Is RPGHQ an RPG?

[Val the Moofia Boss]

You have roles with moderators, effortposters, shitposters, women, game reviewers, etc. There are stats with post count. You can buff your favorite players by giving them a . There is a dramatic story to follow about an exile from a once glorious homeland, a long defeat against evil, and comrades who have fallen along the way. It has the ultimate reactivity where every interaction with another character is unique.

[Valter]

You have roles with moderators, effortposters, shitposters, women, game reviewers, etc. There are stats with post count. You can buff your favorite players by giving them a . There is a dramatic story to follow about an exile from a once glorious homeland, a long defeat against evil, and comrades who have fallen along the way. It has the ultimate reactivity where every interaction with another character is unique.

Look outside your window and I'll show you a real RPG

[rusty_shackleford]

I think it was @Humbaba that wanted me to add RPG stats

[Stack of Turtles]

It must be a JRPG, since it has pro-immigration themes with a border-spanning romance arc featuring @GhostCow.

There was another border-spanning romance arc I heard of but if I speak of her she might show up, so I'll have to trust you know who I mean...

[rusty_shackleford]

There was another border-spanning romance arc I heard of but if I speak of her she might show up, so I'll have to trust you know who I mean...

@AliciaDurge ?

[Tweed]

RPGHQ is an idle clicker.

[Humbaba]

I think it was @Humbaba that wanted me to add RPG stats

I think every user having a character sheet would be cool and funny, not to mention on-brand.

[Jordy]

Plenty of third worlders rping as White.

[WhiteShark]

Well, for a serious answer: no, RPGHQ is not an RPG because it isn't a simulation, it is the thing itself. @Valter hit the nail on the head.

[just]

is there romance?

[maidenhaver]

is there romance?

In no sense of the word.

[Irenaeus]

is there romance?

Yes, read the thread.

[Norfleet]

No, RPGHQ is not an RPG, just a MOBA. It has no single player mode and is strictly based around instanced PvP play.

[The_Mask]

The real problem with thinking this way is that as soon as stats are implemented and skills are described, everyone is going to ***** about encounter design and poor writing.

Best think of RPG HQ as a bonfire. We hang around it, and we occasionally toss a developer in to stoke the flames.

[Norfleet]

The real problem with thinking this way is that as soon as stats are implemented and skills are described, everyone is going to ***** about encounter design and poor writing.

There's no encounter design or writing, though. There's no story. There's no world. There's just a lobby and you pick an instance to engage in PvP in. You don't have character classes or levels. World of Warshits is more of an RPG than RPGHQ is.

[ERYFKRAD]

is there romance?

In no sense of the word.

Other than the classical sense- King Arthur and Charlemagne and Roland and what not.

[Vergil]

is there romance?

You have no idea

[AliciaDurge]

There was another border-spanning romance arc I heard of but if I speak of her she might show up, so I'll have to trust you know who I mean...

@AliciaDurge ?

huh?