Altaholic in need of an Intervention
By
Bullet Barrage,
Posted on: 2010-08-26 08:18 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Time for me to confess.|
Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
Beyond my "main" dozen or two characters, I have some oddball alts made mostly in jest....
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ALL of my characters are oddball types made mostly in jest. Really. All of them. I don't have a single one that is in any way "serious".
"Misbegotten Moon"---Fighting stupidity with stupidity.
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Sadly I can relate: my namesake is even something of an inside joke.|
Originally Posted by Stogieman
Time for me to confess.
ALL of my characters are oddball types made mostly in jest. Really. All of them. I don't have a single one that is in any way "serious". |
When my friend Rian_Frostdrake tried to sell me on this game, it was a bit of a twist for him-- he almost exclusively plays non-human characters, so the fact that he'd play something where the options were so HUMAN was a testament to the game's appeal. But, in typical Frostdrake fashion... when raving about this new MMO, he worded it a bit awkwardly,
"So, you know how you usually play characters that look like you, but I don't." ... he said this while I was playing a character that... well, the character was wearing a metal bikini, so you figure it out. My wife and I heckled him about it and let it drop.
A few weeks later, though, when I rolled my first character- I chose the hair color, ponytail, beard, glasses, and background closest to my own, dressed in the khaki pants and white shirt I often wore while teaching, and made him a university professor and army veteran....
I'm not just a Altaholic anonymous member...
I'm 5 other members!
I have to confess I payed 20 bucks to open more character slots on Virtue. CURES YOU GOING ROGUE! I was almost cured I was happy playing my 50! Now I can't stop making new Alts to see how the new stories change!
I get it from both directions.
My wife just shakes her head and thinks I AM an altoholic; she does not even know I have rolled 7 new GR heroes, which she would totally not understand.
Meanwhile, my truly altoholic friends think I am currently wasting over 350 some-odd empty character slots.
"How do you know you are on the side of good?" a Paragon citizen asked him. "How can we even know what is 'good'?"
"The Most High has spoken, even with His own blood," Melancton replied. "Surely we know."
I've been playing since 2004, and didn't get one single level 50 character until 2007.
Concepts for characters intrude my thoughts while at work, and I write down usually 2-3 a week, usually actually creating 1.
Let me see if my fellow alt-aholics fall into this trap:
You get inspired, say an Electric/Shield Scrapper. "Wow, 2 Teleport attacks sounds fun!"
You begin to make the character and look at Super Strength. "Geez, that synergy looks pretty cool, actually."
You make a Shield/Super Strength Tanker. "Well, I really should check out what I orginally conceptualized."
You make a Rad/Fire Blaster. "What just happened?!"
You make an Earth/Fire Dominator, capping your slots on the server. "Crap! Well, I don't have anyone on Pinnacle. I can make my Electric/Shield Scrapper there!"
You make an Ice/Ice Defender. "Damn."
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Nah, mine is...|
Originally Posted by Gehnen
I've been playing since 2004, and didn't get one single level 50 character until 2007.
Concepts for characters intrude my thoughts while at work, and I write down usually 2-3 a week, usually actually creating 1. Let me see if my fellow alt-aholics fall into this trap: You get inspired, say an Electric/Shield Scrapper. "Wow, 2 Teleport attacks sounds fun!" You begin to make the character and look at Super Strength. "Geez, that synergy looks pretty cool, actually." You make a Shield/Super Strength Tanker. "Well, I really should check out what I orginally conceptualized." You make a Rad/Fire Blaster. "What just happened?!" You make an Earth/Fire Dominator, capping your slots on the server. "Crap! Well, I don't have anyone on Pinnacle. I can make my Electric/Shield Scrapper there!" You make an Ice/Ice Defender. "Damn." |
Make Elec/Ninja Stalker.
Go, "Eh, this isn't that great," at level 8. Delete. Reroll as a Ninja/Ninja Stalker.
Go, "Well, actually, Elec/Ninja is probably fun once it gets going. Damn." at level 6. Delete. Reroll as an Elec/Ninja Stalker.
Go, "But really, why play a stalker? I've been in more of an AoE mode anyway right now, so this won't satisfy me until I've played it for weeks!" at level 13. Delete. Reroll as a Fire/Elec Blaster.
Go, "This combo is pretty cool, but I feel like having something a bit more self-sufficient at low levels, too." at level 9. Delete. Reroll as...
This happens about once a week for me. I don't have the literally hundreds of concurrent alts many people do, but I'm sure I've deleted 500 characters...
Having Vengeance and Fallout slotted for recharge means never having to say you're sorry.
While playing a new Praetorian level 3 Fire/Fire Dom last night, I remembered that I already had a level 3 Fire/Fire Dom Praetorian alt on that server.
I blame part of it on the thrill of finding a "good" (subjective opinion) unclaimed name on Virtue. Whenever it happens, I feel compelled to crouch over it protectively and hiss at people who come near me even if I don't have an immediate character concept.
New SG: Men o' Paws
Full of catboys. 
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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LIES! the heckling continues.
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Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
My wife and I heckled him about it and let it drop.
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No, NOW we heckle you about your costume selection. That's totally different
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Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
LIES! the heckling continues.
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I need help too... 
Goodbye. Not to the game, but the players. Goodbye. Everyone, remember to have fun. That's all I can say.
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US? Wacky? Your the ONLY person I know with only one toon.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
You wacky multi-alt types
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Goodbye. Not to the game, but the players. Goodbye. Everyone, remember to have fun. That's all I can say.
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Philotic Knight (aka Westley) doesn't play many characters. I know he re-rolls his Philotic Knight character every time he reaches 50 (always an FF/Enery Defender, IIRC). I think he plays other characters, though, so he's not such an anomaly as GG.
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Originally Posted by Terminal Velocity
US? Wacky? Your the ONLY person I know with only one toon.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
My latest alt idea: A Fire/Kin. Tanker.
For the sole reason of being able to broadcast "Level 38 Fire/Kin LFT!". It'd be awesome.
Aegis Rose, Forcefield/Energy Defender - Freedom
"Bubble up for safety!"
Man o' Pause
A male superhero going through a difficult point in his life.
Home server: Victory
Characters on: Victory & Virtue
My first 50(0)! 18/11/11
@Oneirohero
Was running Praetoria the other night when I ran past the character "menopause."
Now, I'll skip over questioning the player's lack of sensitivity to what can be a challenging and emotionally-volatile stage a woman's life... or, for that matter, the WISDOM in potentially provoking said known-volatile group.
No, I'm moving straight into two more important issue(s):
1) I need help.
You see: my first reaction to seeing the name wasn't any of the above, it was "Damn, they missed a perfect chance for an alternate spelling."
Beyond my "main" dozen or two characters, I have some oddball alts made mostly in jest, including being the lolcat-speaking "Hai Preest" of an all catgirl/boy/thing SG "Minions of the Nekonomicon." (Other SG-mates include Cathulu, Mephistofleas, and Apocalypse Meow). So, in that brief encounter, I envisioned a new alt- a mix of stereotypical catgirl and Hickman's disturbing grandma.
Yes, Menopaws. "A heroine from before the Hamidon wars, she's emerged from retirement to champion her more tradtional views of heroism, justice, and honor." As is appropriate, she'd switch sides a LOT- probably jumping to the extremes of the Loyalist / Resistance sub-factions. Powers? while I usually gravitate toward the traditional "catgirl" powers of claws or "gun-toting catgirl", this one's got to alternate between hot and cold.
No, I haven't made her yet... even at the prodding of a few friends... in part because I've got too many good ideas I want to pursue in too little time, and in part because:
2) You need help too
That's right... ALL OF YOU. Well, some of you in the audience more than others, I guess. You know who you are! Should be ashamed...
See, as I logged out, I casually checked the availability of "Menopaws" on the "Nekonomicon's" server. Taken. Another alt-heavy server.... Taken. Another. Taken.
I gave up at that point. The idea seemed so unoriginal after that.
Sickos.