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Kirishawnie Marisa ([personal profile] slimequest) wrote2011-04-13 06:26 pm

16-bit megalomania ROUND 2

Wow, has it really been a week since I posted that? Anyway...

Following up with my first post on the subject, I'll toss out some questions to those planning on participating. Might as well make this thing work out as well as it can for us, right?

I'll be trying to get the word out about this thing a bit as time goes on. Remember, this won't start until summer, so there's still plenty of time to sign up. That means you, YES YOU READING THIS RIGHT NOW, can come have fun with us!



Okay, so originally I proposed this as a three games/one game per month during the summer deal. But I've been thinking, maybe it would work better if we did fewer games and gave ourselves more time with each one...? I really do want this to be as easy on everyone as possible.

That means we COULD do two games over a six-week span each, instead. That would give us more time per game and make it less troublesome on everyone, but we'd get one less game to play. What do you guys think?

In terms of what games we should play, I really, REALLY want to play Live A Live, so that's one game slot taken. The others are completely up in the air (to an extent), so if anyone has a game or two they think would fit well in this setup, I'm all ears. I might put up everyone's suggestions in a poll for us to vote on when the time comes.

Any other questions anyone else has, please feel free to add them here, too!



I'll probably be making the actual community for this thing soon enough, so you won't have to endure many more entries in my main journal about this... probably. It'd be easier on you to just succumb to temptation and join us anyway

[identity profile] fireholly.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Earthbound is hardly obscure, but I think it would suit group play well.
ext_189275: (*wink* ;D)

[identity profile] slimequest.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Earthbound is a wonderful game and honestly, anyone who likes RPGs should play it. Taking the bus instead of having an airship! New Age Retro Hippies! It's also an excellent summer game, at least to me, since I first played it over the summer after it came out.

Also, it's not exactly obscure, as you said, but how many gamers have still yet to play it? Exposing more people to it would be a worthy goal, for sure.

My only concern is that starmen.net does group play thingies of that game... every year, is it? Pretty often, anyway. Of course our community would be different from theirs and all, so it would still be unique. If you guys want to play it, I was looking for an excuse to replay it anyway...

[identity profile] fireholly.livejournal.com 2011-04-14 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'd rather play something I wouldn't normally play, honestly. More room for stupid microfanbases that way! But EB would be fun.
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[identity profile] slimequest.livejournal.com 2011-04-14 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
We'll see what happens! Especially if we do one game a month, adding in EB would leave plenty of room for other stuff. Otherwise, it's a pretty easy game to get into on your own, if you give yourself the time for it.

Looking forward to your expertly-crafted dissertation of the Wild West portion of Live A Live.