expired milk
idle thoughts about DWRP culture again: this time it's the shift from having event partners RNGed from a pool of signups to having people pick on their own
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Unlike a lot of things that have changed over time, there were clear upsides to both, but I think the change was just because so many of us have known each other for years.
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When these things were more often decided by RNG, you'd meet new people and make new CR a lot of the time, which helped when you didn't know most of the people.
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And nowadays, a lot of players know who they work best with and will approach their friends at the first hint of the event.
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The downside of one is that you might not get the same thing out of the event as your RNGed partner, and also your personalities might clash; the downside of the other is you don't get that push out of your CR circle and it's harder for people who are new or more hesitant to approach others.
expired milk
I don't know, what are your thoughts?
DehydratedWater
honestly, I don't remember event partners being forced rng'd at all. the only times I remember rng being a thing was in plot heavy games.
✶ 天才的なIDOL様！
yeah, the only times i can remember rnged partners being a thing in recent years is in murdergames
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or... mmmmayyybbee in avalon? though i think i'm misremembering and i'm thinking of the tournament results, actually
expired milk
yeah, it's been a long time
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other than those of course
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and I don't know about forced, a lot of the time iirc you could still plot with your friends, it was just more common to post your character to a list instead to have a mod RNG their partner or team
expired milk
just more and more over the years, there were more planned partners and fewer floater signups
Cherry
I dunno, I can remember getting unexpectedly amazing CR out of RNG matchups for events that I never would have considered otherwise. And making new rp friends as a result. I kind of miss that and random roommate assignments.
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blair witch
this also depends on the situation like... id rather be partnered up w someone who shares the same timezone or at least close to mine, for example
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that's a good point actually
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if you're not in a canadian or US timezone, it can be a nightmare trying to get timely event stuff done
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so sometimes it's just easier to plan with someone you know will be around
blair witch
yeah there's only a handful of us on the asia/oceania timezones so we gotta stick together
DoveEaterXC
I've always worked weekends and had weird tagging hours so I've always had trouble... in general?
DoveEaterXC
with stuff like that
KILLmer．
i've actually found rng still fairly common in closed/private games these days - specifically because it means you get that surprise cr combination, but you likely already know every possible player at least somewhat
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flashing back to how i got the cr ever in unknown seas because i was, by pure chance, roomed with the only other person in the entire fucking game who has read the villainess turns the hourglass
KILLmer．
whereas back in the days of e.g. ddd, rng would happen in big games to get you new cr bc it was so big there was just no way of naturally forming cr with every possible person lmao
KILLmer．
and these days we're all slower and have to portion out our time more carefully so in a huge game now, it's like. well if i'm gonna do event plans i want them to be with the cr i already have and the new cr i know i'm interested in
KILLmer．
"cliques" have also become much less taboo lol
expired milk
Makes sense. If someone complains about cliques these days, it just means "they have friends."
Zombibble
whenever i was rngd the other player almost always ghosted me which was frustrating when i was actively avoiding being cliquey and, y'know, was interested in the event
Snake-Kun
I was briefly in The Far Shore, where players are paired up into kind of soul eater esque partners
Snake-Kun
And my character’s partner just immediately idled out
Snake-Kun
Which wasn’t great
Snake-Kun
It’s definitely a pros and cons sort of thing though
thunder oni ⚡︎
yeah i've had partners idle out for things like this before too LOL
Oldest Dream
RNG always failed me. TFS was a perfect example.
Snake-Kun
I think having an RNG option is certainly not a bad idea for some events, though
𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏
as another farshore-er, yeah, i felt like i had problems doing much stuff with my rng'ed partner
expired milk
yeah definitely
𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏
nowadays i just think of assigned rng partners as feeling like being assigned group projects in school...
expired milk
A partner system in RP always sounds great but the threat that people can and will drop or idle out tends to make the end result not as good as it could have been.
Snake-Kun
The other side of it is
Snake-Kun
If you play OCs a lot, it can be hard to get tags
Snake-Kun
The stigma is real
Snake-Kun
So sometimes there’s an appeal to just having the mods grab someone to get things jumpstarted a bit
expired milk
Yeah, makes sense.
Echo
I think having it as an option is good, yeah. Like have the mods go 'you can either pick a partner or, if you want a surprise, sign up for the RNG pool and we'll randomly select one for you'.
Be Maki-Mine🎆
I sadly do feel like I can't support RNGed partners that are intended to be for the entire duration of a game. But i wish i could. I do think it is possible for cliques to exist ngl
Alan Sleep
Yeah, honestly I would much rather pick just for the reason other people have already stated, matching up timezones and tagging speeds
expired milk
Makes sense. I don't really have anything against either style. I just like to think about how our culture has changed.
thunder oni ⚡︎
i think rng could work in like, the capacity of "people putting a lot of deets so that mods could randomize players who would fit together better" like in terms of like people putting their timezones/tagging speeds
Be Maki-Mine🎆
See in LTGs timezones didn't matter to me because we were just writing one long tag every two days anyway