RPing Questions? Ask Here!

by **Bush IV America** » Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:08 pm

This is a new nation I made. I think it's a classic choice that I start off holding an RP national election.

I want additional help with development of characters/politics/parties and candidates.

Off-topic, but I need somewhere I can find a US-themed flag also.

by **Ezhara** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:03 pm

(Too lazy to switch to main).

I've frequently noticed that quite a few of the roleplays I've participated in always seem to die off after a while. Anyone have advice on how to keep roleplays alive & end naturally rather than die off like they always seem to for me (to make it clear, some of these dying roleplays aren't mine)?

by **Sjealand** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 12:47 pm

Ezhara wrote:(Too lazy to switch to main).

I've frequently noticed that quite a few of the roleplays I've participated in always seem to die off after a while. Anyone have advice on how to keep roleplays alive & end naturally rather than die off like they always seem to for me (to make it clear, some of these dying roleplays aren't mine)?

In general rp's without a set goal, like say dinners, meetings etc. can often die prematurely as when the players have run out of options, havent had much contact with the other players or feel left out the will generally lose interest, so a trick is simply to give the players some thing to do or strive for. If its a meeting, give them something strict to negotiate about, if its a dinner have something happen. Once the rp stagnates without anything to do it will suffer a slow death, but if there is a set path it follow or if there is a motive for people in it activity will generally remain higher

by **Bears Armed** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:53 am

There's always Raymond Chandler's suggested solution to things getting too quiet: Have somebody burst in, with a gun...

(Edited to fix a typo.)

by **The Federation of Kendor** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:05 pm

How can I increase my RP capabilities? I'm rejected from a RP by Multiversal Venn-Copard for that. And yes, i'm calling for experienced RP'ers, the mentor, and the OP i mentioned earlier to help me.

IIwiki Admin · by **Ghant** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:24 pm

The Federation of Kendor wrote:How can I increase my RP capabilities? I'm rejected from a RP by Multiversal Venn-Copard for that. And yes, i'm calling for experienced RP'ers, the mentor, and the OP i mentioned earlier to help me.

My advice would be to look out for open RPs that suit your interests in both the International Incidents and Nationstates subforums. That's a good way to develop your writing style and network with other roleplayers that don't involve any great commitments. Once you have a writing style that you like, you can work your craft and get better, all the while expanding your roleplaying resume that will make you more attractive to roleplaying communities (presumably).

by **Rhodevus** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:39 pm

The Federation of Kendor wrote:How can I increase my RP capabilities? I'm rejected from a RP by Multiversal Venn-Copard for that. And yes, i'm calling for experienced RP'ers, the mentor, and the OP i mentioned earlier to help me.

It seems like the reason you were not allowed to participate in this RP is your writing ability. I would suggest working on grammar, spelling and sentence structure if this is truly the case. Work on writing cohesive paragraphs and stories and this problem will go away in no time.

by **Calixicanuss** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:46 pm

Can i get some writing advice? i want to know what i need to work on, and would really appreciate some help.

Here's some examples of my writing.

by **Sunset** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:58 am

Calixicanuss wrote:Can i get some writing advice? i want to know what i need to work on, and would really appreciate some help.

Here's some examples of my writing.

Meanwhile, deep in the void, five systems away from the conflict between Reblica, its allies, and the pirates. A rouge traders vessel lies in wait...

"I see, i see... war. I can feel the heat of the cannons, the screaming metal and cracking shields of naval combat, the dammed souls being sent into the very warp as we speak." said an old man in robes

"Damn it, tell me more!" shouted a much younger man, in full carapace armor.

The two men speaking were the Rouge Trader "Henrick Maximilian" and his Astropath "Gendry"

The rouge traders had one job, to bring profit to the Imperium of Mankind, through any means necessary. Of course taking a cut for themselves in the process.

Astropaths were psykers, men who could channel the power of the Immaterium, their power being to contact others at great distance. While a vox channel could work a few systems away, the vast scale of the Imperium necessitated communications that could work from one end of the Galaxy, to the other. And so came the astropaths, who could also sense objects in the void, and so were secondarily a type of radar.

"I feel the immense sadness of a once proud race, not human. And the arrogance and pride of surrounding vessels, many of which are both xeno and human in origin. I reckon My Lord, that there was a battle in this system, that may still be ongoing. Between half a dozen factions and races "

Henrick stood up from his chair in glee "Looks to be an opportunity for profit! wait for the ships to leave, then we head in and swoop up the wreckage!" shouted the trader

He then pulled out his vox, and directed a message to his crew "Everyone to your proper stations, we're heading into the Warp within 24 hours, and get the scavenging crews ready, bonuses all round if this mission turns out well!"

Cheers could be heard from the crew.

Maximilian commanded the Spirit of Exploitation, a massive ship of 14 kilometers, with a crew a 156 thousand souls. It was equipped with 16 macro cannons, 4 lance batteries, boarding torpedoes, and two rail guns "who some theorize to be xeno in origin, Rouge Traders can get away with stuff like that"

The ship had been in Henricks family for four thousand years 'with Henrick being only two hundred fifty seven" and had seen the death of entire civilizations, and the sacking of hundreds of worlds.

Its cargo bays were legendary, extremely space efficient, they could fit half a worlds technological basis, or half a dozen smaller ships.

It was a large, powerful vessel, but it wasn't fighting any fleets by itself anytime soon. Henrick knew this, and decided instead to wait for the fighting to be over before he started to scavenge...

Meanwhile on Fiverius

For the past two weeks the warriors of the true Gods had held their only stronghold on this accursed world, Brigands Rest.

The corpse worshipers came, and cultist Klos was to be put on the front lines.

Klos was a devote of Nurgle, king of pestilence, and stagnation. He was a vile creature, with open sores on almost every inch of his skin, and giant, pulsating, green, cysts covering every inch of the right side of his face.

He had allowed billions of microbes to live inside him, for the "gift" of immortality from his god.

The soldiers of the false Emperor were about to smash through the first wall surrounding the city, bombarding it for days on end. And Klos was to hold the line alongside several hundred other cultists.

He stood in front of the gate, autogun in hand ready to shoot any enemy trying to breach it. Klos grew anxious, he wanted to prove himself worthy of the gifts given to him by his God.

For a brief couple of seconds, the artillery fire went quiet, before the cultists could even process what was going on, a Melta charge blew up the walls massive gate!

Guardsmen in blue and brown charged through the breach, firing their lasguns with trained discipline and accuracy, cutting down a dozen cultists in the first volley. "FOR THE EMPEROR!" they cried

Klos took cover behind a large rock, his gifts gave him increased durability compared to his kin, but it still wouldn't do him much good to get shot up by lasgun fire.

Klos peeled the corner and fired his autogun at a guardsmen in brown, he hit him three times, the first time in the chest, his flak armor protecting him, the second time in the leg, bringing him down to one knee, and the last time in the head, killing him.

A squad of twenty Khorne cultists "the God of Blood and War" charged the guardsmen with rusty, makeshift swords, and oversized single shot shotguns. They were hit again and again by the red lasers of the guardsmen, but their shear bloodlust and chaotic gifts allowed them to press on, screaming at the top of their lungs.

"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE" they screamed, crashing into the guardsmen, butchering half a dozen in seconds, their superhuman blows going through the flak armor like butter.

Soon the Imperials counter charged, lead by a man in a peaked cap. "Follow me if advance, kill me if i retreat, avenge me if i die!" he shouted. He was a commissar, the political officers of the Imperium, there to inspire the men to keep on fighting, and punish any cowardice or heresy.

This was shown when he gunned down one of the guardsmen who thought it was a good idea to retreat, Klos found it funny.

But he was not enough to keep the guardsmen from being overwhelmed, as they were cut down by the berserkers. Soon even he was overwhelmed and butchered.

It seemed as though Chaos would win the day, as the berserkers pushed into the fleeing soldiers, haveing cut down nearly 30 of them at this point. Klos was relieved, he couldn't wait to get infected by a new plague, as this victory would buy more time for him to immerse himself in Papa Nurgles delight.

Then something unexpected happened, a "man" as if you could call him that, more like a Daemon. Jumped forward into the breach, butchering the Khorne cultists with almost superhuman speed and grace.

He was cloaked in Grey and Gold, with a Red cape, wielding an expertly crafted bolt pistol and powersword.

It was the Governor Militant himself! Tiberius Haffentoten!

"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD" shouted the cultists as they charged him.

But it was all for naught, Klos watched in desperation as the governors sword sliced through one, two, sometimes three of his comrades, in a single swing!

Soon the Khorne cultists were no more, wiped out by both the governor, and fresh reinforcements from the wasteland legion.

Klos was visibly shaking at this point, he exited cover only to see the governors face looking down at him.

Klos didn't even get the chance to pull his rifle up before he was cut in half....

Godfrey smirked to himself, his men made themselves ready for ground, their lasguns powered up, and their blades sharp.

He commanded 6 million Guardsmen, of his personal army the "Castellion Corsairs"

Corsair
http://wallpoper.com/images/00/28/46/56 ... 284656.jpg

The first wave would be half his force, 3 million men, already on route to the planet below. Protecting them were 5000 Lighting fighters, and 300 Marauder Bombers from the Imperial Navy. Their job was to shoot down any missiles aimed for the transports. Their goal was to take the city of Kankan, Nantorakan Guinea.

The men were equipped in biohazard gear for the trip, coated in flak, they specialized in lighting warfare, with plenty of tanks and APC's backing them up. As well as terror tactics, flaying, and torturing enemy POW's who refused to join up.

Their origins were from the Underhives of Hive Secundus, a place where only the strongest criminals can survive. Among the mutants, zombies, aliens, and worse. Most of the people down there had lived there so long, that their bodies had come accustomed to the pollution and vile toxins that crept in the air, some of whom could only survive in such an environment, hence the breathing gear.

Good thing it doubled as biohazard protection. Not that it mattered much, they were pure cannon fodder, even if this invasion failed, it would still weaken an enemy of man for further conquest.

The transports and fighters started their voyage to Kankan...
...............................................................................................................................

"My Lord, my Lord!" shouted a vile mutant in bio gear

"What is it!? can't you see that i'm invading a world ere?" shouted Godfrey

He sat in his personnel vessel "The Torturous Delight" a 9 kilometer vessel, with a crew of 95 thousand, decorated with the skins of many a victim on its exterior.

"My Lord, we're taking fire from ships from the Empire of Higher Japan, intercepting messages from them, it seems that they've declared war on us!" screeched the soldier.

"If they want a war... they will have it! fire the macro cannons, and the lance batteries at once, hold position, and continue to send transports down to the world."

"Of course my Lord"

Godfrey's day had just turned from fun, to very, very annoying.

Sure. First, more paragraphs. Your writing style reminds me of old 80's text adventure computer game currently. Paragraphs - four to six sentences held together by mutual content - give writing a sense of body, of weight. Watch your capitalization; 'i'm invading a world ere?' should always be 'I'm invading a world ere?', even if the speaker is an Ork. Ship's names - as they are proper names - should either be in italics or in single quotes if you don't like italics. I prefer italics, it looks classier. Numbers should always, always, always be written out when used in conversation and nearly always when used in a story. 6 should be six, 90 should be ninety, etc. For the most part you should strive to avoid numbers, however, and instead try to describe the thing instead; A gargantuan vessel longer than a man could walk in a morning with a crew of many tens of thousands, the skins of their victims laid across the exterior.

For outside homework I would recommend taking a look at some of the books set in your source material. I've heard tell that some of them are excellent; Take a close look at how their writing is structured, how they describe things and how the characters interact.

For extra credit I would then recommend trying to move beyond the source material. NationStates, especially the NS/II side of things, should really be its own animal. Certainly many of us started with a familiar source material but we'd like to encourage players to move beyond that, to make your nation/civilization your own. Perhaps there is some tinge or echo of what came before but just as we look like our parents in some ways it should be our own accomplishments that are interesting to others.

by **Calixicanuss** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:18 am

Sunset wrote:
Calixicanuss wrote:Can i get some writing advice? i want to know what i need to work on, and would really appreciate some help.

Here's some examples of my writing.

Meanwhile, deep in the void, five systems away from the conflict between Reblica, its allies, and the pirates. A rouge traders vessel lies in wait...

"I see, i see... war. I can feel the heat of the cannons, the screaming metal and cracking shields of naval combat, the dammed souls being sent into the very warp as we speak." said an old man in robes

"Damn it, tell me more!" shouted a much younger man, in full carapace armor.

The two men speaking were the Rouge Trader "Henrick Maximilian" and his Astropath "Gendry"

The rouge traders had one job, to bring profit to the Imperium of Mankind, through any means necessary. Of course taking a cut for themselves in the process.

Astropaths were psykers, men who could channel the power of the Immaterium, their power being to contact others at great distance. While a vox channel could work a few systems away, the vast scale of the Imperium necessitated communications that could work from one end of the Galaxy, to the other. And so came the astropaths, who could also sense objects in the void, and so were secondarily a type of radar.

"I feel the immense sadness of a once proud race, not human. And the arrogance and pride of surrounding vessels, many of which are both xeno and human in origin. I reckon My Lord, that there was a battle in this system, that may still be ongoing. Between half a dozen factions and races "

Henrick stood up from his chair in glee "Looks to be an opportunity for profit! wait for the ships to leave, then we head in and swoop up the wreckage!" shouted the trader

He then pulled out his vox, and directed a message to his crew "Everyone to your proper stations, we're heading into the Warp within 24 hours, and get the scavenging crews ready, bonuses all round if this mission turns out well!"

Cheers could be heard from the crew.

Maximilian commanded the Spirit of Exploitation, a massive ship of 14 kilometers, with a crew a 156 thousand souls. It was equipped with 16 macro cannons, 4 lance batteries, boarding torpedoes, and two rail guns "who some theorize to be xeno in origin, Rouge Traders can get away with stuff like that"

The ship had been in Henricks family for four thousand years 'with Henrick being only two hundred fifty seven" and had seen the death of entire civilizations, and the sacking of hundreds of worlds.

Its cargo bays were legendary, extremely space efficient, they could fit half a worlds technological basis, or half a dozen smaller ships.

It was a large, powerful vessel, but it wasn't fighting any fleets by itself anytime soon. Henrick knew this, and decided instead to wait for the fighting to be over before he started to scavenge...

Meanwhile on Fiverius

For the past two weeks the warriors of the true Gods had held their only stronghold on this accursed world, Brigands Rest.

The corpse worshipers came, and cultist Klos was to be put on the front lines.

Klos was a devote of Nurgle, king of pestilence, and stagnation. He was a vile creature, with open sores on almost every inch of his skin, and giant, pulsating, green, cysts covering every inch of the right side of his face.

He had allowed billions of microbes to live inside him, for the "gift" of immortality from his god.

The soldiers of the false Emperor were about to smash through the first wall surrounding the city, bombarding it for days on end. And Klos was to hold the line alongside several hundred other cultists.

He stood in front of the gate, autogun in hand ready to shoot any enemy trying to breach it. Klos grew anxious, he wanted to prove himself worthy of the gifts given to him by his God.

For a brief couple of seconds, the artillery fire went quiet, before the cultists could even process what was going on, a Melta charge blew up the walls massive gate!

Guardsmen in blue and brown charged through the breach, firing their lasguns with trained discipline and accuracy, cutting down a dozen cultists in the first volley. "FOR THE EMPEROR!" they cried

Klos took cover behind a large rock, his gifts gave him increased durability compared to his kin, but it still wouldn't do him much good to get shot up by lasgun fire.

Klos peeled the corner and fired his autogun at a guardsmen in brown, he hit him three times, the first time in the chest, his flak armor protecting him, the second time in the leg, bringing him down to one knee, and the last time in the head, killing him.

A squad of twenty Khorne cultists "the God of Blood and War" charged the guardsmen with rusty, makeshift swords, and oversized single shot shotguns. They were hit again and again by the red lasers of the guardsmen, but their shear bloodlust and chaotic gifts allowed them to press on, screaming at the top of their lungs.

"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE" they screamed, crashing into the guardsmen, butchering half a dozen in seconds, their superhuman blows going through the flak armor like butter.

Soon the Imperials counter charged, lead by a man in a peaked cap. "Follow me if advance, kill me if i retreat, avenge me if i die!" he shouted. He was a commissar, the political officers of the Imperium, there to inspire the men to keep on fighting, and punish any cowardice or heresy.

This was shown when he gunned down one of the guardsmen who thought it was a good idea to retreat, Klos found it funny.

But he was not enough to keep the guardsmen from being overwhelmed, as they were cut down by the berserkers. Soon even he was overwhelmed and butchered.

It seemed as though Chaos would win the day, as the berserkers pushed into the fleeing soldiers, haveing cut down nearly 30 of them at this point. Klos was relieved, he couldn't wait to get infected by a new plague, as this victory would buy more time for him to immerse himself in Papa Nurgles delight.

Then something unexpected happened, a "man" as if you could call him that, more like a Daemon. Jumped forward into the breach, butchering the Khorne cultists with almost superhuman speed and grace.

He was cloaked in Grey and Gold, with a Red cape, wielding an expertly crafted bolt pistol and powersword.

It was the Governor Militant himself! Tiberius Haffentoten!

"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD" shouted the cultists as they charged him.

But it was all for naught, Klos watched in desperation as the governors sword sliced through one, two, sometimes three of his comrades, in a single swing!

Soon the Khorne cultists were no more, wiped out by both the governor, and fresh reinforcements from the wasteland legion.

Klos was visibly shaking at this point, he exited cover only to see the governors face looking down at him.

Klos didn't even get the chance to pull his rifle up before he was cut in half....

Godfrey smirked to himself, his men made themselves ready for ground, their lasguns powered up, and their blades sharp.

He commanded 6 million Guardsmen, of his personal army the "Castellion Corsairs"

Corsair
http://wallpoper.com/images/00/28/46/56 ... 284656.jpg

The first wave would be half his force, 3 million men, already on route to the planet below. Protecting them were 5000 Lighting fighters, and 300 Marauder Bombers from the Imperial Navy. Their job was to shoot down any missiles aimed for the transports. Their goal was to take the city of Kankan, Nantorakan Guinea.

The men were equipped in biohazard gear for the trip, coated in flak, they specialized in lighting warfare, with plenty of tanks and APC's backing them up. As well as terror tactics, flaying, and torturing enemy POW's who refused to join up.

Their origins were from the Underhives of Hive Secundus, a place where only the strongest criminals can survive. Among the mutants, zombies, aliens, and worse. Most of the people down there had lived there so long, that their bodies had come accustomed to the pollution and vile toxins that crept in the air, some of whom could only survive in such an environment, hence the breathing gear.

Good thing it doubled as biohazard protection. Not that it mattered much, they were pure cannon fodder, even if this invasion failed, it would still weaken an enemy of man for further conquest.

The transports and fighters started their voyage to Kankan...
...............................................................................................................................

"My Lord, my Lord!" shouted a vile mutant in bio gear

"What is it!? can't you see that i'm invading a world ere?" shouted Godfrey

He sat in his personnel vessel "The Torturous Delight" a 9 kilometer vessel, with a crew of 95 thousand, decorated with the skins of many a victim on its exterior.

"My Lord, we're taking fire from ships from the Empire of Higher Japan, intercepting messages from them, it seems that they've declared war on us!" screeched the soldier.

"If they want a war... they will have it! fire the macro cannons, and the lance batteries at once, hold position, and continue to send transports down to the world."

"Of course my Lord"

Godfrey's day had just turned from fun, to very, very annoying.

Sure. First, more paragraphs. Your writing style reminds me of old 80's text adventure computer game currently. Paragraphs - four to six sentences held together by mutual content - give writing a sense of body, of weight. Watch your capitalization; 'i'm invading a world ere?' should always be 'I'm invading a world ere?', even if the speaker is an Ork. Ship's names - as they are proper names - should either be in italics or in single quotes if you don't like italics. I prefer italics, it looks classier. Numbers should always, always, always be written out when used in conversation and nearly always when used in a story. 6 should be six, 90 should be ninety, etc. For the most part you should strive to avoid numbers, however, and instead try to describe the thing instead. A gargantuan vessel longer than a man could walk in a morning with a crew of many tens of thousands, the skins of their victims laid across the exterior.

For outside homework I would recommend taking a look at some of the books set in your source material. I've heard tell that some of them are excellent; Take a close look at how their writing is structured, how they describe things and how the characters interact.

For extra credit I would then recommend trying to move beyond the source material. NationStates, especially the NS/II side of things, should really be its own animal. Certainly many of us started with a familiar source material but we'd like to encourage players to move beyond that, to make your nation/civilization your own. Perhaps there is some tinge or echo of what came before but just as we look like our parents in some ways it should be our own accomplishments that are interesting to others.

Thank you so much for the advice! will defiantly take it all into consideration.

The stuff you said about structure and style is really useful, will work on that right away.

For the extra credit bit, while I'm not going to say any of my stuff is truly original "its not" the worlds, characters, and regiments that i use are home brewed, i know its probably not what you meant, but it is mildly unique. Still massively appreciate the advice though.

by **Anime North America** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:30 pm

This might be something of a strange question, but how does an RPer avoid burnout?

My biggest caveat as a writer is that I'll get so engrossed in writing exact, detailed prose that I'll run myself into the ground after four to six hours. Following that, it usually takes me a good day or two before I finally get the muse to write again.

This has been a major problem ever since I started roleplaying again this summer. Though part of that might be attributed to my bad nerves, I'm still curious if anyone else has dealt with it before. ^^

by **Lamoni** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:42 pm

One way to deal with burnout is to write in spurts of a few hours, then go do something else for a time, and come back to the post later. This will not only help to prevent burnout, but will also give your brain time to come up with new things while you are off doing something else. It can also help if you and your fellow RPers in a given thread take things a bit more slowly, so that you don't have to post everyday, maybe more like once every few days.

by **Cerillium** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:32 pm

Burnout is more common than people realize. Lamoni's suggestions are all good. There isn't anything wrong with taking a day or two off between posts. Communicate with your group so they understand your posting habits.

One of the best quotes I've heard regarding burnout is "Writer burnout happens when you use up all of your creative reserves and become a machine."

For some, their involvement in too many games means they spend an inordinate amount of time cranking out posts. It feels like trying to dig our way out of a deep hole in the sand using only a teaspoon. No sooner do we post than all the replies come in. We're too exhausted to respond but we push our minds to do so "for the sake of the story". If our RP post quality and content is starting to suffer, we may be spreading our creative energy too thin. Bowing out of a few RP, or taking a sabbatical, can refresh the spirit.

For others, there's a high expectation regarding post quality and length. This expectation may be set by the OP/GM or by our own minds. We stress over achieving perfection, and then we browbeat ourselves because that perfection isn't coming fast enough and the game is stalling. We tend to nitpick the details as well, and pour hours of effort into our posts. The fix for this is simple: remind ourselves it's just a game. It's alright if we churn out the occasional sub-par post. Every post can't be a masterpiece. There's nothing wrong with striving towards perfection provided we allow ourselves recovery time between posts.

Then there's the honest answer that many don't want to give: "I don't want to fucking write today!" It isn't that we have writer's block or feel burnt on writing, or that we dislike a game or its players. We just don't want to write and, rather than admit that to our fellow players, we force ourselves to churn out something decent. Our heart isn't in it. We begin to resent the RP or group. This is the quickest way to burn out. Communication is key to success. Inform your OP/GM and fellow players that you aren't in any mood to write that night. Take the evening off and go enjoy doing something else.

by **Anime North America** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:31 am

Lamoni wrote:-snip!-

Cerillium wrote:-snip!-

Thank you both for the wonderful advice! I feel like I'd learned most of it subconsciously when I first started out, but it's much more helpful to see it codified in writing.

For me, it turns out another big problem was my attention/creative capacity was split between my writing and some tough college courses. Thought I could handle both without some sort of compromise. :lol:

by **Lamoni** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:46 pm

You're welcome. We've been there, so we have a good idea of how to avoid it.

by **Red Maghreb** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:50 pm

Good day!

So I have been reading some of the guides and rules, as in this thread here, and I'm afraid there are some things I don't understand.

I just saw an open thread, but the OP specified it needed an application. Thus, I'm a bit scared of popping into an "open" role-play and making a mess of things.

by **The Macabees** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:55 pm

Red Maghreb wrote:I just saw an open thread, but the OP specified it needed an application. Thus, I'm a bit scared of popping into an "open" role-play and making a mess of things.

What I highly, highly recommend is to post in the out of character thread if it has one (if you're not sure, link me to the RP and I can help you look).

Or, if there is no out of character thread, TG the player.

Don't ever be timid! If the thread says open, the OP is looking for people to get involved.

by **Noders** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:11 pm

So i have an RP thread that I've been stuck working on for about three years now (long time I know) my biggest problem is I haven't even been able to finish the first post because I'm try to introduce the RP with as realistic an opening as possible and I keep getting hung up on small stuff I'm not even sure how to make it look.

by **Valentine Z** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:08 pm

Hi there! Well, I just did a dinner/party RP not so long ago: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=427330

It went quite well, I think I'm quite satisfied with the turnout, but at the same time, I can't help that it went a little too fast. Maybe that's why a lot of people got burnouts and left after a few posts. I admit, it got too hectic with the number of posts.

May I know what can I do in the future? Is a rule viable, like maybe for each user, only allow 2-4 posts per page? Or something else is needed?

Thanks in advance!

by **The Macabees** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:19 pm

Noders wrote:So i have an RP thread that I've been stuck working on for about three years now (long time I know) my biggest problem is I haven't even been able to finish the first post because I'm try to introduce the RP with as realistic an opening as possible and I keep getting hung up on small stuff I'm not even sure how to make it look.

I don't remember what author it was, but he essentially said, "I hate my work after I read it. But I publish it, because I will always find ways of improving my work, but I need to publish."

What's the kind of stuff you've been hung up on?

by **Noders** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:36 pm

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=293332&hilit
^ this basically I'm trying to make the opening read like a back and forth between two departments in my government involved with military aid and whatnot but it just reads like a bland list. and I haven't even finished the 1 first line to be honest.

by **Erythrean Thebes** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:24 am

Noders wrote:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=293332&hilit
^ this basically I'm trying to make the opening read like a back and forth between two departments in my government involved with military aid and whatnot but it just reads like a bland list. and I haven't even finished the 1 first line to be honest.

Hint at things a lot, for example says these two people know each other personally and make references to things they know implicitly about the government and this policy issue. That will add material and it will develop a plot for the reader to wonder about, following it piecing it together for themselves wondering how it will unfold

by **Rhodevus** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:27 am

Noders wrote:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=293332&hilit
^ this basically I'm trying to make the opening read like a back and forth between two departments in my government involved with military aid and whatnot but it just reads like a bland list. and I haven't even finished the 1 first line to be honest.

I agree with what Thebes said. I also want to note that you can change the title of the thread to say (CLOSED) if you don't want people to participate. better than having a spoiler in the OP

by **Minoa** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 6:34 am

Hi,

From December 2017, NSindex will be testing a new-style home page ahead of our fifth anniversary next year, and I wish to ask if anyone can provide five news headlines (and the links to the relevant threads) relating to the world of roleplay to populate the “In the news from roleplay” section.

I am getting rather tried about the lack of roleplay headlines in the current home page, and to keep it that way would ruin the full potential of the new-style home page.

Best,

-- Minoa.

by **Erythrean Thebes** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 5:12 pm

Minoa wrote:Hi,

From December 2017, NSindex will be testing a new-style home page ahead of our fifth anniversary next year, and I wish to ask if anyone can provide five news headlines (and the links to the relevant threads) relating to the world of roleplay to populate the “In the news from roleplay” section.

I am getting rather tried about the lack of roleplay headlines in the current home page, and to keep it that way would ruin the full potential of the new-style home page.

Best,

-- Minoa.

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