Luke, my husband and I play RPGs with a group of friends over Skype. We're scattered across the United States, but it seems to work for us. We met in person when we could, but things changed for some of us, and we invited others from different states who were friends of friends. Anyhow, things seem to work well for us.
Thanks, Ari' > On Dec 23, 2019, at 5:51 PM, Luke Hewitt <dr.lukehew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Zack, I have two specific problems with online rp. > > Firstly, is simply the matter that it's online, you just don't get the same > atmosphere and level of adrenaline or camaraderie that you get with people in > the same room, Rp when done properly can be as much fun as improvised theatre > and can make for a massive amount of creativity in both the gm and the > players, and you just don't get that sort of buz or fellowship over the > internet. > > Secondly, most of the times I've seen rpgs online they've usually been in the > setting of pre existing online worlds like muds or browser games, or at least > forums with a large number of participants and a pre defined world or set of > actions. This means most of the other human players are player characters in > their own right. > > > Maybe some people who enjoy the second life aspect of gaming like this setup, > but myself, one of the things i loved about tabletop games is that with a > small number of players and a human Gm, the party were always the heroes, and > the story about them. > > the Gm could provide all the npcs we needed, be they ever so miner, or could > tailor the interaction of the villains or allies to the party and their plot. > > > To take one example, the longest running game we played was mutants and > masterminds (and yes, that from me who really isn't keen on suepr heroes). > > > My character was a concert pianist who picked up a magitech battle suit which > turned out to be an ancient Egyptian device. > > When finding out the history of the suits, we disocvered one of them was > dedicated to the god Set, and was supposedly the guardian of chaos, whereupon > slightly later, someone in a snake armoured suit showed up as a vigilante. > > > The gm later said he'd made this character to be a villain and my character's > personal nemesis. Only problem? My character was quite into the idea that > someone could use the so called evil suit for good, and on the occasions that > the evil suit went wrong, we were clear it was the suit's fault not the > pilot's. > > > In the end the character intended to be a villain actually became an ally, > and the gm admitted that we were all just way too nice to him :D. > > > this is what I mean, a human gm is not only as adaptive as the players, but > can also tie the world around them. The players want to go and warn the > authorities instead of exploring the spooky house? Well let's follow that and > see what the authorities do. The players decide that actually the captive can > wait whilst they deal with the oncoming enemy hoard and so defend the city? > Well let's deal with that. > > And of course that's aside from all of the shop keepers, bystanders, and > goodness knows who else. > > You just don't get that sort of flexibility in story in an online world, > since in an online world, everyone is the main character of their own story. > > > At most you wander around a while and have perhaps a desultory conversation > in a room or to, then go off to do something else. > > > Of course I admit part of this might be me. I'm no fan of pvp, and a lot of > rp in muds is based on factionalism, which just doesn't interest me in the > slightest. > > > > Of course, there are rp games run over skype I've heard, which might work > despite missing all the social factors of roleplaying, and I have heard of a > few instances which specifically have smaller groups such as storyium, though > I've not seen one which works quite the same way a good tabletop session goes > up to now. > > > All the best, > > > Dark. > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#121505): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/121505 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/68853804/21656 Group Owner: blind-gamers+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
