DruSM157

You Can Become a Hero!

I'm actually interested in the changes @Inkarnate and @Pirouette made to the original RP. Are any of the old instructors going to be appearing? How many of the old cast have come back?

You Can Become a Hero!

I remember this.

NCQuest -- To Be Rebooted

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Falcon's Reach | Bar
March 27th, 2677

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The man was busy reading something on his PDA. He'd been sitting there for hours now, with an expensive bottle of whiskey beside him at the small wooden table and a small shot glass he continually refilled every so often. He'd not spoken to anyone in the immediate area, though many of the patrons had kept a wary eye on him. His hair was cut rugged and short, and his beard was slightly scraggly, but not too long. That was enough to set him apart from the usual aging waster, but what really made him stand out was his coat. Long, black and lined with synthetic fur, it looked completely out of place towards the roughshod and patchwork outfits many of the common people of Falcon's Reach wore. He exuded money, but his weathered face and lack of care around him also permeated another kind of energy: danger.

He seemed interested in a video feed on his device, something he kept close enough to his chest that no one was too interested in actually looking over his shoulder to see. Instead, he was busy watching as three figures made their way into the command center of the settlement. He seemed to focus on one of the people walking out of the camera's view. His eyes widened for a moment, before turning into slits.

He grinned.

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Falcon's Reach | Command Center
March 27th, 2677

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Alan had seen his fair share of rough faces and tired men in his lifetime; community leaders so far from the cities tended to age quickly due to the stress of raiders, poor supplies, general unhappiness and the sheer lack of comfort that came with the wastes. This...leader was no different. Whereas Percy or Stein may have been uncomfortable with his ghoul-like features, Alan was comforted by them.

The face of a leader who struggled was the face of a man who bore the hardships of his people. He'd been fucked over by enough round-faced and well-fed men in his time to know that it's the smiling man with overstuffed pockets that will have his people turn their guns on you without a second thought. Then again, desperate men also make the same kinds of desperate decisions...

Alan finally broke the silence by answering the man's sarcastic "enthusiasm" of the team. "Don't worry," He began, trying to sound as confident as he could. "We'll be able to move a lot quicker and quieter than a full battalion. And we've held our in firefights in and out of our NCs. We'll do the job just right." False bravado? Or just puffery to make this guy a little less worried that there were three cold bodies here with field equipment instead of the heavy support they had access to. It didn't matter. Do or die. Just smile, follow orders until the day comes to get what you want.

High Casual Rant

EDIT: Until then, however, there's no need for a redundant tag like High Casual. You want your roleplay to have pages worth of rules but remain in Casual? Cool. It's a Casual roleplay. You can have all the rules in the world but in my eyes it doesn't bump up the skill level of the roleplay, it just increases the entry bar.

@Mara

I think you just hit why I hate my writing and I feel like a I’m incapable of writing anything of substance. I never evolved beyond a lower skill level. I don’t know if I ever even had the capability of going beyond the bar I had set for myself.

I need to be alone for a while. Or forever.

High Casual Rant

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Because categorisation means you don't have to sift through page after page of Free checks to find a Casual or Advanced one. It's the same issue with removing the subforums, essentially.

@Mara

so the options are repost the same topic in two different forums or have it get lost in the miasma of one single forum?

High Casual Rant

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I just see it as a way to spread exposure. Someone might not check Advanced Interest Checks at all, but instead check General Interest Checks and Casual Interest Checks. If a GM posts their interest check in Advanced & General, then people could actually notice it and it can act as their introduction to Advanced roleplay, provided they feel they can meet the standards. Quite a few of the roleplays I've joined are ones I found through General Interest Checks, if I look back on it.

@Mara

Why even have those specific interest forums at all? Why not just one place for interest checks then?

High Casual Rant

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I can't really speak for everyone when discussing my views on the matter. I check General every time I'm searching for a new roleplay.

@Mara

I think the issue is every forum has a specific interest check and then there's the general on top of it. It's sort of made obsolete by one or the other.

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I actually had a spam thread about my opinions of General Interest Checks with this realization I pulled off of Discord.

@Raddum

My god. The forum truly is pure evil.

High Casual Rant

We've also got the General Interest Checks section to help increase traffic.

@Mara

I think I've maybe attracted one person ever from a General Interest Check. That place is trash.

High Casual Rant

High casual is for cowards? Psh, fuck that. High casual is for lazy assholes like me. It's the easiest way to write a hefty amount without putting in the dedicating to shitting together a mini-novel for an interest check. It's easier to just say "here's the fucking groundwork" in an hour and build off of that, tout de suite.

I guess if enough people raise Cain over it, shit will change. Won't get me to make any interest checks in the advanced forums still. I don't have the energy to put in the effort people believe that place demands.