Hey guys, it's Zachary here. You clicked this thread and went "Oh Nine Divines, he's trying to start another fail RP again."
Well no, it really isn't like that. (And my RP's are good, Katie says so
)
One thing I noticed about Roleplaying threads in general is that they often die within the first week, mostly due to an unfathomable amount of causes that range from laziness to family issues to school to undisclosed issues. Yeah, we're all guilty of it, even me and it'll never go away unfortunately. We can only go over an idea so much in our heads before it just gets boring and we never post again.
Another is obviously the lack of users on the forums to even create the influx of RPs that we once had. It's not a big secret, in fact we could use all the activity we can get. Sure, we have users like El, RX, Sem, Rex and myself who are lauded for creating original ideas for stories and RP/PRP's but speaking for myself, most of my ideas that I use for RP/PRP's are just throw-away ideas that I don't really think I could use in my writing career like Charming Dissidia or Nex of Eterna. We can only come up with so much and people can only like so many ideas we have before they go, "Eh" and look the other way. (Not saying it happens to everyone, but it usually happens to me)
So you must be wondering; "So Zachary, what are you leading up too?" and I'll tell you. It's a new thing called 'Chat Roleplaying'.
(Okay, maybe not new but just a new concept to most of you that you can use.)
What Chat Roleplaying is instead of setting up a thread, typing out your posts and conversing with an ungodly amount of people to see if the post is okay, rechecking it, editing it, yadadadada, you actually Roleplay inside an IRC client in the channel #rphere. You might be scratching your head now but give me some time, I'll explain it.
When you RP in the chat, you might be wondering how does it work so I prepared a little sample to show you guys how it works.
See? Looks easy right? It actually is for some and harder for others, with thread RPs, you can take your time and think about the battle or scenario and add what you want to it but in chat RPing, you need to be on your toes at all times because anything (within reason) can go.
So we have rules in the chat RPs, mostly the same as the forums rules, but whoever has the highest OP OR whoever created the scenario is the GM or Game Master. Why? Just easier that way, trust me.
IF you want to join in on this stuff, you can! We won't stop you but if you join during a RP that is in session, please be a visitor and use () which are the OOC tags as I like to call 'em.
If you want to submit a scenario, use this form to do it and post it in the thread, we'll discuss it here and see if it'll be a good one or not. We'll do long ones and short ones, battles and just talking, we'll do anything!
Scenario:
When will we do it?:
How long will it take(an hour, a day, years?):
How many people can join it:
Any limitations?(No repeating power users in the RP etc.):
The point of chat RPs is to save the clutter from the forums and use the sudden urge of RPing in one motion so it doesn't go to waste. I feel that it offers a more personal attachment to the cause and it allows you to directly converse with the people in the RP so you can let them know how you feel and such. Not only that, it also can save time so if you want to RP, jump on and see if anyone is on there, type out a quickie and hop off!
I've been doing this kind of RPing for almost three years now and honestly, I like it. Whenever I have a cool idea to use, I usually bully Toru into RPing with me and honestly, all the times we did RP, I had so much fun and when others like Shiny or Ethan joined in, it was even more fantastic. I just want to share this with everyone.
If you have any questions, let me know on here. I'll do my best to answer them and if you make a good point, we'll add it to the rules of chat RPing. Obviously this is still a work in progress so bare with me! (and the mods and admins if they choose to help out with the idea)
Well no, it really isn't like that. (And my RP's are good, Katie says so
)One thing I noticed about Roleplaying threads in general is that they often die within the first week, mostly due to an unfathomable amount of causes that range from laziness to family issues to school to undisclosed issues. Yeah, we're all guilty of it, even me and it'll never go away unfortunately. We can only go over an idea so much in our heads before it just gets boring and we never post again.
Another is obviously the lack of users on the forums to even create the influx of RPs that we once had. It's not a big secret, in fact we could use all the activity we can get. Sure, we have users like El, RX, Sem, Rex and myself who are lauded for creating original ideas for stories and RP/PRP's but speaking for myself, most of my ideas that I use for RP/PRP's are just throw-away ideas that I don't really think I could use in my writing career like Charming Dissidia or Nex of Eterna. We can only come up with so much and people can only like so many ideas we have before they go, "Eh" and look the other way. (Not saying it happens to everyone, but it usually happens to me)
So you must be wondering; "So Zachary, what are you leading up too?" and I'll tell you. It's a new thing called 'Chat Roleplaying'.
(Okay, maybe not new but just a new concept to most of you that you can use.)
What Chat Roleplaying is instead of setting up a thread, typing out your posts and conversing with an ungodly amount of people to see if the post is okay, rechecking it, editing it, yadadadada, you actually Roleplay inside an IRC client in the channel #rphere. You might be scratching your head now but give me some time, I'll explain it.
When you RP in the chat, you might be wondering how does it work so I prepared a little sample to show you guys how it works.
See? Looks easy right? It actually is for some and harder for others, with thread RPs, you can take your time and think about the battle or scenario and add what you want to it but in chat RPing, you need to be on your toes at all times because anything (within reason) can go.
So we have rules in the chat RPs, mostly the same as the forums rules, but whoever has the highest OP OR whoever created the scenario is the GM or Game Master. Why? Just easier that way, trust me.
IF you want to join in on this stuff, you can! We won't stop you but if you join during a RP that is in session, please be a visitor and use () which are the OOC tags as I like to call 'em.
If you want to submit a scenario, use this form to do it and post it in the thread, we'll discuss it here and see if it'll be a good one or not. We'll do long ones and short ones, battles and just talking, we'll do anything!
Scenario:
When will we do it?:
How long will it take(an hour, a day, years?):
How many people can join it:
Any limitations?(No repeating power users in the RP etc.):
The point of chat RPs is to save the clutter from the forums and use the sudden urge of RPing in one motion so it doesn't go to waste. I feel that it offers a more personal attachment to the cause and it allows you to directly converse with the people in the RP so you can let them know how you feel and such. Not only that, it also can save time so if you want to RP, jump on and see if anyone is on there, type out a quickie and hop off!
I've been doing this kind of RPing for almost three years now and honestly, I like it. Whenever I have a cool idea to use, I usually bully Toru into RPing with me and honestly, all the times we did RP, I had so much fun and when others like Shiny or Ethan joined in, it was even more fantastic. I just want to share this with everyone.
If you have any questions, let me know on here. I'll do my best to answer them and if you make a good point, we'll add it to the rules of chat RPing. Obviously this is still a work in progress so bare with me! (and the mods and admins if they choose to help out with the idea)
Just joking of course 
