I appreciate you taking the time to offer this feedback! I'll address the easiest bit first, which is the anon/IP logging. You're right: for some reason they were set incorrectly, so now IP logging is off and anon commenting is on.
Secondly, I'd like to say that you raise a very good point about how popular this plot has become, and I recognize that it may be getting more difficult for uninterested characters to ignore what's going on. I had attempted to address this by having the most recent two murders happen either outside of TFS or appear as an accident. If you (or any of the other players in the game) have suggestions for ways to keep any future murders even further out of the limelight, I'd love to hear them.
As far as the availability of clues is concerned, I'd like to point out that every single player who has asked for clues has been given clues. I've tried to make it clear that further clues will be made available if requested, but from what you're saying, I need to be even more upfront with that. So thank you for that, and I'll amend the plot tracking post to clarify how to get clues. You're completely correct that clues aren't just being handed out in the initial murder announcement: if your character isn't one who would go see what the police have on this murder, then I don't want to just hand you the police report, you know? Different characters are investigating in different ways, and they'll all find different clues.
For example, nobody has asked about examining the body. Nobody has asked about the duffle bag Rei had with him in the changing room, and whether there's anything that's been removed, added, or modified there. Nobody has asked what the Near Shore police have been doing. This murder doesn't follow the pattern of the previous ones -- no stab to the back of the neck and committed in the Near Shore, for instance. How do you know this was the same killer? If it was the same killer, why did they change up their M.O.? Why are they killing? Is it only one killer, or is it a team? Are they gods or shinki? Are any gods concealing blight? ...There's a lot of directions this investigation could go, even with the very small about of evidence I provided, you see? And I'd be happy to provide more clues -- players just have to ask! For example, the last murder's investigation team was given clues about the size (foot size, height, hand size) of Johan's killer.
For Ekko's murder, there's still plenty of opportunity for your character (or anyone else's) to investigate the undisturbed scene. There's somebody at the murder scene in Ekko's death announcement post right now, several hours before it was cleaned up. Add is also welcome to show back up at the scene if he wants to, or to send his floating eye thing, or to investigate any other way that he chooses. I intentionally had Gojyo (who wouldn't have been involved at all, had the victim not been his god) clear it up several hours after the initial announcement to allow players to come in before that and snoop for clues.
As to whether this is an appropriate plot for TFS at all, I'd like to point out that I've been in contact with the mods throughout this entire process, getting their approval initially back before the first murder happened. I very much appreciate you coming to me with your concerns about this and I will do what I can to make any future murders easier for players to ignore, but if this plot wasn't appropriate for the game, I trust that the mods would have said something, either at the beginning or at any time in the last two months.
And finally, with regards to the end game... just because I'm not asking for volunteers to catch him in this month's CR meme doesn't mean I don't have an end game planned! I have no intention of leaving this plot open-ended, but I also don't want to declare the end game while there are ongoing investigations. Nobody's character is close enough yet for me to reach out to them and talk about the end game, but once one or more characters starts closing in, rest assured that I will be more than happy to discuss the end game with them. I originally envisioned this plot as taking three IRL months, which means July into August would be the final arc. With the number of active investigation teams working on the various murders, I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to stick to that schedule.
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Date: 2017-06-24 06:55 pm (UTC)Secondly, I'd like to say that you raise a very good point about how popular this plot has become, and I recognize that it may be getting more difficult for uninterested characters to ignore what's going on. I had attempted to address this by having the most recent two murders happen either outside of TFS or appear as an accident. If you (or any of the other players in the game) have suggestions for ways to keep any future murders even further out of the limelight, I'd love to hear them.
As far as the availability of clues is concerned, I'd like to point out that every single player who has asked for clues has been given clues. I've tried to make it clear that further clues will be made available if requested, but from what you're saying, I need to be even more upfront with that. So thank you for that, and I'll amend the plot tracking post to clarify how to get clues. You're completely correct that clues aren't just being handed out in the initial murder announcement: if your character isn't one who would go see what the police have on this murder, then I don't want to just hand you the police report, you know? Different characters are investigating in different ways, and they'll all find different clues.
For example, nobody has asked about examining the body. Nobody has asked about the duffle bag Rei had with him in the changing room, and whether there's anything that's been removed, added, or modified there. Nobody has asked what the Near Shore police have been doing. This murder doesn't follow the pattern of the previous ones -- no stab to the back of the neck and committed in the Near Shore, for instance. How do you know this was the same killer? If it was the same killer, why did they change up their M.O.? Why are they killing? Is it only one killer, or is it a team? Are they gods or shinki? Are any gods concealing blight? ...There's a lot of directions this investigation could go, even with the very small about of evidence I provided, you see? And I'd be happy to provide more clues -- players just have to ask! For example, the last murder's investigation team was given clues about the size (foot size, height, hand size) of Johan's killer.
For Ekko's murder, there's still plenty of opportunity for your character (or anyone else's) to investigate the undisturbed scene. There's somebody at the murder scene in Ekko's death announcement post right now, several hours before it was cleaned up. Add is also welcome to show back up at the scene if he wants to, or to send his floating eye thing, or to investigate any other way that he chooses. I intentionally had Gojyo (who wouldn't have been involved at all, had the victim not been his god) clear it up several hours after the initial announcement to allow players to come in before that and snoop for clues.
As to whether this is an appropriate plot for TFS at all, I'd like to point out that I've been in contact with the mods throughout this entire process, getting their approval initially back before the first murder happened. I very much appreciate you coming to me with your concerns about this and I will do what I can to make any future murders easier for players to ignore, but if this plot wasn't appropriate for the game, I trust that the mods would have said something, either at the beginning or at any time in the last two months.
And finally, with regards to the end game... just because I'm not asking for volunteers to catch him in this month's CR meme doesn't mean I don't have an end game planned! I have no intention of leaving this plot open-ended, but I also don't want to declare the end game while there are ongoing investigations. Nobody's character is close enough yet for me to reach out to them and talk about the end game, but once one or more characters starts closing in, rest assured that I will be more than happy to discuss the end game with them. I originally envisioned this plot as taking three IRL months, which means July into August would be the final arc. With the number of active investigation teams working on the various murders, I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to stick to that schedule.
I hope this answered some of your questions!