Especially in an online setting where crosstalk is a much bigger concern, silence can sometimes say more than you or your character could otherwise. That might move the enemy to engage with you more than had you joined the cacophony. Both the easiest and most difficult way of standing out in an online tabletop game is to adopt a unique character voice.
For one, I personally love them and try to squeeze in as many uniquely-voiced characters into my non-player characters NPCs as a DM and player characters PCs alike as possible.
Omegle: Omegle is a website that sets you up in a chat with a completely random stranger. Depending on the universe, you can find people to roleplay with by putting in the right tags.
For example, if you wanted to roleplay Harry Potter , you might include the tags "Harry Potter Roleplay," "Harry Potter RP," "hp roleplay," "hp rp," and the names of any characters and ships you're interested in. It can be a great place to meet new people, though on the downside there are a lot of very poor roleplayers there, and many people abuse its anonymous nature to be inappropriate.
It offers features such as bridging to other networks, and better security and privacy than similar services. Rolechat: Created as a replacement for the now-broken Shamchat, Rolechat connects you to a random person for the sheer purpose of roleplaying!
Much like Omegle, you can find some creepy people there, but there are a lot of great ones, too. You can also choose whether you want SRP or not, decreasing the odds of running into a player who wants something you don't.
General RPoL. Community Chat. Game Proposals, Input, and Advice. Game Systems. Heaven - Gaming Resources. RPoL Development. Technical Discussions. Wanted - GMs. A good post is also one that is nice to read: one that can put you inside the character's head and also display their actions with clarity. Forums allow for non-asynchronous play, ideal for people who live in small communities or are too busy for regular meetings with friends.
The same is true for play-by-mail games, which use a system of mailing lists to keep everyone up-to-date with the story. It's the kind of game that can be experienced while catching up with work mails, a glint of solace in a boring day at the office.
Games played on chats, on the other hand, allow players to set bots and other automated systems to track experience points and dice rolls. The rules are allowed to be more complex, while the writing is snappier and straight to the point.
Scenes on a chat take less time to finish, but also require a major time investment from players, who need to stay connected for hours.
A perfect example of how the medium can impact gameplay is an RPG where I spent most of my teenage years: Trabia , a Final Fantasy 8-inspired experience that is played half on a forum and half on IRC.
Like in Final Fantasy 8, player characters are SeeDs - teenage soldiers training at an academy to tackle an evil witch and her allies. The forum is used to keep track of the bureaucracy, and to play the day-to-day lives of the characters. A simple conversation can last months, but this isn't seen as a problem: those simple happenings rarely impact a character's life.
And if a scene is too slow and a person has too much free time, they can always open another one, meeting different characters and trying to not think too hard about which scene happens first.
Chat, on the other hands, is used for the quests: the big boss fights, the rescue missions, the epic battles typical of every Final Fantasy game. Events that can have lasting repercussions are binged in a few play sessions, engaging multiple players in an epic adventure. The aftermaths can then be played on a forum with the usual calm.
Tying your game to a popular franchise like Final Fantasy can help new people find your game. But it also comes at a cost. The rest all came thanks to our imagination.
Alas, the video game's setting neglected to flesh out the daily lives of its protagonists, so we had to fill the gaps. And renting a house? The video game doesn't tell you those things, but our players might feel the need to know.
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