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Post by Alkaiser on Dec 23, 2006 3:21:06 GMT 1
Heyhey Zyn!!! We have a Lee on the board!!! erm...*end random tekken nerd comment*
The real test of RPing may come with how each character adjusts to their new surroundings though.
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Post by incognito on Dec 23, 2006 4:20:35 GMT 1
Point taken.
Still for the sake of keeping originallity in Rping I believe there should be something to make it not completely required.
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Post by Shamino Warhen Ph.D on Dec 23, 2006 4:32:01 GMT 1
I'm thinking about buying a condo complex and selling it out to Students.
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Post by John Smith on Dec 23, 2006 4:40:48 GMT 1
There is... It is called: Parents.
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Post by Leon Loire on Dec 23, 2006 4:42:23 GMT 1
I'd prefer to avoid making exceptions, considering that usually leads to alot of bitching and people breaking rules. If you want to not be forced into such a situation, then I'm sorry. If you cannot live with others in another building, then be a Graduate. I can't force Graduates to live there.
I just feel it's more realistic to our situation for all High School students to live in the same apartment complex. It fits the oppression of the Xin Universe, and in the end, most of us don't even have our parents with us. Why should we live alone if we aren't properly watched over?
If it gets to be a large enough problem though, I'll grant the former argument that anyone over 18 years old, or with parents, would be allowed to live outside the building. Yet still, I feel the apartment idea is key to helping social status and keep to Xin traditions.
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Post by Shamino Warhen Ph.D on Dec 23, 2006 5:06:05 GMT 1
Not to mention it adds apartment drama- getting pissed at someone having a party a floor above you while studying for exams, finding out your girlfriend is sleeping with the guy across the hall from you. Highschool students all in one large apartment building is a good idea.
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Post by junpei on Dec 23, 2006 5:37:31 GMT 1
Common housing is a good idea. This is supposed to be a 'wash out' school, why wouldn't they wanna keep tabs on you 24/7?
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Post by Odin Reeves on Dec 23, 2006 7:59:57 GMT 1
I could easily see my character trying to pummel his roommate, most likely for a stupid reason having to do with the time, food, or cleanliness of the apartment...either or.
Can I room with Kvist?
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Post by Kyukaku on Dec 23, 2006 8:03:18 GMT 1
I'll probably be rooming with good ole Pain Killer. Them two get along great.
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Post by Odin Reeves on Dec 23, 2006 8:08:44 GMT 1
Pssh, you should be rooming with the older Rydell, not the younger. I meant just look at all he's done (to) for you...
Anyways.
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Post by junpei on Dec 23, 2006 8:14:48 GMT 1
Anyone ever consider rooming alone?
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Post by incognito on Dec 23, 2006 8:18:27 GMT 1
Alright alright. I thought up away to live in a place and not be limited.
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Post by Odin Reeves on Dec 23, 2006 8:20:25 GMT 1
That's a possibily, probably only for seniors though, and here's my 'logic' behind it.
Given the population of most schools it's easy to say that every class room is usually crowded with about roughly 10+ kids more then it should. Now, if these kids are living in a world as we imagine (Teachers using fists for punishment.. etc etc) and they are forced to live in a dorm, then with the current school population combined with the already stretched funding, you have a limited number of rooms. Thus, Freshmen to Juniors are going to be paired up whether they like it or not, probably Seniors to, but they'd have the choice to find their own living quarters.
Yep, that's how I see it.
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Post by junpei on Dec 23, 2006 8:26:26 GMT 1
Touche' Odin, touche'...
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Post by Leon Loire on Dec 23, 2006 8:43:14 GMT 1
That's a possibily, probably only for seniors though, and here's my 'logic' behind it. Given the population of most schools it's easy to say that every class room is usually crowded with about roughly 10+ kids more then it should. Now, if these kids are living in a world as we imagine (Teachers using fists for punishment.. etc etc) and they are forced to live in a dorm, then with the current school population combined with the already stretched funding, you have a limited number of rooms. Thus, Freshmen to Juniors are going to be paired up whether they like it or not, probably Seniors to, but they'd have the choice to find their own living quarters. Yep, that's how I see it. So... we'll go with the "If you're 18, you're on your own, you dumb kid" argument? |
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Post by Alkaiser on Dec 23, 2006 8:53:52 GMT 1
So are we gonna employ a system of dorm supervisors, advisors or whatnot to keep the peace in their respective buildings?
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Post by Odin Reeves on Dec 23, 2006 9:00:24 GMT 1
I never said that John. If their still attending school, rightly they'd have the choice whether to stay in the dorms, perhaps a single dorm, or Co-ed, or they could move into their own apartment should they have the money to afford one. They shouldn't be removed unless their outside of the schooling system, or have reached the age of 20.
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Post by Dain Gavyns on Dec 23, 2006 11:15:07 GMT 1
There are going to have to be some sort of exceptions to the rule, though not junpei's little "I sold my apartment!" crap. This was meant to be so people dropped the 'rich kid' attempt.
Anyway, I don't know about any specific exemptions to the housing, but if someone's creative enough, or just has good enough reasoning, than the rule should not have to pass for them.
Ran Ling Xiao, for example. As of the end of the old board, she was living with Dain, who, as a graduate, doesn't have to live in the assigned apartments. Thus, she could live with him still.
All in all, to those who may still be bitter about being forced into a certain spot to live: I was assigned to a dorm the first summer of college in the real world, yet I never slept there, in fact, I more or less lived with my girlfriend at the time in her apartment. Just because you're supposed to be there, doesn't mean you have to be.
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Post by junpei on Dec 23, 2006 17:42:01 GMT 1
Wow Dain, I never knew you actually did that!
Anyways yeah the 'I sold my apartment' was meant as a joke, although I guess I should implement the joke tags again -_-
But Mav, in the US you typically get out of home at age 18, and while many college require you stay in THEIR dorms for at last one year, there are several who are switching to a more open approach. Every school I've looked at going to does not require in dorm living freshmen year, simply that people get really tired of paying for it. Either way I am curious about one thing.. Which university will be the 'standard' in San Fransisco?
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Post by Leon Loire on Dec 23, 2006 19:21:30 GMT 1
Hmmm....
Well, I can definitely agree with you Odin (damnit man, please PM your real name to me, so I don't feel awkward!) and I can see where you're going with that...
And Dain's right (awkward using board names...) we need to figure out some exception for everyone. But here, I'll try to break it down, that usually helps.
Freshman attending Students: If Parentless, must live in the School Dorms. If Parented and/or Guardianed (As with Ran living with Dain), permission advised to live with their Parent/Guardian.
Sophomore attending Students: Same as Freshman.
Junior attending Students: If Parentless, student is recommended to live in the Dorms, and invited to live in their own apartment. If they so choose to live independently, they must inform the School. If Parented and/or Guardianed, the student is advised to live with the Parent/Guardian, yet if independence is requested, the Parent/Guardian must inform the school.
Senior attending Students: If Parentless, student is welcome to live in the Dorms, and invited to live in their own apartment. If they so choose to live independently, and are 18 years of age or older, no information is necessary from the school; if they are under 18 years old, the school must be informed. If Parented/Guardian, same rules abide as Junior student.
Graduate: To hell with ya'll, go get a job, and get a place of your own, you hobo! ( ;D)
Regarding "Required Roommates", I'm honestly not too sure about that, but then again, Odin may have a good idea in enforcing it upon Freshman and Sophomore. It may hurt our already low Freshman Sophomore population, but oh well. Perhaps we can allow NPCs as the roommates?
Oh, and we'll figure something out for the Dorm Supervisors. I may use the same idea as before with the apartments, with one of my NPC characters commanding a security force or something, we'll see.
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