Nebbs

It has been some time.. I am sure many need a hug http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37000000/Hug-with-the-Dwarves-once-upon-a-time-37009677-300-169.gif[/img]

Short answer is people should not have a problem, I mostly put a skin over the lore rather than using it direct. However, many will take the opportunity to judge you and even point it out to you that you are wrong. Thats just life.

I am an INTP and Nebula is EnFP. The T vs F is the main difference I can totally get why she is more outgoing and people focused. But when I play her she ignores logic and goes very much off feelings.

Nebula would be a strange witch character you meat throughout the game. She would be there to help the hero but always wanting you to do things for her in order to get her to help you. And those things would be quite strange. A cross between these two http://i.imgur.com/FRRMa.jpg[/img]

She rescues kittens in RL! Also wants to play a lala that claims to rule it's own realm, that's my kind of crazy!

Could I please add a new FC? EU/NA The Fated

Nebula would be a good connection I think, as a witch and servant of the spinner she has been fortune telling in her own unorthodox ways for a long time now. She is also looking into the new lands as that us where her path lies. I will seek you out in game and hope we can sort something out. She studies all mahics and is also looking into these asralogians, she even built her own fate spinner out of an old tea tray some twigs and a stuffed owl (see the pic on her wiki)

We ventured into Mel's suppressed memories to fix her up. Yes that's someone in a bikini as what you wore was based on your own image of yourself.

Now with rank 8 and house! Goblet, Ward 6, Plot 9

I managed to snap two of the hotties before sleep took me

Fishing to fighting

"The deaf dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball." I think there is a danger of stereotyping players and layering on assumptions. The best way is to RP and see what happens. If you asuume other players have limitations then you will likely miss out on some great RP. RP is an active thing. As most of you are in the non genious camp. Should I assume you can't RP a genious and better still not even have a valid view on the fact that you think you can? Clearly not.

Walking along the docks in the rain was as close to bliss as Nebula knew. The scent of the sea, the weather on her face and the feeling of freedom that she got from Limsa. Life could not be better, and as if in answer her nose twitced with a warning. The flyer landed over her eyes, her familiar, Xym, did that anoying thing of getting between her feet and her oversized robe joined in by getting caught under her heel. The world spun and she would have fallen forever if not for the sea that caught her. So it was a drenched and dripping Nebula that stomped through Limsa, a witch's frown clearing the way. The flyer in her clenhed fist her first clue in finding a target for her wrath. Though a free massage while her robes dried and maybe some hot chocolate could go some way to compensating her... Yes a very big mug of hot chocolate, and a cake .. no, two cakes.

Great point. Much better than asserting what the character is. Personally I try to shy away from OOC description of a character, and will even avoid people who insist on OOC commenting on RP and what they character will and wont do.

Well, unfortunately, the people who are to say if someone can RP and judge their results are the other players. People can RP what they want. At issue is our reaction as an audience. That's a big problem, because, like it or not, the entire point of person-to-person interaction is judgement, and RP is a social activity. The OP has said, very directly, that the player stated that their character was a genius, and then the character very obviously was not. This is very important, because this isn't all that uncommon. Genius, wit, etc, that's all based on interaction and comes from the audience. We, as roleplayers, are also not in any position to be told what a character is when the character can't be backed up with actual writing. It doesn't make you a bad person to not want to RP with someone whose RP grates on your nerves. This dissonance is one of the major reasons why that has nothing to do with metagaming and bleed. So, you can RP whatever you want, but you have no room to complain if you're frozen out of RP (also what commonly happens to these players). You are all judging (and being judged) every time you speak in public, including your RP skills. Hell, we're all judging each other here and trying desperately not to seem like we are. Such is the nature of social interaction. Characters who actually seem genuinely witty and intelligent are generally written by witty and intelligent players. And, to be fair, it's not a pandemic of people who are punching above their weight class. Players tend to write characters as witty or intelligent as they can manage, which isn't what I'd call genius but not certainly dumb. But people who are not themselves witty or intelligent at all certainly aren't going to write characters who are convincingly witty or intelligent. Generally, if you have to tell someone what they're supposed to think, as in the OP, you aren't convincing anyone. I simply don't think it's right to tell other people they have to take the character description as the gospel even when they are reading that it's inaccurate in the actual RP. I kind of agree to some degree. It seems that you are saying that as players we have certain standards and expectations that we look for in our RP interactions. That we will exclude those people that do not match our criteria from our RP? I would agree that most people have this to one degree or another. Yet another person may find that player's RP acceptable, where as others may not. What we take from what someone plays is up to us. In fact it is quite possible to fill in the deficiencies we see from the other player ourself. In effect compensate for the variations in style, depth etc.. Ever RPed with a children? Now the more we have to do this the more it becomes a problem and the less likely we are to come back. The less we have to do this the better the interaction will go. I dare say the dumb person in this set-up finds the not so dumb elitist equality as frustrating and boring (Penny vs Sheldon) I can quite accept that if someone makes no attempts to back up the assertion their character is a genius then it is definitely not convincing. Yet the question is "can" they, and with some effort they can. Some however choose not to make the effort.

You can roleplay what you want. Who is anyone to say if someone can RP, or even to judge their results? This is not a competition. And yes you can do it with a degree of believability. The OOC use of things like google and the fact that in a fantasy setting the rules of reality are loose and not clear. There are also numerous archetypes to choose from and copy. Such as playing a conjurer as House, or the bard as the Dread Pirate Roberts, or the rogue as Vala Mal Doran. All witty characters. And why is "witty" excluded from a dumb person anyhow? Take Sheldon Cooper and Penny, I would say Penny is the witty one of the two. What I find more interesting is a witty and intelligent player. This comes through even in dumb characters. It is this that allows people to find a match that they can spark off and create RP fire. In my experience.

I really like what Mel is doing with their RP, makes me want to do more RP.

Just jumping back in on a general point. Accept you are imperfect Accept others are imperfect Realise that interactions are going to require tolerance and compromise Find the things that bring you together and ignore the things that separate you If after all that it is not working for you, then step away rather than endure the pain

I went there, good bunch. Nebbs did not like the meetings so much and would fall asleep. Here she is sleeping under a tree RcOXxHjKLCw

First, who is the "we" you are trying to improve? I get the sense that you think your role is to teach someone? Don't is my advice, unless your role is proof reading or similar. I mean, would you like someone to comment on your own falts in public? As a dyslexic I struggle, I have always struggled. Any such correction just makes you one of those folks in my life who want to point out my limitations rather than see past them. In my view I see the inability to overlook errors that do not get in the way of the communication as your problem. What will you make of peoples diction, what about the struggling person where English is not there first language? Honestly, unless people have asked for the feedback, keep quiet.

Welcome to the pleasuredome! Err I mean Balmung I'll add you to my I-Spy list to boldly seek out for RP.

Welcome and hope you are enjoying it sofar. Feel free to hit me up for RP, I may be able to entice others along also. If you have not done so already, check out the [RP Linkskell & Free Company Lists for Balmung] for things that suit you. A Linkshell is like an in game chat channel and you can have 8, and a Free Company is like a Guild. Feel free to come join us in [Hugs & Cakes Link Shell] where there is a nice positive bunch of RPers.

I would say most of my RP has been outside of my FC. I have now have an FC without a house, and one upside is that when we get together we have a reason other than occupying a house. Though I still want a house for us.