Remnant Members: Read UP!

[Atreides Conscript]

Before the game boots back up over the Yuletide season, I would like to make a mention of the journals.

You see, there has been a VAST amount of misunderstanding regarding what is wanted within these journals. The Remnant threads (and yes, there will be one for each of you) within the Journals of the Wandering section will be the actual story element of Remnant. The game is where it happens, and the journals are your place to show it from your character's point of view.

Ideally, there will be one post in the journals section for each one post in the game. Further, I am relaxing one of the guidelines of the game, and changing it; I want each of you to post once between each of my posts, even if you aren't doing anything. You can tell me that in your post.

Now, in the journals section, you would then put what your character was doing while they were not taking specific action. Were they thinking about something, looking for an opening to attack, wandering around aimlessly, or perhaps just at a loss for what to do? These are the things that would be put in the journals section.

So, the main misunderstanding is that these "journals" actually act like crewman's logs. NO. You could include one of those, but that is not the intent. These journals are the audience's (even if that is only me) camera into your very thoughts. This is the story told from your own point of view.

Further, I will be making posts at the end of every chapter. These posts will reveal what the notable NPCs were doing during their time off-camera. In this way, you can all gain some insight as to who the NPCs really are and what they actually do.

So yeah... I'm sure that there are questions, right?

[Kensai]

So am I right in saying we will post our actions in the main thread, e.g. Charlie took out her phaser and fired at the guards

And then in the Journal's part, I'll write:

Charlie was scared of her opponent, he was a lot larger than her and probably stronger. But she managed to sum up enough courage to actually take out her phaser and aim it at the brute.
With whatever will power left in her body she fired, praying it would do some damage before she passed out from the pain

Or am I missing the plot altogether? Remember, I a relative n00b when it comes to RPGs/sims - I'm used to storyboard type of sims, not more traditional ones

[Atreides Conscript]

Yes, that is generally the idea, but with more detail about what is going on around your character (that is within your character's notice, of course!). Don't just comment upon your own thoughts, even though those are very important, but also include the actions that you take and the situation that your character is seeing.

The format is that of a written story. This way, we give outside members of this forum an idea of what is going on in the tale should they be so interested.

Any further questions?