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Nov
22

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2014 Simming Fall Festival

Category: Events, Roleplay Systems, Roleplaying community, Trivia, Writing tips Tags: , 8 Comments

Fall festival ongoingworlds squid logoFallFest ’14 will be here in just a few short hours!  This year’s pinnacle event for the simming and online role play community is hosted by Phoenix Roleplaying and chaired by Misty Taylor.  Let’s give a special thanks to Misty and everyone at Phoenix for all the hard work they’ve done in preparation for today’s festival. Bravo!  As always, FallFest is open to all simmers and online role players, regardless of rank or club affiliation elsewhere.

The schedule of events includes interactive discussions, dynamic role plays, and engaging trivia games. Read More

Nov
21

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So you think you can negotiate?

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Events, Roleplaying community Tags: , 1 Comment

Negotiation tableEarlier this week we announced that FallFest ’14 would be taking place this Saturday, November 22nd in IRC chat rooms.  If you would like to pre-register or take a look around before things get started, here’s where to go.  A special thanks to Threnody of OngoingWorlds for setting the site and chat rooms up for us.  Well done! Read More

Nov
20

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What’s the most random thing that ever happened in your roleplay?

Category: Play-by-post discussion Tags: 5 Comments

dinosaur being eaten by rabbits

Random things happen. Fun things happen. Read More

Nov
18

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6 monsters you could encounter in your roleplay

Category: Inspiration for writing Tags: , Leave a Comment

Storm bringer

If your characters are embarking on an epic journey, or maybe exploring the world (or universe) you might bump into some interesting creatures. Some friendly… some not. Here’s a few creature ideas that you could either use or inspire you to create creatures of your own.  Read More

Nov
17

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Ideas for powerful flashbacks

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Flashback in LOST

Conflict and drama make great stories. This drama doesn’t have to be current though, your character could have already been through turmoil and lived to tell the tale. This gives your character a rich and interesting backstory, so why not show these times or turmoil as a flashback?  Read More

Nov
17

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It’s time to announce FallFest ’14!

Category: Events, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplaying community, Trivia Tags: , 6 Comments

Fall festival ongoingworlds squid logoEarlier this month, we asked the community for applications to host and chair this year’s FallFest.  The competition was fierce, but one team stood out above the rest.  It gives me great pleasure to announce that Misty Taylor will chair the 4th Simming Fall Festival, and her club, Phoenix Roleplaying, will serve as the host organization.  Congrats to Misty and everyone at Phoenix Roleplaying!  It’s a great honor to host the premier simming and online role playing event of the year.  For a few short hours, the entire community will circle around Phoenix and everything they have to offer us.  Indeed, it’s been one heck of a year for Phoenix. Read More

Nov
15

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Flashback Week 2014

Category: Competition, Events Tags: 3 Comments

Flashback week - write and roleplay about your character's past

Flashback week is now over and the competition results have been announced here.

Flashback Week is a week-long writing event where writers and roleplayers are encouraged to think about something that happened in their characters past. Read More

Nov
14

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Some of our best writing tips

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some of our best writing tips

We’ve got new members joining OngoingWorlds all the time, and new people discovering the blog, and subscribing. But there’s a lot of old articles that new people might have missed, so here’s a list of some good stuff we’ve already posted. Read More

Nov
12

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What does Batman have in common with Mary Sue characters? More than you think!

Category: Character Development, Writing tips Tags: , 3 Comments

This article was written by Jenn Lyons, and originally published on the blog ‘Rewriting Mary Sues’, I’m republishing it here with permission because I thought it was relevent to roleplayers. 

Batman is a Gary Stu (Mary Sue)

I hate Mary Sues.

It’s not, however, for the reason that you might think. We’ve all encountered Mary Sue characters — a product of fan fiction (typically an author insert) who can do everything, fix all problems, knows everything and knows exactly how to solve any given mystery. Read More

Nov
11

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Sci-fi western? Zombie romance? Multiple new categories available

Category: OngoingWorlds guide, Website Improvements Tags: , 3 Comments

Cowboy aliens roleplay

This feature was requested a while ago, and I forgot who asked for it (own up in the comments below!). And I thought it was a good idea. Instead of having just one game category, you can now have several.  Read More

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