[daslog]

Originally Posted by vorlon31

Its scalar, that word of the month.

If the rp is confined within the context of a squad rp, for the entertainment of a squad alone, with a gradual build up over a few weeks before it required any GM intervention what so ever, what difference does it matter if there's 100, 1000 or 10k people on-line?

The difference in the number of GM's required to do the work. e.g 10,000 players could mean 1,000 squads (assuming 10 pilots per squad) which means an army of GM's would be needed to support all the requests. It's just not economicly viable.

Now, if that rp is taken server wide you would have problems sure, but not every RP has to be main story, not every rp has to be mass targeted and not every RP has to obey the laws of physics jim, not if its unrolling enthuses and inspires just small groups at a time.

Mass targeting would actually be easier. Trying to keep tabs on hundreds of different squads RP's and making sure all the events happen at the right time is much much more difficult

My concerns in Jumpgate are keeping my squad m8's entertained, keeping them enthused and logging into the game and lets face it, if I want them to find a derelict ship in a shield/armour storm (one that mysteriously vanishes with the storm moving on) or for a hive to appear briefly in pulsar so that an epic battle between my chaps and the flux can happen, one that pushes the conflux back (if only in our own squad rp storylines), then I need GM help, I'm not asking for god mode shields, I'm not asking for anything that will hurt another player, Im just asking to borrow the crayons that are on the top shelf out of normal reach.

God Mode shields would probably be easier since the code for that already exists. Asking to take abstract rp concepts and create them in game is extremely labor intensive.

EDIT: Forgot to add this.

The ratio for profitable MMO's of GM to Players is about 10,000 to 1. Yes, 10,000 players to 1 GM. The GM's don't spend their time doing RP events either. They handle things like Bugs, people being stuck, griefing complaints, etc.

[vorlon31]

Whatever happens in Jumpgate Evolution rp wise, I am positive it will be both different to what we know now and supportive of our varied gaming needs, through intuitive mission types, the varying story arcs interwoven amongst them and the living universe itself.

So, fear not the vorlon31 and his apparent all encompassing Bond-villain like yearning for galactic supremacy and remember, it is all good, interactive entertainment and much better than much of the worlds TV.

[GrimGriz]

If the RP is just for your squad, you should make ones up that don't require GM intervention, and don't expect anyone else to believe they actually happened.

Who is to say I cant IC'ly sit alone in the dark recesses of my pos rewiring an insight and combining it with a pwd to create a temporary sentient stun gun? Who is to say such a feat couldn't be achieved, IC'ly.

Unless you can trade it to me, and we completely surprise the GM with it, it wasn't done.

Players control their characters, GMs and the server code control everything else.