Roleplaying and Storytelling

TheSoftwire · 05-07-2008, 08:04 PM

Hello Everyone!

I'm new to this site so let me introduce myself. My name is PJ Haarsma and I am the author of series. It is a four book series about a group of kids who get sold as slaves to aliens on the Rings of Orbis. The setting of the book is also the setting for a MUD I created myself at

Derek mentioned this forum and also suggested I might offer some help with storytelling and how it relates to the game. I would love to share any tips and resources I can, so ask away or send me a message.

I look forward to participating in your forums!

PJ Haarsma.

Milawe · 05-08-2008, 08:28 PM

Welcome to TMS!

I'll take a peek at Softwire. It sounds sci-fi-ish.

Mabus · 05-08-2008, 10:30 PM

Welcome to Top MUD Sites!

Great website you have there, by the way.

TheSoftwire · 05-09-2008, 05:11 PM

Thank you - I appreciate that. I hope I can add something here. There are some very interesting posts!

Zenn · 05-10-2008, 11:29 AM

Nice, nice website. Just by that alone it makes me want to read the books.

Only thing I saw is that you should probably advertise for the MUD on the book website. I didn't see any links there to the MUD's website.

So.. damnit. Now I gotta go over to the bookstore.

- Zenn

Newworlds · 05-10-2008, 01:07 PM

Welcome writer. Always good to have writers around when we all are books, as it were.

newbie · 05-11-2008, 06:06 PM

What consititues a 'real email' in order to register for RoO?

TheSoftwire · 05-20-2008, 09:54 PM

It's amazing how many people are afraid to enter an email that actually works. They fear they will be spammed forever. Without a real, working email they do not receive their activation email and therefore can't log in. We did a test with a bunch of kids for the login process and after explaining it several times one kid says, "Oh! You mean a real email!" I went with that.

newbie · 05-21-2008, 04:39 AM

So why are @gmail.com addresses not considered real then?

TheSoftwire · 05-21-2008, 03:07 PM

They are. That is not an error that's coming up. That warning stays there all the time. You're missing something else in the registration.

newbie · 05-22-2008, 04:15 AM

Right, in which case there are NO errors coming up and the sign up just isn't being processed. I wonder how many registrations you're losing due to the lack of error reporting on form validation.

TheSoftwire · 05-23-2008, 10:54 PM

No, sorry. You misunderstand me. That line is at the top of the registration process. It's should be clear that it simply part of the instructions. The errors in the registration process shown in red on the right hand side.

I loose most of my regs from mispellings in the email or service providers blocking the registration email. That's a real pain. I track how many people "leave" the registration process and that number is not high. I will examine it again though based on your concerns. Thanks.

Zenn · 06-04-2008, 12:13 PM

So, is it just .. not a MUD anymore? An MMO now? Or what, exactly?

The_Fury · 06-04-2008, 07:57 PM

I would call this a web based mmo, hardly a mud in any sense. Tho some might call this a browser based graphical mud.

05-07-2008, 08:04 PM	#1
TheSoftwire New Member Join Date: May 2008 Name: PJ Location: Los Angeles Home MUD: Rings of Orbis Posts: 14	Author of The Softwire here. Hello Everyone! I'm new to this site so let me introduce myself. My name is PJ Haarsma and I am the author of series. It is a four book series about a group of kids who get sold as slaves to aliens on the Rings of Orbis. The setting of the book is also the setting for a MUD I created myself at Derek mentioned this forum and also suggested I might offer some help with storytelling and how it relates to the game. I would love to share any tips and resources I can, so ask away or send me a message. I look forward to participating in your forums! PJ Haarsma. Last edited by TheSoftwire : 05-07-2008 at 08:33 PM.

05-08-2008, 08:28 PM	#2
Milawe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Home MUD: Threshold RPG Home MUD: Stash Home MUD: Archons of Avenshar Posts: 653	Re: Author of The Softwire here. Welcome to TMS! I'll take a peek at Softwire. It sounds sci-fi-ish.

05-08-2008, 10:30 PM	#3
Mabus Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 213	Re: Author of The Softwire here. Welcome to Top MUD Sites! Great website you have there, by the way.

05-09-2008, 05:11 PM	#4
TheSoftwire New Member Join Date: May 2008 Name: PJ Location: Los Angeles Home MUD: Rings of Orbis Posts: 14	Re: Author of The Softwire here. Thank you - I appreciate that. I hope I can add something here. There are some very interesting posts!

05-10-2008, 11:29 AM	#5
Zenn New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Name: Zenn Location: Tennessee, USA Home MUD: SW: Dark Nebulas Posts: 22	Re: Author of The Softwire here. Nice, nice website. Just by that alone it makes me want to read the books. Only thing I saw is that you should probably advertise for the MUD on the book website. I didn't see any links there to the MUD's website. So.. damnit. Now I gotta go over to the bookstore. - Zenn

05-10-2008, 01:07 PM	#6
Newworlds Legend Join Date: Aug 2007 Name: NewWorlds Home MUD: New Worlds Posts: 1,425	Re: Author of The Softwire here. Welcome writer. Always good to have writers around when we all are books, as it were.

05-11-2008, 06:06 PM	#7
newbie Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 33	Re: Author of The Softwire here. What consititues a 'real email' in order to register for RoO?

05-20-2008, 09:54 PM	#8
TheSoftwire New Member Join Date: May 2008 Name: PJ Location: Los Angeles Home MUD: Rings of Orbis Posts: 14	Re: Author of The Softwire here. It's amazing how many people are afraid to enter an email that actually works. They fear they will be spammed forever. Without a real, working email they do not receive their activation email and therefore can't log in. We did a test with a bunch of kids for the login process and after explaining it several times one kid says, "Oh! You mean a real email!" I went with that.

05-21-2008, 04:39 AM	#9
newbie Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 33	Re: Author of The Softwire here. So why are @gmail.com addresses not considered real then?

05-21-2008, 03:07 PM	#10
TheSoftwire New Member Join Date: May 2008 Name: PJ Location: Los Angeles Home MUD: Rings of Orbis Posts: 14	Re: Author of The Softwire here. They are. That is not an error that's coming up. That warning stays there all the time. You're missing something else in the registration.

05-22-2008, 04:15 AM	#11
newbie Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 33	Re: Author of The Softwire here. Right, in which case there are NO errors coming up and the sign up just isn't being processed. I wonder how many registrations you're losing due to the lack of error reporting on form validation.

05-23-2008, 10:54 PM	#12
TheSoftwire New Member Join Date: May 2008 Name: PJ Location: Los Angeles Home MUD: Rings of Orbis Posts: 14	Re: Author of The Softwire here. No, sorry. You misunderstand me. That line is at the top of the registration process. It's should be clear that it simply part of the instructions. The errors in the registration process shown in red on the right hand side. I loose most of my regs from mispellings in the email or service providers blocking the registration email. That's a real pain. I track how many people "leave" the registration process and that number is not high. I will examine it again though based on your concerns. Thanks.

06-04-2008, 12:13 PM	#13
Zenn New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Name: Zenn Location: Tennessee, USA Home MUD: SW: Dark Nebulas Posts: 22	Re: Author of The Softwire here. So, is it just .. not a MUD anymore? An MMO now? Or what, exactly?

06-04-2008, 07:57 PM	#14
The_Fury Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 57	Re: Author of The Softwire here. I would call this a web based mmo, hardly a mud in any sense. Tho some might call this a browser based graphical mud.

Roleplaying and Storytelling

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