2018 Simming Fall Festival
That’s right, FallFest 2018 is today. See you over there.
A special thanks to all our hosts and other contributors.
Dec
15
By Charles Star
Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Events, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplay Systems, Roleplay-related projects, Roleplaying community Tags: Ascension Sims, Discord, FallFest, IRC, TNU Project 1 Comment
That’s right, FallFest 2018 is today. See you over there.
A special thanks to all our hosts and other contributors.
Dec
14
By Charles Star
Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Events, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplay Systems, Roleplaying community Tags: Ascension Sims, Discord, FallFest, IRC, TNU Project Leave a Comment
You heard it right: FallFest VIII is tomorrow, Saturday, December 15th. Join us then at 5:00 PM GMT (London) / noon EST (New York) / 9:00 PST (San Francisco) for the Opening Ceremony. Click here to find the schedule of events, the Discord channel, and much more! Josh Hina and his leadership team from the TNU Project and other clubs have quite the extravaganza scheduled for us throughout the rest of the day. Feel free to pop in anytime!
It doesn’t matter if you’re into Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, or something else entirely. Or if you prefer chat sims, play by e-mail, or message boards. If you’re a simmer or online role player of any persuasion, there will be something there for you! But what do you really get out of FallFest? Here are 4 reasons you should attend: Read More
Dec
4
By Charles Star
Category: Events, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplay Systems, Roleplay-related projects, Roleplaying community Tags: Ascension Sims, Discord, FallFest, IRC, TNU Project 3 Comments
That’s right, the 2018 Simming Fall Festival is scheduled for December 15th! Indeed, TNU Project has been selected as this year’s host, and Josh Hina will serve as chair. We’re going a little different route this year as TNU is not a club in in the traditional sense. Instead, they’re a member of Ascension Sims. However, Josh and co. already have an outstanding line up events ready for December 15th. Read More
Nov
10
By Charles Star
Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Events, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplay-related projects, Roleplaying community Tags: Discord, FallFest, IRC 4 Comments
It’s time to select a FallFest host! Well, it’s actually past time! We held SciWorld later than usual this year and wanted there to still be a good gap between the two. Anyway, we’re now accepting applications to host and chair the online roleplaying community’s premier event: The Simming Fall Festival (aka FallFest). This will be our 8th festival since beginning back in 2011. Read More
Oct
26
By Nim
Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Character Development, OngoingWorlds guide, Roleplaying community, Writing tips Tags: advice, character groups, Character profile labels, disqus, Game information, Moderation, moderator, ongoing worlds, Ongoing Worlds guide, Tools, writing tips 1 Comment
The Ongoing Worlds community is about as open as you get. Anybody who can access the internet and understands English can join. There are no rules nor protocols listed anywhere except in the game information sections and descriptions of some of the games on the site, and those vary per game. Yet despite that, really becoming a comfortable member of the Ongoing Worlds community and getting the most out of the Ongoing Worlds experience is not quite as simple as it may first appear. Ongoing Worlds offers a substantial number of tools whose value and utility may not immediately be recognizable, and the Ongoing Worlds community itself has a unique microculture, with a lot of values and beliefs that may not be readily apparent either.
In an attempt to help newcomers and veterans better understand the tools at our disposal, how we use those tools, and understand the beliefs of the Ongoing Worlds community, I have worked with the people of the Ongoing Worlds Community Platform to put together a list of ten things that we would like everyone to know and understand about Ongoing Worlds. Many of these are lessons that I have learned through making mistakes, resulting in hurt feelings for me or those that I have interacted with. Hopefully, by sharing this information, others can learn what I have learned less painfully than I did.
Tools
1. Email is Ongoing Worlds’ method for Private Messaging. You can find the email address of any given member by clicking the links to their profile page. Email communication is extremely valuable here on Ongoing Worlds, as it is the primary means through which different OW members can discuss things that don’t need to be publicly displayed for everyone to see. The Ongoing Worlds experience is not meant to be enjoyed alone, and email is the primary means of bridging the physical distance between you and other OW members. Keep in mind that you cannot see another member’s email address until you are an accepted member of a game that they are also in. A quick way to be able to see the email addresses of a lot of other members is to join the Ongoing Worlds Community Platform. Read More
Sep
14
By Charles Star
Category: Awards, Competition, Events, Roleplaying community Tags: Board of advisors, Bravo Fleet, Obsidian Fleet, October Veritas, Squiddies, UCIP, USS Black Hawk, USS Vindicator 2 Comments
Sep
6
By David Ball
Category: Roleplaying community, Writing tips Leave a Comment
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
By David Ball
Category: OngoingWorlds site news, Website Improvements Tags: Hero membership Leave a Comment
Hello roleplayers! I’ve made a recent change to the homepage that highlights our Hero Members.
Read MoreAug
22
By David Ball
Category: OngoingWorlds site news, Roleplaying community Tags: Community, inside-jokes, Major Tom, Outpost 42 News 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
Aug
15
By Charles Star
Category: Awards, Events, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplay Systems, Roleplaying community Tags: Alexander, Bravo Fleet, OWCH, sciworld, Star Army, Wes Davis Leave a Comment
What a SciWorld we had last month! In case you missed it, Bravo Fleet and Star Army partnered together to host the 2018 edition, which was an absolute blast! As far as we know, this was the first time that two different sim clubs co-hosted the convention. The first SciWorld was in 1999, and it has been held continuously since 2011. We believe that this year’s SciWorld was the 16th, but we’re not positive as many records from the early 2000s are no longer available. Read More
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