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I've been wondering this for a while, and I wanted to ask the question, "How much of the NS forum-goers actually RP on the site?"

So, answer the poll, leave a comment, whatever.

Absolutely not. I stay in General forum.

I've never RP'ed on NS, and I never will.

Been doing it from Nov 03 as Hogsweat and only recently as Questers. Great fun, although must admit I do not post as much as I would like to.

Well, answer the poll, come on!

Questers: I didn't know you were Hoggy. That's nice to hear, what happened to Hogsweat?

I'd like to think I have better things to do with my time, so no.

I'd like to think I have better things to do with my time, so no.

Alot of people say that, I personally think it's fun and a great way to improve your writing skills.

I'd like to think I have better things to do with my time, so no.

You think replying to a "Do You RP" poll is better use of your time than RPing?

Alot of people say that, I personally think it's fun and a great way to improve your writing skills.

I disagree - want to improve your writing skills? Take a writing course. I bet you that nearly all, if not all, of the 'rpers'(?) are losers

So, you are calling myself, Questers, Quaon, and a boatload of other NSers losers, I take it?

Writing courses cost money, and aren't nearly as fun.

This (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Hogsweat_deletion_controversy) happened, Velkya :)

So, you are calling myself, Questers, Quaon, and a boatload of other NSers losers, I take it?


Yeah go on then, this might be intresting. I think you lot are losers.

PS I'm right

Christ Hoggy, that's got to suck. I assume Questers is a puppet?

Well, answer the poll, come on!

Questers: I didn't know you were Hoggy. That's nice to hear, what happened to Hogsweat?
Hogsweat was deleted in Oct '05 for allegedly griefing Haven, although many people believed he was justified because the other region members had consented to be ejected in order to allow the refounding of the region. It was a big controversy that engulfed the forums in flames for a while, not to mention all the NSWiki vandalism....

Die-hard RPer here; I divide my time between II and General. Traitor, I know. ;)

Yeah go on then, this might be intresting. I think you lot are losers.

PS I'm right

I'm not going to play this flaming game with you.

PS: You're reported to the mods. I win. Haha.

Win what? The prize for being a baby and running off to mommy? It's fully deserved, I'll give you that

I'm not going to play this flaming game with you.

PS: You're reported to the mods. I win. Haha.
Baaad idea, Velkya. *clicks tongue in the disapproving English fashion, shakes head*

Look, you broke the rules by posting flamebait, so now you're out of here. I made that mistake back in November, and I paid for it. You'll have to as well.

I await the mod police smashing my windows and pushing a gun in my face for my indefensible CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. You ok up there on your moral highground Velkya?

Baaad idea, Velkya. *clicks tongue in the disapproving English fashion, shakes head*

I'm sorry, I just don't go for this kind of thing, if I get temp-banned, that's my problem.

Aye, you break the rules and you pay the sentence. I learnt that the hard way.

Well....to drag this back on topic(albeit kicking and screaming :D ), I didn't actually know that we could RP on the NationStates forums. Seeing as I'm new, I haven't exactly checked around too much.... :p

If I find it, I'll certainly do some RPing, I do it all the time on almost every site I'm a member of. Great fun. :)

Oh guys, I just don't know how I'm gonna cope with this :(

I'll probably manage, probably by not going into a panicky defence mechanism when anyone asks me to evaluate my life :)

I RP occasionally, but not as often as I used to. I do some off-NS stuff right now, and one NS RP. That's about it.

I await the mod police smashing my windows and pushing a gun in my face for my indefensible CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. You ok up there on your moral highground Velkya?

We have rules on this site for a reason. You don't follow them, you don't come here anymore. Is that clear enough for you? Now, please stop taking the thread off track.

There are a number of players whom roleplay both on the UN forum and in their regional off-site forums (sometimes stepping over to the other two forums). Instead of hosting sporting events or fighting wars, they've focused on diplomatic / political RPs (sometimes even romances).

Well....to drag this back on topic(albeit kicking and screaming :D ), I didn't actually know that we could RP on the NationStates forums. Seeing as I'm new, I haven't exactly checked around too much.... :p

If I find it, I'll certainly do some RPing, I do it all the time on almost every site I'm a member of. Great fun. :)

You RP as your nation, check the International Incidents and Nationstates subforums. Just be sure to read the stickies in II before you post anything.

Have fun!

There are a number of players whom roleplay both on the UN forum and in their regional off-site forums (sometimes stepping over to the other two forums). Instead of hosting sporting events or fighting wars, they've focused on diplomatic / political RPs (sometimes even romances).

There's a few polictial and diplomatic threads (as well as romances), but they usually offshoot from IC wars on International.

We have rules on this site for a reason. You don't follow them, you don't come here anymore. Is that clear enough for you? Now, please stop taking the thread off track.

Clear as can be amigo, just stated my opinion. If you aren't mature enough to deal with it and the site rules are such that I can't provoke a little debate then that's just beautiful

You aren't prevoking a debate, you're insulting about half the site. That's called flaming, and it's against the rules. If I wasn't being mature about it, I would have insulting you right back.

Na, I was just expressing colourfully that I believe that people who play these games tend not to lead healthy, balanced lives. Obviously I'm right as I don't see a great deal of evidence being presented to shut me up.

If your game can't stand up to the simplest of critisisms then does it deserve to be protected?

Na, I was just expressing colourfully that I believe that people who play these games tend not to lead healthy, balanced lives. Obviously I'm right as I don't see a great deal of evidence being presented to shut me up.

If your game can't stand up to the simplest of critisisms then does it deserve to be protected?

You've been here, what, a week or two? Do you know any of us to lead unhealthly, unbalanced lives? Do you even know any of us at all?

And calling one a loser can hardly be considered expressing their unhealthiness and imbalance.

I don't RP, I'd be far too tempted to OMGWTFUBERN00K everyone and everything.
Wanktastic ;)

I don't RP, I'd be far too tempted to OMGWTFUBERN00K everyone and everything.
Wanktastic ;)

Yep. You wanker.

Come on guys, Greater londres and Velkya. Let's just stop the arguing now and drop it, it's not really something worth arguing over. :) Now let's all sit down and have a beer together- and I'd better not hear an "I don't like beer" comment from either of you! :D

On a sidenote (and on topic, incidentally), I found the place to RP! Thanks Velkya. :)

You've been here, what, a week or two? Do you know any of us to lead unhealthly, unbalanced lives? Do you even know any of us at all?

And calling one a loser can hardly be considered expressing their unhealthiness and imbalance.

I think people who leave unhealthy and unbalanced lives are very often termed losers, the terms are somewhat synonymous indeed :)

Listen, amigo, I'm right and you can hide behind whatever you like but the vast, vast majority of people who play these kind of things don't have the best lives. I'm sure theres exceptions, but the truth is that playing a game of this nature is a very strong indication of not being too great at the whole life game. I'm sure if we lined up a few pictures of some of the users, maybe a few life details we'd soon find out I'm right

Na, I was just expressing colourfully that I believe that people who play these games tend not to lead healthy, balanced lives. Obviously I'm right as I don't see a great deal of evidence being presented to shut me up.

If your game can't stand up to the simplest of critisisms then does it deserve to be protected?

Well all the RPers aren't here to defend it. Try going to an RP forum and starting a thread about how all the RPers are losers, maybe then they'll give you some of that evidence you're looking for.

I'd join ya, but thing is, it'll be about seven years before I can legally get blasted.

But, of course, who cares what the law says? ;)

Too true, fake IDs for the win! Hehe. :p

I'm sure that we can all head out for a drink and discuss the merits of something obscure and random. Like how red squirrels are, in actual fact, not being hunted by their gray counterparts, and are instead plotting to take over the world by slowly withdrawing their numbers and lulling us into a false sense of security. :D

The truth is out there, guys!

I think people who leave unhealthy and unbalanced lives are very often termed losers, the terms are somewhat synonymous indeed :)

Listen, amigo, I'm right and you can hide behind whatever you like but the vast, vast majority of people who play these kind of things don't have the best lives. I'm sure theres exceptions, but the truth is that playing a game of this nature is a very strong indication of not being too great at the whole life game. I'm sure if we lined up a few pictures of some of the users, maybe a few life details we'd soon find out I'm right

I don't see your point. RPing (which is basically writing an ongoing story) is hardly an unhealthy activity. The only game I consider to have a potentially bad affect on the player's health are MMOs (massively multiplayer online games) because they mimick real life quite accuratly.

Well all the RPers aren't here to defend it. Try going to an RP forum and starting a thread about how all the RPers are losers, maybe then they'll give you some of that evidence you're looking for.

It doesn't exsist son, because I'm overwhelmingly right

And Velkya, I might have guessed - that makes your 14? (an assumption) - how come you're playing let's pretend instead of being young and free?

I rp every so often, but rarely more then one at a time.

I don't see your point. RPing (which is basically writing an ongoing story) is hardly an unhealthy activity. The only game I consider to have a potentially bad affect on the player's health are MMOs (massively multiplayer online games) because they mimick real life quite accuratly.

Na kid, the type of person who plays these games is what I'm getting at :)

I used to Rp. I hated it. The military combat scenarios are a total joke. Completely unrealistic naval and aerial warfare, Unbelievably excessive use of nuclear weapons, and no acknowledgement of the budgetary costs of warfare are merely the tip of the ioeberg. There are(or were) maybe three decent military roleplayers on the whole board. If they are still around, they have thicker skins than I do. :p

Clear as can be amigo, just stated my opinion. If you aren't mature enough to deal with it and the site rules are such that I can't provoke a little debate then that's just beautiful

Ultimate maturity ahoy!

I think you lot are losers.

PS I'm right.

Na kid, the type of person who plays these games is what I'm getting at :)
Yeah okay, just go away now.

It doesn't exsist son, because I'm overwhelmingly right

And Velkya, I might have guessed - that makes your 14? (an assumption) - how come you're playing let's pretend instead of being young and free?

Because I'm planning on going out to be young and free at around 7:20 tonight. Right now I'm taking a break, it's pretty tiring to be young and free after going (dragged) to a concert last night. You'd understand.

I used to Rp. I hated it. The military combat scenarios are a total joke. Completely unrealistic naval and aerial warfare, Unbelievably excessive use of nuclear weapons, and no acknowledgement of the budgetary costs of warfare are merely the tip of the ioeberg. There are(or were) maybe three decent military roleplayers on the whole board. If they are still around, they have thicker skins than I do. :p

Automagfreek, Sarzonia, Praetonia, Pacilitalia, Doom, Fluffy, ViZion, Hoggy, Parthia, Roach-Busters, Tyrandis, DMG, Macabees, myself, anyone?

Naw, RB is the biggest godmodder since Sephrioth.

Bit of a facist, too, I think.

OOPS!

Did I forget Hataria? Haha.

Automagfreek, Sarzonia, Praetonia, Pacilitalia, Doom, Fluffy, ViZion, Hoggy, Parthia, Roach-Busters, Tyrandis, DMG, Macabees, myself, anyone?

This should not be seen as a dis against the others, but the two I have heard of are: Automagfreek(Whom the Might Goofballs have beaten at World Cup Soccer at least once), and Roach-Busters. And yes, I'd call them both good rpers. At least to the extent that they would rather rp accurately, but unlike me, they can adapt to bad roleplay.

Maybe it's me. Maybe my expectations are too high. *shrug*

On behalf of the Democratic Socialist States of Randomlittleisland I would like to declare to the international community that we have never roleplayed and do not intend to at any point in the future.

Signed
The Constituent Assembly of Randomlittleisland

It's actually gotten fairly good. Tyrandis and Mac have put out some pretty kickass fighters, Sarzonia some impressive ships, and a whole lot of other cool technology, and to add to it, nukes (and WMDs in general) are used a whole lot less (in fact, most RPs ban nukes because they pretty much ruin the story) than before.

It's actually gotten fairly good. Tyrandis and Mac have put out some pretty kickass fighters, Sarzonia some impressive ships, and a whole lot of other cool technology, and to add to it, nukes (and WMDs in general) are used a whole lot less (in fact, most RPs ban nukes because they pretty much ruin the story) than before.

Really? No more indestructible undersea domes? :p

I used to RP way back when but I feel like Jerry Rice whenever I go into the RP forum.

Everyone's like: "Aww he hasn't retired yet, good for him..I guess."

Not from what I can tell. The biggest godmods I've seen are mobile suits and submerisible superdreadnoughts in a MT/PMT tech level, but that's from only one person.

Questers, remember Hataria losing like 2,000 ships to 600 missiles?

I used to go on I.I every now and again but quit due to finding it uneventful, hugely time consuming and particularly hard with absolutely no reward for the work (another reason is the fact that I.I has a very high chance of you being deleted)

I still go on there rarely to scare some newbie for kicks but that’s it

There's a few polictial and diplomatic threads (as well as romances), but they usually offshoot from IC wars on International.

My point isn't to say those don't exist in the II or NS forums, but to divorce folks from what I describe as the Death Lady Nauscian philosophy. The poll should have included the UN based RP as well, because a great deal of it is *started* in the UN and doesn't cross over.

Oops, sorry about that. Just mark yourself under the II/NS option, then.

RPing wars is very frustrating in teh two years I RPed heavily I think I had two successdul wars that didn't end in "OMFG F*** YOU!"

All that number crunching and planning usually wasted for the post it takes to fire the ignore cannons.

When people don't know how RPing on NS works, you ger heaadaches. Most of it's resolved via MSN or AIM nowadays.

You've got to remember, it's about making a good story, not winning.

And trying to not make a total arse of yourself.

I honestly need to join in sometime >_>

I have done some RPing, with this account and others. Been a while, though. The only recent RPing I've done was a FT character RP on an offsite forum.

It's always amusing when people sit around on the Internet insulting other's interests.

As for RP, I used to do character RP, but could never see the point of the wars which required so much maths, despite having no set rules.

And trying to not make a total arse of yourself.

I honestly need to join in sometime >_>

Ever read Euroslavia's stickies?

It's always amusing when people sit around on the Internet insulting other's interests.

As for RP, I used to do character RP, but could never see the point of the wars which required so much maths, despite having no set rules.
Actually the majority of players, including me, rp in a story style with little to no numbers involved. More fun, IMHO.

Ever read Euroslavia's stickies?

I have. But given the number of n00b threads that pop up I'm guessing a lot of people don't.

I really wish people would read the stickies more.

Note: I'm not bitter because people don't read the stickies, really. :p

Hey, I thought this was about DnD! Oh well, guess that explains the lack of a "My idiot players are too lazy to make character sheets" option.

That was one of my main problems with NS RP, particularly in the modern/post modern era. Economy calculators seemed to be everything. You couldn't engage in an RP without people just chalking up the amount of bombs they were flinging at you and expecting you to deal with it from there. Very annoying.

Ever read Euroslavia's stickies?

Nope. And what I mean is that in every other RP venue I've been to, I'm constantly plagued by paranoia about my quality and suchlike. "I hope this doesn't make me look more stupid than usual!", "Does what I did count as godmoding?:confused:" and "That guy is making feel so illiterate... *sniff*", for example.

I have. But given the number of n00b threads that pop up I'm guessing a lot of people don't.

I really wish people would read the stickies more.

Note: I'm not bitter because people don't read the stickies, really. :p

Haha, that was directed at Really Nice Hats, not yourself.

At any rate, I think that newcomers must first read the stickies before they can post in I.I.

Haha, that was directed at Really Nice Hats, not yourself.

I know. Saw the quote. Just wanted to comment.

At any rate, I think that newcomers must first read the stickies before they can post in I.I.

I think they should too. Unfortunately, there's really no way to enforce that. :(

Perhaps there can be. I've been thinking about doing a PowerPoint or something to explain to the nubs how we run things on NS.

Perhaps there can be. I've been thinking about doing a PowerPoint or something to explain to the nubs how we run things on NS.

How is that better than Stickies in terms of the ease of enforcement? :confused:

I don't see how we can make people watch a PowerPoint any more than we can make them read a Sticky.

Death Lady NauscianThe who with the what now?

How is that better than Stickies in terms of the ease of enforcement? :confused:

I don't see how we can make people watch a PowerPoint any more than we can make them read a Sticky.

No, as a visual aid. The Stickies, while helpful, are quite long, and can be a bit intimidating to a newb. It might be a bit more newb friendly is all I'm saying.

No, as a visual aid. The Stickies, while helpful, are quite long, and can be a bit intimidating to a newb. It might be a bit more newb friendly is all I'm saying.

Ah. I thought you were addressing my point about enforcement.

The visual aid thing may have some merit, especially if the text is broken up into smaller slides and looks less intimidating.

can be a bit intimidating to a newb.
thats why i don't RP. i'd quite like to have a go but knowing how to RP and how to get involved seems more effort than its worth

short answer to OP: no.

I did RP under another (several) nation names maybe a year or two ago. Nordrreich, British Hannover, etc, etc. I did a fairly large-scale RP set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was mostly good, but we had some problems with godmods. I find that open RPs tend to be a little random and chaotic. I'd be just as inclined to find RPers I like (there's plenty) and open up a seperate board.

I also do online non-NS RP. And roleplaying is fun. It's just like most other fun things. It's fine and healthy for most people, some people go overboard. I don't consider myself a loser either.

When I first joined I did because I wanted to sound all serious like and then I realized the Babe Thread and General Forum was a hell of a lot more interesting then international incidents and I haven't gone back since.

When I first joined I did because I wanted to sound all serious like and then I realized the Babe Thread and General Forum was a hell of a lot more interesting then international incidents and I haven't gone back since.

I did the opposite, interestingly. My first six months were spent almost entirely in General, and then I started getting involved in UN debates and then it was on to RPing.

I did the opposite, interestingly. My first six months were spent almost entirely in General, and then I started getting involved in UN debates and then it was on to RPing.

Well I still get into the UN debates, but those aren't so much RP since my name really is Antonio Masticoverre, and I'm debating my own ideas.

i don't participate much in the international incidents roll play because they seem to all be about military (and or quasi military) conflict, which frankly, i'm sorry but really doesn't interest me.

what does interest me is building sustainable infrastructures with sustainable tecnologies in a fraimwork of sustainable cultural values and priorities.

and i just haven't seen threads here that are about that at all.

the only alternative i'm seeing to nations and alliances trying to roll play kicking the crap out of each other seem to be organized athletic competitions and the occasional grand ball or party harty.

i'd love to be roll playing somewhere that was even remotely about anything i'm interested in.

i'm still searching the net for mmo...'s that even come close.

the lack of them is frustraiting, dissapointing, and quite frankly, doesn't say anything particularly possitive about currently dominant cultural values either.

not that i wish to condem anyone's fun. just this glaringly unnatural lack of the natural diversity you see every time you step out your own door if you open your eyes even a little. unless you live in the kind of totaly unnatural environments that predominate in cities and housing developments. which i guess a lot of people do. and i somehow suspect so many people living in such environments is the real source of the dumbing down of ambient western society in domint parts of the mundane world.

remaining dominant primarily on momentum and the use of a brute force, itself dependent of a productivity base that has itself been shipped off shore.

argh i do ramble and rant. probably another reason i don't roll play more. i'm too buissy on line doing that. and racking my brain to try and express my thoughts in ways the vast majority of persons who seam unfamiliar with the same contexts as myself, can somehow, hopefully, find some use in.

=^^=
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The who with the what now?

The who really doesn't matter as much as the what. The what is the attitude that any NS roleplaying that takes place off the NS/II forums (be it off Jolt or just elsewhere) can be dismissed and isn't "real" RPing. The fact is that there is enough RPing that occurs off those forums that it shouldn't be dismissed.

For the purpose of this poll, somebody suggested just answering the first category (which I answered prior to that suggestion on the last category, because I RP, but elsewhere).

I've been wondering this for a while, and I wanted to ask the question, "How much of the NS forum-goers actually RP on the site?"

So, answer the poll, leave a comment, whatever.

NS World Cup 11 to 26 and Cup of Harmony occasionally
NS Under 21 Championship 1 - 19 (won twice :D )

and lots more ..

(and I'm Catholic/Hebrew in NS/II - different from here)

I haven't done much RPing, and no online war RPs. I did a little offline RPing years ago. No solid rules, just sort of off-the-cuff. But a couple of the players were godmodders (I didn't know the term at the time) and ruined it for the rest of us.

That's cool, the only RPing I've done off NS are some WarCraft III RP maps and a DnD game or two off that minatures thing they put out.

Absolutely not. I stay in General forum.
Pretty much.

Yes, and I'm active in International Incidents.

Hogsweat was deleted in Oct '05 for allegedly griefing Haven, although many people believed he was justified because the other region members had consented to be ejected in order to allow the refounding of the region. It was a big controversy that engulfed the forums in flames for a while, not to mention all the NSWiki vandalism....

Die-hard RPer here; I divide my time between II and General. Traitor, I know. ;)
Ditto. And have been so sicne my icneption.

I stick to General on here. All my RP energy goes into D&D and WoW.

You RP on WoW?

And yes, I'd call them both good rpers.
I'd agree with you about Automagfreek but not Roach-Busters. He's a Godmoder.

You RP on WoW?

Of course. RP and RP-PVP servers. A Troll gotta have some fun.

Cameroi: You can always be a diplomat like Euroslavia....the only war he's been in IIRC, was his own civil war. His government is filled with master diplomats...why don't you follow suite? (Note: I'm picking up from what OOC details I've read, so it may not be correct)

When I first started my newest nation I begun by rp'ing by ansering telegrams as I would have envisioned the leader of my country to answer. Problem was that the poor guy thought I was serious and I had to clear the confusion.

After this I have envisioned the leader as more polite so that I dont get more people angry at me :)