Posts Tagged “RP”

Where It All Started: Not Quite D&D

By | April 24, 2012

When Bricu asked where it all started, I recalled my own first video game RPG. Among the racing games and the side-scrollers in the pile of used Nintendo games my dad had brought home was this adventure game called Dragon Warrior. My friends and I played it for most of a summer, to the point [...]

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Just Do It 2: Problem Solving the Hurdles

By | April 18, 2012

Two frequent commenters and contributors–Rhoelyn and Kyraine–brought up to common hurdles to RP in an MMO: Scheduling and Burnout. While solutions for these common complaints have already been discussed, it’s worth discussing them here to figure out how to Problem Solve after one Identifies a hurdle. Getting everyone together for an RP night isn’t easy. [...]

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Shiny and New

By | April 11, 2012

…but still the devils you know. As Bricu hinted at a few weeks ago, WTT: [RP] is getting a bit of an overhaul. World of Warcraft — and Feathermoon specifically — has been our home and our primary RP place for the last *mumbledycough* years, but it’s a wide ol’ world of RP out there, [...]

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Romance: Keeping the Flame Alive

By | November 16, 2011

In the spirit of full disclosure, I snagged this song idea from All Songs Considered. So you and your RP group have decided to run with a romance story. You’ve agreed to certain boundaries and you’re having a grand old time. What do you do next? You keep the story alive. Look, a story is [...]

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Romance: The First Rule

By | November 15, 2011

The first rule of Romantic RP: Talk it over with the other player. Let me perfectly honest here: You might think this RP idea is the best thing since D&D, but if the player of the character isn’t interested, you don’t force it. If they are interested, you need to do the following things: Set [...]

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RP Date Night

By | November 14, 2011

This week, we’re going to talk Romance and RP. To prime the topic, let’s have an open topic on romance: Have your characters had romances? Has your character been on a date in game? Do you fic it or do you rp the date? Fill us in!

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Roles in RP

By | November 12, 2011

There may be dozens of roles in RP circles. I don’t just mean the classes or professions, but the roles characters play within their circles, cities, and culture. In other words, how do others see your character? We have the leader, the heavy, the advisor, the traitor… What other roles can you think of? What [...]

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Lay the Groundwork Now

By | November 5, 2011

In the next xpac, we’re headed towards not just towards Pandas, but an elevated level of conflict between the Alliance and the Horde. On a more depressing level, we also need to realize we are going to loose people as WoW hits 7 and other games launch. During these next few months, before we run [...]

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First, Finest and Last: Fells

By | October 12, 2011

Fells, just Fells, has a fantastic story to tell. Sadly, she won’t tell you any of this story, even if you were in the Black and Red. Eyan Woolery could have been her first, the son of an Eastvale logger who came by when his family needed produce and hers needed firewood. A yank on [...]

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Roleplayers: NOT Mary Sues by Default

By | October 11, 2011

Bricu called today’s WoWInsider Breakfast Topic to my attention, and by the end of the first sentence, I felt the urge to smite rising. Andrew Ross begins his “Have You Ever Seen Anyone RP a Peon” post with… a slam against RPers: Let’s face it — most roleplayers are heroes, villians, peerless veterans, or other [...]

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