Good stuff as always. I have a thought on the in-character segment proposal, assuming the discussions are still open in this regard.
I completely agree with you in relation to an "in-character" segment not being that great of an idea. That type of thing came up during the thread on voice communication and most people agreed it just lead to increased problems. But there is a way I can think of to hit something similar.
Pretty much everyone is familiar with the concept of books on tape. What if the various guilds were encouraged to submit either a thread from their forums or a story style write-up of an event they held that could be read in that regard? It would give a feel for the type of RP the guild in question uses and might help bring in new members as well as maybe going some ways towards achieving the goal of having an in-character statement that was requested. There would need to be a minimum and maximum length of course, as well as possibly some restrictions on content. Submissions could be evaluated and selected by those running the podcast (as putting it to a public vote runs the risk of the larger guilds running roughshod over the smaller ones simply due to the likelihood of people voting for the story that came from their own guild). Of course *cough* someone would be needed to fulfil the role of narrator *cough* and in the event *cough* someone from the guild in question either isn't available or doesn't want to play that role should their piece be selected *cough* I woud be happy to offer my smooth, soothing English tones for the task. Cough.
I completely agree with you in relation to an "in-character" segment not being that great of an idea. That type of thing came up during the thread on voice communication and most people agreed it just lead to increased problems. But there is a way I can think of to hit something similar.
Pretty much everyone is familiar with the concept of books on tape. What if the various guilds were encouraged to submit either a thread from their forums or a story style write-up of an event they held that could be read in that regard? It would give a feel for the type of RP the guild in question uses and might help bring in new members as well as maybe going some ways towards achieving the goal of having an in-character statement that was requested. There would need to be a minimum and maximum length of course, as well as possibly some restrictions on content. Submissions could be evaluated and selected by those running the podcast (as putting it to a public vote runs the risk of the larger guilds running roughshod over the smaller ones simply due to the likelihood of people voting for the story that came from their own guild). Of course *cough* someone would be needed to fulfil the role of narrator *cough* and in the event *cough* someone from the guild in question either isn't available or doesn't want to play that role should their piece be selected *cough* I woud be happy to offer my smooth, soothing English tones for the task. Cough.
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