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Jen Littlebottom ([info]dwarfjen) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2005-06-09 08:52:00


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Current mood:Impish

bless you, bad_rpers_suck
tenchichan wants to know why nobody wants to join his new game.

More specifically, I am mad at the entire collective of online roleplayers and this is going to come off as being whiny, but I don't care really. He's decided that it's because everbody is off in fandom, in Shitty AIM chatrooms playing out Harry Potter yaoi fantasies.

Despite this perhaps not promising start, people give various suggestions for places to look for players/reasons they might not be getting applications.

Then the co-mod jumps in with this juicy wankplosion.


I'm calling shenanigans-this is bullshit. I thought there'd be RPers out there made of sterner stuff. I feel like everyone's reservations about the game aren't quite accurate; like they're fearing the worst and expecting so little. And what really gets me going: just because your character may die shouldn't turn you from a game, that's weak and lame. If people actually used their heads and weighed out the pros and cons (sure your character dies, but you get to make a new one, and equally cool character, it keeps the game fresh, etc) then I think we'd get a lot more response. OR if people were really as interested as they claimed we'd get a lot more emails asking questions and inquiring about the game so maybe they could REALLY find out if the game was for them. Kris you tried, this place shouldn't be called "bad_rpers_suck" it should be called "hypocrites_anon"


In case this wasn't enough, she also proclaims that fandom games require no skill.


Oh, and let it be known that I do have a general distates for fandom RPGs. You require no mastery to "create" a character. (I use "create" with poetic license.) It only shows how well you can interpret. And that's not a skill.

Now before you come barking at me, I didn't say all fandom RPers are bad, infact someone show a great mastery of the English language and creative writing.


Somebody takes this as a chance to bring up ancient history.

Small, piquant, but with room for growth.



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[info]becky_h
2005-06-09 11:56 am UTC (link)
Now before you come barking at me, I didn't say all fandom RPers are bad, infact someone show a great mastery of the English language and creative writing.


Yeah. That right there says a lot.

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[info]elysian
2005-06-09 04:26 pm UTC (link)
Infact someone show a great mastery of the English language is the funniest thing I have ever wished I hadn't read.

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(no subject) - [info]coffee_mug, 2005-06-09 05:02 pm UTC

[info]iczer6
2005-06-09 12:02 pm UTC (link)
I think wkii wins the thread with this comment.

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[info]coffee_mug
2005-06-09 01:28 pm UTC (link)
Apparently it's a troll but I suppose even those can be truthful at times.

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(no subject) - [info]furiosity, 2005-06-09 09:30 pm UTC
And this trumps Harry Potter porn how?
[info]adora_spintriae
2005-06-09 12:24 pm UTC (link)
is a high octane game of human chess

. . .

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[info]komorebi
2005-06-09 12:56 pm UTC (link)
No offense to the chess fans out there, but... uh, no. Even with the best of intentions, something always goes wrong, and then someone has to go get a bishop dislodged from their sinus cavities.

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(no subject) - [info]adora_spintriae, 2005-06-09 02:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]shoiryu, 2005-06-09 08:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ecchaniz0r, 2005-06-09 08:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ninja_stripper, 2005-06-10 12:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]caralinda, 2005-06-10 02:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ironymaiden, 2005-06-10 08:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sneer, 2005-06-10 04:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]komorebi, 2005-06-10 10:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]adinaj69, 2005-06-10 05:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]komorebi, 2005-06-10 10:15 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]adinaj69, 2005-06-10 11:51 am UTC
Re: And this trumps Harry Potter porn how?
bankai
2005-06-09 01:18 pm UTC (link)
DUDE. YES.

I thought Chess was banned. From like...well, it should be.

That is all.

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Re: And this trumps Harry Potter porn how?
[info]serpentis
2005-06-09 02:20 pm UTC (link)
...but I play suicide chess and take the other side out with me

Oooh.

Should I join?

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Re: And this trumps Harry Potter porn how?
[info]xero_sky
2005-06-09 11:23 pm UTC (link)
I was hoping it meant that the losers got doused in gasoline and set on fire, but apparently that's not the idea. Pity.

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Re: And this trumps Harry Potter porn how? - [info]komorebi, 2005-06-10 12:41 am UTC

[info]komorebi
2005-06-09 12:33 pm UTC (link)
I am mad at the entire collective of online roleplayers

... Uh, dude. Breathe, have a cup of tea, bake some brownies. That amount is a bit, uh, much for anyone to take on seriously, energy-wise.

Honestly, though? The broad generalizations/thoughtful backpedaling seems to scream "Do not play under this dude" from a mile away, but that could be past experience talking.

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[info]romana03
2005-06-09 12:43 pm UTC (link)
I've actually thought of everything.

Hahahahahaha!

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(no subject) - [info]komorebi, 2005-06-09 12:52 pm UTC

bankai
2005-06-09 01:16 pm UTC (link)
AHAHHHAHAHAHHA.

Um, I'm biased. But as a FANDOM (dundundun) RPGer...dude, for serious? Still takes effort to keep things semi-canon, thank you. And not just due to English language.

Frankly, don't give a shit what that person thinks. They have herpes anyway.

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[info]megmurry
2005-06-09 01:18 pm UTC (link)
In my years of experience in LARP and table-top White Wolf/D&D modern/GURPS/whatever roleplaying, it has become clear to me that "a game of high-stakes espionage with people as pawns" and so on and so forth generally means "the storyteller has a half-baked plot they haven't actually figured out yet so they'll drop hints without actually making things happen".

It's much the same as the way "player-driven game" tends to mean "everyone stands around and looks at each other".

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(no subject) - [info]msmanna, 2005-06-09 03:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]narcissam, 2005-06-09 04:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]telophase, 2005-06-09 06:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]msmanna, 2005-06-10 07:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iris, 2005-06-10 01:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mistressrenet, 2005-06-10 10:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lurker32, 2005-06-09 04:43 pm UTC

[info]lurker32
2005-06-09 04:39 pm UTC (link)
It only shows how well you can interpret. And that's not a skill.

meesha, this is tomakobriefs. tomako, meesha. I'm sure you'll get along just fine.

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[info]goodrobotsdance
2005-06-09 04:58 pm UTC (link)
For future reference, I would like to declare I am calling shenanigans before I wank all a thread.

That is all.


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[info]geekmagirl
2005-06-09 06:36 pm UTC (link)
Okay, even if I wanted to join a game like that (which I don't, because it sounds like fwapfwapfwap all over the place), that mod would have me running away and screaming into the night.

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(no subject) - [info]shoiryu, 2005-06-09 08:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]geekmagirl, 2005-06-09 08:21 pm UTC

[info]yamashitaaki
2005-06-09 06:57 pm UTC (link)
Now before you come barking at me, I didn't say all fandom RPers are bad, infact someone show a great mastery of the English language and creative writing.

Ah, Meesha. That someone is not you.

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(no subject) - [info]hugsnkisses, 2005-06-10 02:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]yamashitaaki, 2005-06-10 07:58 pm UTC

[info]zaliesiren
2005-06-09 08:10 pm UTC (link)
I don't know any of the backstory to the wank really, and I've got a very good friend in that game (not one of the wankers thank Christ) who pimped it out. So I went and looked, got intrigued, and decided that I'd apply as soon as I got settled in this other town I'm moving to at the end of the month.

Now I see this and have decided I'm going to back away slowly and stay far, far away.

Dude, I tried making a non-fandom RPG too and it never got off the ground no matter how much I pimped it. Eh, it happens - sometimes the timing is just wrong. I took it down and moved on, maybe to return at another time, maybe not. It's the internet.

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dracothelizard
2005-06-09 08:14 pm UTC (link)
"this place shouldn't be called "bad_rpers_suck" it should be called "hypocrites_anon"

I don't see what she/he is bitching about. It's called 'bad rpers suck' because it's a community where you can whine about other roleplayers, not promote your own RPG. They should look for "promote_rpgs" or something.

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[info]kadath
2005-06-09 08:22 pm UTC (link)
That exploded? Ha!

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[info]themadscientist
2005-06-09 08:34 pm UTC (link)
Is there a law already that's somewhere along the lines that the more someone claims an RP will have an intriguing, well-developed, this-is-not-going-to-be-like-anything-else plot, the faster you should try to get away from it?

...Cause there should be.

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[info]skarrow
2005-06-09 08:47 pm UTC (link)
...I just noticed your icon. It wins.

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(no subject) - flightstothesea, 2005-06-09 09:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]selene_avis, 2005-06-10 06:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]skarrow, 2005-06-10 08:01 am UTC

[info]redjackcash
2005-06-09 08:51 pm UTC (link)
Gah, it's really freakin' me out that Meesha's name is phonetically similar to my nickname (Misha), so everytime I see her posting I feel like saying, "Shut up, me!"

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[info]moriath
2005-06-10 06:02 am UTC (link)
It only shows how well you can interpret. And that's not a skill.

As a person who's only a few technical words away from majoring in interpreting, I take offense. :-P

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(no subject) - [info]yamashitaaki, 2005-06-10 07:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]moriath, 2005-06-10 08:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]yamashitaaki, 2005-06-10 09:57 pm UTC

[info]hugsnkisses
2005-06-10 02:20 pm UTC (link)
We've actually got an extensive story to this thing (it's all based on a play I wrote)

Oh dear.

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