OngoingWorlds blog

Dec
18

Tib’s Corner – Chat Ettiquette #LikeaTib

Category: OngoingWorlds guide, Roleplay Systems, Writing tips Tags: chat, Chat Wing, Tib, Tib's corner, Tiberius, Tiberius Creations 6 Comments

Why hello there Ongoing Worlds. Tibby here. If you haven’t noticed, OW has gotten a new Chat Room. Sadly, our buddy Cbox is no longer with us. We have a new fangled chat box thingy! The new one is called Chat Wing which Dave has been so nice to add. Now Chat Wing is great, many new features that Cbox never had. Since the chat is a little different I thought I might do a little bit on chat ettiquette! Now I’m not saying we’re all horrible, it’s just that we need a refresher once in a while! So let’s learn some manners! Read More

Dec
15

By Reggie Shelton

Reggie’s Writing Tips: # 11 – 20 (Building a Dynamic Character)

Category: Writing tips Tags: Cathedral: The Thieves Guild, Reggie's Writing Tips Leave a Comment

This article was written by Reggie from Cathedral: The Thieves Guild. You can read tips #1-10 here.

Sara Chase Blackwood in Game Cathedral: The Thieves Guild image Cathedral: The Thieves Guild

Reggie’s character in Cathedral: The Thieves Guild is Sara Chase Blackwood

Hello everyone! It’s Reggie again with ten more tips for you all. I decided to separate them into chunks thematically. These listed below will help you focus on building a dynamic and likable character. The set of tips for next time will be about plot development. Hope you are still enjoying these and finding them helpful.

NOTE: I am using “she” to refer to your character, but obviously its to be taken as a placeholder for both genders. Just got tired of writing He/She constantly. Read More

Dec
14

By Marcela De Vivo

Using Your Roleplaying Skills to Improve Your Creative Writing

Category: non-PBP roleplaying, Roleplaying community, Writing tips Leave a Comment

This article was written for us by Marcela De Vivo. It mentions tabletop RPGs throughout, but applies also to play-by-post roleplay.

Daring swordfights, fantastical adventures and questing, oh my! For the creative, innovative and artistically inclined, these things tend to magically drag us into turning our world upside down– making the impossible possible. And what better way to test our imagination than with a friendly (or not-so-friendly) enticing roleplaying game?
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Dec
13

By David Ball

New chatbox

Category: Website Improvements 6 Comments

chat box

Hey dudes, there’s a new update to the chatbox that we use on OngoingWorlds. Read More

Dec
11

By chas

Tournament of Simulation Winners Announced

Category: Awards, Competition, Events Tags: tournament of simulations 6 Comments

Joust-tournament-of-roleplaying-sims The Tournament of Simulations is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s tournament.

Over the past six weeks, a dozen judges busily reviewed the nearly 50 games that chose to enter this year’s tournament. Each game reviewed was compelling in its own right, full of dedicated players and entertaining stories. Nothing should be taken away from those that took part but did not place; for in the end this year’s competition was extremely tight, with mere points separating first and second place, and many places beyond that. In the end, the14 winning games, representing 8 groups, and spanning 10 genres, are representative of the diversity and creativity present throughout our entire gaming community. Read More

Dec
10

By Sean Mooney

Tib’s Corner – Interview with Victoria Taylor “Celticlady, Tori”

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Inspiration for writing, Interviews Tags: advertising, characters, Community, discussion, interview, Roleplaying focus, world building 5 Comments

Hey guys! Tibby here with another interview! This one is with the fast rising GM, Victoria Taylor. Or as we know her around OW, “Celticlady” or “Tori.” Victoria is GM of one of OW most popular games, “DNA With A Twist.”. I emailed Victoria to start the interview and let’s see what she had to say!

Dec
9

By Akeram Mulvar

“Sim” vs “RP”

Category: Play-by-post discussion Tags: Terminology 6 Comments

This is a discussion article written by Akeram Mulvar from USS Hartington. Have an opinion on this? Write it in the comments below 🙂 -Onion

OK, now in advance I’d like to apologize to writing an article about semantics. I am fully aware that many of you are shaking your heads and pleading to various deities for an answer to ‘why.’ Well, because. Because reasons. Read More

Dec
8

By Steven Savage

How roleplaying can help your career

Category: Roleplaying community Tags: benefits of roleplaying, career 1 Comment

Steven Savage from Seventh Sanctum

After my post on Seventh Sanctum and Randomization, Dave noted that I did a lot of posts on geeky careers at MuseHack – but I hadn’t actually written much on the career value of role playing games.

Of course I hadn’t, and at first, I thought “why would I?” Because the benefits are obvious, right?

This is one of those cases where the answer is “of course not Steve, what the hell are you thinking?” Sorry, it took me awhile to realize that.

So, thanks to Dave, I’m doing an in-depth examination of how your RPG interests can help your career. Read More

Dec
7

By Sean Mooney

Tib’s Corner – Tale of Fahrvergnügen and Giddlysmooch

Category: Character Development, Inspiration for writing, Writing tips Tags: Community, Dave, First person fortnight, Giddlysmooch, help, inspiration, Roleplaying focus, Tib's corner, writing 6 Comments

Hello children, Papa Tibby here to tell you all a fantastical story on the tale of Fahrvergnügen and Giddlysmooch. A tale of friendship, and betrayal [jk] Anywho, let’s begin the story of Fahrvergnügen and Giddlysmooch. [This is in no way to mention any names or games or point fingers at anyone!]

Once upon a time, in the magical forest of Gum-gum Wibbly, at the village of Tumbeldy Bum-Bum. Lived a magical elf by the name of Fahrvergnügen. Fahrvergnügen was a member of a special site that specializes in Play by Post games called “Perpetual Universes”, ran by Bill Sphere also known as “Turnip”. Read More

Dec
7

By Akeram Mulvar

Mary Sue Deconstructed

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs Tags: Mary-Sue Leave a Comment

We’ve talked about Mary Sues a lot in the RP community. That’s because we always have to deal with them as they infiltrate our ranks as Jedi or Starfleet officers, or any other field you want to name. For the most part we’ve gotten used to spotting Sues, but that’s because the Sues have a tendency to draw attention to their status as such.

What if I told you, there were far more Sues out there? And some characters who are clearly the offspring of Mary Sue.

In order to tell who a Hidden Sue is, very careful attention is needed, and there’s a fundamental premise we have to accept, even if we hate it. Read More