What medium do you use to play Exalted?

[Flagg]

Demographic inanity!


-S

 

[Courteous Mongoose]

Face-to-face forever, baby!

 

[Flagg]

Perhaps I should have added a "Face-to-Ass" option, for those particularly horrible games.


-S

 

[Halfdead Frodi]

I'd rather avoid face to ass...


I've always played exalted as a table top type game, dice, pencils and paper all around. I rather like actually being around my players...it feels more personal.

 

[psychoph]

i think the only game i have ever not played face to face was a werewolf 2nd ed game i did over email.

 

[Lurker in Darkness]

No medium is better than face-to-face. The other are too inefficient, taking too much time to do anything.

 

[Persell]

No medium is better than face-to-face. The other are too inefficient' date=' taking too much time to do anything.[/quote']
You think so?  I frequently dislike Face to Face, I find it far too easy for a moment of drama, plot, or hard wright tension to be ruined by a flippant comment or a moment of stagefright.


I much prefer written games, but then my players have a tendancy to do things that I don't want them to.  I'm thinking games that involve me and a variety of hats are looking better every day.

 

[Persell]

Perhaps I should have added a "Face-to-Ass" option, for those particularly horrible games.
-S

...horrible.  Yeah, those dice can get pretty damn sharp.


*sits down gently, wistfully*

 

[Joseph]

No medium is better than face-to-face. The other are too inefficient' date=' taking too much time to do anything.[/quote']
I find IRC to be superior.  With reasonable typing speed and people who start working out their stunts before their turn comes, it's not SUBSTANTIALLY slower than face to face, and dice rolling is actually faster if you have a dice rolling program to roll those 45 dice and count the successes for you.  


Further, I find the sense of immersion is much easier to maintain in IRC than face to face.  It's just plain easier to take the game more seriously.

 

[Dracogryff]

I find IRC to be superior.  With reasonable typing speed and people who start working out their stunts before their turn comes, it's not SUBSTANTIALLY slower than face to face, and dice rolling is actually faster if you have a dice rolling program to roll those 45 dice and count the successes for you.

You could make a calculator program (or a computer one) to do the dice rolling for tabletop too. I've done it in the past. On the whole, I've come to prefer real, physical dice. I tend to get better rolls that way. My dice like me.


But as for my own rolepaying, I admit, all I've done for Exalted is tabletop. The few times I've tried an online way to play a tabletop game, I haven't been as able to get in character, myself. I also haven't found any online Exalted sites that I'd like, as of yet, and I also have limited free time, most of which is taken up by tabletop groups or my family. So, thus I stick to the face to face approach. It's a fun way to go, and even though I might have an easier time online, I'd probably take forever to post, and have like fifteen line posts when I finally did. I'm bad about that in the other genres I've rolepayed in online. Though I've only managed to keep myself down to one post that was over ten lines. I try to moderate my posts...


Maybe it's better if I stick to tabletop.

 

[psychoph]

Further, I find the sense of immersion is much easier to maintain in IRC than face to face.  It's just plain easier to take the game more seriously.

Your attention span has to be above average then because I could see myself losing interest or deciding to do something else on the computer than read the screen.  Of course I am a technophile and have a lower attention span than the average human male.  Course I coudl see if you take the time to write up a bunch of stuff in like word or some text editor so you have it to just copy and paste as a ST thing being a lot quicker than Face to Face, although you can do the same thing with face to face.

 

[Haku1]

I've always played online, IRC, MuD. With both mediums simulating a tabletop game, due to the players and ST being seperated by a great distance.


And it's been fun so far.

 

[Athrun the Bear]

I've only played face to face...the whole distance thing just doesn't appeal to me.  Were I to find myself in a position where there was no other way to do my roleplaying, I would definitely consider IRC or some other option, but I enjoy the human interaction too much to remove the humans willingly.

 

[MOK]

I really like chats, because it allows me to compose and choose my words more carefully.  Thats something I've always been picky about since I was little, finding the right descriptors.  So that would make it seem that chat is totally the way to go, and when I got the chance to try it, I was pretty excited.


But it went a little different than I expected:  The guy who typed out his thoughts, actions or statements first pretty much lead the entire session, and I personally ended up backspacing half of what I had been typing, struggling to adapt and keep up.  And here I thought I was a fast typist!


I need to give it another try, so I can try to strike the right balance of speed & flourish.   =op


I really like the concept...


I'm also curious about PBEM or PBP, but I don't know if I've got the patience to wait for everyone's sluggish responses.  I'll end up checking every 5 minutes manically, when others are probably checking twice a day at best.


My mania cannot be sated!

 

[Persell]

All I've ever done is Face-toFace. I tried getting into a few of the others but whoever was organising it alwaysdropped the ball when it vam time to get things started. I can imagine that doing it other than face-to-face would make certain things easier, such as getting into character, but then no one can hear the funny voices.

 

[Persell]

Option C sucks ass and I'm against it on general principle. Just thought everyone should know.

 

[StarHawk]

But as for my own rolepaying, I admit, all I've done for Exalted is tabletop. The few times I've tried an online way to play a tabletop game, I haven't been as able to get in character, myself. I also haven't found any online Exalted sites that I'd like, as of yet, and I also have limited free time, most of which is taken up by tabletop groups or my family. So, thus I stick to the face to face approach. It's a fun way to go, and even though I might have an easier time online, I'd probably take forever to post, and have like fifteen line posts when I finally did. I'm bad about that in the other genres I've rolepayed in online. Though I've only managed to keep myself down to one post that was over ten lines. I try to moderate my posts...
Maybe it's better if I stick to tabletop.

Same goes for myself. I find advancement much quicker with Table Top games, if you have a forgiving ST one could advance the story, and or your character very quickly. Chats don't seem to have that ability unless your personal buddies with the ST of your type of exaltation. I haven't tried IRC yet, though I'm hopeful. I've played other games (mostly star wars) that way, and it's been fun.

 

[Flagg]

It seems to me that people who are more inclined towards writing enjoy email/chatroom games more, whereas people who are inclined towards acting like face-to-face.


-S

 

[Jakk Bey]

Still--I dunno about that. I write, even get paid for it, but I prefer face to face gaming.


Then again, gaming to me is a social activity. It's to be done in a friendly setting, with chips, beer, maybe some pasta and wine, but it is a social activity that gets friends together under the auspices of 'gaming' but it's just another excuse to hang out, talk shit, drink beer, as much as participate in a game.


Some folks prefer to have the story be the thing, and it's easier to seperate that out when you don't have the distractions of the goofy face that Bob is making, the silly ass comment that Dave just rolled off with, or Neal asking everyone if they need another beer.


I LIKE the social side of it.  Geeks in arms and all.

 

[Flagg]

Then again' date=' gaming to me is a social activity. It's to be done in a friendly setting, with chips, beer, maybe some pasta and wine, but it is a social activity that gets friends together under the auspices of 'gaming' but it's just another excuse to hang out, talk shit, drink beer, as much as participate in a game. [/quote']
I feel the same way.


I don't particularly fancy myself a writer, nor an actor. It's just been a general observation on my part.


-S

 

[Joseph]

It seems to me that people who are more inclined towards writing enjoy email/chatroom games more, whereas people who are inclined towards acting like face-to-face.
-S

Well, I definitely prefer writing to acting, and I prefer IRC games, so I suppose that supports your view to some extent.


I also dislike being close to people I'm not substantially fond of, though, so it could just be my nature that makes me dislike face to face.

 

[Heaven's Thunder Hammer]

It seems to me that people who are more inclined towards writing enjoy email/chatroom games more, whereas people who are inclined towards acting like face-to-face.
-S

You know this is an interesting observation, because I've done PbP Exalted and some other WoD games and found them *ok* but never that fascinating.


I far more enjoy tabletop because then I get to *act* and that's what I really like. Plus the whole social component is always good.