Member blogs

[Tealize]

In another forum I used to frequent, there was a private members only area where members could create their threads and post blog entries.  I thought this was a really cool idea and even made my own   It really made it easier to get to know the people you're chatting with.  I have never seen this is another forum so I thought I might suggest it here.  I'm not sure if it would work with a larger community like this one (the other forum only had about 200 members).  I just thought it would be a cool idea to throw out there!!!

(also, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, I wasn't sure where else it would fit though)

[YouHearThat]

could be interesting but I think it would useless

I know some ways to get to know the people you're chatting with is IRC, chat thread in the Other Chat, and their profiles

[neokills]

yeah im not sure bout this either

[Jerry]

Well, with all the chatting going on the forum, the IRC and through PMs, I don't think that'll take long for members to know each other. The in-forum games always are two sided, in the sense that one or two chats are nearly always there... conclusion, a blog won't be necessary.

Plus you have the RP section, where the people are somewhat putting their own personalities in a character... and you get my point.

[Tealize]

That's true, I just thought it might be nice for people who just want to vent in their own place; not through role-play or IRC. Also, I don't understand RP, do you use someone's character or just be yourself?

[Frenchfry]

That's true, I just thought it might be nice for people who just want to vent in their own place; not through role-play or IRC. Also, I don't understand RP, do you use someone's character or just be yourself?

Roleplay is a kind of fan-fiction. You could have the main character be youself, but that would be boring because it would largely involve you posting in forums. No, the best roleplays are of an origonal character, either one with the same characteristics as you or one totally different, going on an origonal journey and doing origonal things. If you were so inclined, you could write it in the first person, but I personally get annoyed by that, and it also takes away your ability to have multiple plots going on at once.

**Small detail I left out. You also have a bunch of other people writing the story with you, from the point of view of THEIR character. Because of this, writing one chapter can take weeks, and fights between two of the characters can result in butthurt on the part of the loser. This is also what makes roleplay so special, because in typical writing, it's almost insulting to have somebody co-write. So, it is very easy to tell a good RP'er from a bad one. If the Roleplayer is horrible, average, or anywhere in between, the plot with have more holes than the parachute of a dead man, and dialogue will be impossible to follow. If they are good to awesome, then the plot will be solid, and dialogue will be coherent and... not stupid. Small detail, amirite?