Want to play TTRPGs online on roll20 or something, seriously jonesing for it since it's been a long time

>Those aren't real

I guess I just imagined all those games I played in then.

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What do you mean by 'Cowland' because if you mean Wisconsin I may be able to help with an in-person group.

Montana, north-central

None of those others were me, sorry. I've had the pic saved from before then.

ERP games are purely a Veeky Forums meme as far as I can tell, and perhaps a few have actually happened, but they're not really a thing. Even if they were available and the only hope I had for a text game, I'd be really wary about them anyway.

most computers come with a crappy built in mic

I'm running a text game, got an open spot too. If it makes you feel any better, you don't seem like the sort of person I'd like to play with you whiny insecure cunt.

i run text-only games depending on tone, they aren't that uncommon.

that being said, get over it and fucking talk.

Well okay, fuck you too then.

Not my fault you make a shit first impression.

They're definitely a thing. I have been playing in them for years, and I know there are other games going on because I'm in three groups who play those types of games.

>ERP games are purely a Veeky Forums meme as far as I can tell
>"something I have no experience with isn't real because of memes."

I hang around mostly people who prefer to do things text based. That said, there's not any games going that I know of at the moment.

Still, groups out there for sure if mine is any indication.

>mfw an obvious text rper joins my voice/text hybrid games

Please stay in your text based games, I can't handle the cringe.

What is a voice/text hybrid game like?

I've played in plenty of text-only and plenty of voice-or-video games, but not that particular hybrid. Have no idea what possible faux pas I'd be making.

where would one go to find these ERP games?

asking for a friend

Are you in Great Falls? Because there are definitely groups there.

>game says voice required
>join it
>don't use my microphone during the game
>everybody's too beta to call me out on it

or you could just... get over it and buy a cheap mic? I was similar, but realized I wasn't going to find a game otherwise.

Also, text-based games take for fucking ever. The only good text-based TTRPGs were the email-text games you may have played with coworkers in the 90s, and those days are long over.

You do know Balalbolka exists now right? It's free and open source.

OP, I have an accent and people occasional make fun of it. If I can play games with people, so can you.
Not having a mic is not an excuse, you can get a serviceable headset for less than $20.

Who would want someone this pathetic in their group? He'll just be too insecure to take any in-game action and then run away every battle so he doesn't lose his precious oneitis character.

Gamefinder Threads occasionally have one or two pop up. Wait for the thread to get a bunch of replies and check it out. If you post some contact info there and what you're looking for, that'd probably help.

Perhaps if everyone is a slow typist and doesn't know what they're doing. Not that such a situation is all that uncommon, but it's indicative of player quality rather than the viability of that game style.

It's not about the voice really. It's about being a basement-dwelling kissless neet. OP, get over your issues first before trying to join a group, because you're no use to them like this.

>tfw girl
>can't say a single word without changing the attitudes of entire groups
I just want to play a normal fucking game.

Join a group of non-virgins? We have had a lot of girls in my online group.

How the fuck would someone know shit like that beforehand? I just stick to text games and don't out myself.

You can't and it's a lot of trial and error but it's worth it. Voice adds so much more to the game.

OP again. I ahve n0o idea what you're talking about, unless you have me confused for someone else that you have experience with. I've played plenty of text games in the bast, since they were a lot more common up until 2-3 years ago, both on Roll20 and IRC. I've played a little in person too, among people that I knew already and was comfortable with I know how to play the damn game. That's not the issue.
I just don't like talking through a headset and would strongly prefer not to do that, because I loathe the sound of my own voice. That's all there is to it.

Text and voice is best - former for IC, latter for OOC. Voice can be surprisingly slow, about the same speed as text, due to plenty of pausing, flipping between pages, and the difficulty of conversing online where you can't ever split the conversation - if everyone got to say their piece it would have to take a fair amount of time since it can't all be done at once, especially with the difficulty of describing actions or seperating IC and OOC talking. Generally if you aren't talking first and loudest, you aren't talking at all, which can be a problem for the quiet or excessively polite.

Text can be speedy especially if kept fairly to-the-point and not too long-wonded, allow multiple people to work on posts at once, and roll20 makes using rolls and descriptions easy with a little prepwork - I've even seen a player copy and paste preprepared descriptive text with rolls inserted at the right points. No one misses out or gets confused on exactly what happens - and using voice OOC keeps people connected and helps especially during combat, with less focus on writing compared to coordination and planning, and can help clarify written dialogue and its intended effect.

I encourage you to try it at least once, especially if you have any players left out in the background or seeming unable to vocially roleplay expressively. There is really little difference in speed once you get used to it, and the only reason I would not recommend it is if your players seem unskilled or completely uninterested in writing.

Voice doesn't add anything to the game. The best games I've played were all incredibly immersive text-only affairs. The roleplaying was unforgettable.

>I loathe the sound of my own voice
Then what do you do IRL? use cards to talk to people?

>Voice doesn't add anything to the game
>what is voice acting
>what is voice inflection
>what is putting certain emphasis on words when you talk

>what is voice acting
Something most people can't do, and those who can't do it and try anyway demolish the immersion. This isn't even subjective, you'd only prefer voice for roleplaying in a beer and pretzels game. Dumb grognards like you need to face the facts.

In my experience the main thing that slows games down is badly organized and clumsy character hseets, like the default Roll20 ones, that take too long to flip through and find the information you need. If I keep everything in a basic text-editor sheet or spreadsheet it makes accessing the info I need to reference or change far faster than using an electronic imitation of a paper sheet, but I've never been able to convince anyone else to follow suit.
Having a mix of physical books and online resources is also helpful. D20PFSRD for example is a really awful online resource if it's the only thing you have, for more than just user-unfriendly layout and navigation.

>Dumb grognards like you need to face the facts.
not that guy but just talking to people instead of using text feels natural. The voice acting doesn't even have to be great, sometimes it's just as simple as having a cruddy accent.

It's not as bad in person, because there's so much else for people to focus on. I'm not being judged solely by what people can hear, so it's definitely more tolerable. I'm still not particularly talkative with people I don't already know and feel comfortable with, though.

>The voice acting doesn't even have to be great
Not that buy, but in principle I agree, but a lot of the time the voice acting, or just the straight up voice, is downright awful and not understandable.

It goes like this:
Good voice game > Good text game > Bad text game > Bad voice game

In general, since it's a lot easier to be decent at writing than speaking, most voice games end up being bad.

I'm in a couple IRC games and a CoC one in particular that needs players. I would invite you, but you seem like a cunt.

Maybe it's because I game wtih my friends but I don't mind people's voices. I don't really RP with other people and the one time I did it was text only which made the game feel like it was dragging.

Practice tuning your normal voice to a lower octave, try to hit that gay male voice. If it's hard to keep play a female character. Online no one knows what you look like.

I think voice and text games both have their positives.

I love text since you can speed up action a lot just by typing shit up. Plus I can also multi-task without being actually inconsiderate.

I love voice because a really well-delivered line is magical. And, honestly, accents delivered vocally (when good) are a hell of a lot more pleasant than the same thing written in text and someone's interpretation of the accent. I ended up having to avoid pirate games (or any games likely to have heavy accents) because they were a total pain in the ass to read, but a hell of a lot of fun to listen to.

It also depends on the type of game you're playing.

If you're doing a basic run through a D&D dungeon or something like that where the RP is light and not that different from your usual personalities, particularly if you're playing with friends, and the focus is on the combat, then it doesn't really matter how bad someone sounds.

If you're doing something more RP heavy, maybe in one of those systems that focus on the social aspects, drama focused games or in general the focus is not so much on combat, then a bad voice can really ruin the experience for you, particularly if the players are playing people far removed from their real life and the GM has to voice 10 or 20 different NPCs, sometimes quickly switching between them.

One thing I will say about voice games is that it's harder to get distracted and fuck off to do something else at the same time for a player, they demand focus. Waiting on someone who is afk or just looking at another window reading some shit or watching some anime is a more frequent occurrence in text games.

I've played in several voiced/video chat games, as a reasonably attractive female and it's almost never a problem because I'm pretty selective about which groups I join. One of the better indicators is to look for games that are run by or populated by female players. I've played plenty without ladies involved, but have to admit most of those are from having previously met them in a game with ladies.

Shit happens and either you're really unlucky, you can't see the warning signs before joining/early in the process, or you might just be too self conscious and assume awkwardness is about you. (This isn't really a diss - just something to think about because it might help lower your anxiety and help you find more games.)

OP again.
I do apologise if I came off like a cunt; I'm having a bit of trouble understanding why some people in this thread are aggravated though.
My voice is messed up due to constant ENT infections as a kid, and I guess I could descrive it as sounding husky, dry, and soft - like a 50 year old chainsmoking auntie, or something like that. It's not going to add anything useful to character portrayal if that's not the character I'm trying to play, and it'd give the wrong impression out of character if it's all anyone has to go by.

...

I guess there's no guarantee that a group has female players, even with feminine usernames/icons. But they help. Considering I mostly looked for groups on G+, and those were usually attached to personal email addresses and actual photos of the players, that was an even better indicator than places like Roll20.

Game type is also a pretty safe bet. Monsterhearts is heavily female players (though our groups were roughly 50/50). Games like the Shotgun Diaries were usually heavily male. Anime-heavy games were roughly 40/60 split between ladies and the most irritating weeb stereotype, so to be regarded with suspicion (even though they're my fucking favorite to play because when they're good, they're *really* good). D&D and Pathfinder are big enough that I've seen ladies-only groups LFG'd quite regularly.

Not sure if any of this helps, but I hope it does.

You aren't a cunt. What happened is that your original post was self-deprecating and gave off an air of humility, and then you did a 180 by saying that erp didn't exist. It came across as jarringly arrogant compared to your prior posts and then you continued to argue the point against people who have played erp. People who knew you were unequivocally wrong.

After that people got butthurt that you were shooting down any proposal to get you play over voice, but I think that's understandable considering the whole point of the thread is to find a text game.