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* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: Because there are a lot of people who play anime characters and characters from other Japanese media, and TranslationConventions differing person-to-person means that some muns use Eastern order and some use Western order, often at least somebody is confused as to which name is the given name when introduced to a new character. (This goes double for obscure canons or characters with TwoFirstNames.) This is one of the common ways to get around it.
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* [[{{Ilasgoc}} It's Like A Simple Game of Chess]] (mostly known as Ilasgoc)
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* SeriousBusiness: Just look at [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps]], [[http://roleplaysecrets.dreamwidth.org roleplaysecrets]], [[http://rpanoncomm.livejournal.com anon]], [[http://rpanons.dreamwidth.org memes]], [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rpvents rp vents]], and [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/quitroleplay quit role play]].
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* SeriousBusiness: Just look at [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps]], [[http://roleplaysecrets.dreamwidth.org roleplaysecrets]], [[http://rpanoncomm.livejournal.com anon]], [[http://rpanons.dreamwidth.org memes]], [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rpvents rp vents]], and [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/quitroleplay quit role play]].play]], and [[http://wankgate.dreamwidth.org wankgate.]]
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** ''That'' (character). Started with "That Patchouli," an AlternateUniverse [[TouhouProject Patchouli]] that tried to screw any women that move; "That (whoever)" thus tends to get attached to a character played in a similarly creepy and out-of-character manner.
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** ''That'' (character). Started with "That Patchouli," an AlternateUniverse [[TouhouProject [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Patchouli]] that tried to screw any women that move; "That (whoever)" thus tends to get attached to a character played in a similarly creepy and out-of-character manner.
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!!Tropes applying to [=LJRP=] in general or very commonly used in games:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given LJRP's fandom roots, players frequently come into conflict over whether a given player's interpretation of a character is true to the original.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given LJRP's fandom roots, players frequently come into conflict over whether a given player's interpretation of a character is true to the original.
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!!Tropes applying to [=LJRP=] [=JRP=] in general or very commonly used in games:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: GivenLJRP's JRP's fandom roots, players frequently come into conflict over whether a given player's interpretation of a character is true to the original.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]] color, face, and size is sometimes played with.
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: PaintingTheMedium: [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]] color, face, and size is sometimes played with.
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!!A (by no means complete) list of games:
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!!A (by no means complete) list of games: games:
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** And therefore in many games it's stressed at every opportunity that if a given character is a JerkAss to your character it doesn't mean the player hates you.
* MegaCrossover: Panfandom games, by nature.
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** And therefore in many games it's stressed at every opportunity that if a given character is a JerkAss to your character it doesn't mean the player hates you. \n
* MegaCrossover: Panfandom games, by nature.
* MegaCrossover: Panfandom games, by nature.
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** Some [=RPs=] have "crack communities" for silly stuff outside outside of the main games.
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** Some [=RPs=] have "crack communities" for silly stuff outside outside of the main games.
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Left Hanging here is redundant with Cut Short. The potholes on \"I feel like the only one\" don\'t make sense.
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Also, roleplayers have a penchant for drama. Then again, so does the rest of LJ...
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Also, roleplayers have a penchant for drama. Then again, so does the rest of LJ...
It's like high school, in a way.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given LJRP's fandom roots, players [[strike:sometimes]] constantly come into conflict over whether a given player's interpretation of a character is true to the original.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given LJRP's fandom roots, players [[strike:sometimes]] constantly frequently come into conflict over whether a given player's interpretation of a character is true to the original.
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* CutShort: The fate of many a log due to the fickleness of the players.
* DeathIsCheap: Many games without permanent death impose a punishment of some sort (e.g. memory loss) for dying; some don't.
* DeathIsCheap: Many games without permanent death impose a punishment of some sort (e.g. memory loss) for dying; some don't.
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* CutShort: The fate of many a log log, whether due to the fickleness of the players.
players or real life getting in the way.
* DeathIsCheap:Many games without Death isn't permanent death in most games. Many of these impose a punishment of some sort (e.g. memory loss) for dying; some don't.dying.
* DeathIsCheap:
* FanNickname: "Spooky jamjar" has become the shorthand for OntologicalMystery / ClosedCircle as an RP setting. Stems from a secret that was submitted to roleplaysecrets, in which one of the complaint options was "games set in a spooky jamjar."
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* ItsPopularSoItSucks: Every time a series gets big on LJ, it gets a {{Hatedom}} that rivals the fandom in size. ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/DeathNote'', ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have all had this happen to them.
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* ItsPopularSoItSucks: Every time a series gets big on LJ, it gets Series that become especially popular among [=RPers=] tend to gain a {{Hatedom}} that rivals the fandom in size. ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/DeathNote'', ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have all had this happen to them.
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* LeftHanging: Individual RP threads rarely continue to the point of completion.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Some players manage (or mismanage) to play several characters across several games.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Some players manage (or mismanage) to play several characters characters, sometimes across several games.
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* MemeticMutation: Spooky jamjar, tit o'clock, [[LesYay THAT]] [[TouhouProject Patchouli]]...
** [[NotSelfExplanatory Any [=RPers=] that write examples on TV Tropes?]] [[OnlySaneMan I feel like the only one.]]
*** Spooky jamjar = OntologicalMystery as an RP setting. THAT Patchouli is a [[AlternateUniverse AU]] Patchouli that tries to [[KissingUnderTheInfluence screw any women that move]]. Some think she's [[InNameOnly in name only]]. Tits o'clock is when the new RP Secrets goes up.
*** ** THAT Patchouli has now spawned a "spinoff" of sorts: That (Fill-In-The-Blank). It's mostly used to describe a character who acts the same way THAT Patchouli.
** wgar
** [[NotSelfExplanatory Any [=RPers=] that write examples on TV Tropes?]] [[OnlySaneMan I feel like the only one.]]
*** Spooky jamjar = OntologicalMystery as an RP setting. THAT Patchouli is a [[AlternateUniverse AU]] Patchouli that tries to [[KissingUnderTheInfluence screw any women that move]]. Some think she's [[InNameOnly in name only]]. Tits o'clock is when the new RP Secrets goes up.
*** ** THAT Patchouli has now spawned a "spinoff" of sorts: That (Fill-In-The-Blank). It's mostly used to describe a character who acts the same way THAT Patchouli.
** wgar
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* MemeticMutation: Spooky jamjar, tit o'clock, [[LesYay THAT]] [[TouhouProject Patchouli]]...
Loads, usually stemming from the anon meme and/or roleplaysecrets.
**[[NotSelfExplanatory Any [=RPers=] that write examples on TV Tropes?]] [[OnlySaneMan Tropes? I feel like the only one.]]
***one.
** Spookyjamjar = OntologicalMystery as jamjar: See FanNickname.
** ''That'' (character). Started with "That Patchouli," anRP setting. THAT Patchouli is a [[AlternateUniverse AU]] Patchouli AlternateUniverse [[TouhouProject Patchouli]] that tries tried to [[KissingUnderTheInfluence screw any women that move]]. Some think she's [[InNameOnly move; "That (whoever)" thus tends to get attached to a character played in name only]]. a similarly creepy and out-of-character manner.
** Tits o'clock is when the new RP Secrets goes up.
*** ** THAT Patchouli has now spawned wgar: A typo for "what" that replaced it for a "spinoff" of sorts: That (Fill-In-The-Blank). It's mostly used to describe a character who acts while on the same way THAT Patchouli.
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** Because only care about yaoi! >(
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** Because only care about yaoi! >(yaoi!: See MostFanficWritersAreGirls.
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** Especially in Drama Drama Duck, whose internet-based premise means you can assume the characters are deliberately using big font, sparkle text or whatnot.
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* ReplacementScrappy: When apping a character who was previously at the game you're looking at, it's considered common courtesy to wait at least two months after the previous player has dropped, three if they dropped all their characters in one go. Otherwise, you risk becoming one of these, especially if you're a new player.
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* ReplacementScrappy: When apping a character who was previously at the game you're looking at, it's considered common courtesy to wait at least two months a little while after the previous player has dropped, three especially if they dropped all their characters in one go. Otherwise, you risk becoming one of these, especially if you're a new player.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: On a game scale, it's when a person decides to flounce from a game, usually from a number of things, from the stupidly simple to the complex. On a net-wide scale, the many games listed here actually jumped ship from LiveJournal to [=DreamWidth=] when [=LJ's=] system changed to the point where playing there was impossible.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: On a game scale, it's when a person decides to flounce from a game, usually from due to a number of things, from the stupidly simple to the complex. On a net-wide scale, the many games listed here actually jumped ship from LiveJournal to [=DreamWidth=] when [=LJ's=] system changed to the point where playing there was impossible.
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* STDImmunity: Outright stated in sex games' rules.
** Well, the popular sex game "amatomnes" ''does'' have [=STDs=], but the game notes say that due to the nature of the setting the resident [=NPCs=] have researched [=STDs=] enough that they're all curable and avoidable. Pregnancy is possible in the game however.
** Well, the popular sex game "amatomnes" ''does'' have [=STDs=], but the game notes say that due to the nature of the setting the resident [=NPCs=] have researched [=STDs=] enough that they're all curable and avoidable. Pregnancy is possible in the game however.
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* STDImmunity: Outright stated in most sex games' rules.
** Well, the popular sex game "amatomnes" ''does'' have [=STDs=], but the game notes say that due to the nature of the setting the resident [=NPCs=] have researched [=STDs=] enough that they're all curable and avoidable. Pregnancy is possible in the game however.rules.
** Well, the popular sex game "amatomnes" ''does'' have [=STDs=], but the game notes say that due to the nature of the setting the resident [=NPCs=] have researched [=STDs=] enough that they're all curable and avoidable. Pregnancy is possible in the game however.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: These anime characters must be chatting with those comic book characters somehow.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: These anime characters must be chatting with those comic book characters must be chatting with these aliens somehow.
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* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Probably the most common setting. Sometimes derisively referred to as "spooky jamjar games" after a secret template was submitted to roleplaysecrets, in which one of the complaint options was "games set in a spooky jamjar."
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* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Probably the most common setting. Sometimes derisively referred to as "spooky jamjar games" after a secret template was submitted to roleplaysecrets, in which one of the complaint options was "games set in a spooky jamjar."
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Artifact Title no longer applies with the rename; DNDTR doesn\'t go on pages; updating anonmeme links though for courtesy\'s sake I\'ll avoid linking anticirclejerk.
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* ArtifactTitle: While so-called "LivejournalRoleplay" originally took place mostly on Livejournal, certain business practices on the site's part have pushed a large number of games and players over to Dreamwidth and Insanejournal.
* CelebrityParadox: Resulting from this style of roleplay usually using existing fandom characters. This often creates awkward situations, particularly if someone is playing a well-known character referenced in many other works (like SherlockHolmes) or is playing a character who regularly references other works (like Konata from ''Manga/LuckyStar''). Ways to handle the Celebrity Paradox vary; many games have a "no fourth-walling" rule--i.e., one character can't reveal to another character that they're fictional, or use knowledge of their original canon to their advantage. Others (looking at you, Roleplay/DramaDramaDuck) take the fourth wall and bomb it to rubble, usually with permission from the players involved.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: A common complaint about players getting something about a character's culture wrong or speeding up something for the sake of plot.
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* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: It's not uncommon to see complaints about people [[SeriousBusiness "ruining" games]] with [[{{Yaoi}} sparkly buttsex.]]
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* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: It's not uncommon to see complaints about people [[SeriousBusiness "ruining" games]] with [[{{Yaoi}} sparkly buttsex.]]]] (Not that they're any kinder to people who play lesbians.)
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: On a game scale, it's when a person decides to flounce from a game, usually from a number of things, from the stupidly simple to the complex. On a net-wide scale, the many games listed here actually jumped ship from LiveJournal to [=DreamWidth=] when their system changed to the point where playing there was impossible.
* SeriousBusiness: Just look at [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/roleplaysecrets/ roleplaysecrets]], [[http://rp-anonmeme.livejournal.com anon]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/rpanoncomm memes]], [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rpvents rp vents]], and [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/quitroleplay quit role play]] .
* SeriousBusiness: Just look at [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/roleplaysecrets/ roleplaysecrets]], [[http://rp-anonmeme.livejournal.com anon]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/rpanoncomm memes]], [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rpvents rp vents]], and [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/quitroleplay quit role play]] .
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: On a game scale, it's when a person decides to flounce from a game, usually from a number of things, from the stupidly simple to the complex. On a net-wide scale, the many games listed here actually jumped ship from LiveJournal to [=DreamWidth=] when their [=LJ's=] system changed to the point where playing there was impossible.
* SeriousBusiness: Just look at [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps]],[[http://community.[[http://roleplaysecrets.dreamwidth.org roleplaysecrets]], [[http://rpanoncomm.livejournal.com/roleplaysecrets/ roleplaysecrets]], [[http://rp-anonmeme.livejournal.com anon]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/rpanoncomm [[http://rpanons.dreamwidth.org memes]], [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rpvents rp vents]], and [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/quitroleplay quit role play]] .play]].
* SeriousBusiness: Just look at [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps]],
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* SmallNameBigEgo: For ''anyone'' who's dealt with LiveJournal roleplayers for any length of time...this is pretty self explanatory.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: For ''anyone'' who's dealt with LiveJournal roleplayers for any length of time...this is pretty self explanatory.Quite common, and let's leave it at that.
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As an outgrowth of its enormous fandom contingent, LiveJournal, and now [[http://insanejournal.com InsaneJournal]] and [[http://dreamwidth.org Dreamwidth]], has a large and lively roleplaying community. No, not [[TabletopGames that kind of roleplay.]] Or [[{{RPG}} that one.]] Or, well, mostly not [[FetishFuel that one.]]
Essentially, it's a cross between the PlayByPostGame and CharacterBlog. Original characters may also be seen, but these are less common, and banned entirely in some games for fear of {{Mary Sue}}s.
Also, roleplayers have a penchant for drama. Then again, so does the rest of LJ...
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!!A (by no means complete) list of games:
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* Roleplay/AFacility
* Roleplay/AmatOmnes
* Roleplay/{{Anemoi}}
* Roleplay/{{Ataraxion}}
* Roleplay/BeteNoire
* Roleplay/CampFuckYouDie
* Roleplay/CapeAndCowl
* Roleplay/{{Carriero}}
* Roleplay/{{Damned}}
* Roleplay/DCNation
* Roleplay/DearMun
* Roleplay/DeptHeavenApocrypha
* Roleplay/DigitalDive
* Roleplay/{{Discedo}}
* Roleplay/DramaDramaDuck
* Roleplay/{{Entanglement}}
* Roleplay/FandomSmash
* Roleplay/HogwartsHocus
* Roleplay/HouseOfCardsRP
* Roleplay/ImperialSaga
* Roleplay/InkCity
* Roleplay/ItsJustAGame
* Roleplay/TheLastFreeCity
* Roleplay/LastVoyagesRPG
* Roleplay/LightningWar
* Roleplay/{{Luceti}}
* Roleplay/MaisonDePortes
* Roleplay/MarinaAsylum
* Roleplay/{{Mayfield}}
* Roleplay/{{Microcosm}}
* Roleplay/MilliwaysBar
* Roleplay/MostlyHarmless (Roleplay/{{Gargleblasted}})
* Roleplay/{{Paixao}}
* Roleplay/{{Paradisa}}
* Roleplay/{{Pokedressing}}
* Roleplay/{{Polychromatic}}
* Roleplay/ThePosthumans
* Roleplay/QueenOfHearts
* Roleplay/RakuenRevolution
* Roleplay/{{Route 29}}
* Roleplay/{{Singularity}}
* Roleplay/SirensPull
* Roleplay/SmashAcademy
* Roleplay/{{Somarium}}
* Roleplay/SortingHat
* Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGenerationAlpha
* Roleplay/TimeAndTides
* Roleplay/{{Trans 9}}
* Roleplay/{{Vatheon}}
* Roleplay/TheVelvetKey
* Roleplay/TheWake
* Roleplay/WitchesReign
* Roleplay/XProject
!!!Closed games:
* Roleplay/ProjectDaisychain
* Roleplay/TheDeadland
* Roleplay/DisneyAcademy
* Roleplay/{{Edensphere}}
* Roleplay/ElegyCity
* Roleplay/{{Hometrail}}
* Roleplay/IslandRP
* Roleplay/{{Planeocracy}}
* Roleplay/{{Remodeled}}
* Roleplay/{{Roleplayedingly}}
* Roleplay/SecondCity
* Roleplay/TheSkyTides
* Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration
* Roleplay/UtopiaAcademy
* Roleplay/{{XIRPG}}
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!!Tropes applying to [=LJRP=] in general or very commonly used in games:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given LJRP's fandom roots, players [[strike:sometimes]] constantly come into conflict over whether a given player's interpretation of a character is true to the original.
* AlternateUniverse: Most games that aren't "[[OntologicalMystery spooky jamjars]]" are [=AUs=] where the canon characters' backgrounds have been altered to fit the setting.
** Or are Dressing Room type settings. (Which are arguably alternate universes that "steal" characters from many other alternate universes into one setting.)
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Many games have 'events', handwaved in different ways depending on the game, that influence characters against their wills. Common events include:
** BalefulPolymorph: Characters are transformed, usually into something embarrassingly small and fluffy.
** FreakyFridayFlip: Characters switch bodies, generally portrayed by the players using each other's accounts.
** GenderFlip: Characters have their physical sex changed overnight.
** LoveIsInTheAir: Characters feel...amorous, which sometimes leads to KissingUnderTheInfluence.
** MusicalEpisode: Characters start singing.
** OvernightAgeUp: Characters are physically aged up or down.
* ArchiveTrawl: "Canon review", the process of re-experiencing a series (or portions of a series) to better play a character.
* ArtifactTitle: While so-called "LivejournalRoleplay" originally took place mostly on Livejournal, certain business practices on the site's part have pushed a large number of games and players over to Dreamwidth and Insanejournal.
* BackFromTheDead: Many games do not treat death as permanent, so that a player can keep on playing them.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Many games tend to depower or nerf overpowered characters to put them in line with other characters. However, there tends to be imbalances due to the state of different series.
* CastHerd: Inevitable in big games (who can interact with everyone?) but tends to lead to accusations of cliquishness.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In big games, the friends of dropped characters may angst for awhile about their friend's disappearance, but then they are sometimes never mentioned again.
* ClosedCircle: Most dramatic RPs forbid characters leaving the setting of their own volition (because many of them have no plausible motive for staying).
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Generally called 'Played Bys'. A typical custom among Original Characters (and fandom characters who don't have visual media to draw from) is to take a celebrity or a character from an actual work who looks like the character and use them as a general appearance aid.
* CrackPairing / CrossoverShip: So, so many.
* CrossPlayer: The vast majority of [=LJRPers=] are girls who only or mostly play male characters. There are also male players who play only or mostly girl characters, though these often are (fairly or not) seen as creepy.
* CutShort: The fate of many a log due to the fickleness of the players.
* DeathIsCheap: Many games without permanent death impose a punishment of some sort (e.g. memory loss) for dying; some don't.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: A common complaint about players getting something about a character's culture wrong or speeding up something for the sake of plot.
* DoubleStandard: Guys that RP mostly girls are seen as creepy. However, it's perfectly alright for a girl to RP mostly guys.
* FirstGirlWins: For some reason, characters don't often date around, but tend to settle down with the first person they hook up with.
* FunetikAksent: How characters with accents are often handled, sometimes to the chagrin of other players.
* GameMaster: The moderators.
* {{Honorifics}}: Japanese ones are often retained by characters from Japanese (often anime and manga) fandoms.
* InAndOutOfCharacter: Due to player schedules and posting speeds, real time is generally not exactly the same as game time.
* InsufferableGenius: In contrast to SmallNameBigEgo below, there are some roleplayers who are every bit as good as they claim to be, despite being unpleasant out of character.
* ItsPopularSoItSucks: Every time a series gets big on LJ, it gets a {{Hatedom}} that rivals the fandom in size. ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/DeathNote'', ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have all had this happen to them.
* KinkMeme: Given that these often appear on LJ, many games have their ''own'' kink memes focused on pairings in the game.
* LeftHanging: Individual RP threads rarely continue to the point of completion.
* LimitedWardrobe: This tends to happen when characters are brought into games with nothing but what was on their person at the time.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The more popular a game gets, the more characters it gets.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Some players manage (or mismanage) to play several characters across several games.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: It's an unwritten rule in almost any game that "IC =/= OOC". Meaning, even if a ''character'' is a complete JerkAss, the player might still be a pretty decent person. [[FanDumb That doesn't stop some people]] from taking it personally, however.
** And therefore in many games it's stressed at every opportunity that if a given character is a JerkAss to your character it doesn't mean the player hates you.
* MegaCrossover: Panfandom games, by nature.
* MemeticMutation: Spooky jamjar, tit o'clock, [[LesYay THAT]] [[TouhouProject Patchouli]]...
** [[NotSelfExplanatory Any [=RPers=] that write examples on TV Tropes?]] [[OnlySaneMan I feel like the only one.]]
*** Spooky jamjar = OntologicalMystery as an RP setting. THAT Patchouli is a [[AlternateUniverse AU]] Patchouli that tries to [[KissingUnderTheInfluence screw any women that move]]. Some think she's [[InNameOnly in name only]]. Tits o'clock is when the new RP Secrets goes up.
*** ** THAT Patchouli has now spawned a "spinoff" of sorts: That (Fill-In-The-Blank). It's mostly used to describe a character who acts the same way THAT Patchouli.
** wgar
** [[SeriousBusiness I AM NOT YOUR SCIENCE EXPERIMENT!!!]]
** /slides hand up your edit
** Because only care about yaoi! >(
* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: It's not uncommon to see complaints about people [[SeriousBusiness "ruining" games]] with [[{{Yaoi}} sparkly buttsex.]]
* NakedOnArrival: Not uncommon in Spooky Jamjar settings.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: In contrast to above, there are plenty of people who play nice characters in comms, but are complete [[JerkAss Jerkasses]] out of character.
* NoSocialSkills: Some characters arrive with the little knowledge they had in social conventions. Part of the fun in their CharacterDevelopment is having them win them with cross-fandom characters that, at times, could even be complete Foils.
* {{NPC}}
* OCStandIn: Generally known as "Canon [=OCs=]", these are used for all they're worth in many games. On the other hand, others may only accept characters that have a sufficiently distinct canon personality or history. Matt from ''Manga/DeathNote'' was, at one time, particularly infamous for being used this way.
* OddCouple / OddFriendship: Many!
* {{Omake}}: Players sometimes play out extra scenes with their characters outside of the main game, or draw art, write fanfiction, make fanmixes, etc. for their game characters.
** Some [=RPs=] have "crack communities" for silly stuff outside outside of the main games.
* OntologicalMystery: Very common plot device for a lot of games.
* TheOtherDarrin: The result of different players playing the same character over time.
* PaintingTheFourthWall: [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]] color, face, and size is sometimes played with.
** Especially in Drama Drama Duck, whose internet-based premise means you can assume the characters are deliberately using big font, sparkle text or whatnot.
** Many players go as far as mimicing a character's style, such as various {{Homestuck}} character's computer typing and {{Deadpool}}'s "little yellow boxes".
* PerspectiveFlip: Inevitable when characters talk about their past--not everybody was the main character back home.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Sex games usually require the aging up of child/teenage characters to legal age to protect the players from legal shenanigans and/or squick.
* RealLifeRelative: Siblings do occasionally play together.
* ReplacementScrappy: When apping a character who was previously at the game you're looking at, it's considered common courtesy to wait at least two months after the previous player has dropped, three if they dropped all their characters in one go. Otherwise, you risk becoming one of these, especially if you're a new player.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Very often, players seem to form romantic relationships...
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: On a game scale, it's when a person decides to flounce from a game, usually from a number of things, from the stupidly simple to the complex. On a net-wide scale, the many games listed here actually jumped ship from LiveJournal to [=DreamWidth=] when their system changed to the point where playing there was impossible.
* SeriousBusiness: Just look at [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/roleplaysecrets/ roleplaysecrets]], [[http://rp-anonmeme.livejournal.com anon]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/rpanoncomm memes]], [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rpvents rp vents]], and [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/quitroleplay quit role play]] .
* ShootTheMoney: Many people are reluctant to drop dying muses until their paid accounts run out.
* SmallNameBigEgo: For ''anyone'' who's dealt with LiveJournal roleplayers for any length of time...this is pretty self explanatory.
* {{SoCalization}}: LJ's servers are in California; this is the stated reason that sex games and some horror games have a lower age limit of 18.
* STDImmunity: Outright stated in sex games' rules.
** Well, the popular sex game "amatomnes" ''does'' have [=STDs=], but the game notes say that due to the nature of the setting the resident [=NPCs=] have researched [=STDs=] enough that they're all curable and avoidable. Pregnancy is possible in the game however.
* StopHavingFunGuys: Even dressing room games, which are ''made'' to be laid-back and casual, are not immune to anonymous backlash. Hell, even some ''museboxes'' (private games in which only a select few players are allowed) get this. Combine this with the {{GIFT}} (courtesy of the aformentioned memes) and it gets ugly.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Ships can often be forced and/or rushed and seem out of character for the character(s) in question.
* SummonEverymanHero: How games end up with the most overpowered shounen/video game heroes...and ordinary high school students.
* TalkingToHimself: What happens when a player with LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles in the same game has their characters interact. Often called "playercest", it is generally looked down upon, though a few games take to it with enthusiasm when done well.
* [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet There Are No Boys On The Internet]]: Well, there are male roleplayers, but they're definitely in the minority.
* TheWikiRule: Some games have their own player-made wikis.
* TranslatorMicrobes: These anime characters must be chatting with those comic book characters somehow.
** Some games it gets [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in that the characters can't understand each other but there is almost always something that acts as a translation device, usually text-based. When that device stops working HilarityEnsues.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Probably the most common setting. Sometimes derisively referred to as "spooky jamjar games" after a secret template was submitted to roleplaysecrets, in which one of the complaint options was "games set in a spooky jamjar."
* TrueCompanions: Sometimes formed between characters, [[DysfunctionalFamily but these aren't always the most stable]]...
** Also formed between players, which more often than not leads to complaints about people being cliquish.
* WatchItForTheMeme: A variant -- many people get into new series because of the characters they've interacted with in panfandom games.
* WhatIsGoingOn: The cry of a new character to a jamjar game.
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Essentially, it's a cross between the PlayByPostGame and CharacterBlog. Original characters may also be seen, but these are less common, and banned entirely in some games for fear of {{Mary Sue}}s.
Also, roleplayers have a penchant for drama. Then again, so does the rest of LJ...
[[index]]
!!A (by no means complete) list of games:
%%Don't add games unless they already have pages! It will mess up the navigation.
* Roleplay/AFacility
* Roleplay/AmatOmnes
* Roleplay/{{Anemoi}}
* Roleplay/{{Ataraxion}}
* Roleplay/BeteNoire
* Roleplay/CampFuckYouDie
* Roleplay/CapeAndCowl
* Roleplay/{{Carriero}}
* Roleplay/{{Damned}}
* Roleplay/DCNation
* Roleplay/DearMun
* Roleplay/DeptHeavenApocrypha
* Roleplay/DigitalDive
* Roleplay/{{Discedo}}
* Roleplay/DramaDramaDuck
* Roleplay/{{Entanglement}}
* Roleplay/FandomSmash
* Roleplay/HogwartsHocus
* Roleplay/HouseOfCardsRP
* Roleplay/ImperialSaga
* Roleplay/InkCity
* Roleplay/ItsJustAGame
* Roleplay/TheLastFreeCity
* Roleplay/LastVoyagesRPG
* Roleplay/LightningWar
* Roleplay/{{Luceti}}
* Roleplay/MaisonDePortes
* Roleplay/MarinaAsylum
* Roleplay/{{Mayfield}}
* Roleplay/{{Microcosm}}
* Roleplay/MilliwaysBar
* Roleplay/MostlyHarmless (Roleplay/{{Gargleblasted}})
* Roleplay/{{Paixao}}
* Roleplay/{{Paradisa}}
* Roleplay/{{Pokedressing}}
* Roleplay/{{Polychromatic}}
* Roleplay/ThePosthumans
* Roleplay/QueenOfHearts
* Roleplay/RakuenRevolution
* Roleplay/{{Route 29}}
* Roleplay/{{Singularity}}
* Roleplay/SirensPull
* Roleplay/SmashAcademy
* Roleplay/{{Somarium}}
* Roleplay/SortingHat
* Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGenerationAlpha
* Roleplay/TimeAndTides
* Roleplay/{{Trans 9}}
* Roleplay/{{Vatheon}}
* Roleplay/TheVelvetKey
* Roleplay/TheWake
* Roleplay/WitchesReign
* Roleplay/XProject
!!!Closed games:
* Roleplay/ProjectDaisychain
* Roleplay/TheDeadland
* Roleplay/DisneyAcademy
* Roleplay/{{Edensphere}}
* Roleplay/ElegyCity
* Roleplay/{{Hometrail}}
* Roleplay/IslandRP
* Roleplay/{{Planeocracy}}
* Roleplay/{{Remodeled}}
* Roleplay/{{Roleplayedingly}}
* Roleplay/SecondCity
* Roleplay/TheSkyTides
* Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration
* Roleplay/UtopiaAcademy
* Roleplay/{{XIRPG}}
[[/index]]
!!Tropes applying to [=LJRP=] in general or very commonly used in games:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given LJRP's fandom roots, players [[strike:sometimes]] constantly come into conflict over whether a given player's interpretation of a character is true to the original.
* AlternateUniverse: Most games that aren't "[[OntologicalMystery spooky jamjars]]" are [=AUs=] where the canon characters' backgrounds have been altered to fit the setting.
** Or are Dressing Room type settings. (Which are arguably alternate universes that "steal" characters from many other alternate universes into one setting.)
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Many games have 'events', handwaved in different ways depending on the game, that influence characters against their wills. Common events include:
** BalefulPolymorph: Characters are transformed, usually into something embarrassingly small and fluffy.
** FreakyFridayFlip: Characters switch bodies, generally portrayed by the players using each other's accounts.
** GenderFlip: Characters have their physical sex changed overnight.
** LoveIsInTheAir: Characters feel...amorous, which sometimes leads to KissingUnderTheInfluence.
** MusicalEpisode: Characters start singing.
** OvernightAgeUp: Characters are physically aged up or down.
* ArchiveTrawl: "Canon review", the process of re-experiencing a series (or portions of a series) to better play a character.
* ArtifactTitle: While so-called "LivejournalRoleplay" originally took place mostly on Livejournal, certain business practices on the site's part have pushed a large number of games and players over to Dreamwidth and Insanejournal.
* BackFromTheDead: Many games do not treat death as permanent, so that a player can keep on playing them.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Many games tend to depower or nerf overpowered characters to put them in line with other characters. However, there tends to be imbalances due to the state of different series.
* CastHerd: Inevitable in big games (who can interact with everyone?) but tends to lead to accusations of cliquishness.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In big games, the friends of dropped characters may angst for awhile about their friend's disappearance, but then they are sometimes never mentioned again.
* ClosedCircle: Most dramatic RPs forbid characters leaving the setting of their own volition (because many of them have no plausible motive for staying).
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Generally called 'Played Bys'. A typical custom among Original Characters (and fandom characters who don't have visual media to draw from) is to take a celebrity or a character from an actual work who looks like the character and use them as a general appearance aid.
* CrackPairing / CrossoverShip: So, so many.
* CrossPlayer: The vast majority of [=LJRPers=] are girls who only or mostly play male characters. There are also male players who play only or mostly girl characters, though these often are (fairly or not) seen as creepy.
* CutShort: The fate of many a log due to the fickleness of the players.
* DeathIsCheap: Many games without permanent death impose a punishment of some sort (e.g. memory loss) for dying; some don't.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: A common complaint about players getting something about a character's culture wrong or speeding up something for the sake of plot.
* DoubleStandard: Guys that RP mostly girls are seen as creepy. However, it's perfectly alright for a girl to RP mostly guys.
* FirstGirlWins: For some reason, characters don't often date around, but tend to settle down with the first person they hook up with.
* FunetikAksent: How characters with accents are often handled, sometimes to the chagrin of other players.
* GameMaster: The moderators.
* {{Honorifics}}: Japanese ones are often retained by characters from Japanese (often anime and manga) fandoms.
* InAndOutOfCharacter: Due to player schedules and posting speeds, real time is generally not exactly the same as game time.
* InsufferableGenius: In contrast to SmallNameBigEgo below, there are some roleplayers who are every bit as good as they claim to be, despite being unpleasant out of character.
* ItsPopularSoItSucks: Every time a series gets big on LJ, it gets a {{Hatedom}} that rivals the fandom in size. ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/DeathNote'', ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have all had this happen to them.
* KinkMeme: Given that these often appear on LJ, many games have their ''own'' kink memes focused on pairings in the game.
* LeftHanging: Individual RP threads rarely continue to the point of completion.
* LimitedWardrobe: This tends to happen when characters are brought into games with nothing but what was on their person at the time.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The more popular a game gets, the more characters it gets.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Some players manage (or mismanage) to play several characters across several games.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: It's an unwritten rule in almost any game that "IC =/= OOC". Meaning, even if a ''character'' is a complete JerkAss, the player might still be a pretty decent person. [[FanDumb That doesn't stop some people]] from taking it personally, however.
** And therefore in many games it's stressed at every opportunity that if a given character is a JerkAss to your character it doesn't mean the player hates you.
* MegaCrossover: Panfandom games, by nature.
* MemeticMutation: Spooky jamjar, tit o'clock, [[LesYay THAT]] [[TouhouProject Patchouli]]...
** [[NotSelfExplanatory Any [=RPers=] that write examples on TV Tropes?]] [[OnlySaneMan I feel like the only one.]]
*** Spooky jamjar = OntologicalMystery as an RP setting. THAT Patchouli is a [[AlternateUniverse AU]] Patchouli that tries to [[KissingUnderTheInfluence screw any women that move]]. Some think she's [[InNameOnly in name only]]. Tits o'clock is when the new RP Secrets goes up.
*** ** THAT Patchouli has now spawned a "spinoff" of sorts: That (Fill-In-The-Blank). It's mostly used to describe a character who acts the same way THAT Patchouli.
** wgar
** [[SeriousBusiness I AM NOT YOUR SCIENCE EXPERIMENT!!!]]
** /slides hand up your edit
** Because only care about yaoi! >(
* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: It's not uncommon to see complaints about people [[SeriousBusiness "ruining" games]] with [[{{Yaoi}} sparkly buttsex.]]
* NakedOnArrival: Not uncommon in Spooky Jamjar settings.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: In contrast to above, there are plenty of people who play nice characters in comms, but are complete [[JerkAss Jerkasses]] out of character.
* NoSocialSkills: Some characters arrive with the little knowledge they had in social conventions. Part of the fun in their CharacterDevelopment is having them win them with cross-fandom characters that, at times, could even be complete Foils.
* {{NPC}}
* OCStandIn: Generally known as "Canon [=OCs=]", these are used for all they're worth in many games. On the other hand, others may only accept characters that have a sufficiently distinct canon personality or history. Matt from ''Manga/DeathNote'' was, at one time, particularly infamous for being used this way.
* OddCouple / OddFriendship: Many!
* {{Omake}}: Players sometimes play out extra scenes with their characters outside of the main game, or draw art, write fanfiction, make fanmixes, etc. for their game characters.
** Some [=RPs=] have "crack communities" for silly stuff outside outside of the main games.
* OntologicalMystery: Very common plot device for a lot of games.
* TheOtherDarrin: The result of different players playing the same character over time.
* PaintingTheFourthWall: [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]] color, face, and size is sometimes played with.
** Especially in Drama Drama Duck, whose internet-based premise means you can assume the characters are deliberately using big font, sparkle text or whatnot.
** Many players go as far as mimicing a character's style, such as various {{Homestuck}} character's computer typing and {{Deadpool}}'s "little yellow boxes".
* PerspectiveFlip: Inevitable when characters talk about their past--not everybody was the main character back home.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Sex games usually require the aging up of child/teenage characters to legal age to protect the players from legal shenanigans and/or squick.
* RealLifeRelative: Siblings do occasionally play together.
* ReplacementScrappy: When apping a character who was previously at the game you're looking at, it's considered common courtesy to wait at least two months after the previous player has dropped, three if they dropped all their characters in one go. Otherwise, you risk becoming one of these, especially if you're a new player.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Very often, players seem to form romantic relationships...
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: On a game scale, it's when a person decides to flounce from a game, usually from a number of things, from the stupidly simple to the complex. On a net-wide scale, the many games listed here actually jumped ship from LiveJournal to [=DreamWidth=] when their system changed to the point where playing there was impossible.
* SeriousBusiness: Just look at [[http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck brps]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/roleplaysecrets/ roleplaysecrets]], [[http://rp-anonmeme.livejournal.com anon]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/rpanoncomm memes]], [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rpvents rp vents]], and [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/quitroleplay quit role play]] .
* ShootTheMoney: Many people are reluctant to drop dying muses until their paid accounts run out.
* SmallNameBigEgo: For ''anyone'' who's dealt with LiveJournal roleplayers for any length of time...this is pretty self explanatory.
* {{SoCalization}}: LJ's servers are in California; this is the stated reason that sex games and some horror games have a lower age limit of 18.
* STDImmunity: Outright stated in sex games' rules.
** Well, the popular sex game "amatomnes" ''does'' have [=STDs=], but the game notes say that due to the nature of the setting the resident [=NPCs=] have researched [=STDs=] enough that they're all curable and avoidable. Pregnancy is possible in the game however.
* StopHavingFunGuys: Even dressing room games, which are ''made'' to be laid-back and casual, are not immune to anonymous backlash. Hell, even some ''museboxes'' (private games in which only a select few players are allowed) get this. Combine this with the {{GIFT}} (courtesy of the aformentioned memes) and it gets ugly.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Ships can often be forced and/or rushed and seem out of character for the character(s) in question.
* SummonEverymanHero: How games end up with the most overpowered shounen/video game heroes...and ordinary high school students.
* TalkingToHimself: What happens when a player with LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles in the same game has their characters interact. Often called "playercest", it is generally looked down upon, though a few games take to it with enthusiasm when done well.
* [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet There Are No Boys On The Internet]]: Well, there are male roleplayers, but they're definitely in the minority.
* TheWikiRule: Some games have their own player-made wikis.
* TranslatorMicrobes: These anime characters must be chatting with those comic book characters somehow.
** Some games it gets [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] in that the characters can't understand each other but there is almost always something that acts as a translation device, usually text-based. When that device stops working HilarityEnsues.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Probably the most common setting. Sometimes derisively referred to as "spooky jamjar games" after a secret template was submitted to roleplaysecrets, in which one of the complaint options was "games set in a spooky jamjar."
* TrueCompanions: Sometimes formed between characters, [[DysfunctionalFamily but these aren't always the most stable]]...
** Also formed between players, which more often than not leads to complaints about people being cliquish.
* WatchItForTheMeme: A variant -- many people get into new series because of the characters they've interacted with in panfandom games.
* WhatIsGoingOn: The cry of a new character to a jamjar game.
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