[quote=@Hedgehawk]If I wasn't so busy with Uni and GMing another RP I would create a NRP and actually show you how you can create a good hybrid that is popular and has good narrative. 
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Gotta say it would be awesome to have more NRP guides. I've always wanted to play an NRP but the learning curve seems steep and, talking with people in the past, it doesn't seem like newcomers are very welcome. It's hard to know where to start.

[quote=@Theodorable]
I would argue that is the point. It is a role playing [b][u]game[/u][/b], not a role playing story.
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People come to this website and find this forum specifically because they are looking to write and create stories. If they wanted to just play a game they could go on Steam. Even tabletop [b]RPG[/b]s still focus on creating a narrative at their heart, even if you've got someone who just wants to kill everything and become all powerful, that's still a story they're telling about who that character is. Even in game-style roleplays with mechanics the aim is still to create a series of events that tie together a satisfying narrative. I find it hard to believe that NRP would be different, otherwise you'd surely just have a bunch of semi-random events crashing into each other.

Not saying that the initial post is wrong (though imo it doesn't seem very actionable for the guide section?), but i think you'd be very hardpressed to find a roleplaying game that wasn't also a story, or any roleplay here on this site that wasn't a story.