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FreelanceWizard · **07-15-2014, 09:01 AM**

(07-15-2014, 07:23 AM)Haeden Wrote: And we've handled the poisoning this very way because of the possible leak poisoned wells would have brought to other people RPs, which is certainly not something we want. But to state that this plot is now creating a gap in IC continuation is a statement that can only be done with a lack of information and that has everything of a calumny. I mean the first goal of this event is to bring people together, not to enforce some kind of restraining facts that you, as a player outside of the plot, has to accept to order to stay coherant regarding the current events.

First off, I want to point out that I'm speaking as me, FreelanceWizard, not as the admin of the site or anything like that. I hope people know that when I don't explicitly put on the Magic Admin Hat, I'm not speaking for anyone other than myself as a fellow player.

This is getting a bit off-topic, but since it's sort of germane to the discussion on this thread, I suppose I can speak to it. The very fact that your plot had the city wells of Ul'dah being poisoned does, in fact, create a split IC continuity. If I don't consent to that having happened, how can I RP with people who do? They'll be commenting about how quickly the city had to react to the poison, how the wells are all being drained and cleansed, how people were dying/writhing in agony/etc. from the consequences of this poisoning, and the like. The only way I can RP with them is to either accept that this poisoning happened, or call them all crazy (which isn't really fruitful RP). So, yes, I am forced to accept the plot or play in a different continuity altogether if I want to RP with the people involved in the plot -- which is rather difficult when the plot is intentionally designed to get as many people involved as possible with big, obvious events. A poisoning of the city wells is the very definition of something everyone would know about, IMO; I just can't see how the events you describe could be effectively covered up and silenced in general RP. Are the people involved truly not discussing it in public or with others not involved? Are any fights occurring not happening in public?

Now, yes, you can say this about any large-scale plot, but an FC-wide plot, for instance, is something that can be written such that it doesn't leak out of that FC. In fact, some FCs that RP that they're actually going through the main storyline ICly meticulously elide that from their RP with those outside the FC. More to the point, if I don't want to RP with one FC, it's no big deal. A large city-wide plot puts me in the position of "roll with it, or don't RP with those who typically RP there."

Regardless, I'm sure those involved are having fun, but as I said, these sorts of things are completely not my cup of tea for the reasons I've stated. A more on-topic comment I'll make on this line of reasoning is that city-wide plots and serious law enforcement RP seem to be an Ul'dah thing, and if we want Limsa Lominsa to have a different feel, we might want to try a different tack (pun intended), and that seems to be where we're going. Smile

Also, do we want to maybe split the discussion part of this thread off from the directory part?

City-wide RP plots (split from Limsa Lominsa RP Connections)

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