May
26
Hey dudes, I saw these on the Roleplay Pet Peeves blog on Tumblr, and thought it’d be interesting to share.
May
22
It’s that time again, folk!
Well, not exactly since I’m pretty sure this happened at a different time last year, but anyhoo, it’s First Person Fortnight! Get excited.
This is your chance to win an award for your game (or games, if you are so inclined) and go down in Ongoing Worlds’ history as winner. Who doesn’t want that? Read More
May
19
I’ve written so many times before about the benefits of advertising your game. If you want people to join, you have to make yourself known. I’ve ever written a list just like this before, but it’s quite old now. So here’s some other websites & services where you can advertise for new members: Read More
May
5
Here’s an exciting graph. Look at it. Look at it!
This is from Google Trends, which shows the amount of of google searches for topics over the years.
It’s difficult to say how many of these people searching about roleplaying ended up finding a game on OngoingWorlds, but I can tell you that last month we had at least 7,700 people finding the website from a Google search, the month before we had over 8,000.
Apr
21
A few weeks ago we posted an article by Squidlord about why penalties for magical powers is bad. There was a lot of discussion about this (go read the comments). I asked the roleplayers on RPG-Directory what they thought about this too, and got some great answers. Read More
Apr
13
SciWorld is an online roleplaying convention that brings science fiction and fantasy writers together. This is an online convention & is hosted over dedicated chat rooms & features many different play-by-post and PBEM games coming together and sharing stories & ideas. You can attend sessions to help you become a better writer, join in games, share in open discussions & make new friends. Read More
Apr
11
It started out as an April fools joke, but several people kept asking me if I’d update the HolOW-lens world and add more hidden codes, places to discover, and billboards for their games. So I’ve worked on an update with 4 new hidden codes.
Here’s some screenshots:
Feb
28
In 2015 we lost Leonard Nimoy, best known as Spock from Star Trek. Although we don’t have many Star Trek games on OngoingWorlds (the ones we have are here), there are many fans among us, and the Star Trek universe still thrives in so many online roleplaying games. Below are some of the best quotes by Spock, which really make you think.
Feb
25
This article is written by Silent Hunter, & appears in Phoenix Roleplaying‘s Jan 2015 newsletter.
‘Play-bys’, or as they are known on many sites ‘face claims’ are one of the most common practices in RPing; many bigger RP sites keep lists to avoid duplication (we keep an entry on our wiki ourselves). For those of you not aware of the term, this is picking an actor as the ‘face’ of your particular character, hence ‘face claim’. Read More
Feb
24
I saw this meme from the Tumblr blog Fuck Yeah Roleplay Rabbit (which is often brilliant but sometimes cryptic), and it got me thinking if it’s okay if you get a bit too emotionally invested in your character? Read More
