mickilennial

Ultimate One Universe: Emergence

A bit of real talk, something that I've been thinking about and that I'm sure has been discussed before: are we placing too much pressure-to-perform on ourselves?

@AndyC

As a writer improves in their craft, their standards for themselves and those they write alongside exponentially increase. I have found in recent years returning to the basics, how I fell in love with the hobby, and the ability to be concise and not as strict on detail has led to better results. Of course, I also took a year off of writing but this was something I started doing a little before life handed me a metaphorical knuckle sandwich.

In the 2013 and earlier games there was also more interactivity as well as flexibility. We interacted more, mentioned stuff in other people's posts, and were more free-flowing and experimental, and so on. I have oft struggled how to return to that and you guys were doing this for almost a decade before you came here in '13. Perhaps some thinking adjustments would be astute?

I start to develop a mentality of "no post is better than a bad post." That starts becoming a whole negative-feedback-thing, where I feel bad for not posting, so I start writing a post, and then I burn myself out trying to make it perfect, then I end up not posting it, and then I feel bad for not posting, etc.

@AndyC

This is a cycle I got trapped in with a lot of these games and to break it is to just simply follow an old writing advice I got: "fail faster" which essentially meant don't worry on perfection, engage with the imperfections and move forward. Polish it later if need be.

It might be easier to jump in and start jamming with each other than when everyone has to spend weeks or months establishing their particular lore before venturing out to cross paths. More often than not, that leads to less of a group roleplay and more of a collection of individual fanfics with the occasional crossover.

@AndyC

Some people prefer to be isolated and do their own thing, but for those of us who are not that this would be wise, I agree. And sometimes we wait for a "ideal" story window too much and so the window never opens. Sometimes the right time is to do it at the wrong time and play it by ear.

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

Almost have an idea of the roster finalized. When it is done, I will start writing the first IC posts and ask for you guys to transfer respective sheets over. Currently stuck between a handful of sheets with only two slots remaining at this time.

The first five accepted characters are as follows and can add their sheets to the characters tab:

🔴 THE REDS 🔴

Annifer _{@Kuro ⯁ Light ⯁ Earth}
Ionna Rielle _{@McMolly ⯁ Dark ⯁ Thunder}
Kazran Harrond _{@webboysurf ⯁ Light ⯁ Earth}
Lina Ariesca _{@Lemons ⯁ Light ⯁ Fire}
Toma Morriss _{@Eisenhorn ⯁ Dark ⯁ Ice}

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

Hey now, there's like, at least 4 male characters out there. If all of them make the cut, you'd have almost 50/50 gender split.

@ERode

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

"And I took that personally" —Zyran probably

@AlteredTundra

Ultimate One Universe: Emergence

Suppose it is just a waiting game, then.

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

I'm just happy to see any male characters at this point.

Ultimate One Universe: Emergence

Again. You guys are all free to continue, I just am not in a position to GM myself

@Sep

I imagine the thread creator would have to place new GMs in place if people were to continue or apply for the roleplay, no?

Ultimate One Universe: Emergence

Just when I finally wrote something new in 14 months that wasn't phoned in or copy-pasted from a previous RP and get my upward writing momentum back this ends. Well, that's a shame. I'll be on the look out for what's next.

I do still feel bad for being unable to commit to Moon Knight earlier on, but it is like that sometimes.

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

I have currently decided the max roster size will be ten. I think going higher than twelve would break me given my situation, but there are also a lot of high quality sheets with people I love to write with or have wanted to do so in some time.

Edit: Finished conceptualizing the central GM characters. In a Naruto story I suppose you could imagine them as jonin-sensei.

Wardens of the Glade: A Light Fantasy RP

M A X E L L
M A X E L L

^{“I hate this job. I hate every single one of you.”}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Maxell Tolecht is the son of an undernoble in the far south of Itenaire, serving in the southern marches as a mostly irrelevant station. Age: 21 Race: Human Nationality: Itenaian Weapon of Choice: Sword Elemental Affinity: Fire Spiritual Affinity: Light

C H A R A C T E R B I O G R A P H Y C H A R A C T E R B I O G R A P H Y ________________________________________________________________________________________ Maxell Tolecht is a man who seemed like he was deemed to be a once in a generation talent, a divinely chosen hero in a time of relative peace. He awakened his magical abilities a few days short of his eleventh anniversary of birth, insanely gifted in sword and foot beyond his years, and became an initiate warden before he was even thirteen years of age. In the near-decade since, he has had quite a reputation. But in the last year, fate has spun its coin in the other direction. After an incident he refuses to speak on the Lord-Commander of the order has reassigned him to train initiates, a huge step down from traveling the land as an agent of order. He is not happy about it. C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N ________________________________________________________________________________________ Arrogant ⬗ Conceited ⬗ Honorable ⬗ Overzealous ⬗ Petty ⬗ Reckless

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