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RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Steel Wolf - 12-10-2014
(12-10-2014, 08:46 AM)Guy Tower Wrote: This leads me to a question - why are you taking up the task? For yourselves, so you can always read up on your characters and avoid getting lost/confusing one with another (sort of a database)? For others, so they can do so? For others but actually for yourself, so you can show off, "look at me, I am such a big role playa"? Little bit of any of the above, or for something else? I am wondering whether people are doing their character's wiki pages to put their cyber stories on paper, line them up and arrange so they, the players, can easily check them up and find what they need, or is it just plain haughtiness.
I personally post it as a chronicle of prior events and a small primer should people seek her out for like-minded interactions. To that point, I do try to keep things reasonably vague with regards to current events, as I also believe that most stories should be further told in-game. Still, Steel's past and how it's shaped her today, I feel, is important to list.
Also, I just like to write about my character and enjoy fleshing her out, even if she never really gets to interact with other people's stories....so if I find myself further unenfolded I at least have an outlet for RP in my own head-canon.
If people enjoy what they read, then all the better. I hope people like what they see...hence why I should do a style re-visit to make the thing more eye-pleasing and perhaps a bit less clinical feeling.
Also, I am a total sheep and have just edited in a "Player Rumors" section, and will likely be watching that spot like a sort of owl-eyed creeper. So, to that point, some self-vilification is certainly at play. XD
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Warren Castille - 12-10-2014
(12-10-2014, 08:46 AM)Guy Tower Wrote: I have barely ever wrote down anything about my characters, certainly never making any wiki pages on them, but seeing this topic I wonder whether or not I should. This leads me to a question - why are you taking up the task? For yourselves, so you can always read up on your characters and avoid getting lost/confusing one with another (sort of a database)? For others, so they can do so? For others but actually for yourself, so you can show off, "look at me, I am such a big role playa"? Little bit of any of the above, or for something else? I am wondering whether people are doing their character's wiki pages to put their cyber stories on paper, line them up and arrange so they, the players, can easily check them up and find what they need, or is it just plain haughtiness.
Me, If I ever do it, it will be a little against me. I always thought, and still do, that other people's characters should get to know one another in-game, that such "meta-RP" is as unfair as, say, graphic novels and books on World of Warcraft - they add to the lore, but irritate those who do not have the time/means to read them. If I'll decide to make wiki pages on my chars, it will be because of its usefulness as a database and a little, tiny bit of vanity, so often found between us role players.
P.S. I will have no shame and ask you to check out my "Character's biography - Alpha version" post. Continue being as helpful as you were before, and tell me if everything's alright with the story or does it have any particular holes/inconsistencies. I've already found one :p.
P.S2. Ye gods, the "tongue" emote on this forum looks very, very derpy!
Thoughtful questions.
I initially made my page because player rumors are the BEST thing ever and everyone should have a comment card like that provides the folks I frequently found myself RPing with had one, too, and I am a sheep! My reasoning beyond "me too!" was that I was RPing Warren (and still do, kinda) in a public fashion; He would be somewhat "known" to the RP world and I wanted to give people the option to have an inkling of the character beyond first encounters. I made it a point to keep my wiki very, very general when discussing Warren. As such, there's virtually no backstory in it at all. It's just the sorts of things I imagine would be obvious upon watching him from a distance, hearing about him or something similar.
Finally, it's a little like adding your own baseball card to the collection, you know?
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Berrod Armstrong - 12-10-2014
(12-10-2014, 08:46 AM)Guy Tower Wrote: P.S. I will have no shame and ask you to check out my "Character's biography - Alpha version" post. Continue being as helpful as you were before, and tell me if everything's alright with the story or does it have any particular holes/inconsistencies. I've already found one :p.HRGH YES I LOVE CHARACTER BIOS WILL CHECK
P.S2. Ye gods, the "tongue" emote on this forum looks very, very derpy!
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Gegenji - 12-10-2014
I mostly made Chachan's page because... well, I could. It's a lot like the whole trading card deal that Warren said, but there's also that nice feeling of looking at the finished product and saying "Yup, that's my character. I did that."
Even just adding little tidbits that give passing mention to what the character has done, the relationships they've made... it helps really drive home that this character is out there doing things. Meeting people. Plus, it's a nice reference point for both yourself and anyone who wants to know about your character.
Could there be meta-data the other player could use? Possibly, but hopefully most players I would like to play with will avoid using knowledge they shouldn't have. Plus, I don't think knowing a few bullet points about major events in a character's life really ruins the experience of actually meeting the character. It's like reading about... I dunno, Weird Al, let's say... and running across the guy at a Starbucks and hitting it off. It's not exactly like that, of course - since it's you reading about the person and not your own character - but I feel the comparison applies considering you are meeting the character as much as your own character is.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Aaron - 12-10-2014
(12-10-2014, 08:46 AM)Guy Tower Wrote: I have barely ever wrote down anything about my characters, certainly never making any wiki pages on them, but seeing this topic I wonder whether or not I should. This leads me to a question - why are you taking up the task? For yourselves, so you can always read up on your characters and avoid getting lost/confusing one with another (sort of a database)? For others, so they can do so? For others but actually for yourself, so you can show off, "look at me, I am such a big role playa"? Little bit of any of the above, or for something else? I am wondering whether people are doing their character's wiki pages to put their cyber stories on paper, line them up and arrange so they, the players, can easily check them up and find what they need, or is it just plain haughtiness.Or! Or! My reply to ever question like this!
Me, If I ever do it, it will be a little against me. I always thought, and still do, that other people's characters should get to know one another in-game, that such "meta-RP" is as unfair as, say, graphic novels and books on World of Warcraft - they add to the lore, but irritate those who do not have the time/means to read them. If I'll decide to make wiki pages on my chars, it will be because of its usefulness as a database and a little, tiny bit of vanity, so often found between us role players.
P.S. I will have no shame and ask you to check out my "Character's biography - Alpha version" post. Continue being as helpful as you were before, and tell me if everything's alright with the story or does it have any particular holes/inconsistencies. I've already found one :p.
P.S2. Ye gods, the "tongue" emote on this forum looks very, very derpy!
Why not?
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Kismet - 12-13-2014
I would reeeally like to update Astrid and Y'raja's wikis when I have the chance. I don't plan on making a big summary of EVERYTHING that's happened, but I do want to cut down on what I've written and just fine tune them some more. (That and some aspects of the characters as a whole have changed, so I want to communicate that.)
I also need to catch up on Astrid's journal. I wrote some entries separately in a google doc that aren't in the thread here on RPC... There's so much that's happened. It's a little ridiculous, lol.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Kellach Woods - 01-01-2015
Did a once over of every section in Kellach's wiki AND ADDED LIKE A BAJILLION (more like... 5) RUMORS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE EXCEPT COERTHAS AND MOR DHONA YES EVEN GRIDANIA PEOPLE CAN HEAR RUMORS ABOUT HIM NOW EVEN IF THEY'RE TECHNICALLY RARE.
Also has a screenshot you've likely seen before. Likely to be replaced with what I'm usually wearin' these days.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Parvacake - 01-01-2015
Rumors. I wuv them.
Give them plzkaythx
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Kellach Woods - 01-01-2015
I think we all do but I've heard nothing about you
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Parvacake - 01-01-2015
(01-01-2015, 10:55 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: I think we all do but I've heard nothing about youEveryone loves rumors!
I heard nothing about you either! We should totes change this >: D
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Aduu Avagnar - 01-01-2015
I have finally added the rumor section to my wiki, and anyone that knows Nako, even in passing, please add to it, it feels bare XD
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Parvacake - 01-01-2015
(01-01-2015, 11:04 PM)Nako Wrote: I have finally added the rumor section to my wiki, and anyone that knows Nako, even in passing, please add to it, it feels bare XD*zoidburgs on over there*
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Parvacake - 01-02-2015
Added new/updated rumors to the following profiles!
C'kayah Polaali
Kiht Jakkya
Oscare Iono
Nako'li Chalakho
Ennara Calian
Zephyr Quillsong
Osric Melkire
Chachanji Gegenji
Coatleque Crofte
There's probably more but meh, can't think of them at the moment!
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Kellach Woods - 01-02-2015
While we should totes change this indeed Lili, I swapped a rumor for another, more interesting one in the Uncommon ones due to something that happened tonight.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Rosekitten - 01-03-2015
Felt a bit of a need to post here given I took a bit of a extended break from the game and thus any and all editing I was doing in my character wiki was pushed to the side or more or less forgotten about.Â
Now I just feel so far behind in what I need to update.. *sigh*