Monthly Plotting Post!

[these_balls]

PLOT DISCUSSION

TRAINER TIPS:
→ This is for general, game-wide or location-wide plots, larger-scale player plots, and general plotting ideas. This is not a CR meme.
→ The idea of this post is to help generate discussion, inspire, or plot out overall plots, as well as bounce ideas off of your fellow players and moderators. We will also be letting everyone know the overall ideas of what we'll have coming up, and you can give us input on those as well!
→ Please play nice while discussing things! Remember, it's okay to disagree, but be polite!

Comments

[eagletalons]

Changing from text to icons ala Android and iOS might require a good deal of overhaul and I'm not sure the mods would allow completely changing the Gear's OS-- if it in fact does have an OS.

Also I'm pretty sure the Gear has an optional music app that can be bought in PokéMarts but I'll see what I can do with that thing. Hope's not the best music person in the world though, so he'll definitely need help with that one.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Good point.

It does, but this is more for the possibility of actual silence than just better music. "Phase cancellation". That's the phrase I was looking for.

[eagletalons]

The comment below definitely helps with this thought. I think it's plausible if we go with that idea!

[doitrockapella]

Re: the music thing, I think in principle all you'd have to do is invert the music track and then have the app sync that sound file with the background music such that the sound waves would cancel out. Essentially you'd just have each area's track recorded invertedly, which you'd buy for the app, and then when you walked into an area, the program would have to detect where the background music was at in its "track" and sync up the inverted music file with it.

(also if my science fails me here, it's 2 AM, don't judge me)

The other logistics of how to play it, what range it would have, etc. would be something you'd have to work out separately, but in terms of just flipping the tracks, I could always throw you Carmen's Porygon. He does sound editing sometimes. It's a hobby. >>

[eagletalons]

I'll have to consult someone knowledgeable in sound and noise for confirmation (because I'm really only good in biology and anatomy), but that's definitely a good idea!

[islandshore]

I think the only problem is: Would the mods allow it? It definitely sounds like a spiffy idea, but music elimination might be a no.

Then again, Riku would probably appreciate some silence and pay for such an app.

[eagletalons]

It's just like the OS overhaul too, so I'm really not sure if it will work. I'll go ask them when I've got some free time. If all else fails, probably something else music-related could be done, such as muffling it to keep it manageable.

[doitrockapella]

If all else fails, you could always see about just building up a library of music that isn't the background stuff available in stores, like some kind of undercover bootleg iTunes? I mean, we've got a ton of idols in Route, for example, and a bunch of people who play instruments — you could get people involved in recording music tracks that aren't the BGM and then make those available for download onto the Gears, if nothing else.

[darkrider]

I LIKE THAT IDEA YES. That would be pretty cool since they could make money off of that.

/other account hurrdurr