Life pre-spawn?

[AlchemicRaker]

Now, role-playing an 8-armed titan is completely different...

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crap.

So that was YOU!

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haha, no. just joking. but I couldn't resist.




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Mine only had 6 arms and a rudder.

[SumBum]

I wasn't saying accents are bad. I enjoy encountering chars who have some variety to their speech or emotes. Was just commenting that IRL you generally pick up the accent of those around you. Maybe you could subtly/slowly change your accent to match those chars around yours. I agree with Hermi that it would be cool if there were more geographically influenced accents, behaviors or characteristics.

[the_antisocial_hermit]

Oh, sorry, Sum, I didn't think you were saying they're bad. Just that I know some players do seem to dislike them or think they're not natural. But there's really no natural way of getting them in there from the very beginning or anything. All you can do is talk like that in a place and hope that others spawning that stick around pick it up or something. Doing an accent takes a lot of effort to maintain which most people don't want to do.

[SumBum]

Doing an accent takes a lot of effort to maintain which most people don't want to do.

Yes, they do! One of mine can't say a particular word anymore because I forgot how I was spelling it. (And it would be noticed by at least one other char if I spelled it differently because they made fun of it.)

If I spawn any more and they land in a place with chars who have different accents I think I'll put some effort into picking up the way others say things.

[Dudel]

OH Fun, Fun, Fun!

All of my characters have a history of some form or another from beginning and before spawn cause otherwise I don't see them as having a personality. Your history MAKES your personality, that's how the real world works, at least. Though I do keep it within Cantr grounds.

One of mine was raised by toucans but at that 20 mark he was "visible" (I guess) and grew to know people. If you know the character or heard him say of this, you understand him SOOOOOOO much better. He can speak the language from spawn cause birds mimic others. That was my rationalization, at least.

Another of my characters had something of a "visit" 15 seconds before his spawn. He is usually deemed crazy by the Cantr elitists as anyone with "visions" and other such things of that nature.

I've a few with odd talking behavior. When a "character" pokes at them for talking funny, I always wanna smack the opposite player in the mouth for lacking in their subtly. If you are gonna make fun of the way I RP, at least have the decency to OOC: "You RP shitty" so I can report you for being a shitbrick.

I see absolutely NOTHING wrong with having histories within Cantr and when people play the "I've never heard of such things" line, I usually outright ignore the behavior and shove on with my own thing, anyway. Those types of players will always find something to nitpick at, anyway.

One should TRY to keep things "Cantr specific" if only to prevent the people who hide behind the CR from smacking you in the mouth with one of their precious CRB "reports". I'll also note that the people who do such things break the CR in HEAVY HANDED ways so just ignore them and go about your way. Cause, again, these people will nitpick you to death regardless.

Subtly, as said by many others, is your friend though. Many characters and/or players I RP with have littler problem with my additions of history as its slid in their casual like, as Hermi said.

I'll also note that the spawns I make with less history, or none at all, I find boring as everyone around them is usually some form of hollow shell (This is half my characters and the ones I want dead.) which means not much can be built off of them. You can't build a personality off others when most others are copy-pasty and only interested in some very specific things.

Oh and a small note to the OP: Your Blackrock area character needs more subtly as even I went "Jesus Christ".

[Alladinsane]

Ouch Dudel! also thanks to the person who found the old thread.

I still have alot to learn about RP and I have even inserted a few oblique references to RL if it would take several associations to be (IMHO) funny. e.g. I was recently introduced (I hope this was 4 days, its close so excuse me on this one) to a character who's name was "koolaid" and when I said I was glad to meet them I said something to the effect of "OH YEAH!" those who are around my age group probably know the reference, others would probably just think that the character was a bit weird (right Dudel?)...It didn't really mention anything specific or even reference to RL in any way other than those two words that some might have found entertaining...others, heck, I may have just got myself in trouble. At least I am trying to learn and bringing it publically to the minds far wiser than my own.

One of my other characters (well, my only other character) speaks with a bit of an American southern accent. I have lived in the south for 40 of my mid-fortyish yrs, so its a pretty easy reach even though I lost my own accent in college or therabouts. I don't remember who posted it, but they nailed my plan right on the head when saying that over the course of time an accent can be gained or might fade based on regional tendencies, in this case I plan the latter. I guess my accent is fading on both characters now that I think about it, not so much because I don't feel like doing it, but more to facilitate communication.

and I keep going back to you Dudel...I know exactly when the "Jesus Christ" moment happened and who was awake at the time, so I guess I can narrow you down to three character possibilities of which I will mention none since that is your prerogative. Just don't "out" me too much pretty plz...I will learn and I will get better at this.

I appreciate your comments though and everyone else who added in, I learned alot.

Be well

[Drael]

By the way, if you do play someone who beleives they are an alien, or from some fantasy kingdom, or similar, is that really CRB? I mean, they could just be mad, so long as you dont try to RP outcomes that arent possible (such as magic or levitation for example). You could still BELEIVE, that you have magic powers or superior technology, especially if its imaginative and not based on the real world. Or you could even beleive you have eight arms, so long as you dont force your reality on others.

Is that right?

I wonder about this, because id quite like to play one of these "mad" characters. I think alot of them are fails, because they either abandon their beleif, or they dont use those delusions to add to the RP experience of others. But a well planned mad character could work wonders I think.

I might have to read the CR again....

[Doug R.]

You can *believe* you are an eight-armed titan. The line gets crossed when you play as if you ARE an 8-armed titan.

[Alladinsane]

No,only background stuff that shapes the characters world-view and some prior experiences, mostly for comedic effect and as a perspective when dealing with IG situations. I guess its okay, or as mentioned by several of you, characters will just stop interacting with me IG. Hopefully I haven't overstepped, in the meantime its alot of good times.

My planned newer ones should be fairly fun too, though I doubt I will be able to think of anything that some of you have already done. Hopefully I can do it just twisted enough to give it some semblance of individuality. I am just holding back as I don't want everyone to be the same age.

Be well

[diurnal_lee]

I pretty much just think of Cantr characters as though sprung full-formed from the head of Zeus, as it were. Hm. None of my characters have run into any religions, yet, but I've seen them mentioned in passing on the forum. Do any of those deal with the origin of characters?

[EchoMan]

I pretty much just think of Cantr characters as though sprung full-formed from the head of Zeus, as it were. Hm. None of my characters have run into any religions, yet, but I've seen them mentioned in passing on the forum. Do any of those deal with the origin of characters?

You heretic! Everyone knows that Donii draws essence from The Source to spawn new characters into the game.

[Mafia Salad]

I use each spawn to test a new idea (what would happen if I spawn a character that can't work on projects?), but every time I have had a character spawn with any sort of back story the character has fallen flat.

The best balance I've found is a character with a personality, (I like using the four temperament theory as a basis) but no history, and a willingness to ask questions, especially in the first 5 or so days of life. 2/3ds of the time if I have something more specific in mind, like I want this person to be an iron baron or an assassin, they spawn somewhere or with skills where that idea won't work, so I'm back to a blank slate anyways.

Often They gravitate towards a mentor, and if I see something a lot, I like to pick up and tweak quirks that other characters in the area have. *he scratches his armpit* It usually takes about two game years before I have a well defined character, but they tend to be much more enduring then ones who were spawned as a specific character from the get go.