Scrolling through some of the PbP games that are recruiting, Ive seen several applicants say something along the lines of "I've played a lot", "I'm currently in X number of PbP games", "I've been playing forever" and they have less than 10 posts.
Is that standard? To me it doesn't seem very trustworthy. If I ever get the balls to DM a game here, I would be pretty discerning of potential players. Yeah, I'd stalk them a bit and check their posts to see if they would be a good fit. Just like in face to face, you talk to players a bit and see if they are what you want for your game.
Why do people not apply with their main account?
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"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
I don’t think the fact that a person has not posted frequently is proof of anything. I’ve been role playing online long before there was a dndbeyond, same goes for playing D&D itself. This website is a fairly new tool as far both go.
ReNerdgade is correct. This site only just passed its first year anniversary going public, which means people may have up to twenty years or so worth of experience in PbP games before this site even existed.
Before this site, I had played in a couple PbP campaigns at DnDOG, which I think is now called RPG Crossing. I'd also done it a bit on Facebook, back when they had forums for game apps and D&D Tiny Adventures was a thing. Right now, I am playing in a session zero PbP game that is being run in a message between myself, one other player and the DM right here on D&D Beyond.
None of that would be visible in my post history here, and as far as PbP experience goes, mine is super light.
I don’t think the fact that a person has not posted frequently is proof of anything. I’ve been role playing online long before there was a dndbeyond, same goes for playing D&D itself. This website is a fairly new tool as far both go.
The statement I meant to make was if they are currently in a PbP game on this site, they would have more than 10 posts no?
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
My statement was meant to apply more generally to the user base of dndbeyond. Yes, most of us have significant prior experience role playing, either IRL or online. The fact we may have just discovered the site, or our frequency of posting being low, don’t do much to indicate the level we may be capable of performing at.
If there were a more specific case of a user posting “I have been heavily involved in PbP on dndbeyond for a year,” with a limited number of posts (less than twenty)... that would just be weird. Ya got me. I dun know who would do that. Have you noticed a lot of these?
It's possible they are referring to PbP play on other forums and not just D&D Beyond. I probably wouldn't make my first assumption be that they are using fake accounts for some nefarious purpose. It's possible, but to what goal?
Post count is never a good indicator when judging an individual. I mean, look at the post count difference between myself and Filcat (13,715 posts). Does that make him a more experienced mod? It just means that he has posted more.
Same goes for the community. A new user could have 20 years of D&D experience behind them, or it may be the first day they've learned of it. It's hard to tell until you get to know someone. I highly suggest going that route instead. : )
I don’t think the fact that a person has not posted frequently is proof of anything. I’ve been role playing online long before there was a dndbeyond, same goes for playing D&D itself. This website is a fairly new tool as far both go.
The statement I meant to make was if they are currently in a PbP game on this site, they would have more than 10 posts no?
If they are saying they've got tons of experience here on DNDBeyond, and yet have a low post count, then maybe they do have another account. Have you tried asking them about it? Or maybe you're misunderstanding them and they are saying they have a lot of PbP experience in general, but not here on DNDBeyond.
It's better to just ask than to assume they're hiding something behind a fake account.
I'd consider the possibility that they wanted to change their name and instead of posting in the name change request thread for whatever reason (impatience, not knowing it was there, etc.) they just made a new account and may have done this more than once. If they have not purchased anything, does it matter to them? There are no rules against making multiple accounts.
On previous PbP boards, I've known folks who'd create a new account for each character. To them, it was part of "putting on the costume". While I don't normally follow that practice, I have done it. I've also seen where the PbP account ended up getting slowly more OOC and became the "normal" account.
If none of those fit your question, then I don't have a good answer. Based on the number of folks who seem to be missing your point, I suspect there's some context that isn't being shared. I don't know if that's purely innocent or whether you're fishing for ammo for something -- or just trolling someone in particular. Don't take that as an accusation. It's more just letting you know that without clarification, it's going to start looking a lot less like option #1.
Scrolling through some of the PbP games that are recruiting, Ive seen several applicants say something along the lines of "I've played a lot", "I'm currently in X number of PbP games", "I've been playing forever" and they have less than 10 posts.
Is that standard? To me it doesn't seem very trustworthy. If I ever get the balls to DM a game here, I would be pretty discerning of potential players. Yeah, I'd stalk them a bit and check their posts to see if they would be a good fit. Just like in face to face, you talk to players a bit and see if they are what you want for your game.
Why do people not apply with their main account?
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
I don’t think the fact that a person has not posted frequently is proof of anything. I’ve been role playing online long before there was a dndbeyond, same goes for playing D&D itself. This website is a fairly new tool as far both go.
ReNerdgade is correct. This site only just passed its first year anniversary going public, which means people may have up to twenty years or so worth of experience in PbP games before this site even existed.
Before this site, I had played in a couple PbP campaigns at DnDOG, which I think is now called RPG Crossing. I'd also done it a bit on Facebook, back when they had forums for game apps and D&D Tiny Adventures was a thing. Right now, I am playing in a session zero PbP game that is being run in a message between myself, one other player and the DM right here on D&D Beyond.
None of that would be visible in my post history here, and as far as PbP experience goes, mine is super light.
The statement I meant to make was if they are currently in a PbP game on this site, they would have more than 10 posts no?
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
My statement was meant to apply more generally to the user base of dndbeyond. Yes, most of us have significant prior experience role playing, either IRL or online. The fact we may have just discovered the site, or our frequency of posting being low, don’t do much to indicate the level we may be capable of performing at.
If there were a more specific case of a user posting “I have been heavily involved in PbP on dndbeyond for a year,” with a limited number of posts (less than twenty)... that would just be weird. Ya got me. I dun know who would do that. Have you noticed a lot of these?
It's possible they are referring to PbP play on other forums and not just D&D Beyond. I probably wouldn't make my first assumption be that they are using fake accounts for some nefarious purpose. It's possible, but to what goal?
Post count is never a good indicator when judging an individual. I mean, look at the post count difference between myself and Filcat (13,715 posts). Does that make him a more experienced mod? It just means that he has posted more.
Same goes for the community. A new user could have 20 years of D&D experience behind them, or it may be the first day they've learned of it. It's hard to tell until you get to know someone. I highly suggest going that route instead. : )
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
If they are saying they've got tons of experience here on DNDBeyond, and yet have a low post count, then maybe they do have another account. Have you tried asking them about it? Or maybe you're misunderstanding them and they are saying they have a lot of PbP experience in general, but not here on DNDBeyond.
It's better to just ask than to assume they're hiding something behind a fake account.
I'd consider the possibility that they wanted to change their name and instead of posting in the name change request thread for whatever reason (impatience, not knowing it was there, etc.) they just made a new account and may have done this more than once. If they have not purchased anything, does it matter to them? There are no rules against making multiple accounts.
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On previous PbP boards, I've known folks who'd create a new account for each character. To them, it was part of "putting on the costume". While I don't normally follow that practice, I have done it. I've also seen where the PbP account ended up getting slowly more OOC and became the "normal" account.
If none of those fit your question, then I don't have a good answer. Based on the number of folks who seem to be missing your point, I suspect there's some context that isn't being shared. I don't know if that's purely innocent or whether you're fishing for ammo for something -- or just trolling someone in particular. Don't take that as an accusation. It's more just letting you know that without clarification, it's going to start looking a lot less like option #1.
I'm not fishing for anything, I was purely curious.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
I have almost 40 years experience in playing and DMing various RPGs. I don't post a lot to any online forums.