We Are Our Avatars (Discussion)

Ah whoops. Probably should have been more detailed. Yeah, Karakuri Circus is rather obscure so it's understandable why people doesn't know who he is and I recently watched the anime and didn't read the manga. But I'll try to describe him as best as possible:

"So, Masaru is a boy who apparently got inherited a huge sum of fortune by his father that is the head of the Saiga family, Sadayoshi Saiga, and unfortunately, he got targeted by other people who wants his fortune including the ones from Saiga family. Originally, Masaru was a coward at first, a weakling to be exact considered he was bullied in nature. However, as the time went by and due to the huge hardships he went through such as being kidnapped and abused by his uncle and due to the motivating messages by his rescuers and friends, Kato Narumi and his female bodyguard, Shirogane, he suddenly had a change of heart and stops being a crybaby anymore and becomes a capable fighter. Masaru is a boy who is also compassionate towards others and has an extreme hyper memory which would made him remember some things that made him a capable fighter and thanks to the influence of Narumi, he tries at his best to make a promise with him that he will never cry and after this, he then tries to build a circus in order to make her Stoic bodyguard, Shirogane, laugh."

That's as far as I can describe Masaru now. Honestly I would ended up derailing his character for the roleplay but regardless, I find him to be interesting. Sorry if my description doesn't make people understand as I only watch/read the few portion of Karakuri Circus (which is only the beginning mind you) and I'm not a native English speaker which would resulted in my post having some grammar errors. But I'll try at my best to make it coherent.

Thanks for giving us information! I presume Masaru is the person in your avatar?

Before you join up, would you mind taking part in a short test here in the discussion thread to get your feet wet and gauge your style of play?

Hmmmm Maybe at a later time. It's very night at my country right now. Sorry. But I'll see what I can do tomorrow

Not a problem at all! Just let me know when you're ready.

Thanks :)

Hello

Hello! Are you interested in joining our game, good sir or madam? We have a nice rules sheet if you'd like to know the basics of how we run our game.

Yes, actually I've already read the rules, but thanks for the link.

Sweet. Mind telling us who you intend to play as then?

Hello, Mew1996, and welcome to We Are Our Avatars! Have you read the rules yet? Go and give them a quick once-over if you haven't!

Who do you intend to play in the game as of current, and do you have a picture of them?

I'm intending to play as the Victini with a mega evolution.

He's an Self Insert who's been turned into a victiny Mistery Dungeon style.

Yes I read the rules and I need help, please.

My problem is that I don't understand the active plots. Yes, I would normally just read the thread but please, keep in mind that by the time I first found out about it, there were more than a thousand pages, I can't read all of it!. Not helping is the fact that there is no official continuity.

Can someone explain to me the current active plots?

Could you explain more about what Victini is, for the perhaps two of us that don't play Pokemon, as well as about your character's personality?

Don't worry about an Archive Binge. WAOA is an incredibly long game and I haven't even read all of it. The gist of where we currently are is that we're in a strange place called Nether Vegas, a fusion of the Mojave Wasteland from Fallout: New Vegas with the concept of Netherworlds from Disgaea.

WAOA as a game mostly centers around character interaction, but we do have some plots that are going on, and our currently active plot was started because a local group of players lost their jobs after the Roman god Jupiter stole all of their money. Those interested are now performing twelve trials for him a la the Trials of Hercules to prove they are superior to him (and also, for many, to beat him up and get revenge on their livelihoods being ruined).

Edited by SpartyMcFly on Dec 23rd 2018 at 5:32:58 AM

Happy New Year, everyone.

Victini is an Olympus Mon of the Pokemon Franchise known as a Mythical Pokemon.

Victini have a variety of powerful abilities that include Playing with Fire, Psychic Powers and as a unique extra Super-Empowering ability as a unique skill, the last of which grants them the title, the Victory Pokemon. I picked him because he's my favourite Gen V pokemon, as for say my favourite Gen 1 pokemon, well, give it a wild guess.

My character is a Self-Insert, so he's a Kuudere with a few razor edges, including a very hidden, slighly Ax-Crazy side that shows up in situations of high stress, who's normally asocial but can be quite sweet once he gets confident with you, which considering my personality and the fact that he just got turned into a Victini and dropped into some field Mystery Dungeon style will not happen for a while.

He's also like me, a [downplayed Übermensch, I say downplayed because while I very much do believe in good and evil, I do not care about society's perceptions and rules, view the human race in general with apathy and stick with my mind, even though that mind is a bit wierd, As sometimes I, and by extension my avatar has a viewpoint on reality, people, morals, Life and Death that doesn't always match up to humans in general

He has a Mega Stone that let's him enter a completely Non Canon Mega Evolution I found in the internet that boost his abilities (it's my current profile image), but it needs, like in canon, a strong bond with a partner, which considering the text above, again, will not happen in a while.

I was wandering if maybe some roleplayer would be willing to be that partner?

...Hoo boy. Where to begin?

First off, playing an extremely powerful creature, Pokemon or not, is never a good idea. This is especially the case when you use the words "ax crazy". Considering that "stressful situations" occur all the goddamn time in an adventure-styled RP like this one, that's definitely not a good look. Besides, making an anti-social character in a RP with a heavy socialization focus just won't work.

Second off, super empowering is sketch as all hell because it opens the door to screw with people's characters without permission, and that's right out.

Third: um....cool story, bro. We don't really need your tinder profile for this, but I guess it's neat that you describe yourself as an "Übermensch". That seems perfectly normal. Though the fact that this is supposed to be a self insert on top of everything else just raises all kinds of questions, and none of them are good. Fourthly....does it even need to be said that asking someone to play your character's partner when you haven't even established yourself in the game is weird?

In summary: That's a hard "no" from me, dawg.

Edited by NeonMoon on Dec 31st 2018 at 11:51:29 AM

There are some limitations alrady he's not THAT high leveled, I was thinking maybe level 15-20, the idea is he will grow stronger over time as he gets more EXP.

He's not a real Victini after all.

And as for personality, the idea is that it's a limitation in itself.

And don't worry so much, we're both capable of being perfectly nice and good in society, it's just that we don't like people or the Power of Friendship too much, we feel a bit soffocated when there are people around.

We're apathetic and solitary, not a malignant and violent Misanthrope Supreme.

Real people aren't fictional supervillains.

Does that ease all your concerns about me and answers your questions.

Also, Neon Moon reding through your comment I noticed a few more concerns.

Now, when I say "slighly Ax-Crazy side that shows up in situations of high stress" the key word is slighly, certainly not Ax-Crazy.

Straight Ax-Crazy is fortunately very, very rare, in real life, I'm certainly not the exception, I just have my... bad moments.

And as stated above, we're quite well "high funtioning" in society. The Blue-and-Orange Morality comes from the fact that I'm naturally autistic and ergo don't see the world the same way as other people, and it's certainly not that extreme, it's nothing that wouldn't fit in the Real Life section of the trope. I'm an Asperger, not The Sociopath.

The Super-Empowering Skill is most definitely not mine, its Victini's canonical ability, and if you didn't know about it, it's essentially a temporary power boost. If it helps, I'll only use it on NPC and player characters with their approval.

Does that keep it from being a Story-Breaker Power in your opinion?

And as for offering my character to be someones partner before entering the game, well, who wouldn't want a pet Victini as a Sidekick?

I just thought it would be nice to have some forewarning to arrange a reunion, nothing more, nothing less.

"it's just that we don't like people or the Power of Friendship too much, we feel a bit soffocated when there are people around."

This is an interaction-based RP. If you "feel suffocated by people", this is not the game for you.

"We're apathetic and solitary, not a malignant and violent Misanthrope Supreme."

Again, same point as the above. This game does not facilitate people sitting in the corner and doing their own thing.

"Now, when I say "slighly Ax-Crazy side that shows up in situations of high stress" the key word is slighly, certainly not Ax-Crazy.

Straight Ax-Crazy is fortunately very, very rare, in real life, I'm certainly not the exception, I just have my... bad moments."

Ax-crazy often refers to the possibility of a character going crazy and killing someone, not a body count. This is not good in an interaction-based RP.

"And as stated above, we're quite well "high funtioning" in society. The Blue and Orange Morality comes from the fact that I'm naturally autistic"

There are several people in this thread and others that are autistic, and fit within normal moral bounds just fine. I have it on good authority that they do not appreciate their neurological difference being used as an excuse.

"The Super Empowering Skill is most definitely not mine, its Victini's canonical ability, and if you didn't know about it, it's essentially a temporary power boost. If it helps, I'll only use it on NPC and player characters with their approval."

We do not allow empowering even among veteran players.

"And as for offering my character to be someones partner before entering the game, well, who wouldn't want a pet Victini as a Sidekick?"

That is completely irrelevant, and does not negate the fact that joining two players' characters at the hip is not a good thing, especially when the request is made by someone brand new. We tried that once, and it was a massive problem.

In short, I do not think this character is a good fit for this game.

Also, please do not double-post

Then please, what do you suggest?

Honestly, I do not see how this character can fit into this RP. It might be best to go back to the drawing board and make another one.

I apologize for not posting more recently; I've had a quite busy New Year. In any event, I agree with a lot of Neon's sentiments; the character you've drawn up seems like they would not be a good fit for an introduction to the game (if a good fit at all).

Now, given your response to Neon pointing out your description of them having an Ax-Crazy side, I get the feeling that you don't mean your character is prone to going full Murderthon whenever he is scared. In that case, I have to ask; why did you pothole Ax Crazy in the first place? Even if you say that it is only a part of his personality and only "slightly" ax crazy, this is what the first two sentences of the trope page you chose to link to describe being ax crazy as;

You can't be slightly ax crazy, because being ax crazy is a binary; either you are capable of lapsing into a murderous rage when you are displeased, or you aren't. If you mean that as "my character can become ax crazy" being a rare occurrence, that isn't a flattering portrayal of your character because it indicates your character is capable of lapsing into a murderous rage when they are displeased, and that is my prime worry here. And if you mean it as a hyperbolic description of their anger, that still isn't a flattering portrayal of your character because it tells me that they are a violently angry person when ired, and even if they aren't the killy type, that is still something incredibly unpleasant to deal with, especially when the character in question is a Legendary Pokemon, which is at minimum a walking force of nature equivalent to a demigod (and who, given the violently angry thing, could very well kill somebody without meaning to because they were overcome with emotion).

Similarly, while you have said that the reason for your character's differing viewpoints on life, the universe, and everything is really more akin to just seeing some things in a different light than others, the fact remains that in your original post describing them you worded it in a way that implied that their entire baseline of behavior was radically different from most others - something that really, REALLY doesn't play well with the whole "violently angry" thing. And while I feel like that's not what you meant it to come across as, first impressions matter; all I've got to judge your character with is the words that you give me, and the words you gave me for your character painted the image of somebody who could have a difference of opinion with somebody over nearly anything, and who could respond to that difference being challenged with ludicrously disproportionate anger and/or force.

Now, the problem is not individually with any one of these things. Powerful characters are fine to play in my opinion; we have had people play actual gods and pull it off before. Similarly, people who may have differences of opinion with characters are alright, because that is interesting roleplaying fodder. The problem is that the character you presented, given their particular combination of power and personality, seems extremely disruptive even after the amendments made in your replies; very likely to forcefully wrench the game away from the path it was taking and towards themselves just by being there, which is the specific thing basically everyone here appreciates the least.

With that in mind, if you want to play the game, I would very much appreciate it if you made another character that is not disruptive, through whatever means you deem necessary to do so. And I do mean make another character. I'm not going to consider further edits to the one you just submitted, for the reasons stated above.

P.S.: The people Neon mentioned who don't appreciate you using neurodivergence as a shield? I'm one of them. Kindly miss me with that shit in the future or I won't want you in the game period, no matter who you sign up as.

Edited by SpartyMcFly on Jan 1st 2019 at 2:19:58 PM

Post breakup

Thanks, Rai!

Hey there, jcobalt, and welcome to We Are Our Avatars!

Have you read the FAQ yet? If not, you should definitely check it out. It's got some good guidelines to follow as well as recommendations on how to start!

Who are you planning to play in the game as of current? Do you have a picture of them? Can you describe what they are like as a character, for those who may not know about them?

Ooops sorry, i didn't quite read the faq, i guess i just got carried away after reading the article about this roleplay. As for the character, i was planing on going with Kaiji Itou from ultimate gambler kaiji here is a picture of him

And as for his character, he is an unemployed debtor who partakes in different life-or-death bets to pay off his loans. He is quite introspective and prone to get lost in his own toughs, besides being kind of lazy and very supersticious, at last he is also quite noble and willing to help anyone in need who is around him, sometimes at the cost of his own safety.

Having said all that, sorry for buting in like i did, i just really got excited when i found out about this and im quite new at internet role-playing.

It's no problem, man! We usually redirect new arrivals who pop up in the thread to the discussion just so we can get them acquainted. If you're accepted into the game, we can just pick up from where you just posted!

So, a bit of a question here for you, now.

Suppose, while Kaiji is out walking the streets one day, he passes by a nice bakery. As he does, he hears a shout! Somebody's baked goods have been stolen by a thief, who is taking off down the road in broad daylight. The bag they're in is clear to see.

How would Kaiji react?

Edited by SpartyMcFly on Jan 7th 2019 at 11:51:10 AM