TOP 5 RP Misconceptions!

[Andromeda]

I guess it comes down to different environments. The style of RP we fostered here was a more reactive one rather than one that was heavily planned out. As long as you didn't physical take control of someone's else character to do something that would get them harmed, injured or negatively effect them, then all things were fair. We focused being surprised and adaptive play. We tended not to do heavily controlled stories where everyone knows everything. The view was if you're doing that why aren't you just writing a story at that point. People stopped viewing that as RP and just writing a collaborative story at that point. People wanted to be surprised, learn things and feel like they didn't know what was going to happen next.

But it is just a different environment we were bred in. It was just a game to us and so we focused on entertaining everyone.

But to answer your question with the way you described it. No, we've never done that strict of RP here before. At least in the ones that I participated in. There was always a pretty high level of autonomy and independence people had. Sometimes they'd PM specific people in secret to put together plans and what not. But it was never a case where everyone was in all on the secret working together. Everyone had their own plans and they looked forward to seeing what others did.

[01habbo]

But to answer your question with the way you described it. No, we've never done that strict of RP here before. At least in the ones that I participated in. There was always a pretty high level of autonomy and independence people had. Sometimes they'd PM specific people in secret to put together plans and what not. But it was never a case where everyone was in all on the secret working together. Everyone had their own plans and they looked forward to seeing what others did.

This is pretty much the type of RP I only ever participate in, because it's more fun and more relaxed. If I'm the creator I don't want everyone to know the whole of the story right off the bat. I want to surprise the people that I'm playing with. I might want to reveal some secrets from time to time to a few people to surprise the others but I want everyone to join the ride. If I'm only a participant I don't want to be in a RP where everything is planned right away with everyone, I want to follow the story that the creators have planned out and enjoy the ride while getting some surprises along the way.

I also have been in a RP where colours are used for characters. I don't really find that people skip it all just to read the dialog, if the story is good people will read the whole post. But it is useful when you need a reference, when writing your own post to find the dialog you need. It's not to the taste of everyone but I like it.