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| Topic Started: Nov 15 2009, 07:47 PM (412 Views) | |
| The Big Eye | Nov 15 2009, 07:47 PM Post #1 |
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Name: Samson "Sam" West Gender: Male Age: 17 Grade: 12 School: Bayview Secondary Hobbies and Interests: Philosophy, Psychology, Poetry, Music (Classical, New Age, and some Heavy Metal), the occasional video game; also, was a member of the Bayview Secondary Chess Club for Grades 11 and 12, and the Bayview Debating Team for Grade 11 Appearance: Samson is a young man of mixed Caucasian and East Indian ancestry. He has mocha-colored skin, black hair which he rarely if ever styles, aquiline blue eyes, a flat nose, and generally long features. He would describe himself as "quietly good-looking," although his timidity, especially around potential love interests, has prevented this from being a boon to his meager social life. He is not particularly well-muscled and has a slight gut, but is nevertheless quite well-suited to walking long distances and running short ones. He stands at the slightly below-average height of five feet, three inches, and weighs in at 166 pounds. He is a casual dresser; his most notable accessory is an unadorned iron ring he calls his "strength ring," which he obtained (from his father, at a machine shop) when he was eight years old and has regularly worn on his ring finger ever since. Biography: Born an only child into a small household living in the midst of the St. Paul urban sprawl, Samson was something of an unexpected arrival for his financially disadvantaged parents. At the tender age of eight, his parents went through a messy divorce; his father, a policeman, lost custody to his mother, who owned a small restaurant. Three years later, the restaurant closed down and his mother began to spiral into a state of clinical depression. Although they still managed to keep up the rent, Samson lost many of the amenities of his childhood. He entertained himself by reading, and became interested in philosophy and psychology through such classic and modern works as "Lord of the Flies," "Ender's Game," and "Nineteen Eighty-Four." His mother continued to refuse treatment for her depression, increasingly forcing the boy to fend for himself. At the same time, he began to expand his interest in music as a distraction from the oppressive silence of his life at home. He began to develop an inner rage at the broken state of his family and the childhood he had lost, an emotion which he reflected through an increasing affinity for heavy metal instead of the relaxing New Age and classical melodies that used to represent the entirety of his musical taste. He also developed an interest in writing, in particular poetry, and this hobby began to occupy much of his free time. Samson was unusually intelligent and consistently excelled during his years in grade school, even in the years following his parents' divorce. He became overconfident in his intellectual ability and as such was often spurned and occasionally picked on by other students. When he began his high school career, his disinterested, intelligently smug attitude would earn him few friends among the student body. He did very well in the sciences, particularly Physics, but in Social Studies and English he began to lag behind due to a combination of overconfidence and simple lack of interest. He joined the chess club and debating team during his second year, although he left the latter after just a few months due to what he saw as bullying from the other students. One of Samson's more abrasive traits is his feeling of entitlement due to his intelligence and "hard life," which in turn caused him to take defeat very seriously; this contributed to his departure from the debating team more than he would like to admit. He preferred the mechanical, pragmatic nature of the chessboard to true social interaction, and his successes in various championships earned him a reputation as, if nothing else, a gifted strategist. Outside of school, he took an interest in disasters, massacres, and battles, both past and present; because of this, he became quite fixated on the behavior of the human mind under pressure and in extreme circumstances. Sam never became seriously romantically involved with anyone during high school. The painful divorce he had gone through during his childhood left him with a lack of interest in long-term relationships, although he would usually explain this by claiming, with some irony, that he just couldn't "stay interested" in any particular woman for long. With his secondary education all but behind him, he has set himself to deciding what to do with the rest of his life. Currently, he has absolutely no idea. He remains estranged from his father, who was transferred outside of the state, and harbors some loathing toward his mother for her condition and failure to seek treatment. Samson has a number of strange personality quirks, probably the most noticeable of which being his tendency to break into a near-incoherent Southern accent when deeply disturbed or emotional, a hangover from an old family joke, and one of his fondest childhood memories. He has pathological fears of vomit, broken bones, insects, and the dark. Advantages: Sam is a moral pragmatist, preferring to avoid sentimentality or excessive emotion when making moral decisions - though in principle a caring, empathic person, he is willing to "bend the rules" if he thinks it will benefit him in a significant way, particularly if he decides that the benefit to him is greater than the detriment to others. He possesses a caustic wit and acute intelligence, although either one can tend to distance him from others. He is quite durable emotionally, partly due to his unhappy childhood and partly due to the lessons he learned through the written word throughout the latter part of that childhood. His studies have brought him a good understanding of human behavior, especially in the face of mortal danger. Disadvantages: His emotional insecurity and lack of confidence around women robs him of much of the effect of his impressive wit. He has only a few friends in Bayview (although, fortunately, he has even fewer enemies). He fears scuffles and direct fighting in general, largely due to his experiences with bullying in grade school. Although his young life was emotionally trying, it was not trying physically, so Sam has little tolerance for pain. Edited by The Big Eye, Nov 24 2009, 11:11 PM.
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Currently the 209th 92,112th 36,523,862nd 1,234,502,437th Best Human Being of All Time. Will keep updated as events warrant. The Infinite Noose - My own personal bathroom wall and soapbox (in that order) v4 Samson West - Currently in self-enforced pre-pregame purgatory | |
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| MurderWeasel | Nov 15 2009, 10:51 PM Post #2 |
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Hi Big Eye! Welcome to SOTF! Samson is a good start, but is temporarily DENIED. There are some details I'd like elaborated on before I approve him for pregame. To start with, all of Samson's interests should come up somewhere in his biography. Specifically, I'd like a bit of mention about his musical interests. I'd also like you to give his weight a numerical value. Samson's biography could use a little expansion. I'd like to know more about him in general. How did his parents' divorce affect him emotionally? Why does he have his smug attitude? Where do his personality quirks come from? What are the other ones (you say he has a number of them)? Why has he never pursued a relationship? Which classes are his favorites? Are there any other interesting things we should know about him? Basically, I'd like a little more detail. I recommend you check out this helpful character creation guide and some of our Approved Registrations, such as faceinabook's Erik Laurin for an idea of what we're looking for. Also, I'd like Samson's advantages and disadvantages written out, instead of in list format. They should also come up in his biography. Right now a lot of them, particularly the moral pragmatism and dislike of blunt weapons, come out of nowhere. Finally, please skip lines between your biography paragraphs. It makes them much easier to read. Post here when you've made the changes I've asked for, and I'll give Samson another look. Thanks a ton! |
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| The Big Eye | Nov 16 2009, 12:57 AM Post #3 |
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Thanks for the welcome there, Killer! It looks like you guys have a great community here... Just a little bit odd, given that it centers around emotionally unstable teenagers brutalizing each other in transcendentally gory ways. (Which isn't to say I'm not interested, of course.) I've made all of the changes you wanted, or at least I think I did. I've already read most of the character creation guides, but I suppose I did skimp on my actual description of the character. Hope it's up to par now. Incidentally, I'm going to declare this an example of acceptance by exclusion and say that you don't mind that I single-handedly gave Bayview Secondary a chess club and debating team... right? EDIT: Nevermind... looks like someone narrowly beat me to it. ...I am truly bewildered. Edited by The Big Eye, Nov 16 2009, 01:01 AM.
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Currently the 209th 92,112th 36,523,862nd 1,234,502,437th Best Human Being of All Time. Will keep updated as events warrant. The Infinite Noose - My own personal bathroom wall and soapbox (in that order) v4 Samson West - Currently in self-enforced pre-pregame purgatory | |
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| MurderWeasel | Nov 16 2009, 01:18 AM Post #4 |
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Hey Big Eye, thanks for making the changes. There is just one more detail I'd like you to adjust for me. We try to discourage "premade players" in SOTF. That means, we prefer characters who don't immediately stand out as likely to participate in the violent aspects of SOTF. This doesn't mean your character can't or won't become a killer on the island, just that it shouldn't be obvious from the profile. Part of the excitement of SOTF comes from watching otherwise normal people snap or adapt under extreme pressure. With that in mind, there are a couple of things I'd like to see the following two lines removed: "he understands the merit of killing or letting another die in order to save himself. " and "While not particularly averse to the idea of killing, he prefers the idea of doing it from a good distance away; he fears having to fight with knives, clubs or improvised weapons, due to the amounts of potential human suffering involved, both for the victor and the defeated." You can work his distaste for up-close combat in some other way if you like, perhaps by making him dislike physical contact (which seems natural, given his awkwardness with girls). Once you get those bits cleaned up, post again and I'll give him another look! Also, Bayview's already got pretty large debate and chess teams, so Samson's in good company. A list of clubs and members is available here. |
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| The Big Eye | Nov 16 2009, 01:38 AM Post #5 |
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Done. The "pre-made characters" bit was unintentional; obviously, Samson isn't much of a fighter (irony acknowledged, thank you), but I thought his feelings toward fighting and killing and such would be important later on. No sarcasm intended: they will, of course, but I suppose it's better to let this develop throughout the RP rather than declaring it at the outset. Hope that clears that up! Thanks for listening.
Edited by The Big Eye, Nov 16 2009, 01:38 AM.
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Currently the 209th 92,112th 36,523,862nd 1,234,502,437th Best Human Being of All Time. Will keep updated as events warrant. The Infinite Noose - My own personal bathroom wall and soapbox (in that order) v4 Samson West - Currently in self-enforced pre-pregame purgatory | |
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| MurderWeasel | Nov 16 2009, 01:40 AM Post #6 |
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Thanks, and well done. Samson is APPROVED |
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