Walking Dead RP OOC (for Halloween)

[feistyphoenix]

I agree Wyld, other than a few miscellaneous things I doubt a police station would have much to offer, that kind of place would be the first to get looted and cleaned out by the surviving locals.

 

[dutchrain]

A couple things I'd like to weigh in on. First off, going to speak about realism. Keep in mind, it has been almost a year since the initial outbreak. Supplies would be very hard to come by...even if you initially had supplies when it all started, your reserves need to be restored. We definitely would not have been the first group to have been through this town over the past year...and also have to take into account Aaron living here all winter.

That said, not trying to nitpick, but the amount of supplies found at the police station doesn't seem realistic to me, as the first places anyone would go when searching for supplies during crisis, are places where food and water are available, and anywhere there are weapons. After a year, doubt anything would have been there...police station would more than likely already been ransacked months before.

Still, what is written is fine...can still work with it, but problem is, think we're starting to get a bit "Month Hall" with the amount of supplies we have. I was guilty of this, too with the duffel bag full of junk food in the motel room, finding something that should have been scavenged long before. It wasn't realistic, and someone pointed it out to me. I was glad they did..it was glaringly unrealistic.

Part of a story in a zombie apocalypse is not just fighting to survive against walkers or other groups...we want our characters to struggle somewhat with the daily needs of food and drink as well. That is more than likely going to happen sooner rather than later...the more we have, the more Wayne's group will want to take from us. The more loaded down with supplies, the slower a group moves...and that would mean lightening our load in order to outrun hostile groups that we can't defeat directly. Also, gas would be an issue for vehicles...bigger the vehicle, the more fuel it uses. The more vehicles we have, the less miles we can travel before needing more gas. If it tows a load, fuel use increases.

Wayne's group is bigger, better armed, and more ruthless and violent than our group. I imagine them harrying our group, chasing us, ready to kill us for our supplies. Only defense we have is our wits, and a smaller, more mobile group. This is the exact same advantage this new group of Native American hostiles are going to have over us as well. Sneak in, hit hard, run...ambush strategy. Disable vehicles. Wear opponents down, make them jump at every shadow...uneasy at all times. Will be a learning experience that our group can learn from to use against larger, stronger groups. Good roleplay opportunity.

I agree Wyld, other than a few miscellaneous things I doubt a police station would have much to offer, that kind of place would be the first to get looted and cleaned out by the surviving locals.

Locked door or no locked door, the locals would have found their way in quite soon. A tiny little bit of explosives would have dealt with any lock. A tractor with the damaged door if it wouldn't open its hinges anymore.

The part I fatted in your post, Wyld, is what interests me most about this kinds of RPs. I am not against a good fight once in a while, but the struggles of daily life, how a group reacts to them, how a group of people react to each other, and all that interests me much, much more than fight number 6.587.

I am strongly opposed to having any of the hostile groups appearing soon. Not before at least two play days have passed. I am so much against it, I would have Mathilda speak her last words during an attack would it happen before the morning of play day four (the meeting on the highway being play day one).

Sea, a man claiming to have fought in WWII would be at least eighty-eight now, if he was eighteen at the end of the war.

 

[Wyld52771]

I agree...we haven't developed the group dynamic enough yet. Our characters are still basically strangers to one another. I try to make Nick act like I realistically would. Were it myself in their situation, I still would not trust anyone enough to guard my back were something bad to happen. Without trust, there is no cohesive unit. There has not been time yet for that trust to build. That was why I had not introduced Wayne's group yet. Realistically, our group would most likely scatter to the four winds if s major threat happened because we haven't bonded yet.

 

[dutchrain]

I agree...we haven't developed the group dynamic enough yet. Our characters are still basically strangers to one another. I try to make Nick act like I realistically would. Were it myself in their situation, I still would not trust anyone enough to guard my back were something bad to happen. Without trust, there is no cohesive unit. There has not been time yet for that trust to build. That was why I had not introduced Wayne's group yet. Realistically, our group would most likely scatter to the four winds if s major threat happened because we haven't bonded yet.

Exactly.

 

[Ldy_Sea]

I pictured this as a small rural town that the out break ran through quickly. Those that didn't turn left in a hurry without stopping to get supplies. The police station was locked up because of the riot and all cops except the one guarding the prisoners were killed in the riot. Locals would have known this and figured the police station didn't have anything.

I know from experience that police departments do store some food for emergencys. My Sherriff Department has 20 cases of MRE's and another 10 of canned foods for emergency operations. I figured that being a rural area with lots of woods they would be called out on search nd rescue jobs a lot and being able to carry several meals with you would make the search move faster.

As for passers by raiding it. The two large groups of walkers we took out would have stopped small groups and individuals from getting into town and moving around. Besides when I did my night patrol I did mention that the police station didn't look like anyone had scavenged it. Both bedause I knew I wouldf find ammo there, and the Horse trailer. I will admit the Pick up started up a lot easier than it would have in reality, but I just didn't feel like writing about fixing the engine.

As for the bad guys, I just wanted them to make an appearance, they are not ready to let themselves be known yet either. Their camp is an unknown distance away so it will take time for him to get back to camp report on what he's seen, make a plan, and return to carry out there plan. So we have a few days at least...

Yes he is old and in Native tribes age is revered. His is healthy and spry for his age, but he won't be storming the beaches at Normandy again.

 

[feistyphoenix]

Can we maybe put a cap on the number of carachters that one person can write? I feel like more than two is too much, three is overkill.

 

[dutchrain]

Can we maybe put a cap on the number of carachters that one person can write? I feel like more than two is too much, three is overkill.

It matters a bit if the characters are RPs or Non-RPs, I think. N-RPs don't have to be limited, if it is clear they are "gun fodder". If a N-RP is important to the story line, I would classify it as an RP character.
For RP characters I would like some kind of limit too. Two, or three, would be enough.

 

[SimplyJessi]

I'd say that depending on how the characters are used, three would be okay. Of course I am completely bias since I have three characters (two for our group.. eventually and one for the villain group). However, if anyone believes that the quality of my rp is suffering because of the three characters, then fill free to tell me, and we can kill one of them off. That being said, I do believe that we need more small characters that help the story pass.. these will be characters that can be fed to the zombies or the villains.

 

[dutchrain]

I'd say that depending on how the characters are used, three would be okay. Of course I am completely bias since I have three characters (two for our group.. eventually and one for the villain group). However, if anyone believes that the quality of my rp is suffering because of the three characters, then fill free to tell me, and we can kill one of them off. That being said, I do believe that we need more small characters that help the story pass.. these will be characters that can be fed to the zombies or the villains.

Yes, but not yet. The group first has to become a team.

 

[SimplyJessi]

I completely agree. I've also decided to wait to introduce Ace (my new character) until a little while after the group gets aquainted with the other new people.. though it would be a perfect chance with Aaron all by himself. Though, I guess just because I introduce her right now, wouldn't mean that she joins the group. Opinions?

 

[dutchrain]

I completely agree. I've also decided to wait to introduce Ace (my new character) until a little while after the group gets aquainted with the other new people.. though it would be a perfect chance with Aaron all by himself. Though, I guess just because I introduce her right now, wouldn't mean that she joins the group. Opinions?

You could introduce her in a "wandering" post?

 

[feistyphoenix]

I'll get a post up before noon hopefully.

 

[SimplyJessi]

Do you all think Aaron would have went looking for a generator, or maybe he didn't think about it? Webbed, since Aaron is your character, what do you think?

Growing up around hotels (my mother has worked as a housekeeper for a lot of hotels for as long as I can remember) I know that most hotels do have generators. Usually they kick in automatically, but sometimes they don't for different reasons. It can be anything from a breaker issue to the generator running out of deisel. Since I gave Jessa some of my background (the mother working in hotels for most of her life) Jessa would think about this too.

I just thought that if our group is going to make the hotel their base for a while, it would be good to get at least a little bit of power. It may not power up the whole hotel, but it would power up the kitchen and maybe even a hot water heater?

As far as water goes, I would think that atleast the cold water still works in the hotel. Am I wrong?

 

[SimplyJessi]

Okay, I have another.. less rp centered... question.

I think that the best way for our group to really solify as a team is for us to get a better sense for each other.. and our team to get a better sense of each other. So I have a question.

Where do you come up with the ideas for your characters? Do you take some of your own characteristics and pass them on to your characters (or atleast your main character)?

I think a lot of people would say that the best way to create a realistic character is to base the character off of yourself, and write her/his reactions and actions as you would react.

 

[dutchrain]

Since a few people (Sarah I think, and Nick) washed themselves in the motel, I too would think there is cold water. Maybe the motel has its own water tank?

The generator might be out off diesel, Aaron might have used it until it ran out?

 

[dutchrain]

Okay, I have another.. less rp centered... question.

I think that the best way for our group to really solify as a team is for us to get a better sense for each other.. and our team to get a better sense of each other. So I have a question.

Where do you come up with the ideas for your characters? Do you take some of your own characteristics and pass them on to your characters (or atleast your main character)?

I think a lot of people would say that the best way to create a realistic character is to base the character off of yourself, and write her/his reactions and actions as you would react.

All my characters have some things in common with me.

 

[SimplyJessi]

Since a few people (Sarah I think, and Nick) washed themselves in the motel, I too would think there is cold water. Maybe the motel has its own water tank?

The generator might be out off diesel, Aaron might have used it until it ran out?

I know, thats what I was thinking.. I even had Jessa take a cold shower. I could change it though if I needed to lol.

I had an idea that Jessa could go looking for the generator and see what was going on with it. There could be a blockage or even a broken belt. If it's the diesel, maybe there's a reservoir.. like a tank or something next to the generator with diesel in it. Some hotels do keep some diesel near the generator. It wouldn't be a lot, just enough to fill the generator up once.

I was thinking that someone who was staying at the hotel before Aaron came along would have went down there to check on the generator (like maybe a worker or another group that was there before the electricity went off) and got attacked by walkers. The worker (or whoever) could even be stuck down there some how still. But that wouldn't work if Aaron went down there looking for the generator.

 

[dutchrain]

I know, thats what I was thinking.. I even had Jessa take a cold shower. I could change it though if I needed to lol.

I had an idea that Jessa could go looking for the generator and see what was going on with it. There could be a blockage or even a broken belt. If it's the diesel, maybe there's a reservoir.. like a tank or something next to the generator with diesel in it. Some hotels do keep some diesel near the generator. It wouldn't be a lot, just enough to fill the generator up once.

I was thinking that someone who was staying at the hotel before Aaron came along would have went down there to check on the generator (like maybe a worker or another group that was there before the electricity went off) and got attacked by walkers. The worker (or whoever) could even be stuck down there some how still. But that wouldn't work if Aaron went down there looking for the generator.

*smiles* So lets wait until Webbed is around.

 

[feistyphoenix]

I usually only write redheads (why not, I am one!) and some small parts of the people I write are based on myself. With this one in particular, Rachel, I wrote her as someone who has a lot of growing to do...much like Carol from the tv series. I thought that would be more interesting than someone who has it all together.

 

[JadeKnight]

I was going to make a suggestion that we give a little slack on posting. The holidays are here and I'm sure people are going to be more busy than usual.

 

[dutchrain]

I was going to make a suggestion that we give a little slack on posting. The holidays are here and I'm sure people are going to be more busy than usual.

I agree. I won't even be around from the 14th. to the 27th.

 

[feistyphoenix]

I'm going out of town this weekend and then the 19-23rd im working night shift, then out of town again for Christmas Eve and the 2 or 3 days following.

 

[SimplyJessi]

I was going to make a suggestion that we give a little slack on posting. The holidays are here and I'm sure people are going to be more busy than usual.

I say that we play it by ear. Continue to post until you have to go. That's what's been going on anyway, right? I don't really see how missing a few days (or a week) would hurt the rp any since the story is inching along.

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I usually only write redheads (why not, I am one!) and some small parts of the people I write are based on myself. With this one in particular, Rachel, I wrote her as someone who has a lot of growing to do...much like Carol from the tv series. I thought that would be more interesting than someone who has it all together.

I give a lot of my characters my personality traits, especially Jessa. She's basically me with a little bit of other stuff thrown in. She may seem like she has it all together, but she doesn't.

One of my friends commented on me by saying "You always say you're fine. You could accidently cut your hand off and about to bleed to death, and you'd still say you were fine." It's true.. and that's how Jessa is. She just has a hard time admitting when she needs help because she was raised to be independent, and she has a hard time trusting people and letting them in.

 

[WebbedHawk]

Just catching up. Aaron wouldn't have checked for a generator because, in my mind, he's coming in just as winter is about to set in. Upon making the decision to stay at the motel supplies and security would be on top of the list for him.

As for playing characters, yes, I think in general instilling a good bit of ones self is just going to happen. I do insert a bit of me in each character, even if I warp a few things for the story.

Taking it easy on the posting is fine too, been quite busy prepping for Christmas and whatnot.

 

[JadeKnight]

Hehe, decisions, decisions, should Jack go for Rachel or Mathilda? Why not play with both?