Roleplay Name: Reckless RolePlay
Link:http://reckless-roleplay.tumblr.com/
General/Themed: Themed
Platform: Facebook
Activeness(7/10): When I started, it was very much active and alive, but recently it’s started to die down and become quiet. There is a lot of circle role playing that makes it appear a lot more active than it is, which can leave other people feeling left out.
But wait! You can see a lot of girl on girl action here. Girls aren’t completely ignored and under-rated. If you claim as a female, there is hope for you here.
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Summary: Reckless Roleplay has changed formulas. Now it is a college based smut role play known as Brown University, that allows Greek Fraternity and Sorority themes with the college environment. The role play promotes student/teacher relationships and is centered mostly around being a Smut AU than a university themed-role play.
Welcoming (8/10): I am a little iffy when it comes to welcoming. I believe those who claim with friends within the role play are most likely to receive plots from other than those who are completely new. I’ve seen people who never welcomed me greet newcomers who joined, so I am suspicious. People are willing to plot when others reach out to them, which is a good sign. I also like that plots outside of smut can be formed and that makes this role play very fun and less redundant. Sure you’ll have people who ignore your muse if theirs can’t or do not want to sleep with them, but you’ll also have people who are cool with plotting friendships. The downside, is that not many people want to work to develop those friendships and plots. There are a good amount of people who do, so it balances out a lot of the cons.
The biggest issue is the post dropping. It’s pretty bad, but It’s nothing worse than what tends to happen usually in k-pop role plays.
Admins(10/10): They work very hard in keeping the role play going. They are extremely fast in adding people who apply both on Tumblr and in Facebook. Major Plus. Both of the admins are active in role playing with the members.
Only from what I can see, Jaebum is very fun to plot with; they keep up with their plots and even with having many posts, they do their best to keep up with them without giving lazy replies. When I joined, Jaebum was the one welcomed me and offered to plot. They also do not bubble role play and can be seen interacting with many different members.
I have not had much interaction with Stephanie, but I do see her plotting and role playing with other members also. The two admins have a good synergy. When one is away, the other will pick up the work. You can tell that they work hard in keeping the role play active and know how to shift between fellow role players and admins seamlessly. They accept suggestions and use them, and I have to say these are the best admins I’ve encountered in a long time.
Atmosphere(8/10): It’s pretty fun. There’s less focus on the college au aspect, save for a lot of student and teacher interaction, and people are actively role playing with one another. The downfall is the amount of bubble role playing, where people are mostly interacting with their friends/established relationships and do not put much effort into plots with others. It started off very well, and so I’m worried about the role play slipping into that KPOP RP curse. This is what kills a LOT of facebook roleplays.
There isn’t any hostility nor drama, people are having a lot of fun and there’s a good balance between seriousness, laziness and silliness.
Literacy(10/10): People write semi-para, para and novella. There is a use of SNS on walls, but they do not become illiterate and no one uses chat speak. I personally wouldn’t mind being able to use action, but I can see how people can become intimidated by the amount of literacy presented.
Opinions on improvements of this role play?: Instead of dropping posts, it would be nice if people at least drew the posts to an end. It’s frustrating to watch people drop posts only to see them chatting about and replying to others. A few days are alright, but 1-2 weeks?
I understand that people want instant friendships and instant smut, but it’s a little frustrating to have people who don’t want to take the time to try and develop these things. I’m personally slowly starting to lose interest with the mix of post dropping and lack of role play interactions. There’s a lingering feel of ‘if they’re not fucking, I’m not bothering’ here. But that could be unreasonable loathing on my part. It is, after all, a smut role play.
Overall: I’m used to jumping from role play to role play, sometimes due to unwelcoming admins and members, lack of activity, people who are too lazy and unmotivated to role play in a role play and cliques. This role play started off so well, and I’ve been here for this long that it surprised me. My character has outstanding plots here, and I look forward to the interactions because of them. For someone with strict expectations, I love this place. Please don’t die.
Overall Rating: (4/5) ☆☆☆☆