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Xertog 19:42:02 pm CDT
Well lets get the forum started.
Xertog 19:46:56 pm CDT
Lets see if galah says "greetings all, so happy to see so many here" again.. If so I may gag her. Lol
Laroona 19:47:21 pm CDT
LOL at Xertog
Laroona 19:50:36 pm CDT
**waits for a topic**
Xertog 19:50:51 pm CDT
Any topic suggestions? Send them to me via a whisper
Laroona 19:53:07 pm CDT
Xertog you posted on the boards about the changes forced upon you and any comment could be raised here
Laroona 19:56:44 pm CDT
well seems that is not a topic LOL
~zoya{Zaroud}~GS~FG 19:56:51 pm CDT
the boards look good to zoya
Laroona 19:58:26 pm CDT
goreanshores.conforums.com/index.cgi
direct link for ppl
stormy{Xg~L} 19:58:34 pm CDT
Mistress
stormy checks the boards regulary and thought uh oh ... but she knew you would be on top of things as always
Xertog 20:03:17 pm CDT
The board is fixed I used backgrounds that Conforums offers and not a link to some place else. If somebody has color suggestions other then what is up there let me know. Color code numbers would help.
stormy{Xg~L} 20:04:04 pm CDT
it looks fine Master , same as before
Xertog 20:08:24 pm CDT
The board is actually a little different then it was before stormy. I did try and get to be similar. I guess I did OK if it looks the same to you.
ABOUT PORT KAR & GOREAN SHORES
Xertog 19:58:16 pm CDT
I had this sent to me:
What about just port kar and what we know about it ? like what book which is raiders and so on
This is a very good point. If we are going to RP in this new room of things in and around Port Kar we need for people to understand the basics of how Port Kar was described in the books.
Laroona 20:00:18 pm CDT
I think there is enough information on the website..
description as one enters the website..
quotes are there
what else is needed?
galah{GS} 20:06:31 pm CDT
gal thinks with the new room and the particular scenrio going on, one has to roll with the punches, we have maps of the tavern so a clear picture about how it looks, but when outside of the tavern and the piazza, everyone has a different view of it, so one must be alert and try to go along with something said by someones elses vision of where it is....like we took a stroll down by the docks, on wood or on sand? it all got to be alil bit confusing
stormy{Xg~L} 20:07:25 pm CDT
Port Kar was amongst my favourite places , and of all the books Raiders was one of the top reads if you can believe JN had a good book it would be between Witness and Raiders .. There are a few more I liked but this was when Bosk entered the picture , Clitus and Telima.. I believe this is where I first read about exotic slaves or the first time I noticed that word.
In the Port Kar I was in there were different sections , not real captains but it would be played out as such .. Tarn wire over the city .. it was a good place for solo rp , if your imaginative that is ..
Laroona 20:08:01 pm CDT
the other link I give people about Port Kar is the essay of Luther geocities.com/delphius2002/id70.htm
galah{GS} 20:08:36 pm CDT
it doesn't hafta be technical....but be willing to change your own vision for another should it crop up....gal thinks many are confused and kindda scared about the idea of role playing, they think they aren't good enough to do it....but really, it only takes alil imagination, and it can be lots of fun
Laroona 20:11:00 pm CDT
would not imagination be the same as it is in all other rooms of GS?
does every room need a specific description for people?
Xertog 20:12:23 pm CDT
Perhaps a description of the area that is in close proximity to the tavern should be established? I'm not sure if it does.
Laroona 20:12:36 pm CDT
The only thing missing is the description on Short Room Rules page....
which is a guide for all about what is a safe or non safe room
stormy{Xg~L} 20:14:37 pm CDT
when stormy is in , she comes in from the tavern or what ever room there she enters from , she runs down cobblestone streets .. or are they dirt ? she heads to the docks and passes a main square .. is there a main square ? or is it that anyone can rp what they see
Laroona 20:16:46 pm CDT
For people information
there was a rumour going around that Luthers site may disappear in October (I think)
in case that happens I have saved the Port Kar page
galah{GS} 20:18:24 pm CDT
good questions stormy....these would be the things needed to work out so we could be on the same page with each other at least
stormy{Xg~L} 20:19:14 pm CDT
thanks gal *S* Port Kar is a wonderful place to be
Laroona 20:20:13 pm CDT
I thought the concept was when r/ping that people post a continuing r/p on the Role Play board Section so people can be on the same page....
Xertog 20:21:08 pm CDT
From my memory from reading Raiders. Port Kar was a crowded over built city with numerous canals that traversed it. There wasn't much in regards to open spaces. Many people owned small boats get around in.
galah{GS} 20:21:28 pm CDT
but there are gonna be times Mistress when its not a planned role play in Port Kar like the other day, we just got up and went there and it was fun too
zoya{Zaroud}~GS~FG 20:22:55 pm CDT
Port Kar was once described to zoya as being like one of those cities with narrow cobblestone alleys and canals everywhere, with the arching bridges that passed over the canals, the buildings being tall. she can't think of a city its like at the very moment.
stormy{Xg~L} 20:23:30 pm CDT
Master
werent there post about round ships and battles around that area ? the streets were small but wagons could be pulled upon them , bridges that went over the canals were rickety and that is usually were the she urts lived
stormy will dig out raiders and reread
Laroona 20:23:39 pm CDT
exactly galah off the cuff r/p
I was thinking more long term role play... such as Loki wandering with his wagons along the pathways leading to Port Kar
next time he would be stuck in the marshes
as an example
stormy{Xg~L} 20:23:47 pm CDT
venice
Loki 20:24:03 pm CDT
in My opinion everyone is making this way to hard and over thinking it, its just r/p, and go with the flow, it donest have to be perfect, each feeds off what the others type....its suppose to fun, and yes, as near as the books can be but, but it donesnt need to be perfect.
zoya{Zaroud}~GS~FG 20:24:54 pm CDT
~*~snaps~*~ that's it stormy, thanks!
Laroona 20:25:34 pm CDT
and thus Loki would post on the r/p Boards what he is doing..
this could go on for a time until he arrives at the tavern as example....
nassy{GS} 20:26:10 pm CDT
listening reading back
zoya{Zaroud}~GS~FG 20:26:35 pm CDT
~*~nods~*~ exactly, Master Loki
Laroona 20:27:15 pm CDT
Loki I was using you as an example I know you are here already LOL
Loki 20:28:38 pm CDT
Laroona, no I understood Your post, Ill more than likley be posting in the new room and a private room, and updating the boards with what Im doing in r/p.....
Laroona 20:30:37 pm CDT
thanks Loki...
and I see why it is being made difficult... IMO more often we go with the flow in r/p as long as we are close to the books...
we would not see dust storms coming on from the Tahari as an example
Xertog 20:32:20 pm CDT
Here is a quote from the books
'Do not ask the stones or the trees how to live, they can not tell you; they do not have tongues; do not ask the wise man how to live for, if he knows, he will know he cannot tell you; if you would learn how to live, do not ask the question; its answer is not in the question but in the answer, which is not in words; do not ask how to live, but, instead, proceed to do so.'
As applied to this new room don't ask how to rp just get in there and do it..
Loki 20:33:38 pm CDT
Aye Laroona, just go with it, as stormy said brought up the cobblestones....does it really matter? if I say cobblestones and stormy says dirt, then its both, some cobblestones are missing, its too easy to be way to technical, and it takes some of the fun out of it, and it leads to people saying well, in the books it says this.,..so you did it wrong...we dont need that........just being close is good enough.....and no, you cant see a dust storm in the tahari from the new r/p room, youd have to go to a private room to be r/ping going to the tahari, then you can see the duststorms~grins~
Laroona 20:35:00 pm CDT
like the other night we r/p and many joined in.... nothing was planned it just flowed... Xertog captured stormy and both r/pd being on the docks she began in the waves and sand and under the docks and came out and he captured her...
that took some time and was IMO how the room can be used....
Loki 20:36:12 pm CDT
Aye, well done Laroona, r/p should take a great deal of time...if done right...too fast it leaves everyone wanting more
Laroona 20:36:15 pm CDT
Loki I agree 100% *S*
nassy{GS} 20:36:48 pm CDT
isn't that the idea, too get people wanting more so that they will come more often to GS?
Laroona 20:37:23 pm CDT
LOL even the slaves in the kennels came in and looked but posted they came via the tavern.... as that is where the kennels are ...
Loki 20:38:33 pm CDT
yes it is nassy, but in a different way, or thats My thoughts on it, leaving them wanting more in the way i was using it ment leaving the frustrated and empty, not happy and ready for more
fidget {Loki} ~ chained to furi 20:38:49 pm CDT
nassy ~ there may be a difference with being disappointed and wanting more than to being fufilled and craving more
fidget is pretty sure GS wants people to crave more
nassy{GS} 20:40:45 pm CDT
thank You Master Loki and fidget...for explaining....
Laroona 20:41:11 pm CDT
Thadron was also r/ping with an urt the other night too in Port Kar room
how it ended up I am unsure.... or if it will be a continuing event
Loki 20:42:53 pm CDT
has whispers ever received her yellows? her fidget and I are suppose to go urt hunting in the canals~chuckle~ should make for good port kar r/ping
zoya{Zaroud}~GS~FG 20:44:02 pm CDT
zoya hasn't heard anything from whispers for quite some time, Master Loki
Loki 20:44:35 pm CDT
ah, tis a shame zoya, thank you for the information girl~nods~
Xertog 20:44:52 pm CDT
She is still a white silk Loki
Loki 20:45:17 pm CDT
Aye Captain, the r/p can wait for her then~nods~
Xertog 20:48:00 pm CDT
That brings up another question. GS restricts white silks from travelling. How does that mesh with this new room? The rule was for out side of GS with the exception of GI.
Xertog 20:48:55 pm CDT
I’d like to get as many people using the new room so I don't think we should restrict them.
fidget {Loki} ~ chained to furi 20:50:22 pm CDT
why not restrict them ~ what better motivation to learn than to have a reward for learning?
~zoya{Zaroud}~GS~FG 20:51:34 pm CDT
it's within GS, so
Laroona 20:52:10 pm CDT
as long as their white silk status was not compromised
why not?
Loki 20:53:43 pm CDT
Im unsure, I tend to agree with fidget....if travelling to the canal to r/p urt hunting was rescticted for a white silk, why wouldnt it still be? its still a canal in port kar....either the old private room or the new gs room
Laroona 20:56:29 pm CDT
I only see one issue with that and some newbies think white silks in private rooms can be used.. as long as they have had their slave wine
trust me it has been offered to white silks.... RME
Xertog 20:56:32 pm CDT
An old private room Loki? What is that?
fidget {Loki} ~ chained to furi 20:56:35 pm CDT
~swears~
Loki 20:58:15 pm CDT
I meant a private room, vs the new gs room
role playing in a port kar canal in a private room was forbidden, so why not in the new gs room, if its outside gs then its outside gs
nassy{GS} 21:00:31 pm CDT
this one thought Port Kar was part of GS....now she is very confused..
Laroona 21:00:53 pm CDT
if there is a private room and frankly unless it is an alcove I think there are enough rooms in GS now for r/p
that is my thought
Xertog 21:00:55 pm CDT
Well it is out side of the tavern but it is not out side of the chat system that we control. So there is a difference as I see it. The Council will have to hash it out and make a ruling.
nassy{GS} 21:01:01 pm CDT
actually she thought GS was in Port Kar to be more exact..
fidget {Loki} ~ chained to furi 21:01:06 pm CDT
GS is a part of Port Kar
nassy{GS} 21:02:41 pm CDT
thank you fidget....this girl gets easily confused as you can see...
Laroona 21:02:47 pm CDT
GS is a tavern within the City and thus is part of Port Kar
fidget {Loki} ~ chained to furi 21:03:22 pm CDT
and the new chatroom encompasses everything inside Port Kar that isn't Gorean Shores, right?
Laroona 21:03:52 pm CDT
fidget that is how I envision it Yes
fidget {Loki} ~ chained to furi 21:04:23 pm CDT
then what of the people that need to leave Port Kar to further expand their business enterprises
wouldn't that be fodder for a private room?
snowrose{LT}'s pleasure 21:05:41 pm CDT
Won't it be confusing to a newcomer to the site to go into a room named Port Kar and find people role playing that they are in Ar, etc?
~zoya{Zaroud}~GS~FG 21:06:45 pm CDT
that's how zoya sees it. GS is a building, a place of business, a tavern with slaves. those slaves live in that building, thus, guess, white silks should not be allowed to just go venturing all over the city of Port Kar.
fidget {Loki} ~ chained to furi 21:07:26 pm CDT
snowrose ~ it would be amazingly confusing
Loki 21:07:36 pm CDT
exactly snowrose~grins~ which is why My orginal idea was a multipurpose r/p room, for port kar and all of gor....now you must go to a privatge room to go to Ar, or anywhere else to stay within the room description
Xertog 21:07:47 pm CDT
fidget rather not promote the use of private rooms in GS. I rather the public rooms be used.
Laroona 21:07:51 pm CDT
snowrose and that is why newcomers are offered or should be offered the website so they understand they are not in Ar *S*
zoya{Zaroud}~GS~FG 21:08:14 pm CDT
they shouldn't be, snowrose, only within Port Kar
Loki 21:08:26 pm CDT
I agree zoya~firm nod~
fidget {Loki} ~ chained to furi 21:08:37 pm CDT
ah yes ~ fidget sees your point now, Master Xertog
Xertog 21:12:18 pm CDT
Lets take the expanded RP a step at a time. The new room will encompass a lot of different opportunities to RP different things. Lets see how it all goes and then perhaps it could be expanded.
Laroona 21:12:52 pm CDT
anyone owning personal slaves can go and do anything
it is the GS slaves we should be concerned about IMO
Loki 21:12:58 pm CDT
just so I understand Captain....
GS is a port kar r/p site only?
jeti{RA} 21:14:42 pm CDT
...listens attentively to the very serious conversation...not doing anything at all...no tigger pouncing under the cover of the shadows or anything!....
Laroona 21:15:50 pm CDT
but you would love to though jeti LOL
Xertog 21:16:54 pm CDT
Loki for now I'd say yes, Port Kar and the surrounding area. Could it be expanded? I think it could. I'd like to get the new room going first though.
Loki 21:18:15 pm CDT
I see Captain, so going to a private room to travel outside port kar's surrounding area's is frowned upon...I think I understand now what Your wish is
Laroona 21:22:25 pm CDT
the other rooms could be utilised IMO.. heck they are empty most of the time... why not use them?
the new room is being used more than them... is it because it is new or is it because people want to be there?
jeti{RA} 21:23:04 pm CDT
...little body quivering with the will power it takes to hold still for all this time...no pouncing...only one stealth missile zubber...geez...a girl is being...good!....
Xertog 21:23:06 pm CDT
Loki I can't stop people from doing so. I won't consider even trying to do so. I'd like to get as many people involved in this chat site as possibles though. I don't think people being in private rooms helps that.
Laroona 21:25:26 pm CDT
If several were private and a newbie entered how would they interact?
maybe end up with a potential member being lost to GS ....
Loki 21:25:48 pm CDT
Aye Captain, I agree, to a point, if they wish to r/p going from port kar to somewhere else, they cant, they must go to a different site, which is fine~nods~ as long as I understand what Your wanting.
Laroona 21:28:33 pm CDT
**looks at jeti and smirks beneath my veils, knowing how difficult it is for her to be still for 1 ihn**
nassy{GS} 21:30:12 pm CDT
listening quietly
Xertog 21:30:26 pm CDT
I understand your point Loki. I don't want people going else where either.
jeti{RA} 21:30:45 pm CDT
...little muscles bunch...wicked lights fill sky blue eyes...as a girl slowly fades into the shadows...silently....the faint whisper of slave bells the only hint of her passing...
Loki 21:30:59 pm CDT
~nods to the Captain~
A catch 22 if You will~chuckle~
stormy{Xg~L} 21:32:23 pm CDT
If we went by the books or tried to
Karians were not well accepted in many places nor were strangers well received in Kar .
Rarely did any travel outside the city
Xertog 21:36:54 pm CDT
I don't see it as a catch 22. This site has been confined to just a paga bar for over ten years. We just expanded it in a huge way compared to what it was. I just want to take it a step at a time.
Laroona 21:37:01 pm CDT
All I can say is if people read the into page on the webiste it owuld give them some insight what GS and Port Kar is about...
Loki 21:38:18 pm CDT
as You wish Captain~firm nod~
Xertog 21:41:04 pm CDT
Actually Port Kar was the only city that welcomed strangers.
jeti{RA} 21:42:50 pm CDT
...jeti just likes to serve...its what slaves do...
...well...its part of what slaves do...dancing eyes fill with sparkling lights...
jeti{RA} 21:45:03 pm CDT
...jeti is not so big on travel...slaves get their heads cut off sometimes...*shivers*...
Xertog 21:44:44 pm CDT
OK lets call the forum over.. Thank you for scribing Laroona. Thank you all for coming