[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Now that Shiva owns 2 Conditional Balls, I wanted to ask something about their use/mechanics please, Iron. To quote you:

There's an alternate use for a Conditional Ball. If you study a wild specimen long enough to understand it (5 Rounds), you can alter the program to increase the chances of the Ball capturing that specimen. An Almanac, or Almanac plugin for Pokedex, is necessary.
(Spending 5 Rounds studying a wild Pokemon, then you can use Knowledge+Computer Science to determine Seal Strength on any future Conditional Balls for that specimen.)

What's exactly meant by 'Rounds' in this case, is it required to meet the wild Pokemon and to persevere 5 Rounds against it while the chara studies its behaviour, or do you actually mean 5 Encounter Slots? If the latter, 5 Slots feels a bit too much unless one can have one or two Pokemon train simultaneously, 3 or 4 sounds more appropriate.

[Dragonstrike]

If I may disagree to that, no, I wish for that talk to take place only between those who have a Pokemon sent there. Actually even desired to have Shiva speak with Keni alone, but it's not super-nice to not at least ask Heart and Spira whether they'd like to listen in as they're affected as well.

Personally, I think it'd be rude to purposely leave any member of the group out.  Nathan's pokemon were almost sent to Sideways too.  Terra's almost definitely would have been if he'd come.  And it'd be good to keep everyone informed.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

I can inform anyone who's desirabale for information later on, end of discussion.

[Dragonstrike]

I can inform anyone who's desirabale for information later on, end of discussion.

No, it's not.  I'm sure Keni has plenty of other things to talk with us about as well.  Be easier to get it done all at once.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Look, I'd like to play the major role in the upcoming talk with Keni/lead the conversation and have a more or less private talk with him, which is difficult as Shiva's a person who's more a quiet soul that easily gets outvoiced. So I'll stick with my desire to meet him only with Heart and Mika if they'd like to listen in as leaving those two in particular out isn't nice in my guess, I can at least ask them if they'd like to come, which I already did.

[Dragonstrike]

Look, I'd like to play the major role in the upcoming talk with Keni/lead the conversation and have a more or less private talk with him, which is difficult as Shiva's a person who's more a quiet soul that easily gets outvoiced. So I'll stick with my desire to meet him only with Heart and Mika if they'd like to listen in as leaving those two in particular out isn't nice in my guess, I can at least ask them if they'd like to come, which I already did.

You don't have to have a 'private' talk with Keni to be able to lead the discussion.  Shiva's been there, which makes her a topic leader by default.  If you're worried Nathan is going to outvoice her, he won't be.  He's going to hear what Shiva has to say along with Keni and then he'll start asking questions.

If you have things to discuss with Keni that have to be private, I'm sure it can wait until after the group has been informed about the non-private topics.

[Spiritmon]

Look, I'd like to play the major role in the upcoming talk with Keni/lead the conversation and have a more or less private talk with him, which is difficult as Shiva's a person who's more a quiet soul that easily gets outvoiced. So I'll stick with my desire to meet him only with Heart and Mika if they'd like to listen in as leaving those two in particular out isn't nice in my guess, I can at least ask them if they'd like to come, which I already did.

You don't have to have a 'private' talk with Keni to be able to lead the discussion.  Shiva's been there, which makes her a topic leader by default.  If you're worried Nathan is going to outvoice her, he won't be.  He's going to hear what Shiva has to say along with Keni and then he'll start asking questions.

If you have things to discuss with Keni that have to be private, I'm sure it can wait until after the group has been informed about the non-private topics.

I think it was more than enough discussions here in the Meta Thread. What the problem in let Shiva have a private conversation or not? Just let her have a private talk with Keni and just leave at that. I dont see any problem with that. So can we end this discussion and continue the plot please? We still have a alien invasion to stop.

[Dragonstrike]

I think it was more than enough discussions here in the Meta Thread. What the problem in let Shiva have a private conversation or not? Just let her have a private talk with Keni and just leave at that. I dont see any problem with that. So can we end this discussion and continue the plot please? We still have a alien invasion to stop.

Sideways is a topic that concerns all of us.  If there's certain parts of it Shiva wants to discuss privately with Keni, I have no problems with that, but Nathan would like to hear what Keni has to say about the alternate dimension too.  And Terra should also be updated on what to expect because the Scims could still use it against us.  It'll be easier to just have everyone there than to explain it a second time later.

And if Keni has other things to give us, he can potentially do it then, too.

[Spiritmon]

I think it was more than enough discussions here in the Meta Thread. What the problem in let Shiva have a private conversation or not? Just let her have a private talk with Keni and just leave at that. I dont see any problem with that. So can we end this discussion and continue the plot please? We still have a alien invasion to stop.

Sideways is a topic that concerns all of us.  If there's certain parts of it Shiva wants to discuss privately with Keni, I have no problems with that, but Nathan would like to hear what Keni has to say about the alternate dimension too.  And Terra should also be updated on what to expect because the Scims could still use it against us.  It'll be easier to just have everyone there than to explain it a second time later.

And if Keni has other things to give us, he can potentially do it then, too.

But don't you think overhear the conversation of others it's not a little... inconvenience in terms of IC? Sure, Nathan can ask Keni about the alternative dimension, but if Shiva/Phantom want to discuss something particular with Keni, as friends and members of the same party we need to respect her decision.

I just don't know why you acting so much adamant towards Phantom. What the main problem of a little conversation in particular? It's not like Phantom suddenly become a Sleep Agent Scimitar and kipnap Keni again.

[Dragonstrike]

But don't you think overhear the conversation of others it's not a little... inconvenience in terms of IC? Sure, Nathan can ask Keni about the alternative dimension, but if Shiva/Phantom want to discuss something particular with Keni, as friends and members of the same party we need to respect her decision.

I just don't know why you acting so much adamant towards Phantom. What the main problem of a little conversation in particular? It's not like Phantom suddenly become a Sleep Agent Scimitar and kipnap Keni again.

This isn't an entirely private topic.  Nathan's pokemon almost got sent to Sideways too, and odds are we'll have to deal with Sideways again later.  He has just as much of a right to sit in on this conversation as everyone else.  And like I said, Shiva is a discussion leader by default.  Nathan can sit back and listen quietly and ask questions after he's heard what Keni and Shiva have to say.

And I'd prefer Nathan to sit in on the conversation so he can hear it from both Keni and Shivas' perspectives instead of just Shiva's.