Haima RPG | New Semester

Summary: A brief description of Haima
Haima Boarding School for the Athletically & Academically Gifted is a school secluded near the Olympic Mountains region in Washington State, with diverse topography and otherworldly weather compared to rainy Seattle. This is an open world, sandbox plot RPG where no one knows anything about anyone: think of this as detective meets clue meets magic, demons, lore, fantasy, they all had a drunken orgy, and Hogwarts and some anime got thrown in as well. This high school setup combines all sorts of hit combos and provides for an interesting, unique approach to gaming.

Each player has sovereignty over their character, but there are rules involved: for all intents and purposes, you’re a human to the school population and you maintain character at all times. Your identity is a secret, one which you must keep out of game as well: the ultimate game of “Guess who,” you could say.

The RPG will progress as students explore the campus, interact, and are ultimately all thrown into an epic pursuit of finding (and rescuing) the kidnapped school president. Along the way, identities will slowly be exposed, conflicts will arise, and characters are faced with how to confront and either succumb or triumph over these challenges.

A classic among text-based role-play games first introduced in 2009, this long awaited RP has finally been revamped and brought back to life for another run through! If you're into text-based RP-ing, then come by Vividus Connect and check this bad-rp out! 

Haima | A Vividus RPG

Taking a Look at "Raw" - Featured Poet

Check out this featured content: Raw by Isaiah

Since the breaths of Be Creative, Isaiah has been involved in some form or fashion with the evolution and development of what is now called Vividus Connect. While the forum is a breakaway from Hortorian, the grounding principles of fostering creative individuals is still much the same as its parent. However, what is no longer the same is Isaiah who has come a long way in his development as a writer, but foremost as a poet.

He titled his poetry thread "Raw" in reference to the style of poetry he would being laying bare to his audience: Isaiah writes raw poetry. In his own words, "You'll find few scenery descriptions, sprawling metaphors, complicated schemes, unnecessarily extended ideas, or excessiveness of any kind in it." His style began taking shape back in 2011 when he started writing "in a bare-bones, direct, Bukowski-ish style."

Isaiah's preference for this over traditional poetry styles can be attributed to direct and raw approach to poetry: traditional styles, after all, have a habit of waffling. He aims for "short, comprehensible, and reader-friendly" poetry, which relate back in some fashion to love, alcoholism, and death (in order of frequency).

Isaiah notes his poems are growing in length as he becomes more proficient, yet he tries "to keep it very trimmed down."

While some of his poetry is lengthy (thirty-seven lines), the content remains direct, understandable, and quite user-friendly for the reader (even if they are not well versed in poetic trends/styles). His poetry relates closely to bare human expression; a directness into human nature through poetical means and condensed down into the essence of emotion, action, or feeling.

See the full article at Vividus Connect - Taking a Look at "Raw" by Sk8

Co-Opt Writing Mission

Co-Opt Writing Mission:

Vividus Serialization

This will be a random writer’s adventure into a drafted novella through the creation of a serialization of chapters: plot, theme, symbolism, characters, world, dynamics and more will also be constructed and edited within the creative process within a three to four week period where individuals will be broken down into assigned periods of chapters and more. Not all individuals will be tasked with chapter-writing, and not all will be held responsible for each task within the process, but all individuals will contribute to the project is some form or fashion; so, if you sign up, be prepared to do your part for what you are willing to do.

Consider this as an “RPG – but focused around chapters instead of individual characters,” and consider this a good exercise in creative drafting and organization.

We will need …

Writers (Chapter and Developmental Writers)

Organization, Development and Outlining (The Meticulous; help keep things in line)

World Builders (Creative Minds, Idea Peeps)

Plot, Theme, ect (Extended Creative Minds – Thinkers, Idea Peeps)

Character Drafters (Character Bios)

Editors (Reader/Peer Review and Grammatical)

I would like to limit this to ten people, if more individuals show interest we’ll split the project and have two going (though the probability of that is unlikely).

After I have a few signup, we’ll determine a complete scratch buildup world, or we’ll borrow someone’s (or one of my own) locations for the premise of the story; so, any takers?

​Please note all individuals can partake in a variety, if not all, of the above positions; however, for the designated chapter writers I do need definite "yes, I can," kay?

Interested in taking place? Check it out at Vividus Connect today!