The Deal With Stat Rps?

Welll.. . . I believe that many of the users here go with the "Too long, did not read" response to things. But that's just from my personal experience. I personally think I am involved in too many RPs, and have resolved to not join any more for a while. I would love to do one sometime, and I personally love DnD.

And what other stat-RPs have you done? I am simply just asking here, and am not trying to sound mean.

Oh, and you might want to deal with that lag-induced multi-post in the Librarians thread.

 

Because the people give up at the beginning. That's why in my two soon to be started roleplay projects, I never did put down any rules that have anything to do with stats. (Which Arnheld went behind my back and start talking bad about me for thinking that I went and stole his idea which I didn't.) Sure, the stat rules are good to make sure that people don't go overboard with their character's powers and can even put a good limit on the members; Still, with great regret, some people are of the following:

1. They are confuse with things such as the post per level.
2. Confuse as to what level they can be to learn a special ability that they have created.
3. Just plain tired of reading, forgot about the rp or really just got plain bored.

LivingDeath's Fate roleplay is one of them. I have joined a couple of stats roleplays and they always end up dead at the beginning. I'm not saying that they are bad and I'm not taking either sides but to others, it's like the owner of the roleplay had put up too many rules.

 

First of all..I love DnD. It'd be nice to be a part of one that didn't die. I'm not referring to any of your Stat-rps though. Just in general. I've actually tried to make a stat-rps..One actually started, but didn't get far, the other never got started, the 3rd was being planned but was getting so complex i never even posted it. I like the idea of stat-rps with a DnD system, though it is sometimes a pain to read really long posts like that, i'm not complaining, though. I don't even care. But as Requiem said, most people probably don't want to read them because they're too long, which i think is just plain stupid. It's really only 5 minutes out of your life.

I've noticed a lot that people just loose interest in rps like that. They get overly complicated and people just get annoyed or tired of it.

Also, have you ever tried possibly inviting people to rps? I've noticed that some people don't even notice new rps therefore they don't even look for them.

 

stat RPs confuse me no matter how its explained to me. i've tried but my mind just can't throw stats onto anything but video games without shutting down.


and as for RPs dying, we've been trying to fix that problem forever. i haven't been a part of a completed RP since i came to this site.

 

Personally I have nothing against them, like shadow mentioned they can be confusing at times, that's why I've been trying to join stat RP's to learn the system.

Though with state RP's involves work and majority of RP members here can be lazy, some of them can't even come up with good creative posts in plain RP's.

 

Which is why DnD is perfect in every way. But no, seriously, a very valid point Zhy.

But also, these types of games would take a very dedicated GM, one who would adjust the game accordingly for any number of occasions and cope with a bunch of wild PCs.

The trouble with relying on RPers 'logic' is that the GM in most of the games is no more than yet another player, which gives rise to rather one-sided situations. Er wait, wrong point. The real trouble with RPer 'logic' is that many overpower their characters without a second thought.

 

Dude, I've been here. I got a NAME CHANGE to requiem.

Amazingly, Quizilla has a high turnover rate when it comes to RPs and they NEVER die.

 

i think the only working stat RP that happened was that old 'The World' RP made by Dark Riku. it worked was because the stat was simple. every three posts = one level. higher level meant more strength. it was that simple, no diverse points to assign or mathmatical problems, just the higher your level meant more power against someone of a lower level.

 

v I really don't care if you do a stat rp or not. It makes me think more about video games so it's very understandable to me. -___- Speaking of roleplays, I think I'm having the feeling that people are just joining roleplays just to join.