Speak Out, Speak Now

I'm not like the others, this isn't a joke and this isn't going to be a place for thoughtlessness. I'm here to change things, expose the hypocrisy that goes on within this community. Don't expect me to sugarcoat it and don't expect me to be rude either. You want to talk, come talk. You want to fight, come fight. I'm not here to cause drama or hurt people. I'm here to make you open your eyes and see what is truly going on here.

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Can I hug you? Because normally I think opinion blogs are evil, because let's face it, they're either the assholes of Thai universe like critiqueandvent who need to be liked in the balls and told to fuck off, or rpinsults which is about as much help as me rolling around on the floor and going kewwelll. You actually give constructive criticism, and it works. So I love you because you've made what an opinion blog should be. Thank you.

Thank you so much, the love is appreciated!

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I'm back and ready to roll

Some personal things came up but I'm back and as opinionated as ever. I'll get work on the things in my inbox right away. In the meantime send request some opinions. 

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Like, the best way to point out an error is off anon, and just a "hey, I think there might be a typo here." instead of being a dick about it.

^^^^^ Accurate. Spelling mistakes happen. I'm not going to be an asshole to someone because they misspelt one word. Sorry tumblr doesn't spell check for me when I'm on my phone. My bad.

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It can never just be a polite message can it? Seriously so what if I spelt recomendation wrong. I put one extra c woopdi-freakin-do. Congrats...like really? What are you congratulating? My humanity? I mean sorry I misspelled one word, excuse me your highness.

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that anon can go jump. Rude bs like that really annoys me.

Thank you! I mean seriously because a polite message wouldn't have done the job. That congrats was most definitely necessary. Honestly people calm down.

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You spelt recommendation wrong on your rec page. Congrats.

Alright thanks i'll try and be more perfect next time for you. Oh and congrats on your new title of asshole.

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Roleplay Helper Recomendations +1

Reviews: Littlebastardreviews 

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Roleplay Helper Recomendations +1

Reviews: Mean-people-suck-rph

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pinennutreplied to yourpost:opinion on builtthiscityrpg? thinking of applying.

omg this warms my heart. the fact that someone even sent it in and that you think so highly of it.

And see I think this is another example as to why opinion blogs can be beneficial to the community. I am really glad this person knows what I think, it made them feel good and I don't see an issue in that. 

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opinion on builtthiscityrpg? thinking of applying.

Oh well if you like post apocalyptic (there’s a formal term I can’t think of) then I would definitely say this is a quality and well thought out roleplay. Just from reading the history I know they did their research and really took the time and effort to write it. Their bios are insightful and well written. There is enough detail for you to really grasp the characters and their personalities. The admins seem to know what they are doing and answer things maturely. Honestly if this is your cup of tea (or really even if it isn’t) I would go for it. 

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Do you give opinions on rps or just rphcas?

I give opinions on everything. You can even send in just a plot or ask me to specifically look at something. Rpchas, rps, writing blogs, doesn’t matter :)

[the-right-writing]

Character death

Good reasons for character death:

To advance the plot

To advance character development

To demonstrate the message of the book

Bad reasons for character death:

Just to make the readers cry (with none of the above as co-reasons)

You don’t like a character

To prove that death can strike at any time

Character death (just like any other plot decision) needs an in-story reason and not one based solely on the thoughts and reactions of people outside the story. Taking your feelings and your future audience into account can indeed help a story, but if those are the only reasons for a narrative decision, you need to add more plot to justify it.

And showing in the middle of the story (and not as the opening event that causes the story to happen) that death can strike randomly is as good a decision as showing in the middle of the story that lottery winnings can happen to anyone. Yeah, it’s true, but it doesn’t make for a good narrative.

[benedicthelps]

  I’m actually not surprised. I’m more surprised that they didn’t just go ewww it’s that old dude from that british snob show (which would have been more of a compliment). Themes and mascots… Ah the future of tumblr RPH community is bright. 

[staliasbanshee-deactivated20141]

People want to say there isn’t a clear divide between the RPH community, but there very much is. There’s a very dark, clear line between the idiots that start blogs like that, and the ones who actually help. Only difference is, the latter is more scarce than the former.

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Opinion #11

 I think the tags are such a mess because people don't get/ignore what they're meant for. The roleplay critic tag should be used for reviews and critiques, the roleplay help tag for help and so on but people (including myself) just tag everything. 

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mean-people-suck-rphanswered yourquestion:Discussion #3

The same goes for my guides and stuff?

Exactly! Why do things go so unnoticed?

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Discussion #3

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It seems like you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place, my friend.

I mean this blog is really just an experiment to see if an rpo blog can actually be helpful. Haha I should just reblog on my rpc but then it would be a bit obvious as to who I was. Well I wish people would listen but I'm not going to start being rude or anything for attention. 

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Discussion #3

[frankdelflno]

It’s all because the tags are a mess. I check the RPCW tag, and the LSRPG tag, and that’s it. RPC and RPH etc, are just full of useless posts.

[formidableopinions-blog]

No I completely agree, I barely use the tags at all anymore. They are just so beyond repair...sad really. But I also don't want to tag my opinions in the rpcw tag because that's not really what it's for.