OOC: Bloodied Blades for me is a bit too over the top, I enjoy the system that Gridish uses (I believe), which is more relaxed but still incorporates, rolling, an emote order and the DM replies to your emote attempt.
Agreed. When we first started doing roll-events in earnest in 2012, we had three major things:
1- Emote order, so people don't get overly-confused;
2- General rolling with a value for successful attack, unsuccessful attack and mob hit-points, with no other frills to keep things simple;
3- A DM controlling the boss, who was invariably an actual character (an alt, most of the time) rather than an invisible raid-marker. I've always felt bored when we roll against waves and waves of raid-markers.
I've been so burnt out on roll-events that I've specifically avoided doing any for the last year, but it could be time to re-cycle them back in on a less frequent, more simplistic basis.