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David Meramac; The Normie
Topic Started: Nov 9 2009, 03:57 AM (418 Views)
Grim Wolf
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Name: David Meramac
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Grade: 12
School: Bayview Secondary School
Hobbies and Interests: Band, Baseball (2nd String), Track, Webcomics,

Appearance: David is built slender. Which isn't to say he isn't packing some muscle--his best mile time is 4:11, though he only achieved this time once, and he's infamous on the baseball team for his precise batting skills--infamous because he can barely make it into the outfield and full-tilt. This is demonstrated by his build. He is not precisely wiry--while his legs and wrists have some serious power behind them, his biceps are only middling and the rest of his body tends towards 'skinny' rather than 'ripped'.

He has curly dark hair extending a little ways past his ears and thoughtful brown eyes. His nose is a bit big for his face but is more ridge-like than bulbous, almost forming a barrier between the two sides of his face. His ears are a little big, but he has a bright, infectious grin which he expresses almost constantly. He is naturally of a cheerful disposition, and is an eternal optimist.

He typically keeps his dress fairly casual: T-shirt and jeans, usually offset by a battered leather jacket given to him by his father. Many of his T-shirts have been purchased from websites, usually based on one of his many webcomics.

Biography: David Meramac was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Daryl and Claudia Meramac, who were divorced only three months later. Following their divorce, Daryl gained custody over young David once evidence surfaced (not, it might be noted, from Daryl) regarding Claudia's drug habits (habits which she has since conquered). Despite their mutual loathing, Claudia agreed to leave the raising of David to the more-stable Daryl as she set out to deal with her personal issues.

Despite his parents status, David was always an extremely energetic young boy. He loved recess far more than any of his classes, a trend which has continued to the present, and he tended to lead in games such as tag and kickball. When middle school came around--and, with it, organized sports--David took a proactive interest in both: he was the best short-distance sprinter at his first school and has remained one of the top ten consistently, and is always a solid, if not particularly inspired, member of the varsity cross country team. He has a great love of running and trains this any way he can: in eighth grade he picked up a five-mile paper route which he has run every morning since, sprinting the first and last mile (usually only inflict nausea on himself as a result). It was his father who encouraged this: Daryl Meramac, an energetic, athletic architect, has pushed his son to struggle for what he loves at every available opportunity.

David also plays baseball, though that is mainly at his friend Steve's insistence. Steve Iros, a junior with a real love for baseball, is the the starting pitcher for the Huskies, and is constantly trying to recruit players for the admittedly pathetic team. David does not particularly shine--his arms are pretty weak, comparatively, he has only ever benched 110 at his best--but he does have one particularly interesting component to his legacy: he is rarely struck out. He is unerringly accurate at smashing his bat into the ball: the only problem is that said ball rarely goes far.

David's interest in the saxophone is different: while he isn't much of a player, he loves the sounds and potential of the instrument, and is quite a fan of the music. In fact, he has a penchant for saxophone composition, some of which is quite good (although most of which he is too embarassed to share with others).

Aside from this, David's bright and cheerful personality is attended to by a love of a particularly strange brand of humor--namely, webcomics. A big fan of 8-bit Theatre, Fortuna Saga, SMBC, and Girl Genius, David's wit tends to be more quoting than original. He is by no means unintelligent, but he is far from being the smartest in the bunch.

While he had little contact with his mother until he was nine years old, they enjoy a healthy relationship now: Claudia Stevens has worked out her issues with heroin and is presently the regional manager for every Publix in the State of Florida. It is from his mother that David gained his love of jazz.

David's a generally friendly guy with a love of jazz and running, a solid group of friends, and passable (read, 3.0 g.p.a.) grades.

Advantages: David is a genuinely trustworthy person, a commonly acknowledged fact, which makes it easier for him to get to know people. His main asset, physically, is his fantastic speed: he can outrun practically anyone in a short-distance competition, and has above average, if not spectacular, stamina to balance this out. His ability to swing a bat accurately easily transfers over to other melee weapons.

Disadvantages: David does have some issues about the long estrangement with his mother: he tends to be far too trusting, especially with women. Moreover, the simple fact is that David isn't strong: his probable accuracy with melee weapons is tempered by the fact that any blows inflicted with them would be fairly easy to shake off. There is also the simple fact that David has led a fairly sheltered existence: in crisis, he tends to panic rather than maintaining a cool head.
Edited by Grim Wolf, Nov 9 2009, 02:37 PM.
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Please fix the formatting of the profile (in particular the bolding of the titles) to match the formatting in this template. Once it's been set to standard, a moderator or administrator will provide you with a full critique.

Thanks!
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natlei was sleeping in her bed when someone came thru her window "get away rapist" she said still half asleep and hit one of them in the head with her liucky frying pan then went back tyo bed them men the injected her with a sedative and carried her off
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Apologies, Crash, I had it bolded in wordpad and, as it was nearly three and I was off to bed, I didn't stop to look if needed to be done with HTML.

I also didn't see the blank template at the bottom of that page until just now: I copied Korazon's orange-and-blue outline and then just cut out all the words.
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Hi and welcome to SOTF! You've got a really excellent profile here, I've just got two teeny nitpicks I'd like you to take care of and I'll be more then happy to approve him.

First is just this sentence fragment "(although he threw up for twelve minutes afterwards)" should be removed - the tone of the profile should be as though one of Danya's goons was writing it, so while most of the profile is great that line just doesn't quite fit. The other thing is that you don't need to mention being pulled into SOTF in this particular app, there'll be a second round for V4 proper where you can toss in the thing about he's wearing.

So just change those two things and we can get this party started! Post in this thread once you've finished, pls <3


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Thank you very much Faceinabook, it looks like this is going to be a fun site.

Changes added as per your request. I don't think I missed an 'invitation' reference.

Also, am I free to start making characters now? I'm kicking around some ideas, I'd like to get started. Or would you prefer that I waited a little and developed Meramac in regards to everyone else.
Edited by Grim Wolf, Nov 9 2009, 02:43 PM.
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Awesome, thanks so much. David is happily APPROVED.

And for future reference, go nuts on the character front - you can have as many as you want waiting to be critiqued. Just bear in mind that you can only have four characters at once in V4 proper ;)


marc st. yves
light it up or burn it down we'll all die in fire
{food for thought}


phineas rosario
fall down seven times stand up eight

sebastian conway
can't see the forest for the trees
{book of sparrows}


(so you've got to keep in mind, when you try to change the world for the better not everybody's gonna be on your side)
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