Well, my rpol game was deleted by the mods, so I guess this is all left from after having little to no internet for about 2 weeks... Where is Hyper, and why does this game keep dying like this? Do you need me to take over Hyper or is the problem you don't do anything to keep it alive because you wait for the players to post or what? I have all the time in the world here...
I'm fine DH, but the players don't seem to be all that active here is all... Zingnoff and Soul attack the Birdman, and kill him. The Catwoman attacks Otihand, and hits him. Her claws deal 3 damage. The Pigman attacks Calethen, but misses. The Raccoonman and Turtleman both attack Otihand but miss. Calethen slashes at the Catwoman, and hits, but does not kill. Jozan attacks the Catwoman and hits, but does not kill.
They are only as active as the DM, surely you should've realized this by now Hyper. They wait to see if you are posting to post because it tells them the game is still going. I am surprised that I was the only one to figure this out, it's no wonder my game is the longest running RPG on this website. If nobody makes an effort to keep a game going, it will ALWAYS die, that is no doubt why this forum is constantly going through games every day. The only games that keep going are the regulars, like My Hill, "The Above User's" games or Count to 100.(well, actually that one was locked I think...) I think the real problem here is the assumption that the game has died simply because people don't respond, neither player nor GM, which leads to the conclusion that the game has been necro'd or something. You can see how easy it is for games to die, ans some of those games were actually good too. I've tried to keep some of the other games going, but it's never any good, since it takes commitment on more than one person's part. I can understand if circumstances prevent you from keeping a game going, but EVERY SINGLE ONE?! Another problem I see is trying to run more than one game at one time. Why not focus all of your energy into one, like I do, and make it a good lasting thing, rather than the "game of the week"? I know a few of you are regulars who post almost every single day, yet you keep doing the same thing: You start a game, it runs for about a week or less, then you start ANOTHER game, and keep up this vicious cycle indefinitely, and I ask, WHY? I can understand if it doesn't go anywhere, it doesn't actually seem interesting, or players can't/don't commit to it, but how can this happen to all the games, just HOW? There should be enough regulars in here to keep SOME of the games alive, but no. My game is the absolute longest running RPG on the enitre site, and it has only been going for what, 2 months? 3? There should be games on here that have been going for much longer then that, and yet the only ones that are that old are like I said, My Hill, "Above User's" Games, etc. It doesn't really matter, I guess, but still, it makes the whole thing seem kinda pointless at some level. I bet there are others on here who agree with me (on some points), and for those who don't, surely you can see and understand what I mean at some level. What do I mean, All RPG's on this site are doomed to fail from the get go, and there seems to be no commitment on anyone's part, save my game.
My game is the absolute longest running RPG on the enitre site
Once again, no, it's not. I don't know where you got that statistic, but it's not accurate. If you will look at the dates that these games began, and the dates that people stopped posting in them, you will see that they lasted longer than D&D has thus far. Dystopia RPG:March 1, 2009 - September 24, 2009. Gang Maker v0.1: August 27, 2010 - December 30, 2010.
It doesn't really matter, I guess, but still, it makes the whole thing seem kinda pointless at some level
... You're saying that on some level, you don't see every bit of RPGs as completely pointless? Of course they're all pointless, including yours, they're games. Just for fun. I don't see how you can infuse a "oint" into any of them.
All RPG's on this site are doomed to fail from the get go, and there seems to be no commitment on anyone's part, save my game.
If you don't mind me saying so, your one game may have kept going, but that is due to tenacious players, not determined DMs. We have produced hundreds of pages purely through player interaction with no DM presence whatsoever. You yourself disappeared from that game for quite some time, handing the responsibility off to Thor and DBS, who by the way, have not done well with it. In addition, I remind you that your first attempt, Paranoia, did not even get started properly, and your most recent attempt, an Undermountain campaign, died due to inactivity. I guess what I'm saying is... -All games are doomed to fail, wherever they are, unless there is money involved. -You are not perfect either, stop trumpeting yourself. -All games are pointless as well, stop treating them like something that need to be taken absolutely seriously. They are just for fun.
If you will look at the dates that these games began, and the dates that people stopped posting in them, you will see that they lasted longer than D&D has thus far.
Hyper, I think he means postwise.
My game is the absolute longest running RPG on the enitre site, and it has only been going for what, 2 months? 3?
Well, I can see what you mean Hyper, and I understand that they are games, but what's the point of starting a game you don't finish? I find that annoying, not fun, and I take my gaming seriously because I AM A GAMER! I know a bunch of guys in California I used to game with who would agree, GAMING IS NOT POINTLESS! If all games are doomed to fail without money, then why is mine still going, when I have put no money whatsoever into it? My Paranoia game was too complicated for this website, I will admit, so I let that one go, for good reason. Besides, D&D looked like a better idea, especially since I saw people talking about wanting to play it, so I set it up. Yes, there were some games that lasted longer, but are they still going? At the current moment in time on this site, my RPG is the longest running. I realize I ain't perfect, but I'm not trying to be, and if what I said came across as arrogant, I apologize, I am not very good at coming up with clever ways of subtly implying, it's usually very "black & white" with me. You say you cannot see a point to a game, there is always a point to a good RPG, even if the point itself is not good. What I've seen is a bunch of mindless games which claim to be RPG's, but these so-called RPG's make me sick. It disgraces the good name of roleplaying, and how people can continue to call it as such is a perversion to the whole genre of gaming. My Undermountain game was most likely shut down simply because I lost my internet, and the players assumed the game was dead, thus proving my point of participation on the part of the GM in any game. No matter how stupid it may seem to me, if the players are actually involved in it and the GM is willing to keep it alive, I will play. I do take my gaming quite seriously, but I realize it is only a game in the end, but why not try to make the best of it rather than constantly cycle through all these games? All these games look the same, same setting, same character sheet, same storyline, EVERYTHING is the same! I realize there are only so many genres and it's easy to use an already existing sheet, but the stories all sound the same too, which bores me to tears. I find that the only story that actually has some depth to it is your(Hyper) stories, but you keep letting your games die. Surely there must be some point to all of this, otherwise what's the point of mindlessly playing these lame games over and over again?
Very good points on both of your parts, but unless it's an extremely well-established system like DnD or other renowned RP's, it becomes one of the following eventually: the players lose interest, the GM loses interest, or the GM runs out of ideas/ it gets too hard to run. I know I (as well as Hyper and a few handpicks) have made very successful RPG's in the past, but eventually you just lose interest. For example, my Zombie rpg from last summer was very short-running, had 2-4 active players, and I was very active on it, and we reached what like 300-400 pages or so. Example of both dedication and what I said: I got really burned out after about a month of it, and I just let it die (also too busy at the time to worry about it). From experience I know it's hard to be a GM a lot of the time, which is why I don't complain or say much about anyone in the DnD game(s).
And Hyper has a very good point, there's at least 600 pages of nothing but character interaction or non-progressive chatter on there.
