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+--- Thread: [Closed to new Clients ]Sophia Grace: Matchmaker (/showthread.php?tid=8483)
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - TheBlob - 11-09-2014
Okay! Got a flood of mail from interested parties (yay!) and a bunch of IRL drama to suck up my schedule (boo!).
I think I've contacted everyone that has sent me a message with interest. I know some people scheduled stuff with me and had to cancel one I had to cancel so if we still need to work out a time to me up and get your character on the books please send me a message here or on skype (Shayrei). It's helpful if that message has your availability in it as it'll make it easier for me to adjust my chaotic schedule for you!Â
We've had three successful matches, lots of hopeful singles and this has been lots of fun (...except for my schedule ugh... And those really challenging characters to pair!
).Thanks for all the interest generated and thank you to those innocent bystanders that I've pulled into this, hah!
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - Steel Wolf - 11-09-2014
...so, is this still a thing that happens? Because Steel's been widowed for a better part of six years and I feel like she's ready to get back in to "the scene", such as it is.
Unless you're swamped. Then I can wait. ; ;
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - TheBlob - 11-09-2014
Certainly still open for clients!
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - Steel Wolf - 11-09-2014
Awesome! :3 I'm likely going to be available at around 7pm EST this evening if you're present, or any other Sunday at the same time if that's more suitable. Name is Steel Wolf.
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - TheBlob - 11-12-2014
Alrighty since some people seem to be confused about just what this is here's a bit more clarification!Â
 The connections that Grace makes between two characters is just that, a connection between two characters. This is an IC arrangement. Players shouldn't be going into this expecting to find a relationship OOCly. I met my husband roleplaying in an MMO, I know it can happen, but this is -not- what this project was about.  This is about bringing characters together that may never have had the chance because of how cliquey the world of RP can get sometimes. It's about getting people out of the comfort zone of their friends and FC and into something that challenges their approach to things. It's about getting out there and making connections!
All that said, obviously there is a need for OOC interaction because it's up to the two players I match to work things out on -how- they roleplay. If Grace has made a connection for romance obviously the players should start there when the time comes for their characters to become closer.
Personally I don't think it's any of my business if you are looking for ERP and I won't ask (it's your $15 a month do what you do to toggle your knobs so long as I don't see it in the middle of the Wench). Your character tells Grace they're looking for love, she's going to find another character asking for the same thing and make the date. How the players go from there is up to them.
COMMUNICATE.
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I'm trying to keep this as IC as possible with next to no OOC information gathering (aside from a play schedule to help make sure the people I'm working with aren't on completely opposite schedules! Cause that would be bad!)
Just as Grace tells her clients, if you're not happy with the match or the person rubs you the wrong way, tries something sketchy come back and tell her. She has a reputation to uphold and she's not going to be known for setting up booty calls. She takes care of the client.
While Grace's view on the subject is a bit skewed she's going to listen to the money. If virgin-pure-don't-kiss-on-the-first-date-Marsha Brady gets paired with whatever-the-hell-50-shades-of-grey-guy's-name-is after he omits the fact that he's into some kinky shit and she doesn't let on that she is looking for something innocent... there's nothing Grace can do about it until after the fact.Â
When she asks your character to be specific about what they want, be specific.
 If you need an example, ask Grace what she wants. She'll have no qualms about showing you how to get what you want from the service, but she's not going to do -all- the work for you. 
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I will be expanding upon the initial interviews now to gain a little more knowledge ICly and to find the most compatibility.
At this time I'm taking no new clients until I get the others that have contacted me here or in a PM/on Skype taken care of. Hopefully this will only take a few weeks to schedule a sit down with everyone and get things organized again since my schedule went VERY stupid these last few weeks.
See you all soon!Â
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - Melodia - 11-12-2014
Question: say a Limsa law woman had no interest in the romance angle but wanted to meet someone for platonic fun, is she open to arranging such a meeting or is this purely for romance?
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - TheBlob - 11-12-2014
Whatever need so long as she has the person the fill the need. Love, business, companionship. I will say that to this point all of the other cotacts have been for romantic relationships of varying degrees, but she's got lots of drinking buddies.
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - Melodia - 11-12-2014
Melodia needs more friends. Haha! She's a lonely miserable person otherwise
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - Edgar - 12-01-2014
I should probably be on tomorrow. Give me or my alt Koporo Aporo a poke.
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - TheBlob - 12-01-2014
I'll have my schedule ready by Wednesday and will send out the next wave of contacts messages to set up their interviews!
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - Faye - 12-01-2014
I'd like to throw a character into the mix if/when you're taking new clients.
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - TheBlob - 12-03-2014
Sent out the next wave of interview "invites".Â
Still in queue:
Inessa
Mel (needs a real, uninterrupted, not trying to arrest me interview
 )Faye
Edgar
(If I missed you, let me know!)
Thanks for letting me do this slowly otherwise this could really turn into a job fast!
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - Inessa Hara - 12-04-2014
lol, I thought you had forgotten about me.  xD
Im going to be on for another forty minutes then its off to bed so you can catch me now if you want.
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - Steel Wolf - 12-07-2014
I appear to have been missed...or, more as likely, unmatched as of yet.
I can wait. This ice cream isn't eating itself, after all. XD
RE: Sophia Grace: Matchmaker - TheBlob - 12-07-2014
(12-07-2014, 01:22 PM)Steel Wolf Wrote: I appear to have been missed...or, more as likely, unmatched as of yet.
I can wait. Â This ice cream isn't eating itself, after all. Â XD
Just unmatched. Told you it would take time, load that freezer!
There are still quite a few names on the list that just haven't seemed to pair off yet. It's the one drawback of this system. I can only make those connections when I have the connections.