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Having spent considerable amounts of time typing up some (what I thought were potentially interesting) RPs, and getting either zero response, or only one or two of the token "Our government applauds/condemns..." replies, I have to wonder why this is happening.

Is there a reason people aren't replying to my posts?

Is it because you're just not interested in RPing with me?

Is it because you don't like the RPs?

Is it some other reason that I'm unaware of?

Some feedback would be appreciated...

we are almost all ignoring u , we formed an alliance of 50 major nations called TIRA
"The Ignore Roycelandia Alliance"



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lol, no just kidding seriously im sure its just because ppl are lazy :fluffle:

How about because I haven't gotten many better posts into mine either

OOC: Well, seriously, you want replies to all of these posts you've been putting up? Condemnation of internal actions isn't Vastiva's style...

But we're all for a good RP or three. TG with ideas, or point out which you want considered.

Have a look at "Coral Palm Island descending into Anarchy", or "ROYCESTAR IX successfully launched" for starters... do a search for Roycelandia and they should come up...

I agree totally. I have started one and tried to participate in a few which kind of completely failed to go anywhere.

I think it's important to rp with people who have a similar style as you, or at least you like their style and they like yours, so you can actually be bothered reading their posts and vice versa.

Post the links here and I'll check them out. ;)

I seem to have the same problem, but maybe that has more to do with the fact that I'm a newbie?*shrugs*

However, at least people READ my last thread, but only one nation actually responded to it. Is my rping that bad? I need feedback.

Now for a shameless self-promotion, if anyone is interested :D

Evil Woody Thoughts induced the eruptions of the world's first artificial volcanoes yesterday morning; check it out:

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=371202

Edit: sorry if I hijacked the thread :D

OOC: Its all about the lowest common denominator, Hataria and Sephiroth threads are filled within minutes while AMF threads are filled also, AMF is one of the "uber nations" that people are attracted to.

They refuse to believe anyone else can RP well, so they don't bother looking.

Thats what I think anyway.

Ok, Roycelandia:

Coral Palm Island – supporting the “rebellion” would mean bad relations with Roycelandia. As Vastiva has no relations with Roycelandia – there’s no reason to involve itself with internal politics.

Roycestar IX – as Vastiva is similarly involved in a space program, there could be some crossover, but I’m not familiar with the other events, or how this could go beyond a “home” RP. In other words – no evident ‘other side’ to play.

Vastiva is (in AMF terminology) a “Face”. We’re the good guys of the dramatics. As such, supporting a rebellion isn’t along our lines, and it would seem you already have it in hand, so no reason there. The second has no evident reason either.

And that would be why you aren’t getting a response from us – we don’t see a place for us to play in them.

The first looks like a set-up for the "bad guys" to get involved, so you might tell the RBC if you want alot of people involved, but it could get out of hand.

I posted an OOC reply with a view to getting involved in your Coral Palm Island thread. Unfortunately I posted it with a different nation, but still.....

I seem to have the same problem, but maybe that has more to do with the fact that I'm a newbie?*shrugs*

However, at least people READ my last thread, but only one nation actually responded to it. Is my rping that bad? I need feedback.

Now for a shameless self-promotion, if anyone is interested :D

Evil Woody Thoughts induced the eruptions of the world's first artificial volcanoes yesterday morning; check it out:

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=371202

Edit: sorry if I hijacked the thread :D

EWT - the question is, again "And what are we supposed to do about it?"
You look like you're conducting seismological tests - ok, that works.

And?

Now, if Godzilla or something shows up, it might be fun to play with that angle ("Monster arises from scientific mishap!"), but as stated there isn't that much to do.

OOC: Its all about the lowest common denominator, Hataria and Sephiroth threads are filled within minutes while AMF threads are filled also, AMF is one of the "uber nations" that people are attracted to.

They refuse to believe anyone else can RP well, so they don't bother looking.

Thats what I think anyway.

Well, that's nice, but not very effective Kriegor.
People want to have fun. The long threads I'm involved in, each has a flavor to it, and a source of interest. Hence, I stay involved, even when I get my butt kicked. Why? It's fun!

That's why I involve Vastiva with all sorts of newbie threads - I"m looking for something fun to do, and they might produce it. So I involve my nation, or my people.

Simple.

What are you grousing about anyway?

OOC: I'm not grousing, he asked a question and I voice my opinions about it...oh I'm sorry, I forgot forums weren't about free speech :D

EDIT: So RPing with a godmodder is fun? You get a few godmodder newbs and is that meant to be fun?

You're missing basic human actions.

Someone shows up with bizarro crap, and everyone and his mother will get in on it to play rough in the sandbox. It isn't until it's not fun because of all the godmoddery that people learn - and there's always new entries.

As for AMF - he plays fair. Weird, but fair. Why everyone wants to take him down, I don't know, but they do and as a result he ends up in some strange positions. But he likes it, so who am I to grouse?

The problem is partly one of recognition- people see AMF and immediately want to be involved, whereas hardly anyone reads "lesser-known" threads...

The problem is partly one of recognition- people see AMF and immediately want to be involved, whereas hardly anyone reads "lesser-known" threads...

There's two solutions to that.

One, have a group of people you involve yourself with alot. This allows you a stable roster of RPs.

Two, get involved with others threads often. This one results in others getting involved in yours, and so on.

Feel free to TG me whenever you start an RP, in case I miss it on a read through. :)

The problem is partly one of recognition- people see AMF and immediately want to be involved, whereas hardly anyone reads "lesser-known" threads...

No, I'm lazy, and look for the small threads that not many people have posted in so that I will not have to read as much.

This doesn't really belong in II, but I'll drop in my brace of small copper coins.

ITEM: There are too many people in the game for everyone to be familiar with your work- or anyone else's for that matter. Everyone in the game has a few people whose posts they read, and an even shorter list of people with whom they will RP.

There are several ways of getting around this problem. One of the better ones involves posting in a large, multiplayer thread. You can also just read threads you find interesting and make note of the authors whose RP style resembles your own. Contact those authors and propose a roleplay idea.

ITEM: If feedback is so important to you, post something to that effect in the thread title. If you don't want a story arc cluttered with input from non-participants, create an OOC thread to accompany the main story. This is a good idea in any case, but take advantage of it.

Don't worry about whether or not other people post to your thread. Worry about whether or not anyone is reading it. There are many threads out there which don't really invite participation by other players, but are nonetheless well worth reading. I've written several threads with no expectation of outside input. The writing is the important bit.

TEO

Your points are noted and well thought out, but the problem with a lot of my threads is that people DON'T appear to be reading them.

I don't mind too much if I type up one of my "amusing news story" threads and 40 people look at it and I get only a few (or no) replies, but when I'm trying to start a serious RP and no-one even looks at it, it gets a bit depressing...

like others have said, alot of the so called "RP's" going around arn't really RP's at all, its just people posting what is going on in there nation. for example, your Satelite going up. What is the angle we are supposed to play? I send a bunch of scientists to watch the ship go up? not very much fun. I havnt been around awhile, but I have already started and played out several very good RP's. For example a current on is an attack on my storefront, meanwhile My nation was being attacked by two nations that had well over 1 billion population. You need angles for people to want to play, and an interesting topic for them to click in. If I see something like "Nation X launches satelite", chances are im not going to read it unless I know your nations name and am drawn to it. Now If I see something like "Nation X declares open war on its black community" then perhaps I will respond. That gives people an angle to play, such as all black nations, or equal rights nations, etc. Just look around and get a feel for it.

I also did a rebbeliuon RP, actually it was my first RP. The angles I gave were to either support the rebellio or support me, and because I was a new nation I had no way of quelling it, so I needed someone to save me. THis opened up several friendly channels through people who helped me out. Now I RP with them most of the time, but am not afraid to jump in another RP if it looks interesting.

So good luck, and I hope that helped :D

Roycelandia... Try posting your thread URLS on the regional message board.

;) you might even get Soviet Canucks to particpate.

Hell I know the feeling. I started a RP I took days to write up but in the end no one responded. Hell I even had a friend try and get people to join in but that didn't help. Damn lazy people on II.

Here's the region. Using an Alexa.com popularity graph, NationStates isn't as popular as it used to be. We must promote our life!

P.S. This is a March 2003 nation resurrected.

Graph Found Here (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=2y&size=large&compare_sites=&y=r&url=http://www.nationstates.net/)

Though this label under my screen name says I've only been here since October, I've been on Nationstates under different nations for about two years now; and in that two-year span, I've read a lot of your stuff, Roycelandia. Quite frankly, I've always been impressed. I find your writing style witty and descriptive, however, I've noticed you tend to stick to a small and experienced group of writers (The East Africans for example), and that has somewhat intimidated me. I don't want to jump into something if I don't feel invited.

But now that I see you'd like more writers to partake in your storylines, I'd be more than happy enough to strike up diplomatic relations with Roycelandia and join your threads. Keep an eye out for me, dude.

Many of the good RPers are in school, and have little time to post, wait until around descember, when school settles down.

Some very interesting points... all my RPs are open, unless otherwise stated in the threads.

As for the "lack of angle" in some of my posts, most of it's deliberate- I'm interested to see what people can come up with.

Just using the Satellite launch as one example, there are several angles I can see:

- Observers from another Nation offering to help Roycelandia with their space programme

- Foreign Nation asking Roycelandia to launch a satellite for them

- Nation mistakes Rocket for ICBM, Politcal Stoush ensues

- Rival Nation attempts to sabotage the launch

And those are just the ones off the top of my head...

Besides, if anyone wants to get involved in any of my threads, I'm only a TG away...