Post by empireoffire on Aug 3, 2016 20:38:12 GMT -6
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Meanwhile, in some other parallel universe
The velvet curtains parted slowly, causing the murmuring crowd to shush and watch in anticipation. The large spotlights turned on and focused on a simple wooden table in the center of the stage. On top of the table, lied a facedown deck of blue cards with a faint glow. A hooded figure silently approached the table from the shadows, took the top card, and flipped it over. The image of a familiar red-head was printed on the other side. The figure then slid the card off the table. Instead of falling, the card hovered over to the front of the stage, now standing upright. Then, a pillar of green light enveloped the card for a few seconds before it dissipated, with the woman whose image was printed on the card doing a midair flip and falling with a stylish 3-point landing. Anna sprang back up and pointed to the audience as she spoke into the microphone.
"WELCOME, TO SEASON 1 OF OZ: MAILBAG OF LEGENDS!"
The nearly sold-out crowd cheered and applauded as the stage lit up fully, sparks flew onstage, and the live chorus started playing (curiously, the hooded figure from earlier appeared to have vanished). The crowd was a melting pot of Oz nationalities and even species: some appeared Yuleian, some Ephesian, some Dalish, even a few Flying Monkeys and (disarmed) Attacktrons here and there. Some were cosplaying as soldiers or other named characters.
"Hah! Sorry for the delay, but we're here, and it's always a pleasure to see our lovely audience like this!" declared Anna. "I also see some new faces here tonight, and I expect some newbies tuning in back home as well, so let's take a moment to review what this is all about.
You see, in this show, we're going to these folks..." Anna picked up the deck of cards and fanned them outward to display a number of characters in card form; including Oz natives who would ordinarily have no business taking card form. Curiously, some of them wore... different clothing than what they normally do. "And we're going to plop them from Oz and bring them here for an interview where they must answer questions submitted by you: the audience! Who knows? Maybe some more wacky hijinks will ensue. Anyway, once they're done here, we'll then send them right back to Oz right as they were safe and sound, with no memories of this ever happening. To put it simply, ALL EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRE IN THE OZ: MAILBAG OF LEGENDS ARE NON-CANON!
The way this works is simple: First, authors shall name off characters that they would like to nominate as a possible candidate for an episode centered around them. Anyone goes, even minor characters. Then, the nominations are listed and voted upon, with majority vote dictating which character gets the spotlight, during which they get to write a post here, in this topic, with the character's arrival on the stage. Then, other users shall send, via PM, questions for the character to whoever is presently in control of the spotlight character. The person-of-the-episode then posts the episode in whatever the current main-line episode is (in the RP topic) after a timespan of however-long-they-feel-like elapses (though take too long and the voting round happens again with their episode postponed or cancelled). After the episode ends, the process repeats itself.
The contents of the episode can be whatever the user-in-charge wants. The only rule is that the questions should be answered as in-character as possible, so feel free to make up scenariosand questions that you feel viewers would see as entertaining. You can be as straight-laced as possible, or go completely bonkers. Want to go straight to the point, or do you want a mini-storyline to go with it? Go right ahead. You can have characters in normal attire, sexy attire, even a gorilla suit if you want. Think I -- the lovely Miss Anna -- am being portrayed radically different from how someone else writes me? Who cares, there's a thousand different Annas anyway! Go wild*!
(*Disclaimer: Neither this show nor it's affiliates are responsible for any posts that could end up modded. Use your best judgement.)
Now, some of you may be wondering, 'Hey Anna, can I reference something that happened in a character's RP/CYOA of origin that hasn't been brought up in Oz?' Well the answer is... Yes. However, please be aware that not everyone is aware of the events that transpire in other works. As such, I encourage you to take steps to address this fact. Perhaps you include a short explanation of the significant events or people that are being referenced? Perhaps you address only a few of them so that 3/4s of the episode isn't talking about something ignorant viewers wouldn't understand? That is all up to the writer and question-maker. Be considerate for others. Not everyone has read Austur.
For now though, I think that about covers the basic. Since we're starting off, here begins the Nomination Period. If you -- that is, the writers -- have a character you wish to have participate in the show, simply say their names, and they will be nominated for an episode based on them. You may also group a multiple of characters into one group; for instance, a brother-sister minor character duo, or a team of four vigilantes. Note that if you take this route, it is recommended that the group actually possess some kind of relation with each other.
After that, the Nomination Period ends and the VOTING PERIOD starts. The rules are subject to change depending on how many potential voters and nominated characters there are, but for now:
How to vote:
Rank the characters you would like to see in three ranks, with 1st place counting as three votes, 2nd counts as two votes, and 3rd counts as one vote.
For example:
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. thebigcheese
3. Mister Bakery Man the guy who owned that one Inn
Abe would receive three votes, while Cheesy-bear would get two votes, and the baker would get one vote. Obviously, the one with the most votes will be the one who gets the next episode. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by alphabetical order of the name they're most commonly referred to as both in and out of the story (for example, Bob Vargas is mostly just called Bob in the story, so Bob would it. Meanwhile, Tom Hoffman is mostly called Mr. Hoffman, so it would be "Hoffman". For convenience's sake, aliases like "Jane Doe" will be ignored and their real names will be used, unless it is unknown). The winner will be notified via PM about their victory, and they shall write a short skit in this topic about them suddenly being transported into the show.
Also, you can't vote for your own character(s), since otherwise we would just have folks voting for their own nominations and nothing else. No nominations will be accepted during a voting period in progress. Once the voting period ends, however, they will automatically be added to the list of nominations.
This is, of course, followed by the Questioning Period, where viewers send questions to be asked in-universe by myself, Anna, to the person(s) who are having the episode's spotlight. Basically anything can be asked, though the actual contents of the answer -- if they even get asked -- is up to the person in charge of the episode. Generally, as many questions as possible should answered, but sometimes certain questions are overlooked thanks to a variety of reasons, from stupid questions to 'this episode is 6 pages long already so I think I should shave some corners' to 'spoiler alert'. Generally, the Nomination Period is also open while the episode is being composed.
After that is the Episode, where I ask the submitted questions and the characters answer in-character while possibly dealing with the wacky hijinks and comedy gold that they're very likely to be put through. After the episode is written, the nomination period ends and the voting session for the next episode begins anew.
Does that cover most of it? I sure think so! So let's stop with the boring explanations and get this loan shark-funded show started!"
More cheers.
Previous Episodes:
-Season 1:
-Episode 1: Glinda: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/87968/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/88694/thread and onward
-Episode 2: Lana: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/89083/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/90994/thread and onward
-Episode 3: Alice/Geraldine: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/91657/thread and onward Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/92097/thread and onward
-Episode 4: June: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/92226/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/92871/thread and onward
-Episode 5: Bowser/Jr: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/93049/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/94545/thread and onward
-Episode 6: Ozma: Intro cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/95493/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/96811/thread and onward
-Episode 7: Alvis: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/98046/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/98790/thread and onward
Current Nominations:
- empireoffire: Joshua/Pokemon, Irving, Cia, Kyurem
- HHDeception: Celeste/Joanna, Anthea, Moran.
- CDM: Marth the Horse, Franklin/Pierre/Ignius
- Mystic: Mystic
- Mr. X: Mario/Starlow, Charlie/Alyssa, Kammy/Kamek/Minions, Sophie/Anna, Dimentio, Fawful/Pokemon, Catie
Meanwhile, in some other parallel universe
The velvet curtains parted slowly, causing the murmuring crowd to shush and watch in anticipation. The large spotlights turned on and focused on a simple wooden table in the center of the stage. On top of the table, lied a facedown deck of blue cards with a faint glow. A hooded figure silently approached the table from the shadows, took the top card, and flipped it over. The image of a familiar red-head was printed on the other side. The figure then slid the card off the table. Instead of falling, the card hovered over to the front of the stage, now standing upright. Then, a pillar of green light enveloped the card for a few seconds before it dissipated, with the woman whose image was printed on the card doing a midair flip and falling with a stylish 3-point landing. Anna sprang back up and pointed to the audience as she spoke into the microphone.
"WELCOME, TO SEASON 1 OF OZ: MAILBAG OF LEGENDS!"
The nearly sold-out crowd cheered and applauded as the stage lit up fully, sparks flew onstage, and the live chorus started playing (curiously, the hooded figure from earlier appeared to have vanished). The crowd was a melting pot of Oz nationalities and even species: some appeared Yuleian, some Ephesian, some Dalish, even a few Flying Monkeys and (disarmed) Attacktrons here and there. Some were cosplaying as soldiers or other named characters.
"Hah! Sorry for the delay, but we're here, and it's always a pleasure to see our lovely audience like this!" declared Anna. "I also see some new faces here tonight, and I expect some newbies tuning in back home as well, so let's take a moment to review what this is all about.
You see, in this show, we're going to these folks..." Anna picked up the deck of cards and fanned them outward to display a number of characters in card form; including Oz natives who would ordinarily have no business taking card form. Curiously, some of them wore... different clothing than what they normally do. "And we're going to plop them from Oz and bring them here for an interview where they must answer questions submitted by you: the audience! Who knows? Maybe some more wacky hijinks will ensue. Anyway, once they're done here, we'll then send them right back to Oz right as they were safe and sound, with no memories of this ever happening. To put it simply, ALL EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRE IN THE OZ: MAILBAG OF LEGENDS ARE NON-CANON!
The way this works is simple: First, authors shall name off characters that they would like to nominate as a possible candidate for an episode centered around them. Anyone goes, even minor characters. Then, the nominations are listed and voted upon, with majority vote dictating which character gets the spotlight, during which they get to write a post here, in this topic, with the character's arrival on the stage. Then, other users shall send, via PM, questions for the character to whoever is presently in control of the spotlight character. The person-of-the-episode then posts the episode in whatever the current main-line episode is (in the RP topic) after a timespan of however-long-they-feel-like elapses (though take too long and the voting round happens again with their episode postponed or cancelled). After the episode ends, the process repeats itself.
The contents of the episode can be whatever the user-in-charge wants. The only rule is that the questions should be answered as in-character as possible, so feel free to make up scenarios
(*Disclaimer: Neither this show nor it's affiliates are responsible for any posts that could end up modded. Use your best judgement.)
Now, some of you may be wondering, 'Hey Anna, can I reference something that happened in a character's RP/CYOA of origin that hasn't been brought up in Oz?' Well the answer is... Yes. However, please be aware that not everyone is aware of the events that transpire in other works. As such, I encourage you to take steps to address this fact. Perhaps you include a short explanation of the significant events or people that are being referenced? Perhaps you address only a few of them so that 3/4s of the episode isn't talking about something ignorant viewers wouldn't understand? That is all up to the writer and question-maker. Be considerate for others. Not everyone has read Austur.
For now though, I think that about covers the basic. Since we're starting off, here begins the Nomination Period. If you -- that is, the writers -- have a character you wish to have participate in the show, simply say their names, and they will be nominated for an episode based on them. You may also group a multiple of characters into one group; for instance, a brother-sister minor character duo, or a team of four vigilantes. Note that if you take this route, it is recommended that the group actually possess some kind of relation with each other.
After that, the Nomination Period ends and the VOTING PERIOD starts. The rules are subject to change depending on how many potential voters and nominated characters there are, but for now:
How to vote:
Rank the characters you would like to see in three ranks, with 1st place counting as three votes, 2nd counts as two votes, and 3rd counts as one vote.
For example:
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. thebigcheese
3. Mister Bakery Man the guy who owned that one Inn
Abe would receive three votes, while Cheesy-bear would get two votes, and the baker would get one vote. Obviously, the one with the most votes will be the one who gets the next episode. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by alphabetical order of the name they're most commonly referred to as both in and out of the story (for example, Bob Vargas is mostly just called Bob in the story, so Bob would it. Meanwhile, Tom Hoffman is mostly called Mr. Hoffman, so it would be "Hoffman". For convenience's sake, aliases like "Jane Doe" will be ignored and their real names will be used, unless it is unknown). The winner will be notified via PM about their victory, and they shall write a short skit in this topic about them suddenly being transported into the show.
Also, you can't vote for your own character(s), since otherwise we would just have folks voting for their own nominations and nothing else. No nominations will be accepted during a voting period in progress. Once the voting period ends, however, they will automatically be added to the list of nominations.
This is, of course, followed by the Questioning Period, where viewers send questions to be asked in-universe by myself, Anna, to the person(s) who are having the episode's spotlight. Basically anything can be asked, though the actual contents of the answer -- if they even get asked -- is up to the person in charge of the episode. Generally, as many questions as possible should answered, but sometimes certain questions are overlooked thanks to a variety of reasons, from stupid questions to 'this episode is 6 pages long already so I think I should shave some corners' to 'spoiler alert'. Generally, the Nomination Period is also open while the episode is being composed.
After that is the Episode, where I ask the submitted questions and the characters answer in-character while possibly dealing with the wacky hijinks and comedy gold that they're very likely to be put through. After the episode is written, the nomination period ends and the voting session for the next episode begins anew.
Does that cover most of it? I sure think so! So let's stop with the boring explanations and get this loan shark-funded show started!"
More cheers.
Previous Episodes:
-Season 1:
-Episode 1: Glinda: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/87968/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/88694/thread and onward
-Episode 2: Lana: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/89083/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/90994/thread and onward
-Episode 3: Alice/Geraldine: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/91657/thread and onward Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/92097/thread and onward
-Episode 4: June: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/92226/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/92871/thread and onward
-Episode 5: Bowser/Jr: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/93049/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/94545/thread and onward
-Episode 6: Ozma: Intro cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/95493/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/96811/thread and onward
-Episode 7: Alvis: Intro: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/98046/thread Episode: cyoa-verse.boards.net/post/98790/thread and onward
Current Nominations:
- empireoffire: Joshua/Pokemon, Irving, Cia, Kyurem
- HHDeception: Celeste/Joanna, Anthea, Moran.
- CDM: Marth the Horse, Franklin/Pierre/Ignius
- Mystic: Mystic
- Mr. X: Mario/Starlow, Charlie/Alyssa, Kammy/Kamek/Minions, Sophie/Anna, Dimentio, Fawful/Pokemon, Catie
