New RP Discussion Thread

[Eclectric]

Mine are cool.

This thread is to talk about new RPs, not your dragons.

[Metalheadz]

Mine are cool.

all I need to know is if you're interested in my RP idea of dragons.

[Blue Fire Cyndaquil]

Yes.

[Josiah]

This is mainly for people in the Web Comic Club who liked the current comic, though if anyone else is interested it'd be open to them too.

I'm thinking of starting a "text adventure RP". Basically, the RP would be in the style of old text adventure games. I'd take the roll of the "computer" by narrating, describing areas, events, etc. Since this was insprited by the aforementioned web comic, there would be a lot of word play and snarky comments. Players wouldn't create characters or even really RP, but would instead interact with with the RP like they would a text adventure game, by entering simple commands, to which I would then respond. For a quick and simple example of how this would work (running late today so I don't want to type something long)...

Me: You enter a long hallway. It continues far to the north. There is a large door set in the east wall. A yo-yo is lying on the floor.

Possible player actions would include things like:
-Go North
-Open door
-Take yo-yo
-Use Booby Trap Detector on Door

Due to the nature of this type of thing, it would only be open to a very limited number of players (probably three or four) at a time (with me being the one that decides who is accepted each game). They'd likely spend little time together and interaction between players would be kept to a minimum. The goal would be to survive the experience and come out with as many points as possible (points would be earned for collecting certain items, solving puzzles, and the like).

So, any interest?

[PoikSpirit]

The wit behind a webcomic artist running a mock text-based adventure? This'd be better than Sharune. I'm in.

[Stevenson]

Awesome. Me too.

[Josiah]

Excellent, this should be fun. I'll get a basic game plan together (not quite sure how much of this I want to plan out ahead of time and how much to just make up as I go along) and make a thread. Should have it done sometime this week (though possibly not till Friday night or Saturday depending on how long some of my school projects take). I want to limit the first game to long time forum members, preferably web comic club member that liked If Only, as a sort of test run. Poik and Stevenson are in, and I'll take another person or two as well. If the game goes well, I may start another one once it's over and open it up to more people.

[Giga-Gar]

I'd like to join as well. I appreciate clever word play, so this would be great.

[Saber Knight]

Ooh, ooh, I call in! Sounds like fun.

[Kaida]

I'd play too. ^_^

[Metalheadz]

This is mainly for people in the Web Comic Club who liked the current comic, though if anyone else is interested it'd be open to them too.

I'm thinking of starting a "text adventure RP". Basically, the RP would be in the style of old text adventure games. I'd take the roll of the "computer" by narrating, describing areas, events, etc. Since this was insprited by the aforementioned web comic, there would be a lot of word play and snarky comments. Players wouldn't create characters or even really RP, but would instead interact with with the RP like they would a text adventure game, by entering simple commands, to which I would then respond. For a quick and simple example of how this would work (running late today so I don't want to type something long)...

Me: You enter a long hallway. It continues far to the north. There is a large door set in the east wall. A yo-yo is lying on the floor.

Possible player actions would include things like:
-Go North
-Open door
-Take yo-yo
-Use Booby Trap Detector on Door

Due to the nature of this type of thing, it would only be open to a very limited number of players (probably three or four) at a time (with me being the one that decides who is accepted each game). They'd likely spend little time together and interaction between players would be kept to a minimum. The goal would be to survive the experience and come out with as many points as possible (points would be earned for collecting certain items, solving puzzles, and the like).

So, any interest?

cool idea, I'll try it

[Josiah]

I want to limit the first game to long time forum members, preferably web comic club member that liked If Only, as a sort of test run. ... If the game goes well, I may start another one once it's over and open it up to more people.

Sorry White_Samurai, but you're not getting in this the first game. Possibly the next game, if there is one. But, seeing as the first one hasn't even started yet, I'm not taking reservations for future games right now.

Hmm... That leaves Poik, Stevenson, Gar, Saber, and Kaida. And I wouldn't be surprised if Silver wants to join too and hasn't posted yet. I really don't want to have more than four players for the first game, since I'm not sure how difficult it will be to manage multiple players in this kind of thing. Depending on how it goes, future games may have more or less slots. I already said that Poik and Stevenson are in, and I'm not going to renig on that. But, at the same time, I'd rather not penalize Kaida and possibly Silver for not getting the chance to post as soon as other people. So, I'm going to give Gar, Saber, Kaida, and (if he wants it) Silver, a choice. I can either use a die to choose two of you at random, or you can insult sword fight each other for the slots.

[Phonox]

Well, can I join the second round, since all the slots are taken?

[Josiah]

Oops... Forgot that you commented on the comic as well. You can be in the running for the empty first round slots with Gar, Saber, and Kaida (and Silver, if he posts soon saying he wants in). But I'm not taking any reservations for a second game yet since I want to see how the first one goes before deciding if there will be another and what a good number of players is.

[Giga-Gar]

Uh, I think I'd go for rolling a die instead of the sword fight.