New Characters

[Jdr]

Much like your approach to grammar, I see.

[morrigan]

Much like your approach to grammar, I see.

Or your approach to defining words. It was a spelling mistake, not grammar.

[Jdr]

I wasn't being mean, that's why I did the winky.

[BleakOne]

*Gives Jdr a hug*

Edit: Oh, and for my starting thing, I like to run to the shops straight away as well. After outfitting my character how he always actually looked, I begin my search for trouble.

[PurpleParrot]

Spend waaay too long writing descriptions and background, random roll of stats, point and then agonize over the shops. Get lost in the city. Panic every time I pass a templar, hoping it's not a PC.

Then, once I find my way back to the bar I started in, I proceed to spend waaaaaaay too much time there.

[mangler]

I tend to do a quick run around the shops buying some gear that would suit the character, sizing etc, but then I try and jump in as soon as I can, getting clanned if the character wants to be clanned etc, as I normally enter the world with my characters as kind of empty shells and flesh them out as I go along, and some good interaction helps get that on the way.

[Chettaman]

- I avoid people while selling my newbie gear and getting at least a new set of clothing like I've had it for IC years.
- While doing the above, I remember my bio and try to roleplay shopping to flesh out the character.
- Once complete, I go to an appropriate tavern to add more bread and butter to my character. Maybe gain a buddy or two. At least someone to talk to.
- Then I imagine myself growing hungry or thirsty soon, so I go off to earn some coins the way my new fleshed out character would. (while doing this, I roleplay to add more to my character's personality)

After all of that. I roleplay accordingly.

[Cindy42]

I usually already have 2-5 character ideas lined up after the one I'm currently playing, so its just copy, paste, and go. I like writing them 

[Titania]

Don't die often enough. I have heard making a new character is a little different since I made mine.

[Barzalene]

Different how?

[morrigan]

Much like your approach to grammar, I see.

Or your approach to defining words. It was a spelling mistake, not grammar.

I wasn't either, I just forgot the winky.  Hehe..winky.

[Sam]

Usually I:
Agonize over which scars I would have.
Point to the city I already decided on.
Stats, reroll Say F^&* and F%$^ since both rolls are worth S@#$.
I wander the town looking for dead NPCs to outfit my PC.
I get fully equiped with NPC gear and then I stand at a road junction for a while. (Maybe 30 min)
Then I go to the bar and start.

[Nao]

Usually I:
Agonize over which scars I would have.
Point to the city I already decided on.
Stats, reroll Say F^&* and F%$^ since both rolls are worth S@#$.
I wander the town looking for dead NPCs to outfit my PC.
I get fully equiped with NPC gear and then I stand at a road junction for a while. (Maybe 30 min)
Then I go to the bar and start.

Why stand around?

[NOFUN]

Stats

Do I have two or more exceptionals?

If yes - ask for the name of a clan leader relevant to my skills
If no - Go exploring outside of the city walls


Then go idle at the tavern until five days played

[Anaiah]

Stats

Do I have two or more exceptionals?
...
If no - Go exploring outside of the city walls

That's really disheartening. When I see someone who looks like they're suiciding over and over for stats, I typically start just leaving their applications in the queue for someone else to look over. I don't want to take my time to approve something you're killing because you weren't exceptional enough. I could be animating for someone who's playing the game instead of just for stats. 

[brytta.leofa]

That's really disheartening. When I see someone who looks like they're suiciding over and over for stats

'Naiah, they're accidents. I swear I am actually that much of a noob.

[Riev]

I could be animating for someone who's playing the game instead of just for stats. 

What if its just for skills?

[Erythil]

I always end up never dying on every game I play.

Anyone care to ruin my streak?

[NOFUN]

ALL ABOARD THE BANNED WAGON. CHOO-CHOO.

[mangler]

Stats

Do I have two or more exceptionals?

If yes - ask for the name of a clan leader relevant to my skills
If no - Go exploring outside of the city walls


Then go idle at the tavern until five days played

Hope that's said in jest.

Think I can safely say i've never suicided a character, even if their stats can be a little dissapointing :S

[Nao]

I always end up never dying on every game I play.

Anyone care to ruin my streak?

I'm at character #12 after five years, two retired. Beat that.

[Delirium]

Heh:

Characters registered to you:
 1) ****** - Dead
 2) ****** - Dead
 3) ****** - Dead
 4) ****** - Dead
 5) ****** - Dead
 6) ****** - Dead
 7) ****** - Dead
 8) ****** - Stored
 9) ****** - Dead
 10) ***** - Dead
 11) ***** - Stored
 12) ***** - Dead
 13) ***** - Stored
 14) ***** - Dead
 15) ***** - Stored
 16) ***** - Stored
 17) ***** - Stored
 18) ***** - Dead
 19) ***** - Stored
 20) ***** - Alive

There's a couple 100+ day characters in there, and most of my characters last at least a couple months. I've been playing for nearly 10 years... kind of sobering to think what a different person I am now and what a different place I'm in than I was back then, and that this game's been an off-and-on part of my life that entire time.

I go through a rash of storages between my "magic" characters. I used to just play them all until the bitter end (or unless I accepted a sponsored role), but eventually I said 'eff this, I play to have fun', and started storing the ones I felt no real passion for.

[Akaramu]

I always end up never dying on every game I play.

Anyone care to ruin my streak?

I'm tempted, but alas, I am too inactive. 

[Sam]

Usually I:
Agonize over which scars I would have.
Point to the city I already decided on.
Stats, reroll Say F^&* and F%$^ since both rolls are worth S@#$.
I wander the town looking for dead NPCs to outfit my PC.
I get fully equiped with NPC gear and then I stand at a road junction for a while. (Maybe 30 min)
Then I go to the bar and start.

Why stand around?

Standing around achieves two goals of mine: See what people are wearing and what clanshave an active membership. I could do this same thing in bar, but then people would look at me while I am not ready. They are also bound to ask me questions I can't answer, like "What do you do?" In an intersection, people are usually spam walking, so I get to look at them, but they don't get to look at me.

[PurpleParrot]

They are also bound to ask me questions I can't answer, like "What do you do?"

I hate that question. I would be over the moon if people stopped asking it.

Typically, my characters are layabouts, bards, insane or some other non-income-generating thing. I don't do anything, guys =\ People feed me 'cause they like me and thus, I don't die. Every once in a while, the characters that feed me will insist I earn my keep, but I am typically so unskilled in useful things that I fail in a glorious manner and they end up coddling me and saying, "Well, at least you tried!"

And this is true of 6 years of roleplaying. I don't think I've ever had a real job.

Not that I haven't tried <_< It's just never panned out.