Wednesday, September 24, 2008

protip

Do not describe your RP as "interesting". That's for someone else to decide.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

the "parody" misnomer

According to dictionary.com, the definition of "parody" is as follows:

1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
2. the genre of literary composition represented by such imitations.
3. a burlesque imitation of a musical composition.
4. any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc.
5. the use in the 16th century of borrowed material in a musical setting of the Mass (parody Mass).
6. a poor or feeble imitation or semblance; travesty: His acting is a parody of his past greatness.
–verb (used with object)
7. to imitate (a composition, author, etc.) for purposes of ridicule or satire.
8. to imitate poorly or feebly; travesty.



I believe that any RP site that has a "parody and fan fiction" (or any number of permutations that make the same point) forum would be more accurately named "fan fiction and derived works".

But that's just me.

incorporating music into RPs?

Interesting concept, but unless it's used as a specific gimmick for an RP, I believe it ought to be used sparingly or not used at all.

While it's not an entirely original idea (I've seen people put up play lists as asides IC before), this is the first time I've seen it applied in the way employed over on RPK. Credit goes to members BlessedWrath and Aethon_Elocine for thinking to employ Playlist.com for Aethon's Megaman X roleplay "Shattered City Revisited" on RPK.

IC
OOC

I admit that I am still sceptical, but I will dabble with it just for the sake of.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

new post alert (#24)

Steampunk Geschichte, Post #28 Iwaku, 380 words
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #10 RPK, 460 words
This is the tail-end of a post for Dungeon Crawl. I cut it out to give people who weren't in the scene the chance to catch up.

Waste not, want not.


===


It took a few minutes to sort everything out. Incantrix had Flask's stunned body laid out upstairs in her bedroom.

"It's best if we let her rest. That door is solid maple. Zelda will look after her."

"Now! Is this everyone? I had a feeling that there would be more of you."

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

yes. i see. do go on.

Not only do people like to talk about their characters, they feel the need to explain every single reason and possibility behind their motives. Even for the most single, inane, and inconsequential things.

Be cognisant of this, people.

Cognisant and ashamed.

edited out

I took this part of my latest post in Iwaku:

---

Eisen was called paranoid before for keeping a loaded Luger in his locker. The age of air piracy in Weimar had long passed with the advent of such organizations as the FTA's Merchant Marines and the Mark. Also, with the [i]Bismarck[/i] flying exclusively deep within Weische airspace, what possible reason would there be to have one?

---

It did nothing for it. And it's bad. Horrible. Blah.

Monday, September 1, 2008

new post alert (#21)

Friday, August 29, 2008
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #124 RPK, 109 words


Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Steampunk Geschichte, Post #24 Iwaku, 531 words
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #119 RPK, 413 words


Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #114 RPK, 506 words

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008

voice

Narrative voice (when it is third person) is a very important aspect of fictional prose.

Its primary purpose is to tell the reader what exactly is going on from an objective standpoint, communicating the scene with only as much detail is as necessary. And that's difficult enough to accomplish without either burdening the reader with too much information (over-description) or by being too simplistic (not answering enough vital questions, leaving gaps).

The voice of the narrative is the most direct the author may be with the reader. By giving the narration itself a character, though (either by accident or on purpose) is risky business. A voice gives everything a specific spin or a delivery to an otherwise straightforward narration. Because of this you may either reel in your audience or push them away.

Best to keep that in mind, comrades.

I usually preferred the "Plain Style" (coined from the character Dunstan Ramsey from Robertson Davies' Fifth Business) myself, with some exceptions as to when a character seems to hijack the narration for himself.

I think it's important for people to experiment with narrative voice and to be aware of what voice he or she is most comfortable.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

re: treachery? (Broken's response)

'Splanations.

===

As I understand it, many of you have received a Private Message from a member on our site calling themselves ‘Alayel’. For those of you fortunate enough not to have been contacted by this member, the following may or may not concern you.

It seems one can never truly shake off one’s past, and this is no exception. Way back, nigh on 4 years in fact, ‘Alayel’ and I created a roleplaying site together; therealmofarda.net, which we ran, very successfully unill about 7 months ago.

‘Alayel’ was my fellow co-admin, and, after my rather abrupt exit from the site, decided she fancied a little slice of what I had created, taking my account; Lothlómendil. Arda saw the birth of B.A.D.I and the creation of Sartana by none other than my self, again both of which she has since seized.

But with my leaving and the ensuing chaos, the site was left in too much turmoil; it seems, to have been continued. It was shut down, with my knowledge or consent.

‘Alayel’, it seems, has paid me a little visit to try and even the score.

I must apologise to you all for this intrusion, and hope that I have provided a satisfying answer to any questions you may or may not have had.

Feel free to PM me if there is anything else I can do, or anything you wish to know. This is a very personal issue, one that also exists in real life, so I would appreciate it if you used a little discretion, as this area of my life is still a little sore, more so in light of recent events.

Thank you,
Lothlómendil

new post alert (#17)

Steampunk Geschichte, Post #9 Iwaku, 619 words

Sunday, August 17, 2008

new post alert (#15)

Steampunk Geschichte, Post #1 Iwaku, 466 words

Started Steampunk Geschichte over at Iwaku.

Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #100 RPK, 497 words

Friday, August 15, 2008
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #96 RPK, 522 words

treachery?

Mass-PM from Alayel:

===

Dear Members of Roleplayer's Kingdom,

Your admin, "Lothlómendil" (AKA Broken Wings) needs to receive a message about stealing ideas from other sites. Everything from this board has been stolen from other, more successful boards. The first of which, http://therealmofarda.com/ is large site from where she stole even the admin's username. It is from this site that she also stole the board rules, Dungeon Master Zero and its avatar (which has been now deleted by the original DMZ to stop the theft), the entire concept of BADI from a staff member named Sartana (sound familiar? It should, this name and his smiley were stolen too), and goodness knows what else. Imagine not having the creativity to come up with your own username! It's insultingly disrespectful and shows an incredibly lack of imagination.

But this site isn't the only one where ideas were blatantly ripped. If you take a look at http://role-player.net/ you will notice that this older forum's RP sections match RPK's almost identically. And if you look at her profile on that board, where she was again using Arda's admin's name, she got banned for her theft. Her accounts Broken Wings and Soulreaver on Arda have also been banned for theft. And when contacted on RPK about the theft by the real Lothlómendil so the stolen ideas could be removed, she instead decides to suspend her account and avoid the issue.

Think carefully about participating in a site that was completely ripped from somewhere else, and whether or not you want to be around an admin that would be so deceptive and petty.

===

Hum.

Friday, August 15, 2008

don't believe a word that i say

Do not follow tropes as guidelines. Only be aware of them.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

a fatal flaw (#3)

All this time and energy spent RPing and thinking about RPs is probably better directed at authoring something alone.

new post alert (#14)

Monday, August 11
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, post #94 RPK, 503 words

Sunday, August 10, 2008

a fatal flaw (#2)

I am all ideas with a weak follow-through and poor realisation.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

a fatal flaw

I find that I often underestimate the time and effort it takes for my undertakings to materialise into what I want them to be.

new post alert (#13)

Friday, August 8, 2008
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #89 RPK, 667 words
Road to Destiny , Post #130 RPK, 367 words

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

now i lay me down to sleep

Don't get too attached to your characters, kids.

But that's now how I wanted to start. I suppose you could say that there are two ways to fairly approach an RP. One is the literate way which is like a round robin where everyone adds to the narrative in a literary fashion. The second way is to treat it as a literal roleplay, and in so doing limiting yourself and your character to his or her standpoint and awareness. While this is not terrible, it motivates some people to bend the story around themselves and their character, and that's just not good reading.

It's because people love their characters too much that they do these things. And it's selfish.

Or it could not be. Characters who click and can play off each other well hit it off and have fun. It's just like kids playing with toys in the schoolyard. And as such, it can turn into a sue-off. Of the Mary-Gary kind.

And that makes me tired and sick.

new post alert (#10)

Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #67 RPK, 302 words
Road to Destiny, Post #126 RPK, 158 words
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #65 RPK, 390 words

Monday, August 4, 2008

new post alert (#9)

Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #62 RPK, 176 words
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #59 RPK, 283 words

late night wisdom

Remember, kids:

Characters don't only develop, they also degrade.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

getting sick of that word (#2)

"Revolution" or "revolutionary".

I get the :awesome: face when I see them.

I mean really. What else do I have to say? Cynicism flags go off in my head on sight.

new post alert (#7)

whatever, Post #6 RPK, 168 words
Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #41 RPK, 213 words

Friday, August 1, 2008

for the record...

I will now record the length of my posts.

This will not be retroactive.

That would be troublesome.

new post alert (#6)

Dungeon Crawl: n00bs, Post #39 RPK, 1 223 words

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

new post alert (#4)

Road to Destiny, Post #124 RPK

damn

It's like a drug.

Following the relief that comes from posting a reply to an RP I get this urge to watch the thread like a bloody hawk, waiting for a reply.

I hate it. I hate noticing it. I hate repeating it and not being able to walk away.

It's pathetic, getting this attached to something as trivial as an online roleplay.

If only I could channel this energy into something worthwhile.

Feh.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

that sick feeling

I still don't feel very at home with my writing. It's been a week or two since I've officially tried to get back into the swing of things... The only victory I can say with confidence is that I'm at least able to put my mind to post and get posts in when I want to. I just feel so damned... awkward in trying to articulate.

My main beef is that despite making long-ish posts (feh. I've an issue with that, too) is that I don't wind up doing everything I want to do with my posts.

Feh.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

advisory

Complications, comrades, have hindered my presence on the interweb.

To whit:

- corrupted C: drive (just an assumption, but not without basis)
- the sudden death of an aunt
- the giddiness following the donation of blood

If Emmy's reading this... I'll reply to you first and foremost. Sometime during the week.

Sorry~

Thursday, June 12, 2008

getting sick of that word

With the overuse of the word "epic", I find myself only using it sarcastically.

When it is observed the :awesome: face immediately comes to mind.

Or a certain Miss Sakura Kinomoto...



Adjective or noun... no. Just, no. Please don't. Time will tell if your story or RP is epic. Let others call it epic. Just don't use it yourself. Please.

I'm sorry that idiocy has made this once venerable word too fashionable for its own good. Even if it is deserved or it is an example of the literal definition of an epic. But for now we must be patient, reserved and self-conscious.

Ignore in the case of WoW usage--there's no avoiding it there.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Shitstorm files: fallen

(posted to RPA's chatango)

lol @ gabe

its not a clique

you lost nearly all your active members to BW

Seriously, there are maybe a dozen who haven't moved over

and even they didn't feel the need to tell you about the new URL

so, honestly, I can't imagine what you are going to do from this point on

you could rebuild from scratch, but the same thing is just going to happen to you again

nothing to say for yourself?

lol gabe sux

(desu x ad infinitum)

?

Shitstorm files: Broken's retort

(posted in RPA's chatango)

Broken: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I LAUGH IN YOUR FACE JON. THIS DAY HAS BEEN LONG IN COMING. YOU WILL FALL UNDER THE RISE OF NOT ATTI'S, BUT MY COMMUNITY. DISGUSTED? DISGUSTED? YOU SICKEN ME, PERVERT. DELETE THIS, LEST YOUR PRECIOUS MEMBERS SEE IT.

Gabe: I'll keep that post there , so people will know why you are banned.

Gabe: <3 Thaks for taking that clique off the forum. I'm so happy. <3

Shitstorm files: Gabe's post

(Thursday, May 1, 2008)

So this is why these members were banned. They pretty much declared war on RpA. I don't mind members leaving or advertising harmlessly. But Fallen went about it in a malicious manner and that is why his forum's url has been banned for the forum. So this won't happen again , and I'm glad he has finally went his own way.

They had no reason to go around deleting the threads made by the members of this community. Nothing they say or do can justify this , they are no better then a teenager vandalizing a school park. And I'm glad that kind of mentality is off of the forum.

To those caught in the middle I apologize and I'm doing my best to pull the pieces back together.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

i see what you did there

Posting some links dropped by people for future reference and invasion.

• http://z9.invisionfree.com/Roleplay_Gamers
• http://z15.invisionfree.com/Jelly_bean_board

I'll be watching you~

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Probably should have mentioned this when it happened (May 19th, 2008), but I'm now an admin over at Elemestia.

They've installed an IP.board, changing it from a vBulletin, and the new controls are snazzier than I thought they would be.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008