<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=13067.msg575030#msg575030">Quote from: Reshki on 15-04-2008, 03:23:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Things I’m meh on:<br/><br/><strong>Pacing</strong>: PbP is <em>slooooow</em>!  But I knew that coming into this, and I’m learning to live with it.  I don’t see this changing anytime soon.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Yeah, it's one of my problems with PbP, and I'm dreading any combat.  :P<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=13067.msg575030#msg575030">Quote from: Reshki on 15-04-2008, 03:23:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Ignorance</strong>: Years of watching anime with my hubby, and I still apparently haven’t picked up on the general social niceties of the culture.  That’s something I can fix, to bring up to par with the rest of the group.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Most of my knowledge comes from snippets of reality shows and Anime, and some research pertaining to certain aspects like housing and schooling.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=13067.msg575030#msg575030">Quote from: Reshki on 15-04-2008, 03:23:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>So Much Stuff</strong>: So we’ve got Black Tokyo, The Palace of Desire, Ichigo’s parents, a tentacle-teacher who’s kidnapped some people from school, a mysterious bell, a noodle shack whose staff seems to know more than they should, and weapon wielding young men jumping in and out of mirrors.  And that’s not mentioning the black butterflies or the kitsune who’s been hanging around 300 years waiting for the Palace of Desire, or something like it, to show up.  Or the parentage of Masato and Hikari.<br/><br/>Whew!  That’s a lot going on.  Now, understand, I have <strong>no</strong> trouble with this.  We’ve got a nice, large cast, and there’s more than enough for everyone to do.  Nobody is sitting around on the sidelines twiddling their thumbs.  <em>This is good.</em>  But if this were the first few episodes of an OVA series, I would expect half of these things to be dumped and forgotten by the midpoint, which would annoy me a lot.  Chris, if you go all Neon Genesis Evangelion on us, I will come up to Canada and beat you with a sock full of penguin pellets.  ;)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>It would be a problem if this was an OVA series.  But I'm thinking of more of a T.V. series, or more like a Comic/Manga run where there are arcs.  Like taking Rurouni Kenshin, Dragonball Z, Naruto or Bleach, you have certain characters that show and be the 'villain' for the piece and get resolved.  And another get introduced.<br/><br/>Now, myself, I hate throwing characters one after another, it feels forced, and contrived.  There's also a sense of increasing the 'power' level.  I dislike that, but in this case, I don't need to do that because each and everyone of the PC have much more of a personal stake in this instead of having to worry about how the world is threatened once again.<br/><br/>That's not to say there's going to be no end.  One thing I learned is that every story has an end, and a good one is one that knows when to quit while it's ahead.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=13067.msg575030#msg575030">Quote from: Reshki on 15-04-2008, 03:23:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Things I’m huzzah about:<br/><br/><strong>Fun Characters</strong>:  I love everyone’s characters so far.  I’m sorry we lost Mostlyjoe’s Haruki, but the cast we’ve got is great.  I love Matt’s angry-young-man who’s gripping the ears of a tiger and holding on for dear life.  I love Ichigo’s struggling with understanding not just who she is, but what.  I ADORE Hikari, which is a great testament to her player, since I normally hate the type in anime, Fushigi Yuugi being the notable exception.  Even Sailor Moon really gets on my nerves after a while.  When I first read the character write-up, I was worried she would feel like a bad match for the game.  But the truth is, she’s perfect, and I adore her.  And her bit with Goroi is some of the sexiest RP I’ve ever read. <br/><br/><strong>Atmospheric Setting</strong>: I’m not sure how much of the game feels like Tokyo, but it does feel like an anime version of Tokyo where occult powers are lurking just around the corner.  Great job, Chris.<br/><br/><strong>BESM</strong>: Moving to this system was the smart thing to do.  It fits our style of play a lot better.  All in all, I’m a bit disappointed in the Black Tokyo book.  Like the Book of Erotic Fantasy, it’s overly heavy on mechanics, but is almost utterly lacking the proper atmosphere.  And it’s full of stuff that I’ve never seen in a hentai before, but that might just be me not having seen enough to really know.  I mean, really, where did all the scatology come from?<br/><br/><strong>Never a Dull Moment</strong>: I’ve never felt like I was twiddling my thumbs, and there was always something for Jessica to do, and always something fun for me to read from the others.  We’ve got a great group, the RP is a lot of fun, even when we’re just RPing together.  <br/><br/>So thanks to everyone for the great game, and I really can’t wait to see what comes next.<br/><br/>Moar game prz!  &gt;^.^&lt;</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Well, I'm planning to keep this going for as long as everyone is interested.