Character Sub-forum Question

[MrJJJ]

Before i start posting Brock Or Grant Or Thomas Or Etc, How many Charatcers can you post here? just a single one or more than 1?

Just need to know, since it seems most likely only 1...

[UnknownMurder]

As much as you want.

Notice: Character in Sub-Forums will not be applied to your RP. Example, when James Bond was 6 years old, he had a Doctor Degree and joined forces with Austin Powers and defeated Dr. Evil and Mini-Me.

[Redfield5]

The character dossiers were proposed with RP in mind, though. I see what you're saying, but why not just evaluate each character and make a decision as to whether or not clear them for RP purposes?

[MrJJJ]

As much as you want.

Notice: Character in Sub-Forums will not be applied to your RP. Example, when James Bond was 6 years old, he had a Doctor Degree and joined forces with Austin Powers and defeated Dr. Evil and Mini-Me.

I am not sure i see what you saying? In What they way they won't be applied to my RP? I sure don't get the example...

[MechaMaestro]

Alright, thanks, all I wanted to know.

I am not sure i see what you saying? In What they way they won't be applied to my RP? I sure don't get the example...

What they mean is that no one is going to hold you word for word what you put into these profiles into your RP in game.

[UnknownMurder]

Having knowledge from what your character learned in subforum. NONE of it will be in the game. Like what Mecha said. Subforum is just for creativity and pleasure.

[Redfield5]

NOW you tell us...

See? That defeats the purpose that I had in mind when I suggested this idea whenever ago. My goal behind this was to enhance the RP elements of each round by allowing characters to create their own stories and form pre-conceived relationships that would further enhance the flavor of their own RP, even though RP is completely optional. By saying that the dossiers do not apply to the IC, you're completely defeating the purpose of the dossiers. Don't take this the wrong way, but from my perspective, it just seems like there's a lack of desire to actually police the content. I suggested this in the beginning, and I believed that you - of all people - understood this. Hell, I'll go through and police the content, if you consider it to be beneath you. If you don't police the content and approve/disapprove it for the IC RP, then there's really no point in continuing the dossiers.

[UnknownMurder]

You CAN make relationships if both parties agrees. Be reasonable. Not like you somehow met Kim Jong Un by coincidence, and decided to team up against Colonial Marines. The thread is created to show off the character's bad assery.

[CampinKiller]

The main bearing that dossiers don't have on RP is skills.

You can claim in your dossier that you're a highly-trained super soldier who can do surgery, build massive defensive lines, set up engines, and can shoot the balls off of an anorexic flea at 300 yards, but if you're playing as a Squad Medic, you only have Medical skills and basic soldiering skills. I figured that much was obvious.

EDIT: And nobody's saying that have no IC bearing, but you can't claim things like being best friends with the Supreme Commander of the USCMC, for example.

[Redfield5]

And all of those erroneous fallacies can be eliminated by simply evaluating each dossier and purging the elements that are too far-fetched to believe.


Unknown, let me see if I can understand your reasoning. First, you state that the characters in the forums will not be applied to the RP, simply because of the less-than-believable elements of their history, namely "when he was six, he teamed up with James Bond and Kim Jong-Un," or something of the like. Then, you say that knowledge that our character knows from the sub-forums will not be applied to the IC, which I can understand, but then you go on to say that the subforum is purely for creativity and pleasure.

The character dossiers are meant to compliment the RP, and many of the issues that are prevalent now - the paramount one being the fallacy events in certain applications, and their application in RP - were actually brought up, as you can read. The cause of the problem was that you made no effort to tell people what the criteria for creating a dossier actually were. You didn't set up a list of rules and guidelines; I provided the idea for the dossiers, while I wrongly assumed that you fellas would handle the regulatory aspects. I should not assume the obvious, and instead be more detailed in my discussion.

http://newedenstation.com/showthread.php?tid=1079

Unless I am wrong, I suggested a chat thread as well so that everyone could hammer out their IC relationships and whatnot. However, it was wrong on me to assume that such a chat thread would be a mod-run chat thread. Again, assumptions are not always reliable. I can see how skills should not pertain to IC, though you should have been more specific in your opening statement.