The Archives Discussion

Danikat · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject: The Archives Discussion

A place to talk about topics in The Archives.
Why?
Because I wanna talk about them. Razz

Just re-reading the first Forum Wars, and I can't believe how much power-playing is going on at the start. People grabbing weapons from no where, weapons that instantly do vast amounts of damage without giving the other person a chance to defeand themselves. Damage which is then shaken off as if its nothing for no good reason at all.

Were we really ever that bad? And why didn't it bother us?

On a completely unrelated note I love the old 'What if we all lived in the same house?' RP as well.
When did RPing become all about fighting? We should do something like that again...

Shaon · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject:

Yes. People think that RP is a life of adventure, every second is a journey.

Believe me, it's not. I'd absolutely love to see a RP where I could rant on and on about my creations.

Heck, I'd love to do that now.

Danikat · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:58 pm Post subject:

As long as I'm not forced to read it go for it. Wink

I was planning on starting a non-violent RP as soon as I could think of something original. But if someone wants to do the work for me I won't complain.

Oh and I just got a message informing me that there were so many spelling mistakes in the Forum Wars topic the computer was unable to continue displaying them all (I know what you're thinking, I wish I was joking) and that if I wanted to see them I'd have to click on the spelling and grammar tool. Laughing

3kul · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:57 am Post subject:

I've only ever participated seriously in RPs about fighting, I don't know how I'd do in a non-fighting one... Well, I've given it a shot at least, the settlement RPs seem pretty interesting, for now I've picked the one in The Wilds.

Embri · Black Spider Blackstar Native Old Friend Posts: 2172

I hope there are lots and lots of RP's in the archives, soon! I was thinking, though, normally, when a forum RP is running, it's really hard for some people to join in if the RP has been going on for a while, because all the nessessary information (Where everyone is, what everyone looks like, and the major plot points) is all buried in pages and pages of posts. Too bad there isn't some way to make a summary of a RP so that it would be easier for new players to jump in. Erg, there I go rambling again. Apologies. Sad

Danikat · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:07 am Post subject:

Actually Embri thats a really good idea.

Including where people are and what they're doing might be a little hard but maybe we could start a policy of having the first post edited periodically to include everyones profiles (or links to their profiles, to save on length) and a general overview of important events that have changed the battlefield/rules/space-time continuum.

Sort of a short review of the topic so people only have to read the last page or two to find out whats going on at that precise moment before they join in.

Embri · Black Spider Blackstar Native Old Friend Posts: 2172

That's exactly what I was thinking, but you said it better! *grins*

When I first joined a real RP, (My first was EC. vs Gameware, page 102) it took simply FOREVER to read through the previous pages. I'm glad I did, but it was a long trek, and I'm a very fast reader. In particular, I wasn't sure where to find descriptions of the participating characters, so I messed up on some of the posts that involved other people and places.

Oh, and by "where everyone is" I meant the setting of the RP, not really everyone's precise location. That would be impossible to keep up to date.

Vromoth · Red Belt Old Friend Evil Council Member Posts: 137

Is Vromoth a good name? *Looks cheesy*
I was lucky with EC vs. GW I was in at the start, one of the first.

Danikat · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 4:59 am Post subject:

Aside from the fact that my stupid brain often can't tell the diffrence between 'Vromoth' and 'Veamoth' I think its a great name.

Ruster · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:16 am Post subject:

Embri · Black Spider Blackstar Native Old Friend Posts: 2172

It is rather amusing that you both happened to pick similar names, I'll assume independently. Ah well, it's a bit late to be going and changing now, isn't it?

Danikat · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject:

LordPsycho · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject:

On the note of the Archives, I'm still looking for a Moderator for the archives, which does not mean what normal moderatorship normally means. To be the Mod of the Archives means you will go out and change RP's into a txt document, then send that txt file to me to upload and post.

Don't worry, I will be doing my fair share of that too....

Danikat · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject:

*A tumble weed drifts past*

3kul · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject:

I might be interested in doing something like that DP, given my frequent large amounts of free time (I'm an arts student at uni, those who know what that is will get what I mean Razz

).