Geno's RP forum flip-out

[Geno]

I've tried. I really have. I asked for "Active Roleplayers," and even sent out requests to those that I felt would be active within the community. ZeroCross, Werewolf, and a few others tried. They really did. ZeroCross was the most active, and Werewolf chimed in at second. More or less, post delay was pitiful. I had maybe a reply every few hours, and then a reply every few days, ending up with none at all, and characters dropping all over.

Y'know? I've also noticed this: A lot of RP'ers here think the occasional "You can't do that." thing is fine. That's not your job, unless it DIRECTLY involves you. If it's dealing with someone else's character, leave it be, or PM them. That's what PM's are for. Don't just throw a one-liner in, saying "Don't do that." The GM is responsible for all RP'ers actions, and if something isn't laid out clearly enough, it's either the person describing something's fault, the person explaining's fault, or the GM's fault. It can't be any others, unless you totally misread something. Beyond that, just leave it be. Sure, you may say "But the RP might mess up," but I still say "PM's are golden."

Another thing: These crappy one line posts with "I go outside." and that's it. Sure, that's a little shorter than the fully descriptive one liners... But even so, there's been a huge amount of them. Roleplaying is about DESCRIPTIONS... Not about finding time to do it. If you only have time for these short little five sentance posts, then go find another hobby. Sorry to say, but Roleplaying takes TIME. A *lot* of time. You will check on your thread/chat log/whatever medium you use all the time, to make sure you're current. But two line posts are stupid. If you have the time to read 20 + new posts (*coughcoughMuniayacough*), then you should at *least* have the time to sit back and make a post. How many times, lately, have I seen the infamous "Omfg I have no time lol" posts, and then see them in another part of the forum, posting a reply LONGER than their actual post? I'm sorry, that just tweaks me.

What else has been tweaking me... Hmmm... Let me see... Could be the lack of actual thought into some of the posts. No offense, but post quality is starting to deteriorate a bit... Maybe we've had an influx of new people, but Iunno. And I'm not trying to say new people are bad. Sometimes they're from another RP forum, and can be quite good. But at this point, the quality's dying, and misspellings are goinig up. As are the one liners, and massive OOC talk... C'mon, this is roleplay, not chit chat.

People that overload themselves with RPs are starting to rise as well. ZeroCross has stretched himself thin in a lot of Roleplays, but has actually been able to handle it. Not everyone can, though. I probably can't handle much more than GM'ing one, and RP'ing in three. At this time, though, I'm lucky to even be posting, what with all the time I've been spending working, hanging out with my best friend's new fiance (I didn't meet her until after he said he was going to marry her... So now I need to get a good impression and tell him if I approve. So far, I approve ^.^), and a few other minor activities... Once school's up and going, I'll be good. But for now, low numbers of RP's are the way to go. The same would be true for the rest of you, I bet. Many will be outside playing Softball, Basketball, or hanging out. But there's a few people that have been taking on many RP's at once, or tried to. I know of two people that wanted into my RP that were already in two or three others, and I felt that those people aren't ready. If you're going to sign up for more than 1 RP, and you make any of the above mistakes (Bad posts, OOC mass posts, One line posts, etc.), then you need to not join any others.

I'll just stop there for now, and say this: I'm taking a few weeks off of RP'ing from Warboards for a time. I'll probably be back once school starts up, but until then, I'm wanting to take a break from this. I'll be keeping an eye on everything, keeping my own records, and making sure everything's good. But as for RP'ing itself, I'm done for now. This stuff just keeps getting more and more tiring and stupid to me. I'll just leave it at that, and disappear from my RP character posting a while.

Do expect updates here and there, along with RP updates in the WB newspaper, but for the RP's themselves, I'm done for now.

~Larry "Geno" Meyers
- BI's RP forum Aide

P.S. I'll let you know when I'm back >.>

[Vhaeraun]

First of all, allow me to say I do hope I wasn't targeted by this post. I fit most, if not all of these categories. Let me take the liberty to say the following, if I was in mind with any of these topics.

1.Roleplaying is about DESCRIPTIONS

Show me one RP post of mine that isn't oozing detail. I am a detail whore; I try to put as much farking detail in without making it too tedious a read.

2.Could be the lack of actual thought into some of the posts. No offense, but post quality is starting to deteriorate a bit

Again, look at point one.

3.People that overload themselves with RPs are starting to rise as well. ZeroCross has stretched himself thin in a lot of Roleplays, but has actually been able to handle it. Not everyone can, though.

I am quite good with having multiple RPs. I can name 8 right now that I'm in, and that isn't COUNTING the many RPs that died before the finish that technically I am still a part of. And I'm still finding time to do them all, without the need to put the character name on the post. Not only that, but I am currently writing a story, revising a former RP of mine, AND writing one from scratch. I have more than enough blasted time to do all of this.

About the Switch RP, I've made my points in the post that I made that you already read. I didn't post to show that I'm still there because I don't do that. I hang back, throwing detailed posts in here and there, doing what I can to keep the RP alive as best as one person can.

Now, I am one of the oldest RPers here at WB that is still multitasking so heavily. The only other old RPers I see still active here is BI (still not much, but he's managing the two biggest RPs I've seen, so that is good enough for me) and Werewolf (who wasn't doing it for a while, but decided to make a comeback). Besides us four (you're included, dear Geno) I don't think there are many RPers who can lay claim to still being quite active (Do note that I may have forgotten people who I don't see being that active in the forum. I apologize if I forgot about you.)

I've had my say. Geno, have fun doing whatever you will be doing, and may you feel differently when you decide to return to the realm of RPing.

[GrassDragon]

It's your fault for creating an RP with a completely new dynamic and not telling anyone about it. I tried something weird with Trista's Nature but at least I told everyone what it would be like. You had people signed up that didn't even like the idea, but too late, they had already committed. Some RPs succeed, most don't.

Bye then.

[Raging-Fury]

Sorry to hear that its become so bad for you Geno, never had the pleasure of actually RPin with you, but in my opinion this forum is much more fun then others that i have attempted to RP in, I hope this forum works its way back up to what you hope for when u return

[Modred]

Show me one RP post of mine that isn't oozing detail. I am a detail whore; I try to put as much farking detail in without making it too tedious a read.
Gah, don't take a general critique so personally. ;)

I would love to be more active, but I see myself having about a week or more of inactivity in the near future, so I'll just wait until that's over. I was RPing at BF for a few months before WarBoards, but so far only two or so RPs here have even been read by me. Diplomacy has consumed my internet life. Maybe after things settle down in a few months, I can stop by more often.

Until then, you can't pin anything on me! =P

[CreepColony]

Good read... I'm going to apply a lot of the details I read in my RP if it ever gets off the ground. Hmm... are any of those signs eminating from my RP so far?

[Geno]

To clarify: This rant was aimed at noone, but everyone at the same time. It's more or less directed at those who don't do well, but also directed at regulars and veterans alike, so that they don't start dropping in post quality.

I've been here since the start of this forum, and I darn well want to be here until this forum dies... But if the post quality and such keeps dropping, I may be leaving >.>

~Larry "Geno" Meyers
- BI's RP forum Aide

P.S. When I say "Leaving," I mean the RP forum. Not the entire forum.

[Nickodemus]

I abstain all comments except for this. The "Aloof" nature of people in here towards newbies can be quite iritating to say the least. Some people try and give it a go, with a certain amount of help they could do good, but instead they get jumped on and yelled at about this or that nusance.

[Black.Ice]

A quote I really like from Gandhi is, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

I apply that in what I do in the the RP forums. I'm concentrating on GMing and only joining RP's that I know I will not drop out of. While my writing is not that good, I try to do my best to make this enjoyable for all the RP'ers on the forum.

The quality of the posts have not gone down, IMO. All the RP'ers on this forum are doing a excellent job, and are taking the initiative to join. I've seen tons of new people who want to join, and are interested in trying new stuff out which is great.

I think the biggest concern to some of the older people on the Warboards was that they had fallen into a certain groove of RP's (myself, included). When we see new people that we dont know bringing their own style to the RP that deviated from the norm, we didn't like it. After overlooking this, it's really cool to see the new style that some of the newer members have brought to the forum.

While I haven't watched all the threads closely, I know that there has been an increase in OOC postage. Looking at it carefully, it's helping some of the newer RP'ers develop into greater RP'ers. I haven't had any problem with one liners, as I had established rules preventing people from posting small paragraphs etc, and it seemed to be working.

Anyways, I'll step off the RP soap box. We all need a good break from what we love once in a while. We'll be back when you're ready, Geno.

[ZeroCross]

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People that overload themselves with RPs are starting to rise as well. ZeroCross has stretched himself thin in a lot of Roleplays, but has actually been able to handle it. Ah hah, while I thank you for your compliment, I have recently had this come back to bite me. I recently joined a dating site, and now I have a literal phalanx of girls consuming my time and attention. Yes, you read that right. At least 40 the first month alone 0.0 The sad part is, I spend 90% of the time trying to keep track of them so I don't call some the wrong name or something. And no, I am not joking. ^^;

So, yeah. It's a bit more of a challange now, but for now, I can still handle it. I try to keep up with RPs because I see them as a responsibility, not a liesure. Sounds odd, huh? However, I will probably be in only a couple RPs at most by the end of the summer, because I am guestimating I will have a full-time job by then. So, yeah, I'm going to be finishing out my current RPs, and I probably won't be joining any new ones, no matter how tempting, until about late August or September.

It's your fault for creating an RP with a completely new dynamic and not telling anyone about it. I tried something weird with Trista's Nature but at least I told everyone what it would be like. You had people signed up that didn't even like the idea, but too late, they had already committed. Some RPs succeed, most don't.

Bye then. That was sarcasm, right? Geno told everyone in it that they had to be active, and reliable. Few people were. And some held other people up from posting. *cough*calibur*cough*

[Protoss_Honor]

Well, umm, eh, well, hmmm, I really do not know what to say, except maybe, "Sad to see you go. From what I have seen, you are a darn good rper. I hope to see you posting again soon, when the rp is to your liking again. So long Geno. There will always be an rp spot with your name on it, I'm sure of that. Cya around Warboards." You know, for someone who didn't know what to say, I sure said alot.

[Geno]

No worries, everyone. I think I found what I needed. Chat roleplay. Right now, I'm into the middle of one with Stacey. It's rather interesting. I'll post it later, and see what you think.

~Larry "Geno" Meyers
- BI's RP forum Aide

[Magmaniac]

I think the problem of RP's lately is:
1. Not enough interesting RP's- I look at the RP's in the forum that are active, and the only ones that I feel interested in are The Beginning and Muniaya, several months ago when I looked at the forum, almost every active RP was interesting but I didnt have enough time to join more.

2. Not a lot of time to post- A few months ago I didn't have time to post. I am a fast reader and can read a page or two of other posts in a short amount of time, but when it comes to writing posts it takes quite a longer for me, so about having enough time to read should mean you have enough time to write, thats not always true. Now, I have plenty of time to post, and would a lot more if i felt more of the rps were worth joining.

[Protoss_Honor]

Okay, here is an offtopic and probably stupid question, who is Stacey?

[kongurous]

Okay, here is an offtopic and probably stupid question, who is Stacey?

OnyxDragonfly.

[ZeroCross]

I think the main problem, is that people come up with a great idea for a setting, and a world for an RP, and perhaps and overall objective. However, they don't have nearly enough interesting things happening on the way there, so when people fail to come up with some interesting twists, they start to grow bored and tired because the RP is going no wheres. At least that's one thing I think may attribute to it anyways.

[Geno]

You know, I might open up an RP that is chat based. Now, the thing is I'm not good... Well... I don't think I am. Stacey assures me I'm good at it, but I have a lot to learn, I still say. I think maybe one day, we could get one or two forumers here, and teach them how to chat RP. We could then get a whole chat RP thread, and post our memories of favorite parts... Heh... I would *really* post some of my favorite parts of the one we're in currently, but right now, I don't think I could...

Anyways, I'll be back soon enough. Give me a bit of time off. I'll get to the master thread a little later today... Right now, I'm carefree for a while... Watching TV... Enjoying nothing... It's rather nice, not having to constantly write notes up, check if everything's fine, and not having to heavily moderate... *Grins* Life is good today...

~Larry "Geno" Meyers
- BI's RP forum Aide

[Valjean]

Hmmm...Sorry about the Switch RP, Geno. :(

I think I'm going to only RP in one or two RPs until I get back to where I was.

I'm also writing an RP of my own, so I might not join any RPs for a year or more.

[Ender]

Hey, if it makes you feel better, Laranor's isn't going well either. Why does PC have to keep disappearing so damn often?!

[Subjukator]

Hey, if it makes you feel better, Laranor's isn't going well either

i know...

[Nickodemus]

colony is kinda fizzling too....<pout> but it must live i tell you live!! if not there is always Khaos wich you could join in Geno, it might lighten your mood a bit. everyone needs a little khaos

[iHawk]

It seems that Calyara is also hurtin' but it's almost complete so if it can live for a while longer then it can end peacefully. And if you want to join Calyara, Geno, (or anyone else) you'll have to join soon because I'm gunna close it off to new joiners soon. But if/when you return I hope that you'll continue to RP, if not then I'll be sad to see you go. Anyways, enough of my gassin' on.

-Lt.Hawk

[Protoss_Honor]

This is off topic, I know that but, I think one of the reasons that all the rp's are going so slowly is summer vacation. I mean, yeah sure, even durin school they were slow sometimes, but, I have noticed, that since summer vacation started, fewer people have been rping. So, maybe they are just all on vacation or something.

[Vhaeraun]

This is off topic, I know that but, I think one of the reasons that all the rp's are going so slowly is summer vacation. I mean, yeah sure, even durin school they were slow sometimes, but, I have noticed, that since summer vacation started, fewer people have been rping. So, maybe they are just all on vacation or something.

For me, summer vacation is drawing to a close :/

I don't know when you got out of school, but I got out May 17th, and I'm getting back in August 3rd. I'll still be around, here and BF, along with IRC as much as I can and other places on the 'net ;)

And my post is more off topic than yours