Need a Hit, Call a Professional

[3 Ducks in a Man Costume]

I've transferred (cheated: copied and pasted) the post I had in the Comments thread to this brand-spanking-new thread because it seems there might be a small demand for it and because it was slightly  :offtopic.

This is addressed mainly to those of use whose characters are spies/assassins/malefactors and to those who may have to abandon a character and want them whacked.

So here's the repost:

There was an idea I had that I mentioned to Jen or Kenny (I can't remember who) that had to do with MIA/KIA characters. I'm not sure it'll work, but I thought I'd throw it out there to the group, so maybe there could be some bit of discussion and consensus about it. And maybe it needs its own thread, but maybe not.

The idea is this: if someone is planning on leaving or abandoning their character or wants their character to die/disappear for any reason, you might privately contact (in the forums, not the game) one of the known spies and ask them to "take care of" your character.

My reasoning behind it is this: if a character disappears because of abandonment or whatever, the rest of the players (or at least the moderators) have to find some way to explain away the death or disappearance. If the spies got involved, it would do two things.
1) It would spread around some of the labor, so that the moderators wouldn't need to spend extra time editing someone out; the spies could just write it into one of their posts. Two birds with one stone.
2) If a meaningful character (non-NPC) gets knocked off "mysteriously," it creates motivations for the other characters to push the story line forward, it helps foster a thicker plotline, and it might give players something to do (like a puzzle to solve) if the action or posting gets slow.

Of course, not everyone is going to require this service (very few will). Nor would it be a good idea for spies to kill off every player that goes MIA/KIA--people do die of natural causes. But it widens our options, at least for this season.

Any thoughts on this?

[Jen]

I think it's a great idea...But if you're one of those players who has gone "MIA" as far as writing goes, please PM Three Ducks as well as Kenny and I, so that the rest of the players DON'T know that this will be your character's ultimate end. We want it to be as surprising as possible. :)

So...please don't post your request in the forum.  ;)

[PepperDude]

That's kinda wicked. . .  :ohbaby