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Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on May 12, 2020 19:25:02 GMT -5
I think doing it that way would end up with one person still being unhappy. I'm not quite sure I understand where you are coming from as I have never placed much importance on the leader choosing a name. Is it a power thing? I'm just struggling to understand why the name of a cat is being held to such high standards? As long as it's not crazy or unbelievable that it. It's more of a lore thing but power does come to it if the leader is also the one running the Clan. It's a nice, subtle touch. Everyone worries about their warrior name as an apprentice, so it can add to that as well. |
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Post by Leapkit on May 12, 2020 19:26:33 GMT -5
Oof finally caught up in the thread and have some Thoughts.
1. Games that promote a plot to revolve around other peoples characters sounds like a good idea on paper but I know I personally get annoyed when ANY plot spotlights too hard on a character and a free spotlight pass sounds aggrivating all the way around, especially if people are poor sports anout it, or win the spot and then ghost. Or any number of other things. Being given another character slot, art, or even maybe a fancy avatar for your clan alliance of choice to use seems more reasonable. Or just fun for the sake of fun.
2. The entire naming issue can be resolved as it comes up by talking it through. Parents of a kit that arent planning on rping the kit might pick the first name though but the rper of the cat should always be able to choose their own warrior name unless they specifically want the leader naming it.
I totally support pming the leader the name choice though so its a surprise for everyone else! I love surprises. o3o
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Post by Sand on May 12, 2020 19:27:59 GMT -5
Gonna read through about the leader naming apprentice as a warrior thing right now, but my first thought is that it shouldn't be such a huge deal. That's how I personally feel though.
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Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on May 12, 2020 19:28:28 GMT -5
I honestly think doing it with chance and screenshotting it is a good way to do it. The admin gets a say and the owner gets a say. If the owner doesn't get what they want, it was done fairly, if the admin doesn't get what they want, it was done fairly. |
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Post by 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 on May 12, 2020 19:28:38 GMT -5
Ok, I can see where you are coming from. But is that subtle touch worth possibly driving away someone who would want to join as an apprentice? I'm just not sure the pros outweigh the cons in this situation. Not to mention the fact that a leader might not want to have the job of naming apprentices either. Personally, if I were to lead a clan, would think that the rper would have a better grasp on their own character and would make a better name than I could.
I might sound like a broken record saying this, but I think simply discussing a few names between the leader and the owner of the apprentice is the best course of action. For the most part, in my experience, people come up with fine names. Names that the leader may even like.
EDIT: But yeah, I think this is over complicating things and we should probably just go with the majority vote here.
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Post by Leapkit on May 12, 2020 19:30:05 GMT -5
Ngl if i didnt get to name my own character id straight up quit the rp.
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Post by mimikyutie on May 12, 2020 19:30:26 GMT -5
The subtlety idea is something that sounds really cool in paper, but something that might be a bit intimidating/nitpicky in practice.
Quality control is an understandable thing, but if we want a bunch of people to join, there really does need to be a balance.
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Post by Sand on May 12, 2020 19:35:18 GMT -5
I think it's best we go with the vote thing. Do you guys want me to put up a poll now? Whatever has majority wins, seeing as middle ground is kind of hard to reach here for whatever reason?
99.9% of this can be solved with communication between the leader & the other parties when it comes to an apprentice becoming a warrior.
For the parents and their kits, this too can be solved by communication. Obviously if someone wants to name their kit Demonkit, it's not gonna happen.
I feel like most people are realistic with things.
As for the marking/eye color thing... who disagrees what we have on the public draft?
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Post by Leapkit on May 12, 2020 19:43:31 GMT -5
Slight switch of topic but someone brought something up earlier i think needs to be discussed: clan balancing.
I'm especially worried because I like WindClan and not many people do, or want to join it in the warrior cat rps ive seen, Thunder and River usually get big fast. (And someone else said Thunder and Shadow, which ive also seen but less often.)
In an effort to not discourage anyone from rping in the clan they want by setting a limit or closing joining, I propose we have some "NPC"/Claim a cats that can be rped by the ranking members and staff when its needed to not make it empty in case theres a battle. No one wants to be outnumbered. Those cats can also be taken by others if they like them or just want to test out the waters before joining? Theyd need clearance before just jumping in with them though.
But if you dont like that idea I guess there is always closing certain clans joining until the other clan fills up more. But i fear that might make ThunderClan on almost permanent lockdown lmao.
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Post by mimikyutie on May 12, 2020 19:45:27 GMT -5
Slight switch of topic but someone brought something up earlier i think needs to be discussed: clan balancing. I'm especially worried because I like WindClan and not many people do, or want to join it in the warrior cat rps ive seen, Thunder and River usually get big fast. (And someone else said Thunder and Shadow, which ive also seen but less often.) In an effort to not discourage anyone from rping in the clan they want by setting a limit or closing joining, I propose we have some "NPC"/Claim a cats that can be rped by the ranking members and staff when its needed to not make it empty in case theres a battle. No one wants to be outnumbered. Those cats can also be taken by others if they like them or just want to test out the waters before joining? Theyd need clearance before just jumping in with them though. But if you dont like that idea I guess there is always closing certain clans joining until the other clan fills up more. But i fear that might make ThunderClan on almost permanent lockdown lmao. It's actually an interesting idea, especially maybe making a few of those elders and such. They can be there for when the clans are emptied, and possibly be a sort of "priority" for events that'd kill off cats once the clan's population picks up a bit more? |
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Post by ☾ѕησσzє☽ on May 12, 2020 19:46:11 GMT -5
Slight switch of topic but someone brought something up earlier i think needs to be discussed: clan balancing. I'm especially worried because I like WindClan and not many people do, or want to join it in the warrior cat rps ive seen, Thunder and River usually get big fast. (And someone else said Thunder and Shadow, which ive also seen but less often.) In an effort to not discourage anyone from rping in the clan they want by setting a limit or closing joining, I propose we have some "NPC"/Claim a cats that can be rped by the ranking members and staff when its needed to not make it empty in case theres a battle. No one wants to be outnumbered. Those cats can also be taken by others if they like them or just want to test out the waters before joining? Theyd need clearance before just jumping in with them though. But if you dont like that idea I guess there is always closing certain clans joining until the other clan fills up more. But i fear that might make ThunderClan on almost permanent lockdown lmao. |
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Post by lazy penguin on May 12, 2020 19:49:29 GMT -5
I really like that idea leap! It's a nice fix to a classic problem. Speaking of windclan tho- since this is forest territories would we have the tunnelers and moor-runners factions?
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Post by Sand on May 12, 2020 19:50:27 GMT -5
Slight switch of topic but someone brought something up earlier i think needs to be discussed: clan balancing. I'm especially worried because I like WindClan and not many people do, or want to join it in the warrior cat rps ive seen, Thunder and River usually get big fast. (And someone else said Thunder and Shadow, which ive also seen but less often.) In an effort to not discourage anyone from rping in the clan they want by setting a limit or closing joining, I propose we have some "NPC"/Claim a cats that can be rped by the ranking members and staff when its needed to not make it empty in case theres a battle. No one wants to be outnumbered. Those cats can also be taken by others if they like them or just want to test out the waters before joining? Theyd need clearance before just jumping in with them though. But if you dont like that idea I guess there is always closing certain clans joining until the other clan fills up more. But i fear that might make ThunderClan on almost permanent lockdown lmao. yeah this is more important right now than the naming thing. I'm fine with the idea of adding NPCs in case a clan stays so small. But we also allow someone to make 6 characters per clan, so if someone joins WindClan with 1 clan and there's only 5 others, then the NPC idea works here. Also, if we have to close clans (temporarily or forever), we can do it. |
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Post by Sand on May 12, 2020 19:51:11 GMT -5
I love the moor-runners and tunnelers. I think we could do that, though the leader of that clan could say they brought it back X generations ago because of [reason].
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Post by mimikyutie on May 12, 2020 19:51:20 GMT -5
I really like that idea leap! It's a nice fix to a classic problem. Speaking of windclan tho- since this is forest territories would we have the tunnelers and moor-runners factions? OOh, I was wondering this too! Forgot about it with everything else going on. |
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Post by Leapkit on May 12, 2020 19:53:24 GMT -5
I havent read far enough in the books to know what either of those things are. (frun)
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Post by mimikyutie on May 12, 2020 19:55:40 GMT -5
With SkyClan, I actually had an idea for a tradition last night.
So what if there's one particularly tall tree in SkyClan territory, and there's a tradition that once an apprentice is confident enough in their climbing skills, they'll climb up into the higher branches of the tree and leave their claw mark?
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Post by Ivyfalcon on May 12, 2020 19:58:53 GMT -5
I feel like having mood runners and tunnelers in WindClan would be cool and a nice way to maybe get more people to join WindClan. It would also help to have an initial small conflict if wanted between the two groups like in Tallstar’s Revenge, just to have a unique thing going on in WindClan.
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Post by Leapkit on May 12, 2020 19:59:38 GMT -5
If we do bring it back, I guess thatll give me a reason to catch up where i left off after power of three cause im so incredibly turnt on this rp.
I will be back later im having hellacious eye strain my dudes.
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Post by mimikyutie on May 12, 2020 20:01:28 GMT -5
If we do bring it back, I guess thatll give me a reason to catch up where i left off after power of three cause im so incredibly turnt on this rp. I will be back later im having hellacious eye strain my dudes. I haven't actually read the books since The Forgotten Warrior lmao, I still keep track of what's happening though. |
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Post by ☾ѕησσzє☽ on May 12, 2020 20:02:02 GMT -5
Just look at Tallstar's revenge, that way you don't have to read too much haha, it gives enough info (: Leapkit
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Post by 𝕊’𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 on May 12, 2020 20:19:58 GMT -5
Okay I’m a little preoccupied right now so I can’t do a big post but basically, I like the ideas said earlier, especially with clan balance and stuff since that can be pretty tricky, even if most people will probably at least join 2/3 clans, so having some npcs thrown in, especially for things like battles and what not seems like a really good idea
And I am so here for moor runners and tunnelers, that added a really interesting addition to WindClan and would probably help WindClan get more joiners as well
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Post by Sand on May 12, 2020 20:31:18 GMT -5
I think SkyClan's forest info may be in one of the field guides? I found a site with PDFs from all the books including the guides. I can look through it and see if SkyClan's is anywhere in it.
Also, we have to even out landmarks for the clans. I think that can become a priority now? Unless there are rules we still need to go over.
Also also, I really like that tradition, Mimi!
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