Okay, so first off, hi. I'm Zephyr, an low-mid advanced level RP'er that's still new to RPG, and I am looking to get a 1x1 RP rolling.
So, before I jump into rules, preferences, fandoms, etc., I want to explain my "style" of RP'ing. Instead of having each person control 1 ore more characters to move the story along, there are two defined roles, the "player" and "mod." The mod oversees the RP as a GM essentially, presenting choices and events to the player. The player will respond with actions or reactions and other such things to the situations and events the mod presents, and through this style, the plot moves along. It's kind of like on person plays the main character in the story, while the other person controls the world of the RP itself. Now, I'm sure this might seem a little unusual, but I love this style because both players usually get a feeling of actually being heavily important to the RP. One person is main character of the RP, while the other person can control the world of the RP and create whatever situations they see fit (that fit within the story that is).
So, now that I got that out of the way, if you're willing to RP with me via this style, then lets continue.
Rules:
1. Posting and schedules. I can post pretty much every day at least once or twice. While I would prefer someone that can keep a 1 post per day minimum schedule, I can deal with a 1 post per every other day schedule, but overall, I would love if someone could actually reply multiple times per day, but this is most likely going to be a more advanced level RP, so I can accept up to 1 post every 2 days. I live on the eastern seaboard of the US, so I work in EST time. Usually on between 1AM to 5AM, and then from 1PM to sporadic times depending on my work schedule.
2. Dropping. If you want to drop, let me know, don't just disappear. If you stop posting for over 2 weeks, I'm just gonna send you a message saying something along the lines of "Sorry, you're taking to long, dropping the RP." If you let me know you'll be away for awhile, I'm willing to wait :).
3. Mature content. Okay, this is my rule on mature content, as well as just romance in general. Gore, sex, love, these are not elements that should define an RP. If you want a gore RP, go somewhere else. If you want love and E-RP'ing, I'd rather not, but I can begrudgingly do this every now and then. Everything in moderation people.
3b. Dark content. Mature content and dark content are 2 different things in my mind. Gore for the sake of gore is dumb, as is romance and sex, but dark content is great imo. Having storylines that create a moral gray throughout the RP that essentially forces people into making choices that could rock them to their very core as a person is something that is brilliant to me. Making people question their morality, do evil things for greater goods, especially if it goes against their moral values, like killing an innocent person to also stop a criminal, etc. These elements can make a good RP great because it's not just right and wrong in a clear cut way. It's a story that makes one question their ideals and whether if what they believe to be right is actually right.
4. Don't be a dick. Seriously, I want to be friends with my partner, but I can't do that if you're gonna disrespect me and/or act like a jerk. Shouldn't have to explain this, but unfortunately I've dealt with this scenario multiple times. You don't have to agree with everything I say, infact I think someone with a critical, argumentative personality works well for me cause we can improve one other through critique, but just saying 'That's fucking stupid, do it my way' just makes me want to blow someone's fucking brains out figuratively. So yeah, don't be afraid to disagree and even fight me on certain things, but do it intelligently, not dickishly if that makes sense.
5. Fun. If you aren't having fun, let me know, and we can try to remedy that. I'd rather try to change an RP then slowly wait for it to die down due to lack of interest from the other party.
Alright, that's it. Have I scared everyone off yet? No? Well then, next up is ideas and preferences.
Ideas:
...I got nothing concrete. I originally wanted to do an RP inspired by something like .hack//, a story set in a virtual setting that first starts off as a friendly game, but as the main character dives further into the mystery of the game, it goes from fun to scary, and then to dangerous, and before they know it, real stakes are made, but the only person to show interest in that didn't go for it since they got turned off by the RP'ing style. Hate when people don't give something a shot just cause it's different, but w/e.
So, no ideas, but I do have preferences.
Likes:
-Sci-fi: Space to virtual reality, all of it fascinates me as there is a subtle level of "possibility" to it being that a lot of old science fiction things from the past have come true (cell phones, automatic doors, special digital touch screens, etc.) As I stated earlier, going for a VR (virtual reality) game type setting would be my preferred set up for an RP, but I can work with anything. Other interests include series such as star wars (both the old movies and some of the outside literature), mass effect, shadowrun, cyberpunk, etc.
-Fantasy: Dungeons and Dragons is my shit. So yeah, fantasy and magic is definitely a cool thing to me, but I also like twisting it with modern day elements, such as supernatural beings existing in the modern day world, both openly and hidden to public knowledge. So yeah, this is something I can work with too.
Dislikes:
-AnimUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU: So, I hate weeaboos. They're honestly fucking terrible and I wouldn't mind seeing them just disappear forever. There's a reason why otaku is used as an insult in japan and most don't openly proclaim themselves to be one like the morons outside of japan. I like some anime, mainly more mature stories such as beserk, psycho pass, and basically anime that aren't just fights about giant fucking attacks and stuff, but instead just use the visual style to portray a very well told story. So yeah, fuck weeaboos and I'm not gonna do naruto, bleach, or any shit like that. (And for hypocritical points, if I make a CS I'm much more likely to use an anime pic then regular pic cause unfortunately you just get more varied/eyecatching designs via anime/manga style art work. Again, I hate the stupid fanbase of anime, not that style or actual content, though I ignore most of the content). Boy how many people did I piss off with this dislike? Probably most of the people that even read this far.
-Historical. I hated history in school, and barely give a fuck about anything that happened before the 1980s, so yeah, not my cup of whatever.
-Canon material: No, just fucking stop. There is a reason that fanfics are regarded as terrible for the most part, and that's cause guess what? People that write fanfic horribly portray the character's they're trying to emulate. Don't try and play a canon character cause unless you're exactly like that character, you're eventually gonna do something out of character and ruin the whole story cause you couldn't act the part.
As you have read, I'm very biased on certain subject matter to the point that I drive people away cause I'd rather not RP at all then force myself into dealing with people that just utterly make my blood fucking boil into a blind rage. Sorry if I pissed you off, but I just can't RP with people that I know I don't like.
Alright, so for anyone who I haven't burned a possible bridge with this whole thing, PM me or write a response here if you want to try to work something out.
So, before I jump into rules, preferences, fandoms, etc., I want to explain my "style" of RP'ing. Instead of having each person control 1 ore more characters to move the story along, there are two defined roles, the "player" and "mod." The mod oversees the RP as a GM essentially, presenting choices and events to the player. The player will respond with actions or reactions and other such things to the situations and events the mod presents, and through this style, the plot moves along. It's kind of like on person plays the main character in the story, while the other person controls the world of the RP itself. Now, I'm sure this might seem a little unusual, but I love this style because both players usually get a feeling of actually being heavily important to the RP. One person is main character of the RP, while the other person can control the world of the RP and create whatever situations they see fit (that fit within the story that is).
So, now that I got that out of the way, if you're willing to RP with me via this style, then lets continue.
Rules:
1. Posting and schedules. I can post pretty much every day at least once or twice. While I would prefer someone that can keep a 1 post per day minimum schedule, I can deal with a 1 post per every other day schedule, but overall, I would love if someone could actually reply multiple times per day, but this is most likely going to be a more advanced level RP, so I can accept up to 1 post every 2 days. I live on the eastern seaboard of the US, so I work in EST time. Usually on between 1AM to 5AM, and then from 1PM to sporadic times depending on my work schedule.
2. Dropping. If you want to drop, let me know, don't just disappear. If you stop posting for over 2 weeks, I'm just gonna send you a message saying something along the lines of "Sorry, you're taking to long, dropping the RP." If you let me know you'll be away for awhile, I'm willing to wait :).
3. Mature content. Okay, this is my rule on mature content, as well as just romance in general. Gore, sex, love, these are not elements that should define an RP. If you want a gore RP, go somewhere else. If you want love and E-RP'ing, I'd rather not, but I can begrudgingly do this every now and then. Everything in moderation people.
3b. Dark content. Mature content and dark content are 2 different things in my mind. Gore for the sake of gore is dumb, as is romance and sex, but dark content is great imo. Having storylines that create a moral gray throughout the RP that essentially forces people into making choices that could rock them to their very core as a person is something that is brilliant to me. Making people question their morality, do evil things for greater goods, especially if it goes against their moral values, like killing an innocent person to also stop a criminal, etc. These elements can make a good RP great because it's not just right and wrong in a clear cut way. It's a story that makes one question their ideals and whether if what they believe to be right is actually right.
4. Don't be a dick. Seriously, I want to be friends with my partner, but I can't do that if you're gonna disrespect me and/or act like a jerk. Shouldn't have to explain this, but unfortunately I've dealt with this scenario multiple times. You don't have to agree with everything I say, infact I think someone with a critical, argumentative personality works well for me cause we can improve one other through critique, but just saying 'That's fucking stupid, do it my way' just makes me want to blow someone's fucking brains out figuratively. So yeah, don't be afraid to disagree and even fight me on certain things, but do it intelligently, not dickishly if that makes sense.
5. Fun. If you aren't having fun, let me know, and we can try to remedy that. I'd rather try to change an RP then slowly wait for it to die down due to lack of interest from the other party.
Alright, that's it. Have I scared everyone off yet? No? Well then, next up is ideas and preferences.
Ideas:
...I got nothing concrete. I originally wanted to do an RP inspired by something like .hack//, a story set in a virtual setting that first starts off as a friendly game, but as the main character dives further into the mystery of the game, it goes from fun to scary, and then to dangerous, and before they know it, real stakes are made, but the only person to show interest in that didn't go for it since they got turned off by the RP'ing style. Hate when people don't give something a shot just cause it's different, but w/e.
So, no ideas, but I do have preferences.
Likes:
-Sci-fi: Space to virtual reality, all of it fascinates me as there is a subtle level of "possibility" to it being that a lot of old science fiction things from the past have come true (cell phones, automatic doors, special digital touch screens, etc.) As I stated earlier, going for a VR (virtual reality) game type setting would be my preferred set up for an RP, but I can work with anything. Other interests include series such as star wars (both the old movies and some of the outside literature), mass effect, shadowrun, cyberpunk, etc.
-Fantasy: Dungeons and Dragons is my shit. So yeah, fantasy and magic is definitely a cool thing to me, but I also like twisting it with modern day elements, such as supernatural beings existing in the modern day world, both openly and hidden to public knowledge. So yeah, this is something I can work with too.
Dislikes:
-AnimUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU: So, I hate weeaboos. They're honestly fucking terrible and I wouldn't mind seeing them just disappear forever. There's a reason why otaku is used as an insult in japan and most don't openly proclaim themselves to be one like the morons outside of japan. I like some anime, mainly more mature stories such as beserk, psycho pass, and basically anime that aren't just fights about giant fucking attacks and stuff, but instead just use the visual style to portray a very well told story. So yeah, fuck weeaboos and I'm not gonna do naruto, bleach, or any shit like that. (And for hypocritical points, if I make a CS I'm much more likely to use an anime pic then regular pic cause unfortunately you just get more varied/eyecatching designs via anime/manga style art work. Again, I hate the stupid fanbase of anime, not that style or actual content, though I ignore most of the content). Boy how many people did I piss off with this dislike? Probably most of the people that even read this far.
-Historical. I hated history in school, and barely give a fuck about anything that happened before the 1980s, so yeah, not my cup of whatever.
-Canon material: No, just fucking stop. There is a reason that fanfics are regarded as terrible for the most part, and that's cause guess what? People that write fanfic horribly portray the character's they're trying to emulate. Don't try and play a canon character cause unless you're exactly like that character, you're eventually gonna do something out of character and ruin the whole story cause you couldn't act the part.
As you have read, I'm very biased on certain subject matter to the point that I drive people away cause I'd rather not RP at all then force myself into dealing with people that just utterly make my blood fucking boil into a blind rage. Sorry if I pissed you off, but I just can't RP with people that I know I don't like.
Alright, so for anyone who I haven't burned a possible bridge with this whole thing, PM me or write a response here if you want to try to work something out.