Just lately I have been taking a large role in a RolePlay sim, and I've been playing characters as well as crafting storylines for it.
I am talking about Gaslight Extreme - and in particular Elysian Island. The owner had an interesting idea for entertaining members - putting on plays. These are sort of halfway between theatre and roleplay - we create a basic plot and story, but the actors mostly make up their own lines.
It's an evolving concept, and we are still discussing to what extent the audience can participate. We try to encourage audience participation, but that cannot always be practical. What for instance, occurs if a character is secretly meeting with a co-conspirator? It is part of the play, so the audience needs to see it, but what if someone in the audience feels it is their duty to inform other characters what is going on behind their back? what if the audience want to intervene? that is unrealistic and throws the whole plot out the window.
Basically, we are trying to create a whole new form of roleplay experience - complex plots with deep storylines that raise the art of RP to a new level.
There are still many problems and obstacles - availability of personnel not being the least.
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