Part 1: The GM
- As a player, what do you think is my strongest point as a GM? Why?
- How do you juggle so much and type so much from a phone? Seriously?
- Conversely, what is my weakest point? Do you have any tips for improvement for me?
- You focused way to much on a couple characters for the longest time, to the exclusion of every one else... Lucas, Pius, and the Jades... Your have improved on this but... still have bad memories of it, sorry.
- What's your favorite part/event from the RP?
- Waterpark event when I first joined, I don't know exactly why, but it is the one I have the fondest memories of.
- What's your least favorite part/event from the RP?
- Anomolies, FUCK ANOMALIES, FUCK SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE PC, FUCK 4TH WALL LEANING, Gah, there is nothing I hate more in the RP then this whole thing, and I will be glad when it is finally gone.
- As for my characters, the GMPC and assorted NPC's and villains, which one is your favorite? Why? Which one is the most fleshed out?
- Alexandros, although I wish his motivations would come up more IC, it would be fun to see how that changes any preceptions of him, if it does at all.
- Conversely, which character do you think is my weakest? The most one-dimensional? And what advice can you give me?
- Ozpin and the Staff only show up to move plots...
- As a GM have I improved from when you first started?
- Yes?
- Lastly, we've drifted so far from the concept of a RWBY RP. Why have you stayed?
- I like RWBY, but to be fair it was not why I joined any way, I was looking for a High School RP, and this fit the bill, plus Aqua convinced me.
Part 2: Those other guys
- Which of the player characters is your favorite? Why?
- Pius, he is like the Iron Batman.
- Which character do you think has had the most development?
- Lucas, you broke him you bastards. D:
- What do you think of your own character's development? Are you happy with them?
- You broke her you bastards, would you believe she was supposed to be a shy little optimist. D:
- Which character do you want to interact more with yours? Why?
- ... Any, I often feel like my character is a 3rd wheel.
- A good writer can make you dislike a character as a person, but like how well written they are. Which player character made you react like that?
- Not a PC but Ghaston.
- Finally, which ships do you support? Why?
- Iera X Medeus
- Pius X His Hand
edited 28th Sep '15 11:35:19 AM by Imca
Alright, let's see.
- Question 1: you write all these big posts on your phone and that's frankly amazing. Also, as people before mentioned, your ability to improvise and make it look legit is something highly treasured as well.
- Question 2: Timezones are something that can't be improved, so I'm gonna mention a thing bugging me: things being railroaded into One Right Solution. It happened during the panty raid in Next, to an extent - it being compulsory - and I feel it happened during Epsilon thing as well.
- Question 3: Hmm... I can't safely say. They all had their own ups and down for me.
- Question 4: Equal parts Epsilon Arc and Island of Zanz though for different reasons: the former was my personal dislike of how things were resolved and how the whole thing somewhat railroaded - I still think Hero Spider Francis was amazing, mind - and the latter is mostly lots of wasted potential.
- Question 5: Gonna say Alexia, if on account of being a GMPC. As for more straightforward NPC's, I'm gonna say... Alice. She feels alive to me.
- Question 6: Not counting characters who aren't actually there - let's be honest, all these teachers are just window-dressing - so I'm gonna have to say Carol. Her sole quality is "yandere for Lucas" which frankly gets repetitive after a moment.
- Question 7: I can't honestly say; to me you are as good as you always were.
- Question 8: I like the community - you guys are amazing - and how the RP just goes. Flows, you could say.
- Question 1: Not counting Lexi... Alfred. Ayers. Remus. Rheia, amongst new people.
- Question 2: Alfred. It just strikes me how different he feels, particularly how the changes seem small until you mash them together.
- Question 3: There's a definite change from a largely emotionless drone that Hope was at start. At the same time however I feel she is more miserable than before and despite a popular opinion I'm not quite happy with that. Hope we can keep her happy.
- Question 4: Remus, we've been wanting to interact for real for a while now. More of Imuka and Falken. Maybe some interaction with Noa could be nice too.
- Question 5: Ayers. I like the character, but I'm pretty sure we wouldn't get along at all. Alfred to a lesser extent for the same reason.
- Question 6:
- Double Al
- Glerin
- Chemus
- Various Hope-based ships.
edited 28th Sep '15 11:34:13 AM by FergardStratoavis
Done!
Aqua Does the Survey
The GM
- Biggest Strength: You’re pretty good at keeping the ball rolling when you’re on, making sure people don’t stall for too long before the next thing happens
- Biggest Weakness: This is more of a pet peeve, but with a lot of people in different time zones, a quick mention of whether or not you’ll be on to post that day would really help me fall asleep rather than obsessively check the threads and Skype for you half the night. (>__>)
- Best Scene: ...Well… um… [Shot for not having a favorite scene]
- Worst Scene: Tied between Umbra 13 and the Anomaly plot. Both seemed like a good idea in theory, but when we tried to do it, it all fell apart. And both of those gave Lucas the character development in the wrong direction.
- Best/Strongest Character: I don’t know how you’re so good at making villains. From the Weapon Girls to
Psycho!HiroShane Mauve – I just don’t know how you do it. Oh yeah, and Lexi’s awesome too! - Weakest Character? Other than the teachers – which have been mentioned ad nauseum here – I want to see more of COGS. And while we’re on the topic of development, maybe we could see more of Carol’s personality when Lucas isn’t around. She’s too much of a good idea to just be stuck as just a Satellite Love Interest.
- I’d like to say that we’ve all improved since we’ve started!
- Yeah, to call this a strict RWBY RP is a bit of a stretch, but we’ve built our own canon, and a lot of the people stuck around, so there’s not too much awkwardness. This game at this point is kind of my security blanket.
…Not that I have a security blanket, just using that analogy. (>__>)
Everyone else
- Favorite character? Currently the Chai pair, Pius, Jack, and Imuka. Plus Cyanea – I have respect for the only sane girl in a dorm full of nutcases.
- It’s been interesting to see how Charisse and Ai develop during the plot. Seriously, the two of them have gone through a lot, while they’re still together, they’ve been also developing – both as individuals and as a couple.
- Character development? What character development? All I’m seeing is a Sanity Slippage that will result in him snapping before the end of the year and either running away or killing himself.
- Lucas should interact with someone who isn’t on his team or in on the whole Anomaly thing.
- Guy I like to hate? I apologize a thousand times over for what I’m about to say, because my answer is Stormer. Your character does some pretty cringeworthy stuff. I know he means well, but… well, I look forward to his character development.
- I accept all canon pairs... Except Double Al. Sorry, I’m more of a Pilexia girl. (>__>)
I want you to note how much I have to like you to be able to do this Grim, I don't even do surveys for my teachers unless they offer me extra-credit :P
Part 1: The GM
- 1) As others have noted you are a pretty good improviser and you can keep the ball rolling very effectively
- 2) Hate to say it but railroading, specifically away from negative outcomes or from us stopping villains too soon. You rolled with Alice being saved for example but on the other hand, not killing Shane felt very forced at certain points during the arc.
- 3) Mmm.....tie between the drunken orgy and the Weapon girl assault on the nobles
- 4)The island trip, we started out strong on that and then Real Life happened and the whole thing kinda blew up in our faces
- 5) Alice, because I'm biased. Alexia is probably the best executed GMPC I've seen. I also would like to note that I really dig the Arcana concept even if they are a tad over-grimdark
- 6) I'm actually going to say Alexandros, it's not even that he's bad per say it just feels like you're trying to write him as a well-intentioned extremist and a giggling maniac, now you can balance those traits, it just feels like you haven't quite struck that balance for me to find him acceptable yet.
- 7) Yep
- 8) What can I say, I enjoy most of the characters and I like writing with most of you guys. These R Ps with all of you are just fun for me to take part in, even if sometimes we have excessive interpersonal drama
Part 2: Those other guys
- 1) Ieria (obviously), Ayers, Remus, Hope, Ai. Rheia as a newcomer is doing a lot to make me like her.
- 2) Like everyone else says, it's Hope, bar none.
- 3) I'm pretty happy with Medus' character development for the most part although I do have a bad habit of starting stuff with him and not following through with it (Although I'm just getting started on how Natasha's betrayal has affected him so hopefully that will be better than other stuff I've written with him)
- 4) I think I'd like interacting with Hope, I kinda like the dynamic Medus has when talking with her. I've generally liked writing him when he's interacting with Ayers. Also i'd love to build up a rivalry with Pius since he and Medus fall on different sides of the Chaos vs Order spectrum.
- 5) Uhh....no one? I don't really hate any of the well-written characters
- 6) Anything with a threesome or more.
edited 28th Sep '15 5:48:08 PM by guyshane
-dramatic music ensues-Don't really like taking surveys, but here ya go.
Part 1: The GM
• As a player, what do you think is my strongest point as a GM? Why?
o Well, you’ve kept a crazy ass rp like this going for around a year and a half now, so I’d say that’s a pretty big point.
• Conversely, what is my weakest point? Do you have any tips for improvement for me?
o You have more NP Cs than you can keep up with.
• What's your favorite part/event from the RP?
o Don’t really have one.
• What's your least favorite part/event from the RP?
o Anomalies. Glad they’re going.
• As for my characters, the GMPC and assorted NPC's and villains, which one is your favorite? Why? Which one is the most fleshed out?
o Don’t really have a favorite. As for which is the most fleshed out, probably the Weapon Girls to tell the truth.
• Conversely, which character do you think is my weakest? The most one-dimensional? And what advice can you give me?
o Not sure honestly.
• As a GM have I improved from when you first started?
o Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig time.
• Lastly, we've drifted so far from the concept of a RWBY RP. Why have you stayed?
o I like the rp. I like the characters. It still has a large amount of the spirit of RWBY too, despite being so far gone from the actual series that this question even be asked. Part 2: Those other guys
• Which of the player characters is your favorite? Why? Once again, in general don’t have a favorite.
• Which character do you think has had the most development?
o Not sure honestly, most all have had a large amount of development of their own.
• What do you think of your own character's development? Are you happy with them?
o I think Remus has developed pretty well honestly. I’d say I’m satisfied with it, now that I’ve got him going back to a more mature version of his original personality.
• Which character do you want to interact more with yours? Why?
o Hope honestly. I think the two have a rather good friendship going. Probably also good for each’s self-esteem.
• A good writer can make you dislike a character as a person, but like how well written they are. Which player character made you react like that?
o I believe it was Raqib from Beacon 1… That guy was a glorious asshole. A very well written son of a bitch.
• Finally, which ships do you support? Why? (I'm sorry. It had to be done.)
o Chemus (obviously), Malaria, Doub Al, et cetera.
edited 28th Sep '15 5:57:25 PM by SolusLupus
Thank you all for answering! You guys don't know how much I appreciate you people in general. I may have started Beacon, but really, you guys brought it to life.
Now, for my responses to the answers so far. (Answering only the GM part.)
- 1.Heh, so you guys like my ability to write out of my ass? Is that even a good thing? As for my phone-posting, honestly? I really had no choice. So, necessity and lots of practice. Lastly, I'm not cutting this short, guys. Count on me. I won't let you down.
- Timezones are really something I can't help, so sorry about that. Life also gets in the way a lot. Railroading....thank you for the feedback, I'll work on it. (Feel free to slaughter the shit out of the villains next time!) As for character focus? Yeah, Imca has raised this concern a while ago and I'm honestly trying to fix it. I apologize.
- You jerks love shenanigans. I should have known. Shine on, you crazy diamonds. More shenanigans to come! (Hint: Roadtrip. Drunk.)
- .....And you guys dislike grimdark. Alright. One more thing, the island thing happened at a very bad time for me IRL, so, please understand. It won't happen again.
- Alexia and the Weapon Girls (including Mia!) are popular, huh? Although, d-does it say something about me that you're waifuing my characters?!(-Blush-)
- Well, yeah, saw this one coming. I'm literally drowning in characters. I might have to cut some out. The canon characters are hard. They're not mine, and I really don't want to invade Miles and Kerry's territory. As for Carol, fans of her should be happy to know that on Novus 10, the next part of the plot will pertain to who she is and who she was. And Lucas isn't even involved in this one! (Because I don't think he can handle this bullshit.)
- Well, I did think (or hope) that I've improved so thank you. My early posts were, frankly, kinda shit. Alexia had no personality, for one.
- Thank you all for staying, you're all amazing. Stay cool.
My turn, fools.
Welcome To Beacon Survey Form I
Part 1: The GM
- As a player, what do you think is my strongest point as a GM? Why?
- Your intense persistence and adaptability. It has saved this RP where in another's hands it would have died.
- Conversely, what is my weakest point? Do you have any tips for improvement for me?
- As everyone has said: railroading. Although, if I may: at least give us the illusion of choice if you really want something to go a certain way.
- What's your favorite part/event from the RP?
- Just being with all you crazies and getting to write with you. You guys make up most of my creative output these days.
- What's your least favorite part/event from the RP?
- Somewhere between Umbra 13, the Zanz trip, and setting the equivalent of Valentine's Day in the equivalent of early September. I am just about incapable of forgiving you for that last one.
- As for my characters, the GMPC and assorted NPC's and villains, which one is your favorite? Why? Which one is the most fleshed out?
- Oh, my goodness, the royal sisters and the Weapon Girls are wonderful. Alexandros comes close, but I believe someone made a comment about balancing the feel of his character, and I agree with that.
- Conversely, which character do you think is my weakest? The most one-dimensional? And what advice can you give me?
- Faculty and staff, then again they're not supposed to be much different from canon (although I think Ozpin is a tad more serious than how you write him). Original characters-wise, I wish there were more development for all of your characters, really. You've gotta find a way to pace this stuff out.
- As a GM have I improved from when you first started?
- Definitely. Still could be plenty of improvement, but you've definitely improved.
- Lastly, we've drifted so far from the concept of a RWBY RP. Why have you stayed?
- Because I still believe we can still cling to something that can be like RWBY at it's core. That, and the people and the AU we've made are pretty great, and I enjoy coming here to interact with my favorite players.
Part 2: Those other guys
- Which of the player characters is your favorite? Why?
- Gah...don't make us choose.
- Which character do you think has had the most development?
- Somewhere between Hope and Alfred.
- What do you think of your own character's development? Are you happy with them?
- Pius has a long way to go. And I'm never happy with him.
- Which character do you want to interact more with yours? Why?
- Everyone. No exceptions. I want to know how Pius would interact with everyone.
- A good writer can make you dislike a character as a person, but like how well written they are. Which player character made you react like that?
- Raqib. Oh, and Davros. Absolutely despised the guy, but I applaud Nman for making him consistent-ish, if somewhat impossible to really change.
- Finally, which ships do you support? Why? (I'm sorry. It had to be done.)
- Everything canon thus far. Oh, and Pipe.
- As a player, what do you think is my strongest point as a GM? Why?
- You've kept most of us together for this long, that's true and you've kept this going. Even if it took two Rps.
- Conversely, what is my weakest point? Do you have any tips for improvement for me?
- The Down time thing, and I also feel like we're leaning a bit too much towards mindrape instead of combat skills, ya know? And of course the whole Jack not really hitting anything. I'd also like for more fights in our weight class.
- What's your favorite part/event from the RP?
- Can't really point one moment.
- What's your least favorite part/event from the RP?
- Actually, not Umbra 13. I mean, Jack losing an arm and stuff, but at the same time it has lead to character development. I feel either Arcana or Anomaly, I get that we're going for slow burn here, but at times it feels too slow. Also, the fights don't feel like RWBY.
- As for my characters, the GMPC and assorted NPC's and villains, which one is your favorite? Why? Which one is the most fleshed out?
- Vale's man of steel. I'd like to see him more and the Jades less.
- Conversely, which character do you think is my weakest? The most one-dimensional? And what advice can you give me?
- Candor really just feels like a cryptic "A storm is coming" exposition fairy.
- As a GM have I improved from when you first started?
- Yeah.
- Lastly, we've drifted so far from the concept of a RWBY RP. Why have you stayed?
- We're personally invested in the characters, and honestly? Who says we're not drifting back?
- Part 2: Those other guys
- Which of the player characters is your favorite? Why?
- Glen, tbh.
- Which character do you think has had the most development?
- I actually don't really know...
- What do you think of your own character's development? Are you happy with them?
- Jack's...complicated.
- A good writer can make you dislike a character as a person, but like how well written they are. Which player character made you react like that?
- Honestly? Pius. He and Jack are complete opposites, but I dunno. Just like what Insano's done. Ayers too, but he comes off less as a dick and more of a nineties punk/.
- Finally, which ships do you support? Why? (I'm sorry. It had to be done.)
- Blind and Blinder
Thank you all for answering! Just for that, here's a little something.
Anyway, people (you know who you are) have been asking me: "Grim, do you have any plot left after Olympos and Arcana?"
My answer is usually: "Um, no. I got nothing."
Well, not anymore, my friends! For a bit, I've been working on another main plot for Late Year 2 to Early Year 3. New villains, new fights...and well, no more Jades! We can expect more action, more usage of actual Grimm. We're going full-on JRPG on this shit. I've completed outlining this plot just very recently, so here: Have a teaser trailer.
The ruins grow dark as the sun sets, although the man in black doesn't seem to mind. He doesn't seem to mind the cold chill of the winter air. He doesn't mind the rumblings and shifting of the ancient stones. He doesn't mind the low snarling of the Grimm inside. He only has eyes for the small red gem in his left hand, held up so he could gaze at it.
"Finally. The first of the Greater Dust Crystals is ours. My dream...our dream...is near at hand."
The man in black looks to his left. A woman is there, pale as snow with hair to match.
"The road will be long and hard. Are you with me, Aquaria?"
The woman bows respectfully.
"My king, I am with you to the very end."
The man in black nods and looks behind him. There is another man, large and imposing, cleaning his bloodied axe.
"And you, Terranis?"
The large man grins.
"As long as you give me men to kill, Pyros, my blade is yours.
The woman bristles, but says nothing. The man in black looks to the final member of their quartet. A shadowed figure completely covered by armor.
"Ventus?"
"I obey your command, my master."
The figure's voice is distorted and almost inhuman, but the man in black nods, satisfied.
"Let us find the second, then.
"For the unification of Remnant."
edited 29th Sep '15 3:38:56 AM by GrimHelm
@GOA: How does Rufus know that his friends saw Alexandros? No one's contacted him about it, from what I've read. Also, would be down for some Snickersnax/Nobel sparring if no one else wants to interact with Pius.
edited 29th Sep '15 12:46:54 PM by Insano
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...Oh dear, what a terrible case of Wrong Genre Savvy in this case.
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...What, an arena like this
, or a closed room of some sort?

Welcome To Beacon Survey Form I
Part 1: The GM
YunethWhite Rose camaraderie.Part 2: Those other guys
All the shipsHo Yun, Yuneth, Carcas, Chemus, Chai,Harem routesDoub Al, Sylvia/Imuka.Grim what have you done to me.edited 28th Sep '15 11:25:47 AM by svenorzokarkoff