TinyPlots

This file is a guide to Tiny Plots, their role in the MUSH, and how to run them.

Tiny Plots (TPs)
A Tiny-Plot is a planned event of the MUSH, rather like a campaign or specific adventure you might plan in 'tabletop' role-play, as opposed to just everyday spontaneous RP. Here're some examples of different types:

General RP
Talking, moving, basically anything you do IC that doesn't affect things around you, or cause major change, such as talking IC or doing routine patrols. Basically this is any time you're IC and there isn't anything major going on. Usually just spontaneous and everyday -- but out of general RP come ideas for TPs :).

Personal TPs
These are your run-of-the-mill emotional type TPs, usually not involving combat, and planned by one or a few people who decide on the events mutually. They are often about a specific person(or robot as the case may be) and his/her emotions or reactions to things going on around them. You don't need a staffer to okay this but you should inform TP staff (just a short @mail will do fine!) so we can watch for a common theme developing and use it to form larger TPs.

Routine TPs
These are your average everyday TPs, involving several players. Examples: raids on power plants by the cons, your average spy mission, a negotiation, an exploration mission. For these sort of TPs you should just let TPStaff know so that the day isn't already taken, or that it won't interfere with a TP being run by someone else. If you want some sort of permanent result of them (for example, you're RPing blowing up a bridge or something, and want the room description changed as a result), you should pre-arrange it with TP staff before doing the RP.

Major TPs
These are big things such as major plans by any faction, such as a plan by the cons to regain Cybertron: These TPs can be very long and have many parts and may involve all of the other types of TPs going on at once. For these you MUST apply to TP staff for approval and we in turn will inform the appropriate staffs. During these TPs theme/judges may run NPCs or arbitrate actions to make sure the TP continues on the right track.

Galaxy-Shattering TPs
These are TPs that only TP staff can run when it is decided they will be run (anything that totally changes the MUSH characteristics). Any TP that involves the Opening of the Matrix or Vector Sigma doing anything extremely amazing is of this type. If you have an idea for an Epic TP, feel more than free to suggest it.

TP Ideas
What this all comes down to is, unless it's a huge event that is going to change the mush forever, as long as it's in character it's fine, but we need to know about it so we can create the bigger picture.

If you have info from a personal or routine TP then just @mail a short note detailing what occurred to a TP Staffer.

If you come up with an idea for a major TP and want to run it, page or @mail a TP Staffer with your idea.

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