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Everyone who has ever Role played before share in this plight. Honestly, I think it is shit. I know that can be a bit harsh, but in my defense people in general are finicky. I understand people can't donate 100% of their lives to a role play, but even so it is really so hard to post a paragraph or two once a week? I also get the fact people can have personal drama in their life that can cause them to drop a RP. I feel that this is just laziness and not so much (I'm dealing with a lot of drama in my life) attitude that people develop. Seriously, I think the majority of reasons why people drop is because of pure laziness. Now I get the fact that people will read through this and some will think, "Wow, what a dick," and you would be right. I'm a tactless, apathetic, impartial person. I was raised believing that feeling bad for yourself is pointless, that no matter how shit your life may be; someone out there has it a lot worse than you do. So what is the point of moaning about it? Besides, isn't writing supposed to be a tool to help people deal with personal drama, a way to escape it? With that being said, I think the GM has a responsibility to his players. A responsibility to keep it alive through carefully planning out the plot and driving it forward in tandem with his players.

Now with that rant out of the way, allow me to introduce myself. Everyone can call me Sam. I apologize if I'm out of place here, but I simply want to state that I'm one of those few dedicated players. I've been role playing for, I don't know… five years maybe? The first RP I was ever in lasted months, not because the Gm was a genius or because the plot was perfect. In fact it was hectic and unorganized. What kept it together were the characters, and the people behind them. It was the best time I ever had in an RP. I came to the realization that despite everything else that makes up a Role Play, it is the players themselves that are the single most important piece to the puzzle. Good players can turn a shit RP into a great one, and shit players can turn a good RP into a dead one. I have been actively searching for years to reproduce the same experience I had with my first RP. Needless to say, nothing has come close to it. I don't claim to be a great GM, but I do try my best to make my Role Plays enjoyable for everyone participating. As for activity, I've been known to drop an RP, but not because of drama or lack of interest, but simply because It freaking died and everyone left. I'm game for any plot this group comes up with, and I will do my part to make it a Role Play worth playing.
 
Sammael9216 said:
someone out there has it a lot worse than you do.
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As somebody who is going to become a therapist, I have to respond to that o_o

Just because somebody has it worse, doesnt mean that it is not just as bad, just as terrible for the individual person him/herself. It is a factor of subjectivity and therefore must be treated with the needed support and respect.
With that said, I welcome you to this small collection of people.
 
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Sammael9216 said:
Everyone who has ever Role played before share in this plight. Honestly, I think it is shit. I know that can be a bit harsh, but in my defense people in general are finicky. I understand people can't donate 100% of their lives to a role play, but even so it is really so hard to post a paragraph or two once a week? I also get the fact people can have personal drama in their life that can cause them to drop a RP. I feel that this is just laziness and not so much (I'm dealing with a lot of drama in my life) attitude that people develop. Seriously, I think the majority of reasons why people drop is because of pure laziness. Now I get the fact that people will read through this and some will think, "Wow, what a dick," and you would be right. I'm a tactless, apathetic, impartial person. I was raised believing that feeling bad for yourself is pointless, that no matter how shit your life may be; someone out there has it a lot worse than you do. So what is the point of moaning about it? Besides, isn't writing supposed to be a tool to help people deal with personal drama, a way to escape it? With that being said, I think the GM has a responsibility to his players. A responsibility to keep it alive through carefully planning out the plot and driving it forward in tandem with his players.

Now with that rant out of the way, allow me to introduce myself. Everyone can call me Sam. I apologize if I'm out of place here, but I simply want to state that I'm one of those few dedicated players. I've been role playing for, I don't know… five years maybe? The first RP I was ever in lasted months, not because the Gm was a genius or because the plot was perfect. In fact it was hectic and unorganized. What kept it together were the characters, and the people behind them. It was the best time I ever had in an RP. I came to the realization that despite everything else that makes up a Role Play, it is the players themselves that are the single most important piece to the puzzle. Good players can turn a shit RP into a great one, and shit players can turn a good RP into a dead one. I have been actively searching for years to reproduce the same experience I had with my first RP. Needless to say, nothing has come close to it. I don't claim to be a great GM, but I do try my best to make my Role Plays enjoyable for everyone participating. As for activity, I've been known to drop an RP, but not because of drama or lack of interest, but simply because It freaking died and everyone left. I'm game for any plot this group comes up with, and I will do my part to make it a Role Play worth playing.
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Hi, Sam!
I completely understand your frustration and even your reasoning. My longest RP has been going on for 2 and a half years and I know it's been that way cause it was mainly one on one.
All I can say is welcome to a small group of dedicated writers.
 
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As somebody who is going to become a therapist, I have to respond to that o_o

Just because somebody has it worse, doesnt mean that it is not just as bad, just as terrible for the individual person him/herself. It is a factor of subjectivity and therefore must be treated with the needed support and respect.
With that said, I welcome you to this small collection of people.
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Oooh. Yes but also, from a psychologist point of view, a detached opinion on suffering of another person is much more relaxing than being concerned with every detail that might be wrong in a person's life. At the end of the day, if it can't be fixed, don't moan. There's nothing you can do. If it can, fix it and get on with it.

Obviously I understand scenarios are different to each person and it is relative, I just wanted to put that little bit of support in there for our new comer.

(Sorry for the lack of coding, on mobile.)
 
Desire said:
As somebody who is going to become a therapist, I have to respond to that o_o

Just because somebody has it worse, doesnt mean that it is not just as bad, just as terrible for the individual person him/herself. It is a factor of subjectivity and therefore must be treated with the needed support and respect.
With that said, I welcome you to this small collection of people.
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I appreciate everyone welcoming me aboard, and I do not intend to start any form of drama whatsoever. What I said above is just my personal opinion. I suppose my reasoning is largely contributed to the atmosphere I was raised in. My family in a sense are a bunch of hard asses, who "Despise titty babies," in those actual words. I guess the best way I can explain this is from a story. My uncle Buck at the age of fourteen nearly killed his uncle Clay; for cussing at the dinner table on Sunday. He shot at him with a 30-30 lever action rifle, and only missed because his dad, (my Grandfather) knocked the gun up with his hand at the last second. I was told stories like these my entire life, and many being far far worse. Like how Uncle Buck stole a large amount of cocaine from the Mexican cartel and vacationed in Florida for a month selling it. Needless to say, those stories have made an impression on my life.
 
@Sammael9216

And here you are roleplaying. How curious! But I appreciate the fact that everyone's upbringing is different. You are who you are and we welcome thee! :D
 
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@Sammael9216

And here you are roleplaying. How curious! But I appreciate the fact that everyone's upbringing is different. You are who you are and we welcome thee! :D
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I may have been raised by a bunch of southern, ex-military, baddasses, but that doesn't mean that I can't have a passion for writing. My Grandfather was apeshit over Star Treck and my uncle John is a complete nerd even if he doesn't realize it. Meaning he goes crazy over fantasy movies like Lord of the Rings. My passion for writing is probally a heridatry trait I gained from my Grandfather, who was the be all of all story tellers.
 
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Sammael9216 said:
I may have been raised by a bunch of southern, ex-military, baddasses, but that doesn't mean that I can't have a passion for writing. My Grandfather was apeshit over Star Treck and my uncle John is a complete nerd even if he doesn't realize it. Meaning he goes crazy over fantasy movies like Lord of the Rings. My passion for writing is probally a heridatry trait I gained from my Grandfather, who was the be all of all story tellers.
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I really envy you actually. It sounds like you've got a wonderfully close family with all sorts of tales to tell. Some of us are in tiny two person families. My greatest tale is the one where my Dad had to deal with a hostage situation while fixing plumbing. I guess I look up to him more than I care to admit but you sound like you've got some solid characters around. I can't wait to be in an RP with you. :D
 
@Angel_Cake

That is atually really cool. You should tell that story more often. And yes I have a very large family. My Grandpa had 11 brothers and sisters, and he had 5 daughters and 2 sons with three miscarriages. It's not as glamorous as you may think. My uncles and my grandfather certainly lived crazy lives, and they have some wild stories. But its hard for me because there is no way I could live a similar life and do the things they did; not without serving time in prison. Life is different now, and with different rules.

Example. When Buck was around 20 or so he was jumped in town by a group of boys, they took a tire iron to the back of his head and beat the hell out him. Somehow he managed to drive himself to his sister's house who lived in town at the time. Buck's brother in law Frank bandaged him up and together the two drove through town with a sawed off shotgun looking for these boys. Well they found them, Frank held 6 men at gun point while my uncle Buck beat the hell out of each one, one at a time. The boy who slugged him with a tire iron fought Buck last, and from what I'm told Buck almost killed him. This event unfolded in the middle of a Piggly Wiggly parking lot, in Blue Ridge, GA. I found out later they jumped him because Buck cheated them out of some quality pot. You can't get away with shit like that now.
 
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@Angel_Cake

That is atually really cool. You should tell that story more often. And yes I have a very large family. My Grandpa had 11 brothers and sisters, and he had 5 daughters and 2 sons with three miscarriages. It's not as glamorous as you may think. My uncles and my grandfather certainly lived crazy lives, and they have some wild stories. But its hard for me because there is no way I could live a similar life and do the things they did; not without serving time in prison. Life is different now, and with different rules.

Example. When Buck was around 20 or so he was jumped in town by a group of boys, they took a tire iron to the back of his head and beat the hell out him. Somehow he managed to drive himself to his sister's house who lived in town at the time. Buck's brother in law Frank bandaged him up and together the two drove through town with a sawed off shotgun looking for these boys. Well they found them, Frank held 6 men at gun point while my uncle Buck beat the hell out of each one, one at a time. The boy who slugged him with a tire iron fought Buck last, and from what I'm told Buck almost killed him. This event unfolded in the middle of a Piggly Wiggly parking lot, in Blue Ridge, GA. I found out later they jumped him because Buck cheated them out of some quality pot. You can't get away with shit like that now.
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That's incredible. I'm guessing you're from the states considering guns aren't legal at all here except for hunting and the like. My god. I can't think of anything crazy like that at all from my family. It's more like petty theft in Nike tracksuits and alcohilism with young kids. England lost it's badassness when we came into the modern age. Now we're just cynics who want to keep our little island afloat.

RULE BRITANIA! (Joke.)
 
@Angel_Cake

I greatly appreciate you indulging my sense of story, and allowing me to share in some of my families experiences. I admit, my greatest sin is vanity. I truly love nothing more than to tell stories about my family.
 
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Awesome, looks like we've got some interested parties after all. This is great.

I did a quick count, and got nine users. That's fantastic. I've been reading through all of your introductions, and get more I read, the most excited I'm getting about this. It seems that we've all experienced the same frustrations. In truth, I believe this is a necessary first step.

As I said, the goal is a sustained, productive, roleplay. This is a hobby and a passion for most of us, that has, in the past, produced far too many headaches for something that's supposed to be fun and entertaining. So lets work together to make it that way again.

We need a play. We are roleplayers, and that is what we do. Most of us, from what I saw earlier on, are comfortable with fantasy settings: Magic, Gods, Dwarves with Beards, Elves without… we know the ideas. Let us use them. I suggest we start world building, together. As I said before, there are nine of us here. Lets see if we can't come up with two or three countries / Kingdoms through which we can ground our characters, at least start building on. I'd like at least one of them to be a mixed race home, where all races are involved, and not a racial home (aka Rivendale). Please provide as much information as you feel is important. We can vote on entries or adopt as many as the group wishes.

As well, if you want to suggest a plot, feel free. I just ask that you tag your proposed plots so they are clearly visible, and that you tag your proposed locations in the same manner. There's nothing saying we have to stick with fantasy, or even one play. There's enough of us here we can populate a few, and I think it would be a great idea to do so.
 
I also promised to post a more detailed introduction about myself when I had the time.

My name is Garth, you may call me Garth, or by my user, whichever suits you best. I'm a 33 year old office professional from North Carolina, which means I work a standard 9 to 5. Earlier I said that I started in '99, which is a bit off. I started back on a site called WBS.net back in my sophomore year in high school, which was 97. My very first characters were fantasy characters in a free form fantasy chat roleplay room. I stayed with the group there until the site closed down and we went from WBS to a place called Illusionary Minds. I spent another 2 years there.

I jumped from fantasy to Sci-Fi for a while when I moved to Ethereal Realms. Star Trek was my game, not because I was particularly interested in it, but because the chatter base was just genuinely friendlier and more accepting of new comers. When ER closed down, we migrated over to another chatsite named after the original WBS.

On the reimagined WBS, I was approached and talked into hosting a chatroom based roleplay on Star Trek that was titled Star Trek Millennium. For the four years I was an undergrad in college, I hosted and participated in all functions of the room including admin decisions, conflict management, storyline development… some of my closest friends came from that group, and to this day we still talk.

I enjoy roleplay. I'm addicted to it. Almost 20 years of something will do that to you. I have played every genre I can think of, and find myself more drawn to villains than anything. I love to play the darker side of human nature, so my characters tend to reflect that. I also like to take the stereotypical good guy, perched high on his morals and his belief in honor, and create a situation to make him fall. Just my idea of a good time I guess.

My favorite part of roleplay is the interactions with my partners. The out of character chatter, the stories, learning about everyone, participating in part of someone's day from miles away. I love the intimate friendships it create, and the stories born out of those friendships.

We are going to have fun.
 
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@Elan Tedronai

That post has actually made my day. :D As I mentioned on my profile, I'm away for a week on camp so I don't have my laptop but I have a ton of realm information on their that I'd be happy to share with everyone.

If it's any help, I have a god system known as the High Dragons. We could always have them involved in some aspect if needed. Of course, it's not necessary.
 
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Feel free to share. If you don't have access to them, but wanna give out a few highlights, that's fine, or if you want to wait until you get back to your computer, that's ok too. I'd love to read / see what they're all about.
 
@Elan Tedronai I have something in one of my notebooks somewhere... tucked away in the foreign land known as my closet. :D
 
I actually have never really dropped an RP. I've just kinda watched them die, which happens a lot really which is why I'm posting here.

Anyway, I'm Kay. You can call me whatever you want, but please choose something that makes sense or I probably won't know who you're talking to. I've roleplayed for about 2 months so I'm pretty behind on that compared to most of you, but I've been writing for a fairly long time.

As far as roleplaying level, I can do anything between speed posting one liners or writing a bunch of paragraphs once a week or every few days. Few people can keep up with the former though so I'd rather not do that.

So things about me:
-I can't read walls of text. Length isn't the problem, I just have trouble reading everything if it's all squished together.
-I tend to write more if I'm actively moving the plot somewhere or am in combat. If I'm passive I don't have as much to write, so posts will be a little shorter.
-I prefer supernatural elements and super powers, but if you want completely normal people that's okay too.
-I have a hard time playing a character with no understanding of how to fight.
-I don't mind characters with ridiculous amounts of power as long as everyone else is okay with it.
-I'm usually best with combat scenes.
-My post size adjusts to match everyone else's.

Any genre is fine with me, but I usually do modern or sci-fi settings. Hope something comes of this.
 
KAY IS HERE!
I TOLD YOU WE HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS.
AND I LIKE THE WAY YOU RP.
so yeah.



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