BushidoBantam

Justice League: Shadow of the Gods

@MrDidact I'd love to join the Discord and try bouncing some ideas off of the group. I think it'll be especially helpful in regards to avoiding redundancies in character design and formulating sub-plots. Feel free to PM me the invite!

Justice League: Shadow of the Gods

Wow. It's been quite a while since an interest check has grabbed my attention so immediately and subsequently held it long enough to convince me that there is actually some potential. Consider me interested.

✧ Talrae ✧ (LOOKING FOR CO-GM)

Hello! This RP looks super interesting. I'd love to get to work on a character right away if you still have room.

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

Gonna drop an interest here. Been looking for a decent cyberpunk RP for a while.

@NuttsnBolts

^Same. I'm a huge Shadowrun fan, so as long as it's decently executed I'll join just about any Cyberpunk RP.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

<Snipped quote by Drache>

And the version for public threads: when you read through a thousand interest checks until you finally find one which strikes a good balance between player freedom and a tight, focused plot, with an eloquent, engaging OOC thread, a passionate GM ...

but then you check out the Characters tab and realize you'd be roleplaying with a bunch of teenaged supermodels spending all their IC time shooting off "snarky" one-liners and generally being generic boring cunts with no personality, creativity, or vision.

The number of well-written, well-GMed threads ruined through the incompetence of the general public defies reality.

@pugbutter

On a completely unrelated note about people who annoy us on RP forums:

I had an old account on this site years ago before I took a long hiatus, and I came back specifically because I had fond memories of the quality content on this site, especially given how hard it is to find good writing partners on the internet. However, my return was much more melancholic than I expected.

There are so many threads that seem to either be carbon copies of popular TV/Game series with seemingly zero effort on the GM's part to devise an original, well-formulated plot or create a world for the characters in which to act, or just incredibly specific and often avant-garde concepts that shoehorn the players so much to fit the GM's design that the idea actually much better suits a novel than a roleplay. The rare few times I do find a thread with a well executed idea and a competent GM, I find that the well is already poisoned by the presence of inane and wholly unoriginal characters that seem to have been developed completely separate from the actual concept for the RP. A lot of times this is the case, as the poster will say something along the lines of "oh I have a character from another RP that died that I can use", a line which never fails to make me shudder and sigh heavily as I continue on with my search.

One of these days I may just get so tired of complaining that I'll just GM my own thread.

A Tip of the Hat

Y'know what they say: "One good tip deserves another."

Welcome to the Guild! I am also quite the newbie, but hopefully you find people here that you can have interesting discussions with and content that makes you want to exercise those creative muscles :)

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

It's so easy to simply label a character that you don't like to be a Mary Sue, and even easier when you toss away the actual definition of a Mary Sue, and substitute your own. It makes it so that any character that you don't like, whether it be that you think they are too attractive, too smart, or that everybody likes them - which you can hardly fault a single person for in the case of roleplay - And its even easier when you read a simple detail and make your own explanation...

@Sanctus Spooki

@Sanctus Spooki obviously the assertions made by @pugbutter aren't entirely veracious, as there are always exceptions to culturally established "rules" in subjective fields, but I think that their post is full of insight and very well written. It is certainly unfair to compare their post to a remark as simple as "a Mary Sue is any character whose personality traits I dislike", especially given that their claims are rooted in objective evidence (such as the ability to easily attract other characters despite lacking the traits found in every other "attractive" character in the work).

This isn't to say that your specific example is wrong either. I don't have any prior knowledge of the RP that you mentioned or of your character, but based on your description I wouldn't think straightaway that your character is a Mary Sue (although I would have to see for myself if the way you roleplayed the character in writing is truly representative of the light in which you portrayed them in your post here). Context is important in these kinds of discussions, especially when people feel like certain criticisms might be unfairly aimed at them. However, I'd say that you are waaaaay off-base by insinuating that @pugbutter is somehow manipulating the definition of "Mary Sue" for their own vendetta. They are simply taking a more nuanced approach to analyzing the character traits that make up such a prevalent trope by pointing out the trend of novice writers using "false flaws" as a means of dodging the typical "Mary Sue" claim. It is only natural to assume that the definition of the term should evolve as people begin to exploit its obvious loopholes.

Edit: Also, you really aren't helping yourself by being super defensive about the term. That attitude only serves to erode your ethos. You'd be better off actually trying to dismantle your opponent's assertions (good luck, they're pretty solid) than just calling them immature.

I'm sorry is this where we vent our roleplaying annoyances, or where we engage in debate?

Edit: Oh and Kettle, meet Pot.

@Sanctus Spooki

Edit2: Well this section of the forum is called "Roleplaying Discussion"

Critical Space [ Cyberpunk | Thriller ]

Who says the cops will be straight B)

@DeadDrop

I was more referring to what kind of agency we would have, and by what means we obtain that agency. Are we expected to fight the megacorps with nothing but a badge, a gun, and a few cybernetic limbs? Or will we have access to a wider array of high-tech gizmos and gadgetry? Also, what kinds of encounters will characterize our journey? Do hackers jack in their brains to terminals in order to break through potentially deadly ICE and steal corporation secrets worth big money? Are there high-speed vehicle chases with characters leaping from buildings onto hovercars and highjacking them to escape pursuers?

I just want to get a better idea of how my character potentially interacts with the world, especially given our starting occupation.

Critical Space [ Cyberpunk | Thriller ]

Interested because I do love Shadowrun, but also hesitant based on the roles of the PCs. Might need more of a hook to get an idea of just what we will be capable of as players. Will be keeping an eye out on this thread for updates.

ᚱᚢᚾᛖᛚᛁᚷᚺᛏ ⧐ Runelight

Definitely interested. I've been looking for an interesting fantasy action-adventure style RP since I joined, and it seems that I may have found it. Hoping for a good deal of fantasy here, like a standard Dungeons & Dragons feel but with Nordic culture. Excited to see how this develops!