[OOC] The Elder Scrolls: Vengeance of the Deep

[WittyReference]

Fuck you, Frankie.

[Leidenschaft]

WittyReference said
Nah man, take it from me, psycho giants are the best to play! You really have to contort your sense of thinking to match theirs and it puts a huge emphasis on self-control wielding that much potential for derailment and/or sheer powergaming. It's not easy but it's worthwhile .

Yes, but Cub became childlike due to his trauma. Zaskar became what we would call a dissociated psychotic murderer nowadays.

[Rtron]

Leidenschaft said
Yes, but Cub became childlike due to his trauma. Zaskar became what we would call a dissociated psychotic murderer nowadays.

Right. And unless I can find away to make him have emotions other than depression or no emotions at all (still looking into that), I won't be able to pull it off. I tried it before and it ended horribly.

[Leidenschaft]

Rtron said
Right. And unless I can find away to make him have emotions other than depression or no emotions at all (still looking into that), I won't be able to pull it off. I tried it before and it ended horribly.

Does he necessarily have to literally be clinically insane? Why not have him be just a guy who believes in Boethian/Nietzschean philosophy? Respect none but yourself, legitimize no royal with your hatred of him, only disregard them as what they are- a shape of metal and the weakling hiding under it. You read that reddit link I sent you? Disregard whatever anyone here has to say about reddit, that post is good.

[Dervish]

Leidenschaft said
Does he necessarily have to literally be clinically insane? Why not have him be just a guy who believes in Boethian/Nietzschean philosophy? Respect none but yourself, legitimize no royal with your hatred of him, only disregard them as what they are- a shape of metal and the weakling hiding under it. You read that reddit link I sent you? Disregard whatever anyone here has to say about reddit, that post is good.

But reddit is where the autocannibalistic clown rapists dwell. :(

Anyways, on the topic of mentality ill characters, my advice is to ask yourself if you think you can maintain playing a character like that consistently. You might not be happy playing a character you always have to check to make sure you're playing correctly, which may take the fun out of it.

Not to say it can't be done well or enjoyably, but it's certainly something to consider if you're not sure if it would be something you would enjoy writing for long periods.

[Rtron]

Leidenschaft said
Does he necessarily have to literally be clinically insane?

A fair point. Still gonna rewrite a large section of his history and such.

I miss Gorzath. Could have come right in and resumed with his intensely depressed self, but noooo. I come to find his brains are all over some street, probably being eaten by some rats. :P

[Leidenschaft]

guysguysguys

We gotta play this game some time

[Dervish]

Yer yubtub link is fukd up bro

[WittyReference]

Since everyone else is kicking around ideas for alternative characters, here's one I've had rattling around for a bit now: smarmy war-profiteering Breton. Scavenged weapons and heirlooms, black soul gems, fresh(ish) bodies, even the odd meat pie if you're daring. Death can be a very lucrative business if you've the stomach for it.

EDIT: As an aside, you guys might appreciate this. I've just spent an hour preparing for a "canon" Skyrim playthrough (Talos, Companions, the whole nine yards) by throwing dragon words together to form a "true name" for my Nord dude. When the dust settled I ended up with the exceptionally long Bruniilah Beyrozin (Moon-Savage Honored-Guilt) and Sivaas (Beast) for short since neither I nor my gf could pronounce it to save our lives.

[Leidenschaft]

So, I learned Danish is basically what it would sound like if a fish who lost all feeling in his mouth started speaking Swedish and Dutch is what happens when an English speaker decides to take German, throw in English words but never learn how to spell German words correctly.

[Dipper]

Leidenschaft said
So, I learned Danish is basically what it would sound like if a fish who lost all feeling in his mouth started speaking Swedish and Dutch is what happens when an English speaker decides to take German, throw in English words but never learn how to spell German words correctly.

My cousins are danish. I'd say that its more like they're speaking english, but with different words. They sound a lot alike, the two languages,

[Leidenschaft]

Dipper said
My cousins are danish. I'd say that its more like they're speaking english, but with different words. They sound a lot alike, the two languages,

I think it sounds vaguely, very vaguely, German. Well, given that its a Germanic language, that's to be expected. But I do find the North Germanic/Scandinavian languages pretty beautiful.

[Robeatics]

Still working on my post. Slow going. :0

[Cairomaru]

Leidenschaft said
guysguysguysWe gotta play this game some time

I would totally be down to play lmao. (Now that my internet is finally stabilizing :D)

[Dipper]

Leidenschaft said
I think it sounds vaguely, very vaguely, German. Well, given that its a Germanic language, that's to be expected. But I do find the North Germanic/Scandinavian languages pretty beautiful.

Agreed - But when you think about it, English sounds very Germanic as well.

I think Germanc languages are the most beautiful ones in the world - Much better than Romantic, Arabic, or various other languages,

[Leidenschaft]

Dipper said
Agreed - But when you think about it, English sounds very Germanic as well. I think Germanc languages are the most beautiful ones in the world - Much better than Romantic, Arabic, or various other languages,

Well, English- particularly Old English- is a Germanic Language. Gaelic and Celtic were in Britain before the Angles, Jutes, Saxons and other tribes migrated over to England after the Romans left. At least, that's how I think English(Angle-ish, language of the Angles and henceforth England, Land of the Angles) came to be in England from what I can remember. Irish and Scots were there before the crumpet-eating, fox-hunting, CHIP CHIP CHEERIO English people came over. Of course, the English I described were still more or less what we think of when we think "Vikings"/Norse and other Germanic tribes when they came over around AD 600 but that's a whole other story for another time.

[Rtron]

Cairomaru said
I would totally be down to play lmao.

Agreed!

[Dipper]

Leidenschaft said
Well, English- particularly Old English- is a Germanic Language. Gaelic and Celtic were in Britain before the Angles, Jutes, Saxons and other tribes migrated over to England after the Romans left. At least, that's how I think English(Angle-ish, language of the Angles and henceforth England, Land of the Angles) came to be in England from what I can remember. Irish and Scots were there before the crumpet-eating, fox-hunting, CHIP CHIP CHEERIO English people came over. Of course, the English I described were still more or less what we think of when we think "Vikings"/Norse and other Germanic tribes when they came over around AD 600 but that's a whole other story for another time.

I know my history - I hope I didn't sound like Iw as saying that English was a Romantic language, hahaha, :P

[rpg101]

Dipper said
I know my history - I hope I didn't sound like Iw as saying that English was a Romantic language, hahaha, :P

English is the most Romantic language.

"Yo gurl, yo face, I like dat."

[Leidenschaft]

Alright, Ladies and Gentleman, here's where we are as of today,

As it stands, Dervish and I are deeply disheartened by the lack of posts in the IC as well as the lack of activity and banter in the OOC. All those that are willing to carry on the RP are encouraged to voice their willingness below, but, realistically, if your only part in doing so is saying that "you're here!" and nothing else, then mine and Dervish's hope in the RP will continue to wane. The state of the RP tells us that if there is not some kind of explosion in posts and activity in the OOC then it will continue to stagnate and simply die with a whimper, perhaps, at the most, it will go out like VotS, the first installment of this RP some of you briefly participated in that died after a period eerily similar to the one we are in now.

Again, feel free to voice your willingness below, and anything we should know about if things are going downhill or you are busy in real life. We already know Jenno, Nyx and Fallout have their reasons to be on hiatus, and we respect that. Help us in assessing the situation the RP and its players/cast are in so we may a)keep it alive or b) pull the plug on the operation and focus on different RPs or aspects of all of our lives.