Posting Stories

Inspired by the_observerâ€s post on writing up matches (but not wanting to hijack that thread), I was wondering: would there be any interest as posting matches as short stories, rather than doing them turn-by-turn?

Obviously this wouldnâ€t be to everyoneâ€s taste, and it would change the RP dynamic quite a bit; theyâ€d essentially be collaborative short stories. Youâ€d no longer be controlling your character ‘directlyâ€, as youâ€d have to let the other player write their actions too, so I guess youâ€d be more like their agent, with more general control over what their matches would be like.

Thereâ€s a number of forms that this could take – matches could be sketched out beforehand, written up by one player then passed to the other for approval / fleshing out their own characterâ€s responses before posting. Alternatively, it could still be turn-based, with players alternately writing the beginning / middle / end of the story, resulting in longer, fewer posts (say a maximum of 7 or something). Am open to suggestions obviously.

I appreciate that this would take effort to work properly, but I can see some advantages – matches would be a lot more accessible and easier for others to read. It would hopefully improve the ‘soap opera†elements of wrestling, too – matches would have stronger narratives, and it would be easier to introduce concepts like interference, 2 v 1 beatdowns, special referees etc, which can be difficult to do through post-by-post roleplay. This is especially true of scenarios where one wrestler is helpless for a prolonged section of the fight due to a handicap or just a build up of momentum (you could have lots of chain moves without it being bad etiquette).

So... any takers? Ideas for what this would need to make it good? Or a 3,000-word essay on why longer posts wonâ€t work? I know there are skilled writers out there...

i've basically done that with Tai, except those were paid comissions... and i eventually got stuck on the last one and had to drop it temporarily. i DID always assume that with the number of girls i had that they'd have to have faced eachother at some point, and have considered mini stories on that. i also have a few old fighting stories laying around, and know a few others here do too, though they're posted around the web as it is anyway

While I would agree that it is a very interesting idea, I dont really see it working out to well, for one it would require lots of planning beforehand that alot of people dont like, plus it would be rather hard to convert well. A better idea would be either to have people write short stories of say, their characters facing each other, or pay someone to write a match in story terms, Like me and Luffy did. Just hope whoever you pay is as cheap a merc as Luffy is.

Doing more complicated things, like matches with more than 2 active people, is a lot easier in an IM/irc situation.

Aside from that, it could be a fun idea, but I personally wouldn't bother. I think it'd lose too much of what I like about working with other people. A good writer could certainly do it, borrowing character(s) or not, assuming the borrowed characters were written correctly. I say if you want to try it, go for it and post it here.

[quote="TaiKamiya":19fgockr]While I would agree that it is a very interesting idea, I dont really see it working out to well, for one it would require lots of planning beforehand that alot of people dont like, plus it would be rather hard to convert well. A better idea would be either to have people write short stories of say, their characters facing each other, or pay someone to write a match in story terms, Like me and Luffy did. Just hope whoever you pay is as cheap a merc as Luffy is.