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Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

My problem with the TLOU2 is the maudlin gameplay that puts a weak plot forward instead of some honestly terrifyingly beautiful monster designs. There’s a good game in TLOU2 but instead they decided to focus on being “artistic” and when people began to meme on the game or meme on the cringey journalistic takes on it being akin to pieces of classic cinema, Druckmann and his friends circled the wagons.

Memes haven’t helped either. Too many idiots hoisting transphobic and homophobic reasons as why the game is bad is laughable and proof positive that there’s too many fucking imbeciles with keyboards out there.

Anyways, Minmin looks cool, and Crash is back, which is pretty neat.

Everbrook: A Teenage Mystery RP

I’m still here!

Roleplaying Outside of the Box

Now this is a thread that’s caught my interest! Some of these concepts I use regularly in certain roleplays or are concepts I’ve enjoyed using in the past, especially asymmetric information, when players all have secrets from each other that they aren’t supposed to share until it comes out in rp.

One concept I really miss from my days in more free-form roleplay was a group timeline, where certain arcs and events happened, and if things slowed down, the group would just skip ahead and we’d workshop what had happened in that arc to get the characters where they needed to be in the next section of the timeline.

Resident Evil: The Forgotten

Newbie Katniss Everdeen

Qia

Name

Maisie Kim

Age

20

Personality Traits

Major strength: Maisie is seen as a friendly and trustworthy person by her peers. People are usually drawn to her as a result, her demeanor often appearing open and approachable. Her mother is probably the most important person in the world to her, as they are very close and only have each other as family. So, when everything started to go to hell, she'd been understandably concerned for her mother's welfare when she could not be contacted. Not that this situation deters her gentle side when it comes to those around her now. In fact, she still very much cares about others more than she does herself, fully understanding that they may be looking for someone as well.
Major Flaw: Like a double-edged sword, Maisie's friendliness is probably her greatest weakness as well, as she is a lot more likely to used by those who see her an easy target. She is also a lot more likely to take risks if it means saving a person's life or protecting someone (This, however, does not mean she will sacrifice her life for someone).

Backstory

Maisie Kim was born to single mother Kim Eun-byul in Virgil's Grove, Oregon. Growing up as an only child, she'd learned from an early age the meaning of hard work, as her mother had to work two jobs to keep a roof over their heads and put food on the table, despite her physical disability. And so, she'd strived and succeeded to do the very best she could with her studies to get a scholarship for a small but prestigious college not far from home. That way, if she was in any need of assistance, Maisie would be there. The catch was, however, that she hadn't planned for a zombie apocalypse as a part of this agreement.

Once she heard that there was a serious illness going around, everything changed. She'd had to leave in the middle of her second semester, and had barely gotten into the city before it was shut off from those on the outside. Unfortunately, she never made it back home, being forced to find a safe spot instead away from all the zombies and strange creatures now prowling the streets. She hopes that, once she has a way to properly defend herself and get to her place, she can find her mom, hoping in her heart that she is not dead.

Other Info

Despite putting most of her focus on her studies, Maisie loved doing archery while in high school. After joining the team, she even got second place in a regional school competition. Although she's no expert at it, she would say. But it's a sport that she tried to keep up with even at the end of her high school days.

@Qia

Awesome stuff!

How Do I Find My Interests In Roleplay?

Whew, a lot to unpack here. Most roleplays don't shoot down someone for their age unless the RP is 18+ (deals with very adult situations or is a sexual 1x1 thing on PMs/Ims, I dunno). So let's drop the minor thing for now and focus on your real question: "how do I find my interests in Roleplay?"

You say you only do fanfiction; well, what are your fanfics about? What series, characters, etc. It's pretty obvious that RPGuild loves doing RPs based on anime, though lately many roleplays focus on OCs or original characters in those universes. For example, a My Hero Academia RP focuses on a school that is not UA.

Second; what makes you want to write those specific fanfictions? Is it the characters? The genre? Are these more action oriented shows/movies/books/media or do you care about the characters? I personally love adventure stories, and while doing an Indiana Jones or an Uncharted based roleplay would be fun, I can take things from those games and movies that I love and turn them into an original roleplay idea.

So, you need to be specific. What fanfics are you working with, and what is it about THAT particular thing that makes you want to write fanfics about it? You get into that, you can find some interests worth writing about.

Feeling ignored. Part 2.

There could be a plethora of reasons why you're not seeing a lot of interest in your checks. On Casual and Advanced forums, I would try to have a very concrete RP idea before even putting the interest check out. You don't have to have mountains of info for an interest check, but the checks that do well tend to have a focus on what they'll be about.

Also, take note of what's popular in the forum at the moment. For example: High School Slice of Life rps, rps based on popular anime and television shows and rps based on popular canon material tend to have more people apply for them. Also building up a reputation on the guild tends to have people that like writing with you go to your roleplay more often.

My suggestion if you're not seeing a lot of hits on your own ideas? Take a break, look at interest checks you may be interested in, and apply for those. PM the GM about character ideas and try to show your interest; I always take people passionate about my RP, even if they don't have a rich history of detailed posts, especially over someone who's burned me in the past. Also, check out what's popular in different forums, and see about making a twist or an interesting take on that.

That's just some ideas, anyway.

You Can Become a Hero!

How now n’uncles?

Everbrook: A Teenage Mystery RP

Sorry I am taking so long. Work has been kicking my butt. I am now working on a post and hope to have it up soon!

@Akayaofthemoon

It's all good! It's a busy/crazy time for a lot of folks! Thanks for keeping everyone updated!

Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong

Ah yes, the universal greeting. Welcome to the guild!

Resident Evil: The Forgotten Interest Check

Alright party people! I have made the OOC! I'll probably add more info when it needs to be pertinent, but for now, feel free to move your posting over to the OOC page! Here's the link!