#the overall story isnt really that great. like its a minecraft rp series there isnt much to expect

[jaekaicx]

rb and put in the tags a piece of media with an amazing concept but terrible execution

#the 'minecraft stranded' series by the proper idiots/dummies on youtube #the overall plot is nothing big its a bunch of plane passengers crashing onto an island and stuff happens #theyre split into pairs and they each get into conflicts w each other out of pointless paranoia #but the thing i love abt is is the perspective and the way it ends #so each of the youtubers posted their own povs and i first watched it from unspeakable's pov #but the thing about his pov is that him and his partner end up becoming the villains #unspeakable is kind of a dummie bc thats how he usually portrays himself #but his partner ryguy is super smart #he's a strategist and an engineer he makes these cool hidden bases and ends up making gear thats far beyond the other teams' #at one point the other teams worked together to raid their base and ryguy came up w this elaborate escape plan that worked almost flawlessly #but the main thing is the ending #its kind of a long story but basically things went really wrong for unspeakable (nathan) & ryguy. so they plotted revenge #ryguy went a bit crazy but he ended up creating this super op gear for him and nathan and they used it to threaten everyone else #and theres nothing anyone can do about it #ryguy ends up staying on the island to live out his power trip but he makes a deal to let the others leave if they leave him alone #the overall story isnt really that great. like its a minecraft rp series there isnt much to expect #but i liked the twist its what made it memorable #ive wanted to make something inspired by it like an au or smth but id have no clue how to go about it #i just wanted an excuse to talk abt it #but also pls share i wanna see

[single-malt-scotch]

hrmmm hrmm thinking about minecraft and roleplaying and d&d.

i mentioned it before i think in a post but i DO love roleplay actually, i love roleplaying overall- my lack of appeal w recent rp in things like hermitcraft more so comes from the fact theyre aimed at being family friendly/for kids (and that they dont really make "characters" to separate from themselves) buut also i kinda wonder how much any folk doing this stuff thinks of their role as a 'dm' of sorts. this isnt to say everyone needs to take such a organized role, but as the interest in minecraft SMP storytelling increases, i do wonder more if anyone would tackle this with more organization, bc I often feel like it lacks that and it's why I don't hold interest in it.

honestly i cannot deny that i would looove to be in charge of story telling in a setting like a minecraft server. if i had people to play with id get so into the idea of directing a general story. but thats the one thing i realize- many SMPs that i see that are popular dont have much direction in this regard, and theres many times where story pops up and fizzles out with no ending because... there was no goal in mind.

RPing is complicated while it is improv, in setting like D&D and other group settings, its likely someone is in charge of the overall direction. or its what would be recommended, because without proper planning for the long term, you lose the plot unless everyone involved is capable of winging it very very well.

personally id love to see someone tackle an SMP with the same intention as tackling a normal D&D campaign... not to say they need dice roles or NPCs planned out but, i think theres a big lack of management in some SMPs that reach for very ambitious ideas and that can often be their downfall/what causes stories to stay unfinished or forgotten.

not everyone needs to make an SMP like that, im just saying id enjoy seeing someone use minecraft as a D&D sandbox tbh. and i think of LOM because i think thats what Rob kinda went for before deciding minecraft wasnt the platform he wanted. he went on to DM multiple campaigns of D&D with his friends and they were all very well done-- if hed done it in minecraft too i wouldnt been all over it still! funny enough the only other thing that came to mind while writing this was Shadow of Israphel which felt very D&D-ish with the fact there were NPCs, but it was also heavily scripted- still, it hits a lot of the marks when it comes to storytelling in minecraft.

its hard to draw the line though, since RPing can get quite intense on a certain scale. i wouldnt want to see heavily scripted super serious plot all the time. but i do feel like one issue i have had is seeing improv RP from random players can really deviate the tone across the server and videos. Like, to see some people engaging in the Hermitcraft s8 plot while some are just... not at all? kinda awkward. it feels like im watching someone put on a crazy LARP constume while other people are just sitting in casual wear minding their own business. and i have to decide one of those doesnt exist - and i feel like the same is kinda happening with hermitcraft s9 too now with ren being king and all. its also why i completely ignore some players on the Life series bc i was immediately slapped with them putting on a roleplay-ish persona that just did not feel along side the people i watched. even some bits in the middle of videos i skipped past just to not see it lol.

so yeah idk what im saying here other than.... RP is cool, love it! would love to see more RP focused SMP where perhaps... 1) everyone was actually into it so it didnt feel awkward between different tones of playing 2) there was more organization, perhaps treated more like D&D dming, in order to not lose plot lines when they do happen. it would be great too, as it would help keep everyone tied together, having a proper dm figure would help so no one gets left out tbh. 3) i also just hate the family friendly vibes sorry thats what im missing most.

and admittedly i loved dming a 20-30 member RP when i did it on discord. kinda wanna run a rp focused smp now, whoops

#also dont intend to sound like im dissing on anyone's rping btw #i actually think grian is really great at his planning and i know he doesnt other similar things too #in the end my lack of interest on that regard is just the tone lol