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AOCAF Cup XXVI Signups
Posted: Mar 23 2009, 09:17 PM
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IC: 95X Endorses the Starblaydi AOCAF Cup host bid.

OOC: I'm in total support of RP bonuses, for several reasons.

First, it gives people who spend any length of time actually maintaining some sort of story line and/or conscious thought process half a chance over someone who's been in a long time, never and/or rarely posts RPs, and possibly has such a high rank/history that they'd otherwise lose every single time. One would think we'd want to encourage new nations, otherwise every single tournament would've died out completely by now.

Second, none of us are being asked to put on shorts and cleats and hit the field. If there's no RPs, there's no difference between a football tournament and anything else.

Third, if you're participating or not, it gives people something to follow, including other players, who might or might not use something you wrote about your team if they RP first. For more information, ask what having conjoined twins, armless players, cows, or gelatinous blobs on your team does for its publicity. (Hint: instant. smile.gif)

Fourth (if this is anyone's situation, it's none of my business unless they want to share), I have some RL friends who are disabled, one of whom to the point they can't do much. When they communicate online with their friends, they feel like they're able to do *something*, and that sometimes includes video games, RPs, fantasies, etc. They'll sometimes even pretend they're able to participate.
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Posted: Mar 24 2009, 03:54 AM
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I've seen the light on RP bonuses.

I used to think that you had to post big long dramatic stories to get anything out of them. But my team has fared way better than expected (0-1-2) in the Rugby League World Cup, and has a good chance to win its next two games and qualify for the knockout stage, all because of RP bonus. So my newspaper articles seem to work. Well, I'm OK with that. I like writing them, and I like maintaining a storyline and sharing it with the NS world.

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Fourth (if this is anyone's situation, it's none of my business unless they want to share), I have some RL friends who are disabled, one of whom to the point they can't do much. When they communicate online with their friends, they feel like they're able to do *something*, and that sometimes includes video games, RPs, fantasies, etc. They'll sometimes even pretend they're able to participate.


That's really cool, man. Thanks for sharing that perspective.
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Posted: Mar 24 2009, 06:57 AM
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QUOTE (95X-Scottfire @ Mar 23 2009, 09:17 PM)
Third, if you're participating or not, it gives people something to follow, including other players, who might or might not use something you wrote about your team if they RP first.  For more information, ask what having conjoined twins, armless players, cows, or gelatinous blobs on your team does for its publicity.  (Hint:  instant. smile.gif)

Please don't ask about the conjoined twins!
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Posted: Mar 24 2009, 10:11 PM
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Yes! Ask about the conjoined twins!!!!! laugh.gif
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Posted: Mar 27 2009, 04:18 PM
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Am I being neurotic, or should we have a roster/RP thread at this point? Am I mising something?
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Posted: Mar 27 2009, 04:29 PM
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QUOTE (Norwellia @ Mar 27 2009, 10:18 PM)
Am I being neurotic?

Yes.
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Posted: Mar 27 2009, 06:56 PM
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D'oh! Well, it's nothin' new anyway...
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Posted: Mar 28 2009, 02:32 AM
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QUOTE (Starblaydia @ Mar 23 2009, 07:30 AM)
OOCly, of course, I should put my hand in to host once more - it's about time. I'll wait for the AOCC to finish, then get everything together.

Two games to go I believe . . .
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Posted: Mar 28 2009, 05:40 AM
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I bags post AOCAF for a sporting event.
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Posted: Mar 28 2009, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE (Bazalonia @ Mar 28 2009, 03:40 AM)
I bags post AOCAF for a sporting event.

I can't make heads or tails of this post.
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Posted: Mar 29 2009, 02:06 AM
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Just smile and nod politely
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