Posted by Kim on September 29, 2017, 11:15am
You may have noticed a larger than normal influx of new members these past few weeks. Many of them come from a site called the role-player's guild.Role-player's guild was a large forum site that welcomed a wide range of RP styles. Their method of creating RP profiles was quite different from ours, and from what we understand, a simpler process in some ways (with our freedom to do most anything you like comes the price of more confusion!) From all of our conversations with its old members, Role-player's guild was very well loved by its userbase of several thousand. Unfortunately, it has to close its doors in the coming weeks, and many of its members are landing here. We know that losing your RP home can be a heartbreaking experience, and want to do our best to ease the transition.
Welcome, erstwhile members of the Roleplayer's Guild! We were very sorry to hear that you were losing your previous home base, but we are very glad to have you with us now. On behalf of the RPR, may you have many wonderful and continuing adventures here!
You've been a very inquisitive and involved bunch and have sent me and the mods a raft of questions seeking clarifications, so we thought we'd make a public post to both introduce our existing community to you, and you to our norms here.
Before I take it away with some of the questions I've been asked, let me ask you: What was your favorite thing about Roleplayer's Guild before the announcement it was shutting down? What do you hope to find here that's the same? What do you hope is different? Inquiring admins (and communities) want to know! Please remember to keep your responses constructive!
What's different around here
As I understand it, on RPG, things were less segmented. You could see everything everyone else was doing, and the focus was on what was going on in all the various chats.
Here, we have a greater emphasis on your individual interests - your dashboard is filled with your characters and groups, and the homepage notifications are filled with things you've expressed a specific interest in, like what characters you've befriended are up to, or recent posts in forum topics you've subscribed to, rather than showing everything everyone is doing everywhere. This is partially because we have more players here, and it might be chaos to see everything! But it's also because of the wide range of RP genres and styles that we offer here, and we want to allow you to customize your experience to match your preferences. You can customize what your notifications show you here: Notification Settings
You may also find the following resources useful for your transition to the RPR:
- Creating and editing characters
- How to style your text (HTML alternative, and why we don't allow HTML)
- Creating character profiles that attract RP
- What is the "Adults Only" Looking for RP forum and how do I access it?
- Site rules
- Forum rules
- Rating clarification
By the by, you can use the "launch chat" button at the top and bottom of any forum topic, whether it's in a private group forum or our public RP forums, to turn your topic into a real time chat! There's also a link in the sidebar of private messages that will let you do the same.
What kind of RP will you find here?
When it comes to styles and systems, I can't give you a single "this is how it is here!" answer.
Our goal is to provide the general tools so that people can do any kind of RP that they want. I think that's part of what sets us apart from most other RP sites, which are often built to work with a specific system (ex. D&D 3.5) or style (ex. paragraph freeform) or even setting (ex. Harry Potterverse).
We have the flexibility for much more than one type of RP, which is awesome, but also makes it a little harder for us to tell you exactly what will be expected from you in every RP that you join here! But most people will happily tell you their expectations or what they'll need from you if you express an interest in knowing more about a potential RP.
Finding one another
As of now, it doesn't appear that any of you have created a specific group on the RPR for former RPG members, but please feel free to comment on this news post if you'd like to identify yourself as a former RPG member looking for others to connect with!
You may also want to browse the introductions forum to find some old friends and make some new ones.
Feedback
Report bugs here: Bug report/admin contact form
Make suggestions here: Suggestions forum
Ask general questions here: Help forum
Some FAQ
This is a roundup of some questions we've received from new members arriving from RPG, and the answers that were given, in case others who were too shy to ask were wondering the same thing.Are there rules and restrictions to what we can RP in private?
- What you're sharing must be legal, and cannot encourage anyone to participate in illegal activities (For example, please don't encourage people to steal art, or, I don't know, sell drugs!)
- It must not harass or defame anyone.
- Must not be spam.
- Everyone must be able to and has legally consented to receive/participate in adult-rated play (ex: minors can't consent to sexual content, so if you want to RP smut, make sure everyone you're playing with is in the same age category)
- Does not involve dishonesty, ie lying to someone about being a site staff member or using anonymous characters to impersonate another player.
Can we upload images to our character profiles that exceed a PG-13 rating?
Yes indeed you can! If you're uploading the image to a gallery widget, make sure you check the box for mature content - this will prevent people who don't consent to see that kind of thing from being surprised by it in their news feeds.
If you're embedding the image directly into the profile via BBCode, please mark the entire profile as containing mature content.
The place you can't do this for your character is as their icon, which is used to represent them all over the site, including in public areas.
Should I be nervous about being bullied here?
Making the RPR a safe and welcoming site is deeply important to me, and to all the moderators. I maintain that I did NOT spend seven years of my life doing a major labor of love just so that people can use it to harass, terrify or be unkind to one another. In fact, Be Nice is one of the first rules of the RPR, and one of the things you have to sign your name to as part of the forum pledge before you can participate in the public areas of the site. I spend at least as much time on moderation as I do programming, if not more, because the community's health and safety is the top priority at all times.
We also encourage the use of the "report" button/link any time you are uncomfortable or uncertain about something. Even if you aren't 100% sure it's against the rules, you're never bothering us by having us double check or making us aware that there's an odd pattern going on. Sometimes we have more social solutions in our back pockets - moderating isn't all about banning, after all!
Is there a limit to the number of character slots I can buy?
There isn't a practical limit on character slots once you start buying them. We have players with more than 200 characters on their accounts!
Can I just make a second account to get more slots?
Please don't; we understand the impulse, and we understand that not everyone has fun money on hand, but it's not just against the rules, it's greedy and hurts us.
Although the site is 100% free for you to access, there are real costs to running it. Super users who want to host a lot of characters are what helps us keep the lights on, and 10 is the number we have decided we are comfortable giving away to each person for free. This turns out to be 7 more slots than the average user ever needs - if you are a heavy user of our products, please help to support us by buying slots!
OMG there are so many buttons!! How do I get back to my characters to edit them?
Most of your own creations can be found via the Dashboard link. Just click the icon next to the character's name, and you'll be presented with all the editing options available to you. Here's tons more info on working with character profiles: Creating and editing character profiles
And for fun, here's some ideas on how to make them super awesome:
Creating character profiles that attract RP
Advanced profile prettification
Are there limits on how much text I can write?
Yes, but it's very, very hard to hit them. For example, let's look at profile text widgets: the limit there is 65,000 characters. Note that this is a count of letters, numbers, spaces and punctuation, not of words -- this is important, because "a" is a word but so is "honorificabilitudinitatibus"!
There's a limit of 10 widgets per profile page, so if you made all 10 of them text widgets, that would be 650,000 characters per profile page, or 150,000 more than are in the average 250-page book intended for consumption by adults.
Or, looked at another way, enough text to crash most browsers!
Do you have an app?No RPG member has asked me this yet, but someone literally always does, so indulge me in throwing this in as as part of any well rounded RPR FAQ.
See here for more on RPR apps
I hope this helps you adjust to using the RP Repository, but if you still have questions, you are welcome to ask myself or any member of the moderating team, or post your question publicly on the help forum.
Comments
I didn't know RPG shut down forever. I was one of the members. Regardless, welcome to all that knew me as Aaron Flametalon, to RPRepository; the greatest land of Roleplays, as I have found in my time here.
As one who lives with her parents irl due to reasons and having 200+ characters on RPG I'll find it hard to adjust to having to choose or remake characters to use new ones but I could get used to it either way Rika Takano(Suwako423) is happy as a Kashima snuggling her Admiral(Kancolle) Joke
What a wonderful welcome message. ^ ^ Thank you all so much for being so welcoming to the members of RPG.
As a former member myself of RPG, I wasn't really looking forward to the transition to a new site. But after seeing such kindness. I know that my fellow members of the RPG community and I are in good hands.
Again, thank you all so much.
And thank you Kim for going out of your way to make this nice welcome page.
As a former member myself of RPG, I wasn't really looking forward to the transition to a new site. But after seeing such kindness. I know that my fellow members of the RPG community and I are in good hands.
Again, thank you all so much.
And thank you Kim for going out of your way to make this nice welcome page.
I will bring my old friends here. 'Nuff said.
So exciting to see so many new faces! It's unfortunate the circumstances of it, but I hope all the new members get nice and cozy and enjoy their time here! Welcome to all of you~
I did notice a lot of new characters. How exciting! Hopefully they're nice. I can't wait to make new partners!
FangoftheDragon
September 30, 2017
2:11pm
Pyros here, former RPG member.
What did I like best about RPG before the announcement of it being shut down?
A: Not to sure, to be honest..it had a lot of features, not many of which I really used. I was really just there to role play, the site as a whole had a lot of potential..though as others have said. The creator/owner has a lot of room for growing, there's not much that wasn't interesting in some way or another in all honesty. A bonus was making at least one friend that I would hopefully be able to keep in touch with.
I followed Winter's Fury here simply because I was curious..and I suppose somewhat hopeful that there'd be potential for this site as well. I haven't had much time to really look around or explore, but I'll get to that eventually..
What do I hope to find here that's the same?
A: Again, not too sure. At the very least, an open and friendly community where those of us veterans to role playing and those new to this can get along without much issue. Or none at all, even. Aside from that, a home that I can settle into without worrying will this site suffer the same as the previous one. Or if it'll just get worse and worse like Myspace when I first began..changes are necessary and a part of everything. But there is such a thing as going too far.
What do I hope is different?
A: Again, I am not sure..already things are different and it's a head spinner for sure to even get used to looking at. It's daunting as well, not sure where to join in..or what topic to post in. So, it may take time to get used to.
The welcome you all have offered is most appreciated, I would certainly like to be able to get roleplays going with others once more. I am more of a PM rpr than a forum one..role playing in groups is not necessarily my strong suit. Though I'm not against it.
What did I like best about RPG before the announcement of it being shut down?
A: Not to sure, to be honest..it had a lot of features, not many of which I really used. I was really just there to role play, the site as a whole had a lot of potential..though as others have said. The creator/owner has a lot of room for growing, there's not much that wasn't interesting in some way or another in all honesty. A bonus was making at least one friend that I would hopefully be able to keep in touch with.
I followed Winter's Fury here simply because I was curious..and I suppose somewhat hopeful that there'd be potential for this site as well. I haven't had much time to really look around or explore, but I'll get to that eventually..
What do I hope to find here that's the same?
A: Again, not too sure. At the very least, an open and friendly community where those of us veterans to role playing and those new to this can get along without much issue. Or none at all, even. Aside from that, a home that I can settle into without worrying will this site suffer the same as the previous one. Or if it'll just get worse and worse like Myspace when I first began..changes are necessary and a part of everything. But there is such a thing as going too far.
What do I hope is different?
A: Again, I am not sure..already things are different and it's a head spinner for sure to even get used to looking at. It's daunting as well, not sure where to join in..or what topic to post in. So, it may take time to get used to.
The welcome you all have offered is most appreciated, I would certainly like to be able to get roleplays going with others once more. I am more of a PM rpr than a forum one..role playing in groups is not necessarily my strong suit. Though I'm not against it.
TheCookiesAreGolden
September 30, 2017
1:44pm
Salutations!
Welcome!
We hope you have an amazing time here! Sorry that you lost your site. But now you have another home to come to! Welcome and have fun!
Welcome!
We hope you have an amazing time here! Sorry that you lost your site. But now you have another home to come to! Welcome and have fun!
Thanks for the welcome, it is appreciated. I am sad about losing our old site, but this one is proving to be a welcomed change.
Hi everyone! Welcome to RPR! I'm sorry you guys lost your site, but I'm hoping you'll end up enjoying it here! And thank you for your perspectives - they're interesting to read through
RedLantern
September 30, 2017
8:22am
I bow down too, it's great!
Welcome, welcome!
I'm sorry to hear about RPG shutting down. Hopefully you all can nestle in smoothly and with all Kim and the rest of rpr to help, find a comfortable niche for each of you to settle into and perhaps a few others you are curious to exploring!
The majority on here are the sweetest people, and Kim is amazing at welcoming and helping figure out problems. I think the transition to here will be a worthwhile experience for ya'll and wish ya'll the best of luck!
Happy Rp'ing!!!
I'm sorry to hear about RPG shutting down. Hopefully you all can nestle in smoothly and with all Kim and the rest of rpr to help, find a comfortable niche for each of you to settle into and perhaps a few others you are curious to exploring!
The majority on here are the sweetest people, and Kim is amazing at welcoming and helping figure out problems. I think the transition to here will be a worthwhile experience for ya'll and wish ya'll the best of luck!
Happy Rp'ing!!!
also for the newbies! many of us also roleplay on a game called Furcadia which is absolutely wonderful if you like to immerse yourself into the scene for RP! Or if you like to just create rooms, dungeons, fiddle around with code, or even create in game items! it's super customizable and fun 
furcadia.com - it's an oldie but a goodie :>
furcadia.com - it's an oldie but a goodie :>
Welcome to the fold! There's lots of groups here, so you're bound to find something to your tastes. Click around and enjoy!
Thanks for the Welcome! I was just finally starting to get used to RPG after transitioning from another site called Flist. So the shut down was a bit of a shock and a disappointment after feeling like the place could become a new home for me.
What was your favorite thing about Roleplayer's Guild before the announcement it was shutting down?
A: I'm not too sure really. Like i said i was just starting to get used to the place. The real time chat rooms were nice. Though the search option for finding rooms was lacking...
What do you hope to find here that's the same?
A) People who I can relate to enough that we can create great stories together.
What do you hope is different?
Will have to get back to you on that one. Though having a group or thread for us former RPG members to reconnect would be nice!
What was your favorite thing about Roleplayer's Guild before the announcement it was shutting down?
A: I'm not too sure really. Like i said i was just starting to get used to the place. The real time chat rooms were nice. Though the search option for finding rooms was lacking...
What do you hope to find here that's the same?
A) People who I can relate to enough that we can create great stories together.
What do you hope is different?
Will have to get back to you on that one. Though having a group or thread for us former RPG members to reconnect would be nice!
Vegas
September 29, 2017
8:49pm
Hello hello!!!
I'm from the days of forum rp, and I've taken my move here pretty well (I think, lol). I DEFINITELY recommend checking out the different groups RPR offers for different settings/universes/play styles, and I offer my inbox as a place for questions regarding well....basically anything. :')
There's an abundance of resources to be found if one pokes around our forums, too, so if you're shy or the like, there's probably a thread already created for the issue you're running into.
I'm from the days of forum rp, and I've taken my move here pretty well (I think, lol). I DEFINITELY recommend checking out the different groups RPR offers for different settings/universes/play styles, and I offer my inbox as a place for questions regarding well....basically anything. :')
There's an abundance of resources to be found if one pokes around our forums, too, so if you're shy or the like, there's probably a thread already created for the issue you're running into.
Welcome new people!!! hope you enjoy it here
Welcome everyone from RPG! I hope you guys are enjoying the RPR and that it eases some of the sadness you must be feeling that your old site is shutting down
Welcome everybody! So sorry you lost your site...so happy to have you though!
timerrabbit
October 2, 2017
8:17pm
I decided to resume my business there, and lets just say I have just WAY]to much fun with the profile system! It chewed my time, but it gave me a grasp just how amazing the features are! (And you don't need to use codes!)
I am and will going to be busy with life, but I'll come on once in a while.