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Oh man I feel this one. My first character was a Walmart John Wick who was "tough as nails" and always made the right move, wore black suits and drove a fucking Challenger lmao. He was a walking cliche, sigma grindset Gary Stu. Every time I think about this guy, I take 1d8 psychic damage. I...

Maybe you went nuclear and raged at someone, or ghosted a great RP and later regretted it, or maybe you abandoned a project you were running as a GM, only to realize your mistake later? Perhaps you have an embarrassing moment like repeatedly mis-naming another character, like calling Steven...

Overly controlling GMs with strict rules for character creation, narrow boundaries for lore and assigning roles to the cast. I hate the idea of being forced into a specific character within narrow lore constraints. It seems one sided like the GM wants me to populate their strictly monitored...

@Chordling Thanks for the positivity and taking an interest in the RP. It's about a group of people who were gathered for the Great Games of Nye, a tournament to entertain the masses of a morally dubious city named Nye. There was a terrorist attack and the cast survived the weapon used to kill...

I run one story and almost nothing else, perhaps membership in one story that isn't mine? But that's it. I have a commitment to my members and if I write other things, I won't have time for my primary RP. It's hard to resist offers I've received and ideas that have crossed my mind, but my main...

The obsession with school & academy RPs with people who graduated years ago. I understand why a 16 year old would seek a fantastical version of their own humdrum existence, but as an adult, when people look back on their school days, don't they see how stupid and pointless 90% of their worries...

I once made an island RP where a plane crashed in the ocean, characters come ashore and must survive. I made a map with 60 points of interest leading to plots about lost civilizations and dangerous tribes, lots of magical realism inspired by Lost. It was gonna be awesome. There was gonna be...

I was discussing mental health disorders, why are you ignoring that and arguing a point I never made? Also, considering how this is an unserious hobby that doesn't have real stakes, if you have serious anxiety to a point where you can't even participate, because the very thought makes you...

People get excited for ideas but are too lazy to see them through, especially when the expectations are high and there's a big workload. This website has seen a downturn as the hobby has become less popular, so you have a higher chance of getting screwed when that happens. Because if say, 60% of...

Can you make it entertaining? That's the most important thing imo. Writing is entertainment and that's forgotten when people discuss literature, because people want to seem "elevated." People will forgive anything if a character is entertaining. Look at how many characters are genuine pieces of...

I deleted my previous comment because it was off topic (whince), but to address the actual post this time, Yeah there are names everyone knows to avoid, though I won't name anyone out of respect. There are many more who fall under the controversial tag, some people love them and some people...

Exactly! Mere thralls for the advancement of your story! You'll go far, kid.

To the gulag with yee

1. GMs must be extremely dedicated and lead by example. You must be passionate about your project! 2. Don't overwhelm them with lore and world building, give them the basics and work from there. 3. Have a discord OOC! Forums are very slow in comparison, even though this website is awesome. 4...

Just start writing the character and see where it goes from there, instead of planning them out from the beginning. I build my characters around a few key central points, like a general foundation to build upon, and then expand them over time. You can develop backstory and add likes and...

My experiences with coders has left me jaded. There was a long stretch where RPN was dominated by hyper organized coders, focusing more on appearance than results. I experienced rejections and criticisms from coders because of my standard posts, which is doubly ironic because— 1. Most books...

Give them flaws that actually change scenes, not just flaws on paper. Make them look stupid on occasion, prove them wrong a few times. Have them be confident that something will work and then fail miserably. You don't want to make them useless of course, but make them human, make them fallible...

Maybe I'm just a dick, but discord is basically required for RP. It's not that big of an entry barrier, and many other communities (like gaming communities for example) require the same thing. It's free and can run on a 2003 flip phone, so why not get it? You're just shooting yourself in the...

For some context, our RP has been going for a while now. I think we're on 16 months? The server has expanded so there's a lot going on, but you can see the groupings and get ideas for channels. We have a metric shit ton of channels for a reason, as time passed people had questions about lore...