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Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Alaray - 12-04-2012
I haven't really done many of these introduction threads before, but I figured to just steal ideas from the pinned thread about it ^.^;;
**This turned out... a lot longer than I expected, sorry for a lot of my random rambling <.<;;;; (read at your own risk, I just took the "talking points" from the pinned thread <<>>)
--MMORPG background
My MMORPG Background consists of; World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Aion, RIFT, TERA and Guild Wars 2. I've only gotten to cap level in one of them (TERA) and haven't done things like raiding, or the "hard" dungeons before. Generally, I end up losing interest in the games (Would've spent a lot longer in TERA had the guild I was in not fallen apart due to inactivity of everyone :<).
I really regret not giving FFXIV an initial shot, I intended to for so long and then the one day I felt like I should... well, no copies for sale nearby and the End of an Era event was going to take place a week or so later. (Thus, my most impeccable timing <.<). Still, from the footage I've seen and the many, maaany, reviews and forums I've read... plus the End of an Era cinematic... I got really excited for ARR and plan to nab that as soon as it goes on sale.
--RP experience
Man, I'm still a newb to RPing in MMO's. I've roleplayed on forums for years, even IM (though usually with good friends on IM, as I'm a fairly skittish and shy person... generally). I was in a light RP guild in TERA (Which no longer exists, sadly) but I never got around to actually RPing. I've seen it multiple times and have read countless "etiquette" and "beginner guides" on it (spanning multiple game forums :B) but I just never had the guts to really dive into it. I regret that I haven't, because it really seems like tons of fun. (Sometimes I couldn't get into the game's lore, othertimes I just couldn't really find any organized guilds for it with mature, friendly people).
So... basically, read a lot about it, but never really jumped into it. I already have some character ideas forming for FFXIV... although he's sort of an old character.
--Character ideas/info
Well, the one idea I have in my head is an older character I have (by older, I mean in terms of creation xP). A lot of the stuff I'm thinking of for him may change, if lore says no to something (But I keep plan B's for such occasions).
*He'd be presented as a much more laid back, borderline uncaring, rather sarcastic and perhaps flirtatious in a sense. A majority of his outward attitude and reactions to situations would be based in his history more, primarily dealing with living without parents along city streets trying to provide and care for his younger brother. Where he'd exist in the game, I'm imagining he and his brother having been separated (he thinking him dead, although I like leaving things open in case it'd enhance his story).
*I'm thinking to wait a bit before giving him a solid reason to be out adventuring in the world. Right now I'm going with a "Because he needs a way to support himself" but that's likely going to change once I dig up more information on the nature of the quests and stuff in the game (to sort of weave them into his purpose, if it's doable).
*He's quite a bit different from who I am, so I figure my main worry with RPing with him would be people perceiving the character as me (Which I wouldn't want, because... well, he can prolly be a bit of a jerk <.<)
*As he's traditionally been throughout every incarnation of him, he's gay (which mainly just means he'd be all "flirtsy" with men... I use "flirtsy" in quotations as he's traditionally been a lot more forward)
There's probably more I could get into, but this post is already quite long...
--How did you learn about the coalition?
Google, I just googled "FFXIV Roleplaying" to see if there was a community for it, if it existed and, if it did, I intended to try learning about the community and perhaps joining it (as I've done xP) to maybe get to know where the bulk of RPers in FFXIV are, server-wise, and to get familiar with the community so I'm not... quite as shy?
--What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? Light, medium, or heavy?
No idea, maybe... medium? Though I have a feeling it'd be better to gradually progress through each one and sort of settle for what I like the most. Usually, though, I find Light-RP oriented guilds (in other games) largely just completely social, so I figured medium might be what I'm looking for regarding a blend of IC and OOC.
--Anything from real life you’re comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc)
* I'm a pretty shy person IRL, which translates online a bit. I'm working at it though, but I usually just get all skittish and shy in real-time discussions (Like, IMing and especially microphones/video... tried that with a group from a website once, I basically went through it silent <.<;;;
* I'll share that I'm gay, and I do this mainly because of some receptions I've received in the past when it was just sort of "discovered" so to speak (Like, offhandedly mentioning a boyfriend) and those receptions were much less than pleasant. (Was a few years ago, though... but I don't really want to take chances on this again).
* One of my hobbies is writing stories, usually romance in nature. Otherwise, I play videogames, read books and that's roughly about all that comes to mind.
If there's anything else you'd like to know about me... ask, I guess? Though this is pretty long as is... ^.^;;;;
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Gerik - 12-04-2012
HIIIII
We need more gays! Glad to meet you!
Any plans on race and stuff for ARR?
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Alaray - 12-04-2012
Having seen it mentioned on Square Enix's website, I have a feeling I'd end up making my character a male miqo'te. Dunno why specifically, but it just seems to fit for some reason or other xD
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Gerik - 12-04-2012
Oh I see, pleased to meetcha~
We have a skype chat if you're interested while the game is down.
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Aysun - 12-04-2012
-shudder- Another male miqo'te...
Welcome to the RPC!
Hit Gerik up for Skype chat! We're all being super social while the game is down.
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Vareal - 12-04-2012
Aysun Wrote:-shudder- Another male miqo'te...
Welcome to the RPC!
Whuts wrong with male miqo'te?
Anyway, welcome to the RPC! Glad to have a new face.
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Tadir - 12-04-2012
Welcome to the RPC! You'll find we tend to be a pretty friendly group. We also have a lot of people who used to be members coming back.
So welcome. I hope you enjoy it. Your best bet is to just jump into your rp. People can be pretty forgiving.
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Cole - 12-04-2012
Welcome! You seem pretty awesome, if you have civilization 5, you should join us sometime for a weekend game. ^.^
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Aysun - 12-04-2012
Vareal Wrote:Aysun Wrote:-shudder- Another male miqo'te...
Welcome to the RPC!
Whuts wrong with male miqo'te?
Anyway, welcome to the RPC! Glad to have a new face.
There are 3,850,328,564 of them.
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Ellie - 12-04-2012
I doubt you'll get any trouble for being gay here, Alaray, a lot of us are already LGBTQ, and I don't think I've seen anyone really make trouble over it.
Also always happy to see more male Miqo's.
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Gerik - 12-04-2012
I'm the self appointed LGBT chairperson, <rest mod edited out for forum appropriateness>
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Kerr - 12-05-2012
More gays?! Oh, the happiness I never thought I'd know on finals week. Welcome!! Don't listen to Aysun. >_> She's just jealous our tails are prettier than hers.
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Alaray - 12-05-2012
Oh wow, lots of new posts xD;;
Thanks for all the friendly welcomes, I'd quote and reply to each one but... I feel like that'd make this post too long ^.^;;;
Finals are sort of bearing down on me, so I might not be able to *jump in* as much as I'd like to until all those tests pass me by.
*And even if the male miqo'te are popular, I've always wanted to play a male character with the cat-ish features... and no other MMO I played really had that before (Charr don't count). Plus, it fits the way I'm used to portraying some of my characters (Although they were originally harpies, but more to do with being able to use features like tails/ears to convey emotion; for harpies it was all in the wings << >>)
Quote:We have a skype chat if you're interested while the game is down.
I'll keep that in mind, I'd try to get on it now, but I have things I should probably be doing xP (Things of the studying sort...)
Quote:Welcome! You seem pretty awesome, if you have civilization 5, you should join us sometime for a weekend game. ^.^
xD I would, but I don't own that game sadly. I just remember playing Civilization III forever ago... and not understanding it at all <.< >.>;;;
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Tadir - 12-06-2012
Do NOT get Civ V!
Whatever you do. Just don't do it. It will be the worst decision you'll ever make.
It's just too damn good. You'll get on for ten minutes, nine hours later it will be light and you'll realize you have a final in twelve minutes. An hour later you'll consider calling your teacher with a made up excuse about diarea (the one excuse that always works with anyone.) You'll consider it, but then you'll forget because it's dark and you've been playing for close to twentyfour hours and have forgotten to eat.
Don't get Civ V...
Re: Hi! From someone excited for ARR~ - Aysun - 12-06-2012
He's right.. up til 5am on that durn game. x_x;;; EVIL. TF2 is the latest Skype trend though.
Play whatever you want, honestly. I just give people crap about it.~ It was the same with the female miqo'tes in 1.0, after all!