I am still here.
...And wondering where Wonderlandali is. They said they would be putting up the collab, and here we are with DotCom having oneupped us before they could.
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I have been writing as a hobby for longer than you have been alive. I have been a regular member and roleplayer of no less than fourteen different online forums during that time (including the old RPG), five six eight of which no longer exist.
I was previously a regular on the Homestuck forums, but I became so sick of thread turnover there that I asked around and eventually found the Guild. Since joining, I have exclusively only participated in Advanced RPs. Before Mahz gave NRPs their own subforum, I used to be an NRP regular in the Advanced Subforum. I am a Guildfall survivor, and know/regularly write with a few others.
If you ask anybody who has written with me in previous RPs, they should tell you that I have a generally open schedule, I post regularly and in a timely fashion, and I never drop an RP once I join unless the thread dies. Some of them may tell you that I have extensive expertise within the realms of Biology, Psychology, and Physics, which I will make no effort to validate since there is no way I can provide hard proof of aforementioned alleged expertise to anybody over the internet (though I am happy to try and answer any questions you send my way).
My favorite fandom is the Myst franchise, which seemingly nobody other than me has ever heard of.
I was a Contest Moderator for the Writing Contests Subforum for just a little bit over two years. I wrote the Moderation Policy for that subforum and I ran a contest called the Twelve Labours; you can still go there and see all of them and the entries people wrote for them in the Contests Section and the Victory Archives.
I have been quadruple secret banned from the guild discord. That is not a joke.
I was previously a regular on the Homestuck forums, but I became so sick of thread turnover there that I asked around and eventually found the Guild. Since joining, I have exclusively only participated in Advanced RPs. Before Mahz gave NRPs their own subforum, I used to be an NRP regular in the Advanced Subforum. I am a Guildfall survivor, and know/regularly write with a few others.
If you ask anybody who has written with me in previous RPs, they should tell you that I have a generally open schedule, I post regularly and in a timely fashion, and I never drop an RP once I join unless the thread dies. Some of them may tell you that I have extensive expertise within the realms of Biology, Psychology, and Physics, which I will make no effort to validate since there is no way I can provide hard proof of aforementioned alleged expertise to anybody over the internet (though I am happy to try and answer any questions you send my way).
My favorite fandom is the Myst franchise, which seemingly nobody other than me has ever heard of.
I was a Contest Moderator for the Writing Contests Subforum for just a little bit over two years. I wrote the Moderation Policy for that subforum and I ran a contest called the Twelve Labours; you can still go there and see all of them and the entries people wrote for them in the Contests Section and the Victory Archives.
I have been quadruple secret banned from the guild discord. That is not a joke.
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Vilageidiotx said
Precipice started the same way. I recall we had such meticulous rules for pacing and making sure everything was accounted for that, at once point, each page accounted for a single day. Now, this was in a time when it wasn't as detailed, but it still ran like syrup.I think the switch to vaguer terms happened when the majority of us simply grew comfortable with each other. Comfortable enough to allow for the occasional curve ball so long as it made sense.
Even after people have grown acquainted with each other, I have seen instances where the focus was retained on the politics and functions - some people just like it better that way. Writing for the functions of a nation does not need to be tedious, as long as the writer goes to the effort to make it both interesting and meaningful.
The reason I feel it so necessary to explain this, is because from what I've seen, Nation roleplays are played very differently here. They don't seem very character-based. They seem to deal more with administrative duties, and very little with actually developing characters and exploring their lives outside of sending letters to other nations or whatever.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with playing a Nation roleplay that way, but I'm saying that's not how Precipice of War plays. And because Precipice of War plays so much like character-based roleplays, I felt I needed to put an interest-check here to get the attention of people who might otherwise not come across the interest-check in the Nation RP section. Because, frankly, it's not getting much interest there, and I feel a lot of it has to do with the fact that Nation roleplays simply aren't very popular, probably because most people here seem to prefer character-based roleplays.
What you say is true, and I think the trend stems indirectly from the fact that writers for nations, at least in the advanced subforum, consider it better writing to realistically portray and deconstruct the inner bureaucracy of a government. On the meta-analysis, meticulously lending details in such a fashion helps other posters better understand what each faction is capable of - posters are less likely to be angry if they feel they've been sent a curveball if you can back it up with solid reasoning and precedence. Individual characters can suffer from such a focus, but I've had the fortune to participate in a few RPs where character development was expected and required of posters in addition to writing for a faction.
As for the lack of apparent interest for Nation Roleplays - I can say that before the Guild reboot, there used to be something of a NRP regulars group (not an official group, mind you: Literally, just a bunch of specific people who could usually be expected to be working on/writing in an NRP), and since the reboot a large number of them appear to be gone. Personally, I don't like the Nation Role Play subforum simply because I can no longer filter NRP threads through the advanced section. I am unsure how frequent NRPs were/are in the Free/Casual subforums, but if they were/are rare in those places that might also explain the lack of interest.
It's a small town, I don't think there would be public transit. I think people either work in town, and walk/bike, or else work out of town and drive.
Jason appears to be the odd man out with the Mazda, and Iikka has thus far either walked everywhere or mooched rides off of other people. And, since all of our characters can be expected to gain some bird morphs eventually, travel across long distances shouldn't be too big an issue.
Jason appears to be the odd man out with the Mazda, and Iikka has thus far either walked everywhere or mooched rides off of other people. And, since all of our characters can be expected to gain some bird morphs eventually, travel across long distances shouldn't be too big an issue.
I'm going to say that Iikka's parents live in Grand Oak, with him having spent most of his time (across his actual life) in the Suburbs.
*Everyone meets at the mall*
Russo: Hey, wait, is that Maxine?
Olivia: Don't look at her, you idiot!
Maxine: :D
Iikka: Oh hell, she's coming over here.
Jason: Pick up the pace, maybe if we're moving fast enough and she thinks we haven't-
Maxine: HEY YOU GUYS OVER HERE WAIT UP!!!
Iikka: EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOURSELVES.
*Everybody runs in different directions. Iikka escapes by climbing a decoratively planted palm tree up to the second floor. Olivia strategically sneaks into a movie theater and hides there. Russo, who knows the mall like the back of his hand because of scouting events, weaves an untraceable trail through the crowds.
Jason, who cannot drive his car in the mall, is caught and is forced at mouthpoint to walk Maxine home.*
Russo: Hey, wait, is that Maxine?
Olivia: Don't look at her, you idiot!
Maxine: :D
Iikka: Oh hell, she's coming over here.
Jason: Pick up the pace, maybe if we're moving fast enough and she thinks we haven't-
Maxine: HEY YOU GUYS OVER HERE WAIT UP!!!
Iikka: EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOURSELVES.
*Everybody runs in different directions. Iikka escapes by climbing a decoratively planted palm tree up to the second floor. Olivia strategically sneaks into a movie theater and hides there. Russo, who knows the mall like the back of his hand because of scouting events, weaves an untraceable trail through the crowds.
Jason, who cannot drive his car in the mall, is caught and is forced at mouthpoint to walk Maxine home.*
wonderlandalli said
Lol she would admire the sociopath, wouldn't she!
Woah, hey, Iikka isn't a sociopath!
The DSMV just came out, the diagnostic criteria for conduct and antisocial personality disorders have changed! Until diagnosed, he defaults to normal!
I think we need an excuse for all these uptight gits charming adolescents to be moving in a group, in order for them to be together when they find the Morphing Cube.
It occurs to me that Jason and Iikka are likely already friends, and Jason might be a friend or familiar with Russo, and Iikka has no overt problems with the latter. I.E., the idea that the three of them might walk across town together is fairly reasonable.
But all three of the boys are unlikely to want to be anywhere near Maxine, except possibly Russo out of pity. Olivia, in the meantime, is openly antisocial and unlikely to want to have anything to do with any of the other four unless she wants something from them. Any ideas?
It occurs to me that Jason and Iikka are likely already friends, and Jason might be a friend or familiar with Russo, and Iikka has no overt problems with the latter. I.E., the idea that the three of them might walk across town together is fairly reasonable.
But all three of the boys are unlikely to want to be anywhere near Maxine, except possibly Russo out of pity. Olivia, in the meantime, is openly antisocial and unlikely to want to have anything to do with any of the other four unless she wants something from them. Any ideas?
Unless I miscount, we now have our five-person band. When do we get this rolling?
Added a possible preexisting relationships tab to Iikka's profile, current for the submitted applications thus far.
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