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How Many Characters Are To Many?
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:53 pm
by Sparkle
I am asking this because I have 8 characters now and as hard as this may seem, I have a life outside of Cantr. I love balancing all the things I do in a day with Cantr. All though Cantr takes up much of it. So do you think (judging how you balance however many characters you have with your busy life) that 9 are 10 characters are to much?
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:08 pm
by nitefyre
Comparatively, I think 8-12 is a good amount of characters to have. I personally have 7, probably 6 soon- but I like putting a little more umph into my roleplay, so I borrow more time. Go for 10, I like seeing more characters out there =))
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:41 pm
by trage
I have 15 characters, then again I have a lot of free time on my hands, but hey I like this game and it needs more people who actually play.
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:33 am
by ephiroll
I have 11 chars currently, but two are being neglected rather badly, and my others aren't as active as they could be because I have very little free time, they're only active as much as they are because I got a little office job a month ago and I can get on the com anytime I want while I'm there.
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:46 am
by Pirog
I have 15 characters and are usually amongst the most active with all of them.
But then again I type fast, have some rugged and rather silent types, many who are travelling and a lot of time on my hands

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 1:20 am
by Anthony Roberts
I'm in the same boat with Pirog, here.
15 Characters, typing average of 90 WPM, and too much time on my hands - I have no problem keeping all my characters extremely active. I could probably take on another 15 characters, and still be in the same boat. (Everyone always logs out and types their posts, not to lose minutes, eh? I don't, and I usually end up with 30 or more minutes by the end of the day.)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 1:24 am
by nitefyre
Whenever I have normally scheduled classes, I'll end up with over 100 minutes a day; but during the summer, breaks and some weekends, I go all the way down to the single digits.
Can't seem to be able type that fast (though faster than I have in the past =))) and usually respond straight from the events screen first time.
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 1:40 am
by Sparkle
Anthony wrote:I'm in the same boat with Pirog, here.
15 Characters, typing average of 90 WPM, and too much time on my hands - I have no problem keeping all my characters extremely active. I could probably take on another 15 characters, and still be in the same boat. (Everyone always logs out and types their posts, not to lose minutes, eh? I don't, and I usually end up with 30 or more minutes by the end of the day.)
How is that possible. Once my characters was so busy It took me 2 hours before I finally loged out and I only had 45 minutes for the rest of the day (it was around 3pm). I type 70WPM so that's not the problem. How can you stay logged in and still have minutes left by the end of the day?

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 1:43 am
by rklenseth
I have 15 characters, a job, school, and no life.

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 1:54 am
by Anthony Roberts
sparkle wrote:Anthony wrote:I'm in the same boat with Pirog, here.
15 Characters, typing average of 90 WPM, and too much time on my hands - I have no problem keeping all my characters extremely active. I could probably take on another 15 characters, and still be in the same boat. (Everyone always logs out and types their posts, not to lose minutes, eh? I don't, and I usually end up with 30 or more minutes by the end of the day.)
How is that possible. Once my characters was so busy It took me 2 hours before I finally loged out and I only had 45 minutes for the rest of the day (it was around 3pm). I type 70WPM so that's not the problem. How can you stay logged in and still have minutes left by the end of the day?

Just because my characters are extremely active, doesn't mean they're always busy. In the event that my character(s) get busy, then I'm hurrying to post in notepad, copy and paste, and all that log out jazz to keep my minutes at a maximum.
But that rarely happens. All the people I role play with keep going away on holiday, have real life events to tend to, or go to school like I do (Or work) and therefore can't post during it. Only rarely do I get busy anymore

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 4:55 am
by creepyguyinblack
I have 15 chars, but I should probably only have ten or so. I like all of my characters though and enjoy seeing all the different places. Some of them aren't as active as they could or should be but I check often in case something urgent happens. I also have work, school, a girlfriend, friends and partying to deal with in the rest of my time.
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:02 am
by Pirate Lass
I have 15, and still maintain a life - though at times it had been hard and I cut back on cantr for a bit.
On the other hand I work at home, so it's not problem to randomly check characters throughout the day when stopping in the house for a break from the sun.

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:46 am
by trage
Serenity (rklenseth) wrote:I have 15 characters, a job, school, and no life.

Same boat as Richard, except without a job, and double the free time

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:54 am
by Anthony Roberts
trage wrote:Serenity (rklenseth) wrote:I have 15 characters, a job, school, and no life.

Same boat as Richard, except without a job, and double the free time

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I greatly doubt Richard wants to be in a boat with you

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:55 am
by trage
Well I greatly doubt Pirog wants you in his boat

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