@Yam said in Paid Role-Playing:

Would you personally PAY for a STed experience?

Yes. I would be willing to pay a nominal fee or even a subscription to play games that I enjoy that other people have worked hard to provide.

@Yam said in Paid Role-Playing:

Would this concrete exchange make things easier for you

Probably not.

@Yam said in Paid Role-Playing:

or would it be antithetical to the concept of collaborative writing?

Definitely not.

@Third-Eye said in Paid Role-Playing:

The idea of dealing with players who think they’re a paying ‘customer’ always gets a legit, IRL, full-body shudder out of me when this comes up.

I also have no solutions to this.

@Yam said in RP Safari - Pacing Styles:

What about you? What pace do you like and why?

Nothing beats live RP momentum and immediate character reaction.

I struggle with the yo-yo effect of Async and ultimately find I can’t get back into the scene mentally. It takes the spontaneous nature of RP out of the equation and I feel like that spontaneity is part and parcel in what makes RP special for me.

Also, acting “as” the character is important for me in RP. I can’t do that with async where I’m the character for a pose a day, or whatever the pacing is.

And maybe that’s the actual distinction: I RP to “act”, not to “write”.

@bear_necessities said in Does Anyone Even Care?:

What’s stopping you from being a stay to the end person? Or, alternatively, what makes/made you a stay to the end person?

I am a “stay until it stops being fun person”.

When the something-other-than-fun to fun ratio tips to a certain amount, I leave.

There are a million factors involved in that, and honestly a game runner couldn’t hope to manage them all. I don’t expect them to try.

Just run a good game, try to keep it as interesting as you can, and if you need help, find smart people of proven skill to help you keep the players engaged. Have a clearly defined code of conduct for your game and be fair, public and predictable in how you enforce it.

Beyond that, there’s not much you can do. Of the games I’ve left, few were because I didn’t like how the game was run or the community. I lose interest in playing my own character and that’s mostly on me and my willingness and/or availability to breathe life into an idea that is only entertaining and not otherwise contributive to my existence on this planet.

My approach as a player has been to try and consider myself a guest in the house of the Head Wiz and be respectful of the staff and try not pester them beyond a gentle, occasional, nudge if warranted.

If I’m doing that and shit there sucks anyway, I feel confident it’s not my fault and I leave.

You will be miserable trying to demand attention from people who either can’t, or don’t want to, give it to you - and you will make them miserable in the process.

What were some memorable scenes you’ve had over the years? Silly, emotional, outrageously boring, frustrating beyond all reason - I dunno. All of it and more!

Give a little synopsis of what went down and then say a few words about what made it memorable for you.

Oh no my what about my hog pit nostalgia

@MisterBoring Silent Heaven already exists

ETA: joke

@Roz no

Really don’t care.

Full-send, hard-in-the-paint effery across the boards.

Even if I don’t trust the GM.

This is a good question actually. I’m not consciously aware of anything I do for the specific purpose of making things fun for others.

But I do try to not ignore anyone, and at least acknowledge what others are doing in the scene, if not react to it out right.

I also try to pose something to react or respond to and not make the other player(s) carry all the burden of keeping the scene moving/interesting.

In plot-related RP, I’m always willing to modify or completely drop any super-great-guaranteed-success idea I might have in favor of what’s going to be most collaborative.

In actual practice, the above usually manifests as me being the silliest shit possible and some people have fun with that and others roll their eyes so I hard I can feel it across the country. Can’t please everyone.

Bob Weir