Hi<br/><br/>Thank you if you are reading this and you came here from a link I sent you. I'm a little nervous about even doing this because some people might see it as elitist and not really within Elliquiy's 'face' or whatever but hoping we don't get shut down and I don't get a PM from an admin I'd like to welcome you to this discussion group. I've send PMs to a number of people that I have roleplayed with all of whom I have enjoyed playing opposite mostly because you write brilliantly, entertainingly and imaginatively. You are good at creating interesting characters and some of you are good at running immersive group games. All of you are people I'd like to RP with more.<br/><br/>I have had numerous bad experiences at E, whether it's poorly planned games, people who can't write or spell to a tolerable level of accuracy, people who only draw on a stock selection of a few characters and re-use them endlessly, people who one-line, people who god-mode when its not appropriate, people who vanish, people who are immature. I've seen it all and I know you all have as well. I've also asked you to join me here because not one single fault listed above applies to any of you.<br/><br/>If you think this group is not for you or you just don't have the time to commit to more activity at E right now, that is quite alright. Please just drop a note here saying so, or PM me. I really don't mind, you are your own boss. However I would respectfully ask you to keep this thread in your bookmarks, who knows you may wish to return later when real life or your posting schedule lets you and in the meantime some ideas might come up here that inspire you to give fresh input.<br/><br/>What I want to do here is have a thinktank or discussion group with the aim of firstly sharing what we like most and least about forum based RPs. I hope we can then find some common things we'd all like to aim for and avoid.<br/><br/>After that I'd like us to share ideas of what sorts of games you'd like to play. These don't have to be group games and they don't have to include everyone in the group. If a couple of you hit upon a 1-on-1 you'd like to explore that comes out of these discussions, go for it. Or a small group? Be my guest.<br/><br/>My ultimate aim though would be to try and draw as many of you as possible together into a large group game that will run for as long as we can humanly encourage it to. It will by default be planned and maintained in a manner that interests us and contain game and plot elements that excite us and be written in a style that entertains us. Its why we're here. That elusive game of my dreams is what I would like to be involved in. I can only imagine you all would love to be involved in such a game too.<br/><br/>If there are people here you do not know I hope that will change and you'll begin to form new friendships and writing partnerships. Some of you who know me well might be surprised to know I'm naturally somewhat shy and hesitant about meeting new people but if you know anyone who you think would fit in with this idea-crunching group, especially more ladies, please let me know their names and link me to some of their writing that has caused you to think they'll fit in here and I will happily go look and make contact if I like what I see.