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How many rps do you guys like to have?

Do you have a set number of slots? If so how many?

I just accept as many as I can, I think I have about 13 rps going on at the moment

When I first came here I started several, and along with some I had on Black Dahlia and Creative Freedom, I had eighteen. It consumed me and I burnt out. I then took a half a year off, and now I’m easing back in. Right now I have exactly two, and the just started this week here, and I will concentrate on those two and not fall into the web of overloading my available time.

i typically keep it to around 2 per person! :^)

I currently have ten going and two more are in the discussion phase. I think I'm probably going to close things off here soon. I'm of the opinion everyone is different in what they can handle, but from the looks of things, people generally find the cut-off around 20.

I have over ten right now and actually think I might have bitten off more than I can chew. I also have a very busy life outside of rp, though. I think that definitely helps determine how many you can/should take on. I also write several paragraphs for each story which takes time.

Well, I’m regularly brushing with about 200 rps, but that’s keeping track of them over a 4 month period, and I currently have 55 to get to in my inbox.

Don’t follow my suggestion, though, I’m a psychopath.

It varies for me. I used to be able to handle several with little to no trouble. Right now, I'm only managing to maintain one at a decent pace (and only because I'm so familiar with the player), and have a few on pause that I'm trying to work my way back into. It's not that they aren't enjoyable or anything, it's just that presently, anything outside of routine is super daunting.

In the past, I've also been a lot more open to diving into things. I even hosted a little rp "grab bag" for a big without a specific limit on how many could respond. Now, I'm super choosy since I burn out so fast and so easy and ending rps early is uncomfortable.

I accept as many as possible. Currently active, I have:

27 roleplays on RPR

5 roleplays on Instagram

2 roleplays on kik

10 roleplays on Discord

4 large group roleplays on Furry Amino (one moderated by me)

14 roleplays on various other aminos

7 roleplays on Xanje

1 roleplay on Tumblr

So, that chalks me up toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 65 roleplays at a time, I think? I should probably stop accepting roleplays, honestly. I am in so many.

For me it depends of the replying speed of the partners, if they answer once in a blue moon or infrequently then it's okay for me stack a higher number of games, if they answer frequently then I try to keep a lower number since it requires frequent effort and maintenance. Of course this is prone to a lot of surprises, like when suddenly everybody decides to go silent or the contrary and unexpectedly everybody gets super active.

i'm currently running 2 active RPs that are on a 2-3 replies a week basis, 2 semi-active ones that go once or twice a month, and one that's in the planning phase right now. i've found my 'maximum' to be about 3-4 active ones, as my posts are somewhat lengthy and trying to take on 10-20 at once would be an absolute nightmare. i made that mistake when i first joined here, but i've found a sort of comfortable position now.

i also tend to be particularly picky when it comes to RPs, which prevents me from getting involved in stories that don't interest me and would lead to burnout. quality > quantity! sometimes i have to wait a while for replies and it's boring, but it's definitely better than getting surprised when seven RPs decide to reply all at once.

You know I thought I had too many rps

How do you even manage 65 rps?!

The power of god and anime. And I'm starting two more as well.

I need more coffee.

((i will reply to ours as soon as- I'm working on it!))

I've got 53 ACTIVE Roleplays that I'm constantly trying to maintain (and I'm still looking for more). I've got 16 on hold (due to a partner's personal issues, and 6 inactive.

= 69 (technically) which are still getting responses
= 6 inactive and dead.

its all good

69 Im so immature

Active:
- 2 1x1s
- 1 Furcadia friend group that I pester on Furc and Discord
- 1 Occasional MMO/MUD (As in, it's a Text RPG that I RP in whenever I feel like meeting up with people.)
- 1 Discord server that I've been jumping back into whenever I have time, though I'm playing catch up with the plot before I play.

Hiatus:
- 2 1x1s (One was paused to focus on school, the other is being planned.)
- 1 Forum group (Until I can finish a profile. Writing profiles to someone else's preferences is hard.)
- 1 RPR group that I keep glancing at because of it's lovely worldbuilding, but I don't know if I have the energy for. BUT IT LOOKS SO COOL AND WORLDBUILDING IS MY JAM TOUGH.
- 2 Furcadia groups (One is paused, possibly indefinitely, until the leader actually comes back to plot. I think they've moved on, though... The other I'm waiting to join when I have the energy.)
- 1 MMO RP Guild (Until I can find a friggin solution to my SLOW AS HECK INTERNET.)

I used to have a lot more on hiatus, but I decided to be honest with myself about the strain I was putting myself under for a hobby. School has been stressing me out and RP hasn't quite been the escape it used to be, but I'm making it work. I think as long as you're good at keeping in contact with your partners, any number of RPs is reasonable. Once you start forgetting to check in on them is about the time you should start cutting back.

I FEEL this on such a personal level. You put exactly how I feel into words. I've said before, "I'd rather have four quarters than a hundred pennies." I am VERY choosey as well.

Let's see. I'm on the crazier side so don't follow my lead, but...
Okay yea there's no two ways about it. I'm crazy.

31 RPR 1x1s
5 RPR Group Rps (for Obelus stories, I'm counting per thread/story.)
9 Discord 1x1s
6 Discord Group RPs
7 Fanfiction.net Rp Forums (counting per thread/story)

57 Rp's? That's already highly discounted, as I didn't count any RPR threads that haven't been active in a couple of weeks. It's probably significantly higher than that.

This doesn't even count the ungodly number of inactive ones I have where I'm left hopelessly waiting for someone who's ghosted on me. RPs that I would pick up again in a heartbeat if people responded.

Other RP projects on top of all that ^^^^

Characters still needed to write profiles for/starters to write: 2 characters, 1 starter
Building world lore: yup
Acclimating to another large world and its lore *cough*Tam*cough cough*

yep. Crazy. I love every moment, though.

I gotta step up my rp game!

Who wanna rp?

I have only ever maintained one at a time. It amazed me and still does amaze me that people on RPR like to have multiple. I came from a background of nothing but group RPs. I'd sometimes play more than one character within a group and end up playing out separate stories as everyone took their own path, but it was still the same universe and same group of RPers.

I never realized what a casual RPer/writer I am until I came here. The number of people who are novella writers on top of maintaining more than 1 RP at a time is just plain scary. I think I'll stick to doing it the way I do.

Makes me feel a little inferior though...

I'm really impressed with the numbers I'm seeing here. Kudos to y'all for maintaining that many plots.

Right now I have 2 one-on-one discord rps that wax and wane in activity and 2 games of d&d that occur every other week.