I am interested in doing Transformer RPGs but not sure where the appropriate place would be, if there is an appropriate place for it, or if there is even enough interest for such a thing.

Could you point me in the right direction?

There's a number of forum-based RPs out there on the web. A few I'm aware of:

Seibertron's RP - IDW -ations based setting. I RP in this one myself as Skids and Needlenose.
Deadzone - Multicontinuity setting.
Cybertron's Core - Beast-Wars based setting.

I have done enough of the "forum dedicated solely to one RPG storyline" to know I rather give up forum based RPGs and cut off my head than do one of them again.

Besides I was asking about doing RPGs on THIS board.

We don't have RPGs. You can see if there'd be any interest in Beast Mayhem, but we're not really equipped, forum-wise, for an in-depth RPG campaign.

Ah. Your question was unclear, I admit...

Plus, wouldn't a forum-based RP section on this board have the exact same problem of "forum dedicated solely to one RPG storyline" anyway? *scratches head* Why ask about an RP on this forum if you don't like forum-based RPs?

Unfortunately I don't know of anyone running dice-based TF campaigns, and while I am a member of a freeform chat-based RP, it's not exactly the sort of thing most folks around here would find appealing, so I can't recommend it.

If you mean in-depth like what was previously linked to I don't do those type either because it's to spread out. If the RPG can't be limited to one IC thread and one OOC thread I have no interest in reading nor participating in it.


It could or it could be done like the other RPG sites I go to that have numerous storylines.

I never said I don't like forum-based RPGs.

Different threads for different campaigns? I guess I don't see any real difference in RPing between different threads with a single story or different threads with different side stories under the same umbrella setting/overarcing story. It's pretty much the exact same thing with multiple people contributing to a story.

Plus if I was going to do a single linear campaign with a small group, I'd rather do it realtime in IRC, as that way you can do character interaction and combat much more easily and quickly. *shrug*

On top of that, there's a danger that if you have a single GM running a thread it could peter out because they take so long to finish... we had an "interactive adventure" thread that was going entertainingly but seems to have died because Blueshift got too busy.

Not that there's anything wrong with you starting such a thread, of course... I just don't see why it's better than any other type of forum RP. Seems like it'd have the exact same up and downsides.

Then unfortunately you'll have to look somewhere else.

It'd have to be a really simple RPG to just have one IC and one OOC thread. Otherwise, with a lot of players, things can get confusing very quickly, and can take a while if you initiate posting in rounds.

I'm a player over a Deadzone, and while, yes, we do have one "main" campaign, there's smaller plots going on. And within those plots, there's the various interactions. Goes kinda like "Why Are We Being Pulled to This Universe? > Space Adventure to Find Out Info > Perceptor Shows Off An Invention" as an example.

You might want to look into a MUSH or a MUCK though. The only Transformers-related one I know of is Transformers 2005, though it's a touch intimidating with 13 years of history. (And learning how to operate the MUSH system if you're not already familiar with it.)

Jeysie, you are not comprehending what I am talking about so I give up talking to you.

Here are three examples of what I am talking about:
http://www.roleplaygateway.com/forum.html
http://roleplayerguild.com/
http://forums.rpgchat.com/index.php

Now if you still can't get it, there is no helping you.

Just based on the responses here makes me now want to play with the people here.

I will never support rounds, you post when you post. If it has more than five or six people in it I don't play.


I would look into MUSH or MUCK if I knew what I was looking for, but in actuallity I still wouldn't look I know what kind of forum RPGs I like and if mush or muck ain't like them I won't bother.

Any RP with 13 years of experience has way to many players for me to get involved in.

I RP to have fun, if they have to develop a combat system to deal with how combat is done that tells me one of two things a) the people running it are pricks or b) some people playing are such giant jackasses to force them into fair play they have ruin the RP.

I'm out of here.

...okay then!

Yeah keep out of Mayhem.

Ironbite-we don't got no rules in Mayhem.

*eyeroll*

http://www.enworld.org/forum/playing-game/
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13

No, I've never come across what you're talking about. </sarcasm>

I just can't understand, one, the appeal, admittedly. My IRC group can take up to 120 hours of real-time RP over 30 weeks to cover a single campaign... I can only imagine how slow it'd be to take a single character through a single linear storyline. The spread-out RPs at least have a little variety in being able to contribute multiple characters to multiple parts of the same setting.

I mean, for instance, due to the way the Seibertron storyline went, Skids is stuck doing nothing for a long stretch of time. If I couldn't create another character and contribute to the combat that ensued instead, I'd have basically needed to sit out of the RP for weeks. Whereas in a realtime RP, the combat would likely be over in a couple of sessions and I wouldn't have to wait as long.

And two, I don't see how posting in a single thread to forward a single storyline is really hugely different than... posting in a single thread to forward a single storyline within an overarcing storyline. If I want to play in multiple settings, I'd just join multiple RPs... I don't find it a big deal.

But then, I admittedly like realtime chat RP much better than forum RP.

And, yeah, I wouldn't want to RP with you, either. Someone who's attitude is "my way of having fun is the only proper way to have fun" is not someone who'd I'd find to be a good RP person to RP with. Especially your views on combat, seeing as how I mainly RP playing d20 and, strangely enough, my d20 group is neither pricks nor giant jackasses, and we definitely RP to have fun.

I think this thread has run its course.

There are no RPGs to be found here, so please look elsewhere.