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Stephen_Zuckerman · 10-08-07, 11:56 PM

I love this.

Forum Name: Stephen_Zuckerman
Login Name: Stephen Zuckerman
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Location: Decatur, Georgia, USA
Timezone: GMT-5 (Eastern US)
NwN Experience: Two and a half years online; six months at Narc's 3.5 adaption, two years here, with overlap of about six months at Angelina's Island and a beta server called Fraxis.
PnP Experience: About four years, mainly as a DM, though I honestly prefer playing.
Occupation: I currently sell pizza at Domino's.
Characters Played: See a full list here. Currently active are Pyyran Rahth, Ceviren Lightstaff, Xu Lin, and Grok.

What I like to see IG: RP. Roleplaying is great, and there are a lot of definitions of it, but... If you see your character as a living, breathing being with thoughts and feelings of their own (who just happens to be fictional), and play accordingly, then that's what I love to see. Characters who can be real to me because they're real to their players.

What I dislike to see IG: This one's easy. And long. Foremost is blatant disregard of "common" sense. Being a jerk OOC. Metagaming(!) of any kind (apart from metagaming for the purpose of innocuously starting RP, like going for a drink when you know the tavern's packed). Powergaming without thought to character development. Poor spelling. Use of non-ingame terms (which falls under metagaming, but gr).

Why I keep coming back: Because I get more of what I like to see here than I'll ever find elsewhere, and because of the people and characters I'd miss, and who'd miss me.

10-08-07, 11:56 PM	#2
Stephen_Zuckerman Ancient Dragon Characters Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Look at me still talking when there's Science to do... Posts: 3,918 Thanks: 2,712 Thanked 301 Times in 218 Posts	Re: You and your Role-Play (Hoping this gets Stickied) I love this. Forum Name: Stephen_Zuckerman Login Name: Stephen Zuckerman Age: 18 Sex: Male Location: Decatur, Georgia, USA Timezone: GMT-5 (Eastern US) NwN Experience: Two and a half years online; six months at Narc's 3.5 adaption, two years here, with overlap of about six months at Angelina's Island and a beta server called Fraxis. PnP Experience: About four years, mainly as a DM, though I honestly prefer playing. Occupation: I currently sell pizza at Domino's. Characters Played: See a full list here. Currently active are Pyyran Rahth, Ceviren Lightstaff, Xu Lin, and Grok. What I like to see IG: RP. Roleplaying is great, and there are a lot of definitions of it, but... If you see your character as a living, breathing being with thoughts and feelings of their own (who just happens to be fictional), and play accordingly, then that's what I love to see. Characters who can be real to me because they're real to their players. What I dislike to see IG: This one's easy. And long. Foremost is blatant disregard of "common" sense. Being a jerk OOC. Metagaming(!) of any kind (apart from metagaming for the purpose of innocuously starting RP, like going for a drink when you know the tavern's packed). Powergaming without thought to character development. Poor spelling. Use of non-ingame terms (which falls under metagaming, but gr). Why I keep coming back: Because I get more of what I like to see here than I'll ever find elsewhere, and because of the people and characters I'd miss, and who'd miss me. __________________ That his heart is a seething mass of black evil, there can be little doubt. ~ Darkstorme, on Barret Glib.