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MintMan

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Feb 6, 2005 20:29
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  I really think there may be some confusion as to the point of the RP board -- namely, RPing.
  
  Y'know, if you read the description to this board, you would know that it wasn't made for RPing despite the name "Role Playing". It was named such and designed for FtRPG. It just happened to be a better place to house things like Rumbl-O-Rama and its predecessor Need to Occupy My Feeble Mind than Classics.
  
  
  I mean, there have been plenty of posts over time about how most of this site is geared against this sorta thing. I mean, the REL and FtRPG are based on that fact.
  
  However, since I was a part of things like Vap Bab, I have always had a soft spot for Inter-Active Stories, which is probably why I allowed RoR and NtOMFM them to continue.
  
  
  I mean, that is why such things as "bunnying", or controlling a character that is not you, is allowed in these things. That is also why people are allowed to add to the stories without adding themselves.
  
  
  I never really could wrap my head around RPs. It isn't a game (or at least one that you can lose), and they are far from interesting to any party not involved, and even then, I could only imagine that they are quite limited.
  Inter-Active Stories are can be fun for anyone who is reading 'cause they are written to be read, enjoyed, and nothing more. I mean, other than being written by consecutive authors, little should differ from them and a normal story.... well, I guess there are more typos and plot holes Slanted Mouth
  
  
  Sure, this forum was designed solely to absorb FtRPG spam (a feat which proved too great for it Sweat Drop ), but I actually like it being a reservoir for inter-active stories. I mean, since way-back when with Vap Bab, I always wished that my forum would get enough decent writers at it to rival that story... still haven't, but it is still a start.
  
  
  So, the moral of the story... um.... yeah.
LeeTupper

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Feb 7, 2005 9:42
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  Was there a glitch? I posted an extremely foolish, almost too stupid to be a joke topic, and it disappeared without a trace. Was it a moderator who thought it was crap (it really was), or was it a board glitch? It was gone within an hour, usually too fast for most moderators.
  
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MintMan

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Feb 7, 2005 10:58
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  No, I found it and dealt with it swiftly.
  
  I mean, I agree that it was a stupid post, but with that level of... strangity, I knew it would become a haven for pointless spam-like post-making and therefore deleted.... well, that, or no one would add to it ever and it would just become board litter.
  
  I actually held onto it in a crash file for those of you who want to know what I am talking about... buuuut I cannot find it. Pfft, some backup that turned out to be Shifty Eyes
MadGoblin

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Feb 12, 2005 11:46
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  Yeah, I got the jist of your topic there, Tupper, and it just seemed odd. I mean, a pseudo-story involving copy written characters, outside of a whole blown fan fiction, just seems odd to me. * glances over at Cold Wind, but then remembers it is forgotten about * Tongue
  
  Anyhoo, yeah. IAS are teh greater than RPing. I should know, afterall, since I go to one of those horrid RP places.
  
  Keep in mind, I really only go to shake the boat. Heh, those losers. They don't even know what a present participle is. I mean, c'mon! I learned about that in grade school, as should have all. Dang losers not even knowin' no english!
  
  And, yes, I know that was 2x negative, 'twas part o' the joke.
  
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Lunar_Mage

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Feb 13, 2005 1:40
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  I've gotta ask, what is the RP site you go to, Gobbo?
  
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MadGoblin

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Feb 13, 2005 9:40
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  'Twould be ol' Althanas. I don't want to provide a link for I would not wish that suffering upon any here. I was referred to the place by RE's own Akira (you know, one of the only female members? what is there? like, 4?). It's pretty much elitist. So, like, if you aren't one of the daily people, no one likes you, while, if you are, people ignore your typos and pretend I made them. ... *cough* Also, everyone is too obsessed with anime-esque looking pictures and being an angsty, black-clad, demon-vampire-angel-elf. So overused!
  
  Yep, elitist RP. Not like here, of course. * kicks puny newbs out from the cooler RP topics 'cuz they are suckin' 'em up *
  No, wait, what am I saying? Any additions would be good!
  
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