Some initial tips about the RoleplaySo the event has started, and we already have had a couple of entertaining sessions. The logs of those will hopefully be posted soon.
For those of you who hasn't yet been part of anything, here are some general tips:
Go with the flow of the event. Don’t make things too complicated. This is not the type of roleplay where you have to use 'Thee' or 'Thou', and call people m’lord or m’lady. Normal everyday language is all you need, as long as you keep it IC.
The Poet could potentially be anyone in 4D, including the players. It will soon become obvious who the targets are, and consequently also some of the suspects.
If there are any specific suspects at a certain point of the event, those would of course be good choices to interview and try to entrap, but remember that you need to pesuade an imm to participate for those parts, or the mob will just sit there looking dumb.
You should keep and post logs of any session you get involved with on this board. There will be specific awards for good leadership. If several people are involved in the same session, check it with each other, so you avoid posting double logs.
You yourself could take the role of a cop, an Interdimensional agent, a private investigator, a journalist, or just a concerned citizen. You could for instance set up a RP session with any of the two leading Police officers, and interview them for your newspaper, or have them deputize you. They might even give you a badge to flash at people if you convince them.
If you are a Hero/RPL, you should try to assemble groups to go investigating with yourself, encourage players to investigate, on their own, or just draw people into discussions and speculations about who the killer could be and why. In an event like this you could even sit and Roleplay at Recall, which is otherwise not recommended.
It’s OK to discuss the case over gossip channel, in fact you should rather use that than IC, since we want to include the newbies, if possible. Encourage any newbie you see with nogos still toggled to turn the channel on, so they can participate.
Some of you might even think it entertaining to play a suspect. Remember – The Poet could be anyone; a mob, a mort or an imm.
And please clean the logs before posting them!