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Topic: Why do you RolePlay what you are?
Azymyth
Not gay; just weird
posted 12-07-2001 04:15:47 PM
On the flip side of coin...

Azymyth for a long time been just a figure head in this storyline that Rhiannah comes from. He was the ancestor of Caelin, the main charactor. He was considered a legend to the position of Guardian (something I am reworking) that Caelin has now inherited. There never really was anything to him other than the name.

Then, for whatever reason, I started using him as my screen name and later as an EQ charactor. When I RPed him, it was as someone who did his best to be helpful and protect the weak. You know, be a hero type charactor. But as of late, I've realized how empty his personality really is..

You see, Caelin was always a pretty direct extension of my own personality, and I've tried to make Azymyth's similiar but different in it's own way..

Just now I've started actual work on Azymyth's history including bloodline and such. So for the moment, his RP personality is in a sense, in stasis for the moment until I've determined how I want him to be...

I suffer from CRS: Can't Remember Shit.

Sig pic done by the very talented SJen!

The Last Strider
I will die alone
posted 12-07-2001 05:37:50 PM
Well, my current guy, Thundarr, I play for the following reasons:

He is what I want to be. He is a good physical specimen. He has nice features, a good physique, and perhaps the most important reason: He's dumb.
Yes, that's right. I don't like being a smart person. I subscribe to the "ignorance is bliss" theory. I believe Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes" put it best:
"Once you know things, you start seeing problems everywhere...and once you see problems, you feel like you ought to try to fix them...and fixing
problems always seems to require personal change...and change means doing things that aren't fun!"
So. That's my reason.

"We have listened to you speak since the dawn of time, and we have learned to imatoot you exarktly."-The Simpsons

Necromancer: How DARE you imply that I was involved in a rude act with my undead servant! I will flay the flesh from your bones! I will summon a thousand maggot-ridden corpses to gnaw your flesh! I will trap your soul in-
Ghoul: My ass hurts.

Il Buono
You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend.
posted 12-07-2001 05:47:08 PM
quote:
Za'Yth had this to say about Optimus Prime:
He's !

You linked an image instead of saying "complete bastard" I think.

"Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig."
Jania Arindelil
Is really cute and cuddly... just needs a hug
posted 12-07-2001 07:00:47 PM
*glares at Lyinar*

I told you, you are not me!!!

You're getting on my last nerve with that stuff.


Jania Arindelil
Dragon Guardian, Grandmaster Archer
Very Cranky Person
"I'll torture you so slowly, you'll think it's a career." - Darwin Mayflower
Lyinar Ka`Bael
Are you looking at my pine tree again?
posted 12-07-2001 07:07:39 PM
Yes, yes. So you keep saying.


Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin

Malbi
posted 12-07-2001 07:42:07 PM
waves to Jania!
I Didnt ask to be Secretary of Balloon Doggies, the Balloon Doggies demanded it!
Jania Arindelil
Is really cute and cuddly... just needs a hug
posted 12-07-2001 07:44:50 PM
*snarls at Malbi*

Jania Arindelil
Dragon Guardian, Grandmaster Archer
Very Cranky Person
"I'll torture you so slowly, you'll think it's a career." - Darwin Mayflower
Tristan
Vidi, vici, veni.
Nae's Stooge
posted 12-07-2001 07:45:54 PM
I choose what race to RP based on stat bonuses, favored class and the like.

for instance, in a was going to be a Sor, I would be a Kobald.

Its all in the numbers.

Veni, vidi, vici
Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael
I posted in a title changing thread.
posted 12-07-2001 10:41:49 PM
you'd be a yapping little dog man (don't care how they look in 3e...they're dogs not lizards)?

what about the roach?

Lyinar's sweetie and don't you forget it!*
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. -Roy Batty
*Also Lyinar's attack panda

sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me

Cap'n Elethi
I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt...
posted 12-07-2001 11:17:23 PM
So, we're looking at two different types of players. The people who play to escape/be something different, and the people who play a facet of themselves/ideal self.

Elethi is a facet of myself. Always the cheery one, he's always laughing and joking. I try to make him not very good with weapons, but its really hard for me to make myself weak. Attemping to appear suave to the women, he ussually ends up looking like a bungling lackwit.

He has a heart of gold however. He always stand up for what he believes in, and his friends. This is suppose, is how I want to be. In real life, I tend to be the guy who always agrees with everyone, for better or worse. I guess, I hate having people hate me, if that makes any sense.

I doubt anyone will read this, but its here anyways, hehe.

Elethi Rian, A Man Of Many Talents
Tristan
Vidi, vici, veni.
Nae's Stooge
posted 12-08-2001 09:24:24 AM
quote:
Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael had this to say about John Romero:
you'd be a yapping little dog man (don't care how they look in 3e...they're dogs not lizards)?

Whats your point?

It's all about the stats.

quote:
what about the roach?

It seemed to be the most powerful race in horizons, plus it looked cool.

Also, lemme clear something up here, on EC Fennar = Tristan

I am never IC.

[ 12-08-2001: Message edited by: Fennar ]

Veni, vidi, vici
Toktuk
Pooh Ogre
Keeper of the Shoulders of Peachis Perching
posted 12-08-2001 09:35:14 AM
I always choose a big, tall, brutish race because I've always loved being the biggest thing around. It reflects my personality, I usually demand attention from everyone around me, and it's hard to ignore a 9 ft. tall Ogre.

Also, it reminds me of my dad. He always had to have big things. He drove a huge truck. Wore a big cowboy hat and buckle. He fit the stereotype of a Texas Cowboy. Loud and larger than life. So, for me, it's also a way to connect with my dad now that he's gone.

-Tok

Dymus Arindelil
I betcha its pink. Jania seems like the type to wear pink undies.
posted 12-08-2001 08:00:19 PM
"If someone asks for identification and you point to your belt buckle...you might be an ogre."

Ah'kiam started out as someone else's character in the Triplets game Jania and Deth came from. Unfortunately, there were elements of that story left incomplete, and the GM that ran Ah'kiam (who was an NPC) didn't want to hang out here, and didn't want to RP Ah'kiam to continue the story elements, so I took him over.

Ah'kiam is just plain fun to play. He's a rogue in the best sense of the word, and it's fun having the alternate "screw the rules" attitude that Ah has rather than the more or less straight-laced (albeit sometimes rather eccentric) view of the world Deth has.

I know what color underwear Jania wears. So there

Run through the cold of the night, as passion burns in your heart.
Ready to fight, a knife held close by your side
Like a proud wolf alone in the dark with eyes that watch the world

-"Small Two of Pieces"
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