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Mar
21

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The Top Five Most Misspelled Words According to Oxford Dictionaries

Category: Writing, Writing tips Tags: , Leave a Comment

This article was submitted to us by Stephen Benton.

There is a quote attributed to South African writer Gugulethu Mhlungu stating that the English language is not an actual language but three, stacked on each other and hiding under a trench coat. And it seems to be nothing but the truth: the language we use today has had quite a few others influence it over the centuries, from Latin to German, and French, giving birth to the one we all love today.

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Mar
20

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The great OngoingWorlds outage of March 2019

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Yesterday we had quite a large problem with the server, with the website being down for about 16 hours. This was caused by an unexpected server migration by our hosting provider, which lead to the database being out of date. I had to keep the website offline for longer than expected, to wrestle with the company’s technical support and get them to send the latest copy of the database. I wanted to make sure absolutely no data had been lost, because I know how important each and every post is to you guys!

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Feb
18

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Introducing the Newest Ongoing Worlds Community Honor Recipients

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It’s been far too long since we awarded an OngoingWorlds Community Honor (OWCH), but I think it’s important to recognise when someone has done something great in the community.

Tbh there’s so much awesomeness going on right now actually, the community around OngoingWorlds is blossoming, and it feels like there’s loads of events going on all the time that span not just this community, but the entire roleplaying community. Here’s the new recipients of the OWCH: Read More

Feb
15

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Project Khitomer online convention

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The below was sent to me by Andrew Greenfelt from Bravo Fleet & this sounds like a great event to get roleplayers together! Here’s the info:

You are cordially invited to Project Khitomer on Saturday, February 23rd starting at 3pm GMT (10am EST). Khitomer is a unique, online swimming convention hosted by Bravo, Obsidian, and Pegasus Fleets on a dedicated Discord server. Read More

Jan
13

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Two big things I’ve learned by being on OngoingWorlds

Category: OngoingWorlds guide, Roleplaying community, Writing tips Tags: , , 4 Comments

This article was submitted to us by OngoingWorlds member Phineaus: 

There are two big things that I have learned by being on the site.

The first is that while I may enjoy reading different genres of writing, writing in them is not as easy as I thought it would be. I have jumped into two games and learned quickly that my style of writing did not fit. I have been enjoying reading the post and following the games, but it is hard to jump in a meaning full way. Because my writing style feels like a flat tire.  Read More

Jan
11

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Best articles of 2018!

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Hello! Here is a handpicked list of the best articles from 2018 (filtering out news) ordered by popularity (lowest to highest). These have been contributed by different people from our awesome community! Read More

Jan
3

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Stats from 2018!

Category: OngoingWorlds site news, Roleplaying community Tags: , , 6 Comments

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Hello everyone! At this time of year it’s nice to reflect on the previous year, so here’s some stats from 2018: Read More

Sep
6

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Every RP has a Crutch

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This post was written for us by OngoingWorlds member Writing Bug.

Hello guys, it’s WB from OW. I want to tell you about something called a Writing Crutch. If you google it, it talks about how writers use safe-words in their writing. But that isn’t the only crutch I see in RP’s. Every role play has some form of crutch, that allows for a writer to lean on when giving an explanation. Some examples can include… Read More

Sep
1

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Highlighting Hero Members

Category: OngoingWorlds site news, Website Improvements Tags: Leave a Comment

Hello roleplayers! I’ve made a recent change to the homepage that highlights our Hero Members.

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Aug
22

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We’ve been spoofed!

Category: OngoingWorlds site news, Roleplaying community Tags: , , , 1 Comment


Okay It’s not often I post satire here, but OngoingWorlds has been spoofed by the satire site Outpost 42 News, which is sort of like The Onion, or The Daily Mash, you’ve probably seen the type, but for the roleplay community. Read More

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