Y'know..

[Music-chan]

That sounds a lot like what I used to roll play..... Sometimes we posted a few times a day, but it wasn't much more than once a day, or less if people were really busy. The posts were more like short stories, which is awsome to read.

[metroid composite]

Yeah, that's how pretty much every roleplay I've been in so far has been like, so my perspective is probably a little skewed.... >_>

[Captain K.]

Here's what one round of a fight looks like in Battlemagi.  There's eight different elements to cast spells from, and combat is nonrandom.  I'll have to redo the game system from scratch (long story), but if y'all think this looks interesting I can work on it this weekend.
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BRAEGYN sheathes PANACEA in shimmering armor.
 MELYTHYR frowns, concentrating.
MELYTHYR sheathes PANACEA in platemail armor.
 ZIRCON frowns, concentrating.

OPAL's fire bolt...
explodes ineffectively on PANACEA's platemail armor, scattering debris.
 {OPAL's ERTHARMR breaks apart and falls off}

MELYTHYR's earth bolt...
punches through BERYL's flaming armor with a fiery blast!!
 {BERYL's FIREARMR explodes}
 {BERYL gasps at the minor burns infliced by her exploding armor}
and strikes!
crushing several ribs and knocking BERYL back a few paces.

OPAL fires a muck-covered rock at BRAEGYN!
 ZIRCON frowns, concentrating.
ZIRCON hurls a spear made of solid ice at BRAEGYN!
 BRAEGYN appears quite pleased with himself.
BERYL hurls a spear of solid fire at BRAEGYN!
 OPAL frowns, concentrating.
PANACEA fires a green-flaming grinning skull at ZIRCON!
 BRAEGYN smiles to himself.

 {BRAEGYN has learned how to cast ICE-SPEA I!}
 {BRAEGYN has learned how to cast DETHBOLT I!}

[Halbarad]

Looks interesting. I take it you set up an AI for your mages or something?

[Jeram]

Here's a related RP question:

Would you rather have an RP that:

a) has more frequent short-length posts (Most of ours)

or

b) has less frequent long-length posts (The short story posts)?

Just wondering, if you guys had an opinion.

-J

[Zenthor]

Hm.. I think I have no preference, really.  A week ago, it would have been short story type, but after monitoring a couple RPs here, I think I'm beginning to warm up to the short frequent style of game.

[metroid composite]

Personally?  Depends on the quality of the writers and availability of the people.

With very good writers I do like the short story type posts, since some people can really make them seem very professional literary-wise (which isn't the case for back and forth posting).  Character interaction does tend to suffer, however.

As for availability of people, the short posts don't help so much if people can't get online at the same time (that or the RP would move very slowly).

[Celisasu]

I'd kind of like to join a RP as well.  If someone creates something that's either free form or uses a system I'm familiar with.  One or the other.  The only RP I see them working on in the testing grounds is one based on the Hero system which I know nothing about.

[Carthrat]

A combination of the two!

It really depends on how the characters are interacting, and how much pull the GM decides to use on the game. Not to mention system and whatnot.. meh.

Cue mid-november, I'm capable of running stuff, be it freeform or otherwise. If someone has some hugely cool concept they'd like to play in but can't because nobody makes such a game (heh, heh. *noogies Dune*), then feel free to toss the idea around the Testing Grounds. I really think it's seen more as a 'I'm going to GM this game' forum, rather than a "I think this kinda game would be cool, who would want to play, and in what role?"

[Dracos]

I run free form games every so often, and depending on how FFA goes, may be flinging up a new one in the next week or so.

Dracos

[Ragnar]

I'd have to go with b) Long posts every once in a while.