Let me lay this out straight.
@Ersska:
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Neco, it's no fun if your character is totally invincible. And just because they do things a certain way in one forum, doesn't mean that we're gonna do it the same way. Everybody's different. Please lighten up. This is suppose to be fun.
For one: My character is not 'totally invincible'. My character is, however, naturally very strong, about the size of a large Shire horse, and keyed for combat, with a reason for the way she is. If you had read her profile and the IC posts about her thoroughly, you would know that. I play her exactly that way. I do not GM, as some have been known to do.
Regarding the ways of other forums, I make the comment that there are rules for reasons. There you do not have conversations like this, because people spend time with their writing so that others are sure to understand it, instead of slapping out crap and expecting everyone to play off it like pros.
I agree indeed that rp should be fun, but if one has to constantly read posts that are nearly indecipherable due to lack of punctuation, good grammar, sentence and dialogue structure, with everyone stumbling around like drunken sailors, then it's not fun. I'm sorry, but I won't lighten up about it, and I believe this has already been mentioned to Ex. If people put good effort into their posts, good things happen, and an rp isn't shit-canned as the result.
@John:
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I don't know about you other guys, but you are seriously being a pain in my butt...I offer an apology, and you throw it in my face...and actually, I AM jadrian. my name is Jadrian. you're too new to know that, so don't presume things you don't know.
If you were apologizing, it wasn't incredibly obvious...indeed, it sounded as if you were being smart-ass, and wasn't at all well done. An apology would have been like "I'm sorry, let me edit that, I didn't realize you felt that way" (though you DO know that controlling others characters a.k.a. "God Modding" or "God Play" is bad ettiquette and breaks the no GMing rule, yes?)
Let me tell you that this entire conversation is a pain in
my butt, and using my time, but it is the only way to get the point across to you.
I make an effort to make a post worthwhile. I arrange it neatly, I separate everything into manageable paragraphs for the sake of other people reading it, I clearly define any dialogue in the post to make sure everyone understands who my character is responding to (which is why I both indent and bold the lines of dialogue), I add detail and depth to flesh the post out and actually make it a worthy read that everyone can respond to somehow.
What I'm getting back for my effort to make the rp fun and understandable are posts that look as if their authors put the bare minimum and not even some of that into content, depth and detail. Generally what I'm seeing here is lack of effort/laziness, interspersed with completely random things that could be made
less random if someone just made the effort the write out a really good post!
As for your RL name corresponding with your characters, I could care less. Ilelan is not interacting with the RL you, she is interacting with the RP Jadrian, who we all should be mature enough to know
isn't the real you. He might have some characteristics or traits of yours, as some peoples characters have, but here I think some people aught to learn to separate their RL sides from their OL sides, and learn that role playing
is just a game, supposed to be played by those interested in it enough to become skilled and thorough.
And don't tell me about how experienced I am. I may be just returned to this site, but that doesn't mean I'm wet behind the ears either. Show some respect in the future, and you might just reciece some as well.
Enough argument. If this hasn't penetrated anything, then no other help in the world could save this from being a fiasco.
Having said that, I can move on.
@Heavyman:
Interesting turn you've taken with the drow showing up on scene. I have a few questions that I think should be taken into thoughtful consideration.
How big is Waterdeep anyway? Is it like San Francisco, or New York or what? What can we be expecting in this city, population/species/etc wise? If you can describe some major features (even if it's just a statue or something), then that would be a big help, and would help to center the rp better.
What 'holes' are the drow coming from? Are they coming up through the sewers, through some secret passageway within the city, or are they coming up outside the city and breaking in? Some detail would be nice so that we're not completely clueless all the time, and so that we can be sure there's actually a plot happening.
Otherwise you have a very good idea going on here. All it takes is effort to keep everyone informed and up on what's going on.