Post by OutCast on Jun 4, 2005 7:40:50 GMT -7
"Ripping Portals" began as just a unique name for a message board I was starting. After a while Tenbed and I were working on a pen and paper RPG. We wanted something that was different and good for experienced idealists with pen and paper games. Where games, such as DnD, have so many restrictions, we wanted to make it to where anything imaginable could go, if done properly. A game where a "unique" character was truly that, unique. We had been working on the game but we didn't have a name for it. Then while we were sitting down thinking about it one day, I suggested Ripping Portals. It fit with the setting we wanted to convey and it rolled off the tongue smoothly.
a long time ago, Tenbed and I were thinking of ways to shorten the name from Ripping Portals. well one day he sent me a message saying The RP. It didn't take me long to respond to this suggestion. It was a perfect name in my eyes. After a while The board was starting to build up with members. Our first member was Thrash. Second was Bahamut. Then, after a little while, came Gizzy. Shortly after that was Barettor the Uncaring. We started posting like maniacs and then it all got out of hand. People weren't posting things in the proper places, there was fighting and bullying all over the board. Sure, it was fun, for a while. Then it became boring. People began to post less. Then there was an awkward silence for about 3 months. Then I went to a board and found out about the new (at the time) PBv4. I thought it was awesome and couldn't wait to get mine. I was thinking of what to do. I had my eye on going to proboards.com and starting from scratch. But a friend reminded me about Ripping Portals. I got to thinking for a while. Then I figured," Hey, I already have a reputation with The RP" and well, here I am. Quite an odd story isn't it? well, that's the story that these walls tell. Though painted and scrawled, The story still bleeds through......
Time to bring the board to light again....
a long time ago, Tenbed and I were thinking of ways to shorten the name from Ripping Portals. well one day he sent me a message saying The RP. It didn't take me long to respond to this suggestion. It was a perfect name in my eyes. After a while The board was starting to build up with members. Our first member was Thrash. Second was Bahamut. Then, after a little while, came Gizzy. Shortly after that was Barettor the Uncaring. We started posting like maniacs and then it all got out of hand. People weren't posting things in the proper places, there was fighting and bullying all over the board. Sure, it was fun, for a while. Then it became boring. People began to post less. Then there was an awkward silence for about 3 months. Then I went to a board and found out about the new (at the time) PBv4. I thought it was awesome and couldn't wait to get mine. I was thinking of what to do. I had my eye on going to proboards.com and starting from scratch. But a friend reminded me about Ripping Portals. I got to thinking for a while. Then I figured," Hey, I already have a reputation with The RP" and well, here I am. Quite an odd story isn't it? well, that's the story that these walls tell. Though painted and scrawled, The story still bleeds through......
Time to bring the board to light again....