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[Ciryaher]

*looks at decrepit state of RP. sighs*

Alright...I miss RPing on this site, even though after being killed several times, it is now just barely managing to crawl along.

I'd like to participate in something, though. For one, I miss it, and for another, this is one of the few websites I can access on my DoD computer here at work.

So...if anyone has an RP with a reasonable amount of activity and would like another person...let me know. I've looked through some of the RPs and realized that I'd like to be a part of them again, but after the depressing fates of every single RP I've tried to start, I figure I will just join someone else's. This is sort of the other-way-round for the usual RP thread where a person looks for players. I am a player looking for an RP.

*holds out bowl* Please, sir, I'd like some more.

[Wolfshead]

For one, I miss it, and for another, this is one of the few websites I can access on my DoD computer here at work.
I thought you were in the army? That sentence makes it look like you have an office job like a normal person and are trying to find something to pass the time...

[Ciryaher]

I thought you were in the army? That sentence makes it look like you have an office job like a normal person and are trying to find something to pass the time...

*covers Wolf's mouth and makes "shh" sound*

Don't tell them, or I'll be in Iraq by this time next week. I can't tell you what I do, except that I work on computers. Let's leave it at that *shifty look*

So...RP? *poke poke*

[YayGollum]

I know what it is that you are writing about in this thread, crazy Ciryaher person. I have run into the same problem plenty of times, myself. Of course, I think that all of my R. P. G. ideas are the greatest. Maybe I am just starting them off too slowly? Not a good suspenseful attention obtaining type am I? oh well. If you've looked at the R. P. G. things that are taking place now and haven't already attempted to wedge yourself into one, then I should guess that you are looking for a new one to be created because you are bored? Got it. But then, if a new one was created that you were a fan of, I would still have to wait for more interest, which equals plenty of time for you to lose interest. Ah. Okay. Got it. Invent a grand R. P. G. thing that can easily as well as entertainingly be managed by only two people. Plenty of room for others, of course, but because I can't trust anyone or, more diplomatically, extenuating circumstances are the norm, it would be best to equip this story with the capability to survive with only two writers. Easy. Myself and this Ciryaher person have the ability to play many characters at once, if we have to. But then, this Ciryaher person has different tastes than I do. Ugh! All of those boring government R. P. G. things! :rolleyes: Do you have a specific request, Ciryaher person? Looking for a horror R. P. G. thing this time? Or are you all about the incapable of ceasing actiony type story? Mayhaps a longer and more epic tale full of the double sort of crossings? I have no idea. Too bad about your Dwarf thing. So few care about those guys.

[Wolfshead]

*covers Wolf's mouth and makes "shh" sound*

Don't tell them, or I'll be in Iraq by this time next week. I can't tell you what I do, except that I work on computers. Let's leave it at that *shifty look*

So...RP? *poke poke*
Ah, ok. Your secret's safe with me. Wink wink etc. :rolleyes:

Afraid I don't actually have anything worthwhile to contribute here for I gave up RP-ing years ago. And given I'm only 19 that's quite something...

[Ciryaher]

Yes, we dwarves are so ignored. Everyone wants to be one of those disgustingly obnoxious elves. "Oh look at me, I'm pretty!" */spit*

I'm not looking for someone to *start* an RP...I am just wondering if anyone needs another character in one of the RPs they already have going, and if so what sort so maybe I could help them out.

[Ghorim]

Yes, yes... the Khazad are always criminally overlooked. In trying to explore their characters I've found them to be a race with incredible depth, and their core values can manifest in a rich variety of personalities. Unfortunately, when one sees a Dwarf in a story of any sort, he's usually playing the role of inebriated humbug, a mere foil to a jovial Elf. Not cool.

But anyway, what glad tidings, that Cir should return when he is needed most. Seriously, I was looking over the abandonned 'The Eastern Clans,' about a month ago, and I still believe that it had great potential. I dunno, maybe I'm just sad to see all of those developing characters get tossed out the window. But if you, Cir, and you, Gollum, would be up for reviving it, we could get by with three authors. Recruits, of course, would be wonderful to have.

The only active storyline that I'm participating in is Reniad en Agarwaen. I'll be frank, it's been utterly frustrating with its rapid stops and starts. It could use additional characters, but you'd have to be quite patient to join in, Cir.

Let me know what you're thinking... and you too, Gollum.

[Aulë]

Dwarves are always in the minority! ;)
If anyone is desperate for another Dwarf in an RPG, I'm also interested in maybe giving RPing another shot. It's been a while.
*remembers back to the Chronicles days - destroying Cir's Elvish havens with massive Dwarven armies*

[baragund]

Cir,

I am looking for someone to manage a squad of orcs in my "Stranger in a Strange Land" story. I had been recruiting somebody else and that person seemed ethusiastic about it but then he/she disappeared from the forum. Let's give this person some more time to take care of RL but if, say, another week goes by and there's no response then I'll ask you to step in.

In the meantime, feel free to peruse the thread and the OOC discussion to get a feel for the story.

[YayGollum]

Ah. Okay. No new R. P. G. type things for you, for some reason. But then, if you don't even have the energy to look through the R. P. G. things that we have in stock at the moment so that you might then come up with ways to insert one of your characters or at least toss a Private Message type of thing at one of the creators to advertise yourself, I doubt that you would have the energy of restarting one of your own old stories. Dang. And it looks like there was a bit of interest in that, too. :rolleyes:

[Daranavo]

I do not think anyone could play a high elf convincingly or well anyway. The few that have tried, I found to be quite dismal performances to be honest.:rolleyes: I prefer to play a regular human, that by far is the most colorful, the most diverse of any race. (also the easiest);) Making a viable background for a human character is far easier because of this. Dwarves, Orcs, Hobbits, and especially Elves, are more difficult and take a long amount of time to develope. (a true and honest one anyway) Their backgrounds are much more limited and specific. It is exceedingly difficult to portray a race that transcends time. A race that makes plans and has goals that span the length of several human generations. I do not consider myself to be a top notch RPer, however, I have had a couple that I enjoyed and that lasted for quite some time. I never get requests for others to join in though. I only get emails asking for advice about an rpg. Most of which, died within the first month due to lack of activity. When I see someone start an rp and automatically throw in a bunch of incorrect backstory, I cringe and move on. Best to identify the rp as non-tolkien up front in that case.:o It is not enough to just start one. You must give it life. If I sound as if to scoff...maybe I am...but only a teenie tiny bit.

[Ciryaher]

Actually, Yay, I read through the 3 or so most recent threads posted to. It would take far too long to read them all without finding out at least if they're still active. Thus, this post.

I might eventually fire my RP back up, but I'd like to take up a role in something active, rather than struggling with the necromantic art of raising a dead thread.

Baragund, I'll look it over more in-depth (fantastic so far, from what I've read, by the way) and see what happens.

Dara, than you for the...hmm...input? I don't think it was a lack of ideas or creativity, if you're referring to my old RP...but rather a lack of activity. We have such a small player base, it's very saddening. While I pine for another Chronicles without all the stodgy rules, I will simply join in a normal RP and have some fun.

Aule, Ghorim...two of my favorite dwarven RPers. We simply *must* do something sometime. If you both wanted to give it a shot, along with Yay, I would be willing to begin my Necromantic spell of Resurrection to see what can be done with it.

[Ithrynluin]

I'm willing to chip in, not least to increase the huddle of RPG players.

[Ghorim]

Excellent, excellent. I like what I'm hearing (the praise especially, har har). But yeah, just to harp on 'The Eastern Clans' some more, the upswing of starting that thread back up would be that the exposition is already set in place, and the first steps of the journey are still fresh in the dirt. What's more, it wouldn't be impossible to bring in late arrivals to the party, but enough about that...

Anyone have ideas floating about for a new storyline, if we were to try that out? I'd like to throw one out there for collective inspection...

Immediately after the Balrog is first unleashed upon Khazad-dum, the dwarvish colony plummets into complete anarchy. Amidst the panic and death, various citizens, officials and soldiers get trapped behind. The story would follow a small (one might call them "rag-tag") group of survivors as they fight to reach one of the exits. Could make for an interesting ensemble cast of characters, not the regular roster of fighters and nobles that one usually sees from dwarves.

So yeah... let me know how that strikes you, I guess.

[Ciryaher]

I like that idea, Ghorim. I get the feeling that it would be a very suspenseful story, since they'd be dodging Big Nasties (tm) and such. Like one of those "escape from X" movies.

[e.Blackstar]

Immediately after the Balrog is first unleashed upon Khazad-dum, the dwarvish colony plummets into complete anarchy. Amidst the panic and death, various citizens, officials and soldiers get trapped behind. The story would follow a small (one might call them "rag-tag") group of survivors as they fight to reach one of the exits. Could make for an interesting ensemble cast of characters, not the regular roster of fighters and nobles that one usually sees from dwarves.

So yeah... let me know how that strikes you, I guess.
I likes it too. Keep us informed. :cool:

[Ghorim]

Well...

Yay and I discussed this matter a bit more in-depth, and I'm not sure if this idea of mine meshes with the set history. Apparently, the struggle with the balrog was more of a protracted battle than an immediate disaster. The balrog kills King Durin VI pretty quickly, yes, but the histories I've read online go on to state that his son Nain I fell to the creature in "the next year." So that suggests at least a period of several months during which the Dwarves were contending with this thing.

That sort of modifies the approach that we would take if this SL were to come to life. The protagonists would have to be located either within or nearby the mine shaft from which the balrog emerges. Maybe there's a sort of 'mining community' that has developed not far from the shaft, where there's commerce and the like.

So, the balrog tears its way out of the shaft, and goes to town on this particular area of the mines. Maybe there's a militia there, but they clearly need reinforcements, and must retreat. To contain the balrog, they seal off this particular 'sector' of the mines, effectively trapping any survivors with the beast. Whoever remains at this point must find a way to get out of the sector, possibly requiring them to go down into the mine shaft itself in an attempt to connect to another shaft... you get the idea.

That's the only suitable explanation I can come up with for the battle being so drawn out. The Dwarves tried to seal it in at first, but eventually it burst free and forced them out.

At this point, I'm not sure if the storyline would work quite as well as I had originally envisioned it. It loses that sort of apocalyptic weight that it once held, and the road to escape seems much shorter in this case.

So... any thoughts on this? Is it still doable? Does anyone else have other story ideas floating around their heads? Is revitalization of 'The Eastern Clans' still on the table? Let me know; I'm curious.

[Ciryaher]

Well I personally believe that the story is the most important thing, and if you have to "fudge" the backhistory a bit to fit the story, well as long as it makes it a good read...

I would like to fire up the Eastern Clans again. I need to come up with a few ideas, though, and get a feel for who is going to be taking part in it. It's been such a long time that all my original ideas have drifted off, so to speak.

[Ghorim]

Well, let me know if you need any help brainstorming, Cir. Whether or not I get this other SL going (given my class workload, it's probably a negative at this point), I'd still be able to help out as a contributor on 'Eastern.' I'm actually pretty antsy to pick up the characters again.

[YayGollum]

If any are looking for an R. P. G. type thing with an apocalyptic sort of weight, they could look at my old The Aftermath Of The War Of Wrath (A Rhyming Story) idea. ---> http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?t=17525&highlight=Aftermath+War+Wrath One of my many ignored stories. Looks like I'd have to attempt to contact a few people who ran away, or just get some evil moderating type to clear out the place. Also, Yay for getting that crazy Dwarf R. P. G. thing going again! Or at least it looks like all of this pressure from the few Dwarf fans that still exist will work on the Ciryaher person. :rolleyes:

[Mirelena]

*borders on going spastic*

Please excuse me if I'm only a little excited about having on of the "premier" role-players back in the fray! I do hope you will consider "Baragund's" thread. *wink, wink. ;) hint, hint.*

If not, it's still GREAT to have you back. Maybe you can join YayGollum and drag his inventive/creative juices back here and refresh our somewhat stagnant threads. :)

*waves the Ciryaher Fan Club flag while proundly wearing a 'YayGollum for Pres.' button and displaying a brightly colored 'Proud members of MERPG- the (not exactly) Old order' shirt*