The secret to character longevity.

[morrigan]

So..I've had several characters that I -really- -really- liked and cared about, they invariable get killed, despite my best efforts. So, I make a throwaway character to transition from a concept I really liked and was just getting into that died, and go around making a general nuisance of myself, getting into stupid situations that -should- result in my death....and he's still alive. He's gonna end up living forever....except now that I've said this..he'll slip in inix dung and break his neck on a flat surface.

[NoteworthyFellow]

I've discovered that it's always the "throwaway" characters that are the most fun and long-living for me.  I'd say it's distressing, except it's not, really, and it usually leads to my longer-lived characters being character types I wouldn't otherwise play.

[Reiloth]

All of my throwaway characters end up living for months and months and months.

[shadeoux]

I just made a throw away toon to get used to playing the game again expecting to die, he gets settled in, I think he's set, get a few days played on him and Boom dead. depressing sometimes.

[Yam]

Don't die.

[Riev]

Wasn't it Mansa that already STATED the secret?

Write Bios.

[musashi]

And have a really long sdesc with as many hard to type words in there as you can.

[Lizzie]

Make sure the words in your sdesc and any keywords are difficult to type. Like Xygax or Myrdryn or the statuesque azure-wrinkled dwarf.

The harder to type, the less likely someone will actually hit you before you have a chance to run away!

[Qzzrbl]

Don't die.

[FuSoYa]

Make sure the words in your sdesc and any keywords are difficult to type. Like Xygax or Myrdryn or the statuesque azure-wrinkled dwarf.

The harder to type, the less likely someone will actually hit you before you have a chance to run away!

Just a tip for people who use zMUD/CMUD.  A feature I never knew about but figured out recently is for goofy sdesc with words that suck to type out is you can just use TAB completion. 

Example:  Instead of typing statuesque... type stat<TAB> (that's type the first four and hit the TAB) and it will write out the rest for you!

Brandon

[Elgiva]

Make sure the words in your sdesc and any keywords are difficult to type. Like Xygax or Myrdryn or the statuesque azure-wrinkled dwarf.

The harder to type, the less likely someone will actually hit you before you have a chance to run away!

Kill dwarf. Kill azure. Yay me. 

[Tisiphone]

Make sure the words in your sdesc and any keywords are difficult to type. Like Xygax or Myrdryn or the statuesque azure-wrinkled dwarf.

The harder to type, the less likely someone will actually hit you before you have a chance to run away!

Kill dwarf. Kill azure. Yay me. 

kill twink

[Ami]

I'm on my first character.

I've still not come anywhere near dying. 

[Fathi]

I've still not come anywhere near dying. 

I'm utterly bored with my current character

There's generally a correlation between these two statements.

[NoteworthyFellow]

I've still not come anywhere near dying. 

I'm utterly bored with my current character

There's generally a correlation between these two statements.

It's true!  My characters are always most fun when walking the fine line between painful death and tenuous survival.

[Ami]

Very big correlation.

[Yam]

Correlation does not = causation!

[Archbaron]

All of my throwaway characters end up living for months and months and months.

This is me, totally. I find that concepts I spit out into the application form on a whim end up living for absolutely freaking ever. And then I'll spend days planning out a character and once they're made, their stats suck and they start out with next-to-no obsidians, and then I die from a freak accident.

[Maso]

Yeah. Why is it throwaways -always- get the best stats and your well-planned uber char of doom is always poor, poor, poor, below average. Then you reroll and get poor, poor, poor, poor.

[NoteworthyFellow]

Yeah. Why is it throwaways -always- get the best stats and your well-planned uber char of doom is always poor, poor, poor, below average. Then you reroll and get poor, poor, poor, poor.

I once made a throwaway ranger while I waited on a special app tribal-type ranger.  The throwaway started with shitty stats, but when I rerolled, he ended up with good strength and extremely good everything else.  I was stunned and laughed a lot and enjoyed being way more powerful than I should.  Then the special app came through, so I reluctantly retired the throwaway.  My special app ended up with average or below average everything and the reroll changed one of his averages to below average.

[Qzzrbl]

I'm on my first character.

I've still not come anywhere near dying. 

You're doing it wrong.

[Aruven]

If my character is not constantly in danger, or getting himself into it, I find myself bored as well.

[alger]

I once made a throw away, he ended up becoming my strongest character ever and lasted for more than a year.  He survived all sorts of shit that would have probably fried every single one of my other characters then in the end I lost him in the most idiotic way... hehe... Now that I think about it though... My strong characters tend to survive the would be cool deaths and die to the idiotic ones... it's a curse.

[Myrdryn]

I'm probably giving away a -HUGE- secret only known to staffers but...

For some reason whenever a PC gets some kind of modification, be it a description change or a skill change or something that requires a modification to a PC.  Whenever this happens (and maybe I'm just seeing something that isn't there) it always seems that these characters have a higher mortality rate than others.

Now be warned.  I you do get some kind of description change or something similar, -be careful- because ginka probably wants to eat your PC.  However if you can live for a few rl weeks afterwards, you'll probably be able to avoid the curse and will be ok.  But just be careful!

[Salt Merchant]

For some reason whenever a PC gets some kind of modification, be it a description change or a skill change or something that requires a modification to a PC.  Whenever this happens (and maybe I'm just seeing something that isn't there) it always seems that these characters have a higher mortality rate than others.

That brings up an interesting thought... tracking character mortality curves. Breaking the data down by class, karma, race, gender and such. I wonder what patterns would become apparent?

[amish overlord]

I'm probably giving away a -HUGE- secret only known to staffers but...

For some reason whenever a PC gets some kind of modification, be it a description change or a skill change or something that requires a modification to a PC.  Whenever this happens (and maybe I'm just seeing something that isn't there) it always seems that these characters have a higher mortality rate than others.

Now be warned.  I you do get some kind of description change or something similar, -be careful- because ginka probably wants to eat your PC.  However if you can live for a few rl weeks afterwards, you'll probably be able to avoid the curse and will be ok.  But just be careful!

This also occurs when you branch, especially  branching as a mundane.

Amish Overlord 

[Zoan]

Oh, this one's easy. Be Australian and play during our prime time (the small hours for America). You have a total of eight players online during this time. All I can do is sit there spamtraining barrier...

[musashi]

Oh, this one's easy. Be Australian and play during our prime time (the small hours for America). You have a total of eight players online during this time. All I can do is sit there spamtraining barrier...

QFT 

[Ami]

Thankfully at 4:40pm MY time, theres 18 players on.

Unfortunately, none where I am. 

[bracken]

Macro "flee".

[Vessol]

Have a long sdesc with complicated words.

[Archbaron]

Have a long sdesc with complicated words.

The secret is out! Kill him!

The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider has arrived from the west.

[amish overlord]

Have a pack full of different hooded cloaks, always match groups travel with!

Amish Overlord 

[Maso]

Have a long sdesc with complicated words.

The secret is out! Kill him!

The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider has arrived from the west.

Code Select Expand


>look
A Dark Alley
This alley is very dark and shadowy and stuff.
The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider is here.

>kill soldier

You cannot see soldier.

>kill soldier

You cannot see soldier.

>l

A Dark Alley
This alley is very dark and shadowy and stuff.
The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider is here.

>think Krathdamn cheat.
You think: Krathdamn cheat.

typo solider SOLDIER.

Thank you, your typo has been received.



[X-D]

You forgot the rest of it.

Have a long sdesc with complicated words.

The secret is out! Kill him!

The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider has arrived from the west.



Code:
>look
A Dark Alley
This alley is very dark and shadowy and stuff.
The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider is here.

>kill soldier

You cannot see soldier.

>kill soldier

You cannot see soldier.

>l

A Dark Alley
This alley is very dark and shadowy and stuff.
The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider is here.

>think Krathdamn cheat.
You think: Krathdamn cheat.

typo solider SOLDIER.

Thank you, your typo has been received.

cast 'mon un ROOM OF FIREY DEATH'

[Archbaron]

Have a long sdesc with complicated words.

The secret is out! Kill him!

The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider has arrived from the west.

Code Select Expand


>look
A Dark Alley
This alley is very dark and shadowy and stuff.
The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider is here.

>kill soldier

You cannot see soldier.

>kill soldier

You cannot see soldier.

>l

A Dark Alley
This alley is very dark and shadowy and stuff.
The nigrescent, persimmon-umbered solider is here.

>think Krathdamn cheat.
You think: Krathdamn cheat.

typo solider SOLDIER.

Thank you, your typo has been received.



Hah!