It’s ok if you don’t actually SAY it.

March 23, 2010 jase 5 comments

I wish I had more time to spend on RPoL and RolePlaying in general, though I sometimes wonder if I should grow out of it and act like a sensible mature adult. But really, that sentiment is just insulting to those adults that I know that do still RolePlay. I guess I’m included in that, but that does depend on your definition of “adult”.

I do some web searches from time to time to see what the general consensus is with RPoL, and to see how it’s received compared to other sites.

Two things to spring to mind when looking at the results. Firstly, I get the opinion that RPoL is more orientated toward the mature audience and less toward those who possibly expect every web bell and whistle to be available to them, and for everything to be automated.

The second is that I wish I had the time to monitor this stuff more closely, to offer suggestions to visit RPoL and to rebuke stuff like:

I don’t want to push a conclusion or accuse them of fudging, but we’ve always been confused by the way they handle their stats

Thanks kaethre, very kind of you to not not say that. While it’s vaguely (very, very vaguely) satisfying to know we’re in a position where people want to cut us down, it’s not at all nice to see such accusations flung around. That’s certainly not the first mythical accusation I’ve seen weaved from a member of that particular site, and I’m sure it won’t be the last.

As I said, it makes me wish I had more time to participate on other sites.. or maybe a small pack of rabid Rabbits Rabbids roaming the Internet.

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#1 | Written by Matthew about 15 years ago.

Hi Jase,

As a fellow “adult gamer” who has never grown up (much to the disapointment of my wife!), your first paragraph could just as easily flowed from my fingertips as yours. I too lack the time to do role-playing / rpol as much as I’d like to and I am constantly amazed at what you have put together. I read one of the larger threads in the development forum today, and was pleased to read your recent increase in enthusiasm for rpol – even starting to play and GM a game! Good to hear that you are not just putting the work in, but also enjoying using the awesome tool you have developed.

Sir, I salute you!
#2 | Written by Matthew about 15 years ago.

Well, I’ve finally caught up – reading back through the old posts. I didn’t expect to catch up so quickly, but the 4 year gap helped. I tried writing a blog once myself – but found I could never think of anything to say…
#3 | Written by jase about 15 years ago.

Thanks Matthew!

It is hard to keep a constant high level of enthusiasm but when I see how much people enjoy using RPoL and how enthused they get about using and improving the site, it’s hard for that excitement not to rub off!

To be honest MMOs used to waste a lot of time, but i’ve given them up as a bad joke! Now I just have to battle the large background reinventions that I have to do that have little visible effect to the user. Currently there is a bunch of cool features waiting for me to finish the under-the-hood changes to the character and player databases. But I’m probably sliding into a topic than can be covered in another blog post!
#4 | Written by Matthew about 15 years ago.

Hi again Jase, another question for you – with regards to your comment about wanting more time to play roleplaying – out of curiosity – what games are you currently in? (as in system – D&D, Rolemaster, Traveller, etc
#5 | Written by jase about 15 years ago.

I play in a DND 3.5 game, this particular game was one of the reasons I started the whole site in the first place. The same GM used to have another game but that was reinvented a while ago and I didn’t create a new character – I loved the old character way too much, crazy bastard he was.

I’ve recently resurrected a SciFi game I also created in 2000 and has died twice. I retrieved it as two of the players all but begged me to. Why they’re gluttons for a third bout of punishment I don’t know.

These games are numbered 6 & 5, respectively. We’re currently up to game number 41,566. (c;

Besides them, I’ve also recently join a freeform fantasy game and have a DnD 3.5 game that I’m not running. It was supposed be a continuation of a live one we used to do before one of the participants moved overseas, but posting stopped a while back.

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