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[TheFaithfulStone]

Umm, okay, I'm noticing some things in the plot thread that are bugging me a bit - basically it seems that it could easily evolve into a game of plot one-upsmanship. Basically, KickAssClown has a software backdoor into all the rovers, I have an army of robotic spies, BigDog seems to be omniscient, and Ronthepon is a secret badass.

How long until it degenerates into
"I shoot you with my laser gun!"
'Well I have laser sheilds!"
"It's a super laser gun that goes through sheilds!"
"These are special shields plus infinity!"
"Well, this is special laser gun infinity plus one!"
"Snot!"
"Stew!"

So I propose that any official story post which has the capacity to throw the plot into disarray be cleared with BigDog first. So, if I want to refit the auto-plow to destroy the ship piece by piece, I have to ASK. Similarly, if I want to invent a new piece of technology, that it be discussed here, or with the gatekeeper first.

Thus, I can't just say "Nu-huh! Doubleplusgood shields block your photon torpedos!"

If you've ever done collaborative fiction before, you can recognize the seeds of "No, MY character is the hero of the story!" developing pretty quickly, and I'm seeing some warning signs in that thread. (And I'm guilty of it too, so don't anybody feel like I'm picking on them.) I think we're doing pretty good on plot so far, but we seem to be inventing gadgets at a pretty alarming rate, so I'd say if you want to add a railgun to the bow, we might want to discuss it here first.

Then of course, you guys are probably already doing this, and I'm just being a jackass.

If you think your point needs to be secret from everyone else, you can PM BD.

What say you?

TFS