Thank you guys. You make very good, valid points and I respect you all for that!
That is true. I like RP's that have rules and a definite story line that needs to be followed but the creator let's you do some things yourself. The SG thing can be a problem also. I think it definetly ruins the story if you have several people who come in and pull of what Chaostrophe members do.I enjoy RPing, but everyone has and likes their own different styles of RPing. Some people prefer the organised route in which there's the process of the OOP; having someone else design the story, the scenery, the characters and their motives... etc, and everyone has to follow it. I'd probably enjoy it too if it wasn't for the sometimes impatient people who want to see your post within twenty minutes after their post, or they'll flame and troll you - don't tell me that doesn't happen, because I've seen it and heard about it with friends.
Then you have the ones with the short and simple OOP, with laid back members RPing at their own free will, and the story is free to develop in anyway possible (of course there'd be limits - you wouldn't bring on an invasion of UFOs in on a medieval setting). These are usually my favourite.
Then you have the "for funzies" RPs, which are fun until you get the jackasses who have to ruin it for everyone with their little tribe of morons. I vaguely remember an RP bar set in the woods on some text based game which turned into a cussing match with older Vs newer members... because a member who had two-hundred days extra playing on top of everyone else thought it'd be fun.
All of my RP's have a definite story behind them but are meant to be fun too. They are interesting and can be awesome if you stick with it. Take a look at my latest ones. Fire Emblem and FF-VIII- The Second War. They were good RP's you could really get into. Not very many people joined them though. I mean hell, you don't have to have played those games to Roleplay about them do you? No! Its sad really.
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