I know I said I wasn't going to do this, but I still think the OOC option is being made too complicated and that taking away the IC option defeats the purpose of having a bijuu; to use in RP. And for those who want RP, then accommodations should be made. If you are going to hunt Kayenta down to kill her ---let's say because of her willingness to make Suna a missing ninja safe home and refusal to turn them over to their prior village of affiliation during her reign as Nidaime, you are going to have to find her. And that is just standard RP. Currently she is out to sea looking for her brother Teostra. And I am sorry that people do not know she is on that mission so just showing up without reasonable searching RP having been performed is going to get you laughed at and ignored.
Now pretend she has a bijuu, god forbid. Suddenly standard RP goes out the window? Why? because it is hard? Well too bad. I am not taking one in the knee just because I have a toy that people fight over so hard they lose their minds. You aren't suddenly going to be able to say...report to zone 7 so I can kill you now Kay. [incidentally that is exactly where she is] But that is what you are telling hosts who want RP.
The issue of even knowing a host is a host. For the above scenario of wanting to kill the Nidaime Kazekage, by now it is common knowledge that is Kayenta, so I am fine with that. But specifically looking for the host of the 9 tails, for instance, should require some RP to learn who it is and where they are. For Hosts who wish to be IC hunted and fought, a challenge list makes no sense.
So how do we go about making the IC hunt possible?
Well for starters, hunters should have to be active in RP. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If you want Shukaku, then get it into your head you are on an IC hunt. Otherwise go choose an OOC host where you do not have to work so hard. But if you are up to the challenge of taking Warren down, then I suggest you step up your game and enter the RP mind set instead of crying around that this host is a cheater and trying to keep everyone from taking his beasty.
Granted it is difficult to keep up with every storyline on the site. Some suggestions were made about dropping hints so people could at least have a lead. Information tag lines to the bio should accommodate this with the understanding it is OOC information.
Ex: Notoriety Status: Weak = Kayenta, The Dread Pirate Robert, Joe the Barbor, etc...
Location: Zone 6 = an uncharted island in the south seas
Clues: Gain familiarity with Shukaku chakra, investigate Suna as a known village of interest
At the risk of making anyone a target, who-what-where-when-how....was any particular beast dealt with in the past? What is public knowledge about the beast? Investigate and run your leads out to the eventual end game scenario.
But throwing your hands up in the air and saying, "oh this is impossible." Well that is a hunter issue, not a host one and it should be dealt with on that end rather than the other.
So what happens when you actually Find Kayenta?
Well you will have some obstacles to be sure.
There is that biozome effect about the island that will have to be dealt with. But here is where some OOC dialogue can be useful.
"Uhm hey kay. I found you. now what? Oh? There are storms round your island? Cool, I will be sure to note that in my RP. Thanks! see you soon." And then you can go about dealing with the obstacle placed in your way. Through RP. You might get through, you might not. Them's the breaks Bubby-Joe.
What else? The island is infested with chakra wielding sentient dinosaur beasts! HOLY COW THAT IS SO COOL, WHY WAS I NOT INVITED TO GO ON THIS QUEST TOO!!!!
Again, this information can be imparted through pms so you don't look like an idiot by missing the obvious in the environment you have just entered. Iburi Ray is actually GMing those beasts so expect an encounter from him. A good old heads up to Ray...come out and play...will fix that up.
What else? Well I am not alone. The truth is out there.
Hiro Toranaga and Becquerel are with me. So it is iffy if Hiro will give a hoot [ he has never forgiven she and Cmage for entering into an alliance after the war between Suna and Kiri ], but maybe cause he needs something from Kay that his life depends on, duh duh duh. And Becquerel might feel heroic, who knows? Do you feel heroic Bec? DO you feel period?
You might have more to face than just Kayenta. Cause if Hiro and Bec find reasonable motivation to fight you, then there it is. They might not just stand around wringing their hands crying, "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" Then again they might just pull up lawn chairs, eat popcorn, and laugh their butts off.
This is rp.
You wanna spar with Kayenta? Well then welcome to OOC world. Not rp. So when you kill her, later that day she is going to be alive and well doing her thang again.
Reasonable Obstacles
None of these issues in the Quest for Teostra RP are insurmountable. But what about the uber no way no how go F yourself village defense system? It bites my butt just as hard as it does yours, and they came to be because some attacks on the village were being made to totally wipe it from the face of the earth and one shot a whole village out of existence and people were sick of it. So now...the ability of a ninja to sneak into a village is void. And that is just total bullshit. You all know it is. And it needs to stop. BUT. YOU WAR MONGERS NEED TO BE WILLING TO STOP TOTAL EXTINCTION RPS IN ORDER TO MAKE BIJUU HUNTING AND BASIC NINJA SKILLS POSSIBLE AGAIN AND HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELVES FOR THE CURRENT SITUATION! You want to take the IC out of bijuu hunting because it is impossible? Well you are going to have to give something up to make it possible again. And so are the villages.
Fighting The Mob
While it is true that if you come to the village gates and shout out that you want to kill Dorothy, turn her over or the Emerald City will go down in flames, the whole town is going to jump up and take you down. It will be one against the entire population, other than traitors who will be slain in the town square when we are done with you. So don't be a boob and call down the entire world on your silly-self. But if you do, well too bad. And if it takes three years to finish the rp...guess you bit off more than you could chew so choak on it.
However, let's don't go there? A reasonable number of people should be involved so we can all be home for Christmas in this life time. For every attacker, no more than five defenders? And if it gets bigger...then divide it up into minor battle teams to keep the action moving along...and please, go to the zones and let the rest of the village who could care less have a place to have lives while you guys are hacking each other up. Just pretend your little scene is isolated and playing out on its own on another posting board set up to be the village. Unless of course everyone wishes to have this be a huge big major event in which case god help you and see you in 20 years.
That brings me to character death.
I still believe that is the ultimate in character control and should be left up to the player in question regardless of how you say it makes sense now that they are dead.
And I feel nothing is lower than to say of an inactive person in an unresolved RP that their body is now yours to be your little play thing. How big and powerful you are to claim victory over a foe who is not even playing. Way to go buddy. Good job.
The point is, our various preferences should be applicable to more than just what moves I will accept during the fight.
Let's get CRUDE!!!
Some want to skip the date and just get down to the nitty gritty, Wham bam thank you mister!
'Yes dear, I'll call. promise. We'll do lunch!'
Others want a little romance and the thrill of the chase before it gets down to the wire.
And what's wrong with that? Step outside your comfort zone and walk a bit on the wild side.
SO...you all want to take the bijuu matches into OOC only?
do you know what that means?
It no longer exists in RP. So don't go bringing one to my village or characters and using it in RP. Cause the last IC person I saw with that bijuu quit SL 6 years ago. All the actual Jinchuuriki are missing nin who have disappeared from the world.
There are you facts of the day on RP from Kayenta.