Rpg in the Forums

Ben, if you think that you could in any way swamp the Fan Fic forum, you must not go there all that often. I have my settings at 50 threads/page, and the earliest thread is at about 4 hours ago, not that far behind what it is for the JCC.

 

I never admitted that MsgBoard RPs are Fan Fiction. When did I say that?

Perhaps we all should flood the Fan Fiction forum with "Shops & Shipyards" and other types of RP threads. Maybe when the "writers" start complaining about those the ADMINS will have no choice but to give us the RPG forum or a seperate RP Forum.

Or the single thread we were asking for in the EUC Forum.

If this is how we are going to have to get our point across to the one-tracked minds of the administration, I'm all for it.

And Im gonna start calling DL, DictatorLudicrous because thats what he is. A damn dictator.

Kadue- Trust me, if there is a will it can be done.

 

I have to agree with Darth Ludicrous on this. Many of your "defense forces" and other similar groups are just simplified versions of pass around fanfictions, typically called "squadfics." I do think that they do belong in the FanFiction forums too, and that all RPG threads talking about playing games with a board and die belong in their games forums.

 

I just rolled my 137 sided die and determined that there shall be no RPG threads in SA.

 

Another thing that comes to mind that is if the "defense forces" and their menagerie of similar threads are not FanFictions, then the all of the one-liner group threads currently in FanFic cannot be classified as fanfictions either.

 

CmdrMitthrawnuruodo, I think that if you do try flooding Fan Fic, it's not going to help your cause.

 

Doesn't sound like it would to me.
Probably just sunk the entire issue under...deeper.
But, I do agree with CmndrMithrawnurudo on this, we need a seperate forum, because RPs aren't stories, but nor are they RP games with dice.

I'm with you, too.

 

I may be a Moron, but I feel a RP Forum would be an awesome addition. I love to RP, and a place on my favorite Message Board to do so would be fantastic!! Also, I know some Admin can delete useless forums, so if we try it, and it fails, then just delete it.

A RP Forum would be especially useful, so Mods will have a defined rule about where RP threads belong and don't belong. Already I have seen people say FanFic, EUC, & SWG:RP forums. There seems to be alot of confusion.

And if we get a RP Forum, we can work on the "Dice Issue" afterwards.

 

hmm a moron having good ideas

seriously though, morondude brings up an excellent point which alot of admins are ignoring. if this is a communication/suggestion forum for helping the JC become a better place, i dont see why youre ignoring the majority of the people who wants a separate RPing forum. it just confuses me.. maybe you guys should change the forum name to, 'Give Us a Suggestion For the JC and We MIGHT listen to it'.

 

Majority? I count 9 people in this thread that gave support, and those that were involved in the EUC numbered between 20 and 30.

 

you count 9 ppl in this thread and say there are 20-30? i dont get your last post..

and that is the majority if you ask me..and im getting that from the number of ppl who posted in this thread.

 

You are saying that a majority of people want a forum. I count at most 40 people who want a forum from a total of 41000. And if you want negatives, I'll go grab some people who are against it who don't come here because they weren't told to come and get them to post.

They are not going to create a forum just for this few people.

 

like i said dude, i was talking about the ppl involved with RPing. whats the point in bringing in ppl who dont give a squat?

the point of this is to try to generate interest for a separate forum. thats wut basically this thread is about and the creation of it.

if you dont RP on the boards, then why are you complaining that we shouldnt have a separate forum? are you afraid that the Lightsiders might have to move over there or something?

 

Um... they can close them down, it's their choice.

What I am saying is that you are saying something that isn't true. There have been people asking for boards that have 10 times the support that haven't been made. Just go make an ez board.

 

can you be kind and give me an example for a forum with 10x the support which was rejected? and im guessing it was for something stupid.

if a JC porn forum was brought up, and you wouldnt get banned or anything for supporting it, im sure dozens maybe even hundreds of guys would support it

 

I support this idea fully.

Role playing is alot of fun and a good way to get to know fellow Jcer's I think if we had our own forum outside the Eu section.

 

Simple, one for mature topics that still stayed inside the general bounds of what the JC allows in terms of rating level. It had support of hundreds of JCer's and many mods. Do you see it lying around here somewhere?

 

thanks sacul

you mean that pg-13 thing? theres a difference between that and this. you guys were asking the administration to change the entire setting and environment of the JC. we're merely asking for a separate forum for RP that dissolves confusion for the placement of RP and brings RP'ers all over the JC together. i dont know about you but to me thats a very big difference on what we're asking

 

I agree it would be nice to have a section for RPG games for board members to paticipate in.

 

I think we need an RP board, count me in with Ben.

 

can any admin give us a reason WHY we can't have an RP forum?

no one has given any of us real solid evidence on why you guys are rejecting this idea..

 

Without knowing or stepping into all the political hullaballoo that's undoubtedly surrounding this conflict, imo, there's a very fine line between online roleplaying and both roleplaying games and fanfiction.

The fact that each player in a role-playing session makes and focuses on "their own" character to traverse through the game world separates it from a fanfiction, where all characters are at the mercy of whoever takes up the reins of storytelling.

And there is still a "game" element involved, as you battle wits with other posters, especially in combat situations...

Also, imo, the fact that this is being argued reflects an overly-restrictive limitation on post subject matter in the forums...

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I totally agree with Ben.He has my support.

 

That dice is dumb. I can only get 12!

We need the RP forum. I am sure it would have more activity than Music (no offense, that foruym just doesnt have alot of people posting alot in it) or Collecting for that matter.