nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: That and, as i’ve said in that thread, a lot of their rp failed to engage their audience

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Natalie: Yes, that is BANG ON.

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: It was thing that felt closed off to the rest of forumwarz

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Natalie: That is one of the best insights that I think there’s been.

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elenaratelimit: their rp was tl;dr

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elenaratelimit: for rp to be TL it has to be interesting

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AAHZ: sillyness

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Natalie: The inability to participate in RP because you don’t feel as though you’re part of it, or you worry that by posting you’ll overstep some boundary.

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SIG-ENABLING MOCK-CONGLER: well at least they seemed to enjoy it

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Natalie: I think that is absolutely a major aspect of the RP issue within ForumWarz.

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SIG-ENABLING MOCK-CONGLER: if no one else did

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elenaratelimit: i read 2 sentences then spaced out and started diddling myself

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elenaratelimit: i can’t read that **** ****

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SIG-ENABLING MOCK-CONGLER: as long as theyre having fun who cares right?

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Natalie: Sure, they enjoyed it, but the idea of RP is to get others involved, to get them inspired, to get them participating, and if it feels that removed, then that’s not going to happen.

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elenaratelimit: I CARE

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elenaratelimit: DEEPLY

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: Definitely

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Natalie: No, no, we’re not CRITICIZING the RP per se. The RP was good — the lack of ability for outsiders to participate was the downfall.

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SIG-ENABLING MOCK-CONGLER: well you dont have to read their terrible investigation **** yanno

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: And the reason why I keep touting Briddy’s rping so much is that while you weren’t able to particpate with her, it was ****ing hilarious

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: Which was the payoff for reading it

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Natalie: I think that’s the real key to the whole issue, which means that if we can figure out how to open up RP THAT way, then we can address the issue.

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Natalie: Who was she RPing as?

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Natalie: Fact?

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Natalie: Which I misspelled three times — impressive for four letters.

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: Yeah, Fact

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elenaratelimit: i like RPing that is more like a ‘person’ posting in a character rather than a thread where ‘things happen’ but that’s just me

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: Sig, we’re not trying to leave RP alone, we’re trying to help it

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: And I agree with elenaratelimit, I usually just space out if the story in the rp doesn’t catch my attention

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SIG-ENABLING MOCK-CONGLER: well you guys are in fact one of the original troll klans

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: AND I AGREE WITH elenaratelimit AGAIN

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nanathunderjesus gets you LIGHTNING IN YOUR FIST: I like characters. :3

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Natalie: elenaratelimit: I think that it’s easier to RP a character in general because you can react to a character more easily than you can to an RP story arc that seems closed off.

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elenaratelimit: Natalie: yeah if you miss a few pages you are kind of left out

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elenaratelimit: and if it doesnt interest me i wont read it =\ i am lazy

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