More poll questions

[chacusha]

Hey everyone, two more things we'd like community input on:

1) moogle_workshop has a rule that fic featuring original characters will not be given points. But the Final Fantasy MMOs, FFXI and FFXIV, were brought up, and we weren't sure if fic set in the world of those games but featuring player characters rather than the canon NPCs would fall under the original character rule or no. So basically, should FFXI/FFXIV fic set in the game worlds but only featuring original characters be given points? (Note: in either case, fic of that type can definitely be posted, but we're just trying to figure out if they'll be awarded points like other fanfic would be given.)

2) lightofeilia had an idea for ff_minigames based on Munchkin that would actually be, well, more of a community-wide mega-game that would involve fighting monsters and leveling up! We want to know if people would be interested.

From lightofeilia:

All members of the community start out at Level 1. Monsters you kill will give you exp. I will be keeping track of each character's exp. I will either tell you how much exp you have or gained, depending on the responses. I will also inform you when you've leveled up.

Encounters will occur randomly and will occur when a member posts an entry/comment, depending on the probability rate. Not all posts will get an encounter.

To defeat a monster, your "effective" level must be higher than the monsters. Effective levels are calculated by the player's level PLUS item bonuses. (Example: Level 3 lightofeilia has a Buster Sword (Item bonus: +2)= Effective level 5. If I fight a level 3 monster, I win because level 5 > level 3).

Monsters will drop items (for example, the Buster Sword) and higher level monsters will drop higher level stuff (for example, the Nail Bat). I will be taking select monsters/items from every Final Fantasy possible.

If there are people who don't want to play, I will keep track of their names and will not arrange encounters whenever they post. Also, encounters will NOT happen in the team comms, ff_classchange, or ultima_arena so as to not interfere with sorting and competitions.

Every two weeks, points will be awarded to teams who have defeated a set number of monsters in that period.

So would people be interested in seeing Random Encounters throughout this game? Note that the question is for whether you'd like Random Encounters to happen at all. If we do Random Encounters, every member will still have the chance to opt out at any time and not be randomly attacked by monsters.


Here's the poll:

[Poll #1679475]

If you have any questions / concerns, let us know in the comments, and we'll answer/address them ASAP. :)

Comments

[arivess.livejournal.com]

I actually had a small discussion with sunflower_mynah, which kind of had to do with the first question, where she said it might depend on how much integrated in the canon storyline it is. I'd personally think it's fairer taking that into consideration.

Another question is about art -- pictures are a lot more recognizable as a game character; there aren't that many variations for character creation. Would fanart be treated differently from fic?

Also wondering if you want to extend the case to Crystal Chronicles characters, in case someone wanted to do those, since those are also a choice of characters? The only difference is they're on a slightly smaller scale. But... practically the same thing. (And technically, the MMOs actually have more details about world info to go off of, even...)

[thedrowned.livejournal.com]

Hunts, yes. I used to mess with something similar to shiva_dancing. For that matter, could we also gain a nifty card game? I would looove some sort of minigame off the sides of our minigames.

This wasn't helpful at all, was it? :)

[sai_salamander]

I said yes to giving the fics points, cos I still think writing something in the world counts! (Then again, I could be incredibly biased cos I'm writing comedians-dumped-in-Spira fic right now, but hey!)

I also think, what about a fic that is more place-centric than character-centric? I've wanted to write something about the Necrohol of Nabudis for soooo long now - the characters who would have lived there are all long dead, so they would technically count as OCs. And then what about a fic about a reaaaalllly minor character (some guy who's mentioned once in the Bestiary in FFXII or something), where the information about them just isn't there but they're still a character in an FF.

Bleh, anyway, I'll stop rambling and just say: YAY MUNCHKIN. GIMME.