Topic: Just a few rules.... please add!!

[Froggie chan]

well i did run it by you in ICT todays ^_^;;

since everyone agrees im closing this topic to avoid spam...

[Froggie chan]

NEW RULE!!

* If there is a problem with an RP please take it to the appripiate person over PM's. If you have a problem you would like to address with someone else then Robin, MJ, Liz or myself will help.
Just please *dont* mess up the boards with argueing.
thankyou

[Cirdan]

I'm just wanting to say this before I go off an a full blown rant.  I have noticed that a lot of new RPG are cropping up and the older ones that have been started are left unfinished.  This is a minor irritation because if one person has posted and is now waiting for someone to reply then all they can do is wait, (the mountain RPG is an example).  Also I've noticed on many RPG's that everything seems to wander way off course (1st annual quest). I think the one thing that really bugs me has to be when two people decide to kill a character off so early, now this would be fine if we had about 20 people here who posted daily and were big RPG fans that could RP properly not when we only have 5 people and we aren't even into the story yet.  I have nothing against the death of characters just not with so few people and not the only hero in the story (Star Wars RPG).  Also I would like to suggest that we try some basic RPG that have a fixed structure in the future, I'm all for freedom of the story but it needs to stay on track, so I advice the following types:

Crime: A crime is committed and people have to find out who committed it. I believe Neil (I think) has already done this. Kudos.

Fantasy: Story can feature magic and mythology and can be fully free or structured.

Adventure: Sometimes confused with Fantasy but this usually doesn't contain magic.

Horror: Can be linked with crime but with a much darker feel.

Romance: Love story that can link everyone of certain characters.

Casual: A story of everyday life, most likely based in school and at home.

Anime: Based on an anime.

These are just suggestion and all can be inter-twined but all but Fantasy and Casual are structured so straying from the main plot isn't good but making sub-plots is fine.  The only reason I bring this up is because of all the time I spend on my other RPG's to come  here and see all the dead ones kinda bugs me.  If anyone anything to add please do.  Criticise any ones choices and you post will be deleted.
                                                            
                                                             -Thankyou.
                                                                        Robin

[Froggie chan]

I can see what you mean. The mountain RP has almost died... i would reply but i could do with someone else to help re set the story off if people dont mind me asking. It seems that my character is doing everything and everyone else seems to be following so i can see what you mean there.
Some of the older older Rps i just dont know what happened. The kingdom Rp for example i was waiting for neil to reply and in the end gave up cos i was waiting for a few months.

I can see what you mean. Maybe at the start of each new RP the type of Rp should be reconiguised so fellow Rpers can see whats type of story this will be, maybe this will help with characters and character development? Just a suggestion there.

But yes i do agree with you Robin adn im sorry to everyone if this has anything at all to do with myself.

[Maki-chan]

Erm, I know that I'm just as guilty as everyone else. It's not often that I get truly stuck and can't figure out a creative way to keep the thread going along. A lot of the time it's just the opposite and I wind up posting too much stuff and lose track of where the story is actually supposed to be going. I totally agree with you on trying to add more structure to the games. That's what I had in mind when I proposed the organized rpg idea, but I found all of the details to be really overwhelming. Just keeping track of everyone's character statistics and experience alone would be quite an accounting job, so I don't know if it's a good idea to take it quite that far.

Lately things have been getting slow in general here at the forum which doesn't help. Maybe we could consider ways of bringing more members here?

[Froggie chan]

yeah organised Rps can take a really long time to organiase and i dont think anyone here really has the time to organise something with everything else in their lives. I would help but with next year being our (our being many of us here ^_^; GCSE year I need to start planning how im going to study and fit everything else in and i dont think anybody else has the time these days.
As for new members that would be a good idea espically if they were a good Rper who could post on a regular basis.. it just seems to be the same people and the characters can become slightly boring if they are similar.

[Schitzoid]

I have to agree with Amy. Organised RPs would not only take a while to sort out, but it can be a stressful ordeal. With the majority of the guys here going into their last year at school it would be better to avoid, for the time being at least especially as they have to start sending off college applications pretty soon too.
I could try to set some up, but I, myself am still pretty busy. I have my last college interveiw soon and I have rehearsals for a show soon, although my life is reletively stress free for the next 2 weeks or so...

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[minimoon]

I am guilty of this... but so are you.
The only reasons that I have left rps are if they have died, people are ignoring me or if I've killed off my character. We do need to try harder to keep them alive. I havent been able to post in most of the rps recently because people havent been replying. So i probably wont need you to close them when i go on holiday at the end of this week.
People just can't get on as much as before...

[..:: Chibi Plum ::..]

my one is dead. no one replied so i can't do anything coz i posted last. i guess i have a habit of leaving RP's but they just get so far aheead that i lose track since i can't come on at home and such.

Tehehehe sorry.

[Froggie chan]

I think i *may* have been waiting for a reply.. or i couldnt think of anything to put.

[minimoon]

It's not fair i really liked the lost innocence rp. I liked my characters! ^^

[Maki-chan]

Erm, would you like to resurrect it? I'll put it back if that's the case.

[Meilinrose]

A quick question actually, I'll edit this post afterwards if/when it gets answered. What's the deal with swearing in the RPs? Obviously if it's excessively OOC then it's not appropriate, but how about if we have a character (or OC) who's naturally coarse in how they speak? I was just wondering if there's a limit at all.

[Miss Lucia]

I would allow it. many places put up no swearing because of young kids but we are all at a sensible age and as long as it is in context and not just swearing for the hell of it then thats fine. Well thats how i feel.

[Froggie chan]

Hmm... depends in case there are younger audiences veiwing the forum.. i guess it would have to be decied in the person who creates the Rps extra rules.. *shrugs*
But yeah only in content not pointlessly.