One of the great things about #Twitterville is that all your Twitter followers get to see your ideas and can get involved as well. One the bad things about #Twitterville is that all your Twitter followers cannot avoid your tweets.

This can lead to situations where you friends feeling like they are overwhelmed by your constant creativity. Sort of like meeting someone at a party who is really chatty and interesting but after a while you wish they would just shut-up and let other people lead the conversation.

To avoid this social gaff, I recommend.

Tweet Later

Tweet Later was the name of a web site until last week when it changed its name to SocialOomph. Which is a shame because Tweet Later was a far better name and describes exactly what you can do – Set up tweets to go at specific times. I use this service all the time, spending 20 minutes writing tweets in the morning and schedule them to go out during the rest of the day and night.

It is great for #Twitterville because you can still have the burst of creativity but arrange it so that your friends are not swamped with 20 messages in one go. It is highly recommend.

Different Accounts

There is no law to say you only can have one Twitter account. I have three – the 6d6 Fireball account, a personal account and my TintinMovie account for my Tintin web site. Creating a ‘Only for Twitterville’ account might be the way forward for you.

With a dedicated #Twitterville account you don’t need to worry about annoying your friends because they won’t be following it. In fact, no one needs to follow it. The only requirement is that it follows 6d6Fireball as this is how the automated system works.

Put Yourself in #Twitterville

If you are creating another account, why not make it an ‘in character’ account. The account could be a place in #Twitterville, such as the ‘The Bar of the Dark Tavern’. Your tweets can become rumours heard in the bar or people of have visited the bar. Alternatively the Twitter character could be a book full of the secret history of #Twitterville or a madman’s ramblings.

I’m not 100% sure how an ‘in character’ Twitterer would work but #Twitterville is about doing new things with new technology. Thanks to everyone’s creativity, #Twitterville it is turning into something special so lets take chances. Lets push the boundaries and explore how far roleplaying can go.

“No man is an island” said John Donne, and it is as true about #Twitterville as it is anywhere else. No one individual stands apart and no single person can control or change a city. This weeks challenge is to write about the organisations that run #Twitterville, want to run #Twitterville or simply use the city as a base.

Some organisations will be above board and respected such as the Silver Balance Union. Their members will be upright members of the community. Other, organisations, like the Wizards Guild, will be legitimate but more feared than respected. Minor guilds will exist for brewers, tanners, candlestick makers and every other profession in the city. These may be small guilds, looked down on by the large guilds, but their members are the people who keep the city running. The smart people in #Twitterville know just how important these guilds are.

Not all guilds are so public or legitimate. The twin thieves guilds of the Cloak and Dagger are well known, some of their members openly flaunt their membership, and yet they are illegal. Why are the able to operate so freely? The more secretive guilds are unsuspected by many people, such as the beggars guild, known as the Reaching Palm.

Much smaller groups exist, often on the fringes of the law. No one knows how large the vigilante group The Sword Brigade is or even what its real aims are. Whispers of secret meetings by arcanists suggest that the Wizard’s guild is not entirely united or in control of magic. How many secret brotherhoods and cabals exist in the city?

Non-human races, such as the river nomads and the Gnomads are often tightly knit communities. What power structures hold these groups together. Likewise, the traders from the East work together to keep control of the spice markets. Religious groups, both acceptable and unacceptable, exist in the city along side outcasts and rebels fleeing the Empire. Who is organising them and what is their purpose?

This week’s creative writing challenge is to create and expand on all these different factions. What are these groups? What are their aims? Where are they based and most important, who are their members?

In the 140 characters of a Twitter message, can you define the people, places and organisations of #Twitterville?

A great re-start to the #Twitterville experiment with OccultSearcher, Frdarvin, RazorThe and above all QuestingGM kicking in some great tweets. After such a long break, it is wonderful to find everyone still keen and active.

In sorting this week’s tweets out I relished the each thread needed a title to keep it on focus. So I’ve added one and updated all the existing threads. It appears in the lists of threads and is displayed instead of the thread reference number on individual threads.

What prompted this change was the mix of tweets week 6 produced. Some were completely new and some added to an existing thread or threads. It is this intertwining of threads and stories that I love about Twitterville.

New Threads

• The Gallow
• Ghost Stories
• The Madness Bringer
• Of Toys & Children
• The Dark One
• Athusulia
• Schaz’goth
• Fal-Gil-Brak ,Stealer of Sleep

Plenty of threads have been updated as week but I forgot to keep a list. I’ll try to remember next time.

This Week’s Pick

It is hard to pick a favourite this week as the subject produced some great tweets but as I’m forced to select one, here it is.

In Deaddog Street, there’s rumors of a butcher that is willing to cut up any type of flesh. He owns a huge black dog. #Twitterville

There are two things I love about this tweet by QuestingGM. Firstly it is exactly the sort of rumour and tittle-tattle that floats around the streets of any community and secondly, it has great potential as an adventure hook. What type of meat is being cut up? Who wants the meat? And what do they do with it? This could be the start of a great adventure or a simple red herring to distract the players. It is all down to the GM decided.