Answer To The Rpg Craze

Gwahir · October 2003

With the great number of RPG threads, why not create an RPG forum. Provide certain ground rules. Allow for persistance of characters between stories, etc.
The forum could be considered one universe where everything is happening semi-concurrently.

Thoughts?

Cleric_Epoch · October 2003

Good idea. Then people will actuly read the stories here without RPGs sitting at the top of the list all the time. Fun as they are.

343_guilty_spark · October 2003

I agree, RPGS need there own forum.

Lumberjack_Wannabe · October 2003

I agree. The Fan Fic forum has now become the RPG forum. Another forum (or sub-forum) would be great...

Bogglesteinsky · October 2003

it would be most handy

zooby · October 2003

any admins reading this then?

Rokiyo · October 2003

agreed, i'm holding off being in more than one RPG at once so I don't end up losing one or the other, however with their own separate forum they would be harder to lose track of...

deaincaelo · October 2003

way too many rpgs as is. they need orginization and trimming. think of how many people are in these rpgs, and how many games are going. now think of d&d, where the ratio tends to be 5-10 people per game. the ratios are off, and there is no orginization. also, should be closer to 50/50 khraa/rine games. there wern't even any alien rpgs till after i mentioned it in sparks game.

Rob · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (zooby @ Oct 23 2003, 05:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> any admins reading this then?  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
We already discussed this issue. Sorry guys, no RPG forum, <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>.

Lumberjack_Wannabe · October 2003

You can't compare Pen and Paper RPGs to Forum Based RPGS...

I do agree that there are WAY too many people playing one module (for instance, the insane amount of players in the Ariadne Guardpost module)... I think everyone should get together and write main rules about NS roleplaying, one rule being that there should be a set limit to how many modules you can be a part of, and how many players are allowed to join a module.

343_guilty_spark · October 2003

I been looking at the RPGS and there only seems to be 3, mine, Khans and Xects, doesn't seem much to me, also the others tend to die off.

Rob · October 2003

Hate to bring this back up... But.

If you you guys want to get together and write up some global rules, or whatever, I'll be glad to make a section on Wayward Warriors just for the RPGs, with links, and stuff.

Gwahir · October 2003

Okay, lets start with the basics.

Should a person be limited in number of characters on the forums, or should each thread be considered an independent universe save agreements made ahead of time?

Spyder_Monkey · November 2003

Bump for Uranium... for he is as impatient as he is hot-tempered.

You guys should should decide on the rules for "your" forum.

[edit2] The forum is created... so don't think we ignore you on purpose... it just wasn't as big of a problem then as it is now. Create your rules, so that I may post them and allow you access to view said forum.

xect · November 2003

Trimmed the number of players in the guardpost, started having to deny players access (tough, but neccesary).

I believe the reason that there's more human than alien RPGs is that humans, with their human behavior and group efforts, are more suited for roleplaying. Just like good-alignemt parties are more common than evil-aligned parties in D&D games, except the difference is even more remarkable in NS.

EDIT: Regarding rules, that might take a little discussion. First, it should be common practice to consult the DM of an RPG before beginning to post in there, also making sure people read the rules of the game would be nice.

Having a standard set of game rules, so people could point to that would be practical too, so people don't have to repeat themselves regarding text formatting. Wether or not an individual RPG followed these rules would be DMs choice, but being able to point to standard rules instead of repeating everything would be nice, as would a certain degree of standards in formatting and the like.

Finally, having a few mods participating in the RPG (either by existing mods doing so, or by having people already participating act as mods) would be nice. I don't know if it's possible to appoint mods on a forum-by-forum basis.

uranium_235 · November 2003

I probably wouldn't mind if the RPGers actually read other people fanfics. But now it's like drunken college frat-boys squatting inside someone elses nice house with a keg.

BTW: <3 to Spyder.

Bill_Door · November 2003

Hey! I read the fanfics! I just don't comment on them that much... I'm not much of a critic, sorry...

xect · November 2003

Who says we don't read other peoples fan-fics? I personally prefer waiting untill the stories are finished, because reading them part by part sort of splits the tension of a story best viewed as a whole. As such, there's not many to read right now.

uranium_235 · November 2003

BTW: Don't tell me forum RPGs don't work. I've been in one. Notice how these are organized, well written, and actually have a story to them... unlike... these...

<a href='http://invision.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=1811' target='_blank'>Dumpshocked!</a>

uranium_235 · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xect @ Nov 18 2003, 02:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Who says we don't read other peoples fan-fics? </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
I kinda got the idea when I checked the number of 'views' on my latest submission, and after 800 posts in these RPGS there had only been about 15 views, and the saddest part was that my prologue was still on top...

BTW: We're writers... we LIKE, and we NEED the criticism and feedback... it's the only way we get better...

Spyder_Monkey · November 2003

<span style='color:white'><b>Phased</b> for discussion in it's proper forum.</span>

uranium_235 · November 2003

Makes sense <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

xect · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (uranium - 235 @ Nov 18 2003, 08:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> BTW: We're writers... we LIKE, and we NEED the criticism and feedback... it's the only way we get better...  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Yeah, sorry about that :/. Will start writing feedback

343_guilty_spark · November 2003

I read storys but i don't know how to give feedback alot as i usually wait till the end then i lose track of the good ones.

Bogglesteinsky · November 2003

I started writing a long story, but after posting a few more parts, with nobody (not even TAK) saying anytihing, I just let it drop. I still have the file on my desktop, waiting for a rainy day for me to finish it. I am not sure it will ever happen though.

xect · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Z.X. Bogglesteinsky @ Nov 19 2003, 11:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I started writing a long story, but after posting a few more parts, with nobody (not even TAK) saying anytihing, I just let it drop. I still have the file on my desktop, waiting for a rainy day for me to finish it. I am not sure it will ever happen though.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
If it does, be sure to tell. I'd like to read it.

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