smash_ooc | CHARACTER/GAME PERSONALS

YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. Want to make some CR or Plotting happen? Here's where you plan it out.

► HANDY CHARACTER PLOTTING FORM

► GOALS & DIRECTIONS: Hey, some of us have been here a really long time and might not know what direction to take our characters in anymore, or maybe you've been here only a few days and don't know where to start. There's no better time to start than now, so don't be afraid to express what things you'd like to do with your characters, regardless if it's something that might happen in the near future or a long ways away. Fall in love? Fall out of love? Graduate? Experience what it's like to be the opposite gender? An animal? In the body of someone else? Save the world? Try to destroy it? The more other players are aware of what you want to do, the better your chances are of making your wishes into reality!

► THIRD PARTY SUGGESTIONS: Suggest new CR or character ideas, even if it has nothing to do with your own characters. Just put a "THIRD PARTY SUGGESTION" in the title of your comment when you browse the Character Plotting threads, and who knows? Maybe you just suggested a great interaction or idea no one has ever thought of before. And don't forget to spread the love around with as many people as you can so everyone gets a suggestion or two!

► You know the usual rules: play nice, you don't have to say yes to every offer, be polite and all that jazz.

► Previous personals posts.

► The CALENDAR has been updated!

Let us know if you have any questions or concerns!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

We've had a busy summer and summer vacation is over, but fret not for adventures at Smash are only just beginning!

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED - ISLE OF ANCIENTS: Now a permanent fixture of Smash Academy, the floating island is always open for exploration if you need a change from some slice-of-life. There's monsters to fight, ruins to explore, and untamed wilderness to claim. Perhaps there might be some valuable treasure or items to discover and take home! Please refer to all the previous event write-ups for any details [01], [02], [03], [04].

CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 8TH: But if slice-of-life is your thing we got you covered too! School time means school uniforms, classes, homework, cafeteria shenanigans, after-class clubs, frats/sororities (seriously where is Smasha Delta Gamma...) proms, dances and dates, oh my! Make sure to check your class schedules if you're a student, and work on your class logs if you're a teacher. Or, you know, keep doing your thing if you're neither.

There's also a lot of birthdays this month! Just saying!

Edited 2014-09-04 01:49 (UTC)

Tossed the idea around on plurk between a few people earlier tonight, but I'll put it here too...

Basically, I've been itching to do a draw log lately and since I can't decide between several scenarios, it was suggested that there's a general catch-all one? Kind of like a dorm log, but with pictures? DOES THIS APPEAL TO ANYBODY HERE. And if so, how would you prefer it set up? I know having a million images can kind of bog down slower computers, so does it work better with image-free top-level comments, or keeping a limit on size for non-linked images, or...??

This would be incredibly experimental. I JUST WANNA DOODLE WITH YOU ALL.

I THINK what makes things like tegaki work so well is that the images are small and easy to load. Also if the log gets big eventually the threads will collapse and not all the images will load up-front anyway.

480x160 I think is what tegaki currently runs at, so maybe something like 500x200 for the comments, no bigger.

Is my opinion.

Edited (they the) 2014-09-04 02:01 (UTC)

Haha yeah, the issue is just until the threads do collapse. I do like the idea of a standard size, though. They make for fun paneling. I just hate the way tegaki likes to connect all my lines at random. :'|

I will definitely keep this in mind.

There's also mixing text and imaging. Best of both worlds.

Fond memories of mixed logs...

That does lend a lot of freedom with things you just can't nail down ~~ACTION SCENES~~ ~~ROBOTS~~ ~~BACKGROUNDS~~. Alright, I think I am getting a good idea of how to do this now.

Do want. Make me draw. I'm not drawing enough for someone with my profession.

YOU CAN DO IT

I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE YOU

I wanna be your rock and when I talk it lights a fire in you... wait

That song has been in my head all day AND I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED WATCHING THAT SHOW

THANKS

I desperately want to do this.

yes and very yes I would do this. I like the idea of linking images above a certain size, and maybe all top-levels get linked images or something? That might be good if you have a few different starting scenes in mind, just link em all with 1, 2, 3 and stuff

look I don't know I just thought it was a neat idea ok

Remember how about 152 years ago we played teacher roulette and instructors were shuffled around and forced to teach classes not their own?

I need this again in my life.

Imagine Boswer in Biomech......

Imagine Samsam in Etiquette.

SO who wants to teach drama?

- Gossip stones/rumors

- Frat house/frat parties, sororities, things like that. I want to see like, A CLUB or TEAM or just some better sense of camaraderie. Sports stuff. idk. It seems like a real great and easy way to foster strong CR. I wish I had a better character to help engage in this (maybe I will try to app one) but this is something I'd love to see.

- A... school nurse... and people getting hurt and going to see said nurse. I cleaned out the premise page the other day and we are missing a PC nurse booooo. NPC nurses for now. :(

- Glitches like game mechanics/features from canons being played up like exclaimation points above people's heads, or [item acquired fanfares], or poison mushrooms skittering in the hallways or whatever especially tying in to an event like this.