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Introduction / Re: Tortuga: Not the Island! (Late Introduction)
« on: March 25, 2013, 05:54:06 pm »
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Introduction / Tortuga: Not the Island! (Late Introduction)
« on: March 25, 2013, 05:22:47 pm »
Helloooo, my name is Tortuga! I've actually been on Feral Heart for about two years now, and despite popping around in the game discussions, I never got around to introducing myself to the forum community. You may have seen me around Fluorite, usually as an impish white lion named Oyoo. I'm a young feral floof, currently in my late teens, and I have no idea what floof means. =3
When I'm not on Feral Heart, I do things like write (or try to, I have writer's anxiety/block), play games such as Spore and Skyrim, and roleplay about adolescent mutated shinobi terrapins living in in the sewers with their rodent father. Feral Heart, for me, is an excellent tool for practicing and reinforcing my character development and writing skills, while having an awesome time! I have a total of seven different characters for roleplaying, and a few that I don't use but can't muster the resolve to delete. XD It's fun to have a cast of unique characters; it's always a different adventure depending on who I play as!
What else should I say... ? I love blue, I hate yams, and my favorite animals are pandas, horses, and birds. Dragons are my favorite mythological beast ever. I have a twin sister and younger sister, and they're on this site, too! In my memory, I've never watched a thriller movie to it's end, nor a horror movie. Godzilla rules. It's really hard to kill a Great Jaggi with only a crossbow.
... I believe that's all I have to say!
When I'm not on Feral Heart, I do things like write (or try to, I have writer's anxiety/block), play games such as Spore and Skyrim, and roleplay about adolescent mutated shinobi terrapins living in in the sewers with their rodent father. Feral Heart, for me, is an excellent tool for practicing and reinforcing my character development and writing skills, while having an awesome time! I have a total of seven different characters for roleplaying, and a few that I don't use but can't muster the resolve to delete. XD It's fun to have a cast of unique characters; it's always a different adventure depending on who I play as!
What else should I say... ? I love blue, I hate yams, and my favorite animals are pandas, horses, and birds. Dragons are my favorite mythological beast ever. I have a twin sister and younger sister, and they're on this site, too! In my memory, I've never watched a thriller movie to it's end, nor a horror movie. Godzilla rules. It's really hard to kill a Great Jaggi with only a crossbow.
... I believe that's all I have to say!
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Game Discussion / Re: Cross-Gender Rpers?
« on: March 23, 2013, 01:17:57 am »
Roleplaying as the opposite gender FTW. 
If I might add something, one of the reasons I've heard of that keep people from trying their hand at rping the opposite gender is fears about "portraying the gender right". Huh? There IS no right way to play a female character. There IS no right way to play a male character. The only way you can get it wrong is by stereotyping them based on their biology.
There are all kinds of people in the world, male or female, girl or boy, and what kind of person they are depends very little on what parts they're born with.
It's actually gender roles enforced by society that create many of the norm differences between male and female personas, not nature
/end rant
If I might add something, one of the reasons I've heard of that keep people from trying their hand at rping the opposite gender is fears about "portraying the gender right". Huh? There IS no right way to play a female character. There IS no right way to play a male character. The only way you can get it wrong is by stereotyping them based on their biology.
There are all kinds of people in the world, male or female, girl or boy, and what kind of person they are depends very little on what parts they're born with.
It's actually gender roles enforced by society that create many of the norm differences between male and female personas, not nature
/end rant
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Game Discussion / Re: Guides to roleplaying!If certain things happen in your rp...
« on: March 17, 2013, 02:48:37 pm »
Not a bad guide! I think, however, that at least one of these guidelines can really restrict what can happen in a roleplay's plot line, specifically the first one you listed. Every character is likely to react differently to the death of another character depending on their personalities, histories, and dispositions toward the perpetrator and victim. Would it really be in character for a ruthless, temperamental and impulsive assassin to spare their brother's killer and simply cry over it? I think what you might mean is that the conflict shouldn't be taken out of character (ex. extending hostility to the person playing the character, rather than just character-to-character conflict). Roleplaying isn't supposed to be an extension of your life, it's like playing a part in a movie -- like acting -- and shouldn't be taken personally. These things should be allowed to happen as a contribution to the roleplay's story as long as they don't get out of hand.
But that's pretty much my only thing about this post!
It's awesome that you're trying to help out new roleplayers!
But that's pretty much my only thing about this post!
It's awesome that you're trying to help out new roleplayers!15
Game Discussion / Re: I am NOT My Character! *Rant*
« on: August 04, 2012, 06:02:42 pm »
Thanks. But really, I was just very aggravated when I made this thread, which a huge no-no when constructing any sort of complaint post, as things tend to get exaggerated, details get missed and some statements are composed in a poor manner. My character really isn't all that "nasty" compared to others of his type; he's more of this "tough love" character, but her character and mine didn't mix well for various reasons. I wish I had handled that situation with her a little better and explained things before the RP and before it got out of hand. I haven't been able to find her since. )=
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Game Discussion / Re: I am NOT My Character! *Rant*
« on: August 04, 2012, 05:34:07 pm »
Hi, Red! You pretty much nailed the premise of this post in your last paragraph. =) I don't just spontaneously roleplay with people, especially when I'm playing characters such as the one I mentioned above, because I know how easy it is to get mixed up and I hate offending people; I'm very careful to only try those stunts during an officially set up game or when a group has specifically identified itself as a roleplay. The roleplayer I had trouble with knew we were roleplaying (heck, she was the host, and had invited me via a whisper), but didn't like how my character acted, even when I explained. I tried apologizing to her in hopes that we could keep playing together, but no cigar; it was a shame that what was turning out to be a very exciting roleplay ended due to hard feelings. In the future, I'll try to make sure to explain my character a little better or point them to the biography I have written for approval so there's no misunderstandings.
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Game Discussion / Re: I am NOT My Character! *Rant*
« on: August 03, 2012, 10:22:39 pm »I have to say that I only had this problem once even after I told the people I was roleplaying and it discouraged me from ever playing the evil character again. I have seen alot of people go through it to. Most of the time though its because people are so tired of trolls and people who aren't roleplaying that have nasty attitudes that they just automatically block. Not to mention some people who do play the evil character sometimes over do it making the RP itself unpleasant. Best thing is to just let everyone know, like you guys mentioned a disclaimer. Sorry you had to go through all that Noa
I understand that people get wary. There are trolls who just join stuff to be a pain, and the harsher characters are the most annoying when their roleplayers expect your character to sympathize with, feel bad for and/or like their "mean" character, especially when they have NO redeeming personal qualities. My point is that roleplayers shouldn't expect everyone's characters to be perfect angels that are all around pleasant to the characters within the universe, get mad when they don't meet their standards and then assume that their creator is just like them. Zuberi is completely separate from who I am, and we have next to nothing in common. Besides, he's not really "evil", like the kick-your-puppy, tear-your-wife-in-half, eat-a-baby and be a grouch about everything sort of character; he's just not all that "nice".
Referring to the disclaimer thing; shouldn't one already know the difference between real life and a game, just like you would a movie or a play? O_o
Anyway, I haven't run into the problem all that often, sorry if I said anything that made it seem like it did. It did bother me when it happened, though. I suppose I should just be a little more choosey about who I roleplay with. XD
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Game Discussion / I am NOT My Character! *Rant*
« on: August 02, 2012, 04:58:14 am »
Er, I know this is a bad way to introduce myself to the forum community. I am usually a nice, happy person, okay? I just have to get this off my chest.
I have a lion character named Zuberi. He's a well-meaning guy that cares a lot about his pride, but he's really blunt, rude, and brutally honest when he says what's on his mind. Basically, he's a jerk. He's horrible with other animals and that's his fault, I get that being crude and rude is a pretty nasty flaw in a person and it makes them hard to like. I'm doing it on purpose. We're just roleplaying, right? Nothing personal or anything we should take into real life.
So WHY are you blocking me and kicking me from your group as if I attacked you somehow? You DO know that Zuberi isn't me, right? Just because Zuberi said something, it doesn't mean I agree with it. Just because Zuberi hates your character doesn't mean I do. Just because I attacked your character doesn't mean I want to RAWR MURDER YOU. I'm not mad when my character is mad, sad when my character is sad or anything of the sort! I'm not even always happy when my character is! I'm just playing my role and having fun with it. My character is NOT ME. I don't always create characters that share my views and personality; that would be boring. So, please stop taking roleplay so seriously and personally. It's just a game after all, and without conflict, drama, discovery and excitement, it's not as interesting.
A related scenario came up with my albino lion, Oyoo, who came to a pride of black lions with a racist leader. The leader was trying to ward Oyoo off because he's white, but Oyoo wouldn't budge because he wanted to talk to a lioness whom he'd seen moping outside the den earlier. I'm not sure if it was one of the roleplayers or my accompanying friend who whispered me, but she advised that I block him to avoid a fight.
Why? Why would I do that? We're roleplaying! It's part of the game! It's in-game drama, and I like it. It's fun! What's the matter with characters not always getting along? I even explained this, and she still told me to block him!
Seriously? Are these people allergic to conflict or something?
I can't be the only one who runs into this when roleplaying...!
I have a lion character named Zuberi. He's a well-meaning guy that cares a lot about his pride, but he's really blunt, rude, and brutally honest when he says what's on his mind. Basically, he's a jerk. He's horrible with other animals and that's his fault, I get that being crude and rude is a pretty nasty flaw in a person and it makes them hard to like. I'm doing it on purpose. We're just roleplaying, right? Nothing personal or anything we should take into real life.
So WHY are you blocking me and kicking me from your group as if I attacked you somehow? You DO know that Zuberi isn't me, right? Just because Zuberi said something, it doesn't mean I agree with it. Just because Zuberi hates your character doesn't mean I do. Just because I attacked your character doesn't mean I want to RAWR MURDER YOU. I'm not mad when my character is mad, sad when my character is sad or anything of the sort! I'm not even always happy when my character is! I'm just playing my role and having fun with it. My character is NOT ME. I don't always create characters that share my views and personality; that would be boring. So, please stop taking roleplay so seriously and personally. It's just a game after all, and without conflict, drama, discovery and excitement, it's not as interesting.
A related scenario came up with my albino lion, Oyoo, who came to a pride of black lions with a racist leader. The leader was trying to ward Oyoo off because he's white, but Oyoo wouldn't budge because he wanted to talk to a lioness whom he'd seen moping outside the den earlier. I'm not sure if it was one of the roleplayers or my accompanying friend who whispered me, but she advised that I block him to avoid a fight.
Why? Why would I do that? We're roleplaying! It's part of the game! It's in-game drama, and I like it. It's fun! What's the matter with characters not always getting along? I even explained this, and she still told me to block him!
Seriously? Are these people allergic to conflict or something?
I can't be the only one who runs into this when roleplaying...!
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Game Discussion / Re: *sigh* Really, guys?
« on: August 02, 2012, 03:59:21 am »
Usually, when my pride/pack "claims" a territory and somebody stops by to hang around, I ask them if they're roleplayers and if they would like to do a little scenerio with us. Only when they say yes do I jump back in character and do the whole "Who are you/what are you doing here/get out/negotiate" shpeil. If they are NOT roleplaying, why block or harass them? Just leave them be, pretend they're just a "studio audience" from the fourth wall, and continue roleplaying! There's no reason to disrupt the roleplay by arguing with someone who just doesn't want to play. =/
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Game Discussion / Re: The Funniest/Stupidest Things People Have Said
« on: July 31, 2012, 11:44:24 pm »
I got one to share! Sort of paraphrasing, really, but here it is:
Magic Pink Wolfie: What up you two?
Canine 1: Nothing, just dying.
Magic Pink Wolfie: I can heal you.
Canine: It's not something you can heal, really. Just starving.
Magic Pink Wolfie: I can heal hunger. *smiles*
Canine: By letting us eat you? =D
Canine2: That would be nice.
Magic Pink Wolfie: What up you two?
Canine 1: Nothing, just dying.
Magic Pink Wolfie: I can heal you.
Canine: It's not something you can heal, really. Just starving.
Magic Pink Wolfie: I can heal hunger. *smiles*
Canine: By letting us eat you? =D
Canine2: That would be nice.
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