Dear All,

I propose to run a (mainly) online RPG, drawing from the immersive and
real-time style of ARGs and the suspension of reality of LARPS. Play
will take place in realtime with several keepers and players
roleplaying whenever they are available. The theme will contain some
elements of conspiracy theory, espionage and modern horror.

The DM-equivalents will operate in a team. They will create
characters, documents, websites and other plot lines which will
directly interact with the players. For example through email, IM,
phone calls, postal mail, websites etc. There will also be the
possibility of some players (only if they want to) participating in
live action (for example, meeting another player/keeper in a bar to
discuss something or picking something up from a drop).

Players will at all times act in character, and will sometimes be
unsure of whether or not they are interacting with a DM or another
player. There will be no traditional 'storytelling' where the DM
openly addresses the players (except perhaps for character creation
for new players, and of course if the players have questions that need
answering). As the game expands, the players may split into smaller
groups with specific DMs running different parts of the game.

I have two questions:

(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

(2) Would you like to participate? If so, either email me direct or
reply to this message. I'd like to get something up and running as
soon as possible!

If you're unclear of the kind of thing that I mean, perhaps I can give
an example: A player (roleplaying a police detective) might get a
voicemail from a friend who's a Doctor (another player) asking for a
callback. The Detective calls back when he is available, and the two
discuss a disturbing autopsy report that the Doctor has been emailed
by a University friend (a Keeper, though the players don't know this).

Googling the name of the victim on the autopsy report leads to a blog
that the victim used to write before he passed away. It's pretty
paranoid, but he's convinced that there's some 'experiment' being
performed on him. There's another email address on one of the blog
comments, which one of the Players emails... and gets a reply...

I look forward to hearing from you.

Be seeing you,
Dr Cage

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace

Quoting   :
>(1) What do you think of the idea and its potential? Do you think that
>it is viable? What problems/advantages do you see?

See if you can scare up a copy of Hogshead's _De Profundis_.
-- 
OPTIONS=name:Kirsty,menustyle:C,female,lit_corridor,standout,time,showexp,hilit
e_pet,catname:Akane,dogname:Ryoga,fruit:okonomiyaki,pickup_types:"!$?=/,scores:
5 top/2 around,color,boulder:0,autoquiver,autodig,disclose:yiyayvygyc,pickup_bu
rden:burdened,!cmdassist,msg_window:reversed,!sparkle,horsename:Rumiko,showrace