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Quote:1931. Use your lore, it's like two clicks from the front page of your website.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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Quote:Quite a bit. My main (http://formspring.me/TheAndrogyne) is following 233 accounts as of adding you and Dechs; of course over time most of those have moved on or been retired as players try out other characters, but people are always drifting to and away from it as time and interest allows. I've seen people fall silent for months then pop back up in my feed out of nowhere. Good indicator of current activity is that a lot of the more general public questions rack up 40-50 individual responses after a few days.Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Also does anyone still do this?
2 quick tips for anyone new to FS to quickly connect to a bunch of folks:
1) Follow, follow, follow. Most people ask their questions with "Followers" checked to send the question to everyone who follows them, so the more folks you're tracking the more questions you'll get, and if they aren't already following you they'll see your answer anyway and have the opportunity to.
2) Ask, ask, ask. Either send out general questions from your own homepage to everyone you've followed, or individual ones to anyone you see that your character might like to know more about. When they answer, anyone following them will see who asked the question. -
If you're just "getting a hint" they feel that way, ignore it and continue RPing. Otherwise you'd be doing the same thing you have a hint they're doing. If they genuinely dislike it, they'll either say something or extract themselves from the interaction.
I find it helps when playing an abrasive character with someone who doesn't know what to expect to do one of three things: preface the interaction with an OOC note that this character is generally unpleasant; be so outlandish that the character verges on self-parody so it's readily apparent that you're in on the joke; or engage the other player in more casual conversation about the RP in tells while it's going on (without being creepily overfriendly about it or spending more time explaining your character's personality OOC than portraying it IC).
Though sometimes people just aren't in the mood for antagonism. RPing a fictional clash well can be as draining and obnoxious as arguing with someone IRL, it takes the same amount of brainpower to formulate a character's pretendy arguments and answer those of others as any real argument would. -
If the power is granted by an external entity and can't be explained by science, that makes the character of a Magical origin. If he had unlocked some hidden human potential through meditation and communion then it would be Natural. Neither case declares anything about anyone's God, only about the character.
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Quote:Yeah, it acts as an independent anonymous instance of the question, so it'll appear in the follow stream for anyone following you but not on the page created to collect the answers from the batch of people the question was originally sent to.Originally Posted by Square_Woot
I see. And when you answer a question like that, you're not added to that thread unless they follow you, correct?
I'm still sort've getting the hang of it, as well as the proper etiquette for it. (Like, do people often send a question to everyone on their friends list, or just their followers?)
As for sending etiquette, I would say when it's a question somehow specific to your character ("If I were an animal, which would I be?") only send to followers, but if it's more general ("What is your favorite animal?") go ahead and blast it to everyone you can. -
Quote:The site's design is solely about the Q&A, so it doesn't have any sort of comment/reply threading feature. If an answer inspires a follow-up, you can go to the person's profile page to send a new question straight to them, or uncheck Followers and use the Friends button on your own follow stream's question box to select only specific people. The option the corner arrow on questions gives for responding is there mainly for if you see someone answer a question you weren't asked but would like to answer yourself.Originally Posted by Square_Woot
I'll get one tonight.
Basically I'm just trying to respond to people's comments in a question I asked; but find myself unable to. -
Quote:Most of the time that will be the case, but in troll-rich drama-thirsty Virtue RP land, this is a golden opportunity to try to upset people you've got a grudge with. According to a mutual friend, the current Exalted holder of my main's not exactly common name (Androgyne) grabbed both that name and that of a friend (Black Starbeam) before he even claimed his own.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Why?
Didn't happen to me, didn't do it to anyone else... but the thread makes an assumption (see the "culprit" and "usurped" phrasing) that it was done deliberately to target someone. Someone may have actually *wanted* that specific name and not known/cared about the "big name" - since they have no idea (and/or don't care) that person exists.
This is someone neither of us has said a word to in over two years (with a literal one-word exception I can think of on my part), someone we aren't friends with and don't like because of his past antagonizing via global channel and forums, and neither name is of the "must-have" variety. It's just a deliberate attempt to spoil someone else's fun.
At least in the case of one person I know who grabbed a couple names of other player's mains (not something I approve of, though I've certainly laughed about it), he's not operating out of genuine malice but looking for lulz, and I imagine after he has them he'll free the names for those who actually want to play their mains on Exalted in some form. I, on the other hand, can probably rest assured I'll never see the name.
Ultimately it's not a big deal for me. I'd like to have "my" name in case I decide to go to Exalted for any temporary reason, but I've got too much time invested in my groups on Virtue to want to move, and I have my names where they matter. It's just a staggeringly petty move from a disturbingly obsessed troll, so yeah, it has happened. -
Quote:This, to both. Very touching farewell to Galaxy.Originally Posted by Chyll
Yep. I've had my eye out for this one.
And it is as sad as I expected.
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Nice update! Thought I had everyone followed with Androgyne but still found a few I'd missed in the list. Also, caught a couple typos going down it:
http://www.formspring.me/hobsobschoice should be http://www.formspring.me/hobsonschoice
http://www.formspring.me/incebdiumchasma should be http://www.formspring.me/incendiumchasma
http://www.formspring.me/innocuous should be http://www.formspring.me/innocuus
http://www.formspring.me/rainfall should be http://www.formspring.me/rainfaii
http://www.formspring.me/theandrogyne appears twice on the list.
And here's some additions:
http://www.formspring.me/alexaerikson
http://www.formspring.me/awkwardpause
http://www.formspring.me/brainwaveai
http://www.formspring.me/captainpianet
http://www.formspring.me/djpheonyx
http://www.formspring.me/elliotmactagart
http://www.formspring.me/gensym
http://www.formspring.me/graveyardbaron
http://www.formspring.me/laceyfabulous
http://www.formspring.me/ladydarkhealz
http://www.formspring.me/liijon
http://www.formspring.me/markylegs
http://www.formspring.me/masterjdub
http://www.formspring.me/mcintosha
http://www.formspring.me/negativerave
http://www.formspring.me/plasmastream
http://www.formspring.me/pyrehound
http://www.formspring.me/siegerunner
http://www.formspring.me/steeladvocate
http://www.formspring.me/thequinch
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Considered attending this but my normally very social main is distracted with a dying girlfriend. After reading all the follow-up, just want to second basically everything Xanatos has pointed out to the organizer, especially this:
Quote:If you want a certain atmosphere for the RP at an IC event, I recommend producing an IC framework for said event. All I saw here was "we should bring our characters to some place at some time, hang out and mingle and wing the why". Next time, maybe try something like this.The "original intent" was merely a public IC meet and greet. I'd say that fratboy types certainly fit into this theme. (They are known for their love of socialising.) If an event has a specific specific style of RP theme that all attendees have to adhere to then it should say so in the original post and the event should be made private.
Character X is putting out a call to heroes and villains associated with the Midnight Club to gather for:- a serious discussion about how to turn our collected arcane knowledge to the benefit of Primal Earth as Tyrant steps up his invasion of our world.
- a ritual to cleanse Character Y of a demonic infestation that will require the support of several superhuman wills possessed of both benevolent and malevolent intent.
- tea and crumpets.
My first inclination faced without an actual RP reason to be there, which I wager is similar to the mindset that led Sentinel & Wyrm to bring the characters they did, is to bring my most social character who would see some sort of mixer happening as they wandered through and jump right in to chit-chat. With an actual reason like the above examples offered, it becomes clear that it's not just a randomly chosen co-op location to facilitate a mixed-alignment party. In such a case, I'd be more inclined to bring my completely awkward and socially incompetent librarian who deals with the Midnight Club on a daily basis, instead of my bubbly social butterfly. It even gives me an opportunity for RP before the event, and to bring more people, as something is happening my character can tell her friends whose players don't read the boards about.
Besides that, yeah, everything that was said about public events being public and characters with obnoxious personalities being as legitimate as any other. Sorry it didn't turn out exactly as you hoped it would, but I don't think I've heard of a public event that ever did.
Also, I don't think anyone's opinion is quite as irrelevant as those 10 people who felt compelled to tell you they were glad they weren't there after whatever second- or third-hand accounts filtered back to them. (Then I remembered I opened this post with the fact that I wasn't there either, lol.) -
Quote:Thanks for letting us know what a good guy you are.Originally Posted by Silas_Gray
In a manner of speaking, yes.
Our avatars reflect a piece of our personality and our souls (However small that piece may be.) Would you play a character that is in conflict with your ideals? The answer is no, some small part of you approves of what you avatar "does" otherwise you wouldn't play it. This is why I can never bring myself to be an openly evil character in an open-ended RPG, the idea of hurting people, killing them makes me ill. So no, I do not accept your argument Tramontane. Some part of you feels justified in your characters actions. The same goes for any "Racist Character."
Approval and justification don't enter into it. A character is not by definition an avatar of its creator's personality or opinions. They're just characters, and their actions and words are decided to further the stories and RP they are a part of. Authors frequently give these unsavory traits to a character to make them appear ignorant or unlikable, or have the villain of a story commit atrocities to both motivate the hero and make the readers crave the villain's defeat.
Even if that is the goal, I certainly don't recommend using that particular trait around people who don't know you and know that that's your intent with the character, whether or not there's a warning in the bio -- I agree with Doc that going to the trouble of pointing it out is suspiciously defensive. Pretty sure "BUT IT WAS IN CHARACTER" is not a valid defense if someone takes offense and petitions something the character says. -
Quote:Awesome, many thanks to the Sentry, and big congratulations on your third anniversary! Would have liked to bring Advocate to the gala for some schmoozing and networking RP, but I'm stuck at work all night. :/Originally Posted by Matt_King
For our VirtueVerse Contest, the grand prize winner was Steel Advocate.
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272,000,000.
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Hmm...why not.
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Oh yeah, didn't mean to rule out a fair share of lulz with the second approach, I'm a firm believer that humor and depth can go hand in hand. My point in separating the two was more the complexity that would be involved in the second approach, needing several people to find hooks to tie their existing stories together in a way that flows from arc to arc. A straight comedic one-shot affair with a single plot author only collecting dialogue contributions from everyone appearing would just be easier.
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So PaulOoshun's accidental sitewide pimping of his arc for Aglow & Brickbreaker got me thinking about the idea of a Formspring Task Force AE arc (or rather a few arcs, to fit in every Formspringer we can). I shot out a message to everyone I've got followed there about it but just thought I'd drop a couple longer ideas here in case anyone wants to weigh in in longer form.
The main thing that appeals to me about the idea is the circle overlap I've seen spring (lol) out of this whole thing. So I don't go off on a rant about my hatred of the term "clique", I'll just be using the term circle for convenience to refer to the various playgroups that may be defined by SG or coalition ties, OOC friendship, global channel usage, whatever.
I've lured several friends onto Formspring since it caught my fancy, but it's actually the people I don't know or only met thanks to Formspring that Ani spends more time question-jousting with. All the friends I brought with me have been finding lots of interaction outside of our usual circle as well.
There's a couple approaches I thought of first off, one of which was a more jokey, cameo-fraught arc wherein the heroes and villains of Formspring clash in attempt to either destroy or save the actual Formspring.me offices or something, a silly fun romp of a who's-who-on-Formspring kind of thing where everyone gets to use the mission dialogue to show off some more of their character's personality. This would be the easiest to construct, just a matter of bashing together an in-joke laden storyline to span a few arcs and collecting a bunch of costume files.
The approach I like more, but which is more ambitious, relies on the overlap and interaction I mentioned Formspring fostering. We all have RP of our own going on that easily involves our friends. But if any of several people Ani gets along with there were to say, "Ani, I could use a hand with this," Ani'd be there for them in a heartbeat (eir own RP difficulties lately allowing, which they soon will) and would be bringing the Reciprocators and League of Misfits with em.
It would take a lot of coordination and more intricate cross-plotting between the arc crafters, but a series of arcs dealing with situations our groups are confronting intertwining and overlapping could make for a hell of an interesting event. And it would also leave more room for surprises as Formspringers RP through the arcs that start dealing with other circles and get new insights into how those characters operate and what they deal with.
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Sure, why not.
Current Virtue slots: All purchased, 29 toons representing 25 different characters (2 characters with 2 builds, 1 with 3), 1 name being held for a friend, 5 free slots.
Of the 25 characters, 9 are Female, 10 are Male, 6 are Huge.
Favorites to Play: The Androgyne, 50+1 Rad/Dark/Dark Corruptor (Musculature Radial) and The Great White Hype, 50 Elec/SR/Body Brute (Nerve somethingorother)
Favorite AT: To play, Brutes. To play with, Defenders. Though my favorite character is a Corruptor and I like the AT, it's probably not my favorite outside of Dark Miasma.ATs & Levels
8 Scrappers: 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 39, 6, 2
3 Blasters: 50, 50, 27
3 Brutes: 50, 50, 46
3 Defenders: 35, 10, 1 (1 50 deleted)
3 Tankers: 45, 40, 8
2 Corruptors: 50, 38 (2nd 50 stored on Justice)
2 Dominators: 33, 23
1 Arachnos Soldier: 32
1 Arachnos Widow: 29
1 Controller: 10
1 Mastermind: 23
1 Stalker: 24
Powersets (Excluding those I only have 1 of):
4 Dark Miasma: 1 Corruptor, 2 Defenders, 1 Mastermind (Favorite by miles, the 50 Defender I deleted and the Corruptor I transfered were both Darks)
4 Dark Armor: 1 Brute, 2 Scrappers, 1 Tanker (Not remotely a favorite but conceptually versatile)
4 Super Reflexes: 2 Scrappers, 2 Brutes (addictively h4x, all are 50)
3 Dual Blades: 2 Scrappers, 1 Stalker
3 Dual Pistols: 2 Blasters, 1 Defender
2 Claws: 2 Scrappers
2 Electric Armor: 1 Scrapper, 1 Tanker
2 Mind Control: 1 Controller, 1 Dominator
2 Radiation Blast: 1 Blaster, 1 Corruptor
2 Regeneration: 2 Scrappers
2 Super Strength: 2 Brutes
Origins
8 Mutation (least favorite conceptually)
6 Magic
6 Natural
6 Technology
3 Science
Alignment
I should have many more Vigilantes and Rogues, I just got bored of the Tip grind pretty fast after I moved the most important ones to where they belonged.
12 Heroes (1 formerly Resistance)
8 Villains
3 Vigilante
3 Rogue
2 Loyalist
1 Resistance
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Quote:This, minus the abject shame I happily contributed to.Originally Posted by Eisregen_NA
Actually RPed through most of it. I feel horrible.
I burned out on DXP two or three events ago after spending most of a DXP weekend on my 50s smashing through Boreas to powerlevel friends & grind Prestige, only to see most of those characters deleted or forgotten within weeks. Plus, with Patrol XP and all the XP smoothing the game's been through in the last couple years, the game goes by too fast to me as it is. The one thing I've really wanted to level lately is in a pact meant to RP through a bunch of the Praetorian content, so DXP was out for that.
Sooo, total levels earned: 2. I took my elec/energy tank Steel Advocate from 38-39 and my old SS/DA Brute Hamhock from 45-46. At this rate the brute should be 50 sometime in 2015, since I manage to get him about a level a year since '07 or so. -
The saps I've roped into this to some extent or another:
Adept Shrike - http://www.formspring.me/shrikespikes
Black Seven - http://www.formspring.me/BlackSeven
Black Starbeam - http://www.formspring.me/BlackStarbeam
Charged Wolf - http://www.formspring.me/ChargedWolf
Disheartener - http://www.formspring.me/Disheartener
Ron Clemens - http://www.formspring.me/RonClemens
Wyr3h3d - http://www.formspring.me/hobsonschoice -
Count me in with the addicts, this has been a hoot so far. As has been pointed out, it's great for helping to flesh out minor details about or perceptions held by a character. I'm also enjoying it as a way to keep my main somewhat active while I'm focusing on other characters for a couple days, and figure it'd be an ideal way for em to pass the time hunched over a smartphone at the bar nosing into random stranger's lives while storyline developments have em squatting in the D.
I also like letting my character be afflicted by social media cretinitis, where an otherwise intelligent and capable individual goes a little durrhurr when confronted with a keyboard and doesn't give half as much consideration as they should to who could be reading. -
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Been screwing around more with CSS lately and just finished an overhaul of my main's page, Androgyne (and swiped a snippet from Trioxin there). Still need to extend the new style to all the sub-pages it was broken into before and the story pages off of it, though. Also happy with how Advocate Thompson came out, feedback welcome on both layouts.
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I've heard a couple friends complain of having trouble finding lower level teams since I19 dropped, and that's to be expected with all the incentive we've been given to play our 50s and run the high-level TFs. After everyone gets their mains Alpha-ed up they'll drift back to their alts and the teaming will pick up, I'd expect. I've been recommending people go through the D and take their Primal lowbies on Praetorian teams, since there still seems to be a lot of activity there.
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I've been working on a flashy new ubercustomizable infobox for character pages that'll be up in a day or two at Template:PriceBox, but playing around with the parser functions in constructing it gave me a couple ideas for other handy little tools that're up and working already, feel free to use the first and rip off the second.
Template:GC, for Game Colors, will let you use the in-game costume/SG color palette when styling your pages up with pretty colors without having to go looking for exactly what hex value corresponds to what shade. Instructions and a color chart are on the Template page; say you wanted to color a bit of text using the fifth red to match your costume or SG colors, you can just surround the text with:
Code:and you're all set.<span style="color:{{GC|B5}};"> </span>
Template:AlwaysAPrice/Levels is meant for my own use but it's easily replicated for anyone who wants to employ the same trick to save a bunch of clicking around when updating their levels. It's a single page where I keep a list of all my characters' levels. I plug an inclusion of it into both my userpage list of characters and the character pages themselves wherever I want the current level to appear, and all those pages will be automatically updated whenever I change the levels on this template. The Template page has instructions for making and using your own if you think you'd find it useful yourself. -
Quote:That gave me a bigger lol than I want to admit.Originally Posted by High_Jinks
