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| 05 Dec 2014 07:12 PM |
In 2011 and 2012 (it's hard to believe it was that early ago), I was more of a novice, but my abundance of RPs flourished. The RPs flowed well enough, they moved quicker than my modern RPs, and they demonstrated how I was somewhere near or at the peak of my creativity and productivity.
Now I spit out maybe one RP every four months, I feel they're pretty lackluster, they always move too slowly and die out, and the passion seems to be missing. It's like that little spark of innovation and creativity I had back then is missing. Of course one of the factors that contributes to this is school, but I feel that it's responsible for more than just my inactivity. I feel like my schoolwork is suppressing my inspiration and creativity.
The community is a factor, as well. It's rapidly changed over the course of these three-four years, RPers have come and gone, and I can't help but feel that lately, RPing has been put on the backburner because we're too concerned with other matters that really have nothing to do with this forum. Frankly, I'm upset with how RP has changed. Change is inevitable, I get that, but this forum has seemed to change for the worse, not the better.
tl;dr- I am nostalgic, and I want to go back to our roots, when RPing and developing one's ability to write were the central pursuits of this forum, the community was more casual and laid back, and the forum was more vibrant and passionate about what it does. RP, for the sake of my sanity and the sake of this forum, deliver, pls, deliver. |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:13 PM |
| "omgggggg old RP was beter" |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:14 PM |
| climb back into your grave, pls, oter |
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Cyantic
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:18 PM |
| It's been bad for a while, and probably pulling it out would require something massive. I doubt it'll happen. |
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Coriandr
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:19 PM |
Actually, he's apparently a VGF'er that moved here to troll and make himself feel better after getting his subforum removed.
And, yes, I've lost all feeling of nostalgia since I stopped lurking for the few weeks that I was, after rejoining the forums and realizing how much it changed.
There are forum-wide trolls, barely anyone that I actually knew, besides you, Timpookie, PawzKat, and a few others... Fortunately, they haven't succumbed to the new community that is now RP, but, unfortunately and regretfully, I myself have. Though I still wish there was that feeling of nostalgia, and that it could all be back, I realize it's a slim-to-none chance that it will, and I guess I've sort of automatically merged myself with the new commuters.
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:21 PM |
| I think this forum can still prosper, it just needs a firm push in the right direction from the right people. And, as much as I'd like to get involved again, I'm experiencing my junior year of high school, which is rumored to be the worst. And I can confirm this to be true. Junior year is painfully tedious. |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:23 PM |
| Really? Junior is my favorite year atm |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:24 PM |
Schoolwork has a tendancy to do that, yes. The teachers do their darndest to suffocate you and make them a lifeless, yet 'knowledgable,' being who does what they are told.
I don't have to have joined in 2011 to notice stuff like this. Even when I was new, things weren't TOO bad. I made a roleplay that actually went and lived for a couple weeks, and by today's standards, it wasn't even that "good." Now, I see roleplays die as soon as they're screated, and people are suffocating themselves with the anxiety that they'll do something wrong, and they forget why they're here, and they stop roleplaying |
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LNG257
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:24 PM |
With the leaving of a good bunch of our RPers like soard, I think we had better welcome this new generation with open arms.
Seems like some of 'em are already accepted with us.
Wait.
Does this mean I'm part of the "Senior RPers" group now? |
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Coriandr
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:24 PM |
You're right, it *can* prosper. But, we would have to get so many of us to revert back to the old ways, get the new ones to either revert, or leave, and then keep RPF from ever going back.
It would be painfully hard, and we could never boot out all the new trolls, especially with this new forum merge and deletion.
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:25 PM |
tbh i always thought this site would be the best it could get in terms of enjoyment of rping but really it sucks
so inactive everyone talks with each other and has friendship rituals, but no one actually wants to rp
rpnation tbh its better for someone who actually wants to get better at rping, seriously the post sizes are huge with detail and quality and im just im taking a ton more effort into my posts
which means ill still be here because well i procrastinate on everything but honestly i just. im glad i found another site other than this one. |
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Coriandr
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:25 PM |
"Does this mean I'm part of the "Senior RPers" group now?"
Yes. Am I? c:
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LNG257
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:26 PM |
"Yes. Am I? c:"
Nop, I dun ever seen you before. Yer in with them "New generation of RPers" group. |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:27 PM |
"Really? Junior is my favorite year atm"
Well, not worst in the sense that it's the most dreaded, but in the sense that it's the busiest. My sophomore year was pretty hectic, but not nearly as hectic as this year. More often than not, I want to go slam my head into the wall because of the workload I get. With midterms coming up in the next two weeks, I'm already feeling stressed. And I'm also taking my first college classes this year, so it's all the more brutal. |
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Coriandr
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:30 PM |
"Nop, I dun ever seen you before. Yer in with them "New generation of RPers" group."
You don't remember me? ... SammyMan09, Powers RP by Tim, back in early 2013, maybe late 2012... Anything?
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:31 PM |
@Purring,
Yup. We have too many RP moderators now, and most of them don't RP themselves. They're one of the core reasons there's so few RPs and so much controversy among members. But like Wifi said, fussing about stuff like this won't change anything, it'll only fuel it. We just have to do what we're here to do and drown out the tough critics that don't contribute much to the forum. |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:34 PM |
"his subforum removed." wow you really are blind and stupid |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:34 PM |
yes indeed but I do have a slight confession, tai I'm one of the people who are too scared and downhearted to actually RP |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:37 PM |
"but I do have a slight confession, tai I'm one of the people who are too scared and downhearted to actually RP"
which is why we really need to fix this
dump some propane gas on the trolls, light 'em up, modify the forum to make it more centrally focused on rping, and then go sing some Christmas carols |
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Not1perry
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:37 PM |
| I'll make it a goal to try and make a new RP every week. Perhaps that will give the shove. |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:42 PM |
That'll be pretty hard to manage, Perry. And I don't think RPs are even the greatest necessity to get things rolling again. Even sharing and contributing ideas through interest checks and collaborations should start the ball rolling and give rise to a new year of RPs
in fact, it being so late in the year, this should just be our new year's resolution |
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:42 PM |
| all right, I got the matches. |
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Coriandr
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:42 PM |
Perry, I could give you a PiratePad link meant for collabs on ROBLOX. We could have a bunch of us, like you, me, Tai, Tim, Pawz, and whoever else mature that we can get, and pitch in each week for a new roleplay.
So, we could work on making the idea whenever we can, just thinking about it through any days, and keeping a list of some of them. Then, when it comes to it, we could make the best ones we can, all of us pitch in, and wammo. Weekly roleplay commuter group. :3
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| 05 Dec 2014 07:47 PM |
| Sounds good. If some guy doesn't show up, we could go on without them for that one week. If somebody trolls, there are two extremes: go full-on Spanish inquisition, or just ignore them. |
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