OngoingWorlds blog

News & articles about play-by-post games, for roleplayers & writers

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Invite your members to the “Elite” Facebook group

OW Elite - a facebook group for the most awesome roleplayers

I don’t know how well known this is, but we have a semi-hidden-ish Facebook group for the most awesome OngoingWorlds members. This is a place where we can discuss things, our games, roleplaying in general, etc etc. Group posts are hidden to non-members so feel free writing anything in there without your prying parents or curious work collegues reading. Read More

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4 rather good planet name generators

Planet scape

Is your roleplaying game a science fiction adventure where you visit new planets on a regular basis? Find it difficult coming up with interesting planet names? Well fear not! Because here’s a few generators that’ll give you a list of cool names to choose from: Read More

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How do you stop people from godmodding?

trolling godmodders

I noticed that RPRepository posted a news article about godmodding – which remains a constant problem in roleplaying games. I’d say it’s probably the biggest problem – would you agree?
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3 ways to reward your players with prizes

Bender holding an applause sign for awesome roleplayersMany roleplayers put a lot of thought and effort into their posts, something that it’s nice to reward. Here’s some ideas to reward your players, whether it’s as part of a competition you’re hosting, or just for the sake of being nice: Read More

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Role-playing-games – are we playing a role, or writing a character?

Puppeteer

The social aspect of play-by-post games can be a bit tricky. For as long as I’ve known, some roleplayers like to hide behind a character, and pretend to BE the character. I noticed this first a long time ago on a Star Trek game I was part of, where lots of the out-of-game chatter wasn’t necessarily out-of-character. People would still chat as if they were the characters.  Read More

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How to post to a Facebook page from OngoingWorlds

Post to facebook

So you might have a Facebook page for your game on OngoingWorlds. If not, it’s a really good idea because:

  • It helps people find your game
  • It gives you a place to announce stuff
  • People can follow your game easily, even if they don’t have time to play (usually called lurking)

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3 weeks left to enter the Ambassador of Awesome competition

Ambassador of awesomeYup that’s right, only 3 weeks left. If you haven’t heard of Ambassador of Awesome, read the original article here. But basically you need to tell someone about OngoingWorlds to enter. The more people you tell, the more chances you have of winning.

So spread the love and be awesome!

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StatCat – Highest rated users

statcat2StatCat is back! This time the clever moggy has found for us who are the users with the highest post ratings so far this year.

What are post ratings?

StatCat thought you’d ask this (isn’t he clever?) so he asked me to include this screenshot:

Post rating

People can rate posts of games they’re a member of. You’ll see 5 stars at the bottom of each post, where you can click and give this post a rating. Users will be able to see which of their posts are rated on their dashboard, but all votes are anonymous. Read More

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Help! I don’t know what to post!

Frustrated writer

This article was written for us by Amy O’Reilley from Blue Dwarf.

We’ve all been there, we’ve all started a post with “Jeff walked along the corridor and…” then suddenly been struck with an attack of the ‘Oh God what nows?’ Or what happens when you are in the middle of a fight and you have absolutely no idea what to do with third technician Jeff Jefferson who only cleans out the chicken soup machines. Read More

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Become an Ambassador of Awesome

Ambassador of awesome

OngoingWorlds needs you to help spread the word. There’s loads of people who would make excellent roleplayers but don’t know about OngoingWorlds. People who might want to join your game but don’t know about it yet!  Read More