People's Opinions on a DDC RP Contest?

[MGarurumon]

I was thinking about ways to make the members have more to do, rather than the forum games and waiting for their battles. When brainstorming, I came across the idea of Digimon RP Contest. But I'm skeptical on this idea, so I wanted to know what other people thought about it and if they think they would be willing to participate.

Alright, so if you've been here for a long time, chances are that you've seen RP of some kind in battles. It's not mandatory to RP in your battles, but sometimes helpers and members RP in their battles to spice things up a bit.

For example, before I was a helper, I did an awesome roleplay with Lunar. In that RP, my Digimon and I as well as Lunar's Digimon and herself were searching for Lunar's dad's brain. A very entertaining story in my mind. Even Durgon randomly dropped in and posted a post solely with roleplay. That was the best battle I've ever had on DDC. Roleplaying made DDC ... 10x funner to me, and Lunar enjoyed modding my battle and roleplaying, too. But I've roleplayed with DC, King, Yeti, and others as well. Another example.

Roleplaying can be in many different forms. I'm not a stickler for 100% correct grammar, spelling, etc. For example, I could use sentences like, "Oblivion, the Dorugamon, whipped around and snapped his teeth at Fenrir. 'Shut up!'" or I could use "Oblivion: "Fenrir, shut up!"
He spun around and bared his fangs, and Fenrir whimpered."

I was thinking about hosting a contest (i'm willing to dump most of the items and goodies in my bag _{even the master disk};3) For the contest, I'm thinking along the lines of a person roleplaying with their own Digimon. Any topic. (Possible Ideas that you don't actually have to use: the story about your Digimon getting a name, a scene between two of your arguing Digimon, a Digimon running away from you, how you try to befriend your new Digimon). And if people wanted, they could pair up and roleplay with each other.

The point would be for people to think about the Digimon more. Give them personalities and names--uniqueness. That way your DDC Digimon become even more special, and you'll actually have a bond with them. Also, it would allow for (what I believe to be) funner battles.

But like I said before, I'm just thinking. I just wanted to see people's reactions and if they were interested. *shrug*

[Red(Rin)]

This seems like a challenge to me... i have been rping for about a year and i have a mentor who has been training for about 8 years i would like to accept this little challenge of course you will need my rp sample so here it is

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Rin made his way to his village gates his headband against his neck to avoid missing ninja or enemy ninja from having a clear path to his most defenseless point on his body, yeah Rin could block it with his hands but that would possibly injure his hands this way the only thing getting cut is his silly headband, Rin was bored with tenga he wanted to travel the world he moved close to the gates reaching his hand threw the gate before bring it back "Hm i guess... my body wants me to leave to... its a pity this little village i call home is where i was raised... now i'm leaving it Pft well then lets go!" Rin said darting out of the gate his body rushed with adrenalin his speed was slow like a academy student he didn't care his grin grew as he got to a small stream Rin bent down and took a slurp of the water.The water glisten down his chin as he got up he was feeling tired so he found a gave that seem to be carved out by a stream he laid down the stalagmite above him looked like they where going to fall and crush him, but Rin was smarter he knew the stalagmite wouldn't fall it had been there for ages surely another day wouldn't hurt it.Rin went to sleep.

3 hours later Rin awoke it was night he got our of the cave and moved around the cave waking himself up.Rin started to walk the path he was moving on the dirt road he started to run "Run, Faster, faster, FASTER!" Rin said bolting threw the dirt road avoiding carts and bandits his speed was at his max for his training he made it to another Stream before boarding a boat that would take him into Konoha, He me the crew men and started to have fun they gave him a strange liquid as he took a sip he coughed "What *Cough* The **** *Cough* is this" Rin said he couldn't get the taste out of his mouth it was dreadful it felt like his throat was burning with acid dripping on it, The me forced the bottle down his mouth as he drank the whole thing his mouth managed to catch a bit of it and spit it out, Rin feel to the ground "w-who the hell" Rin said getting up "DO YOU THINK YOU ARE" Rin said punching 1 of the man in the jaw before kicking another "Congratulations you've just sealed your fate!" Rin said with a grin he staggered the booze had hit him the men took there chance but Rin was faster kicking the second man in the nose and elbowing the first guy.

Rin staggered to the top of the boat and bent over the rails he was off center and fell off the boat into shallow water Rin quickly moved to a Oak Tree and started to sleep he dreamed of becoming a sannin.Rin awoke from his deep sleep to a nice morning sunrise Rin yawned his head was killing him and he barfed in the stream "God damn it what happened last night?" Rin questioned himself.Rin looked around "WHERE THE HELL AM I?" Rin screamed with a questioning tone.Rin got up the Oak Tree and looked around he knew he was in the leaf villages lands but he didn't know where to go so Rin started off north where he knew Kumo was he jumped from tree to tree, his body was starting to get uses to jumping and he didn't even need to think about it anymore, He saw dead carcasses on the ground he dropped down to see three dead rabbits 2 dead deer and 1 dead bear, it looked like a battle field there was blood everywhere it was splattered across the ground.Rin looked around to see a dying wolf he moved close its breathing was slow, Rin moved closer hearing its faint whimpering and crying Rins felt sorrow for this animal as he petted it "It's ok i am here" Rin said as it looked at him Rin felt tears rolling down his cheeks.



Rin stopped petting the wolf "Ok i am going to call you yuri, and until you die yuri you will be my friend" Rin said as he hugged the pitch black wolf. The wolf didn't snap at him or growl it nuzzled his face before laying down in its final resting place its breathing stopped and Rin was left alone to swim in his own sorrow he let out a scream as his eyes stopped pouring out the tears Rins looked at the puddle of blood he saw his eyes the was 1 tomoe in it followed by his pupil Rin was shocked as 15 wolves appeared growling at Rin.Rin looked at the beasts and got back on the tree he had jumped from.The wolves grabbed the bear and dragged him away for dinner when Rin knew they where gone he jumped back down over to yuri he pulled out a kunai and ripped out 1 of Yuris canine fangs and placed it in his pocket.

Rin went back up the tree, He unpacked his bag grabbing his rice balls topped with tomatoes and onions he liked the taste like this most people thought it would taste nasty but to Rin it tasted heavenly, He took his first bite chewing it slowly when he remembered how long it had been since he had eaten, He scarfed down the rice balls, Rin got up and stretched his sharingan started to disappear, he didn't mind he wanted to see Yuri 1 last time with his blue eyes as he glanced at the wolf its pelt was torn from the fight his muzzle must have been bloody because now Rins face was bloody and he looked at his cloths they where full of blood from the hug he needed to clean them he took off his dress shirt and threw them into his bag revealing his white shirt he kept the Tie on it was untidy it was uneven he didn't mind he looked kinda cool with it like that he thought to himself.

Rin Stopped feeling bad about what happened to yuri he instead felt happy his friend would be in a better place he thought to himself, Rin started on his journey again his happiness fueled him fully he rand threw the trees occasionally jumping and kicking off the trees to try to get there faster his face expression went to a frown as he looked back and thought about his kage he had left not to mention everyone else.
Rin stopped suddenly seeing the Kumos border the sight was breath taking it was like something Rin had never seen before.Rin started down the steep sloop of the drop he got all the way down and started on his way he heard faintly in the distance howls the wolves where bidding him farewell the must have known he spent Yuris last moments with him.Rin smiled and muttered "Well... it's not so bad being nice" Rin said happily as he moved towards a mountain he needed to climb to even see kumo not to mention get entrance to there village.Rin sat down his back against the mountain thinking about what he would say to the people.

Rin started to doze off his body fell into a deep slumber where he was in a meteor shower and he was the only one not moving he saw the meteors smash into a valcano it exploded in a rage burning honkas forest to the ground and the lava burned Kumo the tremendous force created a earth quake that destroyed mizus village and the water was sapped out Rin awoke from this nightmare in a cold sweat.Rin got up the sweat dripped from his face onto the ground creating a pool that revealed his sharingan was active he slowly tried to control it and make it go away, It stayed so he waited 3 hours for it to turn off when it finally did he started to climb up the mountain hs hands where getting harder they where getting numb so he took a small break on a ledge and looked at the ground it was so far down he got frightened that he might fall.Rin looked up at the sky the sun was setting to reveal a pretty sight the horizon, its red and orange color made it look even more pretty Rin smiled as he moved up the mountain his hands where getting cut by jagged rocks he made it to the top seeing Kumo it was that the bottom of the mountain he saw some rocks that he could jump on and get to the gate and tell the ninja of his arrival.Rin jumped down onto rocks but 1 rock fell it slide across the side of the mountain Rin was scared shirtless as his feet where gripped to the rock Rin put on a smile along with a extremely competitive look the rock skidded down Rin was controlling it with his weight as he hit a jump.Rin hit the jump sending him flying across the sky the rock started to fall apart he hit the ground and the rock shattered everywhere Rin threaded his hand threw his hair as his sharingan activated.

Rin looked around he wasn't at the gate he was 5 feet from it from his rather loud entrance he most likely alerted the kumo anbu ninja of his arrival he moved a bit his legs wobbled as he took a step the landing hurt his legs balance no doubt he manged to keep them straight yet his stomach growled and he knew he had more rice balls in his bag he reached inside of it and grasped the ball of rice and pulled it out he smiled as he smelled it his mouth watered as he started to eat it he leaned against a rock and started chewing his hunger faded he smiled as his eyes saw villagers coming and going just like home he thought to himself as he made his way to the gate they where big like any other showing the Kumo insignia it soothed Rin a bit as he stared at it he let out a smile and moved threw the gate his pants where red with dried blood his face was white the blood had dripped off his eyes where soulless yet loving there was a bulge in his pocket from yuris tooth.Rin made his way to a villager making sue he was at the right village the villager he asked was rude and said "Kid look at the sign does any other village have kumos sign? Stupid kid" Rin held in his anger he didn't want to start a problem he just made his way to the gate he saw building after building knowing it was a awesome sight.(Note Rin in not inside the gate... yet...) Rin waited for a guard to come and talk to him about his appearance at this village with some blood over his cloths but nobody came.Rin waited and waited his patience went low he wanted to barge into the village but he knew if he didn't get allowed in he wouldn't be able to stroll right in.

I only post about average 500 words full of detail about what my character does adding 200 more words per person i currently have only 1 digimon so i will be posting on average 700 words... i will slim it down cuz it seems most of you don't really know how to rp well, so i will lower the word count to around... 200 words this seems like a rather fair number although if someone goes above me i will be forced to go above them and so on and so forth...

[andrei]

I know I'm not a great rp'er but it seems interesting and I would like to join, if I'm allowed.

[Alexi]

Although I'm pretty awful at RPing - I'd give it a try, and it's an interesting idea, especially since sometimes the forum can be pretty ... inactive.
But I do think that the idea of you giving away your inventory items is a bit unfair. They should be new spawned items, if anything.

[andrei]

I agree with Alexi. Giving your own items is unfair.

[Shiroki]

I'm okay at RP'ing Since I have a few years of experience. So I should be okay if I join.

[Red(Rin)]

:3 joy i agree with those others spawning in items could be called met/god modding so could we please not do that :3

[MGarurumon]

I'd have to consult with the admins and other staff to have this made into an official contest and spawn new items, but I'm glad that you guys are showing interest.

Red(Rin), ah, what I meant was that giving away items in my own inventory as rewards for the contest. I'm not allowed to randomly create items anyway except for after a battle in which we have to put items in the user's inventory--all decided by a random generator.

What led me to that idea was how people can host their own tourney... and supply their own prizes.
But if this can become an official contest, we'll see how item reward distribution for the contest is handled. I'm still not quite sure how the contest should even be judged... because there are some people who put more effort into their post but don't write as well (but this is also subject to opinion?). But all the details later. If you have any suggestions, feel free though!

In the meanwhile, I'll wait till other members and staff see the thread and input their opinion.
Thanks for your replies!

[Kingmana]

I have actually thought about this plenty of times and I think it's a good idea. Thanks for bringing this topic, MG.

If you all agree, we can start with small RP events in which you guys will receive some prizes after satisfying certain conditions such as text lenght, plot or whatever rules we decide.

If you guys show me you are really interested in such things, then more events of those will come in the future. But I need to see some activeness there, if not the idea will have to be canceled.

Oh and it wouldn't be rigid rules such as saying ''post about this specific situation'', but I would like to keep the roleplays in topics such as ''epic fights/begining/getting stronger'' so we can organize this easily.

First contest should be something like posting three different stories telling how you meet your digimon, how you came with a nickname for them (or why you haven't put a nick/decided against it) and/or the moment you have told them their nicks and how they reacted.

As for the prices, eh, I have to see if you are really interested first and then I will see what I can come with.

[IcestarRiver]

This sounds pretty fun. Sorry if I missed it, but how are you thinking of executing this?

[MGarurumon]

Nah, we haven't started anything really. We're just brainstorming aloud and fleshing out ideas, since some people seem interested.

And sure, I think those topics sound cool.
So, would a person do it by him or herself?
Or could they RP with another person?

[Kingmana]

If they wanna Rp with other person, they can. No limit will be stablished there. People can work alone, in pairs or in groups. As long as they somewhat stick to the topic it's totally alright.

If the first writing contest works, we can start planning on some RP contest with more participantes, but we should start with the basics first.

[IcestarRiver]

Maybe there should be two sections of the competition? One a personal narrative, with only yourself and your Digimon, and the other one that includes two people and their Digimon. Perhaps with a minimum amount of words/post or just posts.