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Re: Time for a PSA~

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MrGrimmer is not online. MrGrimmer
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15 Jul 2014 01:28 PM
Here's a little piece of advice for all you aspiring RP makers out there:

When you make a roleplay, make sure you actually have a plot in mind. If you come up with some vaguely interesting idea and post it without actually planning out stuff for your RPers to do, it's going to suck (unless it specifically plays off of the idea of "winging it", like in a nations RP or a creation RP). You can have the greatest premise and setting in the world, but if you don't have a plot, your RP is garbage.

Please, come up with a plot for your roleplay before you post it.
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vamking12 is not online. vamking12
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15 Jul 2014 01:29 PM
Reason why I never posted Circle

Also Pokemon World checkmate
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PickachuGirl is not online. PickachuGirl
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15 Jul 2014 01:30 PM
you really are from tumblr, arent you
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HiIoman is not online. HiIoman
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15 Jul 2014 01:33 PM
grim doesn't have a tumbler

i do

the title is an inside joke
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PickachuGirl is not online. PickachuGirl
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15 Jul 2014 01:34 PM
what

ok
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hwen4 is not online. hwen4
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15 Jul 2014 01:37 PM
This is incorrect... An over-view may also be introduced instead of a plot.
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HiIoman is not online. HiIoman
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15 Jul 2014 01:40 PM
the problem there, hwen, is having all the roleplayers get bored and leave

more often than not rps without a plot fail
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vamking12 is not online. vamking12
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15 Jul 2014 01:41 PM
CoughPokemonWorldCough
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HiIoman is not online. HiIoman
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15 Jul 2014 01:41 PM
pokemon rps... dies...
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hwen4 is not online. hwen4
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15 Jul 2014 01:42 PM
Who said it wouldn't have a plot? The over-view is for the world, the individual creates the plots.
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Zaadan is not online. Zaadan
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15 Jul 2014 01:42 PM
Every roleplay dies.
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hwen4 is not online. hwen4
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15 Jul 2014 01:43 PM
Except Cartoon roleplay. Cartoon roleplay will live forever.
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vamking12 is not online. vamking12
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15 Jul 2014 01:45 PM
Pokemon World has 1128 pages.

Went on for more than a year.

It died like a boss.
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HiIoman is not online. HiIoman
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15 Jul 2014 01:45 PM
hwen you say it as if you're refering to a specific roleplay. this is not refering to a specific roleplay. this thread is made as a sweeping statement and will obviously have outliers but follows the general trend. if the rp is something like "pokemon" then youll have people who just want to play around as a pokemon. but normally this is not the case, and these threads require a plot to keep the roleplayers interested and have them stay or they leave.
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Cyantic is not online. Cyantic
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15 Jul 2014 01:46 PM
i have only had one rp which had a planned plot

most of the time having a structured plot fails because rpers are goofs
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hwen4 is not online. hwen4
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15 Jul 2014 01:48 PM
Er, you could say that I was referring to the "Free-Roam" genre in my statement.
But, the plot equals incentive, keeping in that range will keep interest for the player. An over-view would just suggest what plots are available, and allow players to collaborate to create the plot that fits with the world.
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l0ldude1 is not online. l0ldude1
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15 Jul 2014 01:49 PM
Guys, he joined in February.
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hwen4 is not online. hwen4
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15 Jul 2014 01:50 PM
Yeah, my major clink with his logic is "Please make a plot BEFORE posting your roleplay."
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PickachuGirl is not online. PickachuGirl
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15 Jul 2014 01:50 PM
according to l0ldude1, alternative accounts are no longer being used
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HiIoman is not online. HiIoman
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15 Jul 2014 01:51 PM
what you're saying works in theory, but experience and evaluation have told me that everyone who joins a free roam roleplay has their own conflicting plot in mind and when it doesn't work out they get bored and leave. planned plot works much better for your model, it gives a motive it gives reason for the motive and it gives a reason to roleplay. what creates the roleplay is the actions of the characters and how they deal with the situation and further the plot
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1perrytheplatypus is not online. 1perrytheplatypus
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15 Jul 2014 01:52 PM
@MrGrimmer

i have accomplished what you asked m'lord
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Cyantic is not online. Cyantic
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15 Jul 2014 01:53 PM
there has been no plot for any of my rps that have been successful. [i count successful as 50+ pages] it was more like a slight overview with what you are fighting or doing, where it is, and giving you your supplies.

all i do is try and get you there alive.
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hwen4 is not online. hwen4
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15 Jul 2014 01:53 PM
Ah-ha, but my theory has worked... The over-view has been used in Cartoon roleplay, and Galatic Conquest.
However, this is just one of the suggestions an "Over-view" roleplay can give. Honestly, structured, "plot" roleplays can give a more enjoyable experience, though not for the long term.
I suggest either simple over-view in the confines of a single area (Like Winter's Blaze.) or structured roleplay forum.
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Zaadan is not online. Zaadan
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15 Jul 2014 01:53 PM
@Cyan

Same

The simpler ideas tend to attract more people

And you end up having more fun
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hwen4 is not online. hwen4
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15 Jul 2014 01:54 PM
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