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| Topic Started: Oct 26 2007, 03:34 PM (649 Views) | |
| Namira | Oct 26 2007, 03:34 PM Post #1 |
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Recently, I got curious/restless, and I started figuring who my Top 10 favourites were (my mind, at times, is very random) Since this is spawned solely from a wandering head, I'll not lay down any limitations, they can be your own characters, V3, V2 or V1 or anybody else's, and I'd ask for a reason too but I'm none too fussed if there isn't one. Here are mine 10. Vesa Turunen. I was intruiged by Vesa as soon as I stumbled upon him in one of the first threads I read on the site. I enjoyed his background and I like the way Croco portrayed him on the island. 9. Robert Adams. Quite simply; I found him pretty funny a great deal of the time. 8. Danya I'm not actually kidding, I like the character of Danya quite a lot in all honesty 7. Brandon Cuthbert. I really liked the way that Slacker rped Brandon, so it was a bit of a shame he died so early on. 6. Adam Dodd. I am a Dodd fan, a deep character and was highly amusing at times, I'm also looking forward to seeing him in V3. 5. Hawley Faust. Hm... not entirely sure how to qualify this. Suffice to say, I liked him. 4. Bobby Jacks/ Simon Wood This of course, being the reason I mentioned that you could pick your own characters I like both of these lads, because they seem to have a lot more depth than them to most of my others. That is open to interpretation, it's only my opinion.3. Mitch Gunter. Mitch was funny, and just plain cute, an adorable character methinks. 2. Mariavel Varella. Some people don't seem to like her but I think Mariavel is a well developed and well thought out character. And finally... *fanfare* 1. Damien Carter-Madison Where can I start? The list was great, his death scene was extremely creepy, I think that LaZ did a wonderful job with him, and I'm looking forward to seeing his old friend Eduardo too. Kudos to you LaZ man. And that'll be it, my top ten (for now at least) any other takers? |
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| Megami | Nov 10 2007, 11:53 AM Post #2 |
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*Throws Clueless a bone.* Not sure why nobody's responded to this, I rather like the idea myself, but, I'm bored, and this is here, so, TADA! Top Ten from V2: #10. Mitch Gunther. What can I say? I don't care that he wasn't a huge character in V2. I loved Mitch. He was such a unique character by design, and I loved the way Maka portrayed him. Even after Nealosi took him over, he retained that odd, quirky sort of personality that was characteristic of only Mitch, and he provided a lot of comic relief in the very early stages of the game. #9. Jackie Kovacs. Jackie's another character who saw his days end early in the game, but he's almost symbolic of characters like Andrew Lipson or Hawley Faust in that he was remembered long after his death and had a very great impact over certain other characters (Ricky Callahan and Gail Smith, to name a few). Jackie was a great character in the way he was written, and his death brought more to him overall. #8. Anna Dibenidetti. Yes, my number eight would be Anna. I mean, c'mon, we haven't seen this kind of angsty character in SOTF since, like, nearly the beginning of V1. She was such a sad character. Her sister died early on, and the whole game she spent angsting over Jaime's death. Then, her death scene was truly just... tragic. It was so ironic that she wound up killing the one person on the island who held some genuine concern for her, and out of sheer accident, too. #7. Felix Travertil. At first, I didn't really care for Felix too much. But, there was something in his personality that I couldn't help but be attracted to, and he wound up being a pretty interesting character overall. Yet again, his death scene was freakin' awesome. Probably one of the best in V2, in my own humble opinion. #6. Carmen Somerset. I just liked Carmen. Period. I liked her in pre-game and the very early stages of V1 when Maka portrayed her, I liked her after Mitsuko took her over. I think Mitsu did a very good job of keeping Carmen true to her character, which I definitely appreciated. We definitely had our fair share of the manipulative, deceiving characters in V2, but Carmen stood out from among them as being one of the best. #5. Sera Wingfield. Sera wound up just being... whoa. She was a trip to roleplay as, and although it might seem rather bias to slide one of my own characters into my top ten favorites, it doesn't change the fact that I thought she was a great character, and considering she was supposed to be Gregg-fodder to begin with, not to mention just another place-filler in the Sisterhood, she wound up holding her own and standing out a lot more than some of the other characters. I think it was her scene with Matt Drew that stands out most in my mind and solidified her place as one of my favorites. #4. Matt Drew. Surprise, surprise, Matt's next on my list of favorites. When I first saw him, I was just kind of like, "Oh, another comic relief character, that's cute." Baby managed to take him and really do something with him, though. He retained his whole persona throughout the very large majority of the game, and he and Rob were a hell of a duo. The ongoing moments with various ladies around the island honestly cracked me up, because you couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy, and although I had some part in his death, I still have to say, I thought it was great. #3. Matthias Kovalenko. Now, realize, I liked Matthias when I played him, otherwise, I wouldn't have taken him over in the first place, but the real reason Matthias was one of my absolute favorites was the way that he was portrayed by Makaze, not myself. Matthias was just a great character. Well-rounded, well-portrayed, totally realistic. It's a shame that Maka dropped out of the roleplay so early on, because I'd have loved to see what would've become of him under her control. #2. Bryan Calvert. I'd say I was a closet Calvert fan, but I'd be lying. I mean, I sacrificed my spot as one of the potential winners to keep the guy in the game. It's awesome to see a character evolve and grow so much, and the more Cyco's writing improved, the bigger Bryan Calvert became. I'm impressed with the character overall, and I'm definitely glad he made it as far into the game as he did. He helped provide a lot of the "action" element that V2 was lacking in, and his overall personality and attitude helped him solidify his spot as my #2. #1. Blake Ross. "What the hell?", I hear some of you saying, but yes, Blake Ross was definitely my number one favorite character in V2. Definitely one of the most realistic characters in this game, Nealosi just added some sort of underdog element to him where, even from the early stages of the game, I was rooting for him to win. Needless to say, I was crushed when he was, well, crushed. Haha. --- Top Ten from V1: #10. Miranda Grey. Who? That's probably what a lot of you are asking right about now. Miranda Grey was a short-lived character, created by handler Tayli_Vreeland (you might know him as SweetPea22, which was his most recent handler name), who was somewhat of a local figure (she was a kidnapping victim who'd actually been able to return home) as well as the ex-girlfriend of Eddie Serjeantson. Miranda might not have served much of a role in V1, but her personality was just fantastic, and I haven't seen a character quite like her since. Definitely one of my top ten favorites in V1. #9. Edward Rommel. Another underrated character, who I thought was just fantastic. I don't think there's been another autistic character since Ed, and he's still remained quite a unique character. His death motivated Garrett Langston to attempt to win the game, if only to return his jacket to his parents. As we all know, Garrett failed, but it was still a very touching story. #8.Eddie Serjeantson. I loved Eddie. Period. D0ddi0slave didn't do too much with him, he was only around for a few threads, but he was another character with a unique personality and a lot of charisma, and I wouldn't have minded seeing him go quite a bit farther in the game than he managed to go. Eddie was just an awesome character. #7. Mallory DeLuca. When I said we hadn't seen a character quite so angsty as Anna since V1, Mallory was who I was talking about. Mallory wasn't angsty in the usual annoying way, but this poor girl just had absolutely rotten luck. The whole sidestory with she and Glenn Hughes was very sweet, especially near the end when she wanted to sacrifice herself to Peri Barclay (or was it Stevan?) so that Glenn could live, and as soon as she choose herself to die, Glenn was shot. It was really sad, even though the overall scene got ruined just a bit when somebody else was thrown into the mix. #6. Martyn Ferdinand. Not so much just Martyn, but I loved the trio of Jack, Martyn, and Jill. They were definitely my favorite little group toward the end of V1, and I think Riser and I definitely created a bit of a stir-up during the end of the trio when Angelina Kaige launched a grenade into the warehouse that Jack managed to escape from completely unscathed, while both Martyn and Jill died quite bloody deaths. Plus, Martyn's blood loss rant was just great. #5. Madelaine Shirohara/Nanami Nishida. Maka's pride and joy was definitely one of my favorite characters. She managed to keep Madelaine an interesting character throughout the game, and arguably the best (in my opinion) scene was the scene between Madelaine and Nanami Nishida. This whole scene was just amazing, and it solidified both characters as two of my all-time V1 favorites. Madelaine's death scene, too, was so, just... wow. Absolutely controversial, and probably one of the most well-known scenes in V1. #4. Cillian Crowe. Cillian's probably my all-time favorite villain ever, not just in V1. He was absolutely mental, and he pretty much killed everything that moved in disgustingly gorey ways. The truth is, he added an element to V1 that V2 disappointed me in, because he was absolutely insane. Everywhere he went, somebody died horrifically, and I absolutely ate it up. Plus, writing doesn't actually make me sick very often, but I nearly threw up when Cillian wrenched Ash Holmes' tongue right out of his mouth. #3. Sidney Crosby. What can I say? I was part of the Sidney Crosby fanclub back in V1. I don't really know why Sid wound up having a following, but somehow, he did. To me, he really had this whole personality that was just out for himself, and he really seemed to convey it in the warehouse near the end of the game. There was just something about Sid that I really liked, and I enjoyed his story. #2. Adam Dodd. Of course, the fan-decided "main character" of V1 is going to be on this list, because this is the character that d0ddi0slave basically learned how to roleplay with. He spanned the length of the whole game, and it's just crazy to re-read this huge story about Adam and see how much he's changed (and how different d0ddi0's writing has become). By the way, one of my absolute favorite scenes in V1 was Adam's first kill, one, Mr. Blaine Eno. Every time I hear Semisonic's "Closing Time", I remember this scene. #1. Hawley Faust. Hawley is absolutely my all-time favorite character in V1. First of all, his metamorphasis from one of the island's leading villains into a reformed hero was amazing and absolutely believable, and Riser did a great job with it. Secondly, Hawley became a symbol after he died, and he influenced the entire remainder of his group in one way or another. He was an important enough character to be included in V1's epilogue, and I couldn't help but smile during that scene when all the memories of Adam and Hawley came flooding back as I read it. --- So, there you have it, my V1 and V2 favorites. I'd do V3, but to be really honest, there hasn't been enough roleplaying for me to really tell who I like early on, and it'd be based solely on profiles. And, I'm lazy, so I don't want to reread them all.
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| I'm a Cactus | Nov 10 2007, 11:05 PM Post #3 |
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do you want to go to war, balakay?
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Well...I can't really do too much in terms of V2 characters, just because I didn't read a lot of V2. But here's my list, I guess. Honourable mention: Gabrielle Minase - Simply put, for one very, very special reason. 'Minase got AIDS and died.' LOL. One of the most unintentionally hilarious things that I think's ever been posted in SOTF. 10. Nanami Nishida - Was such a small part of V1, but had such a huge impact upon some of the main characters, and was part of that thread that had some of the funniest bloody moments in V1 in it. She was a supporting player but had a huge impact. 9. Bryan Calvert - Of what I've read of V2, Bryan's been the most real to me. I don't know why, but I took a liking to the character from the beginning and he's been one of the only ones I've tried to follow. I hope he pulls it off. 8. Andrew Lipson - I don't know why I felt so strongly about Andrew, but I think it's because somehow, the way he died really seemed to come up over and over again for me. For the amount of time he was on island, he made a huge impact upon Adam, at the very least - sort of conveyed the utter hopelessness of the whole thing. 7. Cillian Crowe - This one had so much enormous potential to be the villain, people were nearly fantastizing over the eventual Hawley/Cillian showdown that never really happened. The way that Cillian just destroyed people was...well, sick. But awesome. He was basically the first-half villain of V1. 6. Jacob Starr - I know Kyle's said he didn't like his V1 characters, but I did like Jacob. Jacob was like, the T-1000. He just kept coming. He made the conscious decision to play, and then played as methodically as possible. When an ally became useless, Jacob would discard them. I don't know, I just found him really...real, and I liked that about him. Plus I think he was the biggest early-game motivator. 5. Sidney Crosby - How the hell did Sidney Crosby become so popular? I can say without any doubt, he was the most fun character I RPed with ever, including Adam, including anyone. Just because he was so goofy, uncoordinated, pompous, and so completely useless it was hysterical. 4. Cody Jenson - Cody at first was a character that I was like 'um, okay' but was in fact the reason I made Sidney Crosby, to be a foil for him. In doing that, it basically set the stage for Cody to become the bona-fide villain for V1. And GJ played him SO well, like, this kid was nuts. It was a shame that he left in the middle, so we didn't get to play the whole thing with him, but Cody was just so well done, he just slowly lost his mind - being as he was unstable to begin with. Plus, nobody'll ever forget the rape scene. I know I won't. Top 3 time! *drumroll* 3. Hawley Faust - How can you not like Hawley Faust? He had quite possibly the most drastic, yet realistic character development in the whole V1, and was probably the one character everyone could identify with. Couple that with the fact that he was written so wonderfully by Riser, and he just...he was a HUGE part of V1, regardless of the fact that he didn't even make the half-way point. People were constantly referencing him and whatnot up til the end. 2. Adam Dodd - Okay, I can't help myself. Adam was basically how I wanted to see myself in such a situation. But I tried to play him just as a normal kind of guy, with a filthy mouth, and a naitivity about himself. He tried to roll with the punches and I figured he'd never kill anyone. How much he changed just astonished me, as V1 went on and he just kept lasting. Who he was at the beginning of V1 as opposed to the end of it was a triumph for me personally in terms of writing, just because I actually took a character and developed the shit out of him, and thought (in my own opinion) that I did it pretty well. We'll see how he goes in V3, as I couldn't resist bringing him back for another go. Finally, #1... 1. Madelaine Shirohara - I cannot think of a character that I was more upset when they died. Not a single one. I think I was more upset with Madelaine's death than I would have been if Adam had died. She was my favourite character in all of V1, just because she was the glue that held the 'big group' together. I had always wished that we could have had more time with Madelaine to see how she would have coped in the long term to the situation. She was written so wonderfully and so real, that you could almost imagine that it was a real person speaking. Madelaine was strong, and had so much to live for, it seemed - her death I know shocked a hell of a lot of people - me being one of them. I think she had the biggest impact on SOTF in terms of her actions on the island and her death becoming significant - namely, her death set in motion events that would impact throughout the rest of the first SOTF. There won`t ever be another Madelaine - as much as I wish there could be. So that`s it. Maybe I`ll have more of an opinion on V3 characters once V3 starts. |
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| Cyco | Nov 12 2007, 11:04 PM Post #4 |
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Here's my v2 top ten (I'll do a v1 top ten when I find ten v1 characters I like). Allow me to clarify that this isn't based at all on how well they were written, just what appealed to me for whatever reason. Which means that if your character isn't on here I obviously either didn't like them or didn't read their posts, right? ...Just testing you. 10. Mai Oshinrai For me Mai belongs here because she made the relatively dull v2 pregame a bit interesting and actually SOTFish. I mean, shit, it's great that pregame contains a lot of good flashback material and sets up relationships between people, but it's boring to write and often boring to read even when you're the most engaged in it. Mai's backstabbing murder scene with Kim was a wonderful prelude to v2 in all its violent, teenage-angsty glory, and for that I owe it to her. As for Kim, I don't owe her shit because she's a worthless NPC. 9. Vesa Turunen There were very few bruisers in v2, which is good I guess because that makes said few bruisers memorable. He reminded me of a cross between Skwisgaar and a bear in a hockey jersey, which I guess is pretty high on the rad scale. In the end I was kinda disappointed that I didn't get to RP with him; I got a chance really far in (actually to fight and kill him with my flagship) but it didn't work out. Oh well. 8. Felix Travertil I was RPing with Jotun back when v2 started and couldn't help but notice how neutral his character was. Of course a neutral character in SOTF can still be put in an antagonist position very easily, and Felix functioned well as a character who became a villian completely because of circumstance; just because he was looking out for himself. And shit-damn, his death was cool. 7. Seth Mattlock I think I just really like that he was about the last (living) person anyone would have expected to show up on the hotel rooftop when he did. Also his death scene let me RP something different with my dumb self-insert besides just kicking ass and chewing burgers. 6. Huy Tran Had a good time RPing as him, mostly just pleased that his whole suicidal bit didn't define him as a character. Also there was absolutely no planning involved from the beginning so it was interesting to see where things took him. 5. Rob Adams One half of the v2 comedy duo. Chasing tail and rollin' roaches! Sciph is still convinced that Rob isn't a main character, but he ended up being important. Plus his suicide was rad, so cheer up you fat asshole. 4. Anna Dibenidetti v2 needed at least one absolute trainwreck. Someone that you, the reader, know you would get fed up with in a matter of minutes and just leave behind or kill yourself. Somehow that makes her cool. 3. Sera Wingfield Manipulative and cunning and undoubtedly the most subtle villain in v2. That would've been great by itself, but in the end I'm glad the reader gets to see a very vulnerable human side before she bites it. 2. Bryan Calvert Surprise! Considering I catered entirely to myself in writing my rather slow-witted doppelganger, why wouldn't he be one of my favorites. The only reason he's ranked this high on my list though is because I love how everything turned out. What are the odds? It's as if...nevermind. Just kidding, Laz. Of course, Bryan would have been nothing more than a badass power player if it weren't for... 1. Tori Johnson I think Tori is my #1 favorite because while Giselle drove me batshit outta-my-head nuts sometimes while we were writing, it always worked out well in the end and was ultimately a memorable writing experience for me. That and everytime she was rolled my heart actually sank. |
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| Ares | Nov 13 2007, 12:34 PM Post #5 |
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10. Anna Dibenidetti: The story between her and Huy struck deep with me, because I personally thought it was Mitsuko's best writing, and the character did make you feel for her. 9. Damien Carter-Madison: Points for being the"Umm...what the in the name of yellow fuckin' smurfs" character. 8. Vesa Turunen: Big mean hockey player. I relate to that in real life. I like the way he was wrote and played the game. Pity he had to experience a completely bullshit fight with Mari. I'm sorry Mitsy, but I've never been in a hotel hallway that someone could leap over a 6 foot + Finnish hockey player. 7. Felix Travertil: Jotun started something great with Felix, and I only hope I did him justice. I liked Felix's character from the beginning. He was conflicted, but not to the point where it was stopping him. 6. Rob Adams: As Cyco said above, I don't believe Rob was one of the more popular characters, but I put him in my top 10, just because he was my flagship for V2, and I had fun writing him. I was originally planning on making him exactly a real life friend of the same name, but after meeting up with Matt, then everything else that happened, I realized I had to make him something that was different from anyone I knew in RL. 5. Matthew Drew: Poor bastard. Teamed up with Rob, only one joint, almost got laid about 4 times (each of which would have got him killed), then he finally gets what he wants, and hes dead. Giselle did an excellent job writing with him, and those 2:30am nights on MSN saying, "Ok your turn to post" are memorable. 4. Huy Tran: Same reasons for putting Anna in my Top 10. Huy was written exactly as his real life (yes, Bryan, Giselle and I have a real life friend named Huy (Wee)) counterpart. Huy was a crucial part of V2 in that his character was just trying to do the right thing, and protect someone he grew to love. Sounds like Bryan and Tori, but read it and you'll know how different it was. 3. Tori Johnson: I put Tori here, because Giselle shocked me with how well she could write. A huge amount of emotion and effort was put into Tori, and I believe that she was the second most worked on and developed character through V2. 2. Sera Wingfield: I don't know how to put in words why I liked Sera so much, so I'll just say: High five Megs for an awesome character. 1. Bryan Calvert: Pretty much what everyone else said. Bryan was one of if not the best written character in V2. I know that Bryan (RL) put in a huge amount of time into making sure that he kept true to himself in the actions and mannerisms that his counterpart acted on. For me, Bryan was able to give us a character that killed people, but we couldn't say, "He did that in strict cold blood," or "Damn, it seemed like Bryan enjoyed that kill." |
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I like both of these lads, because they seem to have a lot more depth than them to most of my others. That is open to interpretation, it's only my opinion.









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