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@Neurovoid

Oh, I know it's a term that has found mainstream use, just as we have huntresses. But you specified it as a roll. A title like swordsman would be more appropriate in most situations, as it is gender neutral (honorary title).

A New Contest?

Well, something that interested me about the pass/fail system used in the 12 labors was that while there was one "true" winner, it was possible for everyone who participated to pass a threshold and get some form of recognition for it. I don't think you need to write scathing reviews to do something like that.

The problem with a point system is that, for me, I don't really believe it's realalistic. I can tell you if I like a piece more than another, but telling the difference can be really hard. especially when asked to consider personal biases. (I like anime stories, and this is an anime story, but I do feel that it's written better. do I give it to the other guy, or do I go with my feelings?) If you did have a point system, you would need to really break it down so that there was some meaning.

I really think the best thing to do is get some judges and work with them on a system you agree on. Decide what you're looking for in writing and make sure the contestants know it. Are you looking for good grammar? Make sure everyone's good at finding mistakes. Is it for how clearly understood a prose is, or are you looking for more artistic approaches? There are a lot of ways to write good stories, but that doesn't mean all of them will win your contest.

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Swordswoman

@Neurovoid

Swordsman kind of sounds like a dignitary title. I'm not sure they would go "Lol swordswoman" just because your character is a woman. Kind of like how we don't call a female police officer an "officeresse."

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

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It was cold.

Felix did not have the most energetic start to this new day. He woke up in pain. Not just from his injuries, but there was a blinding light shining in his eyes. No amount of squinting alleviated the pain until the parkour artist moved his hand over them. But with time, his eyes would adjust.

“Golly gee willikers!” That overly cheery voice could only belong to Alexandria. “You're alive! You're alive again!” The room slowly started to come into focus. Everything was a creepy fluorescent white, from the the floor to the ceiling. Even Alexandria's nurse outfit was as white as snow, and the uncomfortably firm table Felix was laying on. In contrast, Felix's body looked dark among all the white. He was shirtless, with a crimson stained gauze over his most recent injury. “How does your boo-boo feel? Daddy didn't spear you as good as he could have. The wounds should heal in a week. Your wounds were glued shut, so they won't re-open. But moving might cause you some pain.”

Alexandria said that the wounds were closed and would heal in no time, yet it still felt as if that spike was still piercing his shoulder, To say it hurt, was a very big understatement, it was foolish to think that Felix could actually outrun all of the spikes.
In an attempt to sit up, Felix placed a hand on his forehead; it felt as if there was a mini monokuma ramming spikes through his brains as he was trying to recall everything of the night prior.

At first, Felix didn't plan on going to Calvin at all, he knew that the rules didn't allow Monokuma and his lackeys to harm them, but when the walls of spikes appeared, Felix's heart wavered. All that Felix was counting on was an E-handbook full of rules, and a sadistic talking teddy; who was to say that Monokuma would keep his word? that realisation put motion in his legs without him even noticing it, before he knew it he was already sprinting towards his fellow infinites.

In the heat of the moment, All Felix could think about was getting Calvin out of that dreadful chair, he never even noticed Shona saving his ass when Willow was about to shoot him down. It wasn't like Felix wanted to save Calvin specifically, he barely even knew that blacksmith. No, he wanted to save everyone, for if even one of them fell, you could've just sentenced the rest to die as well; despair would surely take root then. yet despite giving it his all, it wasn't enough, the pain would have been bearable if wasn't for his last sight; seeing Shona impaled on a wall.

Felix was searching for anything that might comfort him, looking around only deepened his distress, he was no longer in familiar territory, and the only company available was not welcome. yet questions that were racing through his head needed to be answered and he needed them now. so with a soft cracked voice and no smile to be seen he asked:

"Is sho..is she dead?"

Alexandria hummed wistfully, as if recalling her childhood. “Ahhhh.” the doll leaned over Felix. Her massive eyes looked directly into his. “I don't like the word dead. It doesn't have any emotion in it. It' too abrupt!” Her head shook for a second. “But yes, miss knight said good night before shifting off her mortal coil.” The android stood up straight again. “But you're safe! So I guess she got to be a hero after all. She died exactly the way she wanted to.” Alexandria giggled. “Can you stand up?”

"khht" Felix grid his teeth upon Alexandria's reply. he was already used to the way she talked but a death, how does anyone get used to that? and worst of all, it was because of Felix. if he hadden't heroically tried to save Calvin, Shona didn't have to stop Willow from shooting him down, yet all that appeared on his face was a smile, the deepest most sincere smile that was ever seen.

"Thank you....Shona" A single tear dropped from his cheek as he tried to get up, almost losing his balance along the way; not very sportsman-like.

"I can walk, no problem" He was clearly in pain, but he wasn't going to just sit here until it went away, he needed to see the rest; besides, he was probably saver there instead of here, alone.

As soon as Felix was on his feet, the carnage sister squealed before wrapping her arms around him. The infinite free runner was pulled into a tight, mechanical embrace. Oddly, her chest felt...soft? Something akin to a water bed. Alexandria released her patient after what felt like far too long for a casual hug.

“Now, while I'm sure you're happy to be alive. I have to admit I'm a bit perturbed!” The robot did her best to squint her eyes and look agitated. >-< “My boyfriend spends all night making upgrades for some hussie, and then has the nerve to skip out on breakfast with his sweetheart! Don't you think that's just the worst?”

All Felix could do in reply to the extremely out of place hug was a sigh, he was surprised, in pain and frightened of the doll, yet couldn’t express himself any better.

“I have no goddamn clue what you’re talking about but I want you to show me the way back to my room. Do that, and I’ll have breakfast with you tomorrow, ke?” Felix tried to form the most believable smile possible; he wasn’t sure what to think of this robot, she was a bit different from the rest, less aggressive. In fact, he couldn’t recall a single moment where Alexandria actually did anything to hurt anyone, not knowing that it was actually her that killed Shona. however, she was still a part of it all, and he could not forgive that, so he was probably not gonna show up for that breakfast with her, if only to spite that doll.

“Oh, kitty kitty! You don’t have to worry about me.” Alexandria giggled. “I already have a plan set up.” She nodded. “I’m going to show Ibbs that I can do better than him, yea! That’ll show that big meanie to skip town on me. Do you want to see him?” The carnage sister didn’t wait for a response. “Oh yoo-hoo! Come on out lover boy!” One of the walls opened up and belched a cloud of smoke. “Don’t hide in there! you know that smoke isn’t very good for you?” A tall man with broad shoulders wandered out of the smoke. “Alright Felix, I want you to say hi to Maxy! and Maxy, this is Felix!” Alexandria positioned herself between the two men. “So what do you think Felix? Isn’t he just a stud? He’s also the infinite police officer. I love a guy in uniform, don’t you?”

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“What...” the two men looked at each other for what felt like a lifetime before Felix continued.

“Why is he here...is he supposed to be Shona’s replacement?” Felix cringed towards Alexandria while saying that, yet Max was simply taking in the environment.
He looked at his leg, which still hurt from the attack, looked at the stretcher that Felix rested on mere minutes ago, and finally settled his eyes on the robot.

“Shit.” said Max with a concerned tone before addressing the free runner, “Where am I?”

“Y-you’re in Axis Mundi, though it’s not the same hospital it used to be, we…” Felix hesitated for a moment, but before being able to continue, Max interrupted him.

“Can we talk for a moment-” Max looked at the robot with a serious glare, “in private.”

“Oh-hoh! What? No girls allowed?” The android huffed. “You big meanies! Well, so long as Max is there when I totally rub it in Calvin’s face, I guess you can have some time alone.” Alexandria walked into the open hole in the wall, and it shut behind her. The two men appeared to be alone, if only for the moment.

Max was closely following Alexandria up until the point of the walls closing, after which he turned towards Felix and said,

“Felix, now tell me about this place, what happened here, and who is this Shona you mentioned before.”

And so Felix answered all questions that max threw at him to the best of his abilities, trying to swallow his emotions and not allowing sadness to overwhelm him while Max was piecing everything together and painting a bigger picture. They exchanged thoughts and information and after all was said and done, Max cleared his throat and shouted,

“Robot! when are you going to let us go? We’re done.” he said before addressing Felix again, “We’ll figure this out, we just have to keep alive for now. Be careful and don’t forget it.”

Max was barely done speaking when Alexandria came back into the room and seized both of them. “Hey! I don't call you 'human' and order you around, do I? So mean... So mean...” The carnage sister pulled both men into the wall. Apparently, the small room inside the wall was actually an elevator. “Next stop, the infinite killing game! I hope it's not too tight with the three of us packed in here like sardines. But at least it's like we're hugging each other right?”

As soon as the doors slid shut, Monokuma appeared on the monitor inside the elevator again. Was he showing up everywhere else too? It was the same video as last time, with the only difference being the introductions. He skipped over Shona and everyone who had left.

“Our blissfully ignorant Bliss Buckly is a patient woman. She can put up with screaming brats all day long. Definitely a commendable trait for someone to possess. But aren't all predators patient by nature?”

Alexandria hugged Max and Felix together with a giggle.

“Noel Hawthorne, like Bliss, is a woman of dark obsessions. She's a reporter you see, constantly obsessed with observing those who are around her. She's like the greatest facebook blogger, in that she takes lots of pictures of her food, and constantly talks about people more interesting than she is.”

Alexandria continued to giggle at her “father's” jokes, her grip got tighter as the video continued to play.

“But we also have Lucas Carsen who...” Monokuma lifted up a piece of paper and examined it. “Infinite Paranormal Investigator? Never mind, that practically makes fun of itself...” with a grumble, he crinkled the paper up and tossed it over his shoulder. “Marianne Roche may have a last name that sounds like an insect, but her real passion is flowers. Particularly the pistil and stamen. Well, especially the stamen.” Monokuma cleared his throat. “Max Visser could easily become a contender for Bishi of the year, but he doesn’t wear glasses. He does eat donuts though, which just shows you that even an infinite level cop has desires they can’t resist.”

By this point, Alexandria was practically crushing the men with her loving embrace.

“I think that's everyone. If I forgot someone, they probably weren't that important.” Monokuma settled back down in his bed and pulled up the sheets. “Dr Killgood, out!”

Alexandria released them. “Oh I'm so sowwy! I just get so excited every time dad pops up on a screen.Anywho, We're here!” The doors to the elevator opened. “So Maxy, did you want to make Ibbs super jealous? I know we can do it!”

“Whatever, there is nothing in it for me. Play your little game.” said Max while rubbing his sore arm after it had been ‘crushed’ by Alexandria. even though the doll acted dumb and friendly, it sent shivers down his spine. especially after hearing how Shona died. Felix however, had already gotten used to the abnormal behavior of the carnage sisters and merely nodded towards Max. Together, they went towards the sounds of people which originated from the break room and before entering, Felix took on his familiar posture of friendliness and Max adjusted his tie.

“Hello infinites! Guess who’s back from the dead?” Felix said with that trademark smile. Max merely stood next to him, observing the crowd.

@Ariamis@Aewin@MyCatGinger@Vocab@ThatCharacter

New user experience -- suggestions thread

I do wonder though, where would such a game be placed within the forums? Granted, this isn't a huge issue, and I imagine having it pinned in the "free" subforum would suffice, though it would probably be best to put it somewhere where people can readily find it - even as a link at the bottom of the welcome PM, I suppose.

Another minor issue/question, is how would the 'game' be formatted - in a similar fashion to an RP, with an IC, OOC, and Char tab? Or, more along the lines of a simple topic, like this one? Just throwing out thoughts to help churn the thinking-pot, though the answers may seem a bit more obvious than I have reckoned.

@Vashonn

I would pin it in spam. But I understand that due to spam's very nature that might not be the best place for it. So the RP subforum might be a good spot for it. if you felt that you needed tabs for it (I don't) you could set it up in free or casual.

I would just treat it as a chat room game. One of the reasons I wouldn't put it in a real RP forum is because I don't think there's going to be a lot of story telling, nor do I feel it's going to be especially serious. It would more be about interactions between the "characters." I can tell you right now I'd probably drop by any time I saw a good opportunity to say something amusing if it didn't affect my dedicated RP responsibilities. It would be a lot of stream of thought writing. stuff like "Hmmm, you don't seem to fear me, good knight? Well maybe you'd be more scared of me if you new I was the most twisted, vile princess in all the land!" Not always that short, but that's what I see happening.

Hell, I say we make a "you are your avatar" game in spam or as an RP forum hang out right now just to test it out. In fact, if someone hasn't made one by the time I get back today, I'll do it myself. I just can't think of a decent first post right now.

EDIT:

Also, I don't like the mentour idea. Well, I do, but I don't think real mentours need a dignitary title. If someone wants to help new forum members out, they can add something to their signature space like "Pm me if you need anything!" or some junk. Plus, it's less work Mahz has to do.

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

We're back, baby!

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

It's not quite the 20th here in the states, but I'm lifting the hiatus. Let's see if a three week vacation revitalized the RP or killed it.

@Ariamis@Melo I would like one of you to post that collab you did as soon as possible. I know you will be absent this coming week, @Mateotis. So good luck.

@addamas After their collab goes up, it should be safe to post ours.

@UnknownScarlet4 It would probably be best if you waited for the above two collabs to get posted before you made an entrance. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. we can look over your first post together if you are unsure of anything.

@Aewin I know you said you would be busy until the end of may, so I'm not expecting you to post. Good luck with your tests.

@MyCatGinger I think you said your tests would all be done on the 19th. I hope you did alright.

@Vocab You said you were going to be quiet for a while, but you didn't say anything about coming back. I hope to hear from you soon.

@ThatCharacter I would REALLY like to hear something from you soon.

EDIT: alright, all the collabs that I know about are up.

New user experience -- suggestions thread

well yes. I feel that the guild chat should redirect to the discord instead of the dead, retired chat system. I would also remove the bit about posting in the introduction thread all together. you want new users to get the impression the forum is a happening place, which is why it is important they see a lot of activity right away. If we can't get the community into the welcome section, bring the new users to discord.

Speaking for myself, I've never been a huge fan of the welcome sections anywhere. Regardless of what I wrote, I'd mostly get people posting some variation of "welcome to X!" when what I really wanted to see was that someone shared a few of my interests. I entered the community on the roleplay discussion part of the forum. Which is kind of sad, because it's mostly dead and I wouldn't have likely stuck around if that part of the forum had such low activity.

As far as why I don't personally go to the welcome part of the forum? Because of the risk/reward ratio when dealing with new users. very few of them know how to write an introduction post. "Hello, In case you can't read above my avatar, this is my username. I like rollplaying, and I want to write with you soon." I really don't want to be one of those "Welcome to RPG!" people, but I'm usually not given much to work with. So I just avoid it.

This is why I think the "you are your avatar" game that broby suggested is great. I get to act like an idiot and get kudos for it. It's relatively simple and easy to join in on. No one person has to be the babysitter, the community can take turns humiliating themselves in front of the new guys. The discord chat is okay, but not everyone is going to feel comfortable jumping into a chat server with all those random people. An avatar game lets everyone hide their identity a little bit while doing what the site was designed for: rollplaying.

I know we're not really looking for stuff for Mahz to do, but profile pages could be tweaked a bit. It would help if there were several sections to fill out with various interests. I realize new users can do that with the bio section, but having various fields kind of gives new users hints as to what they should be writing. I'm not going to lie, quite a few people I recruited for my Danganronpa RP I acquired just by striking up a conversation about Danganronpa with people that had avatars from the game. I think people would be more likely to have conversations with new users if they knew what their interests were.

New user experience -- suggestions thread

I think all of the social rollplayers moved to discord. Look at the off-topic and roleplay discussion sections? They aren't very lively either. It's not that people aren't talking about roleplays or off topic stuff anymore, it's just that these discussions are being held on discord. I think the more social users like the "junkfood," rapid fire nature of discord more than the forum for chatting, which is why only the RP sections seem to be thriving.

If you want to get new users in touch with the forum, it might be better to direct them to the discord server instead of encourage them to make an alkward hello post that few people will bother reading. Otherwise, find a way to bring discussion back onto the forum. But I haven't been on many forums with an active chat that have managed to do that.

I also agree that giving people "brag points" is a shallow, but a potentially effective way to get people more active on the forums. I'm also all for the "be your avatar" game, as that seems like something that's easy to participate in and doesn't require the same level of devotion as say an RP.