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Post by Sizzle on Jan 30, 2016 10:41:42 GMT -5
If I had things to generally discuss you'd see me generally discussing.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 30, 2016 11:56:25 GMT -5
One thing jdfranchise didn't really hit on too much is that your ultimate goal is to have fun. Make whatever character you want. Most people take what they know, themselves, and just crank their traits to 11. Because who knows you better than you? Just a wrestling, more over the top (good or bad) extension of yourself. We've been talking for months. You're chill, but can be rude and abrasive at times...why can't your character be like that? Or be the completely opposite and be a good guy? It's sort of limitless because you can also go off the wall; we've had a guy whose name was Gladiator and was a 007 guy, but he flopped; but more successfully we had a guy names Stan McMann, who was the Manliest of Men so much so he needed two n's in McMann, an he had like...talking moose, weird wonderland crap...so you can LITERALLY do anything you want, and you can always add more to it later. You, being a new guy all around to this stuff, your hardest part will be coming up with a character and writing a piece. That was what everyone had issues with their first time, everyone. But c-scope and Sizzle did a great job with this being their first show ever so I've got faith you can do it too. By the way, to the two not named Doobie and JD, you are free to use the General Discussion thread here to bullsh*t with us when we're not RPing/in down time. It's the best way to get to know the community, and the better you know the community, we'll be sure how serious you're taking this, in regards to actually wanting to write and be here so it'll be good for ya I think my little threadhead friends. Crank my traits to 11 and have fun you say? This is a trap isn't it. Depends on your 11.
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Post by Drakz on Jan 30, 2016 12:06:06 GMT -5
Crank my traits to 11 and have fun you say? This is a trap isn't it. Depends on your 11. Tango on your 6
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2016 12:21:57 GMT -5
Crank my traits to 11 and have fun you say? This is a trap isn't it. Depends on your 11. It's more like a 22.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 30, 2016 12:52:11 GMT -5
Like I said, just try to keep stuff straight not allowed on WF out of your pieces (sexism, racism, over usage of profanity **looks at Drakz **) and it's free go after that.
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Jan 30, 2016 13:03:25 GMT -5
Like I said, just try to keep stuff straight not allowed on WF out of your pieces (sexism, racism, over usage of profanity **looks at Drakz **) and it's free go after that. In the instance of profanity I've had to turn it down to about a 3 in relation to my regular self.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2016 13:09:02 GMT -5
Like I said, just try to keep stuff straight not allowed on WF out of your pieces (sexism, racism, over usage of profanity **looks at Drakz **) and it's free go after that. I see how it is. I can't say or do anything lol.
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Post by c-scope on Jan 30, 2016 13:28:08 GMT -5
Like I said, just try to keep stuff straight not allowed on WF out of your pieces (sexism, racism, over usage of profanity **looks at Drakz **) and it's free go after that. I see how it is. I can't say or do anything lol. well, since it's you, pretty much yeah. Lol
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2016 13:29:05 GMT -5
I see how it is. I can't say or do anything lol. well, since it's you, pretty much yeah. Lol It's a conspiracy
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Post by jdfranchise on Jan 30, 2016 14:08:42 GMT -5
well, since it's you, pretty much yeah. Lol It's a conspiracy Did someone say conspiracy...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2016 14:12:50 GMT -5
Did someone say conspiracy... That meme is great.
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Post by Drakz on Jan 30, 2016 14:23:29 GMT -5
over usage of profanity **looks at Drakz **) and it's free go after that. I don't know what you mean. My work has always been so straight laced.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2016 14:51:14 GMT -5
Alright. So I'll have to come up with a name and stuff right. I have a name for a finisher that cscope gave me lol. Aside from that I'm pretty lost.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 30, 2016 15:12:22 GMT -5
Alright. So I'll have to come up with a name and stuff right. I have a name for a finisher that cscope gave me lol. Aside from that I'm pretty lost. Well not too many people's characters start out unique. Everyone's done the same thing at least once. I'm sure my first character, Malakai, the basis of him being a big tall monster ready to destroy everything has been done a thousand times. I just built up on it over the years and made him a multidimensional character, mainly because Malakai became an extension of me and all of my good personal qualities. Whereas my character now, Sam, is an extension of all of the bad things about me. Take Doobie and make him a character you could see yourself reading about and enjoying. In the end it comes down to you getting out of it what you put in and having fun. It's what the best writers do. Other than the occasional match, I don't go all serious with my character and my writing. I take my matches and opponents seriously as anyone, but I don't do this for the competition as much as I do it just to write whatever the hell I want and to hell with people who may not enjoy it. That's my philosophy. You're gonna be a lot better than you're giving yourself credit for. You're a character in yourself alone. I've got hope for you, but creating the character and the first RP, always the two toughest steps for someone just starting out. I think Drakz , Rated R , jdfranchise , @progwd , Deep Figure Value and Prophet of Ash can all agree that the first hurdle as a brand spanking new writer is a really, really tough one. But it gets easier as you learn.
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Post by jdfranchise on Jan 30, 2016 15:22:09 GMT -5
Alright. So I'll have to come up with a name and stuff right. I have a name for a finisher that cscope gave me lol. Aside from that I'm pretty lost. Well not too many people's characters start out unique. Everyone's done the same thing at least once. I'm sure my first character, Malakai, the basis of him being a big tall monster ready to destroy everything has been done a thousand times. I just built up on it over the years and made him a multidimensional character, mainly because Malakai became an extension of me and all of my good personal qualities. Whereas my character now, Sam, is an extension of all of the bad things about me. Take Doobie and make him a character you could see yourself reading about and enjoying. In the end it comes down to you getting out of it what you put in and having fun. It's what the best writers do. Other than the occasional match, I don't go all serious with my character and my writing. I take my matches and opponents seriously as anyone, but I don't do this for the competition as much as I do it just to write whatever the hell I want and to hell with people who may not enjoy it. That's my philosophy. You're gonna be a lot better than you're giving yourself credit for. You're a character in yourself alone. I've got hope for you, but creating the character and the first RP, always the two toughest steps for someone just starting out. I think Drakz , Rated R , jdfranchise , @progwd , Deep Figure Value and Prophet of Ash can all agree that the first hurdle as a brand spanking new writer is a really, really tough one. But it gets easier as you learn. Truth! We do this for fun, that's the primary goal. And bad guy™ is spot on that getting the first rp out of the way is the toughest part mostly because you have not only the structure of an rp to get down (which is different from any type of writing you may have previously attempted), but you're also trying to make a good impression with your character. That's why we have vets to help you learn these skills. I think you'll do fine here once you get your feet under you.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2016 15:42:01 GMT -5
Alright. So I'll have to come up with a name and stuff right. I have a name for a finisher that cscope gave me lol. Aside from that I'm pretty lost. Well not too many people's characters start out unique. Everyone's done the same thing at least once. I'm sure my first character, Malakai, the basis of him being a big tall monster ready to destroy everything has been done a thousand times. I just built up on it over the years and made him a multidimensional character, mainly because Malakai became an extension of me and all of my good personal qualities. Whereas my character now, Sam, is an extension of all of the bad things about me. Take Doobie and make him a character you could see yourself reading about and enjoying. In the end it comes down to you getting out of it what you put in and having fun. It's what the best writers do. Other than the occasional match, I don't go all serious with my character and my writing. I take my matches and opponents seriously as anyone, but I don't do this for the competition as much as I do it just to write whatever the hell I want and to hell with people who may not enjoy it. That's my philosophy. You're gonna be a lot better than you're giving yourself credit for. You're a character in yourself alone. I've got hope for you, but creating the character and the first RP, always the two toughest steps for someone just starting out. I think Drakz , Rated R , jdfranchise , @progwd , Deep Figure Value and Prophet of Ash can all agree that the first hurdle as a brand spanking new writer is a really, really tough one. But it gets easier as you learn. Indeed. One of my first RPs included a big burly dude putting a mustard face on a hot dog as a way to insult his opponent. In other words, don't do what I did.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 30, 2016 18:22:25 GMT -5
Well not too many people's characters start out unique. Everyone's done the same thing at least once. I'm sure my first character, Malakai, the basis of him being a big tall monster ready to destroy everything has been done a thousand times. I just built up on it over the years and made him a multidimensional character, mainly because Malakai became an extension of me and all of my good personal qualities. Whereas my character now, Sam, is an extension of all of the bad things about me. Take Doobie and make him a character you could see yourself reading about and enjoying. In the end it comes down to you getting out of it what you put in and having fun. It's what the best writers do. Other than the occasional match, I don't go all serious with my character and my writing. I take my matches and opponents seriously as anyone, but I don't do this for the competition as much as I do it just to write whatever the hell I want and to hell with people who may not enjoy it. That's my philosophy. You're gonna be a lot better than you're giving yourself credit for. You're a character in yourself alone. I've got hope for you, but creating the character and the first RP, always the two toughest steps for someone just starting out. I think Drakz , Rated R , jdfranchise , @progwd , Deep Figure Value and Prophet of Ash can all agree that the first hurdle as a brand spanking new writer is a really, really tough one. But it gets easier as you learn. Indeed. One of my first RPs included a big burly dude putting a mustard face on a hot dog as a way to insult his opponent. In other words, don't do what I did. Something worse than my boiler room? Hell, that thing lived in infamy for a while.
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Post by Drakz on Jan 30, 2016 18:30:25 GMT -5
It'll never top Immune's caged animal. Although not his first, still amazing.
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Post by Drakz on Jan 30, 2016 18:41:03 GMT -5
That being said from what I remember of my first RP (12 f'n years ago) it was in a derelict house, with Drakz being all mysterious/goth/dark. There was probably a candle somewhere in there or some other cliché sh*t. I wish I could read it now but it was lost in the proboards ether. I'm not suggesting any of you do this for 12 years but (and yes this is ego-maniacal of me to say) my/my character's resumé in my sig banner should be enough to tell you that practice makes perfect. I once sucked massive amounts of balls at this but, through taking on board advice, learning from mistakes and having fun with it, my character has achieved practically everything that can be accomplished in this fantasy world of ours. I was once a worm. Now I'm a God.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 30, 2016 19:10:05 GMT -5
It'll never top Immune's caged animal. Although not his first, still amazing. And it took working with Kyzer for almost a year and a half for him to realize I wasn't Immune either. Kind of sad, really, considering Kronic is actually a relative of Immune's and no one believed him when he said it wasn't me. XD
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