Greetings!

My name is Gimple. I am a male in his 20s and a highly experienced roleplayer who has been in the game since around 2008-2009. I work from home and use roleplaying as writing practice to keep the good ol' typing fingers limber. As it stands, I favor 1x1 fantasy roleplays. Usually I lean toward generic or dark high fantasy, although this is subject to change from time to time. I do not, however, do fandoms or canon characters of any sort. I'm sorry, it's just not my thing.

Currently, I am seeking roleplays!

However! Before you contact me regarding roleplaying, I request you read on. Unfortunately, I am a bit nitpicky when it comes to choosing my partners, and my requirements are listed below.

Cheers!

Setting

As I said before, I focus in on fantasy fiction with dark themes. Overall, I like to keep things toward medieval fantasy. That being said, I have been experimenting in other fantasy possibilities such as: Steampunk, Greco-Roman, Feudalistic Asia, to name a few, and I'm open to suggestions. One can't go wrong with generic fantasy, however, if such a thing strikes your fancy.

From time to time I may be inclined to branch out even further in regards to settings. From time to time I enjoy trying new things, and have been known to dip my toes into sci-fi. If you have a genre that you wish to explore, there's no harm in asking if I'm willing to partake, if the idea is interesting enough, there's a good chance I will say yes. That being said, I do tend to stray away from anything set in the modern day. I will go for Victorian, Early 1900s, or even 1800s, but pretty much anything set in a world after 1950 is iffy for me. Keep that in mind when pitching a new idea.

Genre and Themes

I'm an action and adventure writer all the way! I love expansive plots, so the more in-depth things can go, the better. Often I like to start out with one character and, as the world builds upon itself, I'll add more, expanding my reach so that, at times, I have characters that are on completely different sides of the world. I love to toy with rudimentary politics, warfare, and societal destruction scenarios. What this boils down to is: I'm a sucker for a big baddy with a vendetta against the world.

Here's my catch: I don't do romance. I'm sorry, I know this is a turn-off point for many people, but I simply don't enjoy doing romance in my roleplays. When I roleplay, I set out to explore things that I don't experience in my day-to-day life. Since I am a happily committed guy, I enjoy a great deal of romance in my life, so I am not wanting for such a thing. Furthermore, I simply find it boring to play out. When romance enters the roleplay, I lose interest quickly. I realize this is a hard requirement for some, but I simply don't do it. I'm sorry.

Given this, it seems obvious that I also don't do smut at all. End of story. I will not budge on this, ever.

Characters

Aside from the standard requirements of no mary-sues or marty-sues, I'm pretty lax when it comes to characters. If you play guy characters, be my guest. If you play female characters, also be my guest. If you play a combo of both, well then you just might be my favorite person.

I, personally, play a combination of both, although I lean more toward writing male characters.

When it comes to the types of characters I play, it greatly varies. In spite of the fact that I write in the fantasy genre, I try to ground my characters in some measure of reality (or slightly augmented reality). If you're approaching me for a roleplay, it is greatly preferable that you do the same. I hate characters that are god-modding or overpowered. I don't write them, and I don't like to play with them. Personality wise, I can play a plethora of characters, ranging from the jaded knight to the noble archer and everything in between. Furthermore, if we are to RP together, it is best if our characters mesh in some way. This doesn't have to be in a romantic sense, but it can manifest itself in companionship or even begrudging respect (meshing doesn't mean they need to compliment one another, dissonance can, at times, be fun).

I know I said earlier that I prefer adventure plots, but this does not mean your character has to be a fighter. I have, to great success, done roleplays where my character fought all the baddies, protecting the character of my partner. This, obviously, can be reversed.

Plot

I rarely, if ever, have plots on hand. I like to make things up on the spot, and continue to make them up as the roleplay progresses. This being said, I am a massive advocate for OOC chat. I love to discuss with my partner various directions, plot twists, and character development points that can/will happen in the story. Overall, I feel this leads to a cleaner and more interesting game.

Posting

As I said before, I am an advanced roleplayer and I frequently muster posts that are multi-paragraph. I don't always expect you to match my length, but I at least need a decently done paragraph from you. If your post doesn't move the story forward in any meaningful way, then you may be asked to fix some things.

Proper spelling and grammar is a must.

Final Notes

I am a working man, and I often only muster a post or two a day, depending on how things go. If I have to vanish for a week, I will try to let you know. That being said, I understand sometimes emergencies happen that leave people without the computer for an indefinite period of time. It's happened to me, and I know the feeling of not being able to alert RP partners when it does. Furthermore, I understand there is life outside of the RP. I also understand that people sometimes lose interest in a plot.

All I ask is for my partners to do their best to keep in contact and keep me updated on things that will affect the flow of the roleplay. I will put forth an effort to do the same.

With that, I feel as if I have said all I need to say. This is going to be a constant work in progress, so I may update things at a later time. Until then, feel free to PM me if you have an idea and would like to try out a roleplay with me.

You are my kind of person, mate. I am interested, if you want to roleplay with me. I do have some plots that I want to try out. If you want me to, I could private message one of them to you later or tomorrow (but it's sci-fi). I have a night class that lasts until nine o'clock, so you have to wait awhile.

I'm not going to be online much longer tonight, but I'll be more than happy to hear you out. Go ahead and PM me your ideas tomorrow and we'll see what there is to go off of.

@Gimple Yes hi hello, I'd be very much interested in roleplaying with you. we have very similar interests and preferences \(0u0)/

@LunayMochizuki Marvelous, shoot me a PM and we can go ahead and get started with OOC planning and whatnot.

With that, I have no more space for new RP partners.

Bump. Looking for 1 or 2 more people to engage me in 1x1s.

Bump. I'm looking for someone to sort out a roleplay with. Need to get back into the game, but I don't want to overwhelm myself, so I'm only looking for one person!

@Gimple Looks like most of your genres/themes/settings mesh well with what I gravitate to. Someone who doesn't care for romance at all is a refreshing change. My personal stance has always been if it happens it happens, and I can easily assume there will be no reciprocated romantic attachments. *big grin* I don't quite seem to be doing daily replies right now, primarily because of focus issues, but I am on a lot and often chatty.

I try to keep my cast varied, and I can play guys, girls, children, adults, and actually-600s. I do have a tendency towards females, but it's only really noticeable when I'm playing a single character. I love that you like varying character dynamics. Seriously, I feel a bit like I'm looking at something I might have written right about now.

I can carry multiple chars at a time, and prefer to do this. The world feels much richer when it is inhabited, no? I generally post upwards of a paragraph, all the way to a page or so if sufficiently inspired. I have been known to dip below, but only in places where it's rapid exchanges of either dialogue or action, and a reply from the other person was necessary. The need can be skirted by feeling out what the response will be OOC so as to keep writing past the point where a response occurs.

I'm not always the best in the plot department, but I will gladly contribute whatever ideas come to mind, and work to build upon proposed ideas. OOC chatter and communication in general is a must, and I do my best to let people know when I'm busy/away. Though if AT&T has a local outage like it did over the weekend I will not be able to say anything -- but you'd be able to see that I've not signed in. The guild opens when I start my browser, and I usually turn on the compy first thing in the morning, so there's rarely a day without me popping in at some point.

I would say that I have a solid command of the English language, and over a decade of forum rp under my belt. I won't promise that means I'm /good/, but I'd like to think I am. ^.^;; I'm a few years shy of thirty, and don't act it at all. I'm socially inapt and often worried I messed up somewhere, so if you have a problem with something please tell me straight.

At the moment I have one or two chars I've been wanting to dust off, but...I don't think either would fit in an older setting. Cas fits just about nowhere *grumble* and Cecilly...actually, I could totally work Cecilly for somewhere other than modern. Though the dance instructor aspect would need to go. Eh. At any rate, this means that I'm probably open to considering whatever you can throw at me. I have no specific ideas at the moment, but something in classical Rome or ancient Egypt, even feudal Asia, these would all be of interest. *wiggle* Anyhow, please do let me know if you think I'm someone you could write with. ^.^

Bump. After a short hiatus, I need a partner to get back in the game.

Bump. Still seeking.

Bump!

@Gimple You seem to be the sort of RPer that I could potentially mesh well with. I gravitate towards the Fantasy/High Fantasy lists when possible (when I ignore my other loves), and tend to play a variety of characters of any and all gender/age. I am also up to play with "real history" although some time frames will cause me to do an amount of research, but I don't have particular issues with that.

I am fairly competent in the English language, however I am known to over comma and occasionally fragment -- if you can accept that I will work to improve as we play. That being said I have been doing forum RP for approximately 11 years and can easily handle a paragraph or so. I try to stray away from the 1000+ word posts and tend to land more comfortably in the 250-500 range.

I hope this is up to snuff.

@The Silver Key Sounds like you just might have what I'm looking for. Go ahead and PM me with any ideas you have, and we can start the general brainstorming process.

Bump. Looking for one more.