How is the roleplay nowadays?

[Bluespace]

Thinking of coming back to play for a bit, wondering what the current climate is for those who enjoy some flavour in their round.

Is terry full of action heroes or can I expect to talk reasonably with some people?

[Stickymayhem]

it declined sorry bud

if you want access to our old style of tgstation go be extremely violent on manual within the rules. they will hate you but they deserve it and it's legal

[Misdoubtful]

Be the change you want to see

[Bluespace]

it declined sorry bud

if you want access to our old style of tgstation go be extremely violent on manual within the rules. they will hate you but they deserve it and it's legal

The hardest choices require the strongest wills, I understand.

[Rohen_Tahir]

Terry isn't full of action heroes it's full of e-cigarette smokers.

[sinfulbliss]

it declined sorry bud

larp


(ill rp with you sticky but you have to play first)

[saprasam]

Thinking of coming back to play for a bit, wondering what the current climate is for those who enjoy some flavour in their round.

Is terry full of action heroes or can I expect to talk reasonably with some people?

terry has become a shithole from what i've heard
you're honestly better off with manuel (or... sybil... maybe..)

[CoffeeDragon16]

Thinking of coming back to play for a bit, wondering what the current climate is for those who enjoy some flavour in their round.

Is terry full of action heroes or can I expect to talk reasonably with some people?

near nonexistent sorry pally, been that way for a couple years now

[stewydeadmike]

I can really only speak from my experience on manuel but, yeah decent RP moments are few and far between

[bastardblaster]

bad

[toemas]

its gone

[Itseasytosee2me]

It ironically died with Manuel.

[Shadowflame909]

I have no clue what the heck anyone means when they talk about old high quality rp. Were you all just being me tab pros and emoting high quality texts that'd make the mime weep? Or are you talking about some sort of mechanic interaction where you were able to add tension with lines of dialogue.

Because miner and xenobiology are where you get the second stuff. Once they have the gamer gear and won't get one tapped by the antagonist that is.

[Rohen_Tahir]

I have no clue what the heck anyone means when they talk about old high quality rp. Were you all just being me tab pros and emoting high quality texts that'd make the mime weep? Or are you talking about some sort of mechanic interaction where you were able to add tension with lines of dialogue.

Because miner and xenobiology are where you get the second stuff. Once they have the gamer gear and won't get one tapped by the antagonist that is.

Shadowflame confirmed Fwoosh alt.

[Mice World]

It really depends on your definition of "roleplay". I only started playing late 2019 so I can't really compare tg's roleplay over the years but I don't think it's completely gone. While most people on lrp are playing self-insert characters, a lot of people are still willing to engage with you. It feels like the more you roleplay the more others will too, so doing things like calling people by their first name instead of their job title, acting like a real character and not playing to win are your best options.
If you're looking for long rounds, custom emotes and extensive roleplay systems you might be best looking elsewhere. tg isn't really the best server for full roleplay in my opinion, as others have more depth.

You can always try manuel the "Moar RP" server, it has longer rounds and custom tailored rules that attempt to create a better roleplaying environment.

But if you want my opinion on manuel:

► Show Spoiler

It isn't very fun.

Edit: I'd like to add that I've never played on terry so I've got no idea what goes on there.

[Agux909]

Thinking of coming back to play for a bit, wondering what the current climate is for those who enjoy some flavour in their round.

Is terry full of action heroes or can I expect to talk reasonably with some people?

It is what it is. I only play on Sybil and see (often) people genuinely putting in the effort to roleplay, or maybe trying some gimmick that isn't related to minmaxing their round.
Average player (depending on their job and/or antag status ofc) tend to have more of a play-to-win mentality, but they may roleplay if the situation presents itself. And then there's of course, those who barely interact with others, and look forward to hone their skills and perfect their game every single round, powergaming as non-antags, or boning as antags. But they're more of a rarity nowadays, can't even begin compare to old Bagil gamers.

So, it's not perfect, but I can tell you this, it IS fun. If you put in a consistent, albeit relaxed effort to roleplay, there's a high chance you'll get it reciprocated. Just don't be expecting any idealization of roleplay, keep an open mind to more of the spontaneous, silly, chaotic type. Maybe you get a good story to tell, a nice interaction to remember, maybe you get stunlocked and robusted while typing.

About Terry... well. I've played there a few months ago for a few rounds, and by my probably short-sighted experience, I could only notice two big differences from Sybil:

1- Security was always full or nearly full, and they were usually more robust and organized than your average sec.
2- Even after rule 11 has been implemented on the servers for a good while, I still managed to catch people saying the N word casually, which was a big moment.

(Also it started lagging a lot for me so w/e)

[Epicgamer545]

Sometimes I see people who take things slow; talk about lore and shit, give their mind on this whole ordeal of space station madness. I also sometimes see funny as hell people on Manuel without acting serious at all. Sometimes, things can be a bit fun on Manuel when everyone is chill but usually when things go into chaos and people break character, it’s also kinda funny.

Depends if your serious about RP or not.

[Nabski]

Oh come to Bagil where we typically have 10-20 players and 0 security and just mainline old school security and teach these younger players how it should be done.

[Diax1324]

It's nonexistent. People will be named memey names like "Dorkus Hore", and will ask kindly for gender reassignment or medicinally useful chems. Absolutely unplayable. Go somewhere else.

[Stickymayhem]

it declined sorry bud

larp


(ill rp with you sticky but you have to play first)

I'm a famous twitch streamer now sorry

[Bawhoppennn]

I missed you Bluespace
Sadly though these other posts are right, Manuel kinda unintentionally sealed its face in...

[Super Aggro Crag]

i have been banned so i cant roleplay

[Bluespace]

I missed you Bluespace
Sadly though these other posts are right, Manuel kinda unintentionally sealed its face in...

A bit late, but miss you too Baw, hope you're doing well.

[DrOof]

you where lucky to escape before it began

[kayozz]

Try and hop on Manuel when I'm on and come to the bar. Old Ronnie Biscuits is usually (drunkenly) asking the barman (or whoever is listening) about what colour the ceiling tiles are which usually evolves/devolves into some kind of flat land Edwin Abbott Abbott-esque philosophical discourse about the nature of the self and the ideas of self-control, perspective and the stoic nature of the human condition. If that's not top-tier RP then I dunno what is.

[Bawhoppennn]

I missed you Bluespace
Sadly though these other posts are right, Manuel kinda unintentionally sealed its face in...

A bit late, but miss you too Baw, hope you're doing well.

Better late than never! Glad to hear from you though! I am doing pretty well, thanks for checking in.

[8bot]

the roleplay's fine so long as you don't like roleplay and rather enjoy circlejerking in the bar with peoples' moths and barefoot lizard statics also weirdos in wheelchairs that play anime music on a fucking piano
it's bad jesus christ especially on manuel
be ashamed, they should all be gut wrenchingly ashamed of themselves for their words & deeds

[bingusdingus]

the roleplay's fine so long as you don't like roleplay and rather enjoy circlejerking in the bar with peoples' moths and barefoot lizard statics also weirdos in wheelchairs that play anime music on a fucking piano
it's bad jesus christ especially on manuel
be ashamed, they should all be gut wrenchingly ashamed of themselves for their words & deeds

real.
Though I would rather have people playing music on instruments than admins playing music.

[dendydoom]

the roleplay's fine so long as you don't like roleplay and rather enjoy circlejerking in the bar with peoples' moths and barefoot lizard statics also weirdos in wheelchairs that play anime music on a fucking piano
it's bad jesus christ especially on manuel
be ashamed, they should all be gut wrenchingly ashamed of themselves for their words & deeds

on a 60+ crew highpop round you want to mock the 5~ people hanging out in the bar and using it for its intended purpose?

what is your idea of good rp?

[8bot]

the roleplay's fine so long as you don't like roleplay and rather enjoy circlejerking in the bar with peoples' moths and barefoot lizard statics also weirdos in wheelchairs that play anime music on a fucking piano
it's bad jesus christ especially on manuel
be ashamed, they should all be gut wrenchingly ashamed of themselves for their words & deeds

on a 60+ crew highpop round you want to mock the 5~ people hanging out in the bar and using it for its intended purpose?

what is your idea of good rp?

something
ANYTHING
actually happening
the 55 other people may as well literally not exist. They don't do anything. I've played manuel, literally nothing happens on it ever. If things do happen, admins have a panic attack and bwoink the thing doer.

[Lacran]

the roleplay's fine so long as you don't like roleplay and rather enjoy circlejerking in the bar with peoples' moths and barefoot lizard statics also weirdos in wheelchairs that play anime music on a fucking piano
it's bad jesus christ especially on manuel
be ashamed, they should all be gut wrenchingly ashamed of themselves for their words & deeds

on a 60+ crew highpop round you want to mock the 5~ people hanging out in the bar and using it for its intended purpose?

what is your idea of good rp?

something
ANYTHING
actually happening
the 55 other people may as well literally not exist. They don't do anything. I've played manuel, literally nothing happens on it ever. If things do happen, admins have a panic attack and bwoink the thing doer.

While I don't necessarily agree. I do totally understand this.

On LRP servers the threshold for enabling roleplay is very low. Something like "do you wanna find the captain's diary with me" will have a very high rate of engagement.

An LRP player takes this and tries it on Manuel like 95% of players say no.

This isn't because they don't like you or don't want to roleplay it's because they already are.

They've got a fleshed out character, that character has a job to do, and that job doesn't involve smashing into a high security area looking for a hypothetical diary.

I've found that to get people to engage in roleplay you generally have to do it three ways:

1. Play a stupid but interesting character, basically corner players into talking with you, ignore rejection and just try this with every person over and over. I did this with a mentally deficient Mary Sue felinid called Mary megablade. She's dumber and weaker than virtually everyone and totally delusional. It started out with people think she was a self insert and the player was clearly insane, to people realising she's satirical and now players and admins go out of their way to enable her delusions. Because they trust that she'll virtually always enable others in turn.

2. Play a static in a department, be nice, be helpful and show an interest in others. People that find you familiar will want to build rapport with you, it's somewhat cliquey but it also emulates how work politics work. If you wanna do shit with people, be in close proximity and you'll form friendships of convience.

3. Go to the bar, and show an interest in others. Don't just dismiss people as cringe or lame, or expect people to care about your poorly designed self insert character which are a dime a dozen. You gotta invest in people if you want them to invest in you in MRP.

[RedBaronFlyer]

weirdos in wheelchairs that play anime music on a fucking piano

This is Penelope Dreadful, and I know it. They're the only felinid on Manuel who's wheelchair-bound and they play the piano a lot.

[Jacquerel]

and she's one of manuel's best players

[8bot]

weirdos in wheelchairs that play anime music on a fucking piano

This is Penelope Dreadful, and I know it. They're the only felinid on Manuel who's wheelchair-bound and they play the piano a lot.

isn't that name from 2hu or something anyways

[RedBaronFlyer]

and she's one of manuel's best players

She's one of my favorites.

weirdos in wheelchairs that play anime music on a fucking piano

This is Penelope Dreadful, and I know it. They're the only felinid on Manuel who's wheelchair-bound and they play the piano a lot.

isn't that name from 2hu or something anyways

No idea, I'm going to ask them because I'm mildly curious now.

[Dalmationer]

no, it's based on the 'penny dreadful', a type of cheap short story, usually horror, that was popular in victorian england.

[RaveRadbury]

I've found that to get people to engage in roleplay you generally have to do it three ways:

1. Play a stupid but interesting character, basically corner players into talking with you, ignore rejection and just try this with every person over and over. I did this with a mentally deficient Mary Sue felinid called Mary megablade. She's dumber and weaker than virtually everyone and totally delusional. It started out with people think she was a self insert and the player was clearly insane, to people realising she's satirical and now players and admins go out of their way to enable her delusions. Because they trust that she'll virtually always enable others in turn.

2. Play a static in a department, be nice, be helpful and show an interest in others. People that find you familiar will want to build rapport with you, it's somewhat cliquey but it also emulates how work politics work. If you wanna do shit with people, be in close proximity and you'll form friendships of convience.

3. Go to the bar, and show an interest in others. Don't just dismiss people as cringe or lame, or expect people to care about your poorly designed self insert character which are a dime a dozen. You gotta invest in people if you want them to invest in you in MRP.

This is so true, quoting this so it can be said again.

[DrAmazing343]

lacran cooked here I'm gonna keep it so real but also shoutout to the real one penny dreadful and also to mary megablade god bless

[DrAmazing343]

also genuinely just be a nosey little shit when I started playing my main traits were
-is always online
-asks everyone about everything and forces her way into every event on station
this is the shit that wrapped my heart in grey jumpsuit fabric because as a tider I could just be anywhere and see all the plot threads at once and it was beautiful when the sixteenth I never saw slammed into the back of my head in slow motion

[oranges]

the problem with manuel is the time it takes to get established as an RP'er not the quality of it's RP.

[Dalmationer]

my big suggestion to new players is like, be open to other people's gimmicks, or if you have an idea for a gimmick, try to rope other people in. If I don't have an idea for what I want to do in a round, I'll usually connect and like, the first thing that I see that interests me will be my gimmick for the round. Do I see another person in the shuttle? I kidnap them and make them my butler. Do I see the garden on tramstation? I'm going to make a fruitmarket. Does someone come up to me and say 'hey i am going to run a human appreciation day?' i'll help them run that and quietly make it all about me.

It's the classic improv yes-and. You find something that's already going on, and add to it. If there's nothing you like already going on, you start something and encourage people to add to it. Some people won't join in, but many people are looking for an excuse to have fun and will drop what they're doing if, e.g., you forcefully approach them and say "YOU THERE, TWINK, YOU WORK FOR ME NOW!"

[FantasticFwoosh]

on a 60+ crew highpop round you want to mock the 5~ people hanging out in the bar and using it for its intended purpose?

To find out who rules you, determine the group you are not allowed to criticise. So long as i can dress or spraypaint myself as-green as a giant pickle, throw over their drinks tray, and call them preserved but a little sour before spray-misting them with vinegar, all in character with at a minimum a single bwoink, all's good.

The community already went through public exercises of in-character mocking for the wearable pet-collar chokers years ago.