Re-reading Y1 and Y2 right now, and what strikes me as really significant is the ISS and Order Only locks, which has in turn made me ponder how those were a huge force in our game play and even character development.
Basically, in those first 2 years any character under a lock felt like a 'main character,' because the audience was privy to the full range of their thoughts and reactions to in-game events and to the Protectorate as a whole. Anyone not under a lock feels like a side-character - even Harry. There are simply fewer opportunities for people like Harry and Draco to participate, and the end result is that characters like Sally Anne, Ron, and Neville are WAY more active.
The development of private messages helped open things up more and definitely added for greater range of expression, but I still often felt like Draco and Harry took pretty big risks under that lock - however, it was kind of necessary to show what was going on with them.
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Date: 2015-09-16 03:37 pm (UTC)Basically, in those first 2 years any character under a lock felt like a 'main character,' because the audience was privy to the full range of their thoughts and reactions to in-game events and to the Protectorate as a whole. Anyone not under a lock feels like a side-character - even Harry. There are simply fewer opportunities for people like Harry and Draco to participate, and the end result is that characters like Sally Anne, Ron, and Neville are WAY more active.
The development of private messages helped open things up more and definitely added for greater range of expression, but I still often felt like Draco and Harry took pretty big risks under that lock - however, it was kind of necessary to show what was going on with them.