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I see that a lot in the forum I frequent, only as it's not an Arena forum it's more along the lines of a very unlucky, or uncharismatic, or unintelligent character who is written without taking into account those weaknesses. Stat or Character Sheet wise he/she is deficient in those areas, but for all practical purposes he/she is just fine.
I'm in an RP in another forum. I was PMing another poster who I'll call Alan about an idea I had, asking him what he thought about it. Alan then made a post specifically worded to prevent me from ever following through on my idea. This is (was) a community run RP rather than a GM run RP. I mentioned what happened to another poster I'll call Vic by PM (I didn't think it was right what Alan did, but I didn't want to make a big deal out of it) and later realized that Vic had already spoken with Alan. Vic and Alan were in an alliance in the thread with a third user.

Because we do everything by vote it quickly became clear that nothing was going to go well for me anytime soon. The thread is GM run now...but it's run by Vic...

It's been a fun thread, but it's hard to post in it when you can't trust several of the posters anymore.
Name: (Ranger) Gibson

Factions/Reputation:
-Brotherhood of Steel: Accepted, word of pleasant enough interactions between Gibson and the few Brotherhood scouts in the area have given him a positive reputation.
-Caesar's Legion: Hated, as a member of the NCR and a Ranger at that he has few interactions with the Legion that do not consist of being shot at or shooting at someone.
-NCR: Liked, within the NCR Gibson has built up a good reputation by simply doing what is asked of him without quibble or complaint.

Hometown: Born in Redding, New California, but is currently stationed at Camp Golf

SPECIAL:
Strength-6
Perception-8
Endurance-5
Charisma-4
Intelligence-4
Agility-6
Luck- 5

Tag Skills:
-Guns
-Sneak
-Survival

Starting Perks:
Trigger Discipline
-Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Extensive training and experience have made proper shooting practices second nature.
Commando
-A focus on rifles rather than handguns has has honed his skills with the latter.
Sniper
-Three in the head, you know they're dead.
Jury Rigging
-This is my rifle. There are many like it but this one is mine.

Starting Weapons:
Marksman Carbine
Combat Knife
10mm Pistol

Starting Armor/Clothing:
Ranger Patrol Armor
Ranger Grey Hat

History: Gibson came from a simple farming family. Growing up in Redding there were few options available to him. Farming or Military service were the only two options really available to him. There was no money to transport him into the city, and even if there were he was a country boy. The Danton Family controlled most of the farming in Redding and weren't particularly fond of his family. He could have fought long and hard to establish a farm for himself, but having grown up around it he was ready for something new. Service in the NCR Military at the time meant being involved in the grand expansion demanded by the recently popularized theory of Manifest Destiny.

Gibson joined the NCR Military and excelled rather quickly. Growing up exploring and then hunting he was well suited to much of the basics of service. Learning to shoot properly proved more difficult than Gibson had expected, but once he got over the threshold he found things rather simple. Shooting had once been complicated and required the consideration of a number of factors, in time, however, he learned to take in his surroundings and adjust for them. The complicated became simple, second nature even. His prowess led him to become a Ranger, from there there was no looking back.

These last few years as a Ranger had been rather eventful. Ranger Gibson did his part in holding the Hoover Dam, though only just barely, against the Legion, and in that battle made his reputation. His performance throughout the battle was admirable, and for once was noticed by his superiors. Sharp, consistent shooting and his ability to lead the troopers he worked alongside saw Ranger Gibson his way out of simple guard duty when the battle was won. Rather than simply being posted out somewhere to look to the East and wait for the war to begin again; he was sent into the desert to win hearts and minds and perhaps shoot some people in the face.

Personality:
Ranger Gibson is rather friendly but also rather simple. He is not particularly tactful, tending instead toward honesty and more often than not bluntness. He expects a lot from himself, from his fellow Rangers, from the troopers he works alongside, and from his superiors. He is often disappointed when others, and on occasion he himself, fail to meet his rather high standards. It should be no surprise that the these tendencies add up to a rather reclusive nature.
Was in a RP a long time ago where one of the members was always making his character the focus. If (looking at names above me) HollywoodMole's character is particularly well read then his character will start spouting quotes immediately. If UnseenShade's character was a member of a small military unit that had to use guerrilla tactics to survive for weeks in some horrid battle, well then as it turns out his character is the master of guerrilla warfare. He did that kind of thing several times, the GM warned him, the OOC warned him, I even sent him a few PMs because he seemed like a decent guy who just didn't realize what he was doing.

The GM ended up posting a very brief IC post wherein his character shot the other guy's character in the leg and then (with a line I'm pretty sure came straight from Boondock Saints) shot that character in the head and buried him.

It was sort of necessary at that point as he just wasn't getting it, but he was the second poster effectively kicked out of that RP and it left a bad taste in my mouth.
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