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Wynn · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:18 pm Post subject: Mail /Post offices

Ok here is another one of my crazy ideas but I do think it will be fun. How about we make use of our mailboxes. Lets have a Mail carrier and we place stuff in our mailboxes and they deliver it to other peoples house that we have addressed. In game there is a post office set up but Iwont mention whos it is. So we can have our own mail system. What you think. Just like the post office but no real bills. YEA!!!!!

Trillin · Journeyman Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Posts: 233 Location: Kaane

I actually like this idea, would be great for Roleplay. Perhaps important documents can be passed through the carrier and guilds may even choose to intercept such documents...

Very Interested in where this idea may go.

Ghost of Gramps · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 8:37 pm Post subject:

I like the idea as well.

Wynn · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:20 pm Post subject:

I think it would be a fun one lets do a vote and any suggestions weclomed
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Willow Smythe · Certifiable Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 1713

It's an interesting idea.
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Joanna Weaver · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:19 am Post subject:

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Inkari Northwind · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:42 pm Post subject:

sounds great, I remember for a while we tryed using something like this with resources wood, ore, reg's etc...would be rationed off and sold to other cities orc's would raid it from time to time good stuff.
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Lucius · Adventurer Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Posts: 21

Lake Superior used to have something like this. I think it would be great! I'd help out if needed

Grignag · Sage Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 500

While I always encourage activity that results in more in game interaction, a few things to be considered:

1) How secure will the mail system be, both IC and OOC? IC is a matter of IC trust and thus would just be another facet of the whole idea. No problem there. OOC though, what prevention is there for someone reading what is obstensibly "private" messages? For the most part, it is easy to tell when someone has been through your mail in real life. Considerably harder in game when all you have to do is open the book. Questions of whether not someone could "intercept" or read the mail on alternate characters would inevitably come up.
I, for one, would never be a trustworthy in game mailman, considering who I am as a player. I never metagame, so that wouldn't be an issue, but i'd read everything placed in my hands to deliver, as part of the fun of the roleplay community is seeing what is up. Some people might have an issue with this and I doubt I would be the only one thusly interested.

2) How active will the mail carriers be? Will mail be left un-delivered when the main mail carriers have IRL stuff to deal with? Will there be back-ups? Will they meta-game free (see above)? Will people know when their mail is being left to rot due to IRL issues?

3) The final point isn't so much an issue as it is an observation. That being that the forums already serve the purpose of an inbox of sorts. Not to mention you can send private messages if you want to keep it away from the prying eyes of (wo)man. How likely people are to make use of the service when they could use the forums is up in the air. Some might really like the idea, others might not feel the need to bother. Again, not an issue, just pointing out that even if widely accepted, it might not be widely used.

Still sounds like a fun idea. Just not certain if any of my characters (talking IC here) would trust a mail/communication system that is controlled by an organization other than their own.
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Wynn · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:50 am Post subject:

Points well taken. I my idea was to have another way to rp. Give more people jobs persay. So stuff like books flowers ect can be deliverd and would make more use of people house as well. Important stuff can still be posted on boards or pmed. There is a wonderful post office in our community that is not being utilized and should be. Simple things can be dropped off and heck sends bills for the plants you just sent to your woman. Just and idea. Simple things not things that could or would make rp harder. Also the people that would be used will be people that have honest chars. That wouldnt look or mabey someone tha thas a empty slot just to be a mail person and no other role but that.
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Kaylor · Journeyman Joined: 14 Apr 2010 Posts: 219

Not really in line with the era most rp, but far more modern and out of synch in my opinion. Then, of course, just my opinion.
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Rosar Ashande · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:54 pm Post subject:

Joanna Weaver · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:16 am Post subject:

It's as in line with the era as any other roleplay from another world is. Gates open to Earth all the time. People end up in Sosaria from all over the universe.

More evidence? We have mailboxes in game.

Don't worry though, I don't think Wynn plans to go too modern with it, even if the current era fiction actually does, in fact, support it.

I like Izrem's points. I own a post office in game, and it would be bad business to let our mail get tampered with, and ruin my business' reputation on top of it. So being of general good karma, I would see to it that my mail was protected. That said, brigands and other such criminals attack mail routes! Why put anything too important at risk?
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Black_Ops · Adventurer Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Posts: 53 Location: Trinsic

well heres a way to do it then personaly give ppl keys to boxs to hold on to that recive packages that way if some one locks the box only the 2 can open it and to tell if it was tampered with would be:
1. the box is unlocked or
2 your key does not work
just an idea to make it safer i my self vote yes to this idea

Vidish · Adventurer Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 43

When Stonegate had my thief on trial his journals were passed and unexpectedly detoured. It was completely unexpected and lead to some more spontaneity. from that point on nothing really happened exactly how it was supposed to. It made things a lot of fun. And that wouldn't have even had a chance to happen if things had been done on here.
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