East allowed himself to be pressed gently back into his seat and concentrated on his breathing. On occasion you'd get jokers trying to hang a tight turn at speed and they'd black out, forgetting to breath, failing to remain present, to will themselves to remain in the moment. People were always...
Harold East
Mission security and weapon systems
Summary
Age: 57 (189 including suspension)
Gender: M
Occupation: Interstellar Navy
Mission role: Mission security and weapon systems
Personality
Harry has lived in space for the greater part of his life and has become something of a native...
Have you tried Cowboy beebop? - futuristic sci fi cyberpunk western mob PI series (and a movie) thing...
Also for a 1 shot: Sword of the stranger.
I say this as someone who dug Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Ninja Scroll but find that a lot of anime kind of miss the mark.
I'm prepared to accept that there are many reasons why a thread might fade out, equally experience tells me that what I'm picking up on here is a major reason that is being largely overlooked by the community.
Players tend to build to the extent that they can get away with in order to further...
This is key.
A player is someone who is required to seek my consent, either through abiding by rules set forth in my OOC thread or by drip fed plot nodes in game, in order to do anything to the setting or "my" character that I may or may not take issue with. A writer is trying to write well for...
If you look at the various threads up on site you'll notice that almost none of them ever reach a satisfactory conclusion, the vast majority fail even to complete what I'd call a chapter. I believe that the need for GM control is one reason for this. A GM is one person, and he isn't Tolkien...
So often what you'll see in a thread is that the world builder puts together a backdrop and a hook, perhaps some guidelines for the players to build characters, and keeps the ball rolling as the story progresses toward a climax.
I think this model is both limiting and a major factor in why...
Malakai stood in his digital construct, taking in the audio. He was loath to actually comment but it seemed a number of things had skipped under his apparent compatriots radar.
05:00 in the morning and it was already evening. Security tended to be worked out in advance. Either something had...
Greynet vetted the advertisers and linked them with "contractors", trust was hard to come by online.
With the meeting set so close, Malakai had needed to work quickly. Social media tagging lit up the regulars like a Christmas tree though. From there it was a short skip to a bulk email...