So... Why don't you play the TFArchive RPG?

verytired · Post by **verytired** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:41 am

I was just wondering, mostly because alot of players have decided selfishly to have lives outside of the internet (damn them), why there aren't people beating down the door to play the game?

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:00 pm

I don't have the time / inclination / lack of social skills patience to do it anymore.

Used to. Life got in the way. Keeping involved felt more like a chore than fun, and I can't be arsed to keep up with the backstory in order to get involved again. I find just thinking about it... well, tiring.

RPGs = not for me. I like to be able to disappear offline for a week without necessarily deciding in advance. Not that people generally waited for my input when I was playing... it's nice to find that, in the ten minutes you've been offline, somebody's advanced the game by a day because they couldn't wait...

Galvatron91 · Post by **Galvatron91** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:49 pm

Two words...burn out.

I was one of the main people who started it and served as the de facto guide for the first couple years it existed. Eventually, I just needed to get away. I tried to come back last year, but found that the game and interacting with some of the players no longer appealed to me. In other words, change of interests.

Clogs · Post by **Clogs** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:53 pm

The poll option that goes - my computer is ancient and the stone tablets struggle with dial-up - is missing. My NEW!!! computer will be OK to try RPGing, once I sort out broadband, but most of my friends are insisting that I must take my bard to try EQ. Convince me, in about a month, to try TF RPG.

Post by **Hound** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:49 pm

I wouldn't want people to be dependent on wether or not I post. I would also not want to have to wait for other people to decide to post in order to continue playing. I'm just not really fond of the style of RPG we've got going here.

Now if we had a way to get a group of people together like once a week at a certain time and roll play for a couple of hours and someone to run the thing, I'd probably play.

That could be a lot of fun.

Shockmeister · Post by **Shockmeister** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:53 pm

All the good characters are taken...which is such a blindingly obvious excuse that I'm surprised it's not an option on the poll thing.

That, and the whole RPG just seems so big and intimidating now that I'm afraid of blundering in and making mistakes about continuity.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:25 pm

Personally I find the backstory takes a lot of effort, and if I wanted to do it properly it'd take a lot of time up just catching up.

slartibartfast · Post by **slartibartfast** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:51 pm

ay ! i second that.. it did spark my interest for a while though, but i'm all RPG'd out at the moment with my ultra-cool tattooedwhitenigganinjateenager for naruto RPG... too much rpg kills the rpg.

that's why

edit : and i don't get out enough anyways-i need to avoid excuses to sit in front of the computer.

Post by **Clay** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:29 pm

Originally posted by Hound
I wouldn't want people to be dependent on wether or not I post.

That's the big thing for me, too. That, and I'm usually so tired I can barely form coherent sentences anyway. That's why I post in GD now!

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:03 pm

Always been more interested in the fiction side of RPGs (mostly Forgotten Realms these days)... that and time / as Brend said, not leaving people hanging.

Post by **Sades** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:52 pm

I stopped playing years ago and attempts to get back into it never really flew. Is interesting as from what I recall, I'm part of the reason it's there, from my first modding stint in 00-01ish I think.

I'm also a part of the reason for Seibertron's old RPG, I think... or did I just take it over for the brief period way back when? I recall G and I revamping the rules based on something Roddy-when-he-was-somewhat-less-creepy had going and that TFA is still following that format, from what I remember.

Eh, someone with a better memory could probably set that straight.

Sixswitch · Post by **Sixswitch** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:55 pm

1. Burn out.
2. Lack of time.
3. Lack of time to get to grips with the backstory.

In reverse order of importance, just to be contrary.

I tried playing in the BW RPG, but that shot off over my head and into the sunset too. I've now given it up as a lost cause.

-Ss

SoundCrush · Post by **SoundCrush** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:07 pm

Looked at it once or twice. Never really liked RPGs through the net. I prefer seeing all the players in the same room.

Sociopathic Autobot · Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:54 pm

Because Warcry is a dirty Nazi whore!

verytired · Post by **verytired** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:26 am

Originally posted by Sociopathic Autobot
Because Warcry is a dirty Nazi whore!

But still a lovely one.

All good reasons really: but I can argue the back story one.
I recently got my wife interested in transformers, and got her logged on here (well, the logging on here started as coercion, but anyhoo...). I suggested she start playing the RPG, and she's taken too it really well. She says the best thing she did is just to ignore the back story, and start playing with fresh characters to get away with the initial ignorance.
Well, no, she didn't say that exactly, but there were words to that effect.

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:59 pm

I don't gte it because I'd just cheat.

"Inflatable Dalek walks into room full of atractive wome. All their cloaths fall off. Instantly."

verytired · Post by **verytired** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:03 am

Originally posted by inflatable dalek
I don't gte it because I'd just cheat.

"Inflatable Dalek walks into room full of atractive wome. All their cloaths fall off. Instantly."

This is the kind of gameplay we could do with, actually...

Galvatron91 · Post by **Galvatron91** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:00 pm

Originally posted by Sociopathic Autobot
Because Warcry is a dirty Nazi whore!

Wait...Warcry is a WHORE?!?

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:23 pm

Originally posted by Galvatron91
Wait...Warcry is a WHORE?!?

But a reasonably priced one.

Bombshell · Post by **Bombshell** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:58 pm

Tried to play. No one cared. So I stopped caring, too.

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