(02-11-2015, 10:15 AM)Gegenji Wrote:(02-11-2015, 10:07 AM)Kage Wrote: tl;dr: I sincerely believe that if you don't want a scene of 5 people to become a scene of 30 people.... OOC communication!!!!! Especially in a place around or inside the Quicksand.
Really, I'm not surprised it ballooned out to that number. After all, everyone says to go to the Quicksand to get yourself some RP. That usually means idling around along the railing or getting a drink and hoping something pops up. Usually just someone walking up and initiating conversation with you (or, possibly, you doing that to someone else).
But have a sudden event where there's THINGS happening? EXCITING things? Rather than just the normal old "boring" RP, you've got fights and chases and the Blades/'Sworn stepping in. You can bet that people are going to try and jump on that, possibly without even trying to ask if they can step in. Or even trying to continue to participate even after being told this is a "private affair", with a few even making the valid comment that it shouldn't be done in a public place in such a case.
Basically, I would be more surprised if it DIDN'T become a cluster within short order.
Pretty much this. ...I recall witnessing a date turned into walk-up murder once. couple people at a table, stranger walked up and snapped someone's neck, and the person died. THE ENTIRE QUICKSAND ASSEMBLED and we must have had about 60 people RPing all at once. It wasn't even possible to read the chatlog.
It's one of the really cool things baout open-world RP. Everyone will find a hook when something "interesting" or massive happens. But it can get really crazy out in the open like that. There's no way to easily manage that many people, and not everyone will adhere to "this is just between us" or "please let us act out our scene because it's not going to affect your RP".Â
From past experiences, I'd say a punch or two is probably ok inside the Quicksand, but with the amount of people in there, I'd take it outside. There's a lovely exit that goes straight to an alleyway that is -wonderful- to beat people up in~
