S008

On the positive side, you have not lost the practice it took to write the fics. A Captain Obvious reply, but true. I use an external HDD myself - if one of the HDDs fails, I just make another copy from the one in working condition.

Thank you for the offer, although it's farily probable that if I ever get approved, I'll just end up slipping into an open RP and hope that no one notices my lack of expertise and learn. That's how I tend to do things. I noticed that some of the RPs here don't progress too quickly - maybe having to make a collective decision about the actions is also partially a reason for that. Or just everyone's busy doing something else. I have to note that leaving the final say to others (and discussing outside of the RP) sounds like an feasible system and it also seems to help in connecting the messages to each other. By the way, for me, being able to observe the same scene through several characters' thoughts is a refreshment from the style of most books', which focus on the feelings of a single protagonist. This'll sound cheesy, but seeing it for the first time I find it amazing. Ooh, the editor and game allowed for so many possibilities, I even made a map for RP and storycrafting myself! Of course, it was very undeveloped, I mostly messed with the abilities to have a vide array of possibilities for the characters, since I preferred clear visual representation in RP games at that time. One could also say "why make one, when you can join an already exsisting community?". <- I have a slight feeling that writing this period here was a mistake. I guess some people are born to be leaders- err, admins. : P

Yeah, I figured you'd be that way, being a writer yourself. I think I'm half-half, as I like to emphatize with the characters of a story (sometimes unintentionally) - not at all because they'd be similar to me but because I enjoy that feeling as a reader; but I also enjoy the way a story is built up and crafted. I'm even certain I would enjoy taking part in the writing of an RP where I could work with a character almost freely and see the story "blossom" before my eyes over time. But then again, I fear of doing something atrocious with the storyline or another person's character, or simply lacking the appropriate style. Generally, are all participants allowed to progress the events (especially in the case of a not so lighthearted RP's serious happenings) or are there a chosen few for that who have already proven their abilities? Don't worry, I'm not planning on assaulting you with a questionnaire. This one, however, is something that might vary from RP to RP.

I'm truly suprised by the variety of RP backgrounds you all have mentioned. I envy you. : P It indeed sounds as if participating in RP would be very similar to writing fan fiction. If you don't mind the question, do you find interacting with others partaking in forming the events of the RP the main charm of it, or rather that you can partly insert yourself into the story in the form of different characters with different personalities? Simply put, do you enjoy RP as a read formed by several people, including yourself; or more as an experience or adventure from your characters' point of view?

For one, I still know little about how forum RPs work, although I do plan to get the hang of its rules - just to have the possibility to RP; to not fail miserably if it ever came to it; and because I like learning. : P Hosting your own RP sounds like a dashing move to me (and so does RPing the trial and error way), but I guess it paid off in the end. Wow. The first time I wrote the sentence above, I used a capital D in the word "dashing". >.> By the way, I did it again in the previous sentence as well. Thanks for sharing!

Simply put, I haven't role-played ever and I was wondering what made you make up your minds about starting to RP/pony RP; whether you've RPed before you got into pony RP; and if you had concerns about your lack of experience or vocabulary when you first started. I ask the last one especially those of you with English only as a second or third language. I've ran a few searches but my curiosity wasn't satisfied. If there was a thread about this beforehand, feel free to remove this one from all existence and redirect me.

I'm always open to anything streamed live - especially if it includes craziness. As for fanfics, I prefer reading them on my own, but- oh boy, you even have a reading of Spiderses. That one I can promise I'll check out. : P

You, people, you don't trust Rainbow's skill at all. I feel ashamed for all of you! Nah. Personally, I go with Rainbow Dash, given that she is more of a professional athlete than Applejack; AJ also has what it takes, but she lacks the natural speed and light weight of a pegasus. Their endurance must be quite similar - they both excercise daily. I can say without fear of favour that, if anyone, then Dash would have won. I'd rather not choose, though. Okay, I might be a tiny bit biased. I don't particularly believe that long-distance running's primary requirement would be a large amount of muscle, and I highly doubt that having such would make a difference, given that they are both sporty enough. I base that on what I know about humans and my personal experience, so feel free to correct me. About her stamina - I think she (the one to create a Sonic Rainboom) has trained enough to be able to stand her ground against anypony stamina-wise. They were both running till the end, after all. As of now, it seems I'm alone with my opinion. And yet again, I wrote a book-sized comment. o.o

I didn't know some RP forum members are frowned upon by their admins solely for registering on another site; it feels like an unneccessary and cold precaution unfitting to any (small) community. I find this concerning, myself. Regardless, I'm not a regular role player, and I won't be prejudiced. He is, of course, free to RP wherever he enjoys it.

I'd go with Sonic Rainboom - while Party of One is an important episode and seeing the "secret" unfold through the eyes of Pinkie was certainly enjoyable, it almost didn't feature the other characters at all for the very same reason - that's not bad, but it makes me lean towards Sonic Rainboom for the time being. Besides, the meeting of Dash and the Wonderbolts wasn't overemphasized but was well-presented.

I'll also allow myself a shameless third comment.

Thanks for the replies! Equestria Daily's Drawfriend Stuff is probably the one to "blame" for my discovery of Canterlot, although that was a month ago and I haven't had the time and mood to really immerse into the forums since then.

Hello, As you can see, I go by the alias "S008" in the pony/brony community. Truth be told, I'll probably not be seen posting on the forums a lot, since I find more interest in reading the discussion of others - that being said, it might be subject to change. I have a wide array of interests, although my main focus is IT studies (which leaves no doubt that I am, indeed, a guy). I enjoy art a great deal; for pony related material, this includes nonabstract visual art and fan fictions as well. I also took the liberty to read the rules before writing this post.