About AC: - Making AC stricter will only serve to make the game slow down further.
About PDAs: - The ratio of PDA posts to action posts is already too high; handing PDAs out for free may make things even more difficult for characters who don't know how, don't want to, or are physically incapable of using them. - The issue of characters who "don't know how to use them" can be addressed with a computer class, either taught by NPCs, or taught by PC volunteers who are paid a little extra. - The issue of characters without PDAs not having access to the network can be addressed with a reminder that each school has a computer lab. The schools have computer labs, you guys! -- The PDAs are more convenient, but that's the reason they cost money in the first place. - The PDAs come with a manual, right?
Other issues: - A lot of important plot things are announced ICly over the network. In many cases it may be reasonable to assume information is also spread by word of mouth, but it would be good to actually specify that that's the case. -- For example, Golbez announced the Conquest tower assault over the network, and I'd assumed the information would also be spread via word of mouth. Not everyone did, though, and so some characters who might have wanted to be involved missed out. - More class logs would be nice! Lectures aren't that great for CR, but question-and-answer sessions, time set aside before and after class to talk with the teacher, group activities, and field trips are other options. - Something I've thought for a while is that it would be nice to have a new plotting post each round. The one we currently use is always linked, but having a fresh one every few weeks would be easier for navigation, and psychologically would serve to remind people that hey, this is a thing!
Stuff from the plurk Ru made
About AC:
- Making AC stricter will only serve to make the game slow down further.
About PDAs:
- The ratio of PDA posts to action posts is already too high; handing PDAs out for free may make things even more difficult for characters who don't know how, don't want to, or are physically incapable of using them.
- The issue of characters who "don't know how to use them" can be addressed with a computer class, either taught by NPCs, or taught by PC volunteers who are paid a little extra.
- The issue of characters without PDAs not having access to the network can be addressed with a reminder that each school has a computer lab. The schools have computer labs, you guys!
-- The PDAs are more convenient, but that's the reason they cost money in the first place.
- The PDAs come with a manual, right?
Other issues:
- A lot of important plot things are announced ICly over the network. In many cases it may be reasonable to assume information is also spread by word of mouth, but it would be good to actually specify that that's the case.
-- For example, Golbez announced the Conquest tower assault over the network, and I'd assumed the information would also be spread via word of mouth. Not everyone did, though, and so some characters who might have wanted to be involved missed out.
- More class logs would be nice! Lectures aren't that great for CR, but question-and-answer sessions, time set aside before and after class to talk with the teacher, group activities, and field trips are other options.
- Something I've thought for a while is that it would be nice to have a new plotting post each round. The one we currently use is always linked, but having a fresh one every few weeks would be easier for navigation, and psychologically would serve to remind people that hey, this is a thing!
Did I miss anything?