Sep
4
Hey dudes, just wanted to let you know that I’ve upped the size of the image that gets used for the game profile and character profiles. The maximum size is now 460 x 345.
You can (and always have been) able to upload images much larger than this, but it’s always been crunched down to a much smaller size by the crop tool. Read More
Sep
1
Thanks very much for everyone who submitted the SurveyMonkey survey I send out by email a few weeks ago. We’ve had almost 70 submissions, which is actually really good! I’ve already shown some of the results relating to the blog here, but in this article I’ll show a few more – including what people voted about whether to remove the chat-box or not (more on that later!). Read More
Aug
30
So yeah. I’ve been awarded a simming prize (see the annoucement here which was sent to me by “the committee” to publish on the blog).
Aug
29
A few months ago we posted about the 2013 Simming Prize (Yes 2013 because it’s for LAST year apparently!). I was emailed today with this press release to post immediately. So here’s the results, with a message from the “committee”…
Aug
29
Hey roleplayer dudes, thank everyone who submitted to our survey that I emailed out to all members. We’ve now collected lots of information and I’ll be using it to improve the site.
One of the questions asked what sort of articles you’d like to see here on the blog, and here are the results: Read More
Aug
17
I linked to an article making the case that the Doctor and Sherlock are Mary Sues on our Facebook page yesterday and the reaction was mixed, so I thought it be worth sharing here to guage opinion and perhaps discuss.
I can see where the author is coming from. Both characters are awesome, perhaps too awesome that they’re bordering on superheroes, and don’t have a lot of much-needed flaws. Read More
Aug
12
I saw a conversation thread on RPG-D recently about godmodding which we’ve talked about so many times before on this blog. And it occurred to me that it means different things to different people. Read More
Aug
9
I saw this discussion on RPG-D recently about roleplaying turn-offs (no not in a sexual way you pervert!). The discussion was about things in a roleplay game, forum or thread that people don’t like (see the thread here), and I saw a comment about canons that I found really interesting & wanted to share. Read More
Aug
6
I’m hoping to get a discussion going in the comments here. What are your opinions about godmodding?
I’ve seen games fall apart, and arguments caused because of a player godmodding (if you don’t know what godmodding is, see here). But I’ve also seen plenty of people realise their mistakes and learn from it, making them a better roleplayer and a better storyteller afterwards. Read More
Aug
4
I saw a great article on Gnome Stew recently titled “All hail the Rainmaker” (read it here), and wanted to highlight parts of it here. Read More
