the way to go.

Rob writing stories on FE during his honeymoon? Everything ok? (:

Hi here I am ready to get my nails did and kill a few tryhards

(Count me in! :) )

COOL

We can begin to start sorting this out better in like...two weeks? ish?

What's a good, rough start time for people? This shouldn't take up too much time while it's running but still, lemme know

I like that it's contribute as much as you want because schedules fluctuate and stuff. UR AWSOM. And IDC. It's summer break for me so obviously I'm not doing much. Dunno about the others but they prolly have jobs or something lame like that. Any time is fun time