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1unadiviner replied to your post “anyways, if anyone knows of alternative roleplay sites that haven’t...”

neopets guilds let’s do this thang

everyone else can shut the fuck up. this person gets it.

This is what I mean when I’m constantly having to tell teenagers: “Just because you think you’re mature doesn’t mean it’s okay to put yourself and other people in danger for the sake of roleplay.” All it takes is one adult with bad intentions, one protective parent who takes action, and just like that, the law is involved and entire platforms are taken down. This is proof that “it won’t happen to me!” is never a guarantee.

#double yeah

hedgehogsfolly

actually ykw in all seriousness if someone was on cherp grooming kids i hope someone takes a tire iron to their head For Real

#yeah

anyways, if anyone knows of alternative roleplay sites that haven’t been dead since 2014, now is a good time to cough em up.

#cherp

for those not in the discord.

#cherp #😬#can't say i didn't expect this

cherp ppl are fuckin wack

imagine thinking people are obligated to maintain a relationship with you, a complete stranger

#cherp

#cherp #90% of the tag is people bitching or airing their grievances and you're just gonna pick out one person to attack huh

when the one “it’s not a kink and i refuse to tag my shit” raceplay kinkster is back.

#cherp

“i don’t think i am being rude. therefore, there is no way i can be wrong. my opinion is infallible.”

#cherp

cherp discord really be like

rando: posts a valid criticism of cherp in the tag.

bootlickers in the discord:

#cherp

"i'm leaving the site because i can't repost my prompt more than once a week."

i'm not saying you're the serial reposter that haunts cherp's every waking moment, but.

#cherp #but.......

cherubark

A good OC, for me, isn’t so much about the actual traits or appearance they have but the effort that goes into their creation and the confidence behind the person making them. I feel that a good writer is able to make any simple concept, whether trite or overdone, work in their favor. The rough guidelines I always try to shoot for in my characters are this:

Easily summed up in a single sentence. (Because complexity is good, but you need to have a core concept that won’t get bogged down by tons of lore just to explain your character to someone unfamiliar with them.)

Well-rounded balance of both positive and negative traits. (Because you can’t have one without the other; too much good and they’re boring and uninteresting, but trying to steer too far in the opposite direction makes them a fucking drag to interact with if there are no redeeming qualities whatsoever.)

A past that informs the kind of person they turn out to be, for better or for worse. (Because their history is just as important as their personality, and whether they slot neatly into their role because of the past that shaped them or they made a conscious effort to reject that and reinvent themselves says a lot about their character.)

Internal consistency, if not necessarily external consistency. (Because they have to make sense, even if their logic isn’t immediately apparent from the outside looking in. This is one of the more abstract points that can apply to a number of different aspects, whether it’s their species, their behavior, or how they interact with the world around them. It’s also one of the hardest to get right, but broadly speaking, you need to have a clear idea of why they are what they are, and what makes them do what they do, and then stick to it. Don’t break your established consistency unless it’s for a good reason, because it makes the character fall apart if done poorly.)

The rest is up to personal preference. Everything else is malleable and no one kind of character is going to work for every single writer out there, but these, to me, are non-negotiable aspects of good character writing.

#thank you #my liege

horror stories aside, what do good OCs actually look like? what characters make you want to stay and hash out a roleplay?

#cherp #cherubplay #as opposed to the overdone binary of wooby bottom vs intense alpha

broke: request #5836864146 for generic, untagged abo

woke: directory post for doofenschmirtz x perry the platypus

#cherp

people can care about two things at once.

#cherubplay #cherp

cherub-j

let’s get this straight. the mods of cherp:

nabbed the original cherubplay code.

uploaded the code onto a website.

opened the website with no vetting process or beta test.

get surprised when the code breaks and blames their users for making mistakes.

very cool! very mature!

chappybird

What are you talking about. Cherp IS in beta.

cherub-j

that’s on me, i must have missed that somewhere. but, and please correct me if i’m wrong here, isn’t beta testing usually more restricted? before it went down, just anyone could log onto cherp and go about their business. there was no restriction on features or on who could join. asides from the general vibe that this site was new and tentative and had the potential to fizzle out (as with any new site), i didn’t get the sense that it was in beta.

chappybird

This was an open beta. Which essentially is made so people can use the site while they’re still testing it and working out kinks with the understanding it isn’t stable. It was also announced at launch as being open beta.

cherub-j

okay, i understand now. thank you for the explanation!

ectoscribbler replied to your post “let’s get this straight. the mods of cherp: nabbed the original...”

it’s not appreciated to have a ton of people hounding you and openly using a basically anonymous blog to criticize their efforts in running a new site. This is not something they have to be professional about. It’s also not something they have to do. like how you don’t have to be so judge mental?

the cherpmods aren’t looking. you don’t have to bend over backwards to defend them. it’s okay.

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