Thread: Prelude to the Dawn- RPG.

Originally Posted by Daeva

Not really. The only thing Unique about Sindred's RP is the sending in of the actions and the storyline itself; the abilities, etc, aren't unique and in Seefu's RP things are completely different whether it be antagonist, power, or style wise.

If Sindred hadn't created Anti-Heroes this would not exist.

The Arcane Arena would remain lifeless and still.



Even if the content itself is not ripped off; RPing itself on DV is now in the wake of Sindred's success.

Originally Posted by Carôusoul

If Sindred hadn't created Anti-Heroes this would not exist.

The Arcane Arena would remain lifeless and still.



Even if the content itself is not ripped off; RPing itself on DV is now in the wake of Sindred's success.

This guy was around RP'ing in Arcane Arena before Sindred. I was RP'ing in Arcane Arena before Sindred. He is not responsible for there being RP'ing here, merely for the latest bout of activity, and I think it a slap in the face of the people he pushed for this place's creation that you'd say such.

Anti-Heroes is not Everything as far as RP'ing on DV goes and quite honestly, I'm growing tired of it being treated like it is. Sure, it's a good storyline and fun to play but damn, it's not orgasmic and in my opinion it would be a lot better if I could actually write my own character; but I can't, so I come here.

If Anti-Heroes was so great as you all act like, I doubt Sindred would have been having to PM people asking if they wanted to join so he could get a few more participants.

Originally Posted by Daeva

This guy was around RP'ing in Arcane Arena before Sindred. I was RP'ing in Arcane Arena before Sindred. He is not responsible for there being RP'ing here, merely for the latest bout of activity, and I think it a slap in the face of the people he pushed for this place's creation that you'd say such.

Anti-Heroes is not Everything as far as RP'ing on DV goes and quite honestly, I'm growing tired of it being treated like it is. Sure, it's a good storyline and fun to play but damn, it's not orgasmic and in my opinion it would be a lot better if I could actually write my own character; but I can't, so I come here.

If Anti-Heroes was so great as you all act like, I doubt Sindred would have been having to PM people asking if they wanted to join so he could get a few more participants.

"The dark skinned uber-man entered the room, killing four men and jumping onto the roof in one swift motion."

When everyone makes their characters the protagonist with ultimate powers most challenge is taken away, everyone is super-cool, and people don't seem to be able to die because they control their own actions.


Before Sindred's method, which has in turn influenced other RP's the AA was mainly consistent of these massive ego-fests madly unrealistic; not much like a game with any challenge really.



Equally before Anti-Heroes there was somewhere in the region of a post a week at best here. Which is somewhat dead.




I understand peoples nostalgia and want for this flawed system; if just for the ego trip you can gain from it, but Sindred's system is fundamentally better.

I can see the merits in this free-write business but they seem to be more individual stories rather than role-playing games.

Sindred's method is good at what it does; stopping ego-fests, but personally I don't much care to deal with people that get like that and avoid them anyways. I'm perfectly capable of writing a flawed character by myself and accepting death if I am bested. Not everyone makes their characters with 'ultimate' powers and not a single flaw. Some people actually know how to Role-play and enjoy Role-playing, whether that mean winning or losing. Losing can provide just as many RP opportunities as winning, if not more.

As exampled, I've already had one character get the hell beat out of him in the first page or so of Mirage by someone who actually possessed less strength in the 'force' (star wars based chars) than he did.

Yes, AA is active now because people look at Anti-Heroes and decided to glance into the section as a whole, but there was RP'ing in here before Anti-Heroes and there will be after it.

Yeah, Mainly it's Seefu that looks to have the problem. I'm just defending free-writes because I 'grew-up' in a free-write community that was quite simply massive, with board-wide plots, and a lot of awesome RP'ers. Free-writes can both be simply amazing and really crappy. Hence why good ones are so hard to find.

Interaction with others is key; it turns individual stories into RP'ing

Originally Posted by Daeva

Sindred's method is good at what it does; stopping ego-fests, but personally I don't much care to deal with people that get like that and avoid them anyways. I'm perfectly capable of writing a flawed character by myself and accepting death if I am bested. Not everyone makes their characters with 'ultimate' powers and not a single flaw. Some people actually know how to Role-play and enjoy Role-playing, whether that mean winning or losing. Losing can provide just as many RP opportunities as winning, if not more.

As exampled, I've already had one character get the hell beat out of him in the first page or so of Mirage by someone who actually possessed less strength in the 'force' (star wars based chars) than he did.

Yes, AA is active now because people look at Anti-Heroes and decided to glance into the section as a whole, but there was RP'ing in here before Anti-Heroes and there will be after it.

Yeah, Mainly it's Seefu that looks to have the problem. I'm just defending free-writes because I 'grew-up' in a free-write community that was quite simply massive, with board-wide plots, and a lot of awesome RP'ers. Free-writes can both be simply amazing and really crappy. Hence why good ones are so hard to find.

Interaction with others is key; it turns individual stories into RP'ing

I know, I was here to watch the RP here long before Sindred even joined; and I have seen a positive change since he did.

Now that that's settled, Seefu, stop being an asshole to Sindred. It's not the best way to get members and I'd rather this thing not die -_-

Meh, if he writes 'Sindred' without adding 'whatever' I'll be happy.

No, I'll agree that some people handle free-form better than others, and from what I've seen of Mirage, you're one of them, and I never said there wasn't role-play in the Arcane Arena before me, I was in the odd free-form before I started Anti-Heroes.

I asked you if you wanted to join because you were a keen, active member of the RP community and I wanted your input. At the time I had several other people interested in joining that I held back on. At the moment I'm having to juggle a number of people and story arcs at once. I'm not struggling for more people.

Anti-Heroes is far more a 'game', as I've said. I dislike free-writes because I feel they simply become disorganised ego-fests that don't allow you to make plans and feel actually challenged. You get far too many archetype characters (silent super-assassin, dark mage with a dark secret, etc), everyone is ubercool and uberstrong.

I'm not stopping you doing a free-form. Before now I hadn't even been asked to discuss free-form. I'm sorry that Seefu has a problem with me but I really don't want anything to do with it.

I'm doing an RP, and people are enjoying it. I'm sorry you aren't. End of?