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Mahz's Dev Journal

To be honest, we thought it missing at first too, @LegendBegins. Then suddenly we spotted it. Not that we use it. We don't like mibbit. We prefer proper IRC clients.

Original Character VS Canon Character Roleplaying

experienced actors are among the few we think who can potentially do canon characters right, simply because they're trained to go into the mindset of someone else's creation. Not all such can do all canon characters, though. It depends fully on a sort of "mental match", on their ability to line up their way of thinking with the character's. Even if that works, you will have people who disagree on whether its done right.

Do any of you use maps/boards in your RPs

with excessive work, you can create good stuff in paint, but the same good stuff can be created in a fraction of the time in more advanced programs. Paint is decent for the very basics, but when it comes to complexity and user-friendly UI, it is severely lacking.

Mahz's Dev Journal

Its not gone, @LegendBegins. Its relocated to the top of the sidebar.

Mahz's Dev Journal

Heh, @LegendBegins.

Mahz's Dev Journal

You're shy? Now where'd we put that death ray...

On a more serious note... Shyness is one thing RPing can to a certain degree cure. People should not be afraid to show themselves, even if it is just on an online community.

Mahz's Dev Journal

@LegendBegins You're not alone in preferring to know when people last were on... But a lurker mode would give a better idea than full invisibility, even if its not as optimal as actual visibility (which hopefully would what most use).

@Mahz That could work. We still think it should be renamed to "lurker mode".

Do any of you use maps/boards in your RPs

We often use imagery in our RPs, @ManiacMaestro. Most often, 3D models custom-made for the RP in question. You can see examples in the RP we've got linked in our signature.

A advanced jump-in roleplay?

It'd take the right player crowd and concept, but there's nothing that says "this is impossible to do". We think the chances of doing it with high rate of success in a multiverse RP is lower than the chances are in a single-universe RP. We think such might require a few rules on things like "How powerful can characters be?" and "What is acceptable to do", but it should most certainly be possible.

As for the time to write advanced length: we wrote about 500 words earlier today in less than ten minutes, and that wasn't story-form. When we get into a character and start writing, it takes way less time to write story-form.

Original Character VS Canon Character Roleplaying

We personally have yet to find a character made by someone else that we could satisfactorily play. There's just too many things that are unique to the "owner's" style. That doesn't say such a character can't exist, but rather that we've not found it.

We'd not mind playing with someone else playing a canon character provided they actually manage to play it correctly. If they don't manage that, then we would rather not they try that. Seeing how most cannot do such right, we generally stick to OC only... After all, that saves the problem from starting at all.