Post by Genkaku on Oct 18, 2009 17:08:09 GMT -5
Thought since I have had a chance to talk to several players and the mod there I'd post some thoughts:
Canon Focused.
It is almost entirely focused on reworking the story via canon chars, there is nearly no room or want for customs really and it seems more an avenue for people to be fanboys and play the big names.
Afterall even in the RP profile (/whois BleachRP) it says
"Custom characters are not just misc Shinigamis or humans but characters that are more devolped."
which implies that you cannot make a shinigami or human or anything really without being more developed? Which leaves it way to open effectivly meaning the admin decides if your char can play and is developed to what they want. Fair but also effectivly forcing you toward their canon chars.
Even in discussion about creating a custom it became painfully obvious that the custom char must be horribly hamstrung. Humans not being able to see spirits, shinigami FRESH from academy, no arrancar and all vizard spots taken (suprise suprise?) one of which by a shinigami/quincy AND an enhanced human? Where are these standards being placed?
What is the point of making either then? You're effectivly put in a worthless role if ANY of the mass of canon chars feels like picking on you, let alone you have really no part in the mass RP of canon characters.
What would a fresh shinigami be doing running around with captains and lieutenants? They wouldn't hell even the lower seats don't for the large part of the ENTIRE ANIME.
What is there to do for a lower shinigami then? Be the bitch of a canon.
Wait you could make a quincy or human? Well you'll have to start at the beginning with THOSE too most likely.
Human unable to see spirits, well that makes for alot of RP doesn't it?
Starting quincy? What are you gonna do? Shoot hollows and chased around by Mayuri to be violated?
As a whole that aspect feels horribly arbitrary whether you're liked or not by the admin.
There is also no power gauge and it definately feels like even the 'freedom of canons' and let the canon players feel awesome is completely locked down in that:
"As well some major events must but the way to go about them is more flexible. For example: The fight between Ichigo and Zaraki must end with Ichigo wins but how it leads up to it, is up to the players"
I don't understand this part, what is the point of playing a character if you MUST have the end result of things occur in a certain fashion? So you're saying that should Ichigo IC and Zaraki fight that Ichigo must win regardless. What if the ichigo player is a bad RPer? Or wants to lose the fight for RP reasons, or cannot think of a suitable counter or block or anything to an attack?....Apparently that doesn't matter and Zaraki MUST lose.
As a whole I look forward to Aftermath eventually being opened so that we can have a bit more flexibility and less canon crap clogging up RP.
Canon Focused.
It is almost entirely focused on reworking the story via canon chars, there is nearly no room or want for customs really and it seems more an avenue for people to be fanboys and play the big names.
Afterall even in the RP profile (/whois BleachRP) it says
"Custom characters are not just misc Shinigamis or humans but characters that are more devolped."
which implies that you cannot make a shinigami or human or anything really without being more developed? Which leaves it way to open effectivly meaning the admin decides if your char can play and is developed to what they want. Fair but also effectivly forcing you toward their canon chars.
Even in discussion about creating a custom it became painfully obvious that the custom char must be horribly hamstrung. Humans not being able to see spirits, shinigami FRESH from academy, no arrancar and all vizard spots taken (suprise suprise?) one of which by a shinigami/quincy AND an enhanced human? Where are these standards being placed?
What is the point of making either then? You're effectivly put in a worthless role if ANY of the mass of canon chars feels like picking on you, let alone you have really no part in the mass RP of canon characters.
What would a fresh shinigami be doing running around with captains and lieutenants? They wouldn't hell even the lower seats don't for the large part of the ENTIRE ANIME.
What is there to do for a lower shinigami then? Be the bitch of a canon.
Wait you could make a quincy or human? Well you'll have to start at the beginning with THOSE too most likely.
Human unable to see spirits, well that makes for alot of RP doesn't it?
Starting quincy? What are you gonna do? Shoot hollows and chased around by Mayuri to be violated?
As a whole that aspect feels horribly arbitrary whether you're liked or not by the admin.
There is also no power gauge and it definately feels like even the 'freedom of canons' and let the canon players feel awesome is completely locked down in that:
"As well some major events must but the way to go about them is more flexible. For example: The fight between Ichigo and Zaraki must end with Ichigo wins but how it leads up to it, is up to the players"
I don't understand this part, what is the point of playing a character if you MUST have the end result of things occur in a certain fashion? So you're saying that should Ichigo IC and Zaraki fight that Ichigo must win regardless. What if the ichigo player is a bad RPer? Or wants to lose the fight for RP reasons, or cannot think of a suitable counter or block or anything to an attack?....Apparently that doesn't matter and Zaraki MUST lose.
As a whole I look forward to Aftermath eventually being opened so that we can have a bit more flexibility and less canon crap clogging up RP.