When the new email rolls in to indicate I'm approved to sentence another character to an untimely and often uncomfortable end, I generally log in, add some scars, check the coins and point to his/her starting location.
I check and possibly reroll stats and often log directly back out to collect my wits.
Logging in a second time (usually an hour or so after the initial login) I usually solo RP for awhile or just listen to others RP while I do a lot of "thinking" with the character as I try to really nail down their personality and mannerisms.
Finally, after that, I slowly insert myself into social RP and might change personality, voice or whatever over the first few hours until I have the personality more or less right. Characters that I can't really nail down don't typically last very long at all and that's probably the biggest factor in my enjoyment of them.
Does anyone else have "new character" rituals?
My rituals. Usually.
I do roughly the same. Just log in and grab my scars / point my location. After that I reroll my stats and then decide which to go with (reroll or original). Once done I rush to the market place of any of the starting locations to spend my coin and get what my character already 'had'. While doing that I think over his personality, quirks, and mannerisms. Then jump into the social rp after.
I prefer to spam walk off the shieldwall myself. If they survive then that PC is a fighter, and worth keeping.
I spend a long time in the Hall of Kings. I look over my skills list several times, read the help files for everything I have (even though I KNOW what it all is), look at my bio, look at my stat, look at my score (even though my stats aren't even rolled yet). When I'm finally ready, I'll point, and then run as fast as I can away from the starting area to whatever market there is. I try desperately to avoid PCs during this time, because I view it as 'background shopping' -- like, I already had this stuff, I'm not there buying it now, please don't look at me before I'm ready, etc.
Once all THAT'S done, I'll check out the bars or something and see what there is to see.
change ldesc is of no interest to you yet!
change ldesc is not the character you are looking for.
Get in game, look for people, and cause lots of hell.
My PC life expectancy generally sucks.
Meet one of Saellyn's characters, get slam-dunked into your new character, then roll your eyes when he kills his off a few days later.
I will put you in character with extreme prejudice!
Quote from: Booya on June 24, 2011, 07:58:18 AM
Meet one of Saellyn's characters, get slam-dunked into your new character, then roll your eyes when he kills his off a few days later.
This is very, very true...
Quote from: DustMight on June 24, 2011, 04:43:08 AM
When the new email rolls in to indicate I'm approved to sentence another character to an untimely and often uncomfortable end, I generally log in, add some scars, check the coins and point to his/her starting location.
I check and possibly reroll stats and often log directly back out to collect my wits.
Logging in a second time (usually an hour or so after the initial login) I usually solo RP for awhile or just listen to others RP while I do a lot of "thinking" with the character as I try to really nail down their personality and mannerisms.
Finally, after that, I slowly insert myself into social RP and might change personality, voice or whatever over the first few hours until I have the personality more or less right. Characters that I can't really nail down don't typically last very long at all and that's probably the biggest factor in my enjoyment of them.
Does anyone else have "new character" rituals?
Hehe...you said "insert".
What I normally do is: Have as much mudsex as possible with my f-me so that I can get all the loot that I'm going to need for a long-lived, zero personality character.
Friday, don't be bitter just 'cause you cain't play a clean, kindly-spirited gal.
I do the usual "change locdescs; point allanak; exchange newbie gear" thing. I guess I would say that I wind up really discovering my characters through their interactions with people...I don't necessarily aim to socialize immediately, but my PC's personality won't be fully fleshed-out until I do.
Quote from: BlackMagic0 on June 24, 2011, 04:55:34 AM
My rituals. Usually.
I do roughly the same. Just log in and grab my scars / point my location. After that I reroll my stats and then decide which to go with (reroll or original). Once done I rush to the market place of any of the starting locations to spend my coin and get what my character already 'had'. While doing that I think over his personality, quirks, and mannerisms. Then jump into the social rp after.
Right there. And as soon as I'm set, I actually start thinking with the character and dive right in!
Quote from: Samoa on June 24, 2011, 05:31:36 AM
When I'm finally ready, I'll point, and then run as fast as I can away from the starting area to whatever market there is. I try desperately to avoid PCs during this time, because I view it as 'background shopping' -- like, I already had this stuff, I'm not there buying it now, please don't look at me before I'm ready, etc.
This.
I usually go through the Hall of Kings stuff and then enter the game where I avoid other pcs for the first couple hours while I hunt around for clothing, weapons, armor, or other items that my character should have to begin with. If I have any tailoring that needs to be done I get that stuff in to get sized and then usually log out for a while until it should be done.
1. Check stats. Re-roll stats. If necessary, re-roll undo.
2. Go shopping. Look for the perfect outfit. Sometimes spend 10 minutes shopping. Sometimes spend three hours shopping.
3. Try to find people to interact with so that I can get the somewhat amorphous personality and concept I had in my head fixed. Usually I am really slow on the emotes and says at first, as I try to find my character's voice through feelings and thoughts.
4. After about a week, the character is her own complete person, and interaction comes naturally. Then I try to make the 1 month mark. Most of my character's don't make it that far.
Blunder through the creation to HoK. Try to remember if I point to, or point. Every time I look at the map and think '"Wow I can go anywhere," but finally go where my PC is supposed to to be. Find somewhere quiet, count my sids, think and feel and avoid other PC's. Because I really want to be where I was last week. Then get my PC into survival mode and GO.
Speaking of which, I wish that mdescs and backgrounds didn't autoformat. I've gotten so that I enter
a
b
c
d
for my mdesc, then edit it and put the real one in once I get to the Final Check menu. It took me years to figure that out, and that I could use the same approach to get multiple paragraphs in my background.
I'm not saying that it's worth changing, or that it isn't worth the extra effort just to halp the newbies. I'm just sayin'.
1. put everything in my pack. if i start off with more than an amount of smalls that would be really bad to lose, i bank it.
a. if your character is undesirable/not someone from whom it would be advantageous to be recognized: buy a cloak, pronto.
2. sit in tavern/go doing work-stuff depending on what time of day it is; act like a normal character.
a. in the middle of this: reroll.
3. after there doesn't seem to be a damn other thing i can do: buy non-newbie clothes.
i like newbie clothes. snuggly
put all pack
prompt [%h/%H|%v/%V|%t/%T|%m/%M|%S|%e]\n\n
buy scars
point city
score
- if score gives shit stats, reroll self - if they suck worse, reroll undo
run to the nearest shopping area to outfit with backstory gear and spend that newbie coin
check apartments and rent one if good ones are open
head back to the appropriate tavern by city/social standing and hang out, waiting to flesh out persona through interactions with others.
Quote from: DustMight on June 24, 2011, 04:43:08 AM
When the new email rolls in to indicate I'm approved to sentence another character to an untimely and often uncomfortable end, I generally log in, add some scars, check the coins and point to his/her starting location.
I check and possibly reroll stats and often log directly back out to collect my wits.
Logging in a second time (usually an hour or so after the initial login) I usually solo RP for awhile or just listen to others RP while I do a lot of "thinking" with the character as I try to really nail down their personality and mannerisms.
Finally, after that, I slowly insert myself into social RP and might change personality, voice or whatever over the first few hours until I have the personality more or less right. Characters that I can't really nail down don't typically last very long at all and that's probably the biggest factor in my enjoyment of them.
Does anyone else have "new character" rituals?
it takes me over 2 wks. to finally get a char fully fleshed, out. sometimes longer.
Usually I just add a scar, point, run to grab cheap things. then idle and think at the tailors. after the first few hours I take my crappy new char into a tavern and idle some more. Once the first week or two rolls around i start getting more active and end up feeding someones pet critter.
editted to add: Alot of the time though when I find little to no rp I work on other char concepts so I can just jump into something and fine tune it through interaction once it gets approved
I dive right in.
I leap into the fray like nobodies business!!!
Much like your approach to grammar, I see. ;)
Quote from: Jdr on June 25, 2011, 01:07:18 AM
Much like your approach to grammar, I see. ;)
Or your approach to defining words. It was a spelling mistake, not grammar.
I wasn't being mean, that's why I did the winky. :(
*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.
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.
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.
- 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.
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 ;D
Don't die often enough. I have heard making a new character is a little different since I made mine.
Different how?
Quote from: morrigan on June 25, 2011, 03:00:26 AM
Quote from: Jdr on June 25, 2011, 01:07:18 AM
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.
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.
Quote from: Sam on June 27, 2011, 02:04:10 PM
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?
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
Quote from: NOFUN on June 27, 2011, 05:44:36 PM
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. :'(
Quote from: Anaiah on June 27, 2011, 05:51:21 PM
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.
Quote from: Anaiah on June 27, 2011, 05:51:21 PM
I could be animating for someone who's playing the game instead of just for stats. :'(
What if its just for skills?
I always end up never dying on every game I play.
Anyone care to ruin my streak?
ALL ABOARD THE BANNED WAGON. CHOO-CHOO.
Quote from: NOFUN on June 27, 2011, 05:44:36 PM
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
Quote from: Erythil on June 27, 2011, 07:31:55 PM
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.
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.
Quote from: Erythil on June 27, 2011, 07:31:55 PM
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. :(
Quote from: Nao on June 27, 2011, 03:02:38 PM
Quote from: Sam on June 27, 2011, 02:04:10 PM
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.
Quote from: Sam on June 28, 2011, 07:57:18 AM
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.
Quote from: PurpleParrot on June 28, 2011, 02:43:08 PM
Quote from: Sam on June 28, 2011, 07:57:18 AM
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.
*sniff * SNIFF**!
Quote from: solera on June 28, 2011, 02:58:13 PM
Quote from: PurpleParrot on June 28, 2011, 02:43:08 PM
Quote from: Sam on June 28, 2011, 07:57:18 AM
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.
*sniff * SNIFF**!
I think what she's trying to say is that she mostly only plays mindbenders and rogue magickers. *nods sagely*
I thought she was trying to say she mudsexes ... :-\
Quote from: musashi on June 28, 2011, 03:03:52 PM
I thought she was trying to say she mudsexes ... :-\
The whole thing sounds too soft to me.. I think her characters need to be thrown in the arena or forced to live out in the wastes more often. ;)
Unless I'm a born-in-the-womb bynner or tribal, my PCs grab a cloak, find out where they are, and spend the first few month getting to make a living before their winnings run out. Then somewhere down the track, they find their true calling, join a clan, and then get some clothes.
Quote from: solera on June 29, 2011, 02:06:16 AM
Unless I'm a born-in-the-womb bynner or tribal, my PCs grab a cloak, find out where they are, and spend the first few month getting to make a living before their winnings run out. Then somewhere down the track, they find their true calling, join a clan, and then get some clothes.
That explains all the d00dz I meet out in the sands wearing only a cloak. :D
Quote from: PurpleParrot on June 28, 2011, 02:43:08 PM
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.
This is an interesting post. Thanks for this perspective. I have some experience playing characters like this, and it was a very good experience. This was several IG years ago now, so I guess I'll mention it: she was a young bard, and though basically useless, people found her charming and took care of her. I learned a lot with that character because, seen as harmless as well, people trusted her with all kinds of knowledge and through her I gained my first interesting exposures to lots of "hard to find" IC content. It was good fun.
But eventually, I had to store her, because of a growing sense of guilt that I was being "given" the game because I was essentially just a helpless little whore. I don't know if you people know this, but when you realize you're nothing more than an f-me, you just want to quit playing.
And that's what an f-me is. Someone who, it is assumed, cannot actually take care of themselves or be a threat (of any kind, physical, economic, etc.) and so, they are good for either killing or fucking.
Since then the characters I've played that I enjoyed more have been more independent -- not overly so, I don't go apeshit over what stats I get, I just make sure that I can fill a niche and do it well, and survive entirely on my own. And when someone looking for their next hapless f-me comes along, I can happily blow them off. Would-be womanizing morons, all of them.
Also, I hope you teenage boys realize how much your age shows in your shitty RP. 90% of you dweebs can't properly mudsex or RP sexiness worth a damn.
*tsk* This is why mudsex needs to be a skill. Then we just let the code decide who's good at it.
Quotethey are good for either killing or fucking.
Or?
But in all seriousness I've always had a thing for f-me characters. Innocence would be a near impossible thing to find in zalanthas.
Let's not call other people's rp shitty. You can avoid all of that by not engaging in mudsex yourself.
Quote from: Nana on July 08, 2011, 06:45:19 AM
And when someone looking for their next hapless f-me comes along, I can happily blow them
If you didn't read it like this you don't have a brain.
I was going to remark about the supremacist remarks you made about other peoples emoting... but honestly it wouldn't be nearly as funny as just taking shit out of context.
I find the general attitude towards "f-me's" to be extremely degrading and supremacist in general, so I thought it time someone here held a supremacist attitude towards them, coming from an (ex-) f-me point of view.
And yes, I don't engage in f-me behavior anymore Barzalene, I didn't need to hear that suggestion to figure that one out.
edit: my original post was somewhat angry and attacking. I stand by it. I don't want to RP with teenage boys, is basically what I'm saying, and I'm allowed to have that preference. Free speech also allows me to tell people their RP is bad. Don't worry, I never tell it to their FACES. That would just be rude.
QuoteAlso, I hope you teenage boys realize how much your age shows in your shitty RP. 90% of you dweebs can't properly mudsex or RP sexiness worth a damn.
QuoteI don't want to RP with teenage boys, is basically what I'm saying, and I'm allowed to have that preference
That's fine, I'm just really hoping you don't make up your mind up on the age of a character's player based on there ability to mudsex.
Edit - nevermind.
I've heard of someone completely kicking someone else out of their entire RP because they wouldn't agree to be that guy's mate on AIM and that guy had a fit.
I agree with the teenager dweeb thing, it happened recently and it happens frequently.
Wow. Feel better? Little less defensive now?
Happens less if you limit your ooc contact Kaiden.
People are responsible for how they treat others. You are not culpable for their bad deeds, however if you are having repeated negative experiences with several people and the common denominator is you, you have examine your behaviors as well.
I think after my character has gotten out of the newbie gear the thing I do after is to try and make PC friends to idle in the tavern with.
I go to try to do what my background says I've been doing for the last 20 years of their life... but end up dead because I don't really have the skills. Yeah, that's how I roll. What?!
And seriously? You feel that there is a bias against f-mes and that bothers you? You would be happier if people treated you a if your entire value was between your legs? Really? If that's case, I think our conversation is over.
Barzalene: I don't think you're summarizing my post correctly. However, given that I don't play f-mes, I don't care enough about thmy post to bother explaining it, especially not in this thread. Maybe later I'll work harder to write a clear post describing the issue in a new thread. Sorry if there was some misunderstanding here.
Quote from: Nana on July 08, 2011, 10:29:53 AM
I find the general attitude towards "f-me's" to be extremely degrading and supremacist in general, so I thought it time someone here held a supremacist attitude towards them, coming from an (ex-) f-me point of view.
And yes, I don't engage in f-me behavior anymore Barzalene, I didn't need to hear that suggestion to figure that one out.
edit: my original post was somewhat angry and attacking. I stand by it. I don't want to RP with teenage boys, is basically what I'm saying, and I'm allowed to have that preference. Free speech also allows me to tell people their RP is bad. Don't worry, I never tell it to their FACES. That would just be rude.
You're adorable.
You're so blatantly insecure about your own RP that you come out swinging at the slightest provocation, slinging your heated pro-f'me agenda against a bunch of good RP'ers who honestly couldn't give half a wet fart about what you do in game.
People that do feed on the 'predominantly anti-f'me sentiment' and let that little spark of anger burn in them while they bounce (or remember bouncing around if they actually don't mudsex anymore) around on all things throbbing, thinking about how superior they are for knowing eighteen different ways to describe wet, slippery, and moaning.
Take a xanax. Sit down. Chill.
We. Don't. Fucking. Care.
Enjoy the game, we all are.
God damn, you're like... oh man, you remind me so much of someone. Who is it.
Oh yeah. Me. Back when I was a complete untempered d-bag on the GDB. Thankfully, I've grown older, and wiser, and I've learned to curb my emotions about how persecuted I believed I was.
This only came after I realized that no one TRULY gives a fuck about what people do in game. F'mes will always exist. Elf-fuckers will always exist. Pkillers, raiders, griefers, twinks and spammers will always exist.
They bring temporary rage, temporary annoyance, and they provide a wonderful outlet for a day's anger in a GDB post or an offline rant.
But no one really cares. If they do, then they're thinking about this shit while they're at Subway, or in the car on the highway, or while they're having sex with their mothers. And that's just wrong.
So seriously.
Chill out.
Mali, thanks for your long winded post stating that you don't care, irony is great.
I take it it's obvious I'm a newb. I'm not denying it. I'm a newb who tried fmeing and dropped it because all her partners were dull in the sack, teenage boys in would be adult bodies. I found it boring and yes, sometimes degrading.
I don't recall needing to chill out, I'm just stating that many who mudsex here can't pull off sexy. You'd think they never read romance novels. And I found that worth mentioning. But I am quite chill, and generally amused at how much my little post has stirred you and barzalene. One might wonder where the insecurity truly lies.
Quote from: Nana on July 08, 2011, 01:59:08 PM
Mali, thanks for your long winded post stating that you don't care, irony is great.
I take it it's obvious I'm a newb. I'm not denying it. I'm a newb who tried fmeing and dropped it because all her partners were dull in the sack, teenage boys in would be adult bodies. I found it boring and yes, sometimes degrading.
I don't recall needing to chill out, I'm just stating that many who mudsex here can't pull off sexy. You'd think they never read romance novels. And I found that worth mentioning. But I am quite chill, and generally amused at how much my little post has stirred you and barzalene. One might wonder where the insecurity truly lies.
sorry bro its to hard too type with won hand
This is what happens when we call ourselves the mudsex mud.
I don't read romance novels. However, I do read translations of varied Greek literature.
Luckily, I've never played a character capable of turning into a swan. ;)
QuoteYou'd think they never read romance novels.
I don't know a single guy that has. LOL.
I think people just need to make a distinction between "F-Me" characters who are literally just interested in mudsex, and "F-Me" characters who are just seeking deep emotional connections. Spending RL hours mudsexxing sounds boring and more about OOC interest than IC, and I see where such 'anti-f-me" sentiment can come from that.
On the other hand I can see where a player may be offended if people refer to their character as an "F-Me", just because they happen to have a "lulz-I'm-hot" description. For example, the actual roleplay behind them may be some deep and elaborate character with aspirations to become a concubine so they can elevate themselves socially, or achieve some other goal. A PC like that actually adds a lot to the game, encouraging nobles to be more active, and generating all kinds of conflicts and oddities that can enrich the game. Now more than ever, that kind of stuff is important under the "PC run" plot regime.
I'm not trying to suggest that most "F-Me" types fall into the same category as my example, but there are definitely some that do, and they're some excellent roleplayers who I wouldn't want to discourage by pigeon holing their roles into something that's generally viewed as undesirable.
I think the thread has derailed quite a bit... why not start another thread about all this if you really care?
As for my own new character rituals, I'll probably do the whole reroll self check, log out and wait a little, then try and get a feel for what the IG situation of that starting location is (what PC's are around, who are the 'bosses', what kind of jobs can I get, etc). Probably get new clothes and props in the process so I don't look like a 0-day newb.
[Right. If you think 'f-me' is derogatory, don't use the term.]
Shhh, the word f-me was banned from these boards years ago.
If your description reads like the exaggeration of a barbie doll, I'm going to have a hard time taking you serious as a player. Otherwise, we're cool.
Quote from: Nao on July 08, 2011, 02:38:17 PMIf your description reads like the exaggeration of a barbie doll, I'm going to have a hard time taking you serious as a player. Otherwise, we're cool.
Exactly this, except also include "Ken Doll"
I don't care very much about F-mes. I find that most early female pcs are prettier than subsequent ones. Really it's all pretty much fine.
What's not fine is name calling and mean-spirited defenses of silliness.
But when someone goes on to explain that the issue is a lack of familiarity with the romance genre I have no choice but to feel far more forgiving.
Then there's times when you look at your PC's skills and think to yourself, huh. My last PC of the exact same guild had different skills. And then you start to wonder if a staff member has changed your skills or if perhaps races effect the skills that come with each guild.
This thread makes me feel crappy about my character and RP. As if I wasn't already burned out enough.
:'(
Don't let us get you down. Sadly, we are not on our best behavior today. If anyone should apologize it's probably me.
/collapses to his knees.
OH MIGHTY STAFFERS PLEASE LOCK THIS THREAD! OH MIGHTY STAFFERS WE BESEECH YOU! OH MIGHTY STAF- Ow, stop throwing rocks at me!
Also please don't flame and/or insult people. It's bad.
I just find it absurd ppl would flame someone over RPing a PC that does not go against docs, race or clan creed.
F-mes, anti-f-mes and all others are welcome in my book as the add color to the game and frankly, I've had a lot of fun RP'ing w/ f-me PCs as they actually do sit in taverns rather than run around and twink all alone. So kudos to f-me's and piss on those who spit on them. If you don't like them? Don't play one. Simple as that.
Anti-f-mes?
F-yous?
Rabble! Rabble rabble rabble rabble rabble!!! :D
This thread got awesome while I was sleeping.
Look, people are gonna complain about beautiful prim big boobed commoner women ... and dwarves ... and mages ... and rangers ... and assassins ... and half giants ... and templars ... and indies ... and bards ... and the merchant houses ... and Nyr.
Welcome to the GDB. Just complain back in good fun and don't get butt hurt for real. People who get butt hurt for real over the Internet are ... sad :'(
Quote from: Kismetic on July 08, 2011, 04:48:58 PM
This thread makes me feel crappy about my character and RP. As if I wasn't already burned out enough.
Don't worry, your whole clan's going to die soon anyway.
Rabble rabble rabble!
Anyway, just ftb if something about it bothers you. Problem solved, and no need to throw petty insults around.
You mean I was supposed to be good at mudsex too? Sorry, I didn't know my job as player of Armageddon was to provide orgasmic text to the player on the receiving end.
And no, I'm not a teenage boy who's never read a romance novel. I'm a 50-something year old woman who thinks that the very *idea* of getting some kid off, is disgusting.
I'm pretty sure I'm horrible at mudsex, but neither teenage nor a boy. Wat to do now?
Quote from: Nao on July 08, 2011, 07:05:16 PM
I'm pretty sure I'm horrible at mudsex, but neither teenage nor a boy. Wat to do now?
Roll a Guild_burglar and shadow an f-me until they follow somebody into an apartment for tips on how to improve.
We should make a "just what is an fme" thread :)
Quote from: musashi on July 08, 2011, 06:00:16 PM
Welcome to the GDB. Just complain back in good fun and don't get butt hurt for real. People who get butt hurt for real over the Internet are ... sad :'(
Oh, eat a dick, musashi. How's that? ;)
<3I've been frustratedly pushing through the same character for six months
after these doubts began developing. Obviously, I'm thicker skinned than that. But, if for the THOUSANDTH MOFO TIME, I have to hear the same thing? Man, sometimes, I really feel pushed to store. Is it that hard for people to keep the game inside the game, and not bring it all up in your bitchfest?
To be clear, though, the one message that I did take personally was resolved privately, and she gets a big hug from me.
Quote from: jstorrie on July 08, 2011, 06:02:02 PM
Quote from: Kismetic on July 08, 2011, 04:48:58 PM
This thread makes me feel crappy about my character and RP. As if I wasn't already burned out enough.
Don't worry, your whole clan's going to die soon anyway.
Oh, ho ho! I can't wait for this day, it's going to be AWESOME!
Lastly, sorry people broke your thread, DustMight. It wasn't me, duder.
I'm sorry. It was me. Sometimes I don't know when to shut the fuck up.
But I'm going to be good from here on.
Quote from: Kismetic on July 08, 2011, 07:52:03 PM
Obviously, I'm thicker skinned than that. But, if for the THOUSANDTH MOFO TIME, I have to hear the same thing? Man, sometimes, I really feel pushed to store.
Einstein was a god damned agnostic!
Quote from: musashi on July 08, 2011, 09:05:37 PM
Quote from: Kismetic on July 08, 2011, 07:52:03 PM
Obviously, I'm thicker skinned than that. But, if for the THOUSANDTH MOFO TIME, I have to hear the same thing? Man, sometimes, I really feel pushed to store.
Einstein was a god damned agnostic!
He was a pirate. I have proof. My position is unassailabe.
I usually attack the first pc I see and then try to escape.
Moved to Random Armageddon Thoughts
Quote from: BleakOne on July 08, 2011, 09:06:53 PM
Quote from: musashi on July 08, 2011, 09:05:37 PM
Quote from: Kismetic on July 08, 2011, 07:52:03 PM
Obviously, I'm thicker skinned than that. But, if for the THOUSANDTH MOFO TIME, I have to hear the same thing? Man, sometimes, I really feel pushed to store.
Einstein was a god damned agnostic!
He was a pirate. I have proof. My position is unassailabe.
Your spelling is not.
My spellingzor is godo.
Wait so ... are you the gate keeper? Or the key master? ???
Quote from: musashi on July 09, 2011, 06:51:00 PM
Wait so ... are you the gate keeper? Or the key master? ???
R U a god?
Listen You smell somethin.
I thought an F-me was a big bad enemy/PC that, when you see them, you say 'Oh f*** me.".
As it is, I almost see my character being an F-me if it wasn't for my constant, single act that I only go online for. I did RP but it kind of got boring after the 'What's this / that / other?" questions died off. My character doesn't have anything to add.
And so far, with both of my characters (do I count in this topic?) I've spent a while writing a description and backstory then struggle to actually get in-character. I didn't even know about reroll until my second character, and I didn't use it.
I don't think I can say anything else, since it's so recent.
Quote from: Yoman on July 11, 2011, 10:26:10 AM
As it is, I almost see my character being an F-me if it wasn't for my constant, single act that I only go online for. I did RP but it kind of got boring after the 'What's this / that / other?" questions died off. My character doesn't have anything to add.
Bar talk only works for me if I've been out there living and thinking and feeling. Then I go for a drink bringing the day's mood with me.
Make friends. Make enemies.
Quote from: Bogre on July 11, 2011, 02:49:23 PM
Make friends. Make enemies.
Murder Bacon in his sleep. Then steal the carousel--- all of it,
and scream on it for fun
Scars, point, reroll, undo, buy gear, rp, r.i.p. All within 3 hours.
Quote from: Yagii on August 25, 2011, 08:09:52 AM
Scars, point, reroll, undo, buy gear, rp, r.i.p. All within 3 hours.
That's how it's done!
F-mes are fine as long as they're dwarves.
Or half-giants.
Have a proper pity party for my recently dead character that I was enjoying. (get drunk IRL)
Create new character, half-ass background and descriptions, roll unbelieveable stats, decide to do something with this character, continue
to drink, decide to leave the house, forget to log off of Arm, come back to birds picking your corpse on the salt flats. ::)
Quote from: TheBadSeed on August 31, 2011, 05:44:55 AM
Have a proper pity party for my recently dead character that I was enjoying. (get drunk IRL)
Create new character, half-ass background and descriptions, roll unbelieveable stats, decide to do something with this character, continue
to drink, decide to leave the house, forget to log off of Arm, come back to birds picking your corpse on the salt flats. ::)
On the plus side, at least you have an awesome username!
Ever since I lost a desert elf due to a couple of martinis, I don't drink and Arm.
That's the only that I Arm.... ::)
Quote from: titansfan on August 31, 2011, 11:50:42 AM
That's the only that I Arm.... ::)
You may have accidentally there.
Begin immediately plotting to control the world somehow, attempt to do so, probably fail at it, and force myself to resort to less-than-savory means of survival.
It's very hard to play a -poor- merchant who can't make enough money to save their own hide, but it's doable. And it's friggen awesome and fun.
Quote from: evilcabbage on November 11, 2012, 07:55:54 AM
It's very hard to play a -poor- merchant who can't make enough money to save their own hide, but it's doable. And it's friggen awesome and fun.
Buying all materials from shops instead of scavenging them, and then practicing things I'm bad at keeps my merchants dirt poor for a very long time.
Once skills increase to where you're breaking even, it's just a matter of OOC laziness. (You /could/ go out and craft a large worth of things to sell... Or you could just poke the breed at the bar you're already in instead, so you don't have to walk anywhere).
(He's kidding. I hope. That actually would not work, anyway.)
That's right it wouldn't work. You have to hide your coins before you attack the guard then you respawn with double the coins.
>_>
What I do with new characters:
I login
I /InstallInfobar()
I turn on mana if applicable.
I check my skill list.
I reread any helpfiles I'm unsure about.
I point to Allanak.
I now buy newbie gear!
I then run to the stores I need for the rest of my stuff.
I try to remember to hit score before two hours passes.
I consider whether or not I should reroll my stats.
I start doing whatever goal my character has (if I'm indie it's find an apartment. If I'm hoping to be clanned it's survive long enough to find a clan leader).