still watching fma
Elder Member
1 sentence is ranting?
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature currently requires accessing the site using the built-in Safari browser.
peritwinkle Jannah
Any time it comes up I will always reiterate my support for ditching character sheets and face claims as much as possible--at least public ones. There can be a benefit to them to some extent if it's for personal use to get to know the character (though I personally still prefer diving in and getting to know them as I write) but having your writing partner(s) know everything about your character from the start takes out so much of the fun and suspense.
If it's a 1x1 I don't see the need for it, although I would probably still make one for my own use. If it's a group there are so many good reasons to use a CS. It doesn't necessarily need to be massively detailed, but if you are a GM they are useful for a) checking people are making decent characters and know how to string words together b) judging power levels and balancing the group c) making sure there is no overlap between roles, and also d) and this is for the players too and I think it's pretty important: if the characters would know something about each other - same court, same team, same school, etc then a CS not only gives the players information that their characters would know but also helps them build relationships within the rp.
A CS is also useful if it contains basic info about the character so that you don't have to keep repeating yourself in description every time your character enters a room.
So, I'd go with optional for a 1x1, hella important for a group.
That is true, but I rarely GM group RP's. Mentally, I just can't handle it and my ideas seem to rarely take off.
Oh my god? This, right here?-Faceclaims! I really don't like using faceclaims! Many times I've seen a roleplay I'd really like to join, but I leave as soon as I realize a faceclaim is obligatory. Simply put, I don't feel comfortable using images for my characters. Not only for the artist's rights, but also because I feel it like just an unnecessary step that really doesn't add anything to the roleplay in my opinion. I prefer writing my character's appearance if needed, but I mostly prefer to just imagine in my head what the characters look like. I usually tell my roleplay partners that I'd prefer skipping faceclaims when I make character sheets with them. The good thing is that this doesn't seem to bother most of the people I roleplay with.
making group RPs is futile and will almost always die
Not ever on this website, but on another website that I have abandoned because of multiple incidents like this.
If I'm vanish off this website for long periods of time, it is because I am sicker than you will most likely ever be and sometimes going through chemotherapy makes you just want to sleep for a week, a month, two months.
When I come back and apologize, I don't expect you to want to start the role play again, but I expect you to forgive and forget.
If you bitch and whine at someone about them dropping an RP because of medical issues (or even with no reason at all! This is a hobby, not a requirement), you should log out and forget your password permanently.
But that's just MY tea.
I complain about this constantly, but the website dedicated entirely to roleplaying really needs to take a leaf out of the books of literally every other roleplaying community on the Internet and start being more open to people using written descriptions for their characters.
Yeah, where I first started roleplaying, you only used text descriptions for appearances. One thing I don't like about faceclaims is that I'll sometimes join a roleplay and see they're filled with anime shit, or otherwise just really silly-looking pictures, and it turns me off.
I can't do anime or cartoon FC's in RP's that are meant to be realistic and serious. I just can't. I may let them slide in fantasy settings, though, depending on the plot and atmosphere.
Yup. Years ago, I was planning on joining a zombie roleplay which I was pretty interested in, then literally everyone posted a CS with an anime FC. Feels bad man.
Oof, I feel you here. I actually like Faceclaims, but I tend not to use them. Why? Because it's hard as hell to find one that actually fits my characters. As a mercy to spare my comrades from this horror, I almost never require a FC. Seriously, I can write an 8 paragraph CS with Backstory and appearance in the time it takes me to find one face claim. Even when I do, I pop a credit to the artist/photographer, just to be on the safe(ish) side.-Faceclaims! I really don't like using faceclaims! Many times I've seen a roleplay I'd really like to join, but I leave as soon as I realize a faceclaim is obligatory. Simply put, I don't feel comfortable using images for my characters. Not only for the artist's rights, but also because I feel it like just an unnecessary step that really doesn't add anything to the roleplay in my opinion. I prefer writing my character's appearance if needed, but I mostly prefer to just imagine in my head what the characters look like. I usually tell my roleplay partners that I'd prefer skipping faceclaims when I make character sheets with them. The good thing is that this doesn't seem to bother most of the people I roleplay with.
If you can only find time to post once a week you should probably not RP.
That could be true, however I disagree. If you can only post once a week, then that could mean you're waiting for that one moment of escape... Why label posters like that.
Or that simply not everyone has the time or inspiration to write more often, especially when it comes to novella-style RPs. To add to it, usually I only have free time in the late evening, and I can’t always sacrifice an hour of sleep for replying.
I'll admit that I've only been roleplaying for six years or so, but the only other time that I've seen people use faceclaims is on Flight Rising, where the players can insert pictures of the dragons they're using. Otherwise, people used descriptions even if they were roleplaying canon characters.I've been RPing for twenty years all over the place, and I've never been in an RP where it isn't expected that you have an image to represent your character. It's kind of bizarre that you think RPN is a one-off for this.