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Nov
7

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Grammar lesson: Using dialogue tags correctly

Category: Writing tips Tags: , 3 Comments

1391969_678563025496024_1968337004_n-1This article was written by Chris (OngoingWorlds member: 11121519518)

I know that this is probably a little pedantic of me, but I’m kind of a grammar freak. (Im a, grammer freek.) I’m going to talk about dialogue tags and the punctuation involved in them.

There are some of you currently saying “What? What are dialogue tags?” I will tell you in the next sentence, because that is a very good question. Dialogue tags are the things you attach with dialogue, like “he said.” As I mentioned earlier, I will go over how these work and what punctuation to use when. Read More

Nov
6

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How to roleplay on Tumblr

Category: Roleplay Systems, Roleplaying community Tags: 5 Comments

I don't really know what "get out of the tag" means, but this was the only Tumblr image I could find that wasn't animated

I don’t really know what “get out of the tag” means, but this was the only Tumblr image I could find that wasn’t animated

I’ve been curious recently about the people roleplaying on Tumblr, and asked a roleplayer to send me a good help guide. With an initial reaction of “duh isn’t it obvious” she probably assumed I was an old fogie who didn’t know how to use the internet (it’s true, I’m over 30 now). Thing is, it’s NOT obvious. Tumblr is a minefield of horribly animating GIFs and blinking text that’s enough to give a squirrel a seizure.

Tumblr is very popular for roleplayers though, so I persisted. I was given this link, which I’ll paste some of the important sections here in case you’re also curious (but I recommend reading the full article if you are of course). Read More

Nov
2

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There’s millions of roleplayers. They just might not be where you’re looking

Category: Roleplay Systems, Roleplaying community Tags: , 8 Comments

I noticed recently that RPGlibrary has closed the section of their forum for PBEM games, citing “the era of PBEM roleplaying has come and gone”. Utter nonsense, or is that true? Read More

Oct
29

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Enter your game into the Tournament of Sims

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Events Tags: , Leave a Comment

ToS doesn't have a logo, so here's another exciting tournament!

ToS doesn’t have a logo, so here’s another exciting tournament!! 😛

Hey roleplayers, I wanted to let you know about a fantastic competition that’s been running for quite a few years and would be quite prestigious to win!

It’s called the Tournament of Simulations (“simulations” or “sims” being another word for play-by-post roleplay, used quite a lot in Star Trek communities). Judges will take a look at your game, read your posts over a certain time period and assess everything about your game including plot, characters, writing, and member participation.

There’s not much time to act on this, as entries close on the 5th of November – So make sure to submit your game asap. Read More

Oct
25

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So you want to kill a character…

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Play-by-post discussion Tags: , , , 4 Comments

Roleplay character jumping off a cliffA while ago I began asking roleplayers about killing off their characters, why and how they did it, and what the consequences were. The death of a character can have widespread consequences for the rest of your game, both the story and the other characters, as Sarah from RPGRating explains… Read More

Oct
15

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Ed gets his Flashback week prize

Category: Awards, Competition Tags: , 2 Comments

edbrownYou’ll remember a couple of weeks ago Ed Brown won the Flashback Week competition? I sent him his prize, a snazzy OngoingWorlds mug which he’s received and has taken this photo of him with his prize.

Ed is known in the Starbase 118 community as Diego Herrera, the very same who’d volunteered to chair last week’s Fallfest chat. It was a few days into the planning of Fallfest when I realised I was chatting to the same person! (I felt a bit dumb).  Read More

Oct
10

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M.I.A.Y.R.W.M.O – Why you’d be mad to miss Fall Fest 2013

Category: Events Tags: 1 Comment

Fallfest banner

This article was written by Ed Brown, aka Diego Herrera from Starbase 118, the chair of this year’s Fallfest.

It’s easy for the host of an event to turn around and brandish clichéd slogans about their events. “Miss it, miss out” is a great example of that – a stopgap phrase that works wonders for fluffing out a generic advert that doesn’t seem too exciting. That’s why in this case we need extra letters – miss it and you really will miss out – and I’m even prepared to go the extra mile and tell you why! This year’s fall fest is crammed to the gunnels with SIMming discussions that will help you bone up on your RPG know how no matter which group you belong to, science fiction trivia and live SIMs and our very own Fall Fest DJ, all hosted by UFOP: Starbase 118. Sound like a blast yet? Read on. Read More

Oct
9

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Locke is awarded the OWCH

Category: Awards Tags: , 2 Comments

The OWCH awardI’m very pleased to announce that I’m awarding the newest OWCH (Ongoing Worlds Community Honor) award to Locke, from the game Blue Dwarf.

Locke has been helping me behind the scenes with improving the OngoingWorlds.com website to bring you new features including email features, mentioning characters in a post, and the post preview. And hopefully much more in the future! We’ve got loads of ideas for improvement, but also if you have ideas of your own please send them in too, you can contact me on Twitter, Facebook, or via the form on the website. Read More

Oct
3

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Unlockable perks: Post 10 times to unlock formatting options

Category: OngoingWorlds guide Tags: , 3 Comments

Get the f*** away from my house!This is one of a few posts I’m going to write about OngoingWorlds’ unlockable perks (see articles about other perks here).

Formatting options when posting

You’ll unlock this perk after you’ve submitted 10 posts to any game on OngoingWorlds. After that you’ll see some formatting options at the top of the “Create new post” screen. Read More

Sep
29

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New post preview feature

Category: OngoingWorlds guide, Website Improvements Tags: , , 2 Comments

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Here’s a new feature which a few people asked for, and doesn’t need too much explaining as it’s quite simple. A post preview allows you to preview your post. See, I said it was simple 🙂 Read More

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