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Which setting would you prefer?

Everyone's a member of a big Space-Government owned starship.
- 5 (31.3%)
Everyone forms up into groups of misfits which some might describe as "ragtag." Each group owns their own ship.
- 4 (25%)
Each player can choose to either join the Space-Government ship or create a group of misfits with other players.
- 7 (43.8%)

Total Members Voted: 16


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Author Topic: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay  (Read 2270 times)

Kadzar

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Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« on: May 24, 2011, 11:15:36 pm »

I'm thinking of starting up a thread for a structured freeform roleplay. What this would mean is that people could roleplay all actions out, no need to run everything by the GM, but we'd agree to some ground rules beforehand to prevent godmoding, powergaming, and/or just generally annoying or pissing each other off. I'd act mostly as moderator and we would have an open line of communication so as to keep things civil. Also, whenever anyone wants to implement any new form of magic or sufficiently advanced technology, they'll have to run it by me first, mostly to keep things relatively sane(ish).

Now, for this game we'll need a setting. These are just some ideas to get started; feel free to suggest your own or modify any of these:

Western
Space Ship(s)
Space Station
Rapture
Ragnarök
Fantasy World

Even if you don't have a setting idea, I'd appreciate people just letting me know that they're interested.


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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2011, 11:32:12 pm »

I am some what interested, although I am up to my eyeballs in other games.

I think I could make time for this, but I am not sure.

At any rate, I feel sorta spacy, so
Space Ship(s)

Sound cool.
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2011, 01:02:41 am »

I am some what interested, although I am up to my eyeballs in other games.

I think I could make time for this, but I am not sure.
If you don't have time, that's understandable, but just know this game would only have to be as much of a commitment as you make it to be. If at any time someone needed drop out or take a break they could let me know and we'd work something out.


At any rate, I feel sorta spacy, so
Space Ship(s)

Sound cool.
Yeah. I don't know if this would be thing where everyone would be on one big space ship, or  it would be a situation where people could have their own ships or become crewmembers of each others's ships. I'm guessing people would probably like the latter, but who knows. If everyone was allowed to have their own ship if they wanted, we'd probably have to limit the swankiness of said ships, just so that we don't have people tearing the universe a new one in their Imperial battle cruiser or whatever on a whim. That's not to say that no one can ever have a super-swanky battle cruiser, but I'll most likely make it a rule that player need permission before they can obtain positions of power, powerful technology, magic powers, or magic artifacts.
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2011, 02:47:53 am »

Several of them seem to be overused..
How about something.. different for a change?
Such as.. A group of Liberals trying to overthrow the Arch-Conservative system? 

But I suspect it's been done as well.  :P
« Last Edit: May 25, 2011, 02:49:57 am by Ultimuh »
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2011, 02:53:15 am »

I have an idea: A fortress. A dwarven one, in fact.

Cats should be involved.

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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2011, 03:08:36 am »

Several of them seem to be overused..
How about something.. different for a change?
Such as.. A group of Liberals trying to overthrow the Arch-Conservative system? 

But I suspect it's been done as well.  :P
Yeah, those ideas were just to get the ball rolling, as it were. Whatever people want, we'll go with that.
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2011, 03:14:18 am »

Regardless, I'll probably not do much more than watch this.

Once you do IRC RP, Forum RP just doesn't cut it.
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2011, 06:18:53 am »

I want to join in the fun dont really care what its about I can rp any setting.
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2011, 07:23:36 am »

Vampires + middle ages.
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2011, 07:40:21 am »

I always find these things fun. Also, how about Ragnarök for the setting?
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2011, 07:48:48 am »

Yeah, Ragnarok would be cool. Or the Rapture.
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2011, 08:00:45 am »

Or the Rapture.

Aren't there two already?
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2011, 08:05:03 am »

Vampires + middle ages.
I read that as vikings + middle ages for a moment. So how about vampire vikings?
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2011, 08:09:54 am »

Or the Rapture.

Aren't there two already?
One never started, the other went into god mode and fizzled out.
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Re: Want to Start up a Structured Freeform Roleplay
« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2011, 08:11:00 am »

Vampires + middle ages.
I read that as vikings + middle ages for a moment. So how about vampire vikings?

DWARVEN Vampire Vikings.  :P
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