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Old 03-19-2017, 07:35 PM

Round Robin Guide

Hello and welcome to the Round Robin Subforum! You might be asking yourself “what is a round robin?” or “how do round robins work?”. If so, this guide is for you!

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. What is a Round Robin?
  3. Guidelines/How to Round Robin
  4. A Sample Round Robin

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Old 03-19-2017, 07:36 PM

What is a Round Robin?

Round Robins goes by many names: continue the story, joint writing, etc. Some call it a game, others view is as a easier version of roleplaying. It’s a literate game where one player writes a paragraph or two and then their partner picks up and continues. The storyline is made up as you go along, and the characters are played and developed by both players. Round Robins are usually a game between two partners, but many can join in.

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Old 03-19-2017, 07:37 PM

Guidelines/How to Round Robin

In order to Round Robin, you a need a partner or two. Usually it works best with two people but you can include as many people as you like. To avoid confusion however, it is probably best to set up an order for people to post in.

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Originally Posted by Example
Person 1. Post
Person 2. Post
Person 3. Post
Person 1. Post
Person 2. Post
Person 3. Post
And so forth.

Guidelines
  1. Wait for your partner(s) to post
  2. If a round robin is labeled as private, please do not post in that thread. If you would like to join, PM the thread creator to see if you can join the story.
  3. Does the story ever end? It’s up to you! Some people sadly abandon the game after the first few plots and rarely finish up the story. Some sum it up in a few pages. If your partner disappears, you can always find a new partner to continue or start another thread.

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Old 03-19-2017, 07:39 PM

A Sample Round Robin

Still confused on how a round robin game works? Here’s an example:

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Originally Posted by Seito
Yuki Hoku was your one stop store for everything. It had a cafe in the front of half of the store and drugstore in the back. Everything from school supplies, food, clothes, housing supplies and more could be found in the back. Cafe in the front was known for it's delicious desserts.

Currently Yuki Hoku was a mess and its owner was not happy.

Seika scowled and let out a low growl. Today, like most days, was not a good one. It seems no matter where she set up her shop, someone would come along and make a mess of it.

She glared at the culprits who rapidly trying to help clean up the mess.
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Originally Posted by psyrien
Or so she wished that they would help clean up the mess. Only one of them was doing work. The other two were lounging about the store, helping themselves to a few boxes of pocky.

Tritckt was in the form of a large, friendly husky. He seemed quite content to clean up the mess Ryft had made by throwing dog food at the strangler customers.

"That is why, dear Seika," Ryft bit down on a pocky stick, "we chose dog food to use."

Seika rolled her eyes. "You chose nothing. You just grabbed the nearest bag and started flinging its contents at everyone." She brandished a broom at him.

Tritckt nudged Seika playfully and wagged his tail. Tess gave Seika a sheepish smile. "Look at it this way: Ryft expended his energy so he won't be doing anything damaging for awhile; Tritckt got fed; and your store is sparkling clean!"

Seika's glare remained, but she stalked off and slammed the door. The battle was won, but the war still remained. And Seika was certainly a formidable opponent.
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Originally Posted by Seito
"You know, somehow I'm not surprised to see this store in a state of chaos."

Tess turned around to see Ayame standing in the doorway. "Hey, Ayame," she greeted.

Ayame kicked up a piece of dog food towards Tritckt who gobbled it up hungrily. Tritckt came up to Ayame and nuzzled her leg. Ayame smiled and petted the big lovable husky. "So what happened here?" asked Ayame.

"Nothing happened," said Ryft plainly. He helped himself to another piece of pocky.

"Right... which is why the store is a mess," said Ayame sarcastically. Chances were Ryft did something...again.

"We were being chased by a couple creeps. Ryft ducked into Yuki Hoku and a food fight sorta started here. The customers ran out and the creeps disappeared," explained Tess.

Ayame's eyebrow raised. "And Ryft is still alive? I'm surprised. Normally Seika would have at least thrown him out by now."

 


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