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[socksuke_uchiha]

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GAME DISCUSSIONS

[socksuke_uchiha]

MOST INTERESTING GAMES TO STALK

[(Anonymous)]

i get invested in other people’s arcs all the time, what games are you not in right now that you enjoy reading

CANON DISCUSSIONS

[socksuke_uchiha]

BALDUR'S GATE

[(Anonymous)]

HTML/GRAPHIC HELP

[socksuke_uchiha]

Re: HTML/GRAPHIC HELP

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone know how to set Media Player Classic - Black Edition to automatically take screenshots and move from one episode to the next?

RP COMMISSIONS

[socksuke_uchiha]

manga color / cleaning

[sachu]

Detailed info can be found here

Running a holiday deal, for every 15 icons you will get 3 free!

ATP/ENABLE ME

[socksuke_uchiha]

Games List

[(Anonymous)]

Not sure if this is the right place, but is there a list of active games? Size/genre isn't a concern, mainly i'm just window shopping.

GAME ADVERTISEMENTS

[socksuke_uchiha]

(frozen comment)

[socksuke_uchiha]

Reminder that this thread is for game advertisements only, not discussion or wank. If you want to talk about a particular game, make a thread under Game Discussions. If you have an issue with an ad that's been posted, contact those game's mods directly or contact RPA's mods with your concerns.

PB SUGGESTIONS

[socksuke_uchiha]

Re: PB SUGGESTIONS

[(Anonymous)]

lady in her 20's or 30's
white-blond hair
pale af
period piece clothing preferred but not necessary
can pass for a vampire

USERNAME SUGGESTIONS

[socksuke_uchiha]

People are known to snipe suggestions from this thread just to squat on them. Provide a sock to PM if you don't want to risk it.

Re: USERNAME SUGGESTIONS

[(Anonymous)]

I apparently like crazy, as I want to create an account for Dante Reyes from Fast X... Just not sure what I would call the account. Suggestions wanted. Serious to silly all accepted.

GAME IDEAS

[socksuke_uchiha]

Re: GAME IDEAS

[(Anonymous)]

i am begging someone to please produce a proper sex-friendly game that actually includes sexual options in events

CHARACTER ADVICE

[socksuke_uchiha]

Silent Spring: looking for sensitivity readers!

[silentspringmods]

Hey, neighbor! Silent Spring is a semiprivate suburban 60s horrorgame based loosely on the likes of We're Still Here, Holly Heights, and similar. Characters wake up in the uncannily idyllic early 1960s suburbia of Sweetwater, Maryland, an integrated bedroom community of Washington, DC - in the same household as a complete stranger to whom they have apparently always been married, at least according to the eerily and unwaveringly chipper neighbors who seem to know a little more than they should.

Because of the nature of the time period and in the interest of creating a game that's enjoyable for everyone, we're looking for sensitivity readers to offer their thoughts on NPCs/events/environmental details and mechanics. There is a wonderful panel of volunteers who have been helping me with depictions of areas of marginalization I don't personally face, but we still have a few blind spots the pool of our shared experiences doesn't reach. More opinions are always better because things vary within communities so although a lot of the game's mechanics are written from my/my associates' lived experiences and comfort levels interacting with them in a fictionalized setting, we welcome additional thoughts.

Right now we do not have any sensitivity readers for:
— visible physical disabilities, including people who use wheelchairs; experiences using prostheses or braces of any kind are particularly valuable
— black women/men/nonbinary people — because a big part of the horror is the suffocating nature of era-typical sexism and the town is about 40-40 black and white, black women and femmes' perspectives are a particularly high priority. Thoughts on black femininity and gender constraints as they manifest in black women/femmes' lives as well as what conformity horror means to you are very important!
— Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, and any Latine perspectives

Public TDM will be posted on the 1st and a link will be posted on plurk (replurkable) as well as here on RPA. If you have any questions about the game, please direct them to the FAQ page or the interest check plurk or even PM this account/PP the mod plurk so that this request stays on topic. Thanks!

RP WITH ME

[socksuke_uchiha]

FAKE

[heardofdenial]

Doubtful I'll find many playing from this canon, but I'll try! Happy to do cross-canon too, and open to suggestions for stories.

TEST DRIVES

[socksuke_uchiha]

Silent Spring!

[silentspringmods]

TDM № 1 : December 2023
Part I; Chapter 1. Fires We Don't Put Out

premise & faq rules application invite requests activity NPCs calendar

Hey, neighbor, welcome to the very first TDM for Silent Spring, a semiprivate suburban 60s horrorgame based loosely on the likes of We're Still Here, Holly Heights, and similar. Characters wake up in the uncannily idyllic early 1960s suburbia of Sweetwater, Maryland, an integrated bedroom community of Washington, DC - in the same household as a complete stranger to whom they have apparently always been married, at least according to the eerily and unwaveringly chipper neighbors who seem to know a little more than they should. This TDM will give you a place to test out the setting and get some sample threads if you're going to apply for an invite. It and invite requests (when they open) are open to the general public with a minimum of 20 invites set aside for requests, so come on in and enjoy some holiday fear cheer with your new neighbors!

current TDM

KINKS YOU WANT TO PLAY

[socksuke_uchiha]

m/m/m - Underage, cross-dressing

[(Anonymous)]

Three boys (ages somewhere between 11 and 14) are at a boys-only boarding school, or some other gender-segregated situation such that there’s no girls around. But, as they’re horny little bastards, these three friends wind up in an arrangement where they each take turns dressing up and acting as a girl, so that the other two can fuck them. Maybe they have access to a costuming department for wigs and clothing and the like.

They have a strict rule against touching or even acknowledging the existence of the ‘girl’s penis. See, that’d be gay, and they can’t look gay. They’re just going to very straightly fuck their friends’ mouth and ass (These kids might be a bit confused about some things about themselves).

PAIRINGS YOU WANT TO PLAY

[socksuke_uchiha]

arcane, jinx/vi

[biggermonster]

hello, i'm problematic and want the sisters to kiss on the mouth. post-timeskip only, either heavy drama like in the show or more lighthearted stuff like in the games (though i only played a bit of runeterra), smut welcome. leaning towards playing jinx, but i can attempt vi as well!

RECOMMEND A CANON/CHARACTER

[socksuke_uchiha]

Canon sapphics reccomendations

[(Anonymous)]

I want canon bisexual gals or lesbians, whether from anime-manga or video games. Bonus if they're mean lesbians that make men cry.

GENERAL DWRP QUESTIONS

[socksuke_uchiha]

Re: GENERAL DWRP QUESTIONS

[(Anonymous)]

how many of you guys pm people you have fun writing with to discuss doing a second thread vs just waiting around to see them on a new meme to tag them in? i don't want to seem pushy or overeager so i was wondering what the general consensus might be.

ANON HOLIDAY GIFT THREAD

[socksuke_uchiha]

Tis the season, anons! Link your wishlists of reasonably-priced items or comment with an account you'd like Dreamwidth points sent to. Maybe an anon will make your wish come true.

Remember that Dreamwidth is almost certainly going to hold their annual points promotion starting December 1st.

Re: ANON HOLIDAY GIFT THREAD

[mysticaldoctor]

*dusts off muse*
You can send DW points here if you prefer, but... I don't have a lot of time to play these days.

I've had a lot of losses this year but I will count the gains I've made, too. I tried picking a variety of what I think might or might not be "reasonable". I'm not a great judge of this because I'll go without if I can't afford it. That's been ... A lot of this year. Prioritizing.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1HB172O2WSMOP?ref_=wl_share

Thanks of even thinking of me.

When is a game horror?

[(Anonymous)]

Heya nonnies, I'm working on a game premise, and can’t figure out whether it counts as a horror game or not. I keep worrying at this because I think horror is super subjective, and I can’t figure out where to draw that line.

Thing is, I’m a horror lightweight. I scare easy: I can’t look at Silent Hill, Amnesia, or Resident Evil stuff without getting a case of the NOPES. But there’s horror-ish stuff that I do like: monster transformations, surreal and unsettling scenery, etc. Want those in the premise for sure.

And I’m sure there’s plenty of players out there who are either 1. More squeamish about this stuff than me, or 2. Horror buffs who don’t think this is very scary at all. So… What exactly is the secret ingredient that counts as horror? Is it a whole bunch of scary elements like dead bodies, gore, and scary dudes? Or is it vibes like a sense of helplessness?

Skittish but inquiring minds wish to know!

Re: When is a game horror?

[(Anonymous)]

horror's intent is to scare. it wants to elicit that "NOPE" feeling, so that you can be held hostage by it and get a thrill from surviving it without actually experiencing it first hand. there is no single secret ingredient. it just has to want to scare you.

your listed examples of things you can't handle are pretty mild as far as horror goes, so i don't recommend trying anything labeled "horror game" or else you're going to get dragged for it. there's already a history of players being exasperated with not being able to do anything legitimately "horror" in games labeled for it.

occasionally spooky or surreal themes and settings aren't necessarily horror and don't need to be labeled as such. it's ok to not like horror! do what makes you happy.

MEMES YOU WANT TO SEE

[(Anonymous)]

List them

Re: MEMES YOU WANT TO SEE

[(Anonymous)]

A hug meme. Because some characters just need a hug.

[(Anonymous)]

Anonies, where do you go to do character exercises for tabletop games?

I know it's not too different from writing rp but I think I just have a bit of social anxiety about voice acting in front of people. (Even if they are friends...) I also have trouble thinking on my feet. I try not to hem and haw at my decisions because I don't want to keep people waiting but sometimes I'm always thinking "oh this would have fit my character better..." after the fact.

What tips and tricks do you use? I keep a notebook of everything and star anything that my character would icly make note of. But I'm ready to go beyond that.

[(Anonymous)]

Write a few diary entries in their voice (using online prompts or just making stuff up), then work your way up to improvising little monologues to yourself instead.

RP JOYS

[(Anonymous)]

Re: RP JOYS

[(Anonymous)]

where's that one joy from a post or two ago that was like "when you see two of your favorite characters shipping with each other"

feeling that rn. watching a thread and going "awww," good for you guys!

RP WOES

[(Anonymous)]

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Re: RP WOES

[(Anonymous)]

this time of year sucks :( everyone's either busy, exhausted, sick or miserably depressed (including me). my rp threads have slowed to a crawl and it's hard to find the inspiration to do something new. i feel like i need to find something else to use as escapism until spring.

MISSED CONNECTIONS

[(Anonymous)]

Because this got some good hits last post!

is your name jordan and did you lj rp in the late aughts?

[ohaidoggie]

totally a shot in the dark here but i'd love to find someone i used to rp with wayyy back in the day.

her name was jordan and she rped mello from death note in like 2008 or so. aim username was `haemoglobins` or something lol. owned a spotted red and white corgi, lived somewhere southwestern states i think? we were really good friends for quite some time but then our rp game had drama and i kinda quit the internet for a minute after that. i believe that's when i lost contact but i think of jordan often.

good fucking god i miss aim chat rooms y'all. discord is just not my jam. ): i am so n o s t a l g i c

[(Anonymous)]

Genuine question: what's the deal with people who post memes on bstreet then don't even bother to top level in them? What's the goal there if you're not even interested in playing in your own meme?

[(Anonymous)]

probably the same reason as people who post toplevels then never answering their tags

[(Anonymous)]

i've been missing from the dwrp scene for a few years but i'm kinda interesting in coming back. what's things like these days? what's the games situation? is there a new bakerstreet or is bakerstreet still bakerstreeting? is journal rp still dying like it has been every year for the past decade? have we as an internet society evolved beyond the need for wankgate? where do you get your porn gifs now that tumblr porn is gone?

[(Anonymous)]

I also left for a few years and came back recently. Game situation is odd to me, mostly invite-only games now, but you can get invites fairly easily while staying generally anonymous (if that's your preference) through EMP or posting to test drives. Bakerstreet still bakerstreeting. Journal RP seems a bit smaller now but not so much that it's really noteworthy. Wankgate is shockingly slow and seems pretty tame.

Plurk also seems like less of a thing. I decided to not go back to plurk and I've had no issues with ooc communication. Folks on bakerstreet slide into my dms when they wanna talk and I've noticed very few of them have plurks linked too, so it all seems a bit more anonymous to me in that sense.

The main thing I've noticed is that there's much more emphasis on prefs communication and a lot less wank for it, which is peachy tbh. All in all, it seems more chill than usual but a little harder to get into a game. I've just been vibing on bakerstreet and having a great time.