State of the Game update
No new episode this week because of the State of the Union address, but I wanted to get some feedback from you guys on a few things, nonetheless -- so consider this an open discussion post, even if it isn't paired with a new episode!
Item 1: There will be a Valentine's episode this season, just like last season. It will air ON Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, that makes it really hard to react in real time, especially with our current model of events playing out in the game a week after they air on the show. Any suggestions on how we should handle this? We could try to shift game events up for that one week (which makes it overlap with the previous episode, hmmm); we could ignore the actual calendar and stick to our usual method, pretending February 14th is actually falling on February 21st; or we could go ahead and do our own V-day plots regardless of what happens in the show and then incorporate new canon later -- I'm open to ideas!
Item 2: Given the fact that regular advertising has failed to fill some key characters over the past few months, I've been weighing the idea of opening it back up for players to apply for TWO main characters, instead of just one. This would give us more active characters, and would of course be contingent on a player's proven ability to stay active with their first character, but it comes with the risk of players essentially having to interact with themselves, instead of with other players. This is basically why that rule was added in the first place this past summer, because we were trying to avoid having a few players end up playing ALL of ND and limiting player interactions, but at this point that rule is once more open for debate and discussion. Thoughts, suggestions?
Item 3: Things always slow down during hiatuses, and we've got another long one coming up in a few eps; if you guys like, I can make game-wide discussion posts like this a weekly occurrence, even without new episodes, to help facilitate plotting and discussion. If anyone has any plot ideas for the next week -- whether it's a specific event, or even just, 'Hey, it'd be awesome to work something out with So-and-So, thoughts?' -- feel free to discuss in the comments here, and I can continue these if it seems to be helpful!
Again, I want to hear what you guys think! I'd love to get ideas moving and people involved, so don't hesitate to make suggestions and throw in your two cents!