Coriandr
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| 04 Mar 2016 02:28 PM |
Saying "Marked" and never actually joining is the most idiotic and annoying thing. Checking for interests before you make every single RP is very inefficient and generally results in you not making it because 10 people didn't say "sure I'll join".
Just don't mark crap. Make a CS or don't. When you say "Marked, will try to make a CS" it just makes me lose hope in my RP working because people generally don't actually make their CS. Just make it or don't, sheesh. As a wise midget once said, "Do, or do not, there is no try."
Don't make an Interest Check thread. Just make the roleplay and see if it works. Usually people won't respond because they don't know exactly how the RP would pan out because they don't know everything that would happen so they don't respond and then you don't make it.
And as a bonus: Don't make your RP 500 paragraphs long. Yeah I know, its impressive, but almost nobody ever reads it all. I once challenged myself to read some 50-ish paragraph roleplay and I spent like 2 hours reading the whole thing and by the time I got to the end, I'd forgotten what the beginning was about and was kind of just bored and never actually tried to join the RP.
Sure, don't make it "a big nuke exploded and people got super powers" and then the CS and rules or something, but don't make it so that we have to spend hours reading it or else not know what to do. If you really want it detailed, then at least make a brief TL;DR for the the storyline, how the RP will work, if you have set weapons/tools/abilities to use or not and then if they want specifics they can go and read those areas, but don't force us to read a thousand lines of text because you want your roleplay to look though out and smart.
And for the love of all things good and righteous, don't make a roleplay then not know how to start it. People are expecting you, the creator, to start so that they know how its going to happen. You need to make the first post before people even join the roleplay and show them what its going to be like, whether its going to be a free world roleplay, or an asylum, or whatever.
I don't care if we don't have a whole map of the world but when you make a roleplay and we don't want to screw it up because we didn't know how it was going to go, and you're all like "Idk how to start it" it just makes me want to rip my eyeballs out and stop roleplaying for good. Heck, its terrible when the people who joined don't know how but when you don't... GAHHH!!!
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| 04 Mar 2016 02:41 PM |
| Well, I make interest checks after I finished an RP to get the general reaction. Then I modify the RP if needed and post it a few moments later. |
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Coriandr
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| 04 Mar 2016 04:05 PM |
See, now that's fine. But I hate it when people are just like "Interest Check - Powers RP" "So I was gonna make a powers RP was wondering if anyone wanted to join" Its so undetailed and annoying because nobody is gonna respond to that and if they do that's probably people who wanted to join not joining because you put it in another post.
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| 04 Mar 2016 04:05 PM |
marked will try to make a cs
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Crystakyl
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| 04 Mar 2016 04:28 PM |
Not marked, will not make CS later.
~ "The purple shirt is not dead, I swear!" ~ |
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| 04 Mar 2016 06:57 PM |
| Hey I'm making an interest check and I'm wondering if people would be interested? |
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| 04 Mar 2016 09:38 PM |
PSA: Don't police forums like you own them
I'm guilty of the Marked thing. Usually I say marked so I dont push an RP im invested in off of the Tracked list. I fully intend on getting involved but need a bit to flesh out a character.
3 days later and I've got a fantastic idea but the thing has been dead because everyone else did the same thing. |
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| 04 Mar 2016 09:47 PM |
"PSA: Don't police forums like you own them" He's not really forcing you to do anything, so I wouldn't call that policing. More like giving angry advice. Some decent advice. But a little angry. |
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Coriandr
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| Joined: 25 Jun 2014 |
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| 04 Mar 2016 09:48 PM |
Hygenist! You're here!!! :D ... Last time I came around you weren't. ;c
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| 04 Mar 2016 09:49 PM |
"Hygenist! You're here!!!"
Indeed, I am. Did you ever frequent Global chat in addition to here, btw? I think I remember seeing you there when it was still around. |
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| 04 Mar 2016 09:50 PM |
| I'm just trying to gauge how long I've known you. |
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Coriandr
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| 04 Mar 2016 09:52 PM |
Not quite sure, I've been here long before you(early 2012 if memory serves), but I remember meeting you when you were just joining. I don't know what Global chat is but I haven't been there, however we did play a lot of Twisted Murder with PawzKat and the rest of the... eh... gang(?) together. I was that guy dressed like a Christmas bell always screaming crap.
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| 04 Mar 2016 09:59 PM |
Might have been another guy with a similar name. Like, a one-letter difference.
Global chat was the forum they gutted completely when they were merging and redesigning the forums in general. It was supposed to be a place where people could practice speaking other languages with roblox-players from all over the world. What it turned out to be was like... /pol/ for kids. or mini/pol/. Whichever term you prefer.
I honestly don't remember playing Twisted Murderer much, but I do remember seeing you around here for the longest time. |
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Deshoras
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| 04 Mar 2016 10:18 PM |
You probably remember Hydre, Sam.
Marked. |
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eikoopmit
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| 04 Mar 2016 10:40 PM |
| Marked, I'll make my CS later. |
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LNG257
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| Joined: 13 Jun 2012 |
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| 04 Mar 2016 10:46 PM |
| I'm going to make an RP and if it doesn't have 999 people interested in it by the time I log off in 20 minutes I'll never make it!!1! |
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| 04 Mar 2016 10:48 PM |
| ic - an RP based on this thread |
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| 04 Mar 2016 10:49 PM |
| Thankfully, I never have a problem starting RPs. I usually write down the story ARCs beforehand so that I have a framework to work with. |
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Histcarp
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| Joined: 12 Nov 2015 |
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| 04 Mar 2016 11:51 PM |
| marked, i'll make the cs when i have time |
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birmie123
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| Joined: 08 May 2014 |
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| 05 Mar 2016 01:05 AM |
the marking joke was already made guys
stop
also ics are because its already hard enough for me to sit down and write an rp or story or whatever, and even harder if i dont feel like anyone would join
marking i can agree with, but it's a good way of keeping it on your tracked list in case you're busy at the present time
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| 05 Mar 2016 01:59 AM |
| marked, will be sure to piss off birm some more later |
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yoshiegg6
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| Joined: 20 Jul 2012 |
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| 05 Mar 2016 06:17 AM |
| I think you're talking about my powers rp im making. Im sorry it annoys you, but I was gonna make my rp either way but I needed feedback on the setting and powers people wanted. But I am new to making rps and I dont know how to start it. Do you mind helping me? This is the gist of it: http://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=183662930 |
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