erosskye

You must be in a fate party, Northern Thanalan. You can literally bust a level an hour from 40 - 50 up there. But if you dont like that theres always your hunters log which gives amazing xp. Make sure your story quests are up to your level, and theres plenty of quests to do if this is your first character to 47.

Hewwooooz!?

I love fun stuff! I will Toats be there.

Wow they did a lot of work in the patch.

Even the Skye can burn.

::watches the new member run away:::cactuar:

Part 1: The Basics 1.What is your full name? -Eros Skye- 2.Where and when were you born? - - 3.Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.) - - 4.Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like? - - 5.Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place and the person/people. 6.What is your occupation? 7.Write a full physical description of yourself. You might want to consider factors such as: height, weight, race, hair and eye color, style of dress, and any tattoos, scars, or distinguishing marks. 8.To which social class do you belong? 9.Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses? 10. Are you right- or left-handed? 11. What does your voice sound like? 12. What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently? 13. What do you have in your pockets? 14. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics? Part 2: Growing Up 15. How would you describe your childhood in general? 16. What is your earliest memory? 17. How much schooling have you had? 18. Did you enjoy school? 19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities? 20. While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them. 21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family? 22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? 23. As a child, what were your favorite activities? 24. As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display? 25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like? 26. When and with whom was your first kiss? 27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity? 28. If you are a supernatural being (i.e. mage, werewolf, vampire), tell the story of how you became what you are or first learned of your own abilities. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today. Part 3: Past Influences 29. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far? 30. Who has had the most influence on you? 31. What do you consider your greatest achievement? 32. What is your greatest regret? 33. What is the most evil thing you have ever done? 34. Do you have a criminal record of any kind? 35. When was the time you were the most frightened? 36. What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you? 37. If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why? 38. What is your best memory? 39. What is your worst memory? Part 4: Beliefs And Opinions 40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic? 41. What is your greatest fear? 42. What are your religious views? 43. What are your political views? 44. What are your views on sex? 45. Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable? 46. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do? 47. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love? 48. What do you believe makes a successful life? 49. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e. do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)? 50. Do you have any biases or prejudices? 51. Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it? 52. Who or what, if anything, would you die for (or otherwise go to extremes for)? Part 5: Relationships With Others 53. In general, how do you treat others (politely, rudely, by keeping them at a distance, etc.)? Does your treatment of them change depending on how well you know them, and if so, how? 54. Who is the most important person in your life, and why? 55. Who is the person you respect the most, and why? 56. Who are your friends? Do you have a best friend? Describe these people. 57. Do you have a spouse or significant other? If so, describe this person. 58. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened. 59. What do you look for in a potential lover? 60. How close are you to your family? 61. Have you started your own family? If so, describe them. If not, do you want to? Why or why not? 62. Who would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help? 63. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why? 64. If you died or went missing, who would miss you? 65. Who is the person you despise the most, and why? 66. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict? 67. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations? 68. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not? 69. Do you care what others think of you? Part 6: Likes And Dislikes 70. What is/are your favorite hobbies and pastimes? 71. What is your most treasured possession? 72. What is your favorite color? 73. What is your favorite food? 74. What, if anything, do you like to read? 75. What is your idea of good entertainment (consider music, movies, art, etc.)? 76. Do you smoke, drink, or use drugs? If so, why? Do you want to quit? 77. How do you spend a typical Saturday night? 78. What makes you laugh? 79. What, if anything, shocks or offends you? 80. What would you do if you had insomnia and had to find something to do to amuse yourself? 81. How do you deal with stress? 82. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan? 83. What are your pet peeves? Part 7: Self Images And Etc. 84. Describe the routine of a normal day for you. How do you feel when this routine is disrupted? 85. What is your greatest strength as a person? 86. What is your greatest weakness? 87. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 88. Are you generally introverted or extroverted? 89. Are you generally organized or messy? 90. Name three things you consider yourself to be very good at, and three things you consider yourself to be very bad at. 91. Do you like yourself? 92. What are your reasons for being an adventurer (or doing the strange and heroic things that RPG characters do)? Are your real reasons for doing this different than the ones you tell people in public? (If so, detail both sets of reasons…) 93. What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime? 94. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 95. If you could choose, how would you want to die? 96. If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, name three things you would do in the time you had left. 97. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death? 98. What three words best describe your personality? 99. What three words would others probably use to describe you? 100. If you could, what advice would you, the player, give to your character? (You might even want to speak as if he or she were sitting right here in front of you, and use proper tone so he or she might heed your advice…)

I have sat down and discussed the hardships and issues of engaging with roleplayers who are either ignoring players; or have other reason to have done so. The Ignorance Class ->Here<- :thumbsup:

LETS DO THIS SHIT :thumbsup:

THANKZ !?

The Ignorance Class ->Here<- :thumbsup:

Ahoy my friends. Here we step back up to our desks and have a nice sit down on some fairly uncomfortable chairs, whilst checking your rucksacks to make sure you have brought the correct materials to this class. The first thing your going need is your eyes less you may have some difficulty engaging in what im currently typing. Secondly I need you to throw away your pride and elite-ery; for that is the main cause for this class. The topic we are going to work on is attempting to eliminating character Ignorance. I use this word in a weird fashion because its not ignorance like you would think; (I hate WoW because only fat people in their moms basement play it). For this is ignorance of a subject and then using your ignorance to be blatantly mean about it. I come saying ignorance as in; (You can clearly see me standing here but you continue talking to your blonde friends as if I am not). So how do we approach this subject? First we can look at some points brought up in other posts made by other roleplayers around the gaming universe. Our first post comes to us from cybersoldier1981 -link- "Don't ignore someone just because you don't like their character. Harassment and things of that nature being the exception... people tend to ignore someone just because they're playing something they don't like. This game has a stupid chat-ban system, so there's no real reason to completely mute someone for 24 hours because you don't like what they play or how they reacted to you. Deal with it, if you don't acknowledge someone chances are they will just go away." Now the game mechanics talked about in this post are from another game. But none the less our biggest point is brought across in a fairly blunt way. Just because you dont like someones character or them in ooc frankly; does not mean that you should exclude them from the story. -We are a community of roleplayers. A community is nothing without the people who want to roleplay. If fellow roleplayers start to ignore each other it will no longer have a community feel. The sad souls that are being ignored will begin to leave causing the community to lose players and become weaker over time.- With that out of the way we can begin investigating smaller issues that fall under the majors. ====== The Person Being Ignored ====== Is there a reason I am being ignored? ---- If you dont know the answer --> "It's always a good rule of thumb to politely ask before jumping into what seems to be a storyline RP group. People don't mean to ignore but if what they are doing is part of the character's plot, they might not be able to work a 'walk-up' character in. A polite whisper to someone in the group usually won't be ignored." -footnote- ---- "Don't be afraid to join in" If you see some people already roleplaying, don't be afraid to try joining them! Sometimes people may ignore you, which makes it a lot harder to try again, but keep in mind that most people won't ignore you. And those that do are probably either AFK or it's for an in-character reason Sometimes people just miss that chat, too. If you're ignored once, try again, and they might reply. If they still don't, then just move on and try RPing somewhere else. It happens to everyone once in a while - it's not nice, but you shouldn't give up just because it happened once." -footnote- --- "Don't worry about your backstory" Coming up with a backstory can be hard, especially if you're new to roleplaying. It might be best to start off with a simple character and slowly start to put together a history as you play it. You really don't need to start with anything in-depth, just a basic idea of the type of character. Most people develop their characters over time. It might be a good idea to keep a notepad beside you while you roleplay. If you come up with something you want to add to your character's backstory, or your character says something important, you can write it down so you remember it. It's okay if you think your story is a bit lore-breaking at first - as you get more knowledgeable with the lore, you could go back and correct it. You don't really need much lore knowledge to begin with. However, you might find it useful or interesting to take a look at the background lore of the race you're playing, at least." -footnote- --- Have Fun! The most important thing is having fun! This is still a game and roleplaying is not real life. Its what we do in our free time to escape reality and enjoy the amazing worlds that can only exist in our mind. We come together to share our character experiences, to share our stories to each other, gain ideas from each other to help the stories grow, and play together to help enrich the detail of the story world. --- Not quite sure how this article reads but thats my attempt at getting the ideas across! Class may now discuss the topic and hopefully the community will be better for it! :bouncy:

Very nice! Be sure to add Eros Skye to your friends list and I will get to it as soon as I can. Sadly servers are going down tonight so I will not have time to get on and accept it today.

I was typing a wall of text and then I realised I probably went off into a bit of a rant on the subject. I understand where you're coming from with this. What you've said isn't much different from what my opinion would be, really. I might just be unlucky, but in my experience it's been one of two things - As you already said, the people who ignore others when their partner is around. I've had many a short RP session brought to an abrupt end when X character logs on. I'm not one to get jealous or anything along those lines, but it isn't hard to piece together what is going on - Which I'd have no issues with! It just leads the way to a lot of things, for me - The fact that he or she is prancing off to RP with someone more important to their character is the last thing on my mind. I worry more about whether I'm a bad RPer - whether or not anybody really enjoys RPing with my characters. Is that why they rush off? It happens often enough. It's the same feeling as being a part of a guild with it's own inner cliques. They're already established and frankly, although they might not be all that unwelcoming, there's definitely a priority on who they'd rather be RPing with - Even if it's unintentional, it doesn't make a new member feel like a part of the group. This is just how I feel, as someone who is extremely reluctant to initiate RP due to a fear of being ignored or just being event fodder. Just saying here, even indirectly it's still a blow to someone's confidence. It seems a little off topic, but essentially what I'm getting at here is that my eventual disinterest in RP popped up from the endless sea of couples, conveniently placed in the guilds I wanted to join, isolating my character. It's probably my own fault, I know - I'm extremely shy and reluctant to approach people in RP. Trying to approach a couple that turn up to an event is twice as hard. Do you interrupt them, or leave them to it? Isn't part of the fun in some events to meet new people, anyway? It's a bit of a dilemma for me. ...I wall of texted again, I think. Folks can ignore that rant if they're bored of it already C: Aside from that, romantic RP doesn't bother me - People can go ahead. Just don't isolate people, and don't cross the boundary between IC and OOC. It's partially the reason I rolled a male character - I won't go into that rant here because it's water under the bridge now and I'm past caring (at least, I think so!) but it's horribly uncomfortable when someone takes an IC relationship in the wrong direction, I.E through the fourth wall. Just don't. That's in a generic situation, though. I know OOCly people can know each other on all kinds of different levels, but really - I hope saying this doesn't get people pouncing on me for whatever reason, but I imagine my point is there. ...Somewhere. Also, apologies to you J'hared, I know I quoted you but this post isn't like a personal attack or anything! I just agree with what you said, mostly, and felt the need to throw my own opinions out there! /rant off Also, to the OP - It was a good read! It's given me a little more of a positive view on this type of RP that I've rarely explored. My own experiences with it were somewhat offputting but it's nice to see what other people think without treading into a flamefest of romance VS ERP or whatnot - I tend to avoid the subject so I appreciate it. ...Eugh, I definitely went off topic there. I can't even be bothered to re-read it myself, so I don't blame anyone for skipping this rant. x___x While this post was slightly off topic it was great. It really opens up a new door that needs to be walked through and I will be starting a new class on the subject when I get home from work. Thanks for this post!

Not quite sure how much you want to read. Or what kind of characters you wish to make in the future. However the best way personally to learn how to role-play is just to sit and watch some others create some dialog before you so you see how the characters interact with each other. Now I see your not on any of our servers and I am not quite sure if your willing to come to us or not but before you make any big decisions there's plenty of literature that is def' worth looking at. You can start with this. http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1770 Let me know what you think and if you have any plans to come role-play with us in Gilgamesh or with the Balmung group. I would also be open to starting some roleplay right here on the forums if thats something you would want to try. To see if its something your even remotely intersted in. Also if your considering making a in-depth character. This post has a great 100 Question layout for creating a "character sheet". http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=2688&highlight=100+questions

Here is an extreme resource list for FFXIV. Your welcome :love: http://forum.guildm8s.com/t/the-badass-ffxiv-resource-list-v1-4/215 Ive been skimming through this list and it looks like it has pretty much everything good going for it so far.

Heyo!? :bouncy:

I love you :love:

Gotta fill in the time with them trade skills or somefin =)

Name: Eros Skye Type: Neutral/Evil Specializations: Black Magic, Personality Manipulation Personality: Silent, Sneaky, Judging (Not against everyone. Has a very intense loving and protective side for people he cares about)

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There has been an addition if you wish it. Please open your textbooks and return to the main thread for ----V ------ Part 2 ------ Thank you all for your great input. It really makes me happy seeing everyone enjoy these topics as much as I do and hopefully some great stories come of it in the future!

Whoa whoa!? Wedding! We just met ;p Great read and thanks for the support on this topic. Also good to know we have a virtual father in the house.

Howdy everyone. I am sure that the upcoming topic is not even close to being new around here, but alas everything needs a fresh look now and again. The topic we will be sitting down and attempting to perfect today is the little thing I have called the three Ls of roleplay romance. Lust , love or loser. Now don't get me wrong I'm sure a lot of us have fallen under loser quite a few times, but that's why we are here to assess the situation beforehand and attempt to have a better hand of cards for our next story or chapter. Now let's open our text books and turn to pages http://rpedia.tumblr.com/post/21863466084 The best part about this article is the writer ruthlessly tears into the problems which I have made myself and have seen others make, but then after making us feel guilty swiftly give us hope with a strong planned solution. Let's be sure to keep rl rl and IC IC! Also the balance of time and characters must be looked into. Turn your pages to. http://www.gaiscioch.com/lore/romance_in_rp_the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugly.html Here it discusses that your roleplaying interest also has other things on their mind than just you! This must be kept in check less the story be broken. ------- Part 2 ------ So far we have touched in on three major topics. The bluntness of making your romance worth reading for you and your partner, keeping what needs to be private private, and not letting yourself be personally immersed in the romance allowing time for yourself and your partner to actually play the game. For what may or may not be our final topic; how to go about starting into a romantic roleplay without bein a friggen creepzsauce. Go ahead and bust out your books and turn to pages http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/70580-how-to-rp-romance-without-being-creepy/ That is all for today. But keep a hold of your text books because this class is far from over.