Originally posted by Captain REX
A majority of the Unhosted do not have plots. 20%? No, more like 80% to 90%.
Great RPs are NOT Unhosted. I'm going to say Ush's Star Wars game is a great RPG, great enough to have its own section.
Godmodding isn't possible in a great RP. Nor is it desired.
More interactive? Maybe, but that's because you can do whatever the hell you want and run rampant. Original characters? You haven't met Galder. Excitement and suspense? I laugh greatly at the Unhosted. Well thought out? You play as you go, that's how Unhosted works!
Originally posted by Lana
Hate to bust your bubble, but "making it up as you go along" is not the same as actually having a pre-defined in-depth plot. And you REALLY have not looked in Hosted if you say there's not a single RP with an interesting plot. If this was true, there wouldn't be 3-4 year old games running in there. But there are. So that sort of busts THAT part of your argument. I've not seen a single Unhosted RP that even approaches the caliber of some of the Hosted ones. Not in rules, plots, characters, anything.
And HAH! at the 'excitement and suspense' being better in Unhosted. I cannot even begin to fathom that. Try playing a game for well over a year, with the plot gradually being revealed bit by bit...and then discovering that everything that we thought was true the entire time was a lie and that we had been led on. THAT, is suspense right there.
And I'm just going to think about the characters in the RPs I play and sit back and laugh at the better original characters thing. Yeah. Not a chance. Are You kidding me? I can right name most of the RP's in the first page that have a plot at least. You have to check it out at least. If you are looking ofr a plot with a story, there's that also.
But you see, Ush's games are not original by the TITLE itself period. There is really no denial within that. Therefore, the hosted is not all that great. The unhosted is fun and RP's are actually meant to be interesting in many ways.
Actually, it possible. Some idiot will come in and say ::Kills all, I win!::. But I hardly see that now days. Things in the Unhosted has gotten way much better than before.
If you are actually just gonna jump to conclusions and call the unhosted very wreck less, check again. The more decent RP's are not like that at all. Plus, if your RP is meant to be like that, They are all VERY well ORGANIZED.
Example: Ultimate Hero RPG: Were Heroes are Born and Legends Die
I guess I never met Gladder But as I said....Underrated.
Well that seems kind of bizarre, I'm to bored to even laugh at the Hosted with the lack of suspense and excitement. At least there is more climax in many ways and more parts that the Hosted. I can prove by using Similes between two Rp's. The rules changed for us. We are not newbies, we are RPer's
Well To the part with the 3-4 year old rp's was so ridiculous. I doubt that alot. I actually see some childish RP's in there as well so there goes much for irony. When you said, not one RP is close to being as good not by in rules, plots, characters, and anything, it really does seem like you have not really seen how much you know. The Unhosted has more post, not because of legnth but the amount of people it gets. More people get into the more interesting RP's besides the dull ones. If I rped in the Hosted, I would understand them all easily but the thing is that where is the excitment? What is my motivation? Why cant I do this? And of course I know that there are rules. To have people follow the simple rules such as godmodding, cheating, and grammar. Also how much you type (which is not tolerated as much in both Hosted and Unhosted)).
Your definition of suspence didnt have much interest to me so it makes me think more to avoid the Hosted RP's from the ones you all RP in. Im alright in one RP there but the rest is dull.
And It really seems you dont give a chance when you yourself said you have not been there much. I did see you there checking it out. But have you really rped there decently in a way how it is suppose to be as a real rper?
Hosted RP = 0% Orginality due to the fact they are all based on a show, Video game, book, movie, ect.
Unhosted is from the mind and idea itself.
P.S. Make sure those RP's made by n00bs should be closed. No permission, no RP. Rules are rules.
Originally posted by General Kaliero
Right. The Matrix isn't interesting at ALL right now. And Ush's Star Wars SAGA (yes, it's a ****ing SAGA by now) obviously must not be interesting, since it's now years old (at a near-continuous pace) and EVERY game has a waiting list for people who want to play.
As for the freedom thing, a decent RP needs a set plot to have any real success, because something needs to push the players in a singular direction together. Otherwise, everyone does their own thing, and there's no real game, it's just people saying "I do this!" "And then I do this and it's cooler!"
All RPs are interactive, duh. That's the whole point of role-playing: an interactive story.
Original characters? Truly original characters only develop through both good and bad experiences, and like real life trudging through hell gives them character. That's what a set story does: gives experiences of both ease and hardship. If you're just doing what you WANT to do then that never happens.
Excitement: You've never blown up an entire building with a pile of explosives in the basement while you were still in it, have you?
Suspense: Two words: Ghost. Citadel.
Very well-thought-out: Unhosted's not thought out, you make it up as you go along and hope that someone else doesn't mess up what you planned. To me, I understand the MAtrix but it sucks.
And what takes the fun out easily is if you are not able to for example talk to someone because they are in different clans. (Yes this has hapopened before and it was the last straw. Too strict and very un fun). Anbd No, I doubt they do it cause they think it is cool, they do it because they are RPING. Simple as you said with interacting only thats there are meaning for it. Example, I used it to explain that it is more than the Hosted.
The chracter part I agree but there is a problem.....Every Chracter has done through hardship. Every BIo I ever read icludes the persons entire life. Not one everm issed a part that is the main point of there character. It explains more as well.
Im gonna skip the experience part because you really dont know who I am.
Ghost Citadel? Never heard of that. Please explain...
Actually, thats the last thing I think about. Someone messing it up. It seems you all think about the rules and put the RP's into a very strict trance while our RP's are more succesful in many perspectives. When I made my RP, I already had 15 people wanting to join and it went on smoothly. It was always in the top. but, at a random day, it all goes down. Plus, I was not able to control anything since I was out. Therefore, there are excuses for that part.
Damn!
