The forum chat side - May it be used for RP?

[Jeh'rad Verai'cal]

Hello,

I find chat based RP a tad more interesting than forum-based, which is why I wan't to know if we are allowed to use it, if we afterwards post about what wen't on in the session?

Many RP-sites use this solution so that the ST's can still meddle in everyones affairs ( ), and RP'ing becomes a bit more interesting.

- ST

[Xaojii]

Sorry, we didn't set everything up the way it was just to use a chat client for everything. As far as I'm concerned this has been and will remain a forum based RP. You can can RP in the Java client if you want I guess, as it is hardly ever used but it will not go on the record for the rest of the site.

That is my take on it anyway.

[Jeh'rad Verai'cal]

I was talking about the java-client. I am not oblivious to the fact that the mods needs to be able look at everything that happens, which is where the term "blue booking" comes in. it's when you RP on chat, and then someone writes a log that contains everything that has officially happened, and all dialouge, the two+ players then agree that this is what happened, and submit the file for bluebooking (meaning, that they post it in a thread, waiting for a mod to approve it. The log file is usually written over a period of time, as a scene is hardly finnished in one evening, so once the scene has been completed, it is submited for bluebooking.

Does the idea sound plausible at all? Many sites use it anyways...
I should have gone more into detail when first explaining the idea, but i kinda thought that everyone who RP'ed on the i-net knew about it, which was probably wrong of me to assume.
To be honest, I actually expected that someone would tell me that this was already used on this site, and that I was missing out on all the RP.

-ST

[Jenno]

No, it isn't used on the site, nor has it been throughout the history of this site.

The problem is that not everyone likes to write in such a way. I know I myself have tried this type of writing before and I was just really not comfortable with it, I prefer the longer written pieces which I post in threads. And thus we arrive at the problem, if an important character is needed for said thread/plot, such as my character Darth Iniquitous, if the user does not wish to write in the style of chat-based rp then the plot will get nowhere.

I can understand that you may be more comfortable or used to this way of writing, here we believe more in more strongly written pieces. We also like to help further the writing abilities of others. We have had a large number of members come solely from chat-based rp and they've managed to gain something from us here time and time again.

Sadly, however, I do not believe this is a system we will be implementing anytime soon.

You are free to have some chat-based rp with other members if you wish, however it will have no effect upon the roleplay and will merely be for your own pleasure and enjoyment.

Thank you,

~Jenno

[Jeh'rad Verai'cal]

I assume, that this means that I am allowed to use the chat program as long as:
The scene that takes place does not involve major plotlines,
does not require the presence of anyone who does not wish to RP in that way,
that the scene that takes place is not important for anyone but the characters involved,
and that if I wan't it to count for something, I need to transform it into a post at somepoint.