Good idea! one suggestion, If i remember right, the basement of Garage Gym has a boxing ring. Maybe chance to link up with them?

Also – maybe opportunities to link up with Lou’s bar for any fight night RPs.

Perfect, there we go then, anyone bidding above the agreed ‘ceiling’ is going to do some time in HPD cells!

Grace Fontenac: Seaside principal and Grind caffeine addict 🙂

Lara Windsor II: Seaside student and potential troublemaker

Sofia Messina: Pie Hole owner and event organizer

Jocelyn “Mouse” Campbell: Budtender at the Green House

Sounds like fun, sign me up.

Any character bidding over $10,000 IC should face investigation from HPD for tax evasion!

#bikinigate is becoming fun!

I have just tweeted a challenge – if Ryder Millet shows up at the Daily Grind wearing only a speedo, Val will do the same to support equal rights.

In the meantime, Val will show his support of Elin, Maddison and the other Grind Girls by coaxing them to wear skimpy outfits so he can take photos to post to twitter.…[Read more]

Good to see you back in CD again! welcome back 🙂

Brilliant post James, one of the best on the forum in recent years.

It would be great if this could be added permanently to a special archive section of the CD website for roleplay advice. Like that thread Blue did years ago on tips to initiate RP.

One thing it might be good for everyone to add some tips to – when you have a multiplayer…[Read more]

Really encouraging to read those posts on HPD, thank you 🙂

That’s good to hear Lyssandra – it sounds more satisfying to me if individual character motivation drives how each cop character acts. I just know that we’ve had many instances over the years of admin pressure to force HPD characters to go down the dark/corrupt route. I feel it works better when you get a mix, because it avoids an atmosphere…[Read more]

Agreed, and RPing police brutality/forced fantasy/ERP is certainly something that draws players to the sim. Definitely a big draw for people. But we have a lot of styles of RP to offer, and imho, what is special about CD is that you can explore many types of characters and RP here. Room for everything I think – dark and light RP, hardcore and…[Read more]

CD has long moved past that as a simple theme for the sim. It’s still the core, but a lot else goes on besides. If you want a sim that is designed for forced fantasy only, Dark Alley does a wonderful job. If you want that dark RP and a lot of a whole spectrum of RP besides, come to Hathian.

Hit the nail on the head. The problem with the sim guideline of HPD being ‘Hathian’s biggest gang’ is that you end up with citizens who IC don’t trust the cops and won’t call them for help. Which leads to less RP.
All it takes is just an easing of the sim guidelines, with some cops being corrupt and willing to crack some heads and lock people up…[Read more]

Excellent, wishing you all the best with the new venture!
I am glad to hear about the simple focus on good food in the RP. I think it’s actually more conducive to RP if Hathian is a crappy ass low wage dangerous town, but hey, the Diner has some great food … makes people want to go there for RP. Word of mouth recommendations to new…[Read more]

It feels a bit busier in Hathian this week, btw ….

First off, hearty congratulations to Nadir on his marriage! (Why do a picture a wedding cake with HPD station, Lou’s and the Titty Twister represented in yummy decoration format) …..

Anyway just to mention that one of the other major urban RP sims out there has decided to close on 3 October. Sad to hear this, it was a really cool looking sim.…[Read more]

Sounds cool guys, in fact, with the Backwaters being a different town – all the more reason for cop characters to go off-duty and join in the craziness! maybe with masks, face paint, or who knows!
Will get planning during the weekend… need to come up with a flyer to hand around IC!

Thanks James – been reckoning I would do my part to help with RP where I can. Val going back to work in the Titty Twister was an OOC decision to try and help with some RP scenes there, especially in the early euro hours when I normally RP.

Have also started renting in CD again (although I feel this should be a more automated process, setting up…[Read more]

IMHO (yeah I always say that, but it’s only my opinon) ….. NPCs are great to use when needs be to facilitate RP scenes (NPC bartender, barista, ER staff etc).

One thing I am not keen on though is businesses claiming the place is packed with NPC patrons. If Lou’s actually has 15 IC avatars there, then for me, it’s busy IC. If on the other hand…[Read more]

Is it just Mikhail himself providing bodyguard services? Or is there a team of staff?