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Fniff

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You Are GM
« on: February 27, 2012, 07:17:55 pm »
Well, you recently got introduced into a forum that is quite good for forum adventures. Formerly, you were quite interested in roleplaying but this seems like great fun. Reading such interesting tales like "You Are Queen" and "Cyberpunk City" was great fun, and this community seems utterly excellent. Maybe this won't turn out like those terrible times on /pnp/ with accusations of railroading and such. This will be a fun adventure.

But, what shall it be? You need a genre, a name and a main character. You can think quite well on the fly, so it shouldn't be a problem. You just got the start new topic page up, and you are almost ready!
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 07:19:06 pm »
Genre - Economic Simulation
Name - Interactive Economics
Main character - Acme Holdings
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2012, 07:19:22 pm »
> Make the game be called 'You are GM'.

>Main character's name: Fniff

>Genre: Personal simulation.

Let's get recursive!
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2012, 07:19:59 pm »
A Game, where you're playing a game?

Roleplayception!
« Last Edit: February 27, 2012, 07:22:24 pm by Dragor23 »
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 07:20:29 pm »
Quote from: Araph on February 27, 2012, 07:19:22 pm
> Make the game be called 'You are GM'.


^^^This!

I change mine to this.
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 07:21:35 pm »
Quote from: Skyrunner on February 27, 2012, 07:20:29 pm
Quote from: Araph on February 27, 2012, 07:19:22 pm
> Make the game be called 'You are GM'.


^^^This!

I change mine to this.

This
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2012, 07:26:22 pm »
Hm, right... Why not make it quite meta? I bet the players would love playing that. Right, so you create the GM (Fniff, the neurotic GM who thinks all his players are idiots but is secretly an uncreative twat) and make him create an economic simulation. You chuckle as you write a long post detailing the personal backstory of Fniff and his mindset. Oh, this is going to be heelarious as he deals with...

...

Er.

Bad players? And... more bad players?

You haven't really thought this through. Maybe you should reconsider--

Oh bugger. You hit the post button. Huh. Well... might as well make the most of it unless you want to edit it with a similarly long-winded post. This could be good for you, a bit of improv GMing. Might be a bit of fresh air.
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2012, 07:30:55 pm »
> Use this as the game prompt in the first post:

"Well, you recently got introduced into a forum that is quite good for forum adventures. Formerly, you were quite interested in roleplaying but this seems like great fun. Reading such interesting tales like "You Are Queen" and "Cyberpunk City" was great fun, and this community seems utterly excellent. Maybe this won't turn out like those terrible times on /pnp/ with accusations of railroading and such. This will be a fun adventure.

But, what shall it be? You need a genre, a name and a main character. You can think quite well on the fly, so it shouldn't be a problem. You just got the start new topic page up, and you are almost ready!"
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2012, 07:31:55 pm »
New character: Araph. He says:


"> Make the game be called 'You are GM'.

>Main character's name: Fniff

>Genre: Personal simulation.
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2012, 07:32:30 pm »
My head hurts.  :o
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2012, 07:34:23 pm »
Well, we can't get too meta here, since that's what you were thinking when you were writing the post up. Before you wonder why you think in the second person a reply comes up!

Jarp
Name: Drego Samals
Age: 24
Class: Barbarian

...?

That's odd. This is a suggestion game, not a RP. Whatever shall you do?
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2012, 07:39:27 pm »
Quote from: Fniff on February 27, 2012, 07:34:23 pm
Well, we can't get too meta here



Track His IP address and punch him in the face for posting in the wrong topic.
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2012, 07:40:12 pm »
Tell him, with a nice daddy tone, that is a suggestion game, not a RPG
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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2012, 07:41:43 pm »
Quote from: Dragor23 on February 27, 2012, 07:40:12 pm
Tell him, with a nice daddy tone, that is a suggestion game, not a RPG

I still prefer my idea. Short, Sweet, and to the point.
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Re: You Are GM
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2012, 07:43:37 pm »
slap him until he edits it onto a proper post
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