Your Average Zalanthian Supermodel

[wizturbo]

There are plenty of hideously ugly PCs, and plenty of suspiciously good looking PCs.  They are two sides of the same coin, and equally realistic.

Where are the ugly PCs? I've seen a bunch of male ones (bravo, guys!), but in 100ish days played I dont remember ever having seen an ugly female PC. And only very few normal looking ones. I dont consider supermodels in combat roles realistic, nor those extremely curvy porn stars who dont come from a very well off and pampered background.

I've seen plenty of ugly female PC's.  So have you.  You just see so many attractive ones you've forgotten.

[sarahjc]

I play an ugly PC  :wink:

[Akaramu]

All the uglies must be hiding from me  :shock:

Are you on at peak times only or something?

I'll admit that after seeing the same cliche full red lips, slim waists and firm full bosoms I tend to skip the rest of the mdesc. I may have missed a tiny scar here and there  :twisted:

[Bestatte]

But, I DO have full red lips, a slim waist, and firm full bosoms! Don't hate! Don't hate!

And okay - I cheated. My lips are red because I use lipstick. My waist is slim, compared to my thunder-thighs and child-bearing hips. My bosoms are firm because I wear an underwire, so gravity is a little slow to make those bad boys sag.


Oh - you're talking about characters...heh.

Mine isn't attractive, if that helps. She's not ugly either. She's just very plain looking.

What I have found, though, is that people who write well tend to seem more attractive than people who don't. Flowing sentences can attract the eye to any paragraph, no? So if this dwarf is missing an eye, but he's missing it GLORIOUSLY, people might naturally attempt to get closer to that character. If it's just "his left eyesocket is vacant," or "he is missing his left eye," the writing itself might not be nearly as attractive.

So maybe it's not as much a matter of gorgeous characters, as it is gorgeously written descriptions.

Something to consider, eh?

[Gaare]

All the uglies must be hiding from me  :shock:

Are you on at peak times only or something?

I'll admit that after seeing the same cliche full red lips, slim waists and firm full bosoms I tend to skip the rest of the mdesc. I may have missed a tiny scar here and there  :twisted:

If you would like to run a good looking character go for it.. Or an irritated one again begin playing with it.. Or something ordinary, I doubt no one would stop you...


Because of two matters, I can not understand the problem with good looking characters..  

First, In a harsh world like Zalanthas, only the fittest survive, so probably higher percentage of the population is healthy ones which manage to stay alive.. And If someone has a healthy body, that usually implies she is somewhat beatiful..

Second, we are running a bunch of potential heros, and antiheros. All PCs have lots of skills, higher phsical attributes than usual people in  Zalanthas. In other words, they are special.. Every player tries to write a story for his/her character who is special in Zalanthas, and all most all story characters carry something different in their apperance...

[Akaramu]

So maybe it's not as much a matter of gorgeous characters, as it is gorgeously written descriptions.

Something to consider, eh?

Yup. I have recently encountered one pretty female PC who I considered well-written and realistic. I liked that one.

What bothers me are those unimaginative porn star descs with zero blemishes that use the always same cliche words I've seen a dozen times too often. Quite often they are blonde fighter / hunter types with Dolly Buster curves that dont hinder them in any way.

[Cuusardo]

Dolly Buster?  I was thinking more along the lines of Dolly Parton.

Anyway, it's like I said in another thread:  People are going to play unrealistically beautiful characters no matter what, whether or not it's good roleplay for the character to have such a well-fed and flawless appearance.  No amount of complaining is going to stop that.

[Akaramu]

I'm not complaining! I'm being inspired for future roles  :twisted:

I am SO going to make an ugly dwarven assassin with the focus to rid the world of all pretty females.

I'm not really annoyed or anything, either. I just like to pick on people who focus so much on their looks.  :wink:

[corona]

In my opinion, it's a game, people will play it how they find it enjoyable. Not everyone is going to follow one set standard that everybody else wants (I'm talking how PC's look or what words a player will use to express their PC's actions or emotions - I'm not talking about game code or what is considered as not being twinkish) no matter how often people will bring up this topic or complain, this is something that is literally left up to the player to decide about their own pc's. I do believe that if there is something terribly wrong with a PC and how it's being played, the Imms will most definately take care of it.

I've played fairly attractive PC's.. yes, they may have been seen as f-me.. my others.. weren't anything too outstanding in the way of looks, but they all had their things that made them dynamic pcs. My current pc could be considered f-me, no scars, pretty cute, but that follows her background and she happens to be a spitting image of her attractive mother.

All in all, I do think that people get out of the whole f-me, cookie cutter stage down the road when they see how complex this game is and understand that it's okay not to be the most beautiful little thing on Zalanthas, there's always the few who like things how they like them, no matter what.

Get back to playing!  :twisted:

Edited: Spilled coffee on the post.. shit.

[Ghost]

Where are the ugly PCs? I've seen a bunch of male ones (bravo, guys!), but in 100ish days played I dont remember ever having seen an ugly female PC.

If there is such a problem as women being too beautiful, my guess is, half of those women are played by men, and they are playing the character, they want to see everyday!

But I dont think there is really that kind of problem as "all the women are supermodels".

Most beautiful women around, have good reasons to be beautiful (like they are noble or some big merchant houses's people or, someone wealthy enough not to get into conflict themselves mostly)  I dont see beautiful hunters and byners running around much.  But I dont give much attention to the people's desc.  I might be wrong.

[EvilRoeSlade]

In my opinion, it's a game, people will play it how they find it enjoyable. Not everyone is going to follow one set standard that everybody else wants...

No, they'll just follow the real-life one set standard that everbody else wants and displace it into the game.

[corona]

No, they'll just follow the real-life one set standard that everbody else wants and displace it into the game.

That's the media for you. :shock: