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I've been itching to do a little roleplay that breaks my usual barriers. I'm talking a roleplay about little kids going to school. Not dramatic fighting or anything like that. No romance or sex, obviously. I know there's Spartan's Little Lane Battle, but that has "fighting" and being on this side and that side and stuff. I just want a general roleplay set in like elementary years where everything is just normal. No twisted plots, no magic, nothing special. Because if you look at most roleplays nowadays, they have magic, fighting, romance, etc. in them, so technically, this little idear of mine is kinda original and special. cat_whee So who's up for it?

Seeing as no one has responded, I'll offer some feedback:

The problem with the idea you have proposed is this: what happens? For the first 20 or so posts from each member, the kids will go to school, then after school hang out, then go to bed. The following day will be the same, and so on for the five weekdays, and on the weekends it'll be the hanging out part all day, and staying up late, but then, when a full seven days has passed, all that happens is the events recycle. With nothing exciting happening, what is the draw to your role play?

Role Plays are stories, just like a book, a movie, a television show, or a song. As with all stories, if any of those mediums have nothing exciting happening, the story is regarded as boring and a waste of time. As a result, said story does poorly, makes no money, and eventually dies. An example of this would be the History Channel. About five to ten years ago, the only thing that the History Channel showed were television shows about History, as the name would suggest. Though this does have a niche audience, the majority of the population did not enjoy watching the shows that the History Channel had, and as a result the channel slowly began to die. What does the channel show now? Television shows about men who work in swamps, or on crab boats, and there is drama, action, and suspense. People now like these shows ( I do not), and as a result, the History Channel is, financially, doing much better.

Do you get my point? Role Plays, being stories, need the entertainment, the draw, to keep people wanting to come back, because when they don't, characters just fall off the map, and eventually the Role Play dies. That is why most Role Plays these days have magic or some other form of fantasy elements. That is why they pretty much all have fighting or romance. Conflict is the most exciting concept to the human race. Why else are sports or reality television so popular? We need the excitement.

I'm sure there is a place where this idea of yours will do very well, but it really only appeals to those whom Role Play enough to desire something different, something that offers a break from it all. But when that becomes the situation, is it not easier to just log off? I hope I didn't come off as rude, I was just wanting to offer some constructive criticism.

Plus, I never said it had to revolve around school! Hell, maybe there's like a clubhouse or something or... You know what, I'm just jumping ship. It was a bad idea... A roleplay about little kids that don't beat each other up or do romantical things? How stupid is that...

Like hell, I wanna be Disney Channel...

I've just honestly lost interest...