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um, I know I should have said this before or not at all but I was really tired over the past few days and frankly haven't been giving RPs very much attention so here goes: um, a lot of these bios are REALLY bothering me. Like, immensely. They're almost all only like one sentence or two for each category if even that much, the Fishman character is supposed to be a shark or something but his picture is a weird fish-tailed horse thing and the ONLY things we know about cardcaptor's character other than appearance is that they're horribly traumatized and have PTSD and freakout, which...I know One Piece can have a LOT of dark stuff in it but I feel like it's not supposed to be that bad and really screws with the adventure tone. Also seriously, I'm the only one whose bio or personality is more than two sentences? I feel like I know absolutely nothing about any of the characters and we're starting without anyone's bio even being very much finished which I guess is okay but seriously these signups make it seem like we're doing Free instead of Casual which...isn't really my style or fun for me.

Sorry, felt like I needed to rant and maybe this RP isn't right for me?
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Well, I made things optional for the sake of learning about the characters as time goes on, rather than having the information right there where everyone can see it. Because of this post, I will be making a full biography required, and it is no longer optional to reveal during the RP. I'll have my own Bio up shortly, but I was planning for the not only the characters to learn more about each other, but for all of us to learn about the other characters as well so that everything feels a little more real instead of retelling a story that was already on the CS. If you aren't comfortable with this than the only thing I can do is suggest that you take your leave from this. I hope that you stay and continue this journey along with us, but it isn't for me to say.
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I feel bad making you do all that, really. It was more the lack of personality details that was giving me a feeling like people wouldn't work very hard on character development and fleshing out than people choosing to keep bios revealed later, to be honest. organically getting to know characters is fine, the thing that sparked my frustration with the RP was a concern that people giving sparse details about their characters meant they either wouldn't develop them well or would make personalities and backstories that clashed with the setting or characters.

Maybe in order to preserve the organic nature we could just have people PM those details to you as GM?
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I think that would be best, just so that I know what's going to be going on with the characters as the story progresses. I'll set that up on the first post, and until Rin get's set up, we will be taking this pretty slowly.
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Right, thanks and sorry for all the trouble. I was mainly bothered because I've been in a lot of stuff before where because no one had to be screened characters wound up getting involved then having incredibly dark and gruesome backstories that clashed with the tone of the RP or backstories that contradicted the story and made things messy. Or it just turned out that multiple characters had personalities so completely opposite of one or more party members that it became impossible for them to work together without derailing the RP.

Plus, if you as the GM have access to characters backstories and personalities and they're any good, you can use them as plot hooks to set up cool arcs or recurring things or manipulate the characters in cool or even devious ways since you know how they're supposed to act.
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Well, actually, now that you're talking about character Arks, there will be one later on that revolves around Booker and a temporary addition to the crew, but depending on how far we get, we may or may not get there just yet. Until we actually get started though, I don't think we'll be able to set up any arcs or anything, so we'll just have to wait and see.
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So Bio's are now required in the CS? If so, I can get to work on mine
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Yes.
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Edited Max's CS. I'll wait for your approval before posting IC
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He's fine for now.
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...Yeah, think I'll give this a miss. Sorry for wasting your time.
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Alright. Well. Be seeing you then!
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...Okay, may as well actually explain why because it's unfair if I just drop with no explanation: the characters so far were making me feel a bit uneasy, but seeing Card Captor's intended backstory pretty much confirmed most of my worst fears about it and... I'm sorry but there's so many elements there that I find really uncomfortable and unsettling and think are completely unfitting for the tone of One Piece and I honestly can't play alongside that, so it's pretty much the final nail in the coffin. Sorry. Hopefully something else will come up sooner or later. Sorry.
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Well, it's a shame that you're leaving, but I guess I can't stop you. I hope we cross paths again Rin!
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Rin said
...Okay, may as well actually explain why because it's unfair if I just drop with no explanation: the characters so far were making me feel a bit uneasy, but seeing Card Captor's intended backstory pretty much confirmed most of my worst fears about it and... I'm sorry but there's so many elements there that I find uncomfortable and unsettling and think are completely unfitting for the tone of One Piece and I honestly can't play alongside that, so it's pretty much the final nail in the coffin. Sorry. Hopefully something else will come up sooner or later. Sorry.


...I can change it
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Yeah honestly I can't agree with being in the same RP as that horrifying backstory or the character it created because it's frankly made me feel sick to my stomach and I'm a little bit concerned that Cardcaptor was able to come up with it in the first place in response to a One Piece RP and I'm not sure I'd be comfortable even if he changed it. Sorry but I think I'm out too considering it's generally not good when something in an RP makes me want to vomit.
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.... I guess then in order to keep people, Card Captor will have to change the back story to not seem as gruesome as it is. I know that you said even if he did change it you would still consider leaving, but this will be required if I want others to join.
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Really? You thought his backstory was too dark for One Piece!? Um...okay. You didn't think that Shabondy got really dark? Or that snowy bridge that Robin was sent to by Kuma? Or hell, even Hancock's backstory was pretty dark. Think about it; she's consider to be one of, if not the, most beautiful women in the world...and she was a slave of the World Nobles. By that point, I tended to think worst case scenario for anyone who was in slaved by them. And then there was that little girl that traveled with the Sun Pirates, she was broken. Or even Ace

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining or anything...I'm just confused as all hell. Sure One Piece is 99% lighthearted/hotblooded fun...but the other 1% is really fucking dark
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The key words there being 99% lighthearted and hotblooded fun, Given that I'm not sure why you'd choose to focus so heavily on the 1% darkness. Also, the stuff you're imagining happening to Hancock's your interpretation, and it sure sounds like you're complaining.
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Please captor. Your Bio is pretty gruesome and dark, and it's driving people away. I know that there are some dark elements in one piece, but still. Could you please change it to make it just a little less violent and malevolent?
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