Shorticus

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

Static mesh hitboxes.

Quit blocking my bullets with your air, god damn it.

@Frizan

This made me think of the Quake 3 days when I'd play the tiny eyeball dude just so nobody could hit me because TOO SHORT.

A pre-interest Check: Battletech (it even rhymes ^.^)

Side note short, have a mech in mind yet? :) (no rush, just small talk... subtle, right?)

@ArenaSnow

Potentially. I like short-ranged medium mechs, preferably with AC10's, AC20's, or LBX 10's or 20's. Given that, it's very possible for me to play a Centurion (whose pilot would be inspired by the Yen Lo Wang). I'll need to look at the medium mech list for MW4's mod and see which ones will work best.

Fabula Elysia - Medieval Fantasy Nationgame

Also, I would like to suggest that everyone in the Characters section start using Hiders. It'll make it easier for players to scroll down the page if your nation is locked behind a hider.

Fabula Elysia - Medieval Fantasy Nationgame

<Snipped quote by Shorticus>In process of updating the map in the chars tab. BTW, who are 28 and 29 again?
Also I leave @Isotope and [@Dead Crusher]'s claims for now but if a new player wishes to claim them then it's going to be a different matter.
Is that alright with you two?

@Willy Vereb

#28 is @Not a Heretic. #29 is @The Spectre.

Do you want me to indicate on the map which claims are open? Or do you want me to remove the now unclaimed territories from the map whenever we get confirmation of someone leaving?

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Tried to roleplay on a chatting site, and some girl didn't have standards scribbled on her profile - and a friend was daring me to make a starter with her.

I tried, and got shot down, hard. "You can obviously tell I write better than you so run along and play with people your level. You'll never be able to play with me because by the time you're my level? I'm still above you."

As someone who's written stuff on and off this site that's made people if I was already an accomplished author and shit like that, let me say this:

That person who acted that way is nothing less than an example of exactly what no writer, professional or otherwise, should EVER act like.

I'm not going to say that roleplaying itself is an art, but roleplaying is a means by which we can improve our abilities in the various arts which it emulates. It's MEANT to be fun. It's MEANT to be enjoyable. What's more, there's no wrong way of doing it.

The reason I still roleplay despite definitely being in the "I'm writing a book" stage is roleplaying frequently exposes me to other ways of writing, other forms of storytelling, and in other words expands my idea of what I can do. I've seen people who thought they weren't that great churn out an absolutely novel concept. I've seen people develop distinct writing styles that I don't think I could repeat without feeling and writing like a phony. It's fun, and it's exposure to new ideas.

If someone doesn't even give another roleplayer a chance and says "I'd never roleplay with you; you'll never be at my level," I'm frankly going to assume they're a glorified fanfic writer that uses hackneyed premises and otherwise has the social grace of an orangutan. Fuck 'em. Seriously. It's one thing to be proud of your work, but it's quite another to assume that a given person will NEVER create anything of comparable value. What's more, it makes our medium that much harder to get into.

Here's my own TL;DR:

Roleplaying is a wonderful medium, and it's a great way to practice over time and get better at what you do. It's a great way to have fun. I say that if you want to become a better writer and are afraid you aren't improving at a pace you like, throw yourself into the shark pool. Let yourself be immersed in the fiction you WANT to write like. It may make you feel uncertain, but it's the best way to go.

Also, huge series of paragraphs aren't always the best. Sometimes, all you need is a few sparse sentences to get your point across.

With that said, remember to always be open to constructive criticism. For instance, whenever I've helped someone else critique their own work in the past, I've ALWAYS erred on the side of being harsh rather than being soft. It takes honest, potentially mean-sounding criticism to get better at what you write. It's what my mom did, what my best English teachers in high school did, what my history professors did, and what roleplayers online have done as well. Their criticism helped me become the writer I am.

But more than anything, just immerse yourself. Have fun. And if you want to improve, you will.

Who Can Post Last?

*Pffbt-TOOT*

A pre-interest Check: Battletech (it even rhymes ^.^)

Still interested.

With the way it looks now we have 1.75 lances to work with - one more and we can have two lances of players. Or we can have 1 lance and some voulenteers to fill clan spots? There's two sides and bots make rather crappy NPC's..

A note here: you could always have players rotate as the Clanners.

Eta for roleplay start... mmm. I think I'll base going the next level on when Shorticus has a little more free time after exams. Should give us good time for prep, eh?

If that's the case, less than two weeks to go.

Fabula Elysia - Medieval Fantasy Nationgame

Fabula Elysia - Medieval Fantasy Nationgame

Hiello. Was wondering if I could fill out the blank spot north-northwest of my nation (Baile) all the way to the sea. Not because I really want it, but because it wouldn't make sense for it to be unclaimed with so many nations surrounding it. Thoughts?

@Thrashy

I'll bet Willy is okay with it. So, sure. I was hoping a new player would drop in and claim that land to make that area have more potential conflict, but I see no reason to not give that to you.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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No, no, I said I had another plan. Gobskag is now going to fall on all your heads.

@Culluket

C-c-c-COMBO BREAKER! TRIPLE KILL!

I'll let @Kingfisher, one of the other players, or @Jbcool get a post in now before I post again.