Cardcaptor_Sierra
I seldom join Advanced Literate roleplays, not because I didn't think I was unqualified for one, but because, like many RPers out there I find the label of 'Advanced Literate' a tad redundant. I supposed in a few Advanced Literate RPs I've been with, the only thing that's considered advanced about their literacy are longer paragraphs, so that's why I'm a bit skeptical of the subject. This is not to offend anyone however, and it's just simply my opinion on the matter.
Not offended at all love.
That why I don't actual label myself; I honestly do not consider myself advance literate and refuse to use the label. I've begun in the last few years to make damn sure I do not use any form of label in my role play too. I think partly because the labels themselves carry some bad rep. and, as the troll from earlier proved, a lot of people regard those that labels themselves thus very poorly. So I don't use the label anymore, because I don't want people thinking that way about me.
Cardcaptor_Sierra
It's the opposite for me though when it comes to who I associate with in terms of roleplaying. I prefer RPing with a wide variety of people, so that way my writing would grow the more I'm exposed to other varying RPing skills.
I agree, I like RPing with different people too. Now including the reasons from earlier, another reason I like getting to know my group members and why I invite them to my RPs later down the road. Is also because I can not manage to gather a group of players anymore. I, no word of lie, spend a month looking for players and am unable to gather a simple four person group (this is including me in the count, meaning I can't even get three people together anymore.)
I spent on three occasions a total of six months trying to get three people to join my role play (I wanted to form a new group of players instead of RPing with friends again, I needed a fresh batch of RP friends). I tried twice on Gaia, once on tumblr. Each time I managed to get one person, including myself, to join and then received promises from a dozen people who disappeared after:
1. Saying they'd join and then not join.
2. Letting me know they LOVED the idea and expressed a real interest in joining, then not joining.
3. Joining and then a day or two later never logging on gaia.
4. Joining and then avoiding me, not contacting me or replying back.
5. Take their bloody sweet time to actually get around to submitting (the most basic, simply, single line profile.) They would take so long I would close the RP before they ever mentioned submitting anything.
This is on three occasions and I worked damn hard to make the role play. I worked my a** off to create a original, fun, easy to read and easy to understand role play. I know I did it because people praised me for it, but I couldn't get people to join.
Each time I ended up closing the RP because after a month and a half or longer of promoting, inviting, you name advertising for my RP I got tired of the idea and started to really hate it.
So I find I tend to need friends to join my RPs so that I at least have one or two other players who will actually stay and actually RP and not ditch me.
As for skill I really don't have to many issues with peoples skill and I don't feel I need to test anyone. I know once I talk to someone whether they'll fit my RP or not. I also know that people that can not make it in my RP, will not join period. I dunno I find people have a instinct that tells them they won't last and they shy away from my RP.
I don't even have any real rules, this is it:
Write as little or as much you deem necessary to convey your idea.
Play as many or few characters as suits your needs/desires/plans.
Graphic are not required; if you use them keep them neat, tidy and, most importantly, MINIMAL.
There is no post order, but try not to rush ahead of everyone. Let people have their turn.
PLEASE READ THIS, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW.
Cardcaptor_Sierra
You could get away with bad grammar and punctuation marks so many times until you stop and leave the thread altogether.
True. There is only so much ERROR TASTIC POSTS one can deal with. Especially if it is a common, every post every line, occurrence.
Cardcaptor_Sierra
And then playing with the same beautiful/powerful/kind character that might as well be marked as a Mary Sue.
I haven't had this problem in . . . 6 years? But I can agree a sue is a downer and would likely make me pull my hair out.
Cardcaptor_Sierra
I also have a problem with RPers who join an RP for the sake of obtaining e-booty than making much of a character development.
I agree, there is a time and place for a good RP ********. Gaiaonline is not it. Keep the kinky RPing to emails and IMs. I have nothing against writing a good sex scene, I really, really enjoy it to be honest and I wish I could do it more often. But you don't do that s**t on Gaia (not just because of the rules against it), don't even waste your time necking with someone else's character it's not worth it in the end if you sacrifice progression and story for it.
Do what myself and one other group member for Carmine is doing and writing fiction for the RP! I' m in the middle of writing a sexy time scene for two of our characters because I can't do it in the RP itself, nor can I get away with it on Gaia either. Plus I don't want to give up progression and story just to have my ***** (my group members character is 14 while my character is 22, we agreed it's a-okay, so I'm not stepping on his toes or anything we both like it! XD)
I KNOW I AM CREEPER!
//RPs so many things that would make Gaian's cry in their sleep.
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