...I can't be inspired by anything because A. How? B. It'll look like copying.
The sad thing-my last chapter on Into the Void was probably the best thing I've written on this forum.
Let me tell you the cold, sad truth: Everything is a copy of another thing.
It depends on how much you copy, however. We'll surely yell at people for blatantly copying RPs or even having some clear influences, but in reality that doesn't happen (mainly because this section is full of it, but even where I'm at we don't yell for copying - there's God knows how many Pokemon RPs where I'm at). If anything, it's good to start off as a copycat and work your way into becoming something distinctively different. My friend Lugia has made lots and lots of Pokemon RPs, but you can definitely see a jump in quality from the first one he made to the latest one he has now. And you don't definitely have me criticising him for making it a Pokemon RP.
RPs allow people to live out certain imaginations and fantasies in their minds. If you make a RP that's very detailed and clearly different to everyone's perceptions... I wouldn't roleplay in it. There's a reason why I don't like Skyrim and Fallout, simply because they have too much detail and don't suit a person like myself.
This does present a problem when trying to balance unique tastes with actually having people to RP with you, but in this case that's beside the point - you're new. You're expected to run a RP that's no different to others, and we respect that. (So long as it's not a blatant copy and actually leads somewhere that people like.) Sure, it has to be SOMEWHAT unique (ie post-apoc. Pokemon), but in the end it's either you get a roleplay running or you waste time making something nobody else understands.
My point is, don't be afraid of inspiration. The world's leaders, intellectuals and artists all had inspiration from somewhere, but they're not exactly called imitators or copycats. If you like it and know how to make it interesting in your head, put it out there and don't let it sit in a garbage can. Some of the best roleplays/stories/TV shows have had influences from elsewhere, so don't be afraid of using someone's ideas so long as it fits in with your own idea.
First off-No, I'm not new. I've been around for almost four months.
Second-I'm pretty sure Ethansito, Firewave, and I are going to have to save Minecraft all by ourselves. But no pressure. XD
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Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
Four months is a while. And we don't have much choice. Without us, everyone will die.
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-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
Have you been roleplaying anywhere before those four months that you've spent in these forums?
No, but I registered for another fourm on the same day. We roleplay frequently there.
Am I still an amateur?
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-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
No, but I registered for another fourm on the same day. We roleplay frequently there.
Am I still an amateur?Yes
That was kind of a silly question. Amateur is a term relating to skill, and you yourself have admitted that's something you need to improve on.
Saying you've been here four months is the same as saying you're two years old. I've been here four and a half years and I'm still learning. Am I veteran of this forum? Yes. Am I veteran roleplayer? Arguably.
Ack. Is my one and only skill making people mad at me? Meh. At least I'll get to be alone.
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-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
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Nobody has showed any aggression towards you, nor stated that they are angry towards you. If you actually wanted to be alone, you wouldn't post in a public forum about how you want to be alone. If you truly wanted to be alone, you would lock yourself in a room and not use the internet at all.
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"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
Ack. Is my one and only skill making people mad at me? Meh. At least I'll get to be alone.
I think you need to calm down; it'll only be years until you look back and regret these posts, simply because you made them.
Rainbow, no one wants to argue with you. You keep trying to counter everything by saying that you're bad at most things, and at the same time trying to argue that you're in fact doing your best.
We're getting mixed messages if anything. You seemed to be focused on purely the negative aspect of my previous post, and keep trying to convince everyone here that we should accept your standards. Really now, what are you exactly trying to achieve?
We're not mad at you, at least I'm not. I'm just somewhat annoyed as you don't seem to take most of our advice to heart. You're like a dog running in circles and deflecting; eventually you gotta stop and listen, and realise something is wrong when you try to make good out of bad (especially from that post of yours).
Sit down and listen. If you were to do this anywhere else you'd be immediately ousted, or even sworn at. At least we're trying to help at the best of our abilities, but we're not Gods here. If you don't want help, then stop posting here and continue with whatever you were originally doing. If you want help (and I take it that you do by continuously posting back and forth between everyone), then please do remain here without attempting to make fuss out of everyone.
I don't want help anymore. So you can stop wasting your time on someone who won't listen. I'd prefer being sworn at, personally.
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-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
I don't want help anymore. So you can stop wasting your time on someone who won't listen. I'd prefer being sworn at, personally.
... Well then, thanks for wasting our time and generosity then... I'll just leave it at that.
I guess the only real good thing which came out of this episode was the Steampunk-Detective RP(and even then, it's actually directly attributed to Cloak). Which by the way, is still open to anyone who wishes to join in the discussion.
Yea I'm doing a shameless plug for something still in development, sue me.
You tried to help, which you shouldn't have done. Most people wouldn't. I know I wouldn't have. And enjoy your steampunk roleplay. I'm sure with you people involved, it'll be the most successful RP on this forum to date.
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-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
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If you ask me, that guy's got a pretty bad mentality against life at the moment. Firstly he's hypocritical, secondly he believes he doesn't need help, and thirdly he wants to dismiss everyone he sees and believes himself to be better than others.
Well, that's a typical day of 2015. Who wants to talk about other (RP) topics?
I think Kabling summed it up pretty well. I'm honestly not going to waste anymore time writing up replies relating to that matter, as I think we can all already guess the type of reply we'd get pretty accurately at this point.
Anyways, necroposting is still a popular thing. Other than that, anyone remember this?
... In other news, I just did a quick survey on the genres of the roleplays on the first page, so that is roleplays that have been updated by posters in the last two days. We have:
8 RPs based on existing Fiction (ie. Fanworks)
6 RPs based on superheroes or magical people or kids with non-human mental/physical abilities attending schools or academies.
4 RPs based on being 'thrown in the deep-end', without much world building or background, players have to figure it out as they go along.
1 Crime RP
1 Fantasy RP
1 Minecraft RP
1 Futuristic/Sci-fi RP
and 1 RP based on characters from other RPs.
And of course a cacophony of OOCs.
Pweety pweety pwease, can we have more diversity?
Since it's been around 1 year, let's do the same survey again to see if anything has changed. We got:
5 fantasy/power RPs.
5 RPs based off existing fiction(Steven Universe, Skyrim, Portal, Warriors, and Pokémon)
3 Minecraft RPs, one of which is closed and just kept alive with irrelevant OOC talk
4 dead RPs resurrected by necroposters
1 multiverse RP.
1 RP with no backstory at all.
1 dinosaur RP(when did these become a thing?).
1 'superpowered people go to a school' RP.
1 apocalypse RP.
1 high school RP.
1 cyberpunk RP.
1 alien RP.
1 mutation(choose what species you want) RP.
A few OOC threads.
The fantasy/power RPs are actually some of the best you can get in the forum roleplay section. So yea, just because a few RPs are diverse and different, doesn't necessarily mean that those different RPs are of actual good quality(e.g. we haven't seen a dinosaur RP before, doesn't mean it's automatically great). Same goes for the opposite: just because a genre has been done a lot doesn't mean that it can't be good if executed well enough.
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Dinosaur's have been around for about a year (....) and I have yet to see a single dinosaur RP that makes any sense, or is of discernible quality.
Fanfic RP's are rarely any good. They're always either too focused on existing content, or they make their own fanfics by destroying the universe and doing whatever they want. (Also that's 5 Existing fiction RP's.... Pokemon is existing fiction.)
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"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
They've already been around for one year? Wow, the time just flies by, huh?
And yea, I've taken a look at one or two of them before. The dinosaur RPs seem to have taken lots of inspiration from LaaM... which is not really a good thing you want to do.
Ah yes, sorry about that. I guess Pokémon RPs have been such a trend around here that I figured it needed its own group. Fixed it.
Let me tell you the cold, sad truth: Everything is a copy of another thing.
It depends on how much you copy, however. We'll surely yell at people for blatantly copying RPs or even having some clear influences, but in reality that doesn't happen (mainly because this section is full of it, but even where I'm at we don't yell for copying - there's God knows how many Pokemon RPs where I'm at). If anything, it's good to start off as a copycat and work your way into becoming something distinctively different. My friend Lugia has made lots and lots of Pokemon RPs, but you can definitely see a jump in quality from the first one he made to the latest one he has now. And you don't definitely have me criticising him for making it a Pokemon RP.
RPs allow people to live out certain imaginations and fantasies in their minds. If you make a RP that's very detailed and clearly different to everyone's perceptions... I wouldn't roleplay in it. There's a reason why I don't like Skyrim and Fallout, simply because they have too much detail and don't suit a person like myself.
This does present a problem when trying to balance unique tastes with actually having people to RP with you, but in this case that's beside the point - you're new. You're expected to run a RP that's no different to others, and we respect that. (So long as it's not a blatant copy and actually leads somewhere that people like.) Sure, it has to be SOMEWHAT unique (ie post-apoc. Pokemon), but in the end it's either you get a roleplay running or you waste time making something nobody else understands.
My point is, don't be afraid of inspiration. The world's leaders, intellectuals and artists all had inspiration from somewhere, but they're not exactly called imitators or copycats. If you like it and know how to make it interesting in your head, put it out there and don't let it sit in a garbage can. Some of the best roleplays/stories/TV shows have had influences from elsewhere, so don't be afraid of using someone's ideas so long as it fits in with your own idea.
First off-No, I'm not new. I've been around for almost four months.
Second-I'm pretty sure Ethansito, Firewave, and I are going to have to save Minecraft all by ourselves. But no pressure. XD
-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
Four months is a while. And we don't have much choice. Without us, everyone will die.
-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
Have you been roleplaying anywhere before those four months that you've spent in these forums?
No, but I registered for another fourm on the same day. We roleplay frequently there.
Am I still an amateur?
-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
That was kind of a silly question. Amateur is a term relating to skill, and you yourself have admitted that's something you need to improve on.
Saying you've been here four months is the same as saying you're two years old. I've been here four and a half years and I'm still learning. Am I veteran of this forum? Yes. Am I veteran roleplayer? Arguably.
This is not a roleplaying thread, so please don't say silly things like that. It's just irritating. And mildly confusing.
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
Ack. Is my one and only skill making people mad at me? Meh. At least I'll get to be alone.
-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
Nobody has showed any aggression towards you, nor stated that they are angry towards you. If you actually wanted to be alone, you wouldn't post in a public forum about how you want to be alone. If you truly wanted to be alone, you would lock yourself in a room and not use the internet at all.
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
I think you need to calm down; it'll only be years until you look back and regret these posts, simply because you made them.
Rainbow, no one wants to argue with you. You keep trying to counter everything by saying that you're bad at most things, and at the same time trying to argue that you're in fact doing your best.
We're getting mixed messages if anything. You seemed to be focused on purely the negative aspect of my previous post, and keep trying to convince everyone here that we should accept your standards. Really now, what are you exactly trying to achieve?
We're not mad at you, at least I'm not. I'm just somewhat annoyed as you don't seem to take most of our advice to heart. You're like a dog running in circles and deflecting; eventually you gotta stop and listen, and realise something is wrong when you try to make good out of bad (especially from that post of yours).
Sit down and listen. If you were to do this anywhere else you'd be immediately ousted, or even sworn at. At least we're trying to help at the best of our abilities, but we're not Gods here. If you don't want help, then stop posting here and continue with whatever you were originally doing. If you want help (and I take it that you do by continuously posting back and forth between everyone), then please do remain here without attempting to make fuss out of everyone.
I don't want help anymore. So you can stop wasting your time on someone who won't listen. I'd prefer being sworn at, personally.
-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
If you don't want us to 'waste our time'.... stop fishing for a response. It's really rather simple.
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
... Well then, thanks for wasting our time and generosity then... I'll just leave it at that.
I guess the only real good thing which came out of this episode was the Steampunk-Detective RP(and even then, it's actually directly attributed to Cloak). Which by the way, is still open to anyone who wishes to join in the discussion.
Yea I'm doing a shameless plug for something still in development, sue me.
I'm leaving you off with one thing:
You tried to help, which you shouldn't have done. Most people wouldn't. I know I wouldn't have. And enjoy your steampunk roleplay. I'm sure with you people involved, it'll be the most successful RP on this forum to date.
-The Lovely and Magestic RainbowGirl
Whatever I just said, I didn't mean any offense. Unless we're fighting, in which case I probably did.
If I said something was a joke when it didn't seem like one, I'm making an excuse to avoid an argument I know is coming. Instead of telling me how not funny I am and how it didn't seem like a joke at all, just go along with it. Because flame wars suck and nobody wants to be a part of one.
Roughly 95% of Minecraft players hate Villagers and would be very happy if they were removed. If you are one of the 5% who actually like villagers, copy this into your signature.-RainbowGirl
The damn image won't work-screw my iPad!-but you should click this link. Now. Or you'll regret it...because this suggestion is epic.
You're literally telling us we shouldn't have tried to help, which is something good, because most people would ignore you, something bad.
Listen to yourself, pls.
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
If you ask me, that guy's got a pretty bad mentality against life at the moment. Firstly he's hypocritical, secondly he believes he doesn't need help, and thirdly he wants to dismiss everyone he sees and believes himself to be better than others.
Well, that's a typical day of 2015. Who wants to talk about other (RP) topics?
.... I would, but I don't know what.
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
I think Kabling summed it up pretty well. I'm honestly not going to waste anymore time writing up replies relating to that matter, as I think we can all already guess the type of reply we'd get pretty accurately at this point.
Anyways, necroposting is still a popular thing. Other than that, anyone remember this?
Since it's been around 1 year, let's do the same survey again to see if anything has changed. We got:
The fantasy/power RPs are actually some of the best you can get in the forum roleplay section. So yea, just because a few RPs are diverse and different, doesn't necessarily mean that those different RPs are of actual good quality(e.g. we haven't seen a dinosaur RP before, doesn't mean it's automatically great). Same goes for the opposite: just because a genre has been done a lot doesn't mean that it can't be good if executed well enough.
Dinosaur's have been around for about a year (....) and I have yet to see a single dinosaur RP that makes any sense, or is of discernible quality.
Fanfic RP's are rarely any good. They're always either too focused on existing content, or they make their own fanfics by destroying the universe and doing whatever they want. (Also that's 5 Existing fiction RP's.... Pokemon is existing fiction.)
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." - Marcus Aurelis
They've already been around for one year? Wow, the time just flies by, huh?
And yea, I've taken a look at one or two of them before. The dinosaur RPs seem to have taken lots of inspiration from LaaM... which is not really a good thing you want to do.
Ah yes, sorry about that. I guess Pokémon RPs have been such a trend around here that I figured it needed its own group. Fixed it.
EDIT: Necroposting everywhere.