Post by Mauser on Dec 23, 2006 3:03:18 GMT -5
Hey guys,
I was typing up my addition to 'Purposes' just now (despite my everlasting procrastination and all around sucky-ness), and I realized that there was something we never covered.
Every story usually has the following elements: Characters, Plot, Set (The mood, or feel, of the story.), Setting (The actualy physical setting of the story.), Theme, Point Of View, and Dialogue.
As far as this story goes, we have most of that. We've got Characters (duh), a Plot (given that it's a subjective one, but that's part of what makes an RPG an RPG, and part of what makes it fun.), a Set (due to the way the RPG works, the Set shifts depending on the situation), a Theme (a "crime fighting team of superhero teenagers" kind of DC Comic feel.), the Point Of View (a subjective, shifting one that depends on the situation), and somewhat of a Setting but not a complete one.
We have the Headquarters, and the City; but we don't actually have a location within the world of 'Purposes'. I mean, it's a given that we're on Earth, as well as it's a given that we're in the U.S. and as far as the Time goes, it's linear and ever changing due to that being the way reality actually works. What we need to clear up is where in the U.S. It seemed like we hinted at the Western U.S. at some point because we mentioned the original Teen Titans, and they're on the West Coast.
Anyway, to sum this up before I ramble any more, we need to pick the rest of the Setting (and as far as that goes, we can go ahead and choose or add any other Elements that we want or need that we don't have yet.). So, here's a thread posing the question.
Where in the U.S. do we want 'Purposes' to take place?
So, there you go.
P.S. - We can make another, more generalized thread, about any other Elements we want or need that we don't have yet. Setting was just the only thing I noticed that we were lacking in at the moment. If anything else comes up, feel free to throw that in too.
I was typing up my addition to 'Purposes' just now (despite my everlasting procrastination and all around sucky-ness), and I realized that there was something we never covered.
Every story usually has the following elements: Characters, Plot, Set (The mood, or feel, of the story.), Setting (The actualy physical setting of the story.), Theme, Point Of View, and Dialogue.
As far as this story goes, we have most of that. We've got Characters (duh), a Plot (given that it's a subjective one, but that's part of what makes an RPG an RPG, and part of what makes it fun.), a Set (due to the way the RPG works, the Set shifts depending on the situation), a Theme (a "crime fighting team of superhero teenagers" kind of DC Comic feel.), the Point Of View (a subjective, shifting one that depends on the situation), and somewhat of a Setting but not a complete one.
We have the Headquarters, and the City; but we don't actually have a location within the world of 'Purposes'. I mean, it's a given that we're on Earth, as well as it's a given that we're in the U.S. and as far as the Time goes, it's linear and ever changing due to that being the way reality actually works. What we need to clear up is where in the U.S. It seemed like we hinted at the Western U.S. at some point because we mentioned the original Teen Titans, and they're on the West Coast.
Anyway, to sum this up before I ramble any more, we need to pick the rest of the Setting (and as far as that goes, we can go ahead and choose or add any other Elements that we want or need that we don't have yet.). So, here's a thread posing the question.
Where in the U.S. do we want 'Purposes' to take place?
So, there you go.
P.S. - We can make another, more generalized thread, about any other Elements we want or need that we don't have yet. Setting was just the only thing I noticed that we were lacking in at the moment. If anything else comes up, feel free to throw that in too.
