One liners, one liners everywhere. I'm starting to see a trend here, and I'm getting really tired of seeing the same names behind it all the time.
Also, referring you once again to the RP forum rules:
"Starting a new RP
To borrow a phrase from the world of tabletop role playing games, when you start an RP thread you take on the position of "Dungeon Master" - that is to say, it falls to you to describe the environment, the setting and your character's place in it in sufficient detail - and to create an opening for another player to come in. It is virtually impossible for people to join a new topic if they have absolutely nothing to go on - so, if you are not ready for that kind of a commitment due to lack of time/energy/effort or other reasons, do not start new RP threads.
Also, remember - we do our RPing in story format. Ergo, write a sufficiently long post that is at least a few paragraphs long. if a prospective player looks at your introduction and thinks "Is that all you've got?", you are clearly doing it wrong.
A note on "Sign-Up" Posts: It is general consensus that sign-up posts (that is brief blurbs describing a setting vaguely followed by a 'post your characters here!' type thing) are unnecessary wastes of space that serve no purpose but to hold an RP thread down - and do not count as valid introduction posts. Therefore, they are not to be posted on the Pokémon Role Play Forum. If you wish to discuss the manner of details usually dealt with in this manner, please use the PRP Discussion board or Private Messages. All character bios should be posted on the PRP Discussion board as well, either within a topic specifically created for your RP or the Mainstream PRP Characters Bios topic."
Look at the first post. What does this look like? That's right. a Sign-up post. Too many threads in the RP forum start like this, and 95% of them end up closed. That is because this is not how you are supposed to start threads here. An introduction post with no RP content is NOT a valid introduction post. Similarly, look at Merkyury168's first post. It is a character bio. With no RP content. At all. Where do these belong? That's right. The discussion board. A post in the RP thread with no RP content is not a post that belongs in the RP boards!
And furthermore, TheShinyRaichu, what on Earth does would have to do with anything? Third person, PAST tense, STORY FORMAT. Future tense doesn't even make sense.
Also, some of the characters are way too OP. You're no regional champions, kids. That is an official title, a job description in a sense, and it's quite established as belonging to canonical characters. RPs are not the games. You don't just steamroll through the Elite Four and the Regional Champions. They are several levels above your pay grade. That is not to say that you couldn't have defeated a league tournament or two - but think of it more as in the anime's interpretation of the league conferences. You can become a champion of an individual one, but that only gives you a chance to schedule battles with the E4 and the regional champion, and they're most likely going to steamroll you unless you're VERY experienced trainers. Definitely not some random 14 year old.
And finally. It's hilarious when you say "No one-liners" in your thread instructions but proceed to make single-line posts anyway.
I could go on forever but I think you get the point. So - I'm going to give this thread one last chance to shape up. If it fails to do that, it will be shut down.
Also, referring you once again to the RP forum rules:
"Starting a new RP
To borrow a phrase from the world of tabletop role playing games, when you start an RP thread you take on the position of "Dungeon Master" - that is to say, it falls to you to describe the environment, the setting and your character's place in it in sufficient detail - and to create an opening for another player to come in. It is virtually impossible for people to join a new topic if they have absolutely nothing to go on - so, if you are not ready for that kind of a commitment due to lack of time/energy/effort or other reasons, do not start new RP threads.
Also, remember - we do our RPing in story format. Ergo, write a sufficiently long post that is at least a few paragraphs long. if a prospective player looks at your introduction and thinks "Is that all you've got?", you are clearly doing it wrong.
A note on "Sign-Up" Posts: It is general consensus that sign-up posts (that is brief blurbs describing a setting vaguely followed by a 'post your characters here!' type thing) are unnecessary wastes of space that serve no purpose but to hold an RP thread down - and do not count as valid introduction posts. Therefore, they are not to be posted on the Pokémon Role Play Forum. If you wish to discuss the manner of details usually dealt with in this manner, please use the PRP Discussion board or Private Messages. All character bios should be posted on the PRP Discussion board as well, either within a topic specifically created for your RP or the Mainstream PRP Characters Bios topic."
Look at the first post. What does this look like? That's right. a Sign-up post. Too many threads in the RP forum start like this, and 95% of them end up closed. That is because this is not how you are supposed to start threads here. An introduction post with no RP content is NOT a valid introduction post. Similarly, look at Merkyury168's first post. It is a character bio. With no RP content. At all. Where do these belong? That's right. The discussion board. A post in the RP thread with no RP content is not a post that belongs in the RP boards!
And furthermore, TheShinyRaichu, what on Earth does would have to do with anything? Third person, PAST tense, STORY FORMAT. Future tense doesn't even make sense.
Also, some of the characters are way too OP. You're no regional champions, kids. That is an official title, a job description in a sense, and it's quite established as belonging to canonical characters. RPs are not the games. You don't just steamroll through the Elite Four and the Regional Champions. They are several levels above your pay grade. That is not to say that you couldn't have defeated a league tournament or two - but think of it more as in the anime's interpretation of the league conferences. You can become a champion of an individual one, but that only gives you a chance to schedule battles with the E4 and the regional champion, and they're most likely going to steamroll you unless you're VERY experienced trainers. Definitely not some random 14 year old.
And finally. It's hilarious when you say "No one-liners" in your thread instructions but proceed to make single-line posts anyway.
I could go on forever but I think you get the point. So - I'm going to give this thread one last chance to shape up. If it fails to do that, it will be shut down.
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