Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5424581-20160316234646/@comment-25038310-20160317134705

Oh boy, let me write up a reply before I get to studying again (or posting if I have the time).

Like those who have said something before me on this thread, I do not tend to enjoy political or strategic RPs where you need to carefully think and plot your next move. They don't only tend to bore me, but I don't consider myself capable of participating in such an RP where I need to use my (already small amount) of brain cells.

I tend to join "linear" RPs, paired with a few sub and side plots and character arcs of other RPers and obviously my own characters. Just look at Age of Industry, Titan Age, Forward Unto Dusk, and my own RP at the moment Epoch of Murk (no, not shamelessly advertising :P).

As for environments.. well, I tend to enjoy Dystopias and post apocalyptic RPs (see again Epoch of Murk, Souls of Tamriel and Titan Age) abit more than normal "civilized" ones. I like steampunk/victorian settings alot, and that comes mainly from Age of Industry. I don't really like the idea of a very small island with only a little space.

Lots of Travel. Here, I am going to mention Ancient Legends, which played out in multiple provinces (High Rock, Skyrim) and lots of timeskips and such.

I don't really have high standards for RPers, but I do like some cool descriptions of things such as locations, fight scenes, or even a simple gesture resulting in one thing or another, y'know?As for tenses, I think, for the most part, that I write in the past tense, although I don't really care if someone decides to switch it up.

Canon? Never heard of it. That is, just look at the RPs I'm participating in. Titan Age? Age of Industry? Epoch of Murk? They are set in the same world, although they completely differ from a normal ES game plot if you ask me. I tend not to care about lore breaking RPs, but if someone creates a fallout-ish character in an RP set in the same time as Skyrim I can get annoyed pretty easily.

Contents of RPs always vary, and so do people's opinions on them. But I am fine with both normal dialogue and fight scenes, although not up to the point that one of them is way too frequent. I think a GM needs to find a nice balance between these two.. somehow. Don't really care about sexual interactions - I consider it character development, nothing more or less. I don't mind if another RPer posts an accurate description of some lovin', but since that's not allowed any more.. yeah.

Well, I hate it. I asked everyone in my RP to notify me if they are going to leave, as to avoid unpleasant surprises. I think it's best that if you GM an RP that you don't try to make another RPer's character too relevant up to the point you can't continue the RP without them and have to keep the others waiting.

Don't mind people planning out those character interactions if they are interesting and written as they should be.

Again, GMs need to find a balance in this.. somehow. It also depends on the type of RP, I suppose. But in general you don't have to be a dictator, nor can you let people walk all over you and the rules you established.