Hello!

My name's Lumaria and while I'm not a new RPer by any stretch of the mind I am new around here. Please feel free to direct me towards your own or a friend's Roleplay or just drop me a line!

Hello Lumaria (Where does your name come from?), and welcome to Roleplay Gateway!

It looks like I have the unique honor of being the very first greeter to welcome you to our humble abode here at Roleplay Gateway! :D My name is Ylanne (it makes a spiffy username too! --> ), and I am the site's resident crime writer. I'm also an editor (so feel free to ask me about publishing and the process if that's something you're interested) and part-time teacher. I'm always around, so you should feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions, problems, suggestions, or requests in regards to the site, your roleplaying, and/or your writing. I would be happy to help you in any way I can, in any way necessary or desired. I respond to all queries within 24 hours. Because you are new to this site, I highly encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity. (Other people to seek help from: Dark blue usernames denote mentors, green usernames denote moderators, and red usernames denote administrators).

As far as roleplay preferences go, I prefer modern/realistic roleplay, and especially character-driven stories (basically literary work), but am open to almost anything. Over the past few months, I have been experimenting with genres like fantasy and science-fiction, so if you have a good story idea, let me know. My current preference for mode of roleplay is text-based roleplay, or what we do here. I've also begun to participate in text-based fighting, which I found surprisingly interesting and compelling. (And LARP is the first kind of roleplay I've ever done, and it still remains my favorite! :D ).

If you're ever interested in private roleplay, just drop me a line anytime. Also feel free to check out the links in my signature. The folks round here are great people and great roleplayers, so if nothing I have posted is of interest, for one hundred percent sure, something someone else has posted will be. You can find practically everything here that you've ever imagined or could want to write, read, or roleplay - and if you for some crazy reason you don't see it, feel free to create it. We encourage creativity - it's the reason the site exists. Other than Eric (our founder) having way too much free time on his hands!

To shamelessly advertise my own roleplays, you should check out my newest roleplay, When the Lion Wakes, which is my typical modern/realistic setting, and is a character-driven story about crime and terrorism. We already started the IC thread, but are still accepting characters through September 2010. (We're looking for terrorist, FBI agent, and CIA agent characters, but other characters are also welcome; all characters are original characters created by their writers.) This one asks for a minimum of one post every two weeks (more is accepted, of course, and less is permitted with discussion with myself).

Be sure to take a look at the site rules. There are only five of them, but they're all integral to the continued success of this community. Members on this site use the forums, the chat system, and the Roleplay Tab system for roleplaying. For help with the Roleplay Tab system, which is unique to our site, you might want to look at this user written guide. By the way, my reference guide, Ylanne's Guide to Roleplay Terminology includes not only general roleplaying terms (useful for those new to roleplaying altogether), but also a number of terms used specifically on this site (useful for anyone new to this site, or anyone acclimated to slightly different terminology).

And once again, welcome! I hope to see you more often around the forums. If you need anything or have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Blessings and peace,
Ylanne

In a much more concise and less link-filled tone, I welcome you to RoleplayGateway. :D

Once you get the hang of the roleplay tab system, you'll be swinging from one to another before you even know what's going on. I look forward to seeing you around, and I might just have to send you a message or something, take you up on your final offer.

Cheers!

Oh, Sato. It can pay to be verbose, at times. ^^

Hello, Lumaria, and welcome to RolePlayGateway!

I see Ylanne is at it once again with spamming her links. :) They're helpful. I think I'll spam a few of my own, too.

You didn't really mention any specific genre of roleplay that you are interested in, but you did mention that you are an experienced roleplayer, so I imagine it is only a matter of finding one that suits you. We have a tag search system for that.

For example, if you want to participate in a adventure-oriented RP, click here. You can use that search feature, or the tag cloud, to help narrow down the options to those within your interests. :)

Regards,
Circ