Why so much ERP in SS13?

[nikimilky]

I mean, we don't allow ERP here, so you're prolly not gonna get many first hand accounts on our forums.

Why not go over there and ask them? lol

im too afraid x:

haha jk. I just scrolled past some discussions in this forum and liked the way people talk here. I asked this here because I wanted to hear YOUR take on that.

ok i post a spiel in discord every time this comes up.
so i guess the first thing is that most erp servers tend to attract communities that arent entirely from just ss13.
like ss13 is pretty unique in that its very text based for interaction, but not everything is text based.
theres really solid mechanical systems for stuff like eating, drinking, holding stuff, fighting, healing and moving from place to place.
those kinds of things tend to be reaaaally draining and repetitive for text based rp, so if you know about ss13 its a surprisingly attractive game to play for rp.

i guess the second thing is that a sizable amount of rp on the internet seems to be horny rp. idk why but its something consenting adults choose to do so who really cares, especially since these places label themselves pretty clearly as 18+ to keep underaged people out. so you dont even have to be exposed to it if you dont want to.

so if you mix those two you get a compelling game with good mechanics that take off some of the burdens of rp, and a bunch of people who just wanna act out their characters e-boning.

also (relatively) niche communities like furries and scalies and stuff tend to be tight knit (or have tight knit subgroups), so people will let members of that community know about this exciting new place for them to rp/erp.

Interesting and surprisingly deep take. I like this comment!

Listen, sometimes folk just wanna hold hands

oooh wholesome <3