Role Playing Forums

[Sam1]

Role playing forums seem to be incredibly popular. A forum http://warriorcatsrpg.com/ used to be advertised on ForumPromotion. It is huge. When I first found out about it I saw there were 1000 more posts made on the forum in 9 minutes (the time between my two posts on FP).

What makes them so addictive and successful? How do you go about starting an RPG forum?

 

[xpl0iter]

I don't even have clue about what those kind of forums are! :[

 

[Shortie]

These kind of forums are where you can tell a story through roleplaying with other members on a forum. It's a way to bring fantasies and such into a story I guess is how I would put it and has become increasingly popular throughout the years which would explain the big amount of posts in such a small space of time.

I myself personally do not use these kind of forums however I know people that do and it's quite surprising how popular they are.

 

[Robmaniac]

Yes, they are good, I run an e-fed site that does that kind of thing, it's been quite popular thus far. They do tend to succeed well

 

[hedonologist]

I've seen a forum before have a role playing sub-forum that was more active than the rest of the forum combined. It was basically a politics forum that had a model parliament role-play. I think there is a lot more interactivity and allows people to use their imagination more.

 

[Deka]

I have been a member of a site with a roleplaying forum and even roleplaying contests. I think part of the reason why it's popular is because it can be for everyone. From kids, teenagers, adults... Anyone can role-play be it animals, characters from anime... So it really touches a very diverse group of people and maybe that is why that forum has a lot of members.

I remember that site I joined... At first, I wasn't even into the roleplaying part of it, I just wanted to create some graphics. But then, when I started certain graphics, I figured they would need some back story as well. That's how I got into roleplaying with my own characters. Some members are so into roleplaying that they even continue it on the forum area. The roleplaying forum area is packed with so many members as compared to other forum areas or subforums.

I would say that roleplaying is fun. It enabled me to become more creative, imaginative and of course, interact with the other members as well. I have met a few friends because that site.