Role playing?

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Does anyone here do it?I play this online game called Eve Online, and I'm trying to join a group one of my friends is a part of. However my friend tells me they're all hardcore role players, and when you're talking in the group chat window you have to talk in-character. So I have to make up a sci-fi ish name, and a backstory. This is all kind of intimidating to me, I've never role played seriously before, I mean I've played Dungeons and Dragons a few times but I've never gotten really into the role-playing aspect of it like the people I played with did. I'm just kinda looking for good sites dedicated to role playing or something like that to help me out, get me to a point where I feel like I know what I'm doing before I try joining these guys, they seem really serious about role-playing so I don't want to screw it up.

I got nothing to tell you about your quest. I do however find it very funny after the shit in the late 70s and through the mid 80-s about TSR games and specifically Dungeons and Dragons, that your post mentioning them happens to be your 666 post.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that saw the humor in that. I started to mention it this morning but had to leave for a meeting. The demon post and it's talking about D&D.

I never did know what D&D was other than it involved dice and ner... the kids not so a part of the popular cliques in school, didn't it?

My dumb ass brother-in-law is still heavy into that kind of shit. I just glaze over when he, or anybody, starts talking about it.

Its a board game with no board. I lost interest in it when I found a way to get girls interested in me. its been since the mid 80s since I played or even thought about it.that being siad, I have tons of the shit in storage, manuals, dungeons fucking hundreds of lead figures and dice that were "special" and cost a fortune to buy to replace dice that worked just as well but didnt look so cool. shti with copyright and original printing dates in teh 70s.. Look for it soon on ebay! d&d car wars gamma world, monster mauals advanced rules basic rules, all that shit will soon be posted on ebay, even if I get a shitty amount for it it clears out a full shelf in the storage area and puts some money in my pocket.

haha, yeah i noticed that right after i posted, ohh the irony.

Maybe that was my problem with it, rules. I never could go for shit with rules and backgrounds and all that shit. I'll just make my own shit up.

all fo it is guidlines, the dungeon master is allowed to change rules to suite them as they see fit.I think you missed out Scotty, I think ya missed what could of been a great time for you untill you discovered girls.

want some real advice?stay the fuck out of that shit.peopel become consumed by it and live those lives instead of thier own. go outside, ski, snowboard, camp, walk on the beach and through the woods, swim, get a dog and take it on walks through all of that shit. hit the bar, go dance, become more outgoing, start building cars, motorcycles, anything. do something instead of pretending to do something.

Fuck guild lines! I never did play well with others... ever.

ther is a wacking off joke in there I wanted to point out, but dont have the time to set up and take! its time to hit the store before the bastards close and leave me with out the shit I need to finish the fucking cieling in the room and plumbing shit I need to get the toilet installed and end the days of one shitter in the house! IF thers one toilet, I swear to fuck someone is ALWAYS in it or in the shower and im left to nearly burst waiting, this must be done!Ill take some cheap shots about you wacking off when I got more time, in the mean time, feel free to take some cheap shots at me, Ill read em when I get time to fuck off online again.

I'm working on that. (being outgoing, doing things, etc), though saying that it's easier said than done would be an understatement.I don't think I'll start to become consumed or anything by the whole role-playing thing, hell I'm not sure I'll even like it, I was just trying to hook up with some of my friends I know who play the game. I don't know how much the other people in their group are into RP but if they're all as crazy about it as what you were starting to describe I doubt I'll hang around for long.

I used to role play in the summer - I used this site called RPGChat and people are pretty serious. The site's just rpgchat.com. I quit a while ago, but you make your own account and people have threads all over with different stories that you could practice in.

Chance...in spite of the fact you use a lot of foul language, you seem like a pretty smart guy. (Only saying that cuz most folks who use that language a lot aren't that bright.) What do you do for a living these days, if you don't mind?

That looks exactly like what I've been looking for - thanks!

actually I own and run my own business, but its too fucking hard!There are so many business in my area that do the same shit I do that especially during winter I can not compete, financially with them so Im working what I can and looking to go back to working for someone else for a while.heavy equipment? if it blows black smoke I can and have run it, explosives, trained by the DoD, industrial nastys, I worked at the greatest shit hole in the world that produces the purest magnesium in the world for 10 years, its also the number 3 polluter in the world, glad to be out of there.If I had the money I needed Id go back to siding, I made about 2 grand a week doing it, run my own schedule, worked in nevada in winter and utah in summer, had 3 crews working for me, a good time. I had to sell all my equipment to clear up a attempted murder charge against me and pay attorneys to keep my ass out of prison for 31 years.If I had 25k on hand Id go buy all my shit again and go right back to it.I do use alot of foul language, and my typing skills suck some serious ass.it is how its been since I was a kid, my dad is a journeyman electritian, he worked at that same hole as well as kennicot for many many years, his friends were alwasy around, it where i learned to talk, as well as fight. His time in the navy (57 to 58) he was ship champion, then base champ in japan, he cmae home when his dad died and the navy offered him an early out of his 4 year commitment instead of paying to send him back to japan 2 weeks later.the language is just how Iv talked since I was a kid, let me tell ya, alot of ass kickings came my way over it from my mom. afer being that way for 36 years I see no way Im going to change now.I can turn it off, sometimes, but only for limited times and only till I get pissed off.I have a tested IQ (whatever weight ya put on an IQ test) of 147, Im nto an idiot, but my typing skills and spelling and language leave ALOT to be desired

Thats a cop out, a lie, it is as easy said as done, trust me, I made that change years ago.there was a time when I was embarrassed to do shit in public, then one day I thoth what do I give a shit? fuck what people think of me. I started dressing how I was confortable and started doing what I wanted to try instead of letting someone elses opinion stop me.You have to get over being worried about what people think of you, it can be done.The only people I give a rats ass these days what they think of me are my kids and my will be wife. anyone elses opinion doesnt matter to me, and Im about as outgoing as you can get.Now some things make me feel stupid, like dancing, so I dont do that, but so long as I dont see myself as being stupid or looking stupid trying to do something, I dnt worrie about what other people think of me.

WoW FTW.TItO*S

The closest thing to role play I have is NationStates This is my Nation However, it really doesn't require much, and to be honest, the real in depth role players bother me. Maybe I just prefer reality more than fantasy, or maybe I just hate when I try to role play some idiot comes along who God-plays and just pisses me off.(for those not in the know, God-modding is when you make up an impossible scenario so you win: like say it's WWI and you state "I drop a nuclear warhead on Germany, game over")Really, I prefer to waste away Wii Bowling or studying. ANd for the most part, I prefer outside to inside.I would recommend you don't get too deep into that kind of stuff...it really is addicting and can dictate your life. It's very disheartening when you realize you turned down a trip to the mall with your GF for the computer...