Given the extent of planning required, would it be premature to try and figure out a basic outline of events and, perhaps, allot a relative amount of time to get a general feeling for how long everyone wants to spend on any one part of this plot? To try to set up a sort of tentative schedule of events that all the players are comfortable with?
No dates, of course, but with such an extensive plot having a sequence and general (if only relative) time-table would probably be the best plan.
I'd hate to see any part of this drag on longer than everyone else wants, and we have such a variety of players with different tagging availability and overall speed that I don't want to risk accidentally rushing through it, either. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to rush any of you into committing to a specific date or amount of allocated time before you've really thought it over (even I have no idea how long I'd like this all to take) but I feel that this would be an ideal way to get input from everyone so that no one feels like they'll be unable to participate as much as they'd like.
Additionally, setting up a tentative schedule before anyone is married to details would give people a chance to suggest nuanced changes to the outline, figure out ways to involve their characters more organically, and would give the Moderators a chance to veto portions you feel aren't plausible. An outline also affords the mod team the opportunity throw in a few curve balls (let us know that someone will be injured doing this, or that, or could fail entirely), add consequences for immediate actions (this or that will result in explosions), specific problems (water recycling will fail halfway through this), plot-twists, or what-have-you into the schedule ahead of time.
Even if the events and timetable are generally nonspecific, planning would give us all something exciting to look forward to.
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Given the extent of planning required, would it be premature to try and figure out a basic outline of events and, perhaps, allot a relative amount of time to get a general feeling for how long everyone wants to spend on any one part of this plot? To try to set up a sort of tentative schedule of events that all the players are comfortable with?
No dates, of course, but with such an extensive plot having a sequence and general (if only relative) time-table would probably be the best plan.
I'd hate to see any part of this drag on longer than everyone else wants, and we have such a variety of players with different tagging availability and overall speed that I don't want to risk accidentally rushing through it, either. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to rush any of you into committing to a specific date or amount of allocated time before you've really thought it over (even I have no idea how long I'd like this all to take) but I feel that this would be an ideal way to get input from everyone so that no one feels like they'll be unable to participate as much as they'd like.
Additionally, setting up a tentative schedule before anyone is married to details would give people a chance to suggest nuanced changes to the outline, figure out ways to involve their characters more organically, and would give the Moderators a chance to veto portions you feel aren't plausible. An outline also affords the mod team the opportunity throw in a few curve balls (let us know that someone will be injured doing this, or that, or could fail entirely), add consequences for immediate actions (this or that will result in explosions), specific problems (water recycling will fail halfway through this), plot-twists, or what-have-you into the schedule ahead of time.
Even if the events and timetable are generally nonspecific, planning would give us all something exciting to look forward to.