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Fizzytopian Bureau of Employment
Fizzytopian Bureau of Employment Are you falling behind budget in living expenses? Are you looking to save up to buy a special present for your beloved Pokemon? Or maybe you just want to make some fast cash? If so, welcome to the Fizzytopian Bureau of Employment, where various shopkeepers around Fizzytopia readily wait to be matched with prospective part-time employment staff! There are a number of jobs of a great variety to choose from. Ready to sign up? Follow these simple instructions! Job Application Guidelines: 1. Look through the Bulletin Board and request a job listing that suits your interests. (One person per job listing on a first-come, first-served basis, unless the listing requests more than one person. Each individual may only take one job at a time.)Miscellaneous Notes: • This is meant to be a fun, optional way to roleplay and earn some cash on the side. No levels, captures, or items will be earned outside of payment described in the job listing.Job Bulletin Board: Quote:
In the job listings on the bulletin board, the payment descriptions often mention a time period in "days". Not to be confused with real-life chronology, these periods are meant to reflect the passage of time inside the RP itself, so make of it what you wish. Let me know what you think! |
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01-09-2018, 11:53 AM | #2 |
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I can dig it.
I'd like to see more activity in free RP areas, anyway. Who has the right to post in this thread with jobs? For example, could I post a Parks and Wildlife job?
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01-09-2018, 11:59 AM | #3 |
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You're welcome to do either.Just remember that jobs you request are purely fictional and have nothing to do with your duties as SO. :P But if you want to use it for world-building purposes that's fine
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01-09-2018, 12:04 PM | #4 |
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I mean... yeah, I figured.
I have extensive references to a zone that doesn't exist in the AC intro. I'm all about that world building.
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01-09-2018, 12:14 PM | #5 |
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Honestly this does look like a fun little idea. Since it's free rp areas it is solely on the person who does it, and it will encourage the use of free RP areas. I dig it.
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01-09-2018, 01:26 PM | #6 |
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I love this idea, and it's a good way to keep earning those dollahs when posts are slow and now that prices are higher/there's more to spend on. It could also work to help people develop their characters or at least show what they do between adventures!
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01-09-2018, 02:27 PM | #7 |
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I like this idea. It has a lot of potential, and I like the idea of being able to earn more through free RP.
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01-09-2018, 05:04 PM | #8 |
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As someone who is constantly low on funds, I completely dig this idea. As I said last night, the maid cafe is a big highlight
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01-14-2018, 12:50 AM | #9 |
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So, seeing as people are seemingly all-aboard with the idea and with all three mods' approval, I will be putting this shop into motion.
If anyone has any suggestions to further improve the shop's system or ideas for new Free-RP areas and/or potential part-time job listings, please continue to use this thread to voice your opinions!
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01-14-2018, 02:10 PM | #10 |
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So to clarify, one post to correspond with each day on the job, but they can all be posted, if I so chose, on the same day in real time?
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01-14-2018, 03:33 PM | #11 |
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Yeah, as long as the requirements are met. (Like if it asks for 3+ posts to count for 1 "day")
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01-15-2018, 11:46 AM | #12 |
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Now that we've implemented this system, I've already come across a problem post-implementation that I think should be addressed; namely, these jobs are discouraging interaction with others, rather than encouraging it. Because the payment occurs over "days" in the RP world, it discourages interaction on a single day, because individuals want to get the "days" of RP over with in order to get their pay, rather than stop, engage in an interaction and stretch an individual day longer than it needs to be.
Also, to be frank about my personal interest in this, my free RP posts - and my attempts at getting to know people using a new character - are being completely thwarted already. And if that's happening with me, then I can only imagine how this will impact new members trying to get their characters acquainted with others. It's frustrating! My proposed solution would be to conceptualize each job as being a single day of work, but that individual day has to span over X number of posts minimum. That way, people won't feel like they have to "rush" between days. We could possibly also implement pacing - so people can't just rapidfire the required number of posts and literally prevent anyone from interacting with them. A 24 hour minimum between each post might be nice. (Also, if we allow people to rapid fire, this could be an easy way to "game" the system - get rich VERY quickly - without RPing elsewhere). The alternative would be to force interaction each day, making each day require X number of replies to other RPers, but this, to me, seems messy and forces interaction rather than simply encouraging it. Thoughts? |
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I feel like we should have two sections. One for the jobs areas and another for the actual free RP stuff. They can just be mirrors, only one is for the jobs and the other is for the actual role playing in. It's no real effort but solves all problems. Plus with a proper subforum for jobs we could invent more places to work so others don't miss out by having spots swiped. Not to mention, the variation would mean jobs suitable for all characters. If an area's popular enough or would work in a free RP sense, we could then also make an actual role play area for that, too.
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01-15-2018, 12:55 PM | #15 |
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Speaking as pretty much the sole source of this problem, I decided I'd try and do something about it. First, I posted an intro post for Gavin in the Nightclub, intended to take place the day after his final night working as a bouncer, this one actually serving as a response to Marion's post. And I still have one final post I'm gonna write for the Fizzytopia Parks and Wildlife for my cleanup job there, one which I will actually try to turn into an intro post which people will be encouraged to reply to.
I'm absolutely all for interaction with others in free RP areas. It's that sort of interaction that's made my Keith Masters character who he is today. I shouldn't be adding to, or creating, a problem like this in the first place, and I apologize for that. |
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01-18-2018, 01:59 PM | #17 |
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Okay so I have removed the "day" aspect from the job requirements/payment, so that should serve to hopefully mitigate the need for people to rush out posts and screw up chronology. Let me know what you all think and hopefully that works better.
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