Role Playing Rules

Rule #4 seems unnecessary and redundant.

The aspects about being a pest are already covered by the very first rule of the site - namely, "Nastiness and dickery will not be tolerated" - as well as Rule #3 of this RP section. Preemptively discouraging people from posting in threads is never a good idea, since quite often I've seen people join long-running games by asking around in the discussion thread, and this rule might scare potential players who don't want to break a rule. Regardless of whether it stays or not, there's an apostrophe missing, but that's just my midnight Grammar Nazi telling me it's time to get a glass of water.

Surely I can't be the only one who thinks that? About the rule, that is. Not about the glass of water.

Problem is that unfortunately people tend not to be able to work out stuff that's implied and have to be told directly that it's a problem. So directly stating it like that as a seperate rule is the best way to go, otherwise they'll claim that since there's no direct rule against it, there's nothing wrong with what they're doing.

...Because honestly, I've seen that kind of thing happen before. Not just offsite, but actually on the RP forums here before the rule was actually instigated. So yeah, it may seem redundant to you, but unfortunately that redundancy is needed to help hammer in the message that this is not and will never be acceptable.

I've seen people continue to hang around the discussion thread of an RP they've dropped out of as well, though the cases I've seen personally didn't really seem all that malicious. The worst was someone trying to fish for sympathy towards a problem of theirs that isn't related to the RP at all; a bit disruptive and tad annoying, yes, but ultimately wasn't done out of spite or anger or anything like that. Most of the times I see it, it's just the person contemplating returning to the RP and asking other players about their opinions on new character ideas.

I think Nman has a point though about not wanting to discourage new players from posting in RPs at all. Maybe just put an addendum on the end of rule four pointing to rule six about posting because you want to join (or rejoin) an RP going in the signup thread instead of the discussion thread.

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Keep in mind not every game has a sign-up thread. If they do, you should post in there first and check to see if it's accepting new people.

If it's not, you shouldn't be posting in the Discussion thread anyway.

Also, keep in mind it specifically says don't bother games you aren't in. Asking constructive questions isn't really "bothering".

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Can we auto-lock threads that have been dead for over a year? Or even maybe 6 months? It'd combat the necromancer menace.

Uh

We have a few people hanging around our RP discussion thread, and for the most part, we allow it, because they're fun to chat with. Last week, however, we unfortunately had to tell someone to leave. It should be up to the players in that thread in question.

edited 26th Aug '13 1:19:08 PM by GameSpazzer

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I think Mrminun is talking about dead threads, ie, threads that weren't posted in for some time. That said, I support this idea.

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

Yeah.

Uh

Bah, didn't check the timestamps. Sorry, I'll just skedaddle.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist

Auto-locking threads probably shouldn't be applied to signup threads.

I can easily see an instance where a signup thread hasn't been posted in for a year, but is still open and the RP in question still running.

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"Bah, didn't check the timestamps."

I love the irony of this.

It should be discussions and actual R P threads.

Uh

Actually, I do have something to pitch into this, again, from experience. While it's true that most old threads that don't move are probably dead, the signup thread for one of the RPs I'm in hasn't moved for months, but we still do need it around, should anyone want to use a new OC or make an announcement. I can't be the only person that does this.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist

May I use the discussion thread to talk about ideas for RP Gs I wish to do?

If so I apologize for asking without checking under a tight schedule at the moment.

edited 6th Nov '14 6:13:02 AM by Echoingsilence

@Echoingsilence: Do you mean this thread specifically or like the discussion thread of a game you're in?

If the former, this thread isn't really an appropriate place to discuss future RP ideas. The "looking for GMs" thread or the RPG guide thread would be more appropriate places.

If the latter, I'd check with the GM of the game first to see if they would be bothered by you posting RP ideas of your own; unless you are the GM, in which case go ahead.

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Moved to The TV Tropes RPG Forum Guide. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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Edited by MayuIsBestGirl41 on Jan 5th 2022 at 7:42:05 PM

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Just saw the post above, I don’t think my question fits. Sorry! Moving it to the second thread you brought up!

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Question: Are people allowed to bump roleplay threads that haven't had any posts in a few days? Is it restricted to the host, or can anyone do it?

Wait, what site am I on again?

@Netino 1: Bumping in most roleplay main threads is different than in other threads. Because the posts are all supposed to be written as part of the narrative, posting for the sake of just posting isn't really a thing, and therefore neither is bumping.

If a main thread hasn't been active, you could bump in the discussion thread to ask about the game's continuation. (Or, as a number of the active RPs here have dedicated Discord servers for OOC talk, you could ask there, assuming you're a part of that server.)

Unfortunately I can say from plenty of experience that roleplays on this site just slowly losing steam and ending because of nobody posting is not uncommon.

Edited by FirockFinion on Dec 8th 2023 at 10:14:58 AM

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