So the ritual was a success.
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Welcome back, I hope you enjoy your experience here at the new RPGuild.
*Ahem*
Welcome back, I hope you enjoy your experience here at the new RPGuild.
Jyoliod Member
the Victus
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Tea has never inspired me, but coffee, I might have killed for. I don't know, everything is a blur before my mug touches my lips.
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Tea has never inspired me, but coffee, I might have killed for. I don't know, everything is a blur before my mug touches my lips.
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9 yrs ago
Conformity bites without a sting.
10 yrs ago
Responses might be a bit slow!
10 yrs ago
Hamn you dyslexia!
10 yrs ago
Which organ is it that makes cats so flexible? And can it be removed? I'm starting to have nightmares.
Bio
I prefer to write in the first person when not writing about/from a character, I am sorry if this may make me seem a bit obnoxious at times. So this is my bio, which means you are interested in finding out who or what Jyoliod is, even if it's just a fleeting moment of pure curiosity, or something to pass the time in-between posts. Either way, I shall indulge you, while also throwing my ego out there for the world of RPGuild to observe.
Jyoliod is, or rather, I am, a character on the stage of RPGuild playing the puppet master of (soon to be)various characters, eccentric, gloomy, thoughtful, harsh, annoying, these are all attributes I may throw into posts depending on the author's state of mind, yet I hope to hold a solid presence of familiarity that I can share with all of you. My goal is ultimately to enjoy my time while not disturbing the comfort of others here in the guild, in the guild I'm not only looking for various RP's to enjoy and craft, but also friends and discussions to partake in. Though, in this manner I can be quite submissive and enclosed, I'm not much of an extrovert so bare with me if you will.
I am always happy to have a discussion and I really enjoy learning new things, so if you're bored enough to have read this far, throw a topic at me in a PM and see where it goes. But enough of that, I'll throw out some more substantive stuff in regards to my RP out-look.
The Genre I like:
Horror
Fantasy/High-Fantasy
Action
Heavy Magic Emphasis
Science/Technology Emphasis
Modern
Slice of Life
Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic
The Genre I'd like to try:
Diplomatic Emphasis
Sci-Fi
Mystery
Family
The Genre I tend to avoid:
Fandom
RP Style:
1x1
Casual/High-Casual
Advanced
Arena
I like:
An emphasis on detail, I have a structure complex and find it easier to post when a RP is well defined. However, I'd gladly jump into a free-for-all sandbox type RP just to let loose from time to time, but never as something I plan to or hope to do long-term. I like character development and creating personal quarrels to over-come as a character. I especially enjoy the idea of long-term RP's where the character not only develops mentally but also physically.
Gore is also something I enjoy incorporating into my posts, though I only use it in the proper context. It's an easy thing to detail but also has a lot of room to work with, you have so many areas you can choose to detail and such a post, pulled off correctly can easily contribute, quite powerfully, to the current atmosphere of the RP.
Other Stuff:
I am dyslexic, meaning when I read and write, words and letters can often be switched around or substituted for completely different words or letters. This is an issue I try to stay on top of , but if you go through a post and find the structure of words or letters to be mixed up, I'd be grateful if you informed me of this. I make it a habit to re-read my posts three or four times to combat this.
Jyoliod is, or rather, I am, a character on the stage of RPGuild playing the puppet master of (soon to be)various characters, eccentric, gloomy, thoughtful, harsh, annoying, these are all attributes I may throw into posts depending on the author's state of mind, yet I hope to hold a solid presence of familiarity that I can share with all of you. My goal is ultimately to enjoy my time while not disturbing the comfort of others here in the guild, in the guild I'm not only looking for various RP's to enjoy and craft, but also friends and discussions to partake in. Though, in this manner I can be quite submissive and enclosed, I'm not much of an extrovert so bare with me if you will.
I am always happy to have a discussion and I really enjoy learning new things, so if you're bored enough to have read this far, throw a topic at me in a PM and see where it goes. But enough of that, I'll throw out some more substantive stuff in regards to my RP out-look.
The Genre I like:
Horror
Fantasy/High-Fantasy
Action
Heavy Magic Emphasis
Science/Technology Emphasis
Modern
Slice of Life
Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic
The Genre I'd like to try:
Diplomatic Emphasis
Sci-Fi
Mystery
Family
The Genre I tend to avoid:
Fandom
RP Style:
1x1
Casual/High-Casual
Advanced
Arena
I like:
An emphasis on detail, I have a structure complex and find it easier to post when a RP is well defined. However, I'd gladly jump into a free-for-all sandbox type RP just to let loose from time to time, but never as something I plan to or hope to do long-term. I like character development and creating personal quarrels to over-come as a character. I especially enjoy the idea of long-term RP's where the character not only develops mentally but also physically.
Gore is also something I enjoy incorporating into my posts, though I only use it in the proper context. It's an easy thing to detail but also has a lot of room to work with, you have so many areas you can choose to detail and such a post, pulled off correctly can easily contribute, quite powerfully, to the current atmosphere of the RP.
Other Stuff:
I am dyslexic, meaning when I read and write, words and letters can often be switched around or substituted for completely different words or letters. This is an issue I try to stay on top of , but if you go through a post and find the structure of words or letters to be mixed up, I'd be grateful if you informed me of this. I make it a habit to re-read my posts three or four times to combat this.
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Doesn't that paint a clear picture of my character?
I think it does and in contrast to pictures this would come out on top in my view, but I'd say that is partly because you also put in information about genealogy(race and racial history) which could be addressed in the history field of a CS that uses only a picture. Though I think the emotive wording to describe the look in his eyes or how his various appearance aspects compliment certain personal aspects is where the true advantage of a text description comes in.
As it has been said, some people build their characters around an image, so I assume that this type of emotive text in describing appearance would be a harder thing to pull off. Especially considering it is a subjective manner, so what looks like the eyes of a man in pain in a picture to one person could be the eyes of sadistic pleasure to another person. Additionally, I think certain pictures can provide an instant dose of atmosphere/impression to a character, I mean you could describe a pale young girl quite emotively to emphasise internal struggle or hatred to others, but a picture of said girl surrounded by bodies, or smiling in a graveyard, could serve better to emphasis such an impression.
Though I entertain that my last point could be made moot by 1. How you value atmosphere and if you only recognize the atmosphere of the general setting itself. 2. Other fields like history, bio and personality could descriptively produce the same or maybe an even better result. 3. It too can be a subjective manner and could provide the wrong impression/different impression for different people.
It's interesting to hear that some of you build your characters around the picture/appearance, I've never tried making a character in this manner but I can understand the reasoning. Previously I've found images on DeviantArt that I thought could inspire a character to be made around them but given my previous experience I've avoided using them. I might man up a little and give it a shot in the future.
Thanks @Nemaisare for including those links, I've honestly never heard of those sites before and will probably use them in the future.
Thanks @Nemaisare for including those links, I've honestly never heard of those sites before and will probably use them in the future.
New ideas have been added! Sorry for the long absence, to make up for it, here's my own idea!
Glad to see this isn't dead, I think it's quite a good concept compiling these ideas.
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I'm using it in an illustrative, non-profit environment, so they really have no right to complain.
I agree with this point, it kind of irks me that in my experience, someone shared their art quite openly and than quickly became irate when said art was used in an RP on a forum. At the time I just shrugged it off and assumed that maybe they were quite insecure about the piece or didn't like the premise of the RP.
Firstly, a general question; What medium do you prefer to use and see others use when detailing your characters appearance? If you prefer picture, do you have a particular style you prefer? (Real Life, Anime Style, Portrait, Amateur, ect.)
Secondly, for the illustratively challenged, like myself, is there a particular website you go to to look for images if you use one or are there any applications or character creation software that you like to use to generate images for character sheets?
First: I personally prefer a descriptive paragraph or two paragraph section with a lot of detail. It gives me a somewhat malleable image of a character where the finer points of how I envision a character can be influenced by the RP's atmosphere, like wise it allows me to envision my own characters as such.
Secondly: I used to use this crappy character creator software for my older RP's, it was extremely limited and I only used it a small number of times, also one time I used a picture from DeviantART for a small RP, but got raged at by the artist and their fans for doing so, even though I made sure to hyper-link the image, since then I've been very wary of borrowing images from websites. More recently I've been entertaining the idea of using APB Reloaded's character creator, given that you can customize most anything after character creation by going to the 'store' and the depth of the system is pretty crazy, but it can take awhile.
Secondly, for the illustratively challenged, like myself, is there a particular website you go to to look for images if you use one or are there any applications or character creation software that you like to use to generate images for character sheets?
First: I personally prefer a descriptive paragraph or two paragraph section with a lot of detail. It gives me a somewhat malleable image of a character where the finer points of how I envision a character can be influenced by the RP's atmosphere, like wise it allows me to envision my own characters as such.
Secondly: I used to use this crappy character creator software for my older RP's, it was extremely limited and I only used it a small number of times, also one time I used a picture from DeviantART for a small RP, but got raged at by the artist and their fans for doing so, even though I made sure to hyper-link the image, since then I've been very wary of borrowing images from websites. More recently I've been entertaining the idea of using APB Reloaded's character creator, given that you can customize most anything after character creation by going to the 'store' and the depth of the system is pretty crazy, but it can take awhile.
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