Plot?

Age : 30 Posts : 1012

It would be nice to have one, ya know? Socials/missions/spars can only go so far.

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It's character interaction for now, Im sure the wheel is set in motion for antagonists appearing soon. There was just a plot for gathering items.

Age : 30 Posts : 1012

I mean. I'm all for character interaction but, when there is barely anyone active to interact with in your village.. yeah.
Why not do joint villages or something? So others can Rp with other villages instead of being courier ninja or getting Chuunin+ ranks to travel with them, and then wait 2 days to rp (which imo is a little.. yeah. Won't get into that.)

Just trying to make the site a little more entertaining.

Age : 30 Posts : 311

Like anyone, I enjoy a nice plot or two. The thing is, it's super simple to just be like, "Brahs, we need a plot."

If you have any ideas, I think it'd be prime if you posted them up as well.

Totally thinkin' of that as a generalized statement to the good of all US.

I'll post an idea that's been needlin' around in my noodle up when it's fully figured out.

Age : 30 Posts : 1012

I just thought with the amount of staff here there could of been something they could of thought up of in the past?
I mean, Kumo is in war with Npcs. That's no fun.

I personally don't have any plot in mind since i don't even know the current status/plot-type thing we have going on here.
I could make this turn into a thread for plot ideas.

Age : 30 Posts : 311

Well, don't you think what's goin' on with Kumo is a build up to somethin' else?

And complaining about NPC fighting is rather silly. If one wishes for something for member versus member, there isn't really that much to choose from, aside from Chunin Exams or a tournament of some kind, a war, or an evil organization. Now, for the Chunin Exams, one needs to rely on the activity of its participates, and that tends to be a prolonged thing that realistically does nothing for the site but enhance one's character. That kind of generalizes all tournaments. For a war, well, for one, it's an overdone plotline and let's face it; who the hell wants to get involved in somethin' that's all battles, dead characters, and eventually an inactive village? The only one that has the activity to maintain something like that right now is Konoha, as Kiri is just pickin' up its feet to jog and Kumo has been fuckin' benched as of recently.

In reference to an evil organization; it's probably the best avenue to go. The only thing is, we don't allow nukenin unless they escape the village. Considerin' escaping a village is rather difficult for a genin, because A. You don't have a strong enough personal plot, and B. You're a FUCKING GENIN and getting past NPCs is going to be a task and a half, it's hardly likely for people to become nukenin since they're the majority. From what I've also noticed the two that are Nukenin have busy schedules, and I don't see much goin' on with two people anyway.

Thus, the only way for people to come up with somethin' useful would be to think outside the box, which is a lot easier said than done. Personally, I'm for an introduction of an antagonist, member-run team, but that means that that group needs to be entrusted to active members - which is the crux of any plotline. People are always like, "Plots make people active!" Well, plots 99.9% of the time fail because "Oh shit! He's not active!"

People need to be active for site-wide plots to flourish. People need to create their own sub-plots to stay active. People need to be capable of relyin' on themselves and bein' committed to the growth of their characters and not creatin' new ones to get there.

So. You still have a plot idea, bro?

Age : 30 Posts : 1012

I would say do something with Biju, but that is generic and overdone by every other site there is.
Rogue villages?
Have the ability to be a nukenin from the start, and just explain how you got through? if we get enough 'active' Nukenin we could start there from them and build up an antagonist org from there. I don't know haha I'm used to making bleach Plots, Naruto is a whole different area.

I was going to recommend a war of some sorts but, like you said. It'll die as soon as it gets instated.
Experimental clans/people that come through with multiple traits of certain clans? Just blabbering here in case someone wants to add to it.

Age : 27 Posts : 260

Current plot:

Tsumi was a sexy ninja, out on the town, when every ninja from every village ever suddenly came to kirigakure, and gave him all of their money.
The end Plot? 287405

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Spoiler:

Plot.

Age : 29 Posts : 766

Mors Atra wrote:

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Plot.

Age : 31 Posts : 1637

Cross setsuzoku wrote:: I would say do something with Biju, but that is generic and overdone by every other site there is.

I know you dismissed the idea, but I want to talk about why I don't think it's the best course of action for reasons other than it being "generic" and "overdone". With five of the nine bijuu being sealed, that leaves four; two of which wouldn't be touched right now anyway. Due to that, I guess that leaves us with two. Two bijuu for a bijuu-centric plot. One of them being the Ichibi/One-tail, the other being the Gobi/Five-tails. I'm not sure if that's really the best idea anyway, as that can cause villages to go to war; They'll all try to grab at least one of the bijuu so that the others can't have it. Since it was mentioned that war should be avoided, this is probably out of the question, if for that reason alone (I'm sure the entirety of the memberbase could come up with tons of reasons why this might not be the best thing to do).

Cross setsuzoku wrote:: Rogue villages?
Have the ability to be a nukenin from the start, and just explain how you got through? if we get enough 'active' Nukenin we could start there from them and build up an antagonist org from there.

Link!~

Age : 30 Posts : 1012

anyone seen the naruto movie with the genjutsu world? where everything is the exact opposite of themselves? Could we do something like that.. or we could use it as a blueprint?

I'm all for talking out a plot. I was part of the plot team on my bleach sites. It just takes a few people. A few days,communication and it could be made.

Age : 32 Posts : 381

Haha. Us and Plot. You're silly.

Posts : 363

Plot is what you make of it. Although I'd be the first to volunteer to play an evil villain~

Age : 28 Posts : 223

Shiro wrote:: Plot is what you make of it. Although I'd be the first to volunteer to play an evil villain~

And I'd be the second.

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If others were not already gearing for the roles that is.

Age : 29 Posts : 766

I think Fox is already on a crusade of evil.

Age : 31 Posts : 716

If I was inspired enough, I could bring about some pretty evil shit, or perhaps ignorance feinted as evil... Hmm... The possibilities...

Age : 33 Posts : 254

Ew plot! Get it awaiiii, get it awaaaaaaiiiii!

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Age : 29 Posts : 766

Mors Atra wrote:

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Mors you are officially a god among men.

Age : 31 Posts : 471

We do currently have a plot unfolding, these things just take time (: Though there's nothing stopping members from having their own personal plots, in fact I'd encourage it. It's much easier to Rp when you have a goal in mind (: and through character interaction on the way to those goals, a certain amount of plot forms itself. In the case of site-wide things, we have the Gift of the Gods event wrapping up, war brewing in Kumo, and the arrival of a new player to the board in the form of Kiri, which is having its own mini event run by Clever. The ideas are always appreciated though, and while there isn't a lot of room to take much more site-wide stuff up now, if anyone wanted to make a plot discussion thread, in General Discussion maybe, that would be awesomely amazing c: That way everyone gets some input in the general direction of forum-wide story on US \o/ In general though, plot circles around characters and their actions, so the best way to really get some plot development close to home is to make it happen IC. If there isn't anything more anyone would like to discuss here, I wouldn't mind solving this before it turns entirely into pony ass xD

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

The best plot is a loose one, events are the way to go and it's what we like doing as the people that need to create said events but even in saying that the responses we make events isn't as large as we hope. People are too precious with their characters for the most part and since anything exciting should involve danger people have actually not applied for this very reason. Events are ways for staff members and Kage to give their shinobi a bit of variety but you guys shouldn't be dependant on us making things for you to do.

Socials/missions/spars can only go so far was your statement, one I disagree with completely. A spar sets up a rivalry with another shinobi which can span across numerous threads. Social roleplays expand your characters plot and intertwine it with other peoples, the best roleplays on this site have been social threads. As for Missions, people just aren't creative enough. Generic Missions are there for those who want a quick fix but you can create a mission to do just about anything as long as it's reasonable to what the site and your Kage would permit you to do. People could be PMing people from other villages and setting up missions with two objectives. Kumo nin might have the objective to capture somebody who is a criminal in their country and Kiri nin might have the objective to guard and escort this person. Only one team is going to be successful with their mission and this makes for an interesting and creative mission with Topic of the Month potential written all over it.

As I said, all it takes is creativity for the individual and social, mission and spar roleplays can carry you further than you believe.

Age : 36 Posts : 1004

As always Adam comes in late and drop bombs on you beshes

Age : 31 Posts : 1490

Adam wrote:: The best plot is a loose one, events are the way to go and it's what we like doing as the people that need to create said events but even in saying that the responses we make events isn't as large as we hope. People are too precious with their characters for the most part and since anything exciting should involve danger people have actually not applied for this very reason. Events are ways for staff members and Kage to give their shinobi a bit of variety but you guys shouldn't be dependant on us making things for you to do.

Socials/missions/spars can only go so far was your statement, one I disagree with completely. A spar sets up a rivalry with another shinobi which can span across numerous threads. Social roleplays expand your characters plot and intertwine it with other peoples, the best roleplays on this site have been social threads. As for Missions, people just aren't creative enough. Generic Missions are there for those who want a quick fix but you can create a mission to do just about anything as long as it's reasonable to what the site and your Kage would permit you to do. People could be PMing people from other villages and setting up missions with two objectives. Kumo nin might have the objective to capture somebody who is a criminal in their country and Kiri nin might have the objective to guard and escort this person. Only one team is going to be successful with their mission and this makes for an interesting and creative mission with Topic of the Month potential written all over it.

As I said, all it takes is creativity for the individual and social, mission and spar roleplays can carry you further than you believe.

I honestly think this is the fist time in history I will ever almost completely agree with Adam.