Seraphimon

Doesn't TPtI have that place? Nope. That's my title, fool. I wrested control from Friar Tuck and now rule you all with an iron fist.

But if I don't act affronted, how can I keep up my status as the forum's reigning tyrant?

I felt the compulsive need to reply on the off-chance that you were serious. You know, just in case. I don't really appreciate getting war declared on the forum I've housed myself in since I've been here. Also, in semi-related news, you should vote for Crossroads in the Reach poll here, it's entry 4, you can BUILD WORLDS. Like, seriously.

Speaking as one of those "hardcore RPers" you're looking to annoy: Hey, man, before you get comfortable in your role as martyr for the common man, your reception wasn't even as half as terrible as you make it out to be. Sure, you got some negative reviews...everyone does. Well, except for maybe Exo-Fat. A lot of highly respected RPers, myself included, have given War Zone positive reviews leveling from mildly positive to outright support. Sure, some people tore into you...some people got on your case for your brief entry. It was bound to happen. Not everyone can be pleased...I personally disliked the setting myself. What I did feel, however, was that your entry was a profound statement against the perceived format of our RPGs. In the prelims, you got my vote solely for that. Maybe I'm misunderstanding this blog post...but what I see right now is that you are misrepresenting the RPG forum, making us out as some sort of elitist clique that savagely attacked you and your RPG which seems a dramatic hyperbole of what actually happened.

lol nice Lazzy.

Well. Didn't see this one coming though on a lot of levels I'm not surprised at all.

Alrighty then. I better do this later, when I have time. Seems like an interesting test; looking forward to seeing my score on three of my major characters. Characters in question being Takrah, Loki, and Rolden. Takrah first: Alright. Point tally. Feel free to point out any problems. I scored 30 points, which is a lot better than I assumed. *whew* Takrah is being reworked, thank God. The biggest problem is changing canon tends to be...confusing.

ToT is close, but what I meant really was the fact that a continuing RPG often has an easier time putting new concepts into it than a new entry. A new entry has to not only think up a great, original idea, but they also have to think up how to fit into the theme. While that may be the point, it may also ruin a great idea by unbalancing it. With a returning RPG, they already have the idea part covered. No problems there. Figuring out how to incorperate(SP) a new idea into is a lot easier to do than starting from scratch. Oftentimes, some games take the theme to another level. Basing their entire game around the theme may sound like a good idea, but very rarely do such games win. Perhaps when contest rolls around, we could have two seperate categories. One for games running with the theme and one for non-themed games, except there would only be two winners chosen for this category. There would also have to be some sort of...bribe, for lack of a better word, that would entice people to follow the theme rather than not.

I agree with Dwin on a number of points. However, everyone remembers The Academy, correct? That was huge. That was massive. I had hundreds of pages. Why? I can't just be because it was a good concept. AHC was huge, despite the lack of a leader. What draws people to play an RPG? My theory, is that in the Academy and A Hollow Cry, was a feeling of importance! I'm just shooting around, but looking through the old topics, I get a feeling that these people playing felt important! I'm just grasping for smoke here, but perhaps we would get more involvement if people could get more involved? Anyway, with the Software RPGs gone, I think more winners would definitely help the forum more active. More choices...I can only see postive results spawning from this. And I think the themes should only apply to reentering RPGs. New RPGs should be exempt.