City of IF

[BStheGreat]

So I've had this idea for several years to write two books with opposing views on the same issue, most likely a war. I never really thought about it in terms of an SG, but then I realized it would fit perfectly. The way I would run it would be to have two groups of readers - one group to read the chapters from one of the books and the other from the second book. The actions voted upon by one would affect both stories. If a person is in group a, he wouldn't be allowed to read group b, as it would affect the decisions on group a, and vice versa. If someone was down for authoring one of the books while I do the other, it could end of getting more complicated, by mixing in spies and what not. Of course splitting into groups would essentially be splitting the readers into 2, so I figured I'd see who would be interested beforehand.

[Vishal Muralidharan]

Interesting...

Should be a fantastic SG if its organised probably. I'll need some time before deciding though.

[The White Blacksmith]

Yeah, should be good. You would definitely need someone else to write the opposite side, and maybe a 'freedom of information' type thing where once a chapter's a month old or something both sides could see it - adds pressure to be organised, as if you delay too long in writing or debating, the other side can see what you're doing.

[DeadManWalking]

I would definitely be interested in something like this. Reminds me a little of Battle to the End

[Thunderbird]

I LIKE it!

Makes me think the guilds should try something like this between them, either that or a chapter pass along story.

[Crunchyfrog]

Yes a good concept indeed!

[Shillelagh]

It's a fascinating concept, though I'm a bit fuzzy on the details. Do both parts of the story have a DP at the same time, and then both DPs affect each story? Or do the two parts take turns having a DP? The second way might be easier, since the half without a DP would just be a fragment as it waits for the other's DP to affect it. You'd alternate between 'chapter with DP' and 'chapter fragment', which seems like it would allow the writing to go faster. Still, the first way has the advantage of having more DPs, which moves the story itself faster.

Either way, I'm interested to see how this might turn out, and I'm willing to throw my hat into the ring as a co-author. If you truly want to force the two audiences into having a separate experience, I think placing one or both of the threads in a more restricted guild forum would be the way to go about this.

[Vikas Muralidharan]

This would be freaking Amazing.... ofcourse, we would have the problem of making sure that people from one group dont read the chapters meant for another.

Maybe we could start a seperate section for these kind of games and have some coding to get around that.

But thats taking it a bit too far, I guess... *rubs chin*

[Emperor]

I just wanted to say its a great idea, it does sound involved and complex, but a great idea nonetheless.

[Cremuex Levier]

I think I get what you're trying to do. I'd be all for it, I wouldn't mind being on one side and not being able to read a different side to the same story. It's a perspective thing I suppose.

All in all it's a great idea if you have the time to write the two stories.

You have my interest, PM me if/when you get it up and going, I just don't know how you're going to select and separate the two teams since one person might actually have views for the other side and be forced to betray their own ideals, the term 'conflict of interest' comes to mind, especially on a war. For example, someone that's anti-war might prefer to be on the defending side rather then the invading side.

[Guest]

I'm in aswell. Sounds good