Latent Friendship is Magic

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community, ffxiv, ffxiv community, final fantasy, final fantasy 14, final fantasy xiv, friendship, MMO, mmo community, mmorpg, roleplay, roleplayer, roleplaying, xiv

Recently I’ve gotten back into Final Fantasy XIV a lot more than I had previously. This wasn’t kicked off by recent awful events, by the way, and it wasn’t necessarily spurred on by the larger Endwalker expansion reveals (though that did have a small part to play in things). Mostly, my return was fueled by friends. Friends that I sometimes play with and people that I’m not necessarily friends with.

Allow me to explain

How D&D Wrecked MMOs (For Now)

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d&d, dm, dnd, dungeons and dragons, gm, MMO, mmorpg, pen and paper, pen and paper rpg, pnp rpg, roleplay, roleplaying, rp

I’ll be the first to admit that, right from the offset, this is probably the most first-worldliest of first-world problems. That said, it’s something that I felt important to write about; how running my very own D&D stories has brought more engagement, entertainment and joy than any other MMORPG experience I’ve had thus far.

Yes, even my much-beloved City of Heroes.

“…you two-timing sunuvabitch…”

We’re Not All Horny

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arousal, roleplay, roleplayers, roleplaying, rp, sensuality, sex, sexuality

This is a touchy subject.  I hope it doesn’t rub anyone the wrong way.

Okay, this is the last one I promise.

I’ve run in to this prevailing idea that roleplayers are consistently looking to use RP as a means to get their rocks off.  That the only sort of RP is ERP (erotic roleplay for the uninitiated).  I’m here to tell you that, like most assumptions made on the internet, it’s just not true…and at the risk of inciting the memetic “#NotAll____” response, I’m going to outline why.

Blaugust Day 3 – Bad (Guy) Roleplaying

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bad guy, baddie, MMO, roleplayers, roleplaying, rp, villain

As much as I like roleplaying, there’s so many traps and pitfalls that RP’ers seem to fall in to.  Self included.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve written a character that just happens to be a “merc with a mouth”.  It’s not quite Deadpool-level, but it is a crutch that I have leaned upon rather heavily over the course of my roleplaying life.

So, I was perhaps considering how to make a villain character…but then I got to thinking of how completely awful and stupid an idea that is.

Good will triumph because evil is written poorly.