Traveller's Cafe 3: Brainstorming, discussion, tea, advice

[The Empire of Pretantia]

The best way to find a good P2TM RP is to go and look around and find some that are pretty good.

As for II, join a mil-realism thread and ask them for advice on how to RP Modern wars.

Finding good P2TM RPs is almost an art.

Making them is an act of god.

[Alleniana]

Finding good P2TM RPs is almost an art.

Making them is an act of god.

Even truer.

[Altito Asmoro]

Finding good P2TM RPs is almost an art.

Making them is an act of god.

So I'm god?

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Making them is an act of god.

So I'm god?

In a metaphorical sense. The creation of an RP does not end when the OP posts his new OOC or even IC. The creation of an RP is an ongoing effort by both the OP and the players until the RP is soundly concluded with an ending.

[Ayreonia]

The best way to find a good P2TM RP is to go and look around and find some that are pretty good.

As for II, join a mil-realism thread and ask them for advice on how to RP Modern wars.

The military realism threads are full of techwank with little to no attention paid to actually practical matters. Fighting a war is not just about equipment, RPing one is even less.

[Abserdia]

I'm gonna make the FNAF RP soon if nobody else does.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

I'm gonna make the FNAF RP soon if nobody else does.

The what?

[Abserdia]

I'm gonna make the FNAF RP soon if nobody else does.

The what?

Five Nights At Freddy's.
Look it up.
Horror game.
Said to be the scariest game ever.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

The what?

Five Nights At Freddy's.
Look it up.
Horror game.
Said to be the scariest game ever.

Please don't. Horror is hard to pull off in RPs, and hopping on the bandwagon never works.

[Zeinbrad]

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=306657&hilit=Tanith

Anyone interested in a reboot of this?

[Ah-merika]

The what?

Five Nights At Freddy's.
Look it up.
Horror game.
Said to be the scariest game ever.

Im not sure how that would work. The game is one player and all the killer robots are npcs. You'd have to rp by yourself unless you want to break the fourth wall and make the killer robots become pcs.

[Kamchatkalia]

Hello all, it's been a while since I last posted on this forum and I was curious to see if there was any interest in reviving an old project of mine?

Admittedly it's failure was partly my own fault and partly down to poor execution, but I've found myself with more spare time lately and figured this would be as good as any place to get back into RPing.

[Altito Asmoro]

The what?

Five Nights At Freddy's.
Look it up.
Horror game.
Said to be the scariest game ever.

Why not with...say, Outlast or One Late Night. A group of people/sane asylum prisoners trapped in a locked building/asylum, and must find a way to get out, avoiding the Black Widow/asylum prisoners and crazy asylum staffs.

[Alleniana]

The best way to find a good P2TM RP is to go and look around and find some that are pretty good.

As for II, join a mil-realism thread and ask them for advice on how to RP Modern wars.

The military realism threads are full of techwank with little to no attention paid to actually practical matters. Fighting a war is not just about equipment, RPing one is even less.

techwank worstwank

[Rupudska]

The military realism threads are full of techwank with little to no attention paid to actually practical matters. Fighting a war is not just about equipment, RPing one is even less.

techwank worstwank

Trust me, realwank is infinitely worse. Techwank allows fun because it enables you to overwhelm people with m-muh tech.

Realwank = no fun allowed.

[Alleniana]

techwank worstwank

Trust me, realwank is infinitely worse. Techwank allows fun because it enables you to overwhelm people with m-muh tech.

Realwank = no fun allowed.

Mmm, to a degree. Realwank is less prevalent the further back in history you go, which is admittedly a large part of the reason I tend to stay away from the modern world.
Techwank is universally annoying though.

[Ayreonia]

Trust me, realwank is infinitely worse. Techwank allows fun because it enables you to overwhelm people with m-muh tech.

Realwank = no fun allowed.

Mmm, to a degree. Realwank is less prevalent the further back in history you go, which is admittedly a large part of the reason I tend to stay away from the modern world.
Techwank is universally annoying though.

What's realwank?

A person in the milwank thread once told me that infantry fighting vehicles are pointless, because tank desanting exists. Yeah.

[Alleniana]

Mmm, to a degree. Realwank is less prevalent the further back in history you go, which is admittedly a large part of the reason I tend to stay away from the modern world.
Techwank is universally annoying though.

What's realwank?

A person in the milwank thread once told me that infantry fighting vehicles are pointless, because tank desanting exists. Yeah.

Example of realwank;
"What if we were to have the Angles win the battle of Hastings?"
"Impossible, Harold was a bad commander and the weather judging by historical accounts did not favour him and William the Conqueror had a higher IQ judging by his later rule and examinations of his skull and similar battles that took place that can be compared were won by the Norman equivalent... <etc. etc.> therefore it's completely and utterly impossible and you should give up."
"So... what if we had them lose the battle of Stamford-"
"Also completely impossible because archaeological excavations have proved that the bridge would have collapsed should fighting have gone the other way anyway and numbers and surprise favoured the Saxons who were also better suited and their general at the time was in better health than the Viking one who also led a fractured army that could never have won... <etc. etc.> so that's ridiculous and you should stop trying already."
"Well... let's change the subject. What if, I dunno, Piludski happened to be educated at a different school-"
<insert self-righteous defence of what would have happened and why anything deviating from it is heresy, impossibility and backed up by indisputable untouchable evidence>

And so on. Basically making everything impossible and going waaaay too far in realism.

[The Tiger Kingdom]

And so on. Basically making everything impossible and going waaaay too far in realism.

Should I just take this as an indirect admission that you hate me?

[Rupudska]

And so on. Basically making everything impossible and going waaaay too far in realism.

Should I just take this as an indirect admission that you hate me?

Realwank is only realwank if no fun is allowed. You're good.

Anglo-Saxon (or whatever he was called) was a good example of realwank.

[Alleniana]

And so on. Basically making everything impossible and going waaaay too far in realism.

Should I just take this as an indirect admission that you hate me?

Heh? No. I don't recall you having ever critiqued any stuff that's come within my general domain of RPing, and frankly, the applicability of what might be considered realwank in earlier periods of history is why I've tended to stay away from most of what you actually do.

Basically, if you're doing anything from WW2 onwards, realwank isn't wank anymore IMO.

Should I just take this as an indirect admission that you hate me?

Realwank is only realwank if no fun is allowed. You're good.

Anglo-Saxon (or whatever he was called) was a good example of realwank.

Uh, as in, was there someone who did that, or do you mean in my example? My example was referring to the historical Anglo-Saxons of England...

[Ayreonia]

What's realwank?

A person in the milwank thread once told me that infantry fighting vehicles are pointless, because tank desanting exists. Yeah.

Example of realwank;
"What if we were to have the Angles win the battle of Hastings?"
"Impossible, Harold was a bad commander and the weather judging by historical accounts did not favour him and William the Conqueror had a higher IQ judging by his later rule and examinations of his skull and similar battles that took place that can be compared were won by the Norman equivalent... <etc. etc.> therefore it's completely and utterly impossible and you should give up."
"So... what if we had them lose the battle of Stamford-"
"Also completely impossible because archaeological excavations have proved that the bridge would have collapsed should fighting have gone the other way anyway and numbers and surprise favoured the Saxons who were also better suited and their general at the time was in better health than the Viking one who also led a fractured army that could never have won... <etc. etc.> so that's ridiculous and you should stop trying already."
"Well... let's change the subject. What if, I dunno, Piludski happened to be educated at a different school-"
<insert self-righteous defence of what would have happened and why anything deviating from it is heresy, impossibility and backed up by indisputable untouchable evidence>

And so on. Basically making everything impossible and going waaaay too far in realism.

Oh, that. I hate that, didn't know it had a name.

Edit: You do need some of that to balance out axiswankers, though.

[Alleniana]

Example of realwank;
"What if we were to have the Angles win the battle of Hastings?"
"Impossible, Harold was a bad commander and the weather judging by historical accounts did not favour him and William the Conqueror had a higher IQ judging by his later rule and examinations of his skull and similar battles that took place that can be compared were won by the Norman equivalent... <etc. etc.> therefore it's completely and utterly impossible and you should give up."
"So... what if we had them lose the battle of Stamford-"
"Also completely impossible because archaeological excavations have proved that the bridge would have collapsed should fighting have gone the other way anyway and numbers and surprise favoured the Saxons who were also better suited and their general at the time was in better health than the Viking one who also led a fractured army that could never have won... <etc. etc.> so that's ridiculous and you should stop trying already."
"Well... let's change the subject. What if, I dunno, Piludski happened to be educated at a different school-"
<insert self-righteous defence of what would have happened and why anything deviating from it is heresy, impossibility and backed up by indisputable untouchable evidence>

And so on. Basically making everything impossible and going waaaay too far in realism.

Oh, that. I hate that, didn't know it had a name.

Edit: You do need some of that to balance out axiswankers, though.

Heh, true. We need a name for those who specifically specialise in fetishing particular periods of history or countries; mainly the Nazis, Rome, USSR, USA, and occasionally posses of nationalists.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Hello all, it's been a while since I last posted on this forum and I was curious to see if there was any interest in reviving an old project of mine?

Admittedly it's failure was partly my own fault and partly down to poor execution, but I've found myself with more spare time lately and figured this would be as good as any place to get back into RPing.

I like the concept. Were there Replicants?

[Rupudska]

Realwank is only realwank if no fun is allowed. You're good.

Anglo-Saxon (or whatever he was called) was a good example of realwank.

Uh, as in, was there someone who did that, or do you mean in my example? My example was referring to the historical Anglo-Saxons of England...

No, Anglo-Saxon was a Diplomacy RPer notorious for being a) a slaver, and b) a humongous realwanker.