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Hm, yes, how dare someone not make a garden variety anime person or inoffensive Toad. In One Piece, the series known for serious art and low-key designs and aesthetic.
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That was hardly the point.
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That was hardly the point.


Oh but it was as far as my post and the one post adressed to me was. The person responding to me didn't address the examples of other strange sentient animals, just went with calling the character "your ugly creature" after I said I considered it unique and different then made a roundabout insulting statement comparing it to a character known for being both dumb and extremely disliked. You'll notice I haven't touched upon the player himself in my lone short post, that you can go read, because that really isn't my problem. But nice try.
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Alright, so Kite's done. Even if I'm not chosen to join in the RP, I'm kind of just proud I finished a character lol
Now, I don't need to worry about this and get to posting on some of the other things I need to post on.
Anyway, hope you guys like him.
@ProPro Even if you don't like or wish to use him, as I'm already aware of some problems with him, I'm always open to constructive criticism for future ventures!

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Well, here we go, sort of. Still missing the backstory but it's late, I'll add it in later and you can take a look at what I have now if you want. Figured the crew could use a manly man and One Piece could use a shoutout to Hawaii, which has produced two sumo grand champions, hosted a lively pro wrestling scene and and was instrumental in the spread of eastern martial arts to the US.

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I sense sarcasm. I believe you did not understand my post and misread its meaning. Or you're just giving me a hard time.

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Oh but it was as far as my post and the one post adressed to me was. The person responding to me didn't address the examples of other strange sentient animals, just went with calling the character "your ugly creature" after I said I considered it unique and different then made a roundabout insulting statement comparing it to a character known for being both dumb and extremely disliked. You'll notice I haven't touched upon the player himself in my lone short post, that you can go read, because that really isn't my problem. But nice try.


Yeah, my post went over your head. Let me clarify what I meant.

1. The creature is ugly. That doesn't it make it not unique or different. I would run away from it. It's not a pretty animal.

2. I'm not sure how my post demonstrated that I was comparing the sea horse to Jar Jar Binks. The scene from Star Wars clearly stated the argument on the topic.

3. I feel like you were greatly offended for a misunderstanding. That was not my intention.

As Yosh stated, the point was missed.
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Ok, time to start analyzing the currently available CSes. Leaves PM'd his to me, but for ease of comparison I'm copying it to this post. My determination might still take me a while, since the wife and I are running around doing errands.

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*Waits patiently, but a bit excitedly, for the verdict*
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@yoshua171*sits in anticipation and offers popcorn*
The pressure has never been more on.
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Lol, thanks *eats some popcorn*
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So I noticed your character hated greasy food. Boy is she gonna hate the cook of the crew. You might wanna apply for Cook as well.
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Alright, after a day of errands and only being able to read bits and pieces throughout the day, I've come to my decision. It was a really hard one. 5 characters, all of which have some pretty great work put in their development, but only 3 spaces available. I had to base this off of what the crew still needed to be effective in a long voyage, synergy with already approved characters, and overall appeal. With that said, here are my critiques.

@Zero Hex It is unfortunate, but I have to deny you. It appears that you did not read the rules. My additional critiques for the character himself would be that he literally has no history, and you spread him over pretty thin by giving him a wide range of both jobs and abilities related to those jobs. I'm not sure if he was intended to be the jack of all trades and able to "back up" the primary crew members as an assistant, but it ends up feeling like he has less of his own identity and focus. This is a shame, because these are all fairly easy fixes and I enjoy the concept. He'd add a great amount of cultural value. I'm sorry, but Samu Isaia is denied on those grounds.

@yoshua171 and @Leaves, you are competing against one another for a doctor position, but you put in vastly different types of characters. Lilliana is more of an omnidisciplinary scientist, while Feya is a dedicated doctor as well as a general health/fitness nut. Comparing these two together for the same spot was like comparing apples to oranges, so I determined that they both have great merit they can add to the crew. Welcome aboard to both of you. Leaves, I do have a concern about how vague Feya's history is. While you're both approved, I'd still very much like you to expand on it and add details.

Which brings me to the most difficult, painful decision of this whole character selection process. @Demon Shinobi. @Spiffy. The two of you put in characters that are so very similar in so many ways, but differ in the key details. Both are gunners primarily but can work with blades in a pinch. Both have a similar clothing scheme. Both are Ds (even if one is a joke). Both are alcoholics, but one struggles with the real tragedies of such a condition while the other is empowered by it. They both even have tremendous willpower as a special trait! You have no idea how hard this is, but I set myself a starting limit of 8 and I'm not one to break my own rules. So here it goes. *Sigh*

Kite embodies more of the "One Piece" feel, having both a sense of tragedy in his heritage, as well as the over the top silly nature of the setting (drunkenness empowers him, sleep poking, etc.) while Boone is mostly tragedy after tragedy. That being said, since I know Spiffy in real life, I know he'll keep it funny in character all the time. Boone is not just a gunner though, and the crew needs a navigator. Meanwhile, Kite has one of the same problems that Hex's character does: spread too thin over a wide variety of skills and positions already taken, but none of them is "navigator." Conversely, Boone is more focused and specialized. At risk of being thought of as biased toward my soul brother, I will have to choose Boone. I'm very sorry, Shinobi, it was a really close decision. I'll keep seeing you in Titans Beyond, where RA and Accel can continue to be the dream team.
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Well yes, one argues a point for the sake of getting their way. We call this negotiating. That is literally what negotiating is. Me and you have both been compromising in an effort to reach a solution we are both happy with- or we were, until you decided to abruptly cut off negotiations like this.

Now, as for "disrespect", I have been nothing but civil with you. If anything, you have been disrespecting my time by stringing me along like this when it was pretty clear from the start you intended for this to be a roundabout rejection anyway. I tried to work with you to find a solution that would make us both happy, but it's become pretty clear we're on different sides of the whole pro-weird/anti-weird debate and I'm not likely to change your opinion on the subject by accommodating you.

As a minor side note, I think your issues with my "tone", as you put it, may have been a matter of projection, but it's not really my place to diagnose.
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Dude, like I said I was aware that I was likely not going to be chosen this run. But I wanted to finish the character. If you ever need a fill in or open up we'll still be in contact. Besides, the ship NEEDS a navigator. Lol could you imagine the Strawhats without Nami? They'd barely have been able to make it to the Grandline.

I guess what I'm really saying here is no hard feelings bro. I'll probably stick around and lurk. Read things and see how the story goes! Thank you for the kind words regarding Kite and thank you for the consideration :D
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@Demon Shinobi Hey man great work, I hope to see your work I the future even if it isn't on this adventure currently.
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Now the fun begins! As soon as all your CSes are moved to the character tab, voting for the captain position begins. Here's how I've designed it. Everyone gets 2 votes to give to two different characters you think would make the best captain. Vote by hitting the like tag on the character page. Once everyone has made their votes, the character with the most likes is officially the captain! Any player may choose to not have their character in the running, and you may use less than your 2 votes if you so choose.

As for first mate, I hadn't finalized that yet. Either a separate vote, or the runner up. What are your thoughts?
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I'd say use Thanks for a first mate, mainly because that gives the kids a chance to become that first mate, so we wouldn't have a Captain kid but a potential kid first-mate. (despite me being the only kid PC, heh.)

Edit: Also, for any clarification, and I'm even going to bold this to make sure.

I do not want Bonesword as the captain.
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I don't want Slick as Captain either, maybe first mate but not Captain.

Edit: I change my mind, if you want the pyro as a captain it's your funeral.
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I like ban's idea. Thank instead if like for first mate after the captain round
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@Zero Hex It is unfortunate, but I have to deny you. It appears that you did not read the rules. My additional critiques for the character himself would be that he literally has no history, and you spread him over pretty thin by giving him a wide range of both jobs and abilities related to those jobs. I'm not sure if he was intended to be the jack of all trades and able to "back up" the primary crew members as an assistant, but it ends up feeling like he has less of his own identity and focus. This is a shame, because these are all fairly easy fixes and I enjoy the concept. He'd add a great amount of cultural value. I'm sorry, but Samu Isaia is denied on those grounds.


I did say he wasn't completed, it's right there at the top of the post, just thought I'd drop what I had to show that yea I'm working on it. As for the rest, I literally focused on one thing alone which was being a crazy island fisherman that wrestles with Sea Kings. I am honestly not sure how that didn't come across because I laid it on pretty thick despite not having the backstory up.

It's there in his epithets, his position includes "fisherman", his Jolly Roger is a guy on top of a dead sea king with fists for crossbones, his ambitions are all about going from sea to sea killing Sea Kings, his first like is "fishing", his quirks include that he doesn't actually know how to use fishing gear, his wrestling skill tells you this is how he does his fishing. He's practically a bear slapping salmon out of a river, but also a crazy person doing it in One Piece.

He can guide a boat because you need to if you're alone and going off to fish, also because the joke is that the navigator is the crazy person that loves hunting monsters rather than the calm and collected weather sorceress. He can swim good because he fishes by pummeling sea creatures, he has to know to deal with water. He has a joke thing about tying rafts together because he's a crazy islander who wrestles sea monsters, why wouldn't he try to do it on a bunch of logs and rope.

I'm legitimately not sure if you actually read the CS or you just skimmed and rejected me for defending the weird horse fish here. Which, you know, I'd understand I'd just rather be told that.
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