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RE: RP Confession Thread - Bryn - 08-10-2015
(08-10-2015, 01:20 PM)Tiergan Wrote: 3) My first RP character was in AOL Chatrooms and it was a very, very small chocobo that was about the size of a Pomeranian.
omfg
RE: RP Confession Thread - Jmaaira - 08-10-2015
- The fastest way for me to fall asleep is picturing my character going about her daily routine. Something about it is relaxing to me.
- I enjoy coming up with stressful situations for my character. I began mmo rping almost a year ago and I can definitely view how my character has matured in that time due to the situations I put her through.
- Â I'm terribly timid in real life and this somewhat carries over into my rp. I find it difficult to get involved in rp with people outside of my fc because I don't want to be rejected or viewed as an annoyance.Â
- I have very very few friends in real life and as such I become attached to the people I meet online. I know this is probably troublesome to a lot of people, so I'm sorry for that if it is. ^^;
RE: RP Confession Thread - Kage - 08-10-2015
1. I really love to RP with almost everyone but while I have grown as an adult as the baby roleplayer I joined into this scene as... I am intimidated as fuck and shy as all get out. So... I just sorta... idle and people RP watch. Then, I usually sorta just... PVE. And hope maybe someone will say "wanna RP?" and I will drop everything (finish dungeon) and go RP!!!!11111
I'm still fakin' it 'til I make it.
3. It's taken me time to learn this. I've learned to find ways to RP with you. So usually, if you just ask me, I will get a way. Somehow. It might take me an agonizing week or two, but it will happen. All the while I will be screaming excitable happy tears of relief that you are RPing with me. Because I like to figure out a nice story setting to introduce or start a scene even if it's just small. Having a friend free labor someone pick up and drop off a chocobo BUT NOT :<. Deciding to try a hand at a new trade but running away because you left the primary weapon somewhere else? Yes, you wonderfully elegant Elezen, save the lalafell. I don't want to just bump and be friends because... I just can't do that realistically as a person and for a character.
4. I am not obligated to interact with or roleplay with everyone. I am allowed to roleplay/interact or not with whoever for whatever reason I please.
5. My first RP character was this dude right here on GaiaOnline's Breedables/Collectibles forums.
![[Image: stryder1.png]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/OokamiKage/stryder1.png)
![[Image: kageswolves-1.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/OokamiKage/kageswolves-1.jpg)
RE: RP Confession Thread - K'nahli - 08-10-2015
I think the biggest issue with shy roleplayers is that they are afraid to actually ask anyone in case the other person/group don't find their character interesting at all.
1. If I want to take part in public RP, I'd really like to do it in the outside world and not confined to the likes of the Quicksand(not that I wouldn't mind visiting it once or twice). Though with that said, RP'ing in a place with lots of regular, non-RPers around would make me very nervous and self-conscious, like the markets for example ;
2. People who weave ERP into their stories don't bother me in the slightest. People who ERP for the sole purpose of ERP'ing do. So with that in mind, seeing what seems to be a large increase of those people standing around in the Quicksand - where I sometimes like to idle to look out for other RP'ers - makes me very sad. It's always going to be there and whatever, that's fine... but I just dislike how it's always consistently in my face and even outnumbering actual RPers on certain occasions. Honestly, I don't think I'll feel comfortable RP'ing there in the future for whenever I get around to playing that miqo'te scene I've had pending since months before Heavensward(oh my God, someone help me).
RE: RP Confession Thread - Caspar - 08-10-2015
(08-10-2015, 02:13 PM)Bryn Wrote:2cute3me(08-10-2015, 01:20 PM)Tiergan Wrote: 3) My first RP character was in AOL Chatrooms and it was a very, very small chocobo that was about the size of a Pomeranian.
omfg
I have a few but it's hard to phone type. I kinda slinked about looking at people's wikis and felt motivated by their hard work to rp again. In retrospect, I should have realized not all of them would actually want to play with me, but such is life.
RE: RP Confession Thread - Kellach Woods - 08-10-2015
1. I'm probably the worst RPer on the website seeing as I haven't RPed in weeks if not months. Nah I don't count rando shit over a LS as proper RP.
RE: RP Confession Thread - McBeefâ„¢ - 08-10-2015
My first RP was an ERP.
Gateway drugs.
RE: RP Confession Thread - V'aleera - 08-10-2015
(08-10-2015, 02:27 PM)Jmaaira Wrote:I do this too!
- The fastest way for me to fall asleep is picturing my character going about her daily routine. Something about it is relaxing to me.
RE: RP Confession Thread - cuideag - 08-10-2015
My first RP character was made for Yahoo! Chat about 500 years ago and I honestly don't remember much about her except for her name and that she had one eye, a mechanical arm a la Vincent Valentine, and she had a sword or something. Don't remember anything else about her. I even drew her.
I'm super scared about asking people to RP. I'm just scared of people and their rad as heck characters.
The weirdest thing I've ever RPed was probably a kind of grisly take on the Trix Rabbit.
I used to be an admin and lore writer for a Minecraft RP server.
Because I spent so much time in chat RPs, I have a really bad habit of blabbing way too much when I RP in MMOs. I'M SORRY Y'ALL IF I'VE EVER FLOODED YOU. I'm trying really hard to get out of the habit, at least when RPing publically.
RE: RP Confession Thread - Virella - 08-10-2015
- I absolutely despise any 'normal' romance. I want passion. I want drama. I want things to be complicated. If it is just your standard kissy face roleplay, I tend to get super bored super fast. Not that I have anything against people who do it, it is just not my thing.
- I like torturing my characters. I do not think any of my existing characters I have a particularly happy ending for them written. If roleplay leads up to it, of course I will change my mind, however it ain't my thing, happy endings.
- I can't roleplay male characters beyond a few concepts; Unless you want them to be n1 douches, or undead, I few I'm not going to be the person to roleplay men.
- Most of my characters have been magic users. With a few exceptions. I lubs magic in roleplay.
- Elves/human relationships ALWAYS end up to be a theme of most of my characters. And I'm not even doing it on purpose.
- Adhering to lore is a big thing to me. If people don't there is a big chance I probably won't be that enthusiastic about roleplaying with them. Of course grey areas can be filled in, as long as they make sense!
- I can't do apprentice roleplay. Done it a few times, and gods, I hated it so much.
- Guilds/FCs don't do it for me. Never have on any MMO. I prefer good friends who I can rely onto over any guild/fc. Especially after I've seen on another MMO guilds just turning into cliques, and stamping down any sort of random roleplay in cities.
RE: RP Confession Thread - Sahja Elahka - 08-10-2015
--As a general rule I can't stand when people talk about their characters. I get it, they're special to you and powerful in their own regard but not too powerful because they have this tragic thing, and they're just going through so much right now and...
-- This is the main reason I play NPCs, I love seeing characters be special, but I hate being talked at about why they are.
--Biggest pet peeve is when you take abilities from somewhere else into whatever setting you're in. Give me a reason to believe it would exist at least. Don't just say "I can do this."
--I lied. Biggest pet peeve is when you try to make me sympathetic to your character's plight. Or try to apologize for them. "Well my character would..." Yes I get that. but guess who made them that way. You.
--Blatant disregard for in game authority for whatever reason is a big way to get me to just walk away. If you're that powerful you're boring, and if you aren't that powerful a police force, corrupt or otherwise should be a bit intimidating.
--Positive confession! I end up deleting and remaking my characters a lot because they just aren't quite perfect.
RE: RP Confession Thread - Flashhelix - 08-10-2015
1. I don't like people who ERP as lalafell. They straight-up look like babies. Anybody who is alright writing a detailed account of a baby having sex is somebody I don't need in my life.
2. At least from what I've seen, a homosexual character being played by a heterosexual person of the opposite sex almost always ends poorly, so I tend to avoid those types. Most if not all that I've seen are either thinly-veiled ERP characters.
3. I think para-RP in a public setting is one of the most inconsiderate things you can do, especially in crowded places like the QS or public events. Match the length of those around you. The chatscroll is often bad enough, so I don't need five unnecessary sentences of inner monologue.
RE: RP Confession Thread - Tiergan - 08-10-2015
1) I am a cruel god and enjoy putting my characters (and other people's characters if they like the same thing) through horrible, horrible things. ADVERSITY BUILDS CHARACTER.
2) Romance RP only interests me when it has a really awesome conflict (either the lovers are against each other or have to work together to endure some kind of trial or fight for some sort of goal) and would make for an interesting story. Otherwise I get bored as shit and have no interest.
3) I give the characters I spend the most time on (mains) the most complicated backgrounds and personalities. Alts get much simpler backgrounds and personalities that are easy for me to get into. This is because building up the RP for the complex characters takes a bigger time investment where as the alts are characters I just want to dive into and have fun with in bursts.
Unfortunately this means I have a ton of really awesome character ideas I want to run with, that I can't, because the time-investment is too high for an alt.
RE: RP Confession Thread - Warren Castille - 08-10-2015
1) I kill almost every NPC I involve in threads.
2) I never make myself available for RP.
RE: RP Confession Thread - Caspar - 08-10-2015
(08-10-2015, 06:35 PM)cuideag Wrote: My first RP character was made for Yahoo! Chat about 500 years ago and I honestly don't remember much about her except for her name and that she had one eye, a mechanical arm a la Vincent Valentine, and she had a sword or something. Don't remember anything else about her. I even drew her.I understand entirely the second one. I wanted to rp, but I'm always worried someone's gonna be busy with PVE, or they don't want to rp at that moment, or that they don't care for my character.
I'm super scared about asking people to RP. I'm just scared of people and their rad as heck characters.
The weirdest thing I've ever RPed was probably a kind of grisly take on the Trix Rabbit.
I used to be an admin and lore writer for a Minecraft RP server.
Because I spent so much time in chat RPs, I have a really bad habit of blabbing way too much when I RP in MMOs. I'M SORRY Y'ALL IF I'VE EVER FLOODED YOU. I'm trying really hard to get out of the habit, at least when RPing publically.
It's a surreal feeling. Back when I did pbp, I was constantly in demand for play until I had almost no free time. I even got called onto another forum by demand, and it inflated my ego a little... Now it feels like I'm the fresh meat, like I've got something to prove again. I'd forgotten how that was. It's exciting and also intimidating.
Everyone is established and has long character plotlines, and I've read their wikis and seen how much work they put into thinking up backstories and setting up non-canon locations and groups, and I'm impressed. That's the kind of work that made me want to rp again after years of inactivity. Before I saw the wiki, I hadn't even considered rp in an MMO. And yet, at the same time, it makes the world feel "full," like any attempt I'd be making to fit in would be shoehorning myself into a story that doesn't have any room yet. It's kind of unfair, but I'm super envious of the people who already have very exclusive, small groups, and I want to prove I won't mess things up by getting involved with them. Their stories are already so interesting, and I can't find it in myself to break their equilibrium, potentially. Yet I really want to get involved.
Other confessions:
1. Like Tiergan and Virella, I am a sadistic creator, and I gorge myself on drama. I haze my characters because I care. :D
A lot of my characters have had tragic ends, or would have. Off the top of my head, one was separated from his sire and both died, one was a child soldier and got disposed of by the corrupt government, one became a fascistic computer program to please his dad and was deleted halfway through micromanaging the world to peace, one was a pair of identical twins holding the same identity who committed joint suicide, one had brain cancer, one killed the only other person who understood them and was destroyed before they could escape the collapse of the universe, one would lose her personality and become an empty shell for spirits to inhabit, and one had oni blood and was destined to either go mad or die violently. Needless to say, Virara's prospects aren't exactly glimmering. I say "would have" because of problem #2.
2. My stories don't get finished. I want to blame this on others, really I do, as shameless as that is. Pbp is a really flaky place. It's easy to blow off posting out of tiredness for weeks on end, and people progress at such a slow rate that sometimes campaigns just peter out and lose steam. Almost all the endings I listed up there never happened in game because people lost interest, but I'm also to blame. If I'd held their interest, or moved things faster, the story would get finished, and I sometimes lose creative energy too. I want to be better about that in FFXIV.
3. Being nice. I think that it might surprise or not, but outside of Balmung I am thought of as the 'grump' of my friends. I'm trying really, really hard to be nice and friendly to people in Balmung so as not to hurt anyone needlessly and make enemies. I feel a bit dishonest in doing this, and I keep somewhat secretive to avoid any OOC affecting people's impressions of my character. Every once in a while it gets through though.
4. I try hard not to be petty, but I've got a few chips on my shoulder. I don't like erp and avoid it pointedly, especially with Lalas; romance is fine and cute, but I just *can't* think about it. I even picked lala because I figured nobody would make a pass at her for it. I'm sad that I was proven wrong.
I get kinda paranoid sometimes people don't like me or my characters, and even if it's irrational, worry they've got it out for me. When clear headed, that's never a problem. I have a lot of confidence in my ability to write. Every once in a while though, I get that itch.
I'm not afraid to snowflake a little, but I am afraid of people not liking it. It's a weird contradiction. I never want to play anything too normal, but at the same time, don't want to alienate others.
Worst of all though is my fixation with bad luck; I'm one of THOSE who rolls poorly and feels like they're cursed. If I think logically about it, all those bad rolls eventually even out, but sometimes when stressed I complain more than I should. I've had my share of run-ins with bad luck, but never to the point that I've exaggerated at times.
5. I didn't get my start in rp, but in an IAQ (Imaginary FAQ) similar to the "make your character a fighting game character" thread, over a decade ago. Mine were of that horribly chu2 seraph wings and overpowered attacks level of mary sue. I want to slam my head against the keyboard every time I'm reminded of them.