Ammokkx

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@Ithradine There's one part I'm confused on. The lore states the Fleet of Fog popped up in 2039, but in your bio for Shinano it mentions them going as far back as 1949.

Arpeggio of Blue Steel: The Phantom Fleet (OPEN --- APPLY)

@Ithradine So have the Phantom Fleet fought in skirmishes with the Fleet of Fog already, then? I'd assume so when you mentioned a possible reason for joining would be having fought them and giving in.

I'm probably not going to go with that route (or maybe I am, pree conflicted on how to construct the BG rn) but it's nice info to have.

H-Hello..

It's pretty easy! Just hop into any interest check board and scroll through the currently recruiting RPs, I'm sure you'll find something to your liking. A good place to start if you're super new is Free, but Casual is also pretty accepting of new players. Most 1x1 people will also be willing to get you up to speed on things.

The best thing to do is just look for something and give it a shot. Each RP has their own CS that they'll give to you, so it's just a matter of filling that in. If you're confused, just look at what others do and try to imitate it (but with your own original ideas, of course!)

Hope you have a nice stay!

Also, if you're into ship girls, I'm currently eyeing an RP myself that doesn't seem to look too hard for a newcomer. I'll PM you a link if you have any interest in the idea.

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So I settled on an appearance and started looking for ships to go alongside it, stumbled upon the Kagerõ-class destroyers, thought Yukikaze was a nice name and then found out it was the only ship of that type that didn't sink.

Funny coincidence to say the least.

Anyway, I've come around to being pretty on-board with this, but I haven't seen much of the source material. I checked out the first episode to get some grip on the setting, and the fog weapons and tools section now makes a lot more sense to me, but I'm still unfamiliar with the setting at large. The main girl had a complete memory wipe and a single command to start the show's plot hook with, which doesn't give me much insight on the fog fleet itself.

Could I get a primer on how the fog fleet operates, and some possible reasons as to why a mental model would defect from the Admiral Code? I've looked up the latter too, but afaik it's just another AI girl that just happens to be the thing they all listen to if/when she shows up.

At the very least I've got a good grip on what my character's personality would be like after that first episode.

Slow build

get better ideas skrub

Naw, but it depends on a lot of factors. Timing, formatting, level of writing... A lot can go wrong.

If you host a fandom RP for example, you'll find more luck hosting an RP of that kind right after a release of some kind relating to that fandom. The flipside is that the players will be more thrifty, and you might have trouble retaining interest. Timing can also have to do with timezones. If I were to host a YGO RP, I might have luck bumping my thread when it's rather late for me, as I know most people interested in YGO on this site tend to be from America.

How your ideas are formatted plays a role in the sense that, when it looks nice, it'll get more eyes drawn to it.

Writing level is all about knowing your audience. If you post 18 paragraphs of loredump in free, or 2 sentences in advanced, it's pretty much setting you up to get no bites.

Now, since your issue is 'players not biting first but they do later' I'm going to assume it's a matter of timing, rather than the other two. In that case, honestly, not much way to deal with it other than to bump every once in a while. Patience is a virtue, and not everyone will get flooded straight away.

Also, in case of a group RP, if you have a friend that helps you co-GM, talking to them and panicking together is a lot more fun than anxiety slowly biting into you alone.

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This kind of looks like fun, but I'm not sure I'm cut out for this

Not sure what the expectations for this RP are like (Leaning more on the anime side of things or the military side) and I don't know the first thing about WWII or warfare in general. I'd definitely just be in it for the cute ship girls.

If you could clarify a bit more what you expect out of players I'd appreciate it, though I'm probably going to mull over it for at least another day before deciding.

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@Dynamo Frokane okay dude holy fucking shit, I'll take your bait.

I have, not ever not once, contradicted myself. I have never stated when I got this opinion of Arena, and even when I did, I even knew the first time around full-well that you were a notorious figure around the guild. I decided to give you a shot anyway. Then you decided to have an absolute fucking *meltdown* in your RP and nuke the whole thing for no reason despite having a dedicated playerbase.

Then I was like 'aight, okay.' when I saw you going for the reboot. I'm like "Eh, maybe he'll be an adult about it. We could set our differences aside, I could join his RP and show him I'm not malicious and we could still get along somewhat."

You respond to this by absolutely lashing out against me, refusing to open dialogue and then locking me out of the thread.

You want people to not have a toxic view of arena? Start with self-improvement.

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I have no idea why but it feels like the 40K and Fantasy scene has the quickest turnover rate of any of the fandoms, with the only real exception I can think of being Star Wars. It's weird, and I have no idea what causes it, but I've yet to join a game that didn't fall off a cliff in two week's time.

I find it kind of ironic that a hobby like ours has a community with such poor retention. Roleplaying games, both of the tabletop and video variety, require hundreds of hours of gameplay to reach completion at times. Writing tends to be one of the longest forms of entertainment we have. Yet when the two end up smashed together, nobody wants to stick around!

@Superboy

Niche hobby overlapped with another niche hobby into a niche, specific subsection.

Can't say I'm surprised retention is that poor.

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Well, the audience shouldn't tag things. The GM should. And the GMs already have this feature in our current framework. We just can't search by tags yet.

@Inkarnate

lmao poor word choice, mb

I meant me and a few others, as the GMs, tag our RPs as casual

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That's when the tagging system comes into play for helping determine that kind of stuff.

@Inkarnate

My thoughts exactly. You'd have a board for all types on one RP and you'd be forced to tag your 'writing level'. Say you'll stick with the free/casual/advanced system. I and a few others tag a few RPs as casual in the 'fandom' board. Then, users can check the 'fandom' board and either leave it unfiltered, or filter for the free/casual/advanced tags.

This way you leave freedom for both those who want a certain experiences and the ones that just like to throw darts and see what sticks.