Nah, you called me hostile, and from your viewpoint, I was. I did literally destroy that kid Ekirei in every imaginable way, but he sort've deserved it. It's really just my job to prove I'm not, I guess. You've done nothing, and if you have, I didn't (nor will I) put in the effort to figure it out. That's a lot of work just to get pissed at someone. lol

Anyway, I run two RP's at the moment, albeit the other one is having troubles getting off the ground. I work part time, volunteer as an EMT and attend class. I doubt I'll have time to fit in another RP, especially one of the same theme, but I wouldn't mind working alongside you or maybe doing some plotting later. I've always liked the idea of a cross-over between Naruto roleplays, like in that one Naruto movie.

If I drop one RP, I may have time to join this.

Uh, mostly just to chat. I don't mind having positive relationships with other similar-themed roleplays. I know that on the old guild, there were always like Six Naruto-themed roleplays that hated each other, and I hated it. There is no reason to hate someone who enjoys the same thing in a different way. And for the former elitists of the Advanced Section, there's no reason to hate a Naruto-fan who just can't write as well.

Prince said
Uh, mostly just to chat. I don't mind having positive relationships with other similar-themed roleplays. I know that on the old guild, there were always like Six Naruto-themed roleplays that hated each other, and I hated it. There is no reason to hate someone who enjoys the same thing in a different way. And for the former elitists of the Advanced Section, there's no reason to hate a Naruto-fan who just can't write as well.

On that subject, there is a lot of different philosophies with how things should be done.

That, and some members of particular camps were incredibly hostile. I saw some pretty vicious things flung around that make me greatly dislike a number of those roleplays.

I even question if this one really will work well with me, given how I approach combat.

The only thing we all should mutually hate is the lack of food in my house, fuck you all.

Nero said
The only thing we all should mutually hate is the lack of food in my house, fuck you all.

I have to totally agree with you on that XD

I see no reason for any of that. If people roleplay at a higher quality, then that's fine. That doesn't make them better. I could write novels all fucking day; in fact, I did, when it came to burning that kid Ekirei. But, I get so bored doing that. I don't want to write fifteen fucking paragraphs for an action oriented roleplay. The entire idea of roleplay, to me, is for interaction. Collabing like on titanpad is my favorite method because it's just as high quality as long posts with all the interaction. I prefer, in terms of length, high casual. 3-5 paragraphs, maybe 8 IF you're trying to verbally paint a picture. Quality of wording over quantity any day.

Secondly, you hit a great point. Moderation and combat methods are huge factors. In some cases, it's literally like Capitalism vs. Communism in terms of design. I don't see either as a bad thing. Variety is the spice of life. I see no reason that each similarly-themed roleplay couldn't be part of a larger community, which is something that irked me to no end on the Oldguild. I knew of RP's that wouldn't let you RP if you were caught being part of another Naruto-RP. What the fuck use is that? If someone wants to test out another roleplay or try something new, let them. If someone wants to be part of two different ones because they like the variety, let them. A single large pool of Naruto RP'ers is so much better for a roleplaying community than a bunch of punks trying to stroke their egos with the larger RP'er count or post count.

Nero said
The only thing we all should mutually hate is the lack of food in my house, fuck you all.

No argument here brother, no argument here on that one.

Nero said
The only thing we all should mutually hate is the lack of food in my house, fuck you all.

My mom went to the store yesterday so we have food. We are best friends now.

Please, by all means, feel free to timeskip Akaritori and Touzoku to the summit. xD

Also, if you do threaten to execute one of Iwagakure's populace, there will likely be hell to pay. We will go to war over this.

I'm just generally not a fan of if "I get to survive even though someone validly cut my head off because it wasn't agreed upon beforehand". I feel it is such a cop out. Characters, I feel, do better if they feel the risks of life as well - otherwise I think they can often stagnate.

I like character death.

Prince said
I like character death.

A-Are....Are you George R. R. Martin....?

What irritates me the hell out if the kind of player who just want to put themselves above others in terms of strength or whatever. It's like, they can't accept the fact that someone might be stronger than their character, no, that's impossible. Either they win the fight, or they whine at you with how much their character is an unkillable badass. Plain childish. And closely linked with an absurd called superiority complex.

Usually it's the same kind of player who only joins a roleplay so their character can rule everyone else, mostly in Naruto RPs, too.

I think killing a character in a Naruto Rp would be power abuse.
You killing my Genin with your S-Rank ninja is pointless. (Especially considering that I, by making a Genin, was actually following the guidelines that were originally for the Rp). If you want a death match then have a fair one with a character of your own rank. Don't just pick a Kage spot so that you can freely kill all other character's in the Rp. That's retarded and, in my opinion, it's retarded to think that makes sense.

You don't need to kill characters at the end of a fight. Could just beat them to the point in which they can't move or are "almost" dead. I didn't take all the time and effort to make my character just so you could rage kill them. There's plenty of character development I could do with my character upon a defeat and the Rp can contuine on, instead of it just being hollowed out with my dead character. Kills are wasteful. Especially if you do it in a cheap way like an Auto-hit because your character is "faster" or "stronger" than mine. A good Rper doesn't need some high class or higher, technical, rank just to win in a fight. Spam and abuse.

Now, if it were a fight between my S-rank ninja and your S-Rank ninja (or if we did away with the technical rank and fought as equals) I'd accept any death on my character wholeheartedly. However, otherwise, I refuse to have my character killed for bullshit reasons by a spam player. I will powerplay the shit out of that entire situation.

What's going on? The only character death that COULD happen is Shira, everyone else isn't going to die due to the fact that I don't have permission to do so. Unless someone else mentioned about killing characters then oh. But what's going on? I hope i didn't cause a war to go on in the OOC :c

When it comes to two characters fighting. I don't really look at ranks, I look at their techniques. One technique can change the entire situation of the fight.

You guys all present valid points, but none of them are why I support character death. I firmly believe the plot and setting should be the strongest elements to a roleplay, with setting dictating plot and plot influencing characters. That said, I come to some conclusions:

A Kage-level nin serves a purpose. If they are to kill a random-ass Genin, it best be for that purpose, elsewise the moderator or roleplayer controlling that nin is just being a cunt and abusing power.

There are times when the setting can accept a beatdown from Hell. There are times when the character should die. If you're in a war and you're outnumbered and outclassed, chances are you're going to die. For example, if 3 genin and a Jounin are in a fight with 2 Jounin teams, chances are the first set are fucked because they're literally outnumbered. A Jounin can't effectively fight two (often) and the genin are just plain outnumbered. If the roleplay is balanced correctly, chances are one or two if not all of those genin will be slaughtered due to the effects of wartime and that Jounin is going to escape and probably not be given another team. There are some characters with honor and morals, sure, but overall in wartime soldiers kill, and shinobi truly are just glorified soldiers to some degree. It would dilute the plot and thus mar a setting to just let characters who rightfully are fated to die... live.

No, not all fights are fair. Look at how the Second Hokage died. Mother fucker was out numbered by twenty of the Kinkaku squad. Think that shits fair? No. It's not, but it happened. Your genin gets into a scrap with a chuunin? You best hope to god he can either outrun that mother fucker, he's got allies closeby or there is a REALLY good plotted reason that chuunin wouldn't kill the genin.

That seems unfair and totally exploitable, I'm sure. That's why it is the job of moderation and the roleplayers in charge (jounin for example) to work together to avoid those situations, if they can. If some punk roleplayer wants to just stroke his ego a little bit and kill off some PC's, chances are he will be dealt with in an acceptable manner as he was toxic to the roleplay. But, if someone played their character correctly, to their personality, to the plot and ended up killing someone else's character, I see no reason to reprimand them. Every situation calls for different actions and it is the goal of a roleplay and its community to not allow such grievances to happen.

Lastly, character death has a fuckton of benefits. Impact on other players, added plot depth, more reality, the chance for players to make new characters and keep relationships refreshing, and I personally believe character death is one of the single best illustrations of the passage of time in a roleplay.

Prince said
You guys all present valid points, but none of them are why I support character death. I firmly believe the plot and setting should be the strongest elements to a roleplay, with setting dictating plot and plot influencing characters. That said, I come to some conclusions:A Kage-level nin serves a purpose. If they are to kill a random-ass Genin, it best be for that purpose, elsewise the moderator or roleplayer controlling that nin is just being a cunt and abusing power.There are times when the setting can accept a beatdown from Hell. There are times when the character should die. If you're in a war and you're outnumbered and outclassed, chances are you're going to die. For example, if 3 genin and a Jounin are in a fight with 2 Jounin teams, chances are the first set are fucked because they're literally outnumbered. A Jounin can't effectively fight two (often) and the genin are just plain outnumbered. If the roleplay is balanced correctly, chances are one or two if not all of those genin will be slaughtered due to the effects of wartime and that Jounin is going to escape and probably not be given another team. There are some characters with honor and morals, sure, but overall in wartime soldiers kill, and shinobi truly are just glorified soldiers to some degree. It would dilute the plot and thus mar a setting to just let characters who rightfully are fated to die... live.No, not all fights are fair. Look at how the Second Hokage died. Mother fucker was out numbered by twenty of the Kinkaku squad. Think that shits fair? No. It's not, but it happened. Your genin gets into a scrap with a chuunin? You best hope to god he can either outrun that mother fucker, he's got allies closeby or there is a REALLY good plotted reason that chuunin wouldn't kill the genin. That seems unfair and totally exploitable, I'm sure. That's why it is the job of moderation and the roleplayers in charge (jounin for example) to work together to avoid those situations, if they can. If some punk roleplayer wants to just stroke his ego a little bit and kill off some PC's, chances are he will be dealt with in an acceptable manner as he was toxic to the roleplay. But, if someone played their character correctly, to their personality, to the plot and ended up killing someone else's character, I see no reason to reprimand them. Every situation calls for different actions and it is the goal of a roleplay and its community to not allow such grievances to happen.Lastly, character death has a fuckton of benefits. Impact on other players, added plot depth, more reality, the chance for players to make new characters and keep relationships refreshing, and I personally believe character death is one of the single best illustrations of the passage of time in a roleplay.

This! a thousand times over. This!

CorruptedShadow said

Shadow what if the owner says no, if Oda was fighting an enemy genin that randomly attacked him, and the owner said No you can't kill my character. Does that mean that character has to be spared? where is the sense in Oda being forced to keep him alive because a player wanted to fight Oda without any reprocussions. Genin fighting a Kage should result in death.