Well, after finishing up with 'The White Feathers Directive', Jo' suggested starting up a new RP, and I suggested making it a completely new setting, separate from White Feathers.

Here's where we can throw around ideas and see what emerges.

Is there anything in particular that anyone wants to try - a particular theme or setting or storyline? Feel free to speak up!

Are lightsabers allowed?

SOUNDS FUN!!! Oh, wait...I don't like the idea of George Lucas suing us for using one of his trademarked items. Still, something in space could be good. Like, it could take place far in the future, on the first out-of-solar system colonized planet.

Yes, it occurred to me that you were itching for a Star Wars RP, but I thought you've participated in Star Wars RPs elsewhere, from what you've said?

I agree with Ifrit that using the Star Wars setting would be limiting in several ways. There's just so much established continuity and backstory and setting detail that it seems to me like it would be a lot of hard work trying to make our RP 'authentic', unless we deliberately toss out a lot of that baggage and try to start from first principles.

But we could probably work those details out, if we wanted to. And I don't mind the idea of a science fiction setting in general, if Arch agrees. (Arch has said he's going to participate too.)

Won't happen. You are free to do anything with Star Wars as long it's non-profit. Look at all the Star Wars Fan films. They have permission to use the music, the logos the characters etc... They're just not allowed to sell their films on DVDs or make any merchandise that has SW stuff on it etc.

No. There is an actual German SW Forum for 'Roleplaying', but it's a misnomer: it's like your 'installments', which I am not too fond of.

That's Darkling for you ~q: Some tend to go for the main characters and then of course turn the whole story upside down.

I mainly like the universe. You have places to go to and you dont have to explain them to anyone. Either you look it up, or ppl know it. You have spaceships, there are pictures and tech descriptions of them everywhere. Same for races, droids and weapons. You have systems and organisations you can use and play along with. It doesn't have to be overly correct. Personally, I would stay away from the main cast anyway.

Ah, I see - it's more of a storytelling forum than a roleplaying forum.

I don't want to get too far into the Star Wars thing without Arch putting in his two cents, but I wouldn't want to involve the main characters either. There could be cameos or mentions of them, but I just think that those characters have already had way too many stories told about them. There doesn't seem to be much of interest that we could do with them.

Having said that, I'm still open to other ideas, too. Having the RP being based on Star Wars isn't a foregone conclusion.

Well, Science Fiction is one of my favorite genres (the other being Fantasy, LOTR and Forgotten Realms kind of stuff). Not particularly Star Wars or anything, just SciFi in general. I could go with a Star Wars setting, as long as we're not referring to specific Star Wars people and places too much...

So we have four players? Everybody happy with sci-fi? If so are we going for an original universe, or e.g. the SW universe?

What will be the exclusions?
- school girls?
- persocons?
- pseudo self-confident mothers?
- smooth teachers?
- video game shops?

^_~

I want to try something new and play a teenage padawan who falls in love with her protocol droid! I've never done anything like that before!

Science fiction is fine with me. Much like Arch, I have no objections to using the SW universe but I don't want to get bogged down in the details either. I would rather keep our action smaller and localised, based around a particular set of characters on a particular planet (or in a particular star system). They can move around eventually, of course, but I wouldn't want the RP to be 'galaxy-spanning'.

As always, my interest would be in the characters and their relationships, more than plot or action.

Now there's an image!


Yeah, me too. Plus, it would probably be very difficult to convincingly describe an action scene. But then again, that could also be another challenge

No 'school girls' and no 'persocons' - and esp no golden protocol droids! Or my focus will be on killing your characters and their relationships =D ~With~ a light saber! Preferably of red colour ~q:

It's not that difficult, just different in that you can't - or should not - overly control other player's characters. One rather initiates a happening and let's the other react to it.


So what are we going to do in the 'new' RP?

Well, I guess the most pertinent question at the moment is 'Star Wars - yea or nay?'. Each of us should get a vote.

I abstain because I don't mind either way. I'm not dying to do a Star Wars RP, but I don't object to the idea either. (If the vote somehow becomes deadlocked, I'll offer my opinion later.)

I vote nay.

Let's be honest: I'm a nerd. A totally huge mega-nerd and super-geek that is plain in love with the Star Wars universe. I see myself being very nitpicky about how anyone does this Star Wars roleplay, especially since I'm very knowledgeable about pretty much all the standard and extended universe content. I think it's just too rich of a fiction to go and roleplay in it, unless you all want to hear me complain about every little mistake I might feel you made . If that's the case, then go right ahead. Otherwise, keep the Sci-Fi, lose the SW.

Well, what do you think you'll be particularly nitpicky about? We don't have to involve the main Star Wars characters in our RP. Or is it more that you'll be picky about our use of the technology and locations, and so on?

I'm just saying there are ways we could avoid doing things that wouldn't sit right with one of us.

Just make sure that non-clone Stormtroopers notoriously do not hit anything but walls.

If SW I'd prefer that our RP takes place somewhere in the time during the 6 official movies. I am not particularly fond of the so-called 'expanded universe'.