Is a 1 on 1 RP just an RP with two people? How the hec would that work out????
It would be much deeper/personal that the rps you see here. The posts also tend to be shorter for the most part however, often times [especially on so called 'advanced' roleplaying sites] you see posts that are around the 1200 word counter
per post.
/delurks
Indeed, it would be nice to have somewhere to set up 1 on 1 RPs to do over email/IM or whatever. It's a gap in the featurset of this RP board! I prefer doing one on one RPs, 'cos they're easier to set up and keep going and all, and they're just generally good fun. Mika mentioned it could lead to potential spam, I disagree! I reckon that if you made easy for peeps to do things through email it'd cut down on the number of RP submissions you'd have to moderate overall.
Just my 0.02$!
Mmm I'm not cool with email tho. I mean I understand people wanting privacy but PC's RP thing, since I joined [which was specifically for this section] way back in the day that is, has always been about making new friends and RPing together. I personally worry about elitist people only 1 on 1 because of one of two reasons A) they think they're too good for the majority of pc or B) because it violates the ratings on PC. I know that alot of 1 on 1 Rps can borderline smutty which is completely and utterly forbidden on PC, especially in the RP/Fanfiction subforums. It's not that the site's childfriendly so much as I think people just don't want to see it. It's always been that way since I can remember and I don't think any of the mods, AE included, have changed that [I think Mr. Man in Red is the one who made the actual rating rules. o.o
Edit: I confirmed with said Mr Man in Red that he did indeed write the original rules and he was pretty much the first RP mod in existence sooooo <3]
I'm not saying I haven't 1 on 1'd but it started via things like PC roleplays. In truth, the reason I have a 1 on 1 through an IM still currently going is because we've been running the same characters since 2002 and the site we were using died out and we wanted to develop the characters a bit more.
The problem I see with the spam is the following:
Person A) Hey I'm looking for a One on One in these categories:
Person B) Okiely Dokiely, IM me right now. /o/
...Yeah that may cover the four word rule but it's obv. it's just word filler. :/ If you're taking extended discussions on characters or plotlines maybe but if you're going to go that far why not make a private thread and submit for moderation? The high staff [former RP mods to the best of my knowledge] have run them before tho they don't tend to last very long for whatever reason. :/
Mmm, me myself, I only do 1 on 1s with people I've known for awhile, not because I dislike people but because I like a group setting. Plotline's almost always deeper and I only have to run one character and NPCS. :P The people I've 1 on 1'd with can tell you, I'm very very picky with who I 1 on 1 with because of what I expect.