Hey Pooka (and the rest of the fey in charge),
Has there been any interest in a story hour forum on here?
I have been thinking I want to start reposting and edited version of my "Out of the Frying Pan" story hour with lots of meta-game commentary about how I ran the game and why I made the decisions I made, etc. . . And I would happily do it on these boards, but at the same time only one person does not a story hour forum make (and I am not quite ready to start anyway), so I figured I would start this thread to see if anyone else has mentioned it to the management, or if there are other posters who will see this thread and chime in with what they think. . .
Pooka did say something at one point that there was a special section for stories in the works.
Quote from: KnightcrawlerPooka did say something at one point that there was a special section for stories in the works.
Hmmm, I must have missed that.
We believe that story hours will get their own space. We will ask Pooka for sure, though.
Any idea when we might see this? I have one all typed up and ready to go. I was trying to use MySpace (lol) for it, but I discovered that MySpace is ass. It won't let me post any more topics in the group I set up, so fuck em.
Eager to have a home for my game notes, and it would likely lure my players here. :)
If I can get this new extension to work on the test machine it could be as early as this weekend - but right now I can't get it to do the simplest thing :(
Quote from: PookaIf I can get this new extension to work on the test machine it could be as early as this weekend - but right now I can't get it to do the simplest thing :(
:( is right.
Trust me, if this thing is half as good as advertised it's not worth the wait.
Ah, so story hours are going to be part of Gamer Blogs?
Story Hours will be handled as Collaborative Works. To start one click "create content" then select a book page. Once you're on your way I'll coalate them into a book and set you as the editor for that book.
If we get enough of them they'll get their own tab.
Hmm. Maddman posted his as an Article. Should it be moved?
Quote from: Sojourner JudasHmm. Maddman posted his as an Article. Should it be moved?
Story Hours show up in two places - Feature Articles and Collaborative works. They also have a menu entry. This is by design - his story is physically only in one place.
Quote from: PookaStory Hours show up in two places - Feature Articles and Collaborative works. They also have a menu entry. This is by design - his story is physically only in one place.
Ah, I see. I didn't notice it showed up in Collaborative Works.
Quote from: Sojourner JudasHmm. Maddman posted his as an Article. Should it be moved?
I did post mine in the wrong place at first. AFter I saw this thread I copied it into the correct place.
Somebody please explain to me what exactly a story hour is?
Quote from: VarajSomebody please explain to me what exactly a story hour is?
A story hour is a log or description of the events in someone's game. They are not short stories or pure fiction, but the results of game play. RPGnet calls them 'Actual Play' threads, and ENWorld has a Story Hour forum. Same deal.
Quote from: MaddmanA story hour is a log or description of the events in someone's game. They are not short stories or pure fiction, but the results of game play. RPGnet calls them 'Actual Play' threads, and ENWorld has a Story Hour forum. Same deal.
Ahhhh.
Should a pure fiction story line be blog or Collaborative Works?
It's a continued report on dramatic events happening somewhere, usually centered on a small group of persons directly involved in the whole crisis.
NPC-schtick off:
It's someone writing down as a novella his RPG campaign. Usually it's done by the GM, but not always.
ENWorld has a whole forum (http://www.enworld.org/forumdisplay.php?f=14) dedicated to them.
Quote from: VarajSomebody please explain to me what exactly a story hour is?
Varaj,
We have had an ongoing Story Hour written by Dshai527 and Enkhidu. Ours reads much like a novel but it is not necessary. It's based on what happened in the game.
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=125128
Question for Pooka and/or the other Powers That Be:
If I want to have a companion thread for my story hour, so that one is the story itself and the other is a meta-game analysis and on-going commentary - does it make more sense to do two of the article-like story hour suckers?
Or one for the story hour and one that is just a regular thread and provide links back and forth?
That wouldn't make sense.
Quote from: PookaThat wouldn't make sense.
Huh?
Do you know what a pooka is?
Quote from: PookaDo you know what a pooka is?
Yeah, but I wanted to be sure, since I one point you said that you would not be using the Pooka-schtick in this forum. :D
I guess the two "article-style" ones makes sense - as the meta-version will only be updated with each complete session or so, and it make take two to three updates in some cases to get one full session up in the narrative format.
Thanks.
When did I say that? I never said that.
Quote from: PookaWhen did I say that? I never said that.
You're weirding me out, man. :eek:
Why am I weirding you out?