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Ryan Gosling ([personal profile] ryanongosling) wrote in [community profile] wankgate2024-09-16 03:31 am

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah i'm pretty sure anyone who goes to wankgate goes to rpa too, so it's not like the wankers never touch rpa or anything

rpa just has slightly more stringent moderation and isn't allergic to the occasional normal rp convo that don't have a dozen bitchy disclaimers prefacing them like they have to here lol

Re: MEME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
games are so slow... i've found faster and more talented rp partners on memes. it's kinda weird, i feel like there are different demographics... some ppl don't have the patience for games and would rather boom one on one with ppl they meet on memes in psls.

Re: MEME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
honest curiosity: how long did it take for you to find these faster players on memes, and did you tag out to them or them to you? popular canons or nah? also, do yall start things out mainly on texting memes and just build the chemistry from there, or something else?

many anons mention struggling to find faster rp on memes. am wondering if there's some common points that could be used to help with this maybe

Re: MEME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
it's the pressure for me. i found myself stressing over ac because i don't like to stretch myself thin on cr and take on too many threads, but that leaves me sometimes with people that are also doing the same thing or who put me at the bottom of their cr to tag and i wound up having to nudge or beg for tags, even with threads started at the beginning of the ac period.

too much crap for a hobby. that, and i don't like feeling like i have to tag someone/a canon/character i don't want to because it comes off as rude when you're in a game, but not on memes. i like my own pace. sometimes i'll throw out 100 tags in a night on memes and psls, and i have longterm psls with the same cr that we sometimes branch off of and do aus for. games stopped being fun for me awhile ago and while yes, memes have slowed down quite a bit, i still have no desire to join a game again, if only because i don't want my play to feel like work.

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
expi doesn't have an akechi tho?

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
they dropped not long ago

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
they're still on the taken page

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
you know two of those aren't even shonen right idiot

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I checked and there's no Akechi on the taken page

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
shonen mean silly cartoon icon i don't like

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
it's time to clear your cache

Re: MEME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
ooh big agree, it's the pressure and the expectation to thread with whoever tags you/gets thrown in with you during events that burned me out too

i'm plenty active tagging threads and characters i'm actually excited about, but in games the chances are higher not every thread's going to be fun for you. whether it's obligatory intro stuff or plot-sensitive bridging interactions or whatever, sometimes you just need to tag things for the sake of getting from one cr step stone to the next

combine that with a monthly ac hinging equally on your partners, and an expectation to always keep up and comment on what your cr's doing, and in repetition it all gets very tiring

at least with memes and psls i can pick and choose who i rp with, run any plot or ship i want with only the approval of the other player to worry about, and tag at my leisure. if i wanna take a two-week siesta from writing entirely, i can do that anytime and i only have to worry about notifying my handful of rp partners, as opposed to inconveniencing a web of game cr and/or missing and having to handwave through a big event

so much less stress. the community feel of a game is nice, but ultimately isn't worth the energy invested anymore for me

Re: MEME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
- tagged out a lot until something sticks
- both popular and obscure, though to be fair obscure canons need more work but not as much work as others claim
- texting memes to get a feel for the other players, then migrate to psls or museboxes

consistency in tagging is key, most players in my experience will match a fast pace if you've got a good thread going

Re: MEME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
it depends on what you're after anon! it's easier if you're shipping.

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
i can't look through his stuff to judge for myself right now. what's shitty about him?

ayrt

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
texting memes are great because you can see if your sense of humor fits. if someone is funny and engages you via. a regular text thread, and your rp chemistry is good, you'll probably engage well in longer threads.

i tag out mostly, but the best threads have come from people who have dm'd me to ask, or like i said, from just texting stuff.

speed depends on a lot of things. i'll make time for things despite busy days if they're really interesting? i think it's the same for others.

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
what genre is bsd even supposed to be actually...

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(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
he just acts like he came out of a bad akeshu doujin - it's a portrayal that might be tolerable for a sex game, but expiation isn't a sex game

the player also has a really bad headcanon that akechi probably had to use seduction/sell his body in order to get close to some of his targets, and i don't think there's any reason to add something like that to a character unless it's your fetish

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
pawer

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
it's listed as "Action, mystery, supernatural" and being published in a seinen magazine (young ace)

i know people use shonen as an umbrella term for genre, but it's actually a demographic that says more about the audience it's aimed at, so i guess anything could fall under shonen as long as it's being published in a shonen magazine

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
+1 lol

sorry but if you're having trouble getting rp here it's literally a skill issue, there's tons, and no i don't play from gachas or whatever

Re: MEME PET PEEVES

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
another da:

i get good threads from memes (and psl ads) easily, but the key is to look for people who state their prefs. someone who actually says what they're looking for is someone who wants threads, not just someone who's kind of shrugging and trying to get a little dopamine between game tags. from experience, a combination of no info post/empty toplevel (or toplevel with very little useful information) is someone who's pretty likely to ghost - and imo, this includes people who have an info post that's specific to a game. usually, people looking for psls will have an info post directed at anyone who might want to thread with them, and it'll include ships or dynamics they like, what crosscanon they might prefer, etc.

i personally don't bother with texting memes because i don't like action spam and really only want to rp with people who like meatier tags, so i just tag out on memes with a built-in premise.

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
obviously you didn't get the memo of sexpiation.

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
+1 tbh. unless you're the creator of said character, every single one of us are playing our characters wrong in some shape or form.

Re: ITT: CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE PLAYED WELL

(Anonymous) 2024-10-21 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
even that doesn't guarantee anything, plenty of writers fuck up their own characters