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| Topic Started: May 30 2007, 01:34 AM (637 Views) | |
| Ares | May 30 2007, 01:34 AM Post #1 |
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V3 World Heavyweight Champion
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I was just thinking while writing my last post where Rob kills Kevin, that Rob has actually turned into something I didn't expect. When I created Rob, and baby_g asked if I wanted to pair him up to create that duo of Rob and Matt, I was thinking the whole time, he'd be a secondary character, just kind of a comic relief for myself (and others hopefully) in his posts, and it did start like that from what I felt. Now however, I've strayed from keeping him a sarcastic goof-off. Like when Aphrodite's Annabelle character joined up with Matt and Rob at the Mall, it presented a secondary motivation to give Rob, and then with her dying it helped give an opening to give a bit more meaning (for myself in writing with Rob) to the character. So I guess Rob is progressing where I didn't ever expect to take the character. I'm not saying its a bad thing, because I'm actually enjoying writing him that way, but he definitely didn't stay the way I'd wanted him to. With my other characters, I haven't really had a chance to develop them since the majority are now dead, and Justin is basically being a loner since I really can't find a way for him into some of the on-going threads without feeling like I'm disrupting something, so I hope to find something for him soon, since he was who I originally thought I would have as my main character. Anyone else noticing in their writing that their characters are turning into something you didn't anticipate, or are you guys feeling like the characters are turning out the way you thought they would? |
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| Xaldien | May 30 2007, 02:31 AM Post #2 |
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A dream imporium
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I originally wanted Andi to be a hero yet not kill anyone except for when it came to the final few. He'd cause most of the characters to kill each other, while he stayed in the sidelines. But then eventually he became something of a villain, even putting Peter in a position where he had to kill someone for his love. He is also manipulating Peter to turn him into a killer, but still loves him. Very very twisted romance that I turned it into. |
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| Shiola | May 30 2007, 06:32 AM Post #3 |
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Well, if you meant that they all ended up dead, then yes. I originally wanted Garry to be a more profilic villain-type, but he seemed to just stay on the sidelines. Anybody he's really stayed with has ended up dead. He's progressively lost it. First with going into a rage and killing Lester (Horribly written, horrible death) having his cane spontaneously explode, miraculously curing him of his crippled leg. Then going to the factory, mixing up all of those explosives, only to have them blow up on him later... He's a sadist, a psychopath... a "Monster" as Paris would put it. But you've got to sympathize with him a bit, you know? He would've been a guy who's playing to win, not really caring about anybody else. Now he's gone so far I don't think anything could bring him back. He can only go farther, I assure you. |
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| Megami | May 30 2007, 10:34 AM Post #4 |
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Squishy
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This is what I like about SOTF. Sometimes, your characters turn out exactly how you wanted them to. Other times, because of events that take place over the game, they can do a total 180, and that usually isn't a bad thing. As for my characters, Ricky has turned out exactly like I'd imagined, but I've tried hard to turn him from a follower into a leader. The rest of my characters... not so much. I imagined Whitney and Ali both having a much more vocal role in the game, but due to personal circumstances, it's been difficult for me to get in there and actively roleplay with them. At the moment, Whitney is more of a background character to Ricky (although I'm working on that). Sera didn't turn out at all how I'd expected her to, either. She was really intended just to be a fodder character to further Ali's storyline. The original intention was that she would encounter her best friend and Gregg (when Riser was playing him), attempt to kill Ali in a semi-insane state (you know, the island gets to you), and Gregg would inevitably kill her. Obviously, that hasn't happened, and I'm rather glad. To me, she's more interesting than either of my other girls at present, just because of her mindset. As for Gregg and Matthias, I can't really say. Although I've tried to keep them in the same context that their original handlers had them in, I'm sure they had plans for them that I didn't. |
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| Nealosi | May 30 2007, 01:40 PM Post #5 |
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Level 80
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Me too, Meg. I think it's awesome that you've found a pleasant change in Rob too, Scipher. That was why I killed off both Jackie and Mary-Anne, I couldn't see either of them changing too much in the face of adversary and, despite the fact that he was rolled, wanted to have them both killed so that I could focus more on others. They were far too ingrained in their ways, which is uninteresting to write for and really just makes for a static and flat character. |
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| baby_g | May 30 2007, 06:10 PM Post #6 |
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god it's been a lovely day
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I wanted Matthew to be more comic relief also, that was going to be their "thing" in this game.. but it's kinda turned around.. Seriously dude.. stop being such a woman and man up a bit
:lol: For Dan, I wrote him right away to be a death. Nessy had a slipt personality and originally I wanted it to be more well, I don't know. She ended up being sorta serious I suppose. Who's next? Kevin I passed off so he doesn't count. I thought I'd keep Beth as the stupid girl who thinks it's all a game.. but having her have a break down is really working for her. Tori lastly, surprisenly is basically right where I want her. She and Matthew are my favourite I guess. *sigh* I'm happy.
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| Cyco | May 31 2007, 12:41 AM Post #7 |
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Suicidal Maniac
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Static characters are still important in the big picture. Andrew and Nich were static, and meant to be comic relief secondary characters. I guess Andrew developed and changed a little, but nothing major. But shit, back before v2 pregame started, I'd intended Bryan to be nothing more than an antagonist-type with a bad temper and a rivalry with Kevin Kapustiak. Unfortunately his handler lost interest and I resorted to having him join a gang to give him some sort of identity (it was quite popular at the time, apparently). Then baby_g and I collaborated and we ended up with this obligation for him to protect Tori because he liked her, and develop the relationship between them. He probably would've been a real shit character without her... (...oddly enough Kevin ended up being incarnated in v2 anyway. I believe he just died. Shot in the head with a Deagle. Ugly business...) I decided to play both Dan and Huy by ear. Dan ended up becoming a neutral-bordering-on-antagonist character, but I think I kinda wasted some potential there. I planted the depression angle in Huy's character to see where that'd take him in the game, but ultimately it served to demonstrate how much of a hero-type he is. Jana's a working progress...nothing to say about her yet. |
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| baby_g | May 31 2007, 11:09 AM Post #8 |
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god it's been a lovely day
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awww
Tori is loved! heeheeI forgot Stephanie. It's weird, I wanted her to be the mean girl who not used her body to manipulate the kids, but plainly just manipulate them with words and what not. She ended up going crazy and killing herself.. bummer. |
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| Xaldien | May 31 2007, 12:57 PM Post #9 |
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A dream imporium
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Not to mention that originally I was going to have Siouxsie take part in V2 but instead opted to have her stay with Andi's dad. Which worked out interestingly, with my three posts detailing what his family was going through at home. I still haven't decided whether or not she'll have a part in V3. |
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| RePeate | May 31 2007, 04:50 PM Post #10 |
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GOD AMONG MEN, REAPER OF... GAHHH!! HAND CRAMP!!
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oooohh do it xal! Make her rage against the terrorists who (may have) made her brother die. |
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<body> <font color=blue> <BR>Character Status <HR WIDTH ="30%" ALIGN=left> <font color=green>Currently In-Game: Evan Angler, Gabe McCallum <font color=red>Currently Deceased: Alex Steele, Monique St.Claire <font color=white>On Standby: <font color=red> <I>Oh, so I see the floor is here...</I> </body> | |
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| Megami | May 31 2007, 06:02 PM Post #11 |
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Squishy
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Well, you have to figure that a profile won't be approved if you went with a story like "Siouxie discovered which school would be abducted next and headed there, determined to give the terrorists a whats-for." I'm not saying Xal would go with that, it's just an example. If someone winds up in the program, it'd be completely coincidental. I'm just here to tell you what the terrorists do and don't do. The one thing that I have against sequel characters, so to speak, is that sometimes when they're created, it's made to seem like the terrorists specifically hunted down the school they just so happened to be at (for example, V3 students will be abducted from California, which is across the country from the other two). The terrorists don't care who's in the program and who isn't, they just want students who're willing to kill one another. I have no problems at all with seeing sequel characters (Siouxie, Diana Cohen, Renee Valenti, etc.) in V3, so long as the handler writes them into the storyline appropriately.
Just wanted to get that out there from my end.
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| Xaldien | Jun 1 2007, 03:50 AM Post #12 |
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A dream imporium
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Well, I really don't plan to have her be in V3. I want her to sort of be the character to be a friendly face to Andi (should he win) and if Andi dies, I want her, and Andi's family members to have a section where they wallow in grief and loss, that just gets worse. One main reason why I decided to leave her out, and write the story of the outside characters, is because I wanted to show what families and friends go through when they have someone they loved be put into SOTF. I thought it would be interesting, but I didn't impliment it all that much since I thought someone would think it was annoying, confusing, or unnecessary. Either way, Siouxsie, Daniel, and Andi's mother have a major part in the final post I have for Andi, whether he lives or dies (which is why I made that request I ask of you, RePeate) |
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| laZardo | Jun 1 2007, 09:53 AM Post #13 |
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^This is not what a Laz looks like^
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Damien's progressing like I anticipated...just not as fast as I'd like (and not just due to my timezone, hint hint.) I actually planned Roland Thomas Kelly as plain fodder. I semi-never-expected him to kill as many as he did and to turn into Damien's ideological foil...but I didn't expect him to kill FIRST among my characters. |
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Unfucked: Cisco Vasquez (V4) Proper Fucked: Harris Van Allen (The Program), Rashid Hassan (V4) Fucked Soon: Carlos Lazaro and Eliza Patton | |
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| RePeate | Jun 1 2007, 11:03 AM Post #14 |
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GOD AMONG MEN, REAPER OF... GAHHH!! HAND CRAMP!!
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No prob Xal, Andi's death is earmarked as all yours... I wasn't sure where to take the family thing, so I wasn't going to touch it. If you want, I give you permission to post anything going on in Andi's family life in any threads Andi is in, and we can treat it as continuing his story (pending mod approval that is). I will still handle the day to day life of Andi, up until the times comes for him to "pass". BTW Croco, I will post for Andi tomorrow, today's no good for me. |
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<body> <font color=blue> <BR>Character Status <HR WIDTH ="30%" ALIGN=left> <font color=green>Currently In-Game: Evan Angler, Gabe McCallum <font color=red>Currently Deceased: Alex Steele, Monique St.Claire <font color=white>On Standby: <font color=red> <I>Oh, so I see the floor is here...</I> </body> | |
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| Chase | Jun 1 2007, 11:41 AM Post #15 |
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is only doing this 'cause you're a mod!
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Repeate-- I'd say this, have Xal PM you with parts for the family ordeals whenever he wants to include that, paste that in your RP posts (with credit to Xal of course). That way if you're rping Andi with another person, it'll be less confusing for the other handler you're working with. |
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Just wanted to get that out there from my end.


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