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Ozbourne Part-Time Omen of Death from if it fits, I sits (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Part-Time Omen of Death
#122327: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:11:24 PM

And I know how you feel, Sapph, I've worried I'm becoming the same way.

Stupid doomed timeline...
SapphireFlame from Land of Gijinka and RP Since: Oct, 2009
#122328: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:13:11 PM

...Wow, I feel better already, Rai.

And yeah, pretty much what Ozzy said.

Yeah, I just... I really wish I was better at giving concrit, instead of just... snapping at people all the time. I know that no one tries to be a bad R Per, but...

Are you not entertained?
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#122329: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:20:42 PM

Heh. Good ol' /tg/. Always helpful.

And I feel like such an ass by playing Terumi Hazama like this...yet I don't regret it one bit.

Am I evil, guys?

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Kentok Earth-Pig Born from Upper Iest Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Earth-Pig Born
#122330: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:23:17 PM

[up]

YES, I AM!

...

Sorry, I just saw "Am I Evil?" and that Copperhead/Metallica song immediately popped into my head.

edited 19th Apr '11 8:25:51 PM by Kentok

You can get what you want and still not be very happy.
SapphireFlame from Land of Gijinka and RP Since: Oct, 2009
#122331: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:25:11 PM

If you're evil, then so am I.

Are you not entertained?
TheRealWren Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or. from I...honestly have no idea. Since: Jan, 2011
Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or.
#122332: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:25:52 PM

@Rai: Of course not. If you didn't play Hazama, I would. But that doesn't make me evil and it doesn't make you evil.

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.
Ozbourne Part-Time Omen of Death from if it fits, I sits (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Part-Time Omen of Death
#122333: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:26:26 PM

I think that a problem some people have is that they're used to writing stories on their own instead of doing something collaborative like a roleplay, and thus there's that tendency to do things in a self-contained way instead of focusing on interaction with someone else's characters. Especially if they have something in mind for where they want the story to go. And that's all well and good when producing a solo work, but it's frustrating in a roleplay where character interaction is integral to the story, especially when they make no indication to the other players as to what their ideas are. Fortunately, especially when these people show decent writing skills, it's generally a matter of nudging them in the right direction, encouraging them to share their ideas and interact with the other characters rather than keeping everything mostly between their own characters and leaving everyone in the dark as to what they're doing.

Other people seem to have inexperience writing anything in general, whether it be a story or part of a roleplay, so their ideas will often make little sense and their characters may be flat or cliched, or they'll play a canon character that turns out to be In Name Only. Some of these can be molded a bit, given advice and suggestions on how to develop their characters (again, if they come into the discussion). I've often been concerned that I fit into this category sometimes despite having participated in other roleplays in the past due to my not writing fanfiction or original stories and not being great at coming up with plot ideas (but I think my characters are reasonably decent and interesting.)

The ones who I really worry about are the ones who have little to no experience but somehow seem to think they are great writers... despite having very cliched and overdone plots and flat or cliched or overblown Sue-ish characters. Well, them and the people who don't come into the discussion in general, or the people who despite being given advice and suggestions still refuse to improve even if they say they will.

Sorry for the wall of text.

Stupid doomed timeline...
MultitaskingMimi from Ozzy's Statue Garden Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#122334: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:30:20 PM

Okay, has anyone pointed Dee Bunny to the discussion thread this evening?

Ozbourne Part-Time Omen of Death from if it fits, I sits (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Part-Time Omen of Death
#122335: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:31:25 PM

I have not.

I did it last time, even suggested she come here regularly. She came in once, the day I directed her here.

Stupid doomed timeline...
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#122336: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:31:56 PM

I too suggested coming in here regularly that same day.

I'm just hoping that she's simply just lurking the thread and hasn't posted.

edited 19th Apr '11 8:32:57 PM by Raidouthe21st

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MultitaskingMimi from Ozzy's Statue Garden Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#122337: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:32:59 PM

I am asking because I will PM her now. If no one has, that is. I wasn't asking about if you have before, I asked if you had tonight.

Ozbourne Part-Time Omen of Death from if it fits, I sits (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Part-Time Omen of Death
#122338: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:33:01 PM

Was Jennifer looking back and forth between Mar'eh and Gypsy and snickering subtle enough? Too subtle? Too obvious and stupid?

And hence my "I have not", Mimi.

edited 19th Apr '11 8:33:32 PM by Ozbourne

Stupid doomed timeline...
TheRealWren Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or. from I...honestly have no idea. Since: Jan, 2011
Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or.
#122339: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:34:02 PM

...Tried P Ming a player or two. They usually showed up once or twice, but...you get the idea.

I'm probably too polite in my PM...

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.
MultitaskingMimi from Ozzy's Statue Garden Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#122340: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:35:23 PM

Wren, Rai, niether of you have answered my question. Did you PM Dee Bunny tonight. I don't care if you have PMed other people before.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#122341: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:39:12 PM

No, Mims, I did not.

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TheRealWren Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or. from I...honestly have no idea. Since: Jan, 2011
Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or.
#122342: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:40:12 PM

@Mimi: Tried. It...didn't go through for some reason. I'll try again.

...10 minutes and I gotta go. LAN Party time.

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.
MultitaskingMimi from Ozzy's Statue Garden Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Ozbourne Part-Time Omen of Death from if it fits, I sits (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Part-Time Omen of Death
#122344: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:44:37 PM

Going to head out for the night pretty soon, even if tomorrow is my "sleep as late as I want to" day. I'm getting tired, and you don't want to see me get crankier than I already am.

Sorry again about earlier. I guess I felt like I was somehow disrespecting the plot that Lemurian came up with for me by not remembering it, when I somehow remember stupid details from way before then like Gina getting a Nepeta hat for her birthday. And that made me feel stupid, and I don't like being seen as stupid, and... yes, I overreacted, I'm sorry.

Stupid doomed timeline...
TheRealWren Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or. from I...honestly have no idea. Since: Jan, 2011
Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or.
#122345: Apr 19th 2011 at 8:49:33 PM

...Well, I've got to head off myself. Take care, everyone.

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#122346: Apr 19th 2011 at 9:01:29 PM

And thus my hastily formed plan to provoke potentially interesting interaction worked...sort of. Really, I don't know if it worked well at all, but...at least it's something compared to just people getting irate over Dee Bunny doing something self-contained.

Seriously, tell me, because I want to know if this is one of those habits I should learn to cull from my roleplaying behavior. I'm worried that using a provocative character to get someone to try and interact with someone other then their own characters could be potentially more mean-spirited then roleplaying.

edited 19th Apr '11 9:14:20 PM by Raidouthe21st

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SapphireFlame from Land of Gijinka and RP Since: Oct, 2009
#122347: Apr 19th 2011 at 9:15:32 PM

To be honest, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Far more than I was enjoying Dee's little self-contained Sue shilling. So at least from a roleplaying standpoint it was an improvement.

edited 19th Apr '11 9:16:04 PM by SapphireFlame

Are you not entertained?
Ozbourne Part-Time Omen of Death from if it fits, I sits (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Part-Time Omen of Death
#122348: Apr 19th 2011 at 9:17:08 PM

I found it amusing too.

And now I am really off to bed, to hopefully have sweet Homestuck-filled dreams (or another crazy WAOA dream I can share tomorrow.)

Stupid doomed timeline...
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#122349: Apr 19th 2011 at 9:21:15 PM

Ah, that's good. Just didn't want people to get the impression I was trying to be a dickweed out of spite or anything.

And by the way, Hazama was acting how I believe the best trolls work; Never showing anger, always provoking it, a smooth criminal through and through. Hope that was successful...

Night, Oz.

And goodnight, all. If Dee Bunny doesn't respond in the morn to show she got the message to check the discussion thread, I should send a PM asking her to do so. Least I could do..

edited 19th Apr '11 9:46:20 PM by Raidouthe21st

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Imca (Veteran)
#122350: Apr 19th 2011 at 10:02:56 PM

Bye every one, I have to go to work.


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