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Special: Back in Business

Pardon the Progress

The Guild is back in business, and looking ahead; it looks like a good year for us. Those of you still here, thank you -- the last year has been a rough one and this winter definitely was unpleasant. Those of you coming back after temporarily putting your RP's elsewhere, thank you as well; trust me, we all understand the idea of 'keeping RP's going' but we appreciate the loyalty inherent in statements like, 'we want to come back when it's stable.' But if you want to do the Guild a solid, you can pass the word onto your buddies that you might be in contact with. People might be wondering why we're building software from scratch rather than plunking down on a big fancy software package and the answer is simple; optimization. The guild costs money to run, and since mahz has the skillset to program it himself, he's aiming to create a website that uses less resources, ergo less money, than the old vbulletin and other commercially available forum software. Right now, there's a topic up with his progress; new feature suggestions have been taken and implemented from this thread. As you can see, a lot of progress has been made – much of it fueled by user suggestions and user bug reports. You've no doubt seen and experienced the changes and here's the kicker – if any of you want to volunteer your experience and expertise the way others already have, such as @TheMaster99 and a person who goes by Coffeemaster on Githhub, please contact mahz or check out the Guild's page on Githhub and get started!

Looking Ahead

• The new RPGC forum writing contest is set to launch in March. It's a fun, friendly competition where you can write, read, critique, and vote -- and now, you can even join the team and help run the whole show. You can find more information about RPGC here.

New Guild Features

• Topic title editing
• Character counter
• New PM notification that counts number of new posts rather than overall number.
• User name tagging (format is [@User Name]) and notification system.
• User bio section
• Characters tab added to roleplaying topics.
• New BBCode, with colors and super/subscript and headings.
• And many more that you can view here; there's a lot under the hood. I just listed the ones that you guys have probably already noticed.

Thought Experiment

Thinking about the what ifs for characters can be fun and a great way to figure out and learn who exactly your character is. Considering the given situation below let's share and discuss how you think one of your current or past characters would respond to this scenario. How would your character respond if they were to win a million dollars? What would they do with the money? Feel free to reply to this question in this thread.

Up and Coming

Interest checks are often the first stage in recruiting players for an RP, and a really good one can net you a lot of applicants. These are some of the interest checks that caught our attention recently. Best of all, they're looking for players!

Notable Interest Checks

Free Interest Checks

- Multiverse Whodunnit - GM: @MaverickPrime

Casual Interest Checks

- The Descent into Tartarus [Thriller-Horror Roleplay Interest Check] - GM: @Frosty

Advanced Interest Checks

- Corrected & Connected [a future sci-fi cyberpunk slice of life] - GM: @Genkai

Tabletop Roleplay Interest Checks

- 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons anyone? - GM: @gojidorah

Nation Roleplay Interest Checks

- O Kingdom Come - GM: @UltikanaRe

1x1 Interest Check

- Time Travel RP. Companion Wanted. - GM: @antman0623

Arena Interest Check

- Rule of Cool; Ultimate Battle of Anything Goes!!! - GM: @ImportantNobody

Current and Cool

Roleplays on this list have already started (but may still be recruiting, please consult the GM) and also caught our attention; the hard work the GM and players put in to setting up the RP, writing their sheets and hashing out the details have paid off and now they're writing their in-character (IC) posts.

Notable Roleplays

Free

- Young Justice; The Heroes of Today! [IC and OOC] - GM: @paigesweetheart

Casual

- Demons & Dragons [Dragon tribe roleplay - Arc 2] - GM: @TalijaKey

Advanced

- Under the Red Sun: Open-World, High Fantasy Roleplay - GM: @Maxx

Tabletop Roleplay

- D&D 3.5- Grunts - GM: @clanjos

Nation Roleplay

- God, Gatling, and Glory [Steampunk/Imperialism NRP] - GM: @Commodore Robot

1x1

- Human-Born (1x1) [oOWonderKinOo]x[XxLyraxX] - GM: @oOWonderKinOo

Arena

- Clash of the Realms - GM: @gamer5910

Tough Mudders

These are RP's that just keep going. We try to recognize these RP's when their year has happened. If you know of any that qualify, please let RPGN know by PM.

Tough Mudders

Happy Birthday!

- Mobile Suit Gundam - Those Who Correct - Crossover - GM: @vancexentan

On Display

- Writing: A pocket dimension... - Fleeter has started up an interesting story revolving around a person trapped in a room with an old book written with mysterious symbols. We look forward in seeing how this story progresses as the mystery behind the book is unraveled!

About RPGN

RPGN is produced by a volunteer staff of unwittingly imperiled camp counselors with the goal of bringing Guild members current and useful information about goings-on in our community. We are always accepting suggestions on categories and content. We're particularly interested in displaying people's artwork as a banner (and will fully credit it and link your gallery -- woo). For more information, feel free to PM RPGN.

Get Involved

Get Involved!

Do you make banners? Are you a circa-1995 big-haired news reporter with a 'SCOOP?' Here are some of the ways you can help with our next issue of RPGN: - RPGN banners - Be creative, do what you want! Get exposure (we credit banners). Submissions should be 700x200px, please! - Let us know if your RP has a birthday coming up or is successfully concluded -- We want to give credit to the committment that both players and GM are showing in keeping their RP's going strong in the long-term. - Player Questions - A user-submitted question will be answered on the Guild News, with the hope that it will inspire a larger discussion. Submit your question today in the RPGN PM box! - We are Recruiting Staff - If you wish to be involved in the next edition of the RPGN, please hit up the RPGN PM box! (Note: You will be cut into the loop for the issue after the upcoming one, so if you PM between today (2.13) and the next issue (3.13) you will be working on the issue after that (4.10) The way the PM system works, we need to have who is doing the work set a couple weeks in advance. In the event of a large number of applicants, we will establish a queue for subsequent issues.)

RPGN Staff

RPGN Staff (in order of grisly murder)

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[yoshua171]

Woot it's back. Good work RPGN staff, I don't know about anyone else, but I missed seeing these every month. Welcome back and keep up the good work!

[Dinh AaronMk]

Welcome back news thread. As per the thought experiment:

How would your character respond if they were to win a million dollars? What would they do with the money?

My first question is: "Which character?" In the case of my newest, Hugh McTrenkel it's most undoubtedly be donated out to the less fortunate of his community and would thereby probably cause a local economic collapse from the massive deflation of his world's equivalent of a dollar. At least in the area. This would then most likely facilitate them being forced to find a way to blow off the money to normalize things. There'd be no real targeted way to use it. He'd just get rid of it on the spot. As for the rest, most are under the governance of an alternate history Communist government in China so a million dollars would be an even greater source of shock than now, then great concern because the state would probably find out and find a way to seize it. Even from the other government officials. But a millions dollars would be a drop in a bucket for the state and would maybe go and feed a regiment active in Russia for a week. Provided of course the kids I'm running in a civilian story arch learn how to embezzle first, then they could probably figure something else out.

[Vilageidiotx]

Sahle Solomonid would most likely try to save it but ultimately end up blowing it on hallucinogens.

[Dinh AaronMk]

Sahle Solomonid would most likely try to save it but ultimately end up blowing it on hallucinogens.

@Vilageidiotx

Acid trip for months.

[vancexentan]

Glad my roleplay managed to get a mention in the news.

[Keyguyperson]

I never did post anything for the last Thought Experiment, so I might as well do that now! For this, I'll be stripping away all of the setting details from my characters. Winning a million dollars doesn't matter too much to a bunch of nobles, and dollars don't mean anything when the national currency is "Work Credits". The character in question (Countess Lasis), happens to have a genetic disorder that makes her heart (along with every other part of her body) too weak for her homeworld's gravity. There are others like her, but there are so few that society as a whole barely acknowledges them, or treats them as fragile novelties if they do. If she won a million dollars, she would definitely try to start an awareness campaign for her disease. She hates being treated like a piece of fine china that will break with the slightest tap, and being sheltered (as you are when tripping is a death sentence), she expects everyone else with the condition to feel the same way. In reality, she's one of the only ones with the disorder that feels like that, the rest are perfectly content with living without ever walking. Lasis, on the other hand, insisted on an exoskeleton instead of a wheelchair, and even ended up as an Admiral (space being one of the few places she can function perfectly fine). Since she expects everyone else to be like her, she will likely find that her awareness campaign is a noble, but misguided effort. After trying to convince the others that she's living life the right way, she would likely hand over the entire organization to them, deciding that majority should rule. Hooray for tangents. I'm the best at them. (Just for fun, if the setting remained fully intact? She would be overjoyed to get her hands on "ancient relics")

[UltikanaRe]

Hello! Somebody told me people would like this here. It was the main post of an old thread. Just thought I would put it here.

My Sugguested Article

This News thread is to raise support and player bases for the less-visited subforums. A description of each type for new players is provided. Please consider getting active in some of these if you are not already. I will update this post to include the latest subforums that need some community support. If you have anything that makes you not like any of these forums, post it! That way I can give advice on how to avoid or discredit a stereotype! •Tabletop RP Raise your hands if you hate math. *raises hand* How many of you think that this means you will hate tabletop? *slams hand down to the ground* You do not need to be a math nerd for 99.9999999999999999999999999999999% of tabletop. This is usually the major reason people don't get into tabletop. You really just have to know some basics. Bad writers who are great storytellers love this subform because you can make up a few statistics. This form is for people who 89% profit growth is better than a para about skyrocketing technological grants and the bio of the lobbyists that are getting them. On the flip side, great writers make great tabletop people! Even if you hate placing a number on things, you can still use a structured format to do almost anything that is possible. Tabletop is a great outlet for creativity! Now, the reason people who love tabletop don't use RPG for finding games: RPG is not built for most popular tabletops. I must concur with this one. However, those people should still post interest checks. Also, most home-brew stat sets can work perfectly. If you can rust players with any dice rolls, things work fine for most things beyond DnD/PF. It is still a good idea for GMs/DMs to post ICks in the tabletop subforum. Then I recommend you take it to a different online roleplaying program built more exclusively for tabletop (many exist, my personal favorite is 'Roll20'). •Nation Role-play I haven't the faintest idea why people do not like this as much as the others... It is exceptional world building! You can play as a leader instead of a fighter, if that is your thing. If not, jump POVs! Because no singular character is exceptionally important, you can go up and down the spectrums of price and pauper freely. There is very little reason not to love this. •The Gallery Just check it out. Post some sketches. Ask for help to get better at those sketches. This is such a wonderful talent to supplement your roleplaying. Even a title image can work wonders! There are plenty of knowledgable and kind people that would more than happy to give you some pointers! I myself make custom maps for all my role-plays, but I am terrible with people.

[Lillian Thorne]

Woot it's back. Good work RPGN staff, I don't know about anyone else, but I missed seeing these every month. Welcome back and keep up the good work!

@yoshua171

You know, we are always looking for user help! Drop one of us a PM if you want in on the next round.

Hello! Somebody told me people would like this here. It was the main post of an old thread. Just thought I would put it here.

@UltikanaRe

Not quite what I meant. I was suggesting that you break it down into each section and PM them to the RPGN account for inclusion in future issues.

[Rina]

Jenna, a cowardly 23 year old with the disposition of thinking of her team before herself would probably use the money to aid her team with the financial support they would need to survive in the new life they've been given. Targeted by a corrupted government runned organization, safety measures would be her first thing she would want to acomplish followed by making sure they have a safe and well resourced place to learn and control the superhuman like abilities her team has been given. She might splurge every once in a while for herself and the others but she would be very careful on how she would use her money. Al on the other hand would be more reckless with his spending since money wasn’t something he had to worry much about due to his younger age. He would travel the world and would buy pricy souvenirs just because he had the ability to do so.

[Revans Exile]

How would your character respond if they were to win a million dollars? What would they do with the money? Feel free to reply to this question in this thread.

@RPGN

Ashley Winters is the President & CEO of a multinational company she does not play the lottery or enter contests. She would be suspicious. She would begin investigating/hacking to destroy anyone trying to steal her or her company's money. Claws is feral wouldn't know what to do with it, might possibly eat it. Dite is a world famous singer, she wouldn't notice. Kimiko is Dite's personal assistance/lover/body guard has equal access to Dite's wealth she rarely spends any money at all unless it is to satisfy one of Dite's whims or needs. Wolverine would probably keep some for whatever reason(s) and give the rest to Xavier's school. X-23/Talon give it all to Xavier's school. Jennifer Antoinette Watters would probably retire and buy a space ship. Felicia Steele would keep some to maintain her ship and buy supplies, the rest she would donate.