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Please let me know if I should pull this post if it doesn't belong in this forum...

Yesterday I stumbled across Brian and Justin Real Time Conversations on LJ here. I've just never run across this kind of interactive structure before in a "fic" (illiterate LJ user am I), and I was curious if anyone knew more about it (is it just one author, or a collaboration? will real-time events be reflected?).

Thanks!

Katy.

update

secretsolitaire was kind enough to link to the author creating this RPG (and explain what a Role Playing Game was to me!)

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I've been following

bj_connect for quite a few months now. It's considered an RPG, or roleplaying game, and it's played out by

galedreamer and

mmmorpheusq. It does reflect some real-time events such as Thanksgiving, though I haven't ever seen them react to stuff like political happenings or anything like that. Here's more info (http://galedreamer.livejournal.com/75142.html).

There are other RPG's out there; a new one is currently playing out at

briank_solo and

justin_alone. Older ones include

beyond_babylon and

thefabtwelve. Have fun -- these things are very addictive. ;-)

Well, Ive never heard of

bj_connect but Ill totally check it out to see if its any good. :)
There have been other RPG's out there, the most popular being

beyond_babylon.
Because of the great job and spot on characterzations there was a community started for the people who watched

beyond_babylon to discuss. It was kinda a big deal. I think it was called yaddayadda. Either way the link is in BB user info. There were even icons made from the community. Good stuff.

Thanks for clearing that up for me! I felt a little odd emailing the "Justin" character for more information.... I enjoy reading the bj connect LJ, but for whatever reason am uncomfortable with "Justin's" or "Brian's" LJ, where anyone can post. (Just my own personality quirk, I guess.)

I'll take a good look at beyond babylon when I have a little more time.

Thanks again.

....and I can see how these things could be very addictive. Especially with good authors....

Thank you for mentioning beyond babylon...I will check it out when I have some time to do so.

I appreciate your reply......myself being RPG ignorant and all... :)

I enjoy reading the bj connect LJ, but for whatever reason am uncomfortable with "Justin's" or "Brian's" LJ, where anyone can post.

It took me a long period of lurking before I was brave enough to post on either of their journals, and I still feel a little awkward sometimes. Reading the community is definitely the fun part, but I always read the individual journals as well because "Brian" and "Justin" often drop extra tidbits of info in their responses to the comments there. :-)

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