I've GMed a few things that have fairly large world-building (and enough custom artwork I drew to probably make an "Art of Cresion's RPs" book) and I never really once felt like this, even if people ghosted etc etc. I think one part is because I might be subconsciously suppressing it, since I...
World building wide as an ocean but deep as a puddle, like having 20+ places or races or factions listed in lore but each of them has like 2 sentences and 3 descriptor words that is of semi-substance describing them.
I barely ever do 1x1 and never liked to write romance so I never felt the need to implement one, like, the most "inappropriate" content I produced is probably a deez nuts joke.
Hmmm I dunno, I feel like both my "wtf is this super niche thing" type of RPs and "generic thing 101" type of RPs both die at a similar ratio, so I don't really think it's idea specific. Then again I been told (this is a quote) "wtf is more niche than this?" as a response to my (in my own...
I wonder what is the line between "out of comfort zone" and "not interested", there's a lot of things I'm just not interested in RPing about, but I wouldn't say I'd be uncomfortable if I had to RP it, I probably would just think "this is kind of boring".
My bad, thought you were looking for advice since this forum is usually about that. If you like it here then that's great, I was just talking about my personal experience from when I was a minor and it makes me boil over. I haven't seen anyone as shitty as the people I've ran into on this site...
Just go to another site.
Leave.
Fuck off.
For real.
I once got my entire RP stolen and remade by a bunch of people because they found out that I, the GM, was a minor and made another version of the RP that was basically my RP but excluding me, since they were "uncomfortable with being GM...
I would say probably not on RPN, art is honestly pretty different from writing as a story telling medium. Like yeah I've seen people draw each other's characters for fun and whatever but it never really becomes an...""RP"". But I know of something fairly popular in Eastern circles (Japan, China...
An RP where players take on a mundane and hyper specific role, but in an unusual setting. Like being a funeral services company in a cyberpunk world making sure people don't get illegally uploaded to the matrix or OSHA inspectors in a high fantasy world checking if summoned demons are getting...
I don't have anything specific but just something super unique? Like it's easy to say I like X or I like Y, but often these categories are so general they are really overdone, like fantasy that isn't DnD-ish, sci-fi that isn't star wars-esque, urban/school fantasy that isn't MHA-like, just put a...
I'm full of unpopular opinions but I think code usage can make RPs more interesting if it actively formats the RP in a way that puts it beyond simple writing and becomes an interactive medium. I get it if that's not everyone's thing, I just love me some ARG and text adventure elements in my RPs...
Some clarifications I guess.
3. I don't mean GMs should go around killing player characters casually, this is more directed at people's own characters. Your characters aren't your children no matter how much effort you've put into them, they are your tools, killing them is okay.
4. I don't...
I once made a modern fantasy RP with anime elements but also Western pop culture references, players asked me what is the country that the story takes place in is called and on the spot I decided it was called "United States of Japanada". It became canon, somehow.
The entire RP was kind of...
Adding what's probably a super mega unpopular opinion because this requires its own post to explain, if you reply to this wanting to argue I'm not replying.
I think crediting artists for face claims is overrated, at least on this site/maybe for forum RPs in general.
I'm saying this as an...
Oh boy let's see how many people would start avoiding me like the plague after this. I am the person who said self inserts and breaking the fourth wall are okay after all and I have plenty more hot takes
1. There's no bad ideas just bad executions.
2. GMs should try to modify the lore/plot of...
I am guilty of reading people's fandom RPs as makeshift fanfiction when I was like 14 or something, since fanfiction writers poof without finishing a lot of the time RPs I've read not finishing never bothered me
Also my tiny ass RP somehow has 8k views which seems weirdly high for something...
This is just an incoherent mess that I want to scream into the void about my creative vision, I hope no one judges me too hard for it.
Essentially I want to write RP plots that do philosophy, not only borrow it. I want to make something that challenges the players, not just their characters'...