love ur lack of an ic/ooc divide

[rpanonyoda]

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today is national compliments day

[(Anonymous)]

you're a bunch of fucking nerds

Re: today is national compliments day

[(Anonymous)]

i love you too anon

[(Anonymous)]

I got a bunch of free (crappy) games for steam. pls take.

BARROW HILL CURSE OF THE ANCIENT CIRCLE STEAM: DCQDA-XLNVH-4XGF7

CORPORATE LIFESTYLE SIMULATOR STEAM: E2ZLJ-92QT8-I7B67

HUNTSMAN THE ORPHANAGE STEAM: 4AYIE-J7IZX-TA6X4

ORBURON STEAM: YIN4H-W297E-89ZBR

PLITH STEAM: FYJPI-BJE4N-GDPMZ

SUPER HOP N BOP ULTRA STEAM: FK982-HRXMI-B8QGC

THE CHAOS ENGINE STEAM: 79T4Q-G5AT2-XI8G2

THREE DEAD ZED STEAM: NK0HH-6NPA7-MMH24

TIDALIS STEAM: Y7XBL-P2W43-W6N0W

TOWER WARS STEAM: VNKXP-YJEHK-29XYV

[(Anonymous)]

i took corporate lifestyle simulator, thanks!!!

tell me your rpanons kinks/pairings/etc you want to play success stories

[(Anonymous)]

[(Anonymous)]

Found two great longtime partners here. I still play with one of them daily, the other I played with for over a year until her interests changed, as they do.

One for psychologically twisted daddykink + plot and one for general shenanigans with many fragmented what-if scenarios.

[(Anonymous)]

Any advice for RPing smut as a character that's really dominant during sex? I know the person I'm RPing with really likes the D/s aspects of their relationship and I'm trying to figure out how to RP it well. In particular I'm struggling to write my character as being controlling without writing or assuming how her character would respond. As it is, I feel like I'm writing baby's first BDSM where the dom is checking in every five seconds, for characters where that really doesn't make sense.

[(Anonymous)]

...? why would you have to assume what the other character is doing? or constantly check in on them? write 'a stepped on b while cackling sadistically', read their reply, continue. i don't understand the problem.

WEIRDEST FUCKERS YOU'VE EVER MET OFF ANON COMMS

[(Anonymous)]

the title of this rpanons post reminded me of a story i have

Re: WEIRDEST FUCKERS YOU'VE EVER MET OFF ANON COMMS

[(Anonymous)]

one time an anon said they'd rp my gross kink but then when we started talking in private, they asked if i could indulge in theirs (menses)

i politely declined because i'm an anon who's experienced periods from hell and just can't see menstruation in a sexy light. i didn't go into detail until they begged me to reconsider and asked why i would refuse

i was honest with them without going into too much detail and they accused me of not being able to separate ic and ooc and told me i'd never find anyone to play my kink if i was such a fucking tittybaby

i was tempted to message them back with "you'll never find anyone to play your menses kink if you're such a fucking tittybaby" but they blocked me after sending their message and then deleted their sock a few weeks after lol

they made the sock account just to reply to me and neither of us talked about the characters we play so i can't namedrop them

ITT: LIST WHICH PHONE GAME APPS YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING RECENTLY

[(Anonymous)]

And how is it?

http://www.dandydungeon.com/

[(Anonymous)]

I've been playing a game made by the guy who created Chulip and Little King's Story called Dandy Dungeon, which came out recently.

The game is so dumb and weird I love it.

[(Anonymous)]

anons who have dated both nerds (aka people who'd understand and partake in fandomy stuff) and "normies". which do you prefer?

[(Anonymous)]

nerds because they can't judge me. we understand what each other means by "i don't want to go out tonight because i have a raid planned/there's a limited time event happening rn/my rp is running a plot"

we also sometimes might have fandoms in common so that's cool. i like connecting with people over shared interests

[(Anonymous)]

i'm apping a character that is suicidal at the canon point i am taking them from. is it super lame to do a content warning for their app? it's been literal years since i've apped a new character so i want to know what the protocol is these days

[(Anonymous)]

Ask your mods, not us. I wouldn't give a fuck about the content but I'm also not the people reading your app.

[(Anonymous)]

today is my birthday. (yay.)

a friend's birthday was a few weeks ago, in december, and i remember that day because of how self-obsessed that friend was. they kept making a big deal about how everything had to be about them the entire day. it was a little annoying but i went with it because, yeah, it is their birthday, it's the one day we can make solely about them.

but now this friend is unloading their issues on me. today, on my birthday. every other sentence starts with "i." "I feel," "I want," etc, etc. They haven't asked how my day is, haven't really let me change the subject... they said Happy Birthday and immediately started talking about themselves and their problems.

am i the bad friend for being pissed at this, or are they?

[(Anonymous)]

they're being a dick. ignore them for friends who recognize it's your day for once.

[(Anonymous)]

My cats are so soft I can't even handle it, they are so fluffy and docile and huggable, it's like whenever I touch them my mind empties of all thought except SOFT.

Tell me your favourite things about your pets, anons!

[(Anonymous)]

He's a large cat.

He is so large you don't even know.

Re: DWRP Survey Results! Memes and PSLs Survey January 2017

[(Anonymous)]

this is half the number that responded to the first. survey. dwrp shrunk BY HALF since JULY

[(Anonymous)]

http://i.imgur.com/ma2lfm2.png what manga is this image from, anyway?

[(Anonymous)]

this looks a lot like 2 characters from amnesia but idk if there's a manga for it

THINGS YOU'RE CALLED AN EDGELORD FOR DISLIKING

[(Anonymous)]

im just kind of butthurt ive been called an edgelord a thousand times for saying i dont like the original sherlock holmes stories

i dont hate them or anything i just didnt enjoy them

Re: THINGS YOU'RE CALLED AN EDGELORD FOR DISLIKING

[(Anonymous)]

i don't give a single shit about hamilton or lin-manuel miranda

LOG IN

[(Anonymous)]

with your newest journal and why you made it!

Re: LOG IN

[magiloser]

'cause ive wanted to play her for about five months now (since i played the jp version) but i wanted to wait until the game was in english so most games would actually let me app and i wouldn't spoil people and i could find somebody to play trashy ships with

a reminder to my fellow rpers

[(Anonymous)]

“Your character is so unoriginal” is nothing to feel insulted by. The real world is littered with unoriginal people who make up our friends and family. Our fiction is made of unoriginal characters we adore. Unoriginal is another word for popular, and one shouldn’t feel pressured into not playing what they like simply because other people do too.

“Your character is such a snowflake” is quite the same. Narrative worlds allow for you to have a space to imagine things that other formats won’t let you. There’s no reason why you shouldn’t have a space in which to explore different ideas. If the lore of the medium doesn’t support it, you can still find a nice niche to play it with those that like your character.

“You only RP with your close friends!” happens to be quite a moot point too. We all have a limited time (some more, and some less of it) and nobody owes anyone time if they’d rather have fun with people who they know are like-minded.

“Your writing is awful!” is another rich example, in a hobby in which I’ve seen practically nobody claiming to be good writers themselves. I’ve certainly never seen any roleplayer speaking of their grade A writing ability; only of their love for playing characters. Many of us don’t even live in English-speaking countries. To expect something that was never promised to you is simply delusional.

I’m sure you can think of many more statements blurted out on a daily basis to judge the RP of others, and most can be summed up to people bashing others based on their own, one-sided expectations. Here’s the thing though: RP is a collaborative effort.

We walk a fine line in our hobby, in which sometimes it seems like we have to surrender to the desires of what other expects a character should be like.

Roleplay is an exercise in imagination. You owe nobody originality. You certainly don’t owe anyone having to conform to what the “norm” is, and your time is certainly not public property. Those who want to RP with you will find you, and those who don’t can go elsewhere. Nobody should be shamed for how they spend their time with a hobby that’s basically playing pretend with other people.

There’s only two rules to RP:

Don’t hurt other people OOCly.

Have fun.

Re: a reminder to my fellow rpers

[(Anonymous)]

you have autism

YOUR FAVORITE COPYPASTAS

[(Anonymous)]

Holy shit. My mom came into my room to bring me a plate of chicken nuggets and I literally screamed at her and hit the plate of chicken nuggets out of her hand. She started yelling and swearing at me and I slammed the door on her. I'm so distressed right now I don't know what to do. I didn't mean to do that to my mom but I'm literally in shock from the results tonight. I feel like I'm going to explode. Why the fucking fuck is he losing? This can't be happening. I'm having a fucking breakdown. I don't want to believe the world is so corrupt. I want a future to believe in. I want Bernie to be president and fix this broken country. I cannot fucking deal with this right now. It wasn't supposed to be like this, I thought he was polling well in New York???? This is so fucked.

Re: YOUR FAVORITE COPYPASTAS

[(Anonymous)]

hardcore bernie fans gave me so much secondhand embarrassment.

(frozen comment) apocalypse survival 101

[(Anonymous)]

so with the recent upswing in worldly shenanigans that shall go unnamed

anyone got any advice for making/maintaining a bug out bag? or just post your general favorite shit-hit-the-fan survival deets instead w/e you do you

(not really rp related but it'd be funny to watch)

(frozen comment) Re: apocalypse survival 101

[(Anonymous)]

honestly? the zombie survival guide is useful. describes everything from how to build a custom bug out bag, to generator maintenance if you decide to settle in off grid. plus it's really funny so the info sticks

it's been a while since i kept a bag but i aim for at least a week's worth of mre's in mine. army-navy surplus stores are great and people there have lots of advice

[(Anonymous)]

my office mate naps at his desk

let's speculate as to why anyone would arrive at a point in their life where this is just an okay thing to do

[(Anonymous)]

tired

[(Anonymous)]

my icon-making pet peeve is deciding which background color to stick behind the character (say if you're making icons from RPG sprites like dangan ronpa's or persona's). everything I pick just ends up feeling really plain, but anything other than flats makes the icon feel too crowded/over-designed. maybe I just suck at picking attractive color matches for my characters.

[(Anonymous)]

take the color from their primary clothing article visible in the icon, then another.

either use those, or their compliments, and create a soft gradient for the background. voila.

Setting Reset Game Mechanic

[(Anonymous)]

It's likely that nothing will come of this in the near future, but I've been toying around with the idea of some kind of "setting reset" mechanic for a game, and I'm wondering how people would feel about seeing it in a game

It'd be kind of like on of those "this day is repeating itself" tropes in scifi, where something is causing a day to repeat over and over again, and only one character actually realizes that it's happening. It's up to them to convince everyone else that it's happening, or figure out what's causing it, and put an end to the time loop. Only in this game, the ones who are aware of the loop would be the players' characters.

Obviously it wouldn't be a single day repeating over and over. It'd probably be a time span of, say, three months or something. Possibly more than that. But every few months the characters would find themselves back at the "beginning," surrounded by a world and NPCs that don't seem to realize that this has happened before.

Pros:
A potential to reset NPC CR and powers/items/influence gained in-world. That could possibly prevent character stagnation and open up plot involvement opportunities and NPC interactions for new characters instead of limiting things to 'old guard.'

Opportunities to ICly re-dispense plot-critical info that may have gotten lost to drops or characters just keeping their mouths shut.

A chance for players to try different courses of action during plot relevant events, to see how each one plays out in the setting, and how it affects the way the rest of the timeline.

Cons:
Mostly the potential for player fatigue. Constant resets yanking characters' gains out from under them would be demoralizing to characters and players both. And for players that have been around for a few cycles, playing out the starting scenes would get boring, even if later events in the cycle could play out differently due to player influence.

Re: Setting Reset Game Mechanic

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I can parent correctly.

Artist Recommendations

[(Anonymous)]

anyone know artists who are taking commissions?

[(Anonymous)]

:( John Hurt passed away.

[(Anonymous)]

oh nooooooo

[(Anonymous)]

hey art anons, let's see if you can help me out

there's this art software that a lot of artists on pixiv use. i had it once, but it was 100% in japanese, so i have no idea what it was called. it was pretty simplistic, kind of like a more powerful version of old school opencanvas. i'd like to get it again. anybody have any idea what i'm referring to?

[(Anonymous)]

paint tool sai?

DWRP MASTERLIST UPDATE POLL

[dwrpmasterlist]

The Main Masterlist Page

Here's the monthly update poll to the DWRP Masterlist. I'd appreciate any help I can get updating the list, as I wasn't able to update last month due to a total hell month IRL.

Please wait until comments are set up under this before commenting.

Jamjar / Panfandom

[dwrpmasterlist]

Please let me know of any new games or closures to jamjar/panfandom games here, and which genre. It looks like a couple new ones popped up.

Genres are: Fantasy, Horror, Multiple Round/Short Run, Sci fi or Superhero, Slice of Life, Other/Mixed Genre

[(Anonymous)]

this isn't rp-exclusive but i really wish people would realize that just because i'm online and i haven't replied to or tagged them yet, doesn't mean i'm intentionally ignoring them. it's like these fuckers think that they're the only person in my life!

guess what, just because i replied to you doesn't mean i'm going to sit there and refresh waiting for you to reply. i'm either going to work on my other tags, dick around on another site, watch my shows, or play video games.

it doesn't help that i'm an insomniac who's been unable to take their medication so sometimes i'll skip sleeping some nights because i just can't sleep. i might pull an all-nighter monday night/tuesday morning but then fall asleep at a normal time tuesday night. but i'll get some assholes assuming that if i can reply to them at 4 am on monday night/tuesday morning, i'm always available at 4 am, even if they know i'm an american.

even if i'm posting on plurk or online on skype, that doesn't mean i'm able to type out long tags/replies. maybe i'm out or at work and don't have access to a computer/keyboard.

and maybe... just maybe! my life doesn't revolve around (site/app we both use)! i use dreamwidth, plurk, skype, tumblr, reddit, youtube, lots of fucking sites. sometimes i even watch shows or play video games!

even certain people i know irl assume that i'm glued to my fucking phone like they are and throw a fit if i don't answer ASAP when i'm sleeping/working/out of the room.

tl;dr: why the fuck won't people realize that my life doesn't revolve around them?

[(Anonymous)]

lbr it's probably because you blow a bunch of people off on a regular basis.

because if that wasn't the case, if you're so popular you got people blowing up your messengers night and day why aren't you bitching to one of them?