Now Under New Management!

Great Despair Lodge would like to welcome new guests to our updated facilities. [Applications are: Open]

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Annoucement

Hello everyone! We’re terribly sorry for inactivity here. Mod Myrrh and I have decided to postpone this game. This is primarily due to both of us modding other games and not feeling like we can give proper attention to this game like it needs. This game will till happen, just sometime in the future! You all are still welcome to write up applications, but not submit them till we reopen. To the already submitted applicants, we are going to clear the submitted list when we reopen. This means that you will need to resubmit your application. This is for simplicity sake. The application shouldn’t be changed though, so it will be easy to just copy/paste or re-link the same app to us! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. We’re terribly sorry to postpone, but look forward to the future.

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I'm sorry. I know I suck and I really wanted to send the application eariler but life... -le sigh- but I was just wondering... Can we take Monomachine items from the game? Or would you really rather us make up our own?

hey. guess what’s not warranted? random self-deprecation from an anon as the way to start this ask. no you can’t take Monomachine items from the game. create your own. and don’t put self-deprecation in your app; i hate people talking to me like that.

- Myrrh

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Would it be possible for someone to request an extension if they haven't finished their app by the deadline?

yeah, and we’re going to have to extend the deadline because we only have 8 apps right now. probably something about that will be posted when Mari gets on to do it.

- Myrrh

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Hi! I hope you don't mind me asking, but are we allowed to app as characters who were previously in another group or a group that died before it even started?

sure go for it just don’t bring that continuity with them

- Myrrh

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Are Reserve Course and/or fake talent characters allowed?

yeah

we had both in the original GDL

they dated

i’m still not sure how that worked out

if you make your fake talent the same talent as someone else’s canon talent i’ll probably laugh a lot so there’s that

be sure to justify how your char convinced HPA to put a fake talent on the roster, or maybe they hacked everything to rewrite their own life history. except that latter one isn’t allowed because for gods’ sakes we’re not putting hackers in the computer. again.

this response is rambling because my pain meds haven’t kicked in yet

- Myrrh

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[”Welcome to Greater Despair Lodge! It’s good to see you again.”]

Two years ago, a kidnapped class from Hope’s Peak Academy were put through a psychological experiment known as The Morpheus Project. Designed to test the effect of stress on dreams, it plunged the children into a virtual reality where they were forced to murder each other.

You don’t know about any of this, though. It may seem strange, but you’ve not heard a single word of these sorts of incidents. I assure you, in my capacity as your gracious host, that this is the truth. No, what fills your thoughts is the simplicity of your acceptance to the renowned Hope’s Peak Academy, which you’ve never heard of being associated with any sorts of scandals at all. To some degree, you’re likely excited.

… At least, until you wake up in a room that looks like it belongs in a hotel, with a cheerful voice summoning you to the lobby. Looking out the window before you go reveals you’re on… a mountain?! No, that can’t be right…! And what’s this about murder?!

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Greater Despair Lodge is a Dangan Ronpa style RP game centered on MSPARP, Skype, and Tumblr. Trials will be Skype-based and we plan to have a roster of 16-18 total students.

Applications are now open and will close on Sunday, June 5th at 12:00AM.

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My apologies for bothering you, but if the talent of a character we submitted was not added to the submitted talent list after quite a long time, should we consider the character dismissed as not considered at all?

Oh gosh! 

That’s entirely our fault, so I apologize! I’m updating the submitted list right now. You app certainly was not dismissed and is being considered as much as any other. If you still don’t see your title, then tumblr likely messed up and ate your submission. ): If that’s the case, please just resubmit! -Mod Marina

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is there any age limit for ocs? i know some groups have a cut off at age 19 or 18, but i was unsure for here

Yeah, don’t give us anyone over 18, please and thank you.

- Myrrh

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if we're interested in a power role that isn't mastermind, do we still need to fill out the mastermind prompt?

Uhhh... I’m going to say you should message this blog off anon to ask for my Skype or to PM me on Skype if you already know it! Let’s talk a little more about what exactly you’re interested in and see if that’ll work for us, or come up with a prompt for you custom-made, anon. You definitely shouldn’t fill out the mm prompt, though. That’s just for mms!

- Myrrh

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Deadline Extended!

Hey everyone! Applications will not close tonight, and the app close date has been extended to June 5th, 12:00AM! We’ve gotten some great apps so far, but sadly we don’t have enough to put our class together. Please spread the word and bring us your lovely characters! 

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[”Welcome to Greater Despair Lodge! It’s good to see you again.”]

Two years ago, a kidnapped class from Hope’s Peak Academy were put through a psychological experiment known as The Morpheus Project. Designed to test the effect of stress on dreams, it plunged the children into a virtual reality where they were forced to murder each other.

You don’t know about any of this, though. It may seem strange, but you’ve not heard a single word of these sorts of incidents. I assure you, in my capacity as your gracious host, that this is the truth. No, what fills your thoughts is the simplicity of your acceptance to the renowned Hope’s Peak Academy, which you’ve never heard of being associated with any sorts of scandals at all. To some degree, you’re likely excited.

… At least, until you wake up in a room that looks like it belongs in a hotel, with a cheerful voice summoning you to the lobby. Looking out the window before you go reveals you’re on… a mountain?! No, that can’t be right…! And what’s this about murder?!

||ABOUT||FAQ||RULES||APPLICATION||SUBMITTED||MODS||

Greater Despair Lodge is a Dangan Ronpa style RP game centered on MSPARP, Skype, and Tumblr. Trials will be Skype-based and we plan to have a roster of 16-18 total students.

Applications are now open and will close on Sunday, June 5th at 12:00AM.

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for the "what are your dreams like?" question, does that mean dreams as in goals, or dreams as in literal sleeping dreams?

The question was written with sleeping dreams in mind. Since the questions are set up as an interview, though you’re welcome to have your character misunderstand or take it as a goal dream! 

-Mod Marina

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seeing how few apps you've received, will you be considering extending the deadline?

You still have, like, almost two weeks, anon. We’d really, really prefer you actually adhere to our posted deadline and turn your app in on time. But... yeah, if we don’t get enough quality apps, we’ll have to extend. We can’t say if we’ll extend at this moment, because there’s still plenty of time for people to get apps in, so we don’t know how many we’ll have by May 15.

- Myrrh

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question! this is my first time applying to a DR OC group, so maybe this is obvious to those who have played in them before and i'm just oblivious, but can you elaborate on how the skills we're supposed to include in the application work? are they abilities our characters can use all the time, or only once every so often? and one of the example skills mentions dice rolls - are these used a lot?

Hello! First off, welcome to DR OC RP! Skills can be trickier for even experienced players, so don’t worry. Honestly, the most resource for more information on skills I can give you is from a friend right here! (They’re also hosting a rocking group, check them out) This explains the different kinds of skills and how they work. 

As for how often a skill is used, it really will depend on the kind. Like maybe you only need to use a skill to speak up in trial once or twice for the whole game, but end up using a skill for a great sense of smell a lot for investigation. Dice-rolls are really for more events or fighting. For example, back in the first game we had a luggage cart race! Mods rolled a d20 to decide the success of things like jumping over obstacles or attacks on other racers. If you have more questions, feel free to ask us!

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Hey quick question, why isn't romance allowed?

Romance is technically allowed in most cases. It’s just heavily discouraged ICly by those running the game, and no characters will be allowed to go beyond PG-13. There are a variety of reasons for this, IC and OOC. Naturally, giving out IC reasons that those running the game have is known as ‘spoilers’, so I won’t be doing it. 

- Myrrh

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[”Welcome to Greater Despair Lodge! It’s good to see you again.”]

Two years ago, a kidnapped class from Hope’s Peak Academy were put through a psychological experiment known as The Morpheus Project. Designed to test the effect of stress on dreams, it plunged the children into a virtual reality where they were forced to murder each other.

You don’t know about any of this, though. It may seem strange, but you’ve not heard a single word of these sorts of incidents. I assure you, in my capacity as your gracious host, that this is the truth. No, what fills your thoughts is the simplicity of your acceptance to the renowned Hope’s Peak Academy, which you’ve never heard of being associated with any sorts of scandals at all. To some degree, you’re likely excited.

… At least, until you wake up in a room that looks like it belongs in a hotel, with a cheerful voice summoning you to the lobby. Looking out the window before you go reveals you’re on… a mountain?! No, that can’t be right…! And what’s this about murder?!

||ABOUT||FAQ||RULES||APPLICATION||SUBMITTED||MODS||

Greater Despair Lodge is a Dangan Ronpa style RP game centered on MSPARP, Skype, and Tumblr. Trials will be Skype-based and we plan to have a roster of 16-18 total students.

Applications are now open and will close on Sunday, May 15th at 11:59PM.

[greaterdespairlodge]

[”Welcome to Greater Despair Lodge! It’s good to see you again.”]

Two years ago, a kidnapped class from Hope’s Peak Academy were put through a psychological experiment known as The Morpheus Project. Designed to test the effect of stress on dreams, it plunged the children into a virtual reality where they were forced to murder each other.

You don’t know about any of this, though. It may seem strange, but you’ve not heard a single word of these sorts of incidents. I assure you, in my capacity as your gracious host, that this is the truth. No, what fills your thoughts is the simplicity of your acceptance to the renowned Hope’s Peak Academy, which you’ve never heard of being associated with any sorts of scandals at all. To some degree, you’re likely excited.

… At least, until you wake up in a room that looks like it belongs in a hotel, with a cheerful voice summoning you to the lobby. Looking out the window before you go reveals you’re on… a mountain?! No, that can’t be right…! And what’s this about murder?!

||ABOUT||FAQ||RULES||APPLICATION||SUBMITTED||MODS||

Greater Despair Lodge is a Dangan Ronpa style RP game centered on MSPARP, Skype, and Tumblr. Trials will be Skype-based and we plan to have a roster of 16-18 total students.

Applications are now open and will close on Sunday, May 15th at 11:59PM.