<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157589.msg7453870#msg7453870">Quote from: vin26m on 29-12-2012, 15:03:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Part of what I think makes Firefly great is a certain level of spirituality, which both Inara (Eastern/Buddhist philosophy) and Book (Western/Christian philosophy) provided.  Without them, the crew of <em>Serenity</em> were just thugs and criminals.  Even their professions of Companion (providing companionship) and Shepherd (tending to the flock) imply a level of social interaction.<br/><br/>So I think we're really missing out by NOT having a Companion and Shepherd.  It's limiting the RP.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Joss Wheedon certainly had a good reason to include a western and an eastern mystic in his story. But having them is certainly not the<em>only</em>way you can tell a worthwhile story. And there are more mystics in the verse than just christian priests and professional concubines. Like I said, there probably is some value in offering the players a cast that is recognizably similar to Firefly and a shepard and a companion are good choices. But there<em>are</em>other options. Maybe someone will come up with a character who will surprise us...<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157589.msg7453870#msg7453870">Quote from: vin26m on 29-12-2012, 15:03:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As for a bounty hunter, I think we have enough fighters on the ship.  I don't think it would really add anything new or different (although a bounty hunter could be a source for jobs).<br/><br/>And a prospector...  I don't know what a prospector would do on a ship like <em>The Line</em>.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I was just listing people who make a living travelling from place to place. People who actually have a good reason to be on the ship. I certainly agree that shepard Book adds to the feeling of the series but, honestly, he has<em>no</em>business being on the ship<em>at all</em>. He isn't running from anyone, he isn't going anywhere and he isn't making any money. He isn't even actively trying to spread the faith. He is just a tourist letting himself be dragged into dangerous and criminal situations. So by this standard,<em>anyone</em>can be on the ship, and that's how I processed character applications so far.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157589.msg7453870#msg7453870">Quote from: vin26m on 29-12-2012, 15:03:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I just do not understand at all the need to accommodate slow players.  Whether they are slow because they choose to be that way or because of their circumstances, the show must go on.  We can't punish active players who invest a lot in a game while rewarding inactive players for being inactive.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>We all feel like some other player is draggin us down from time to time. But I<em>do</em>understand the need to accomodate slow players. I could elaborate but I will just let Caela speak for me:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Quote Caela</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157589.msg7243906#msg7243906">Quote from: Caela on 18-11-2012, 23:49:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm going to wait and see how things move once people aren't all in the same place, but if posts keep going as they are, I am going to have to bow out of this game. I just won't be able to keep up. I have a 4 year old and my work days are 12 hour shifts so when someone is talking to my character but then just moves on and posts 4+ more times (a bit exaggerated but that's the feel of it) I lose interest in responding to the original post.<br/><br/>I know it's the start of the game and everyone is excited but not all of us have ready access to be able to post multiple times on a work day. It would be nice if got a posting order up so that everyone can keep up.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div></div></div><br/>That was from about a month ago. If we hadn't made accomodations for Caela the 'slow poster' back then, then she wouldn't even be around today to be a 'fast poster' and your favorite partner.<br/><br/>The reason is simple: We are people from very different walks of life, united only in this one common interest. Life moves at different paces for each of us. And there<em>will</em>be a time when each of us slows down the play and a time where each of us waits for a post. But if you just walk all over everyone with no consideration whatsoever, people will start to quit. And in the end, it will be you playing with yourself amongst your multiple characters. If that is not an issue for you, then maybe you would be better off trying your hand at writing a novel where the empty pages only wait for you and no one else.<br/><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157589.msg7453870#msg7453870">Quote from: vin26m on 29-12-2012, 15:03:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">If I can't have full secondary characters, I'm just going to RP Sue with Sophie and Keri since I know they can keep up with me.  <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Again, I will just let the Caela quote speak for itself.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157589.msg7453870#msg7453870">Quote from: vin26m on 29-12-2012, 15:03:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">At this point, my ideal arrangement would be for me to play three characters - one to play with one of helvorn's characters, one to play with one of Caela's characters, and one to play with everyone else's characters.  Sue and Keri are an item, and Sue and Sophie have a history.  I'd like to play a Shepherd to get teased by Sophie and otherwise converse with Keri.   <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I have looked through your history as I did with everyone else who applied for this roleplay. You want to engage everyone, literally everyone, in the roleplay at once. It may work out for you, but I don't think it will for the rest of us as everyone's 'inbox' will be clogged with, well,<em>you</em>. And there have been long periods when you were busy and not available for roleplay as some people are now over the holidays. What do you think happens to the game when literally everyone is waiting for a post from the same person?<br/><br/>When I accepted you into the play I asked you to 'play nice' and let everyone have some room. I'm afraid I will have to repeat that request. If you feel underwhelmed with the posting speed here, there are many more roleplays on this site that you can join on the side.<br/><br/>Satan_Klaus