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First of all, my apologies for not posting here for this week. I'm getting back to my schedule of being on the forums at least twice a week or less, just a self made thing I am doing for myself, but anyway, I believe I can answer your questions and comments.

Quote from: FlipperBoidSkua,Jan 19 2011 on  03:01 PM
I'm playing the Spinosaurus, but noticing your eagerness, I'll be more than happy to share or let you play him instead. And if it's okay with Rat_lady7!  :D

And I'm sure the spino is a he, as Littlefoot said the rock won't hold "him" for long.
Just reposting from the front page of the above statement:

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You can't control another person's character unless you have their permission, other then that, stick to your own characters.

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Awesome!! I did have the brief thought of Red Claw and the Plated Sharptooth meeting at least, but dismissed it cuz I wasn't sure if you would like that Rat_lady7. Great to know you had the same basic idea with the added genius of them working together!! I can imagine the Giganoto being hateful towards Chomper and his parents as well as Littlefoot and the gang.

Never be afraid to post any ideas for the rp, this type of role play game isn't solely for one person to play, it's for everyone. Though realize while not everyone is going to agree with you solely on your descions and plans for the rp, it should never stop you from posting ideas.

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I like the idea of the Spinosaurus and Giganotosaurus allying themselves with Red Claw. On one hand, I could see Red Claw feeling pretty tough with two of the biggest sharpteeth in history as his partners. On the other, I imagine he might be a bit jealous, even inadequate, that he's working with two sharpteeth who are just as big as him, but lacking his handicap.

My thoughts exactly. Red Claw would be at his most vulnerable and powerful with these two around.

Also, Red Claw isn't exactly a sane character in this rp due to his obsession with revenge, so he might not be "there" with these characters. I plan to have him turn against some of these characters eventually while on his journey to madness.

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Yayz!! The chances of having the Magical Liopleurodon (it does have a nice ring, doesn't it? Charlie the Unicorn forever!!) in the RP is increasing! Thanks for the generous thought, LBTDiclonius!

xD IT'S A LIOPLEURDON CHHHHHAAAARRRRRLLLLLIEEEE.

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I know that Blitz was planning for his character to enter the RP in the Big Water, where he meets Mo, and later travel upstream to the Great Valley to interact with the other players. If he's still planning to participate, maybe you could talk with him and see if you could arrange for the Liopleurodon to interact with his characters.

I suppose it would also be possible for some of the characters to temporarily leave the valley and travel down to the Big Water (perhaps following the same path the gang took in LBT X). It's a bit of an iffy idea, since I don't think all of the players would want to go (and it would thus split up the main cast), but I'd be willing to contribute Pangaea and Guido at least. Maybe we could meet up with Blitz's characters there, and return to the valley with them

That's definitely an idea, and as far as other characters leaving the valley towards big water, I had this idea about how some of these characters could get to "Big Water". One of the characters, Claw, is poisoned with some vegetation that Rinkus and Sierra lodged in his throat, and I was thinking maybe, JUST maybe the character comes to find out that the cure for it is not in the Great Valley, but near the ocean. Some characters want to go along with him. (Including me, since I would be missing the ocean quite a bit.) Then they meet Mo, the liopleurdon, and other characters that live in the ocean.

That's if Myrkin would take to that idea, Claw IS HIS character anyway.




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Hmm... A long journey to the Big Water with many dangers along the way. Small chances of finding cure and big chance of dying... Yeah, lets do this! :)
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So what about Chronicler? Are he and Ruby still helping Claw? (I know they've gone back to the valley at this point.) Ruby had mentioned that the cure was in the Mysterious Beyond, should Claw maybe just get it while he's still there?

Just two cents from me: I personally don't think we need a dire situation to get a group of characters to travel to the Big Water. Some characters might want to leave the valley, or just go to see the Big Water as long as they're in the LBT world. This would make it more “optional” for players to send their characters there, anyway; no need to send a huge posse or escort along with them. Not that I'm trying to discourage anyone from sending their characters along, but I don't think we have much reason for ALL of them to come.

To be honest, I'd really like it for my characters to do some more interacting with other players' characters, and I think it would be a lot easier with a smaller group of characters (especially when they share a common objective). I hope this doesn't sound selfish or anything, but I'd rather not have the entire cast of the RP go off again on a dramatic mission, at least in this instance.



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I agree with Pangaea on this one. I think we are all still getting over the fight scene that we don't need another large incident or event to occur that would require everybody to go and partake in. That's mostly the reason why I agree with Amy's decision to scale the idea I had for my character to be isolated under the grown ups eyes down. I think maybe later on when everybody has gotten back into the casual form of the RP, we could implement something on a larger scale plot wise, but for the time being I say we take it slower.

Pangaea, if you would like I would be more than happy to have my characters interact with yours. I think they could come up with some interesting dialogue together, and I haven't really gotten the chance to interact with you in the RP yet.


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So what about Chronicler? Are he and Ruby still helping Claw? (I know they've gone back to the valley at this point.) Ruby had mentioned that the cure was in the Mysterious Beyond, should Claw maybe just get it while he's still there?

Yeah...I forgot about those two...:bang

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Just two cents from me: I personally don't think we need a dire situation to get a group of characters to travel to the Big Water. Some characters might want to leave the valley, or just go to see the Big Water as long as they're in the LBT world. This would make it more “optional” for players to send their characters there, anyway; no need to send a huge posse or escort along with them. Not that I'm trying to discourage anyone from sending their characters along, but I don't think we have much reason for ALL of them to come.

Could you please show me where I said ALL of the characters should come? I don't remember saying that at all...I'm just saying some characters can come if they wanted to.

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To be honest, I'd really like it for my characters to do some more interacting with other players' characters, and I think it would be a lot easier with a smaller group of characters (especially when they share a common objective). I hope this doesn't sound selfish or anything, but I'd rather not have the entire cast of the RP go off again on a dramatic mission, at least in this instance.

No, it's not selfish and I don't mean it like THIS instance, I'm just giving that idea up as an option.

Again, it was just an idea, I'm not saying that's what we should do.




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I'd be willing to contribute to this idea. Maybe I could end up at the Big Water or something since I have not made my first post on the RP yet, so for me, anything's possible. And I don't believe that Rat lady said ALL the characters were going, just a group of them, but not all. So, once again, I'll contribute to this, and maybe end up near the big water, meet some other characters of the RP, then journey back to the great valley with them, or something like that... <_<


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Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jan 23 2011 on  02:37 PM
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Just two cents from me: I personally don't think we need a dire situation to get a group of characters to travel to the Big Water. Some characters might want to leave the valley, or just go to see the Big Water as long as they're in the LBT world. This would make it more “optional” for players to send their characters there, anyway; no need to send a huge posse or escort along with them. Not that I'm trying to discourage anyone from sending their characters along, but I don't think we have much reason for ALL of them to come.
Could you please show me where I said ALL of the characters should come? I don't remember saying that at all...I'm just saying some characters can come if they wanted to.
I never said you did. I was just bringing it up for…I guess you could say preventative reasons. :p To tell you the truth, back when you first shared your idea that my character would be captured by Red Claw and need rescuing, I didn't expect that everyone in the RP would get involved. Not that I'm complaining, but I found that, despite my character temporarily becoming a major plot point, I was able to do a lot less interacting with other players than I'd expected. I think a big part of the reason is because virtually the entire cast was together in one place, with everyone interacting with one another. I guess it’s really my fault, but I’m just lousy at approaching other players to interact with them, so in a smaller group, there’s better chances that someone else will prompt me. I figured it was better to mention this before a lot of people volunteered to send their characters to the Big Water just so the group isn’t too small, to let them know that that might not be necessary. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

Quote from: LBTFan13,Jan 23 2011 on  11:42 AM
Pangaea, if you would like I would be more than happy to have my characters interact with yours. I think they could come up with some interesting dialogue together, and I haven't really gotten the chance to interact with you in the RP yet.
Thank you very much, Rob. :) If we end up going on the trip to the Big Water, though (provided the group is small as I am hoping), it should be okay for you to focus your characters on the subplot involving your dinosona. ;)



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Wow, how did I miss this entire convo with all my stalking?  :blink:  :DD

A small, moderate sized group sounds reasonable to me too! We can have a lot more stuff going on with that! And Pangaea....When I enter the rp, it would be a huge honor to interact with your characters!!! And yours too, Rat_lady7!! Squee!! I can't wait!! *spazzes out*


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Ditto on that one FBS! ;)  Sorry if I'm pestering you guy's, I just like being in the discussion and contributing to this RP. Yeah, a small group sounds reasonable, and a lot more things could happen because you wouldn't have to wait for too may people to post what happens. So, I like it, and once again am willing to contribute my character. Any problems with me maybe ending up near the big water, get stuck in the battle with the magical liopluerodon, interact with the characters, and journey back to the great valley with you guy's? How does that sound?


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I like that idea!! The magical liopleurodon battle sounds epic!!! And a group traveling to Big Water together gives my dinosona a chance to meet the giant swimming sharptooth too!! I'll be bringing lotsa confusion for the big guy with my talk of how he'll guide us to candy mountain!!
Magical liopleurodon- ROAR!!!
He has spoken!! He has told us the waaaaaaaaaay!!!  :lol:

Don't worry people, I'll be keeping my spazziness down to a minimum in the RP if you want!  :DD


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I'm sorry if I twisted your words around Amy. I now don't recall you saying the entire cast go to the Big Water, and I was just caught up in offering my opinion on the idea. I misspoke and I apologize ;)

Pangaea, were you planning on having your characters go to the Big Water? I hadn't decided yet on whether or not I was going to have my characters go on the trip, but if you are and would like to interact with my characters then I could certainly follow through with that.


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So very sorry for the delayed response. Work has not been kind to me. :oops Still no excuse... I'm posting my reply in the RP now. And yes we can proceed to morning for those of you who would like to. Again sorry for the drop off the radar, and I'll try to give a heads up if it happens again. :yes


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Well I posted my dinosauna...if that's how you spell it. The bio kinda sucks but it'll have to do for now  :D


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Just a side note, I'm way ecstatic that people that were gone for awhile are posting here again! :D :D :D

And to respond to others...

Pangaea said:
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I never said you did. I was just bringing it up for…I guess you could say preventative reasons. :p

Okay. It just looked like you said I did when reading your response at the time.

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To tell you the truth, back when you first shared your idea that my character would be captured by Red Claw and need rescuing, I didn't expect that everyone in the RP would get involved. Not that I'm complaining, but I found that, despite my character temporarily becoming a major plot point, I was able to do a lot less interacting with other players than I'd expected.

Okay, I do believe that now new people are getting involved in the rp, there will be more chances for that. In fact, you saying this gives me an idea for a poll I want to post here. *plots*

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I think a big part of the reason is because virtually the entire cast was together in one place, with everyone interacting with one another. I guess it’s really my fault, but I’m just lousy at approaching other players to interact with them, so in a smaller group, there’s better chances that someone else will prompt me.

Ah, okay. Thanks for telling me how you felt about that.

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I figured it was better to mention this before a lot of people volunteered to send their characters to the Big Water just so the group isn’t too small, to let them know that that might not be necessary.

Again, thanks for letting me know. :)

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A small, moderate sized group sounds reasonable to me too! We can have a lot more stuff going on with that! And Pangaea....When I enter the rp, it would be a huge honor to interact with your characters!!! And yours too, Rat_lady7!! Squee!! I can't wait!! *spazzes out*

:DD Your enthusiasm for this rp boosts my ego quite a bit. :lol ^^ Not that I need it bigger then it already is. Hehe.

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Any problems with me maybe ending up near the big water, get stuck in the battle with the magical liopluerodon, interact with the characters, and journey back to the great valley with you guy's? How does that sound?

I don't see any further problems with this, just stick to the rules, treat other players with respect and have fun. :yes

And another side note: ALL CREEPY, UNHEALTHY, OBSESSIVE STALKING of this discussion or anything that has to do with this rp is HIGHLY appreciated. :D

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I'm sorry if I twisted your words around Amy. I now don't recall you saying the entire cast go to the Big Water, and I was just caught up in offering my opinion on the idea. I misspoke and I apologize.

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Sorry for any misunderstanding.

It's alright. I apologize as well for any misunderstandings myself.

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So very sorry for the delayed response. Work has not been kind to me. Still no excuse... I'm posting my reply in the RP now. And yes we can proceed to morning for those of you who would like to. Again sorry for the drop off the radar, and I'll try to give a heads up if it happens again.

*does the YAYYAY dance*

Apologies accepted. Life happens. :yes

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Well I posted my dinosauna...if that's how you spell it. The bio kinda sucks but it'll have to do for now

[sarcasm]You spell it MR. FLUFFYKINS. git it rite!!!111!!! :anger[/sarcasm]



Actually I saw already, but thank you for posting here that you did it.




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In fact, you saying this gives me an idea for a poll I want to post here. *plots*


Oh noes!!! She be plotting stuffs of evulz!!

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Your enthusiasm for this rp boosts my ego quite a bit.  ^^ Not that I need it bigger then it already is. Hehe.

Your welcome!!!  :D

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And another side note: ALL CREEPY, UNHEALTHY, OBSESSIVE STALKING of this discussion or anything that has to do with this rp is HIGHLY appreciated.

I'm glad to know that!!  :DD *continues the creepy stalking!!*


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Don't worry, I'll be highly respective on here. Now, back to my stalking. :lol


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Gah…How do I manage to take so long to post in this thread? :rolleyes

Quote from: FlipperBoidSkua,Jan 24 2011 on  12:33 AM
Pangaea....When I enter the rp, it would be a huge honor to interact with your characters!!!
Same here. :smile I am very much looking forward to it. :yes (I already have an idea for how my characters will react when they see your dinosona for the first time. :lol)

Quote from: LBTFan13,Jan 24 2011 on  01:27 AM
Pangaea, were you planning on having your characters go to the Big Water? I hadn't decided yet on whether or not I was going to have my characters go on the trip, but if you are and would like to interact with my characters then I could certainly follow through with that.
Yes, I was. However, you don't need to worry about sending your own characters along just to give mine someone to interact with; from the looks of the post by FlipperBoidSkua that I quoted above, that won't be a problem. :lol That's certainly not to say that I wouldn't like to interact with your characters given the opportunity (and believe me when I tell you I am very grateful for your offer :yes), but don't let me be a factor in influencing your decision of what to do with your characters. Just come if you want to. :)

Quote from: Redtooth101,Jan 27 2011 on  05:57 PM
Well I posted my dinosauna...if that's how you spell it.
It's dinosona; the word is a combination of “dinosaur” and “persona”. ;)

By the way, I sent a PM to Blitz to let him know about the impending new day in the RP, and to tell him about some of the new plans. :angel (Amy, you didn't do that already, did you? :unsure:)



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[/QUOTE]It's dinosona; the word is a combination of “dinosaur” and “persona”
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Thanks for the correction. And by the way I may be a bit awkward at first, never been that good at entering RPs, and I'd love to interect with anyone's character really   :lol

Edit: I fail at using the Quite thing 0.o


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Quote from: Redtooth101,Jan 27 2011 on  07:21 PM
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It's dinosona; the word is a combination of “dinosaur” and “persona”.

Thanks for the correction. And by the way I may be a bit awkward at first, never been that good at entering RPs, and I'd love to interect with anyone's character really  :lol
Any rpers of all types are welcome in this rp. I'm a newb when it comes to rping myself, with two years of practice. So don't worry about feeling awkward about posting. :yes

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By the way, I sent a PM to Blitz to let him know about the impending new day in the RP, and to tell him about some of the new plans. (Amy, you didn't do that already, did you?)

I don't think so...if I did I completely forgot. :slap But thank you anyway for pming him. :)

Another note, not that I AM against interacting with anyone's characters, I'm quite the opposite, I just wanted to keep a plot up and running without it getting run down or boring for anyone, but if most people just want the interaction for now, that's all fine and good. Maybe I'm expecting too much too fast. :p :lol






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Quote from: Redtooth101,Jan 27 2011 on  10:21 PM
I fail at using the Quite thing 0.o
Just click the “Quote” button on the upper right-hand corner of whatever post you want to quote; you'll get a screen with two boxes: one containing the text of the post (which allows you the option of deleting all but the specific part of the post you want to quote), and one above it in which you can type your message.

Alternatively, you can just copy the text you want to quote and frame it with the [QUOTE ] [ /QUOTE] tags. (Make sure the one with the slash comes last, and don't actually use spaces when writing the tags.)



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