TheMadAsshatter

Toxoplasmosis

This is why I need to come here more often.

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@RedDusk Actually, I may have to get back to you on that. I'm currently brainstorming other things I might have James do, up to and including drunkenly singing German drinking songs at a bar.

What Are You Listening To?

@SouffleGirl123 When you put up a video, use the [youtube] tags. So basically it would look like this:

[youtube]<video URL goes here>[/youtube]

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@RedDusk Sure, sounds good.

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That sounds consistent with James' M.O., as long as it doesn't take him into Forsaken territory.

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Also, is a timeline of the last year being done?

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The suspense is killing me!

Why is Casual so much more popular than Free or Advanced?

Because they're too pleb-like to be Advanced, and too good for Free, whereas Advanced people are just good, and Free people are just plebs.

Lol, but probably simply because it appeals to the largest audience, like most things that are not too serious, but also not simply ridiculous. Plus the term "casual" is simply appealing from a psychological perspective. The term "casual" is a naturally inviting word, often embodying a calm or carefree sort of style.

Furthermore, most people don't RP for the sake of just making a story or having fun, they like to do a little bit of both. I feel like Advanced and Free sacrifice one of each of those elements. Advanced is, in many cases, more about the story than anything, and it's sort of restrictive in that sense. That's not to say it isn't fun, but it does put more dampers on what people can do than most casual RPs do. On the other end of the spectrum, Free is, well, free, and also often chaotic and without a good baseline. Literally anything can happen, with very little regard for retaining any coherent storyline.

Naturally, Casual is a good middle ground, and it is really more broad than just comprising 33.3% of the RP community on here. Casual holds a broad variety of RPs, some of which could even be mistaken for their Free or Advanced counterparts. Really, it all just depends. The Casual section is very versatile in that way, making it appealing to many people for that reason. It can be manipulated fairly easily whilst still maintaining a sense of dignity.

Also, as someone who almost exclusively roams the Advanced section, I will say that there is possibly an element of elitism at play, but I also honestly, legitimately think that Advanced and Casual are both devolving somewhat. I've been in both Casual and Advanced RPs that I had high hopes for, but ended up disappointing me a lot with their too casual nature. I like having something concrete to work with, and while open-world shit is cool too, I feel like it needs to be moderated so as to avoid it being populated with, like, 80% shitty, underdeveloped ideas that end up going nowhere and having no bearing in the actual story.

Shuffle your music player and post the first 10 songs

AC/DC - Back in Black
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Daft Punk - Around the World
Rise Against - Bricks
My Chemical Romance - The Ghost of You
Seether - Remedy
Rammstein - Reise Reise
Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Voltaire - When You're Evil

Song Lyrics Thread

All the sucked thumbs, and held skirts
And blankets, so secure
They block out the sweep of
The floodlights that could free them from

The darkness that surrounds them
The demons that keep hounding them
And gouge their eyes

'Till all they can see
are rigid dichotomies
Of the sacred and the profane
Salvation and shame
With fuck-all in between!