@Mae I totally understand one of the reasons I have never really gotten involved with NRP here is because the entire group seems rather cliquey. Once my other RP is ticking over well I can look into it for you. I would gladly put on a NRP
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Got a lC up for a casual High School SoL RP for those that might be interested: roleplayerguild.com/topics/…
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It can do! I have a magical SoL going at the moment and it has an overarching plot weaved in
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In SoL, the 'goals' become the drama and interpersonal connections/histories players make with each other. Plus setting in in places like a school/college for example give you a timeline to work with.
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I could make one... But that means running it haha...
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Time to start the hunt for a decent SoL RP. I could make one, but it would be nice to be a player and a GM for once xD
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 Name: Jake. or just call me Hedge. Age: 30 D.O.B: 08/08/1993 Personality Type: ISFJ-T Turbulent Defender Personality Role: Sentinel Personality Strategy: Constant Improvement | - "You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others." - About Been at this game for a good while now. Starting RPing at the tender age of 15 back when Bebo was a thing. A year later I found myself forum Roleplaying and haven't really looked back since. Over these past ten years I have done practically every kind of RP you could imagine from Nation RPs and Arena RPs to 1x1s and Large group RPs. My last RP hobby was fighting RPs, which I have now decided to leave behind in order to pursue more SoL style Rps. Outside of RP I am an aspiring writer, despite being terrible with words, as well as an avid gamer. If I am not on discord with the Guild or RPing in some way, I am probably on either my PlayStation or on Steam. Moved into D&D and ended up starting a podcast that has been an interesting journey. |
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@Theodorable No one has even accepted your points as even credible. As a NRP veteran I can tell you that other sites outside of RPG do rather well with narrative NRPs and they live far longer than mechanics based ones.
Your last sentence literally proved my point in my post as well. Roleplaying is a story process, not a game process. We do RP on here not RPG. There is a difference. Not hat I expect you to actually comprehend that as you keep drinking further into that armchair of yours.
If I wasn't so busy with Uni and GMing another RP I would create a NRP and actually show you how you can create a good hybrid that is popular and has good narrative.
Your last sentence literally proved my point in my post as well. Roleplaying is a story process, not a game process. We do RP on here not RPG. There is a difference. Not hat I expect you to actually comprehend that as you keep drinking further into that armchair of yours.
If I wasn't so busy with Uni and GMing another RP I would create a NRP and actually show you how you can create a good hybrid that is popular and has good narrative.
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@Archetype Zero Sorry for the ammedum, but naxtially you will find most NRPers are like this. The reason why NRP sections on forums do so badly is because the core player base is a bunch of twisted wound up armchair generals who can't adapt to 'Normal' RPs.
They see NRPs as a game of Risk or Civ, where they play to win. If they are losing, they throw their toys out of the pram and say the mechanics of this game are broken and leave.
I have been RPing in both RP and NRP for nearly 11years and I have always gotten involved in each forums NRP section... Except this one... As it seems the core players are the worse group I have ever met and they seems to have alienated most of the rest of the forum.
They see NRPs as a game of Risk or Civ, where they play to win. If they are losing, they throw their toys out of the pram and say the mechanics of this game are broken and leave.
I have been RPing in both RP and NRP for nearly 11years and I have always gotten involved in each forums NRP section... Except this one... As it seems the core players are the worse group I have ever met and they seems to have alienated most of the rest of the forum.
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I do have to agree that is article isn't exactly worth the bits and bytes it was typed on.
If you look at just narrative and just stay based NRPs they Fail (In the broadest and first sense possible) at around the same rare. In fact in my experience, Narrative NRPs survive just that bit longer.
Each system has its pros and cons, Narrative Nation RPs are great for quick and easy social games. I loved the ones I used to do on another site, writing about what was going on and really feeling like I was doing something. Every Star based NRP I ever touched just felt like some basement dwelling meeting where I spent more time with a calculator than I did actually getting a feel for my nation.
The true success of NRPs relies on the middle ground between the two systems. Give the players the ability to exercise their creative mind, but when conflict and cross roads appear have a stat system to resolve things. It's a simple system to play with. Not so exactly easy to set up as a GM though.
One last thing I will say. All NRPs rely on a good GM that will be impartial and fair. The OP mentioned that GMs are open to manipulation based on previous disposition. However, I am inclined to take that with a pinch of salt. All GMs know that if they are not impartial it damages their reputation and makes further RPs more difficult. I am guessing the OP has been subject to it in the past and now holds onto that point like a dog with a bone.
Hope that all makes sense. Still waking up xD
If you look at just narrative and just stay based NRPs they Fail (In the broadest and first sense possible) at around the same rare. In fact in my experience, Narrative NRPs survive just that bit longer.
Each system has its pros and cons, Narrative Nation RPs are great for quick and easy social games. I loved the ones I used to do on another site, writing about what was going on and really feeling like I was doing something. Every Star based NRP I ever touched just felt like some basement dwelling meeting where I spent more time with a calculator than I did actually getting a feel for my nation.
The true success of NRPs relies on the middle ground between the two systems. Give the players the ability to exercise their creative mind, but when conflict and cross roads appear have a stat system to resolve things. It's a simple system to play with. Not so exactly easy to set up as a GM though.
One last thing I will say. All NRPs rely on a good GM that will be impartial and fair. The OP mentioned that GMs are open to manipulation based on previous disposition. However, I am inclined to take that with a pinch of salt. All GMs know that if they are not impartial it damages their reputation and makes further RPs more difficult. I am guessing the OP has been subject to it in the past and now holds onto that point like a dog with a bone.
Hope that all makes sense. Still waking up xD
Next Deadline is August 8th.
@savannahssu Looks good and interesting to me, so throw her on over.
If you have almost finished a character then you can keep the DS alligence if you like. But right now we have a very heavy DS lean
Just so everyone is aware, DS positions are no longer taking applicants until we have more Guild members.
This is my first go at the sheet, might add some more details for the other section, but was trying to keep it short and sweet for now. Will edit with extra pictures shortly.
Character Name: Adam Rowen
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Male
Appearance:
Personality: Adam is known rather well for his hard working demeanor and his drive to want to help people. To him the happiness of others is paramount, even if it means that he has to sacrifice his own happiness in the process. Behind this exterior however, Adam is a scared and nervous man, using his work to try and mask the fact that he is delaying the inevitable. Not that he would allow anyone to see that. Happiness is the only thing he wants the world to remember him for.
Biography: Adam had a fairly average upbringing. There wasn’t anything to suggest that he would become who he was today. Usually people who are extremely kind do it because of a bad upbringing or something along those lines. But this never applied to Adam. One theory that has emerged is that once he discovered he was Fragmented, and the results of not finding your soulmate were, Adam became desperate to try and find his soulmate. Realising that the odds of finding your soulmate was slim, he decided to start a matchmaking website which helped other Fragmented find their soulmates. After finishing the site, he was able to find enough investors to go public with the service. To date it became the premier site for finding your soulmate.
Adam as a result became a bit of a celebrity as a result of the site’s success. Though more for the irony of the fact that he helped people find their soulmate, but he himself could never find his soulmate. As he is approaching his later 20’s, signs of becoming lost are starting to show, despite the fact he has plenty of time. He uses his charity and happiness work as a way to try and make up for the lack of a soulmate. Perhaps his soulmate is the happiness of humanity itself.
Character Name: Adam Rowen
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Male
Appearance:
Personality: Adam is known rather well for his hard working demeanor and his drive to want to help people. To him the happiness of others is paramount, even if it means that he has to sacrifice his own happiness in the process. Behind this exterior however, Adam is a scared and nervous man, using his work to try and mask the fact that he is delaying the inevitable. Not that he would allow anyone to see that. Happiness is the only thing he wants the world to remember him for.
Biography: Adam had a fairly average upbringing. There wasn’t anything to suggest that he would become who he was today. Usually people who are extremely kind do it because of a bad upbringing or something along those lines. But this never applied to Adam. One theory that has emerged is that once he discovered he was Fragmented, and the results of not finding your soulmate were, Adam became desperate to try and find his soulmate. Realising that the odds of finding your soulmate was slim, he decided to start a matchmaking website which helped other Fragmented find their soulmates. After finishing the site, he was able to find enough investors to go public with the service. To date it became the premier site for finding your soulmate.
Adam as a result became a bit of a celebrity as a result of the site’s success. Though more for the irony of the fact that he helped people find their soulmate, but he himself could never find his soulmate. As he is approaching his later 20’s, signs of becoming lost are starting to show, despite the fact he has plenty of time. He uses his charity and happiness work as a way to try and make up for the lack of a soulmate. Perhaps his soulmate is the happiness of humanity itself.
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