i think that a roleplaying area wold be good for the forums.

it wold be nice to have, for the creativity that can't be contained by theiroies.

 

This has been discussed multiple times and the answer is always no. Folks here have a low tolerance for roleplaying, as it hasn't gone well in the past.

Not gonna happen, sorry.

..*theories

 

aww ok

 

Or even ouroies. ;P

In all seriousness I can't see the point in creating a new section of the forums just for one or two threads. If RP-ing becomes popular enough one day to justify a new section then I might consider it, but for now we have the Forum Games section for things like that.

And yes, it doesn't help that RP threads can be horribly spammy when done incorrectly.

 

If you want to roleplay, there's plenty of other sites to do it on. I'm sure you can find a site for Cave Story roleplay if you wanted.

 

it wold be nice to have, for the creativity that can't be contained by theiroies.

As others in the thread have stated, it's been suggested and turned down before. I wasn't here for it, but apparently it's (roleplaying, rather) has been attempted here and it was awful.

If you haven't already (I'm about to check), you should take andwhyisit's suggestion of making a single thread in the Forum Games section and seeing if anyone wants to participate. But, honestly, I don't think you'll find many people here who would be willing. I might be willing as long as there was a reliable co-ordinator and an interesting premise, but otherwise, no.

 

Roleplays always end up in one of three extremes. Either everyone is a god, everyone is a half-demon, or everyone is a bimbo. The odd occasion, all of the above. Regardless of setting, plot, or anything, this will always be true, simply because people who WANT to roleplay WANT to be these things. And the story proceeds to go nowhere because they think petty fights and petty romances are cool. Or that being a loner half-wolf with four arms, two keyblades and angel wings is in itself cool. (Spoilers: You're a dipshit if you think so)

Of course, regardless of whether or not this forum or another refuses because of these pretty good reasons, most who want to roleplay will simply refer to these reasons as good reasons, because they think they know best. So ultimately they'll just bugger off elsewhere for their fix anyway, and fall into a group of others who think the same way, and use that to fuel their reasoning that it's a good and/or intelligent idea.

The closest I've come to witnessing or participating in a 'good' forum RP was more or less a gimped DnD game. Organizer would roll a d6 for player actions to determine if they succeed, fuck up, or royally fuck up to the point of killing themselves immediately. Of course this kind of RP is self-aware that it isn't meant to be taken seriously, while a RP forum itself fails to be.

 

Well, my story time thread got shot down because of this, and I got similar responses to it. So yeah, it ain't gonna happen.

 

A new section for things that i've seen gone down TERRIBELY in the past, and in itself is a forum-based game, sounds like a terrible idea.

Every single RP that i've seen is awful.
so pls no

 

TAFC2:HV is holy scripture from the gospel of windy and anyone who speaks against it is a heretic and must be burned

 

You forgot the MLP Roleplay :0

 

that was good too but it wasn't holy scripture

 

Yes it was >:c

 

It would reach such levels of creepiness...Almost as much as the MLP community.

 

"MLP" still falls under my three extremes. Either they're a god (discord), a half-demon (zebra, donkey), or a bimbo (basically everyone else). Simple.

 

That has nothing to do with the roleplay but ok

 

That has nothing to do with the roleplay but ok

It IS roleplaying.

 

They're referencing something specific that you don't know about

 

Only cool people know :0

 

OK OK ppl let it go