OngoingWorlds blog

News & articles about play-by-post games, for roleplayers & writers

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StatCat – The busiest roleplayers this year so far…

Statcat“Who is this stat cat“, you might ask?

Well he’s a feline with all the info, like a furry statistician. He’s given me a list of the most prolific roleplayers on OngoingWorlds in 2014 so far (he coughed it up onto my lap like a furball). Read More

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Volunteers needed for new roleplaying magazine

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My name’s Silent Hunter; I’m the soon to be former General Coordinator of Phoenix Roleplaying and am planning a new project to run after my retirement from the position of heading the Squiddie-winning club. Read More

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Way With Worlds: Pyramids of Power

This was originally posted by Steven Savage on his blog, but has allowed me to republish it here as I think it’s useful for roleplayers! This is part of Steven’s Way With Worlds series of articles. -David

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Have you ever read a story and things just seemed to work . . . wrong? Read More

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Thanks to DocAnvil for the donation

S. S. Seiklon Axel roleplaying game

DocAnvil roleplays in the S. S. Seiklon Axel

Not long after I published a thanks to Xexes for donating, we got another donation. Wow that was fast! This time the donation came from DocAnvil, a roleplayer from the Borderlands Star Trek roleplaying community. This is the 2nd donation since my promise to send out mugs the the next three.  DocAnvil plays in the S. S. Seiklon Axel a roleplaying game set in the Star Trek universe aboard a civilian spaceship. A post by a member of Seiklon Axel was a runner-up in 2011’s Flashback week competition (read it here).

Why we need donations

The web hosting needs to be paid for (there’s a cost breakdown here), and usually that’s something I have to do. But it’s really great when everyone else can contribute. Your donations really do help keep OngoingWorlds going.

Thanks so much to DocAnvil for the donation!

 

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Need new members? – Don’t Forget Your Friends

Friends can be roleplayers too

The wait can be unbearable. It can be a year or a week. But however long we have to wait for the next episode of our favorite series, we can’t wait for that day to come (or year, though that can test our patience; we’re looking at you, Sherlock!). But then we have the inevitable problem: have our friends watched it yet? Why does that matter to us? Because we like sharing things that interest us with the people we care about.

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Overheard in the Roleplay World!

my boyfriend likes to roleplay. for the past 3 years he's been playing my ex-boyfriendWhat do roleplay and chat boxes have in common? They both involve words!

Okay, that wasn’t very funny – so today, it’s your turn. Instead of writing many words ourselves, we want you to write some!

Tell us about the funny things people say in your roleplay game.

Bonus points if it’s especially hysterical out of context. Read More

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Thanks to Xexes for the donation

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Xexes donated to our running costs, and will be sent a mug!

A few weeks ago I announced that anyone donating over $25 will be sent an OngoingWorlds mug (modelled by Ed below).

Roleplayer Xexes has done just that, so I’ll be sending him one of our special mugs. Xexes is a roleplayer and has written several articles for us which you’ll find here, and you’ll find him on RPG-D here.

Why we need donations

The web hosting needs to be paid for (there’s a cost breakdown here), and usually that’s something I have to do. But it’s really great when someone can donate and get me off the hook for a month! Read More

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Way With Worlds: Where The Characters Are – And What

This was originally posted by Steven Savage on his blog, but has allowed me to republish it here as I think it’s useful for roleplayers! This is part of Steven’s Way With Worlds series of articles. -David

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You have built a world. You know it’s origins and its ecology, you know it’s people and their religion, you know technology or sorcery (or both) that they use. You have a world that is a living-breathing creation, all in your head, and your documents, and your stories.

It’s time to populate it with characters. Read More

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2014 SciWorld: starting Thursday!

Logo 2014 SciWorldYes, YES! You know it as well as I do: 2014 SciWorld is near. Almost every of our slots has at least one of the two chat rooms filled with an event, and my stress is slowly heaping up (yes, it’s my first time!)…

Don’t forget about this event filled with good advice, informational posts, chat role-playing and much more. The following links are your friends:

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Games that can’t ever succeed – and how to fix them

Roleplay apocalypse

Sometimes sites pop up here and there that can’t ever do very well. They can’t achieve reasonable, realistic growth expectations, and slowly decay over time, unable to grow. Read More