Thank you guys for checking in, it's appreciated. Life happens, we're just going to pick up and keep going from here, it'll be fine.
That said...bear with me for a little critique, Monday-morning armchair quarterbacking, whatever you want to call it ("flagrant hypocrisy" works too because lol my history with pulling off plots is the opposite of stellar). Below is all that was stated publicly about the mechanics of the candy event. It was in the middle of the huge plot-shindig-talking-post on August 8, between two slices of metaplot:
And they'll kick off a back-burner scenario they've had of Taxon as, essentially, a 1980s morning cartoon with a candy theme. Taxon Candy Mountain. Peppermint People. Gumdrop cars.
Which is good for a teaser, gets people interested and ready for a details-filled plotting post. Except we didn't get that plotting post, we didn't know going in that characters would literally be turning into candy, we didn't know there would be impending doom that the squabbling citizens would have to band together to avert.
(And yes I know the literal candy-people thing is my particular issue but I went in expecting Strawberry Shortcake or Rainbow Brite - some ridiculous theme costuming, some silly candy-related superpowers, and maybe annoying but adorable animal companions - and instead got what was for me unplayable bodyhorror with no option but to sit it out.)
My main issue with this is it looks like some people *were* prepared, they knew what was going on and had worked out their plans ahead of time. RP is supposed to be spontaneous, yes, and there do need to be some surprises, but this was like showing up to drama class to find out half the cast was in costume and ready to go for opening night while the other half hadn't seen the script yet. I just want to reiterate the importance of OOC communication for future plots, I know there aren't many of us but it's still true that the wider the information net is cast the more of us you'll catch and the more fun we can all have together.
That aside: Jess, please please do NOT be discouraged! This was a great idea and people DID have fun with it, so take it for the learning experience you said it was and your next plot will be fantastic. Thank you for the work you put in, I'll be jumping in with both feet next time ♥
All right, I'm rested, ready to go, and it's my fourth Taxiversary today. Let's do that voodoo that we do so well~
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That said...bear with me for a little critique, Monday-morning armchair quarterbacking, whatever you want to call it ("flagrant hypocrisy" works too because lol my history with pulling off plots is the opposite of stellar). Below is all that was stated publicly about the mechanics of the candy event. It was in the middle of the huge plot-shindig-talking-post on August 8, between two slices of metaplot:Which is good for a teaser, gets people interested and ready for a details-filled plotting post. Except we didn't get that plotting post, we didn't know going in that characters would literally be turning into candy, we didn't know there would be impending doom that the squabbling citizens would have to band together to avert.
(And yes I know the literal candy-people thing is my particular issue but I went in expecting Strawberry Shortcake or Rainbow Brite - some ridiculous theme costuming, some silly candy-related superpowers, and maybe annoying but adorable animal companions - and instead got what was for me unplayable bodyhorror with no option but to sit it out.)
My main issue with this is it looks like some people *were* prepared, they knew what was going on and had worked out their plans ahead of time. RP is supposed to be spontaneous, yes, and there do need to be some surprises, but this was like showing up to drama class to find out half the cast was in costume and ready to go for opening night while the other half hadn't seen the script yet. I just want to reiterate the importance of OOC communication for future plots, I know there aren't many of us but it's still true that the wider the information net is cast the more of us you'll catch and the more fun we can all have together.
That aside: Jess, please please do NOT be discouraged! This was a great idea and people DID have fun with it, so take it for the learning experience you said it was and your next plot will be fantastic. Thank you for the work you put in, I'll be jumping in with both feet next time ♥
All right, I'm rested, ready to go, and it's my fourth Taxiversary today. Let's do that voodoo that we do so well~