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I didn't see either of these present so I thought I'd request them.

For those who don't know, RPB is role-play battle, and is a good way to test your rp battle skills against other rpers. So I was wondering, could this section be added?

Character sheet areas are a good place to store character sheets of rp characters that can then be used in other areas, and if the above idea is approved, for RPB. This also means you can link directly to the character you have chosen to use for a rp, to save page space and avoid slow loading times.

Yay or nay?

Darn, just realised I posted this wrong, can it be moved to problems/suggestions please?

Who decides who wins the RPB? I can't see it working if it's up to the RPers. The first poster could just blow everyone up with a massive fireball or something ^_^

But if there's a neutral judge or someone similar, then I like the idea. I'd give it a go.

Not so sure about the character sheet thing. There are thousands of characters on here and any thread that held them all would get massive.

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Well, for RPB the winner could be based on who lands the killing blow. Since the character getting attacked has an opportunity to dodge then it could work out fine as long as neither side is too powerful.

As for character sheets, if a seperate area was made, a sub-board for instance, then individual menbers could make a character sheet thread to store their character sheets.

For another suggestion or two, an appropriate staff member could ost up a character sheet template containing the requirements your character has to have to be approvable. Then when ready whichever staff member is able could read over the sheet and deem it approved or not approved.

If the sheet is approved then it could be used for RPB or regular rp. Of course depending on the rp leader.

Does that explain it?

Oh my giddy aunt, if neither player is willing to lose, a RPB could go on forever o_0

Ah, I see what you mean with the character sheets, though I think I prefer the current system. That's just my opinion though.

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Well it can't go forever in RPB if you take into consideration the stamina of the characters, and the power and speed of attacks. No character has an infinite supply of stamina so they will either die or pass out eventually.

And as for character sheets, if you don't mind me doing so I'll pm you a template to see what you think. and with a character sheet section it would probably help to organise the character sheets too for RPB and other rp. Just my opinion really.

There used to be an Arena section before Mahz switched everything into the experience categories. Walker of Darkness suggested we bring it back not too long ago, but if I remember right, the other members shot it down.
Anyways, to answer the delima in the above quote:

I used to have an Arena thread in that old section. It was called The Random Prize Tournament: Fall 2007....I think.... Anyways, I didn't participate in it myself, but I judged the rounds. I used a scoresheet with different criteria that I was looking for in the contestents. The scores would range from 1-10 or 1-5 for each criteria. The criteria would be posted at the end of each round (which would last for 15 posts). The criteria scores would be totalled and that would determine who's in the lead or who's tied. At the end of three rounds, if there is still a tie between two or more, then there would be a 30-post tie-breaker round and the criteria for that round would become more strict.

So, all-in-all, it's easy to run an RPB, as long as there is a designated judge who is experience in RPBs and who is also not participating in the battle.

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A whole section of the forum dedicated to character sheets would, in my opinion, be a waste. Most roleplays generally take place in a completely different world to the rest, requiring extra/other criteria not found in other RPs, so it would be impossible or atleast very difficult to have one or even a handful of characters that could fit in the numerous worlds. IMO it's best to create a new character from scratch for each RP that you join, keeps things reasonably fresh and lets you explore new ideas. On that note, the "space saving" idea would probably have the opposite effect, creating a huge archive of characters that are only used once.

The battle idea I like, although it could get out of hand without moderation, a few restrictions would probably have to be set. I think it would be great if you could use already created characters from different RPs to battle eachother, with each one bringing parts of their own world with them (also adding permalinks of the character sheets, as they're often buried within OOC threads).

But hey, that's just me.

Well, to avoid alienating one character from other rps, why not have a template that would favour different varieties of rp. With that they are more flexible characters that can just have parts taken out to suit certain rps. For instance when using a character for a sci-fi rp, just take out magic and alter the weapon if necessary. Or alter the bio to accomodate the storyline.

Ah, yes. But if you'd go to all that trouble to make that character fit in with the storyline or genre, you might aswell have just made a new character, all that would transfer over would be the name and other minor or unimportant details. Even a section for a base character that you would add to/subtract from to fit the different kinds of RPs seems a bit unnecessary to me, better to just modify it on the spot or create a new one, no need for a directory of them. Regardless, only my view, some people might go for it.

I was a part of an RP site that had a separate forum for character templates and it was a hassle. First of all, the character had to be approved and filled out correctly or the mod wouldn't accept it and only the mod could actually insert it into the forum which is a lot of hassle for everyone. Also, to see the character template, you have to navigate to a different page. If you have to navigate to a different page to see every individual character that's a lot of time and work instead of just scrolling down one or two pages to see everyone's character grouped in one place.

And like its been mentioned, the stories on here vary from being on Earth in normal, present time to being on planet Gartfid in the year 7787. If this was an RP site where the stories had one sole focus and time period, a character sheet would be a great idea but because every story is different and every character is different having a separate forum for character sheets is somewhat pointless. Besides, thats what the OOC is for.

I can see how it might work on other sites, and if you want to do the battle forum I can see how having a character forum would be helpful. The two ideas seem to be tied into each other and it does make sense but I don't think a character template forum would be very helpful in any RP stories other than a battle arena forum which rouge47 says got shot down by the majority of players on this site.

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