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[Sweater Town]

Any suggestions on how to draw in people or get things going. I haven't had a RP of my own creation go farther than a few pages in nearly a year, no matter how much energy and time and creativity I pour into them. It's really depressing. Hardly any interest it seems.

[Agritum]

Any suggestions on how to draw in people or get things going. I haven't had a RP of my own creation go farther than a few pages in nearly a year, no matter how much energy and time and creativity I pour into them. It's really depressing. Hardly any interest it seems.

Well, Sweater, Iuess that I could auggest you to make friends with the most comitted roleplayers here on site.
I saw you OPing many times (and I liked your ideas), but I virtually never saw you as a normal RPer. you could try to join an RP by Zark, or Rupudska, or even Nightkill (I would recommend you to him, really.) or other committed roleplayers around there. you would gain precious friends that would most likely join your RPs and remain committed to them.

Your threads aren't bad, it's just lack of commitment of the RPers. You should occasionally threaten the ones that don't post with kicking them from the RP. After that, they either pfficially anounce that they have dropped, or they post again.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

An idea for aspiring OPs, by the way.

Keep a hell of an active OOC thread. If you build a sort of community and friendship between various rpers in your group, a mutual respect, they are all very much likely to stay in the thread and keep it active and alive. So don't be afraid to go a bit off topic as long as you stay roughly related to the roleplay.

I'll give an example- in my Elfen HIgh, we often start discussing things that are related to the roleplay though not exactly, such as one shots of the backstory (which I keep in the third post of my OOC) and discussions of whether humans would nuke Dys, or how angels reproduce or just fun little discussions about our day at times. As a result, we all know each other and we know the rp's universe very well and we enjoy developing this tremendously.

As a result, Elfen High consistently has high level IC posts as well as an incredibly fast rate of posts because everyone is committed and interested.

[Esternial]

Added your and Agri's advice to the Compendium.

[Agritum]

Added your and Agri's advice to the Compendium.

Wow, I should have corrected mine. It's full of spelling errors.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Also, unless you're making a dead serious type of rp (which requires very devoted rpers, in my experience), don't be afraid to be silly.

For example, I noted AWRPs fail because they're far too math heavy and not enough humour and frankly, not enough fun. To resolve this, I proceeded to make Simo Hayha Bane.

People inherently love to be silly little fuckers and they also love rule of cool and awesome. With introduction of things like Hayha Bane and the things that the other rpers here were doing (Mish made his President Charlie Chaplin), we kept enough creative freedom to do silly things while remaining otherwise serious and keeping the rp going.

As a result, that AWRP is one of the few absolutely high quality AWRPs that has actually lived.

[Agritum]

Also, unless you're making a dead serious type of rp (which requires very devoted rpers, in my experience), don't be afraid to be silly.

For example, I noted AWRPs fail because they're far too math heavy and not enough humour and frankly, not enough fun. To resolve this, I proceeded to make Simo Hayha Bane.

People inherently love to be silly little fuckers and they also love rule of cool and awesome. With introduction of things like Hayha Bane and the things that the other rpers here were doing (Mish made his President Charlie Chaplin), we kept enough creative freedom to do silly things while remaining otherwise serious and keeping the rp going.

As a result, that AWRP is one of the few absolutely high quality AWRPs that has actually lived.

How can you make Simo Haya more awesome than he was?

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Also, unless you're making a dead serious type of rp (which requires very devoted rpers, in my experience), don't be afraid to be silly.

For example, I noted AWRPs fail because they're far too math heavy and not enough humour and frankly, not enough fun. To resolve this, I proceeded to make Simo Hayha Bane.

People inherently love to be silly little fuckers and they also love rule of cool and awesome. With introduction of things like Hayha Bane and the things that the other rpers here were doing (Mish made his President Charlie Chaplin), we kept enough creative freedom to do silly things while remaining otherwise serious and keeping the rp going.

As a result, that AWRP is one of the few absolutely high quality AWRPs that has actually lived.

How can you make Simo Haya more awesome than he was?

By making him Bane, duh.

[Agritum]

How can you make Simo Haya more awesome than he was?

By making him Bane, duh.

I must out-awesome you. With something like....Violette Szabo, Audie Murphy, Vasily_Zaitsev and Jack Churchill teaming up as some sort of Avengers team and fighting Nazi occultists and super-soldiers.

With Violette capable to pull out acrobatics like an Assassin's Creed guy, Audie basically being a Badass Normal capable of doing shit that would make Captain America glare in envy, Vasily possessing telekinesis and being capable of manipulating the bullets he shots, and Jack Churchill's sword being a magic claymore. He would also shot dynamite arrows with his bow.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

By making him Bane, duh.

I must out-awesome you. With something like....Violette Szabo, Audie Murphy, Vasily_Zaitsev and Jack Churchill teaming up as some sort of Avengers team and fighting Nazi occultists and super-soldiers.

With Violette capable to pull out acrobatics like an Assassin's Creed guy, Audie basically being a Badass Normal capable of doing shit that would make Captain America glare in envy, Vasily possessing telekinesis and being capable of manipulating the bullets he shots, and Jack Churchill's sword being a magic claymore. He would also shot dynamite arrows with his bow.

This is better suited for the Traveller's Centre than here.

[Agritum]

So, it seems that the next "blockbuster" in P2TM is Far Cry 3, oddly enough (I would have expected more Assassin's Creed 3 RPs, to be honest.)
Seriously, who wouldn't want to relive the same experiencies of the protagonist of that game, racing around a goddamn island full of pirates and mercenaries to save his friends, fighting wild animals and vicious killers and maybe listen to the speeches of that madman of Vaas?

Then you play the game, you enjoy it and randomly think "Oh wow, this is so cool, I wish I could do the same....hey, I can do an RP on NS based on all of this, it would be awesome!". You log on the site, churn out a quite brief OP (I mean, you can re-direct people to the game's wiki and other websites, why bother enriching the OP that much?) and related app, and wait.

Other RPers join it (they too played Far Cry, and think it's so kewl, and so they want to do something like you did, too.) and after some time, you make the IC. Maybe it goes well for the first days, maybe you even manage to get some fun from it.
Then, a week or a little more after, you suddenly feel...deprived.

You really aren't in Far Cry mood anymore. You have started to develope a dislike for tropical islands, and you start to think that Vaas is annoying. No problems, just stop playing the game.
But the RP you just created? Which maybe had some guys that were really commited to the RPing and the story? (if it had any.)

You stop posting, or you post a quick "this is dead" message, and then go back to your business.
Some days after, you have rented Mass Effect at your local Gamestop. Wow, Shepard is such a badass! I would want to be like him so bad....hey, I can make an RP about it on NS!

How To Measure Your Commitment To An RP Idea

Guess what? Be sure that you are not making an RP on a whim, before starting it. Maybe, maybe wait a week or two after you get the feeling you want to do it, and see if you still want to. If you really did, maybe you could have used that time to brainstorm it a little, and make it better.

I mostly use this way to misure my commitment to an idea/RP. After I look up something cool on the interwebs, and decide that I would make an RP after it, I usually start to brainstorm it, think of how to make it and so on.

Flash forward to a month after. If up to that day I have continued to brainstorm it, create a detailed draft for the OOC to be, and setting up an initial storyline, well, why not start it?
If instead I don't even recall why I had that RP idea in the first place, I simply don't give a shit to it, and do something else.

[Esternial]

So, it seems that the next "blockbuster" in P2TM is Far Cry 3, oddly enough (I would have expected more Assassin's Creed 3 RPs, to be honest.)
Seriously, who wouldn't want to relive the same experiencies of the protagonist of that game, racing around a goddamn island full of pirates and mercenaries to save his friends, fighting wild animals and vicious killers and maybe listen to the speeches of that madman of Vaas?

Then you play the game, you enjoy it and randomly think "Oh wow, this is so cool, I wish I could do the same....hey, I can do an RP on NS based on all of this, it would be awesome!". You log on the site, churn out a quite brief OP (I mean, you can re-direct people to the game's wiki and other websites, why bother enriching the OP that much?) and related app, and wait.

Other RPers join it (they too played Far Cry, and think it's so kewl, and so they want to do something like you did, too.) and after some time, you make the IC. Maybe it goes well for the first days, maybe you even manage to get some fun from it.
Then, a week or a little more after, you suddenly feel...deprived.

You really aren't in Far Cry mood anymore. You have started to develope a dislike for tropical islands, and you start to think that Vaas is annoying. No problems, just stop playing the game.
But the RP you just created? Which maybe had some guys that were really commited to the RPing and the story? (if it had any.)

You stop posting, or you post a quick "this is dead" message, and then go back to your business.
Some days after, you have rented Mass Effect at your local Gamestop. Wow, Shepard is such a badass! I would want to be like him so bad....hey, I can make an RP about it on NS!

How To Measure Your Commitment To An RP Idea

Guess what? Be sure that you are not making an RP on a whim, before starting it. Maybe, maybe wait a week or two after you get the feeling you want to do it, and see if you still want to. If you really did, maybe you could have used that time to brainstorm it a little, and make it better.

I mostly use this way to misure my commitment to an idea/RP. After I look up something cool on the interwebs, and decide that I would make an RP after it, I usually start to brainstorm it, think of how to make it and so on.

Flash forward to a month after. If up to that day I have continued to brainstorm it, create a detailed draft for the OOC to be, and setting up an initial storyline, well, why not start it?
If instead I don't even recall why I had that RP idea in the first place, I simply don't give a shit to it, and do something else.

I posted similar advice in the Traveller's Café, but it seems I didn't add it to the OP.

I should probably add this under the 'losing interest' part of the guide. I'll get working on it...eventually. I'm taking a break from studying so I don't have time for it right now.

[Agritum]

So, it seems that the next "blockbuster" in P2TM is Far Cry 3, oddly enough (I would have expected more Assassin's Creed 3 RPs, to be honest.)
Seriously, who wouldn't want to relive the same experiencies of the protagonist of that game, racing around a goddamn island full of pirates and mercenaries to save his friends, fighting wild animals and vicious killers and maybe listen to the speeches of that madman of Vaas?

Then you play the game, you enjoy it and randomly think "Oh wow, this is so cool, I wish I could do the same....hey, I can do an RP on NS based on all of this, it would be awesome!". You log on the site, churn out a quite brief OP (I mean, you can re-direct people to the game's wiki and other websites, why bother enriching the OP that much?) and related app, and wait.

Other RPers join it (they too played Far Cry, and think it's so kewl, and so they want to do something like you did, too.) and after some time, you make the IC. Maybe it goes well for the first days, maybe you even manage to get some fun from it.
Then, a week or a little more after, you suddenly feel...deprived.

You really aren't in Far Cry mood anymore. You have started to develope a dislike for tropical islands, and you start to think that Vaas is annoying. No problems, just stop playing the game.
But the RP you just created? Which maybe had some guys that were really commited to the RPing and the story? (if it had any.)

You stop posting, or you post a quick "this is dead" message, and then go back to your business.
Some days after, you have rented Mass Effect at your local Gamestop. Wow, Shepard is such a badass! I would want to be like him so bad....hey, I can make an RP about it on NS!

How To Measure Your Commitment To An RP Idea

Guess what? Be sure that you are not making an RP on a whim, before starting it. Maybe, maybe wait a week or two after you get the feeling you want to do it, and see if you still want to. If you really did, maybe you could have used that time to brainstorm it a little, and make it better.

I mostly use this way to misure my commitment to an idea/RP. After I look up something cool on the interwebs, and decide that I would make an RP after it, I usually start to brainstorm it, think of how to make it and so on.

Flash forward to a month after. If up to that day I have continued to brainstorm it, create a detailed draft for the OOC to be, and setting up an initial storyline, well, why not start it?
If instead I don't even recall why I had that RP idea in the first place, I simply don't give a shit to it, and do something else.

I posted similar advice in the Traveller's Café, but it seems I didn't add it to the OP.

I should probably add this under the 'losing interest' part of the guide. I'll get working on it...eventually. I'm taking a break from studying so I don't have time for it right now.

Don't worry, I'm still glad that you like this!

[Esternial]

I posted similar advice in the Traveller's Café, but it seems I didn't add it to the OP.

I should probably add this under the 'losing interest' part of the guide. I'll get working on it...eventually. I'm taking a break from studying so I don't have time for it right now.

Don't worry, I'm still glad that you like this!

Well it's good advice. Good advice is good!

[Agritum]

Come on, more suggestions!
Or I'll truly believe that me, Night and Esternial are the only talented RPers there

[Esternial]

Come on, more suggestions!
Or I'll truly believe that me, Night and Esternial are the only talented RPers there

The only ones with enough time and/or interest, probably.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Come on, more suggestions!
Or I'll truly believe that me, Night and Esternial are the only talented RPers there

The only ones with enough time and/or interest, probably.

The only ones with advice is probably a better way to put it. . I'd offer any advice if I could think of any.

Uh, making friends is good?

[Escalan Corps-Star Island]

The only ones with enough time and/or interest, probably.

The only ones with advice is probably a better way to put it. . I'd offer any advice if I could think of any.

Uh, making friends is good?

I second this.

[Constaniana]

The only ones with enough time and/or interest, probably.

The only ones with advice is probably a better way to put it. . I'd offer any advice if I could think of any.

Uh, making friends is good?

Don't start with the racist jokes right off the bat. Save those for later. *nods*

[Altito Asmoro]

The only ones with advice is probably a better way to put it. . I'd offer any advice if I could think of any.

Uh, making friends is good?

Don't start with the racist jokes right off the bat. Save those for later. *nods*

Isn't making friends is good?

[Constaniana]

Don't start with the racist jokes right off the bat. Save those for later. *nods*

Isn't making friends is good?

What?

[Altito Asmoro]

Isn't making friends is good?

What?

Making friends.

In P2TM.

It's good right?

[Constaniana]

L

What?

Making friends.

In P2TM.

It's good right?

Yeah, it's a good idea. My joking suggestion to save the racist jokes for later doesn't contradict that.

[Archangelskl Oblast]

I run a fallout forum that take place in Russia,(my home land) and a Mass effect Rp.
Both you control a faction and there recourses and you can even create your own in both if you so desire this, neither go off cannon and are both proven amazing.
Just TG me please for info.