MSN Roleplaying

[Addis Hellfire]

Alright . . . If I remember correctly, I think it was YG who said that posting ads here is fine . . . I think . . . if my memory took a nose dive, then I apologize in advance, lol.

Not sure how big the roleplaying scene is on IMs and other systems . . . as I've noticed that forum rps are for the most part DEAD . . . . out of nowhere. I started rping via MSN with a friend a while ago, and we're still doing it now, and are ready to start looking for more people to rp with (gets boring with only two players, lol, right?)

I am sure that these ideas have been heard before, but, well, just figured I'd toss in my two copper just in case if they haven't . . .

So far there are three major ideas for the roleplays that we are willing to do, but currently we are doing option B, just its Council of Wyrms. If any of the following ideas appeal to you, or if you have any feedback/comments/suggestions/etc, or don't really care about what the rp is as long as its rp (lol), then either post or send me a PM, or an email. If anybody wants to know, my MSN address is the same as my email.

A)
A starwars rp set in the gap between KOTOR 2 and Episode 1. I have always wondered what happened in that time period, how long did it take for the reconstruction to occur (which was short lived, lol), and how - if at all - the games effected the story. Beat both games, love them, and would be thrilled to play an rp featuring them. Of course, the timelines could be different, but either way I want a KOTOR era SW rp . . .

B )
D&D RP . . . now although I would love to do a full on PbP, MSN does not have a dice roller. As for settings, I'm up for the following: Dragonlance (Reign of the Kingpriest), Dragonlance (The Cataclysm), Dragonlance (War of the Lance), Dragonlance (Blue Lady's War), Dragonlance (Chaos War), Lankhmar the City of "Adventure" (*cough* The City of Thieves *cough*), Ravenloft (Barovia), Darksun, Birthright, Council of Wyrms . . . yeah, so far that's about it, but Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk are alright too, but not on my favorite list, lol. And in case if anybody wonders why the hell Dragonlance is mentioned so many times - each time period in Dragonlance actually does alter the setting in dramatic ways . . . like in the Reign of the Kingpriest, magic is for the most part forbidden, the "Edict of Thought Control" has been pased, etc. . . . while the Cataclysm brings the world of Krynn to a post-nuclear wasteland type setting, where just finding food and shelter is a heroic task on its own. No matter the setting, I want a grunge game . . . not total grunge (lol), but close.

C) Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions . . . my favorite game of all time, and one of my favorite types of stories . . . There are many possible plot lines that can go on in the background of that setting, and we can even do a "what if" scenario, or use the Lion War as merely a backdrop for our own thing. Now . . . my only problem with it - period - is the limits on playable character types. I am a freak who loves playable monsters . . . anyway we can bring playable monsters into this? Oh, for the record, to me at least, there "is no Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced . . . they would not make a game so horrible, so kiddy, so etc. etc. . . . you have to be a dumb arse to even THINK about such bad idea for a game . . . Marche can not beat Ramza, no way in hell.", lol.

Now, as for some random information that I might want to mention:

We for the most part allow just about anything (as long as it isn't ungodly powerful) to be played. The only thing that isn't normally allowed are dragons . . . because they overall make life hell for the DM, lol, unless if in certain settings.

We are two D&D nerds, and use D&D references all the time. Fear not, if you do not know D&D, then you most likely won't get too lost - we'll explain things as best as we can. If you are a D&D nut, or an overall fantasy rp nut, then hey, you'll fit in just fine, XD.

We cuss, plain and simple. If you do not like excessive (at times) language, then . . . well . . . lol. Don't worry, not every other word is a cuss (maybe every 6th of my words . . . ). There may be . . . questionable content in our rps, and the rating is usually at a T or M rating, lol.

For more information, please PM me. I (try to) check this place at least once a day, so I should answer any PMs or posts soon.

[Coriolis]

Forum RP isn't really "Dead" as such. I've noticed that Surrounds in particular tends to run in fits and spurts. A rush of activity for a couple months then more or less dormant for another couple of months before taking off yet again.

To my own discredit, I've been neglecting my place in the Watchers/Fire + Ice plotline thanks to a mix of writers block, "After You" syndrome and that good old fun spoiler that is the analog realm getting in the way.

We have plenty of things half-planned (NEVER fully planned otherwise the RP is just a fan-fic collab ), It's just a case of getting through the smaller details and keeping things moving without too much waffle and filler posting.

Personally not a big fan of MSNger RP as it can be difficult to get into character with everything surrounded in adverts and coroprate crap.

Myself and a few others used to spend an obscene amount of time playing "NeverWinter Nights" (aka NWN) were the RP was a mix of chatroom and Gaming. A poor mans WoW with far fewer idiot kids around. The original is now quite an old game but there are still servers out there with good RP if you look hard enough. Having the editting suite packaged inside as well can be useful if you want to setup your own Campaigns. Wasn't KotoR based on the same game engine?

Though I haven't tried it personally, you might also find OpenRPG useful:-

www.rpgobjects.com/index.php?c=orpg

Literally a Tabletop RP inside a chatroom. including dice rollers, char gens etc etc.

AFAIK it's based on traditional D'n'D but you could probably hack together an alternative campaign to get the realm that you want.

Don't lose all faith in Forums. Just like the damned Dragons they can sleep but they never truly die or fade away...

[Addis Hellfire]

Tried OpenRPG with mixed results, not really good enough for me to keep it. As for MSN, I don't see too many corporate crap once you've tweaked with the options and hid most of it - the only reason why I specifically mentioned MSN other then yahoo or anything else is that with MSN it gives you 3 and a half lines of text space to work with.

Ha, I love NWN. Got a lvl 26 (16 Sorcerer/10RDD) so far, just deleted the character because I got bored with it. So far when it comes to players, I'm having negative results - either you get random arses or just people who can't even type decently . . . I mean come on, stop using short-form or whatever you want to call it and TYPE . . . Any servers that are good for roleplay?

As for forums being dead, its not just this one, but ALL of the forums that I'm on are dead . . . dead, asleep, whatever the case may be.