The Role Playing Legacy Of STV... is it over?

[syd2002]

I certainly hope not, but now that I've got your attention...

I've recently been drawn to STV the last few days in a sort of "crave" for role playing on this website. I remember all the good times I had her with various users and countless Role Playing Games when this forum was booming. Now, when I visit to check things out, I hardly see any new rpgs and very few that are actually active. I remember when there use to be at least 15 pages of rpgs!

I want to have this experiance much more, espically with all the good friends I've made over the years I've been a member here. I like to think that when I was younger I had really bad spelling and grammar here and people had no objection to saying that too me. Thank you to the people who have, because now, I believe role playing has actually made me a better linguist(sp)! Thank you to those people.

Now, forgive my babbling on, I'll get to the point. Lets not end the Role Playing legacy of STV so soon. I know that alot of the "core" roleplaying users have left these forums for school and what not - but the people who are left and want to share another experiance join me! I welcome all users to join and collaberate to make a good role playing game that everyone can enjoy, I also hope that certain outstanding people that I know could too. Keep in mind I have an idea of a traditional starship rpg based on any post TOS time period.

Wow, this kind of seems like a memoire or a tribuite to role playing on STV. I have to say there is no other place like it that I've yet to come across.

-Syd2002 Member Since 2003.

[Valathous]

Most of STVs remaining RPGers have found a nice haven in "Deep Space Guardian"; undoubtedly the best run RPG the forum has ever seen. It's been slow for a week since people have been getting back to school but normally is booming with activity.

But yes, RPGing is not what it once was, where if your RPG didn't get posted in for 1 day it was already on the 2nd page. I'm sure when a new wave of users come join the site that it will pick up once more.

[Spellbinder Marik]

I'd like it to pick up too. I didn't realize how much I liked role playing until I came back here and Ran into the guys and gals on DSG. The story is very involving and often very detailed even when we have our little suffles sometimes we always come out of it on top.

[Republican_Man]

I've been swamped with AP US History homework and stuff. Otherwise I'd be posting more often. I knew this would happen once school started, though, and that shutdown of STV screwed me over there.

I will be posting in DSG tomorrow, though, and maybe tonight if I have time.

[Lord Borg]

[syd2002]

For sure, I believe that Role Playing has envolved from "10 liners" to more in depth, narative-type posts. Now what I'm asking here is, if you guys or anyone has the time for DSG and another traditional starship RPG with a sort of "reunion" cast.

[Lord Borg]

I don't know, many might not, simply from wanting to not let DSG suffer, so instead of joining several RPG's and all suffer, they stay with just one and it not suffer. Could try it, never know what will happen. Could also join DSG if you wanted to be in an RPG.

[Hitchhiker]

I've just really decided that I don't have time much for roleplaying anymore. In the grand scope of things, I had too much stress in my life from over-committing myself, and RPGs here were one of those commitments that I could shed. :/ I really do enjoy it, but I think it is unfair if I couldn't put everything into it.

So I don't have the time to join any RPGs right now, but I'm not retiring from roleplaying forever or anything like that. It just depends on when I have the time to start posting consistently (and actually contributing to the plot, rather than just placeholder stuff). If such time makes itself known to me, I would of course rejoin DSG or join another RPG in an instant.

[tomparis]

I've been trying to get back into RPing (I even have a RPG made), but with so many fun classes like Physics, Advanced Math and so on, my attention has been drawn to that.

[Arellia]

Everyone probably knows that I'm not the most frequent poster. I like to RP when I can, too, it's just if I get behind it's overwhelming to jump back into a game. I've been trying, despite school and everything else, to post if not more often, just more regularly. I miss when STV RP'ing was super active too. But it's been mentioned, back then we had *does this.* Now (Thanks in part to Mikado and I, I think ) you get something that's actually worth reading, a good deal of it novel-quality. Especially in DSG.

[Founder]

It isn't the RPG area perse, but the site overrall. Membership has declined a lot, I'm not sure why. A decent amount of people still join, but the majority of them have absolutely no interest in RPGs.

No offense to some people, but a lot of the GMs on STV don't make very good GMs. Again, I'm not trying to be mean, but an RPG will never succeed without a loyal GM. Someone that can be on at the very least weekly. I've seen too many GMs come here, make an RPG and then suddenly dissapear for weeks, come back and see no activity and then complain. Well...you can't complain because you should have been here more often. I can understand if you have school/work, we all do. It isn't easy. I've been really busy lately myself, but I won't let any of my RPGs die. At least, I'll try my best not to. If you're really busy, then instead of making a random RPG, join another one.

I think another reason RPGs have died is because several RPers ARE here, but they have no interest in joining a running RPG and bringing life to it. Instead, they make their own RPG, no one joins, and then they wonder why the RPG area is dead.

Of course, no RPG would be a success without a loyal crew as well. I got super lucky to have people like Valathous, Lord Borg, Arellia(Exalya), Ziona, Republican_Man, and so many other really good RPers. Very professional level, but overral, loyal. DSG has been here...for a while. About two years if I recall correctly and they've always been there. We had fun, we sometimes argued, but overrall it felt like a real crew.

I think the RPG area is suffering from a lack of loyal GMs and loyal crew. That is all my opinion. Sorry if I offended anyone, but this has been my observation.

[Republican_Man]

I agree. That's true, overall. I think right now's a time where people are conglomerating in one or two RPGs, particularly DSG. If there's any RPG that's made a mark on STV it's that fantastic production, and it's not only got great members and great plots, but a great GM that makes it the way it is (as in, he let me do my war and all that j/k).
The problem isn't any of that, as Founder said, but rather a lack of members and whatnot. That's the problem.

[Lord Borg]

The type of posting, Some members dont want to join an RPG that has *Goes to the turbolift* type posting, and others, do. It's a double edged sword...

[Ziona]

I miss my Phoenix RPG /cries

Not really... but I possibly might start up another RPG again... I've been "plotting"

[Sonic74205]

I too have been craving to RP again. Thats why i create a rough outline for an rpg but i agree it has declined alot recently.

I remember back a few years ago when this place was booming with RPGs and RPGers. and how there were just so many people willing to help and wanting to join new rpgs.

But over the years the standards of RPG has significantly increased and i think thats one of the reasons why its hard to get new people to join in the experience.

[squiggy]

[Republican_Man]

Personally, I'd rather have fewer RP'ers and higher quality RPGs than more RP'ers and RPGs will low standards and quality. In other words, quality, not quantity, is my preference. But that's just me.

[Ksim3000]

....Syd2002? .....By God, it's been a while! Do you remember me, "Sims"? You were my first roleplaying buddy back on the USS Warlord? Ha, those were good times.......surprising really, it has only been four years......but anyway, it was neo_viral that showed me this post. And.....you know something? I, too, want to have a darn good roleplay! I'd like to get back into the swing of things. And funny you should mention your grammar but I, too, have improved alot on my grammar since we began.

Say, can anyone here remember Lana, Captain Dappet or erm, Trell (I think his name was?) Are they still active or have they long "dissapeared" into the never-ending pool of ablyss?

....Since when I began, I've done alot of "growing up", since then....so, I'd like to, erm, well, if a new RPG starts up, I'd be game for sure. You can never have little StarTrek, heh.

Also, hey there Valathous! Nice ta meet ya again!

[syd2002]

Krall is still around and so is Captain, they role play a little, but I havent seen them much.

Sims, buddy its so good to see you in a time like this!

[Ksim3000]

[syd2002]

I remember Pah became a moderator a while ago but I havent seen him much, I beleive hes busy with school or something.

But, with or without we can once bring roleplaying back to life on stv!

[Ksim3000]

[Arellia]

[Ziona]

haha... I miss Captain_Skyline and Transwarp13. *sighs* good old S4X

[syd2002]