Everybody wants that fire IC but nobody wants to GM it.
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If you're roleplaying with your only friends, you're roleplaying with your best friends.
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I think to sell someone on an interest check, it's really important to seem enthusiastic about your own idea. That means writing more than a single sentence to attract potential players.
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The virgin "My post was so bad it killed the RP!" VS the chad "My post was so good it concluded the RP."
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W I T H R I G H T E O U S H A N D S
Did you know that Dante's inferno is called a divine comedy because things work out for the protagonist? Back in the day, the only two genres were comedy and drama. The only difference was that in a comedy, the protagonist is better off at the end, and a drama is the opposite. So that's why a story about going through hell can still be considered a comedy, even if it's not funny.
Name:
Broken Promise, BP, Boss
Age:
Old enough to know better, too young to care. (that is to say 30's)
Preferred RPs:
I Prefer to make my own, but will occasionally join something if it looks interesting. I'll join just about anything so long as it isn’t overly edgy/sweet, though it's rare for me to do. I don't do 1x1s too often either.
Preferred Roles:
I tend to play adorable characters everyone wants to befriend or proper assholes everyone wants to stay away from. I try not to play moral paragons or prime evils.
RP Conquests:
I've completed quite a few RP's off site, but most of them are on private forums or have simply been lost to the ravages of server crashes. As for stuff here, I'm sure everyone who sees me post in the off topic sections has seen me find an excuse to talk about Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage. It's a project that took over 4 years to complete and I feel pride not only for myself but all the wonderful people who helped make it enjoyable during its run. Re: Zero: The High Council Is technically my first, but it was just something I kind of took over and ended up ending the story after just six months. It finished, but eh...
For some reason I can't seem to stay away from Ari's magical girl RP, even if I'm not sure why I'm still in it.
As for my own projects, I'm doing Symphony on High to continue the gigachad adventures of the espers in Pax Septimus.
RP Graveyard:
I've been pretty fortunate on this forum. I think I joined one when I first came on the site that didn't really do anything, and there are a few 1x1 things that didn't go anywhere. It's disappointing when an RP ends before it can be finished, but I've come to look at them as learning experiences.
And then there's that london magical girl RP, and that dark magical girl RP. I think I'm done joining magical girl RPs for a while.
Other interests:
Videos
I watch a lot of educational videos on youtube. Usually as research for something I’m writing or purely because a topic interests me. I like channels like Tier Zoo and Daryl Talks Games, and I’ll also watch things like Critical Drinker or Literature Devil to deepen my understanding of story telling. Though I also like memes and jokes, to which I’ll find myself watching stuff like Sseth, but usually find myself surfing through meme videos. I gotta work on that.
Games
I have a rather long history of playing virtually every platformer to come into existence during the indie boom, as well as quite a few other indie games. I’ve played Meatboy, Binding of Issac, Gunvolt, Cuphead, Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, Classic Metroid, Warcraft 3, Final Fantasy 7,8, and 14, Left 4 Dead, Shantae, Celeste, Danganronpa, God Eater, the list goes on. What I’ve played is kind of all over the place. I don’t play many games these days, I tend to pick things that look interesting and go on a decent steam sale.
Painting Minis
I do this in moderation. Otherwise, it's a pretty expensive hobby to start...
Music
I listen to everything, save most country/rap songs. I have too many favorites to name.
Personality:
Not one to take life or the internet too seriously. Is only serious about writing well and having a good time.
@ThatLostDude The best antidote to 1x1 rejection woes is to join a group RP. Generally speaking, GMs are happy to take on several players and aren't going to be nearly as fussy as people in the 1x1 section. Best part is group RPs can survive if a few people flake off. Even the shortest lived RPs usually last a few months, so you can get some posting in even if you have an inexperienced GM. Though if you do your research you can pick a GM that knows what they're doing.
The second thing to realize is, as you mentioned, you might be the problem. Unfortunately you aren't going to get much feedback from 1x1 partners. A lot of people have "retaliation anxiety" and would rather just stop talking to you altogether than work through your problems. So you to look back through and really consider why you think this person stopped writing with you.
The third thing to realize is it could be them. Maybe they didn't have as much time to dedicate to an RP as they thought, maybe the idea wasn't as fun as they thought, or maybe they just can't stick with anything.
Fourthly... Aren't you being a little impatient? I don't know how long "a few days" is, but most people can't do daily posts, even if they say they can.
Just about every group RP I've decided to GM in recent memory has successfully come to an end. It might have taken a few years or as many as five, but it happened. Out of the several 1x1 RPs I've tried to get going, few of them start, and almost none of them made it past the first page. If rejection is an issue for you I would stay away from the 1x1 section.
What had looked like a bad situation was coming under control. They couldn't assume this was the only dragon present, which was all the more reason to get it under control as fast as possible.
Now that Luana was behind it, she lobbed more seeds at it's rear quarters. With Reinhardt holding it down, it would hopefully lose the ability to resist too much. Luana did wonder if it might be worth capturing and interrogating it, since it could speak. But was that a risk they wanted to take with something so dangerous?
DID SOMEONE SAY BROKEN- Oh you're looking for code.
Here's my attempt at recreating the forum with BBC code for part of a post I did a while ago. It's pretty easy to force break too, since it's all tables. Like if you put parts of the code on a different line, it can create a space above the table.
Veronica Admin 8 posts in 2 days Last seen 2 hrs ago
New chat room. As usual, discussing ongoing operations is off limits. That's what the magicoms are for. Remember to treat everyone with respect, Trixy.
Trix N Traps Agent 1024 posts in 2 days Online
Hey! HEY! This forum was all my idea! This is a great way to show people outside of CC what we are all about. That, and getting all you cute girls in one place so that I cat with you all day long is good too!
Medi Girl Agent 32 posts in 2 days Last seen 1 hrs ago
Are you Implying our Magicom conversations don't do the exact same thing?
Blair Agent 97 posts in 2 days Last seen 4 hrs ago
Typing is such a drag too. It's a lot easier to just have a group over coms.
B3H Agent 312 posts in 2 days Last seen 2 hrs ago
It's nice to have a log of our conversations though. We can also talk to people outside of CC. I see the benefit of having a forum.
Trix N Traps Agent 1024 posts in 2 days Online
That's the spirit! Now who wants to talk about their favorite flavor of ice cream?
B3H Agent 312 posts in 2 days Last seen 2 hrs ago
I think all ice cream is great. But I like strawberry most.
Trix N Traps Agent 1024 posts in 2 days Online
I've been meaning to get a lick of Betty myself.
Veronica Admin 8 posts in 2 days Last seen 2 hrs ago
You've been warned on multiple occasions not to make advances on Betty, Trixy. I have spoken with the others, and we all agree that this has become little more than your personal hangout. I'm pulling the plug immediately.
Trix N Traps Agent 1024 posts in 2 days Online
Wait! Give me another chance!
Faith in Bananas Member 1 posts in 1 Hours Online
Strawberry and banana flavored ice cream is my favorite!
The test forum has quite a bit of BBC code to look through too. Can confirm Exit tries a lot of crazy stuff.
Omega strikers just released two new strikers: A pair of oni musicians. Everyone is playing the guitarist, but I can say that while my connection was stable, I did get in a match with the singer and I think she's a nice intermediate-level striker with an intuitive kit. I'll get back to you with more if my connection clears up.
EDIT: Got to play the sister. I'd comment on her but her special is so powerful I'm sure she's going to get quick nerfed.
Well, my images weren't deleted. I was concerned because they said they were going to have a bot look at all the hidden images and decide what needs to be deleted. But it seems like everything's okay.
Luana waited for the dragon bolder to roll over her, but it never came. When she stood up to see why that was, the knight that she had been talking to decided to just take it head on and throw it backwards. Clearly, Reinhardt had more than earned his reputation as an invincible warrior. Luana would be lying if she said she didn't feel a bit useless right now.
But she did have something to contribute. Maybe. There was something up with that dragon's claws. From what she observed, the bear hadn't been incapacitated by the scratch it took, but something that happened afterwards. Poison? A curse? Those were Luana's best guesses. Telling Reinhardt not to get hit seemed a little silly, so maybe she could help him out more directly.
She reached into her pouch and flung some acorns over Reinhardt's shoulder. With any luck, they'd smack into the dragon's claws and coil thick roots around them. She didn't know if he could handle whatever those talons did, but she was sure he could handle a good clubbing. The dragon's claws hadn't been strong enough to slay the bear outright, so maybe it would have difficulty slicing through its wooden mittens.
”There's something potent in those claws.” She called over his shoulder. Luana attempted to circle around the dragon. When fighting strong prey, it was always best to spread out and surround them.
Despite Luana's attempts, Reinhardt was not going to say anything else about the matter. This just prompted an eye roll from the hermit.
”Whatever.” She'd just have to talk to the queen about this later. Surely refusing to answer a pressing question like this was against some kind of rule? Reinhardt had sworn allegiance to the same queen she had, so there had to be some way to get him to speak.
But Reinhardt's refusal to treat her as an equal was hardly the most pressing issue at the moment. Something had decided to roll itself up into a ball and was headed right for them. Stopping something so large and so fast was outside of Luana's skill set. The best she could do was survive the thing's attack.
”Everyone, find cover!” Luana didn't think she had time to dig a hole or run to hide behind the black dragon's corpse. Her eyes scanned the ground until she found a rut. It was likely caused when moving some of the large wagons around on a rainy day. She dove into it and waited for the dragon to roll past her. While lying on her side, she gazed into her spear to get a better look at the creature.
Answering questions sounds fun. For reference though, I don't do a lot of worldbuilding based around civilizations and such. Or maybe I should say that when I do, I usually use an existing ones as a sort of template.
>First and foremost, how do you build a fictional economy and do you even need to?
As with all things, it's only important if it's a part of the story.
Making them is pretty simple though. If you have a medieval town located in the woods, something was there that caused a settlement to form. Maybe the wood is of good quality, or the nearby river has lots of beavers to skin for hats. So you have a lumber yard/skinning hut that exports its goods to bring wealth into the town. If there are enough people doing it, other people move in to provide services to the workers, such as the town doctor. Boom, basic economy.
>Second, do you need to create conlangs or can you just reference the fact that a character is speaking X language and leave it at that?
If language barriers are not a part of your world, you don't need to address them. Otherwise, I usually say that someone is speaking in a foreign tongue. Sometimes I'll use brackets to make it apparent someone's not speaking the protag's language if I want the reader to know what's being said. But that is a stylistic choice and not the only solution.
>Third, is it possible to worldbuild a faction or civilization that has no culture? If so, what would that look like?
What's your definition of no culture? The closest examples I can think of would be a melting pot where there are so many cultures they all sort of blend together, or a society without traditions and standards of any kind. Maybe very early cavemen didn't have culture? I would think that any group of people are going to form their own beliefs about how things should be done and a culture is going to come out of that.
>Fourth, if your factions are run by gods then do you even need to go into depth on anything but the deity in question? And by deity I mean the omnipotent, can do anything that it pleases, kind. Not the Greek or Roman kind.
Yes, because followers of said deity seldom share the exact same mindset. Maybe if said god is a wicked creature that uses their subjects as an extension of their will, but even the Ossiarch Bonereapers in age of sigmar, skeletons that are an extention of Nagash's will, have their own history and culture apart from the necromancer that's brainwashed them all.
>Fifth, do you start fleshing out the world itself first, timeline of events, or both?
I usually world build to add depth to a story I want to tell. So I usually figure out details about the world before working on the timeline that created that world. I think it depends on what interests you more.
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[i]Did you know that Dante's inferno is called a divine comedy because things work out for the protagonist? Back in the day, the only two genres were comedy and drama. The only difference was that in a comedy, the protagonist is better off at the end, and a drama is the opposite. So that's why a story about going through hell can still be considered a comedy, even if it's not funny.[/i]
[b][color=Silver]Name:[/color][/b]
[indent]Broken Promise, BP, Boss[/indent]
[b][color=Silver]Age:[/color][/b]
[indent]Old enough to know better, too young to care. (that is to say 30's)[/indent]
[b][color=Silver]Preferred RPs:[/color][/b]
[indent]I Prefer to make my own, but will occasionally join something if it looks interesting. I'll join just about anything so long as it isn’t overly edgy/sweet, though it's rare for me to do. I don't do 1x1s too often either.[/indent]
[b][color=Silver]Preferred Roles:[/color][/b]
[indent]I tend to play adorable characters everyone wants to befriend or proper assholes everyone wants to stay away from. I try not to play moral paragons or prime evils.[/indent]
[b][color=Silver]RP Conquests:[/color][/b]
[indent]I've completed quite a few RP's off site, but most of them are on private forums or have simply been lost to the ravages of server crashes. As for stuff here, I'm sure everyone who sees me post in the off topic sections has seen me find an excuse to talk about [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/157933-danganronpa-tower-of-carnage-finished/ic]Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage[/url]. It's a project that took over 4 years to complete and I feel pride not only for myself but all the wonderful people who helped make it enjoyable during its run. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/173392-re-zero-the-high-council/ic]Re: Zero: The High Council[/url] Is technically my first, but it was just something I kind of took over and ended up ending the story after just six months. It finished, but eh...
Last RP I finished was [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/186698-symphony-of-espers/ooc]Symphony of Espers[/url] which turned out pretty good.[/indent]
[b][color=Silver]RP's in progress:[/color][/b]
[indent]For some reason I can't seem to stay away from [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/180148-darkest-before-the-dawn-a-cyoa-magical-girl-roleplay/ic]Ari's magical girl RP[/url], even if I'm not sure why I'm still in it.
As for my own projects, I'm doing [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/191774-symphony-on-high/ic]Symphony on High[/url] to continue the gigachad adventures of the espers in Pax Septimus.
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[b][color=Silver]RP Graveyard:[/color][/b]
[indent]I've been pretty fortunate on this forum. I think I joined one when I first came on the site that didn't really do anything, and there are a few 1x1 things that didn't go anywhere. It's disappointing when an RP ends before it can be finished, but I've come to look at them as learning experiences.
And then there's that london magical girl RP, and that dark magical girl RP. I think I'm done joining magical girl RPs for a while.[/indent]
[b][color=Silver]Other interests:[/color][/b]
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[b]Videos[/b]
[indent]I watch a lot of educational videos on youtube. Usually as research for something I’m writing or purely because a topic interests me. I like channels like [url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHsRtomD4twRf5WVHHk-cMw]Tier Zoo[/url] and [url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJfJWct8jN1RpCuVWk3zHTA]Daryl Talks Games[/url], and I’ll also watch things like [url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJPFQdZwrOutnmSFYtbstA]Critical Drinker[/url] or [url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz1fTbwui7o5aDZ6W1dOLTQ]Literature Devil[/url] to deepen my understanding of story telling. Though I also like memes and jokes, to which I’ll find myself watching stuff like [url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6VugMZKRhSyzWEWA9W2fg]Sseth[/url], but usually find myself surfing through meme videos. I gotta work on that.
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[b]Games[/b]
[indent]I have a rather long history of playing virtually every platformer to come into existence during the indie boom, as well as quite a few other indie games. I’ve played Meatboy, Binding of Issac, Gunvolt, Cuphead, Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, Classic Metroid, Warcraft 3, Final Fantasy 7,8, and 14, Left 4 Dead, Shantae, Celeste, Danganronpa, God Eater, the list goes on. What I’ve played is kind of all over the place. I don’t play many games these days, I tend to pick things that look interesting and go on a decent steam sale.[/indent]
[b]Painting Minis[/b]
[indent]I do this in moderation. Otherwise, it's a pretty expensive hobby to start...[/indent]
[b]Music[/b]
[indent]I listen to everything, save most country/rap songs. I have too many favorites to name.[/indent]
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[b][color=Silver]Personality:[/color][/b]
[indent]Not one to take life or the internet too seriously. Is only serious about writing well and having a good time.[/indent]
[b][color=Silver]People to Insult:[/color][/b]
[indent]Dalton is a Dingus.[/indent]
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver"><div class="bb-center"><img src="https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/9bf0ab63-afe2-4637-aa10-6dc90db5fc8c.png" /><br><div class="bb-h2">W I T H R I G H T E O U S H A N D S</div></div></font></span><br><br><hr class="bb-hr"><br><br><span class="bb-i">Did you know that Dante's inferno is called a divine comedy because things work out for the protagonist? Back in the day, the only two genres were comedy and drama. The only difference was that in a comedy, the protagonist is better off at the end, and a drama is the opposite. So that's why a story about going through hell can still be considered a comedy, even if it's not funny.</span><br><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">Name:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">Broken Promise, BP, Boss</div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">Age:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">Old enough to know better, too young to care. (that is to say 30's)</div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">Preferred RPs:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">I Prefer to make my own, but will occasionally join something if it looks interesting. I'll join just about anything so long as it isn’t overly edgy/sweet, though it's rare for me to do. I don't do 1x1s too often either.</div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">Preferred Roles:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">I tend to play adorable characters everyone wants to befriend or proper assholes everyone wants to stay away from. I try not to play moral paragons or prime evils.</div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">RP Conquests:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">I've completed quite a few RP's off site, but most of them are on private forums or have simply been lost to the ravages of server crashes. As for stuff here, I'm sure everyone who sees me post in the off topic sections has seen me find an excuse to talk about <a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/157933-danganronpa-tower-of-carnage-finished/ic">Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage</a>. It's a project that took over 4 years to complete and I feel pride not only for myself but all the wonderful people who helped make it enjoyable during its run. <a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/173392-re-zero-the-high-council/ic">Re: Zero: The High Council</a> Is technically my first, but it was just something I kind of took over and ended up ending the story after just six months. It finished, but eh...<br><br>Last RP I finished was <a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/186698-symphony-of-espers/ooc">Symphony of Espers</a> which turned out pretty good.</div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">RP's in progress:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">For some reason I can't seem to stay away from <a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/180148-darkest-before-the-dawn-a-cyoa-magical-girl-roleplay/ic">Ari's magical girl RP</a>, even if I'm not sure why I'm still in it. <br><br>As for my own projects, I'm doing <a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/191774-symphony-on-high/ic">Symphony on High</a> to continue the gigachad adventures of the espers in Pax Septimus.</div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">RP Graveyard:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">I've been pretty fortunate on this forum. I think I joined one when I first came on the site that didn't really do anything, and there are a few 1x1 things that didn't go anywhere. It's disappointing when an RP ends before it can be finished, but I've come to look at them as learning experiences.<br><br>And then there's that london magical girl RP, and that dark magical girl RP. I think I'm done joining magical girl RPs for a while.</div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">Other interests:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent"><span class="bb-b">Videos</span><br><div class="bb-indent">I watch a lot of educational videos on youtube. Usually as research for something I’m writing or purely because a topic interests me. I like channels like <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHsRtomD4twRf5WVHHk-cMw">Tier Zoo</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJfJWct8jN1RpCuVWk3zHTA">Daryl Talks Games</a>, and I’ll also watch things like <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJPFQdZwrOutnmSFYtbstA">Critical Drinker</a> or <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz1fTbwui7o5aDZ6W1dOLTQ">Literature Devil</a> to deepen my understanding of story telling. Though I also like memes and jokes, to which I’ll find myself watching stuff like <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6VugMZKRhSyzWEWA9W2fg">Sseth</a>, but usually find myself surfing through meme videos. I gotta work on that.</div> <br><span class="bb-b">Games</span><br><div class="bb-indent">I have a rather long history of playing virtually every platformer to come into existence during the indie boom, as well as quite a few other indie games. I’ve played Meatboy, Binding of Issac, Gunvolt, Cuphead, Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, Classic Metroid, Warcraft 3, Final Fantasy 7,8, and 14, Left 4 Dead, Shantae, Celeste, Danganronpa, God Eater, the list goes on. What I’ve played is kind of all over the place. I don’t play many games these days, I tend to pick things that look interesting and go on a decent steam sale.</div><br><span class="bb-b">Painting Minis</span><br><div class="bb-indent">I do this in moderation. Otherwise, it's a pretty expensive hobby to start...</div><br><span class="bb-b">Music</span><br><div class="bb-indent">I listen to everything, save most country/rap songs. I have too many favorites to name.</div></div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">Personality:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">Not one to take life or the internet too seriously. Is only serious about writing well and having a good time.</div><br><span class="bb-b"><font color="silver">People to Insult:</font></span><br><div class="bb-indent">Dalton is a Dingus.</div></div>
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