Livedragonballz.com
Title
Live Dragonball Z!
Description
Live Dragonball Z is a role-playing game based in the Dragonball Z universe. Players may assume the role of any character seen in the show or the manga to role-play with or they can create a fully custom character, thus creating an entirely new person more suited to their personalities. LDBZ is an extremely involved game that requires a high level of dedication to play. The majority of the current members have been playing since November 2006 and a few of those have been playing since May of 2005. An estimated 90% of the game relies on the players providing stories which are basically the written-out acts of their character. That is what is known as role-playing. The goal of LDBZ is to provide as in-depth and rich a Dragonball Z environment as possible while still allowing for as much freedom for the player as possible. This is accomplished by setting as few general guidelines for the gameplay as possible and then continuing to modify these guidelines as more players bring in new ideas.
Description provided by Riddek | talk 17:07, 23 October 2007 (PDT)
Additional Information
The AboutUs personality known as Riddek is the owner of Live Dragonball Z.
LDBZ started in November of 1999 as http://thebestrpg.homestead.com by using the then free website builder, Homestead. Riddek had grown tired of the numerous other DBZ RPG's around the net that always seemed to start one week and end the next and had decided he was going to make his own and it was going to be the best. So at age 14 he made his own, and while it was very fun, it was certainly not the best! Riddek also soon found out why most of the other DBZ RPG's were very short-lived; it was a lot of work, especially for an undisciplined freshmen in high school. This first "round", as the sequences of playing have been named, lasted three months. From then (January of 2000) until July of 2002 the game proceeded in an off-again on-again (albeit mostly off-again) manner until Riddek finally decided a major change was needed. In July of 2002 Riddek set to implement those major changes.
These changes were slowly (very, very slowly) implemented from July 2002 until January 2004. In January of 2004 Riddek re-opened the site early in anticipation of the new changes. Opening before the changes had been completed ended up being a huge mistake. Very few people joined and those who did were left floundering around the site unsure of how to play. This round utterly failed and left Riddek despairing over his website. Also, in the middle of this time, Homestead became a pay-for website builder which is when http://thebestrpg.homestead.com became http://www.livedragonballz.com
In September of 2004 Riddek started completing the site with a renewed vigor and on May 1st, 2005, Live Dragonball Z was 100% operational (due to the changing nature of the game, LDBZ will never be 100% complete. The word "operational" is being used to its fullest extent of the definition.). The next round started May 4th, 2005 and lasted until December of 2006, a whopping 19 months. At this time a large (relatively speaking) amount of new members had joined and many new changes were taking place, thus it was decided by the majority to restart the game to allow everyone a fresh and equal start. The new round started January 1st of 2007 and is still being played with no end in sight.
Additional Information provided by Riddek | talk 17:08, 23 October 2007 (PDT)
Community Reviews
- If you happen to be a member of LDBZ please take a moment to write a review for the site and/or game. If you are not a member perhaps you can take a moment to view the site and give any thoughts you might have. All constructive criticism is welcomed! Riddek | talk 17:13, 23 October 2007 (PDT)
~Qutoks Review~ I am currently a member of this RPG, I made my very own custom character, that I think is the beauty of this RPG. Your very own character to Roleplay with and evolve to your liking. Very few people are actually characters from the show which shows that this is one of the only DBZ RPG's that lets you create a custom character.
This RPG stays realistic, well as realistic as DBZ really can be, which I think is something other RPG's lack.
Even though this RPG is owned by Riddek, and basically what he says happens. But he does listen to you, he lets you pretty much help create this RPG this is why he said LDBZ will never be finished, because the members are constantly coming up with new ideas to make this RPG better. That is why this is the best RPG, because it is run by someone who listens to the members and puts genuine thought into all of the members ideas.
And of course we cannot forget his trusty side kick, Heimal/Scott, he is fair and helpful to all of the members and he really helped me get settled into this RPG, along with Marius the other administrator along with Heimal.
I am always coming to Riddek with stupid questions that I can quite obviously just read in the rules, but no he does not just flip out and tell me to **** off. He just tells me to either; look really hard or explains it to me.
~Krethean's Review~
I have been a member since the start of the newest round and I've personally enjoyed the absolute freedom in what you can do. The stats system, techniques, time flow... all these help make it as true to the series as possible without making it one-sided.
It does still have things to sort out but this is one of the batter games or RPing boards I've been to.
Among the joyful banter and mind games from clashing mambers ICly, folks can pass the time to complete their actions by talking about other things, like most other sites... which is something great.
A great feature in my opinion is the ability to make custom techniques. These are subject to the public eye, especially since they're most likely learnable by all unless restrictions can be justified, and eventually accepted or rejected.
The Technique list is expansive and there's plenty of room for more.
The staff are always up for ideas to fix or improve gameplay for everyone, and opinions are by and large valued. Only headache is the number of folks who ignore the rules regarding joining...
Thumbs up here!
External Links
- Live Dragonball Z Message Board: LDBZ Forum
- Live Dragonball Z How-to-Play section: How-to-Play
- Join the game! Join!
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