RP Choice, Opinion, and Debacle Resolution [Double Interest Check]

[Darvan Korematsu]

Well for those who haven't seen me on the RP forums, I'll introduce myself as Darv. A good six or seven of you active on these forums may remember me from the currently discontinued Pokemon Battlegrounds RP. While I am reluctant to have departed from it, not much would have fleshed out had I stayed. Ladies and gents, what I am here today is to confide upon you readers two different ideas I have for two new roleplays that I want to add.

However, I can only devote my time and effort for one. This is where YOU the Reborn RP community come in and give your opinions on the two new RPs at the top. I will give a quick synopsis of each idea I have and I would appreciate if you could answer the poll up top when you're finished reading.

So without further ado:

The first RP is a project I have been working on for a few weeks, and I did an initial IC check a few weeks ago and I got a decent response in return. This RP is a zombie-themed RP, then named Dead Man Walking, which I have tweaked and tinkered with to get the new world of the now-working title Project Eternal. This RP would be a survival RP and plot would go somewhat akin to the Walking Dead, but I have other ideas for this zombie RP that would make it interesting, such as the randomizer I invented called "Shit Happens" to add some realistic element to the RP. The world is a little rough, but I am finishing tweaking it right now.

My second RP was inspired by a combination of Sword Art Online, Super Smash Bros. and a decade-old cartoon named Chaotic. What I envision in this universe is an MMO virtual world where all the avatars are of recognizeable video game characters, and it's an arena style MMO but also an RPG at the same time. Although the plot here would flesh out somewhere of a mix between SAO and the Subspace Emissary from Brawl. This is more of an idea, and I need to put work into it to make it real. The working title is We Immortals, for the gaming characters of legend who will never die and always live on.

So that's all I have to say for now. I am leaving for America's captial, Washington D.C on Friday and plan to be back on the 28th or so. I won't be around a computer much, but it will give me time I need to read input and edit my two ideas. As always, stay cool RP community.

Edited June 18, 2015 by Darvan Korematsu

[Felicity]

Yeah, definitely the Zombie RP for me for several reasons.

1: it gets people to make realistic characters that aren't influenced by a big ol' fantasy plot or what not. It encourages playing real people, which is harder than one would expect. This contrasts the honestly just bad idea of playing recognisable game characters (Assuming you mean actual game characters iike FE characters and what not). Telling someone to play an identity like that is just bad because it will make the RP a breeding ground for OPness and Sues who want to be the hero among heroes.

2: Project sounds far more original to me, ironic considering the undead premise. Mainly because rather than splicing concepts and tropes it would just use a genre that is an undead horse of a genre in itself

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UndeadHorseTrope

3: the game RP doesn't sound like it can evolve too much outside of just throwing in dark elements. Zombie RP on the other hand has a variety of paths for it to go. It could get political, it could focus on sheer survival or it could go a little scifi depending on th Zombie origins. It seems like a more versatile story. Which is really more of a testament to the genre itself.