Lyriell

Yeah don't worry, she would be a spinoff. She would retain most of her personality and her agressive/offensive fighting style, but it would be in an FFXIV-esque style. So she wouldn't be a magical girl in that sense. I'll try to come up with something interesting

Current session: http://pyx-3.socialgamer.net/game.jsp#game=24 Password: FFXIV Edit: Session ended.

Hey fellow RPers! I'm planning to move over one of my characters to Balmung since the other server I'm frequently playing on has become quite empty, thus I want to fully transfer over to Balmung now. My Couerl character is called Fate Testarossa and based on the Anime Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha if anyone knows it. (It's one of the few GOOD magical girl series btw!) Now since I really love this character I wouldn't want to change it at all, but I know that I might not resist going into IC with it either since I love RPing. So my question is would you take such a character seriously at all? I mean a version of this character that is split off from the actual anime but kind of like another version of it based on FFXIV? I'd like to hear your thoughts on that matter!

You guys might want to join the Balmung Skype Chat. I'm often asking for a round of CaH there

For anyone who is interested in joining our current run here's the link: http://pyx-3.socialgamer.net/game.jsp#game=18 Password is FFXIV

Hello fellow FFXIV players! Have you ever played Cards against Humanity? For those who haven't here's a small explanation: Cards against humanity is a cardgame consisting of black cards (Call cards) and white cards (respond cards). The black cards always contain some sort of quote, a sentence or other random text that has 1-3 blank fields. Those blank fields are then filled with the white cards by the participants of the game to create some funny or smart combinations. During each round one of the participants acts as the "Card Czar" and picks the funniest or smartest card combination to award a point to one of the other participants until one of the players has accumulated a certain amount of points. Example: Black Card: "____ is my worst habit." White Card: A MILF Result: "A MILF is my worst habit." So why do I explain all this? Because you can actually make Custom Card decks for this game and I actually started making an FFXIV card deck for this game with the help of some other fellow FFXIV players. Now you can see all your favourite FFXIV characters, monsters and places in all sorts of shenanigans! The game itself can be found on the page: http://pyx-3.socialgamer.net I'll give the link to the FFXIV card set to those that are interested and will explain how to add the deck too. I hope I'll be able to play with some of you guys since I'm really interested in the reactions over the cards. So far people have been quite positive about the deck.

Hey guys! Since I really love staying in contact with the Server community and after seeing that Gilgamesh already had such a Skype chat I decided to totally steal that idea and create a Skype chat group for Balmung as well. If you want to be added please leave your name here or add me to your Skype. My Skype name is lyriell84 Also if the interest is there and enough people want to join could you maybe sticky this thread? Thanks a lot Edit: I'm sure I had already posted this somewhere in this thread but it might be a good thing to update the first page as well. Our Skype Chat has a few rules and since there has been quite some trouble in the past with people not understanding these basic rules I'll list them here again. Rules 1. All types of discussions are allowed in this chat, however it is of course preferred to talk about FFXIV stuff. Like creating events on Balmung, looking for groups or other FFXIV related stuff. I do however ask you to be especially careful with topics like Religion, Politics and stuff like that. Be sensitive and try to be nice to each other. 2. Refrain from generally creating a negative atmosphere in chat. I've seen this happening a lot and I'm tired of it. The same goes for people regularly making snarky comments or in general being toxic. Everyone can have a bad day now and then and that's fine, but doing this on a daily basis is not fine. If you need to vent some anger go beat up a Moggle or something. 3. Don't create drama please. There have been a few cases in the past where certain members didn't like other members. If you can't stand someone you dislike being in this chat with you then please just leave for your own good. We're all mature enough to solve these issues like adults. Other than that please have fun! PS: We're also looking for a moderator that is able to cover the times when I'm or Xenedra are absent. If someone is interested please let me know.

I'd also like to join My id: lyriell84

To people that like to min/max their dps/hps/tank ability it won't matter how small the values are, they will most likely still go for the expensive route. I'm one of those crazy people that always tries to min/max as much as possible, however I also didn't want to spent much money for it, so I just got the materias by spiritbinding instead. When you spend like 30-40 hours to get your Novus finished you don't really care that much about doing some Spiritbinding for 5-10 hours

I can echo this wholeheartedly. For example, Roswyn is pretty icy to most right off the bat and people automatically assume that extends to me when it really doesn't. If you've ever had me in a linkshell, gotten a message or rep from me you know I'm plenty nice. Yet, when Roswyn says things or takes actions in game I've seen people get very upset about it. I've even had people comment that I should disclaimer myself as "Mean Char - Nice OOC!" And I just...I facepalm a little and I ask "Are we roleplaying here or not?" I could be the Abominable Snowman OOCly and if you're letting it affect your desires to roleplay with people and shunning them out of things that's a little...unprofessional in my humble opinion. I've seen this on the other end too. People have told me "Oh, don't RP with "xxx" because his character is a "xxxx"." My reaction to this is the following: "Well, Roswyn doesn't know this guy at all and has zero reasons to shun someone that harshly right off the bat. If there are IC consequences then I'll play those out." It could be possible that your character might leave if mine came in because of a comment she made. But if you're actively thinking or saying that someone is a bad person or player OOCly for actions that took place ICly you're doing it wrong. This mindset basically shoehorns and ensures that everyone will play very politically correct and non boat-rocking characters because of fear of being excluded. ...And that would be lame and boring as hell. :cactuar: I've been RPing for about 15 years now if I remember correctly. (Old UO times yay!) When I was still young I had the same mindset and looking back at it I'm quite ashamed of it. I think one of the main problems why this happens is the fact that a lot of people see their character as their own precious creation. (which I do too btw.) The bad thing about it is that some people become obsessed over it and if their character gets hurt, insulted or some similiar "mean" treatment happens to them they will take it personally. Think of it as someone insulting your kid/girlfriend/mom/whatever. It sounds crazy but a lot of people tick that way. Apart from trying to talk to them and trying to tell them not to take it personally there's unfortunately not a lot you can do about it. During the time I reacted like that I learned the hard way that I was in the wrong, since a lot of people stopped RPing with me during that time. But looking back at it I'm glad for it. It made me realize that Villains and/or seemingly cold people are just as important for RP as the "good guys" to keep it interesting.

While I like the discussion and all the examples mentioned in this thread I think no one should ever take any of it into consideration other than trying to do his/her best to make the plot work without screwing the whole lore. Reason being is that there's literally not a single thing that won't be a cliché. We've heard so many stories, read so many books and we've seen so many movies now that doing something that isn't a cliché in some sense simply isn't possible. Make a gay roegadyn wearing a pink subligar riding on raptors that have chainsaw for hands and jump into an active volcano. You will find someone that has already done this before somewhere. So my message is: If you're new and you have an awesome idea but you get scared cause you think it might be a cliché, don't worry about it! Making the story work is more about the execution nowadays, not about the fact that someone might consider it a cliché. There's been countless of movies and books that have more or less copied something and they were still successful, because they executed the story in a good way and because the characters were interesting. Just my 2 cents ^^

I'd like to try being a Singer, but only if Lyriell is allowed to hide herself somehow

Little Announcement: Right now I'm looking for a Relationship for Lyriell and/or someone that would be willing to play one of her family members at some point. About the Relationship: I know people tend to prefer a Relationship to happen naturally but the last time I did that I've spent abour 6 Months building one up just for the other player to leave and never coming back. So even if it might sound selfish I would prefer something a bit more safe, so I'm searching for a player that plans on staying longer in the game. As to Lyriells preferences: She's homosexual so she's searching for a Relationship with another girl. She prefers the cute type, so Miqo'tes and hyur Midlanders probably have the highest chances. NOTE: I am searching for a romantic Relationship. I'm not searching for some girl on girl ERP, so if someone thinks thats what it's all about then I'm sorry but you're wrong. Kissing will probably be the farthest I will go for. I'm aware that the RPC is a mature community so I probably won't run into such problems, but I just wanted to make sure. I will also add a Wiki Page for Lyriell over the next few days ^^ Edit: Here's the Wiki entry http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lyriell_Aluria

I. Basic Info Characters:Lyriell Aluria Primary character:Lyriell Aluria Linkshells:Corvus Cinis & Intermission Primary RP linkshell:Corvus Cinis II. RP Style Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy): Medium to Heavy. That usually depends on my mood and the people I RP with. I enjoy heavy RP at times but I don't want to force it on others and I'm not doing it myself 24/7 either. Views on RP combat and injuries: I do like Combat RP if done right and I'm okay with injuries so long it doesn't cripple my character. So a permanent scar for example would be something I could live with, a chopped off leg however is not. Also I absolutely dislike Godmodders and/or Powerplayers. I have met a few players in my long RP history that always wanted to display their characters like the ultimate badasses, never even getting hit once in a battle. I just don't take characters like that seriously at all. A combat should involve a certain feeling of danger in my opinion and even a badass character should take his oponents seriously to some degree. Views on IC romance: I personally love Romance in RP because to me it makes a character feel much more alive and the RP itself feels much more alive, atleast to me. I like Relationships that develop over a long period of time, preferably even including a little dramatic twist here and there. Views on non-romantic RP (family ties, etc): I have thought about it and I will include something like this in my RP, however as I want to keep most of Lyriell's backstory a secret for now I won't say so much on that matter. Views on lore: I usually try to stick to the lore as much as possible, but there are always some things left unexplained and more or less open to the Players own interpretation. So while I usually stick a 100% to the Lore that IS available, I will still go with my own style for everything that isn't fully explained. I also think that always sticking a 100% to the Lore shouldn't be necessarry. So I won't hate on people if they don't stick to the lore for every little thing. A good example would be the Miqo'te naming conventions. I think people shouldn't be forced to stick to those, because after all I'm pretty sure that not every single Miqo'te in Eorzea was born in a Tribe. Some might have been adopted by hyurs or such. So, unless completely buttfucking every bit of Lore, I will usually not be so harsh if other players don't stick to every bit of Lore. Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc): I usually do RP via /say and use double parathensis for OOC if a problem comes up. Linkshell chat I mostly use to socialize and just chitchatting here and there. III. Other Info Country:Germany Timezone:UTC +01:00 Contact info:Skype: lyriell84 [align=center][glow=blue]~Special announcements can be found in the posts below~[/glow][/align]

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Thanks for your post, I really appreciate other RP'ers sharing their thoughts and stories. Some of those things even reminded me of myself ^^ Mhm I'm not sure who Kylin is, I just started browing through the RPC a few days ago, and often I don't even have a lot of time for that too since im working and studying at the same time. I probably wouldn't have made this thread either if I didn't have sleeping problems the past few days, but since I couldn't sleep I just used the time to do something that might be considered productive I don't mind if some parts of this topic are just integrated into the current RP-Etiquette, it's completely up to the people that are responsible for those threads if they want to include anything or not ^^ Anyway, I guess I will try to get some sleep now, after staying awake for 2 days q_q wish me luck ^^

Okay, now it's a little more clear and I agree with most of the things you said. About the lore, it's a general problem because SE themselves sometimes seem to contradict their own lore, so, as I said I don't like breaking important lore either, but I'm not too focused on it aswell. Also, it's okay for you to say if you think that the type of rp you make is more accurate, but keep in mind that this isn't the only truth either. What I'm trying to say is, if you want to give advice to people and do it in a respectful manner, there's nothing wrong with it, however don't expect people to think the same and respect their own way of RPing. I might be wrong, but right now atleast for me it sounds like you're saying: "There may be different ways of RP's, but mine is the better one", either that or it's just difficult to understand what you actually want to say ^^ PS: I think the problem in our communication right now is that you go a bit too much into detail. Of course I know that "RP in tavern is the best!" isn't enough of an argument for one's own opinion, but that wasn't the point of this thread anyway. The point was that everyone has different opinions, and that there is no right or wrong in general. So we are not talking about what arguments someone has for his/her RP, the RP can still be bad without anything backing it up but it was not my intention to go that much into detail. All I wanted was that people accept each others opinion and playstyle in general. Which kinda means: If someone acts like a douche, it doesn't mean I support that in any way. However I don't support people that bash on other RPers just because their playstyle is different. And don't get that wrong, I'm not talking about you, because you seem to be a guy that can handle a discussion without loosing his temper, I mean people that insult or shut out other RP'ers for no good reason.

I respect your opinion Oskar, but saying it's a lazy cop out just because people are open-minded is...meh.. I dunno how to put it, but it makes you look as if you haven't really understood what this thread is all about. You may think that you are right about what you say, because, as far as I know, you're part of a heavy rp ls, which I respect, but you have to try and see it from other people's perspective. There are no fixed Rules for Roleplaying on the internet, except for the obvious one's I listed (and those I may have forgot). It's not like a pen and paper game (which I also played a lot in the past btw.), things are in motion and perhaps that's what makes it so interesting. Even after 12 or even more years of RP-Experience I still learn new things about it everyday. As for the Lore: I agree with you on some parts, but you can't foresee anything that happens or could happen, but then again if anyone would just stick completely to the little bit of lore we have, then don't you think it might get boring after a while? Not only that, but don't you think having too much boundaries in an fantasy world (i.e: the rp we do) would get boring after a while? For me it would be like watching a soap-opera, if I want to watch that I can just jump into the real life, it would be the same. Think about Ultima Online and about how little lore was given there (and I don't count the Single Player Games as lore btw.). Ultima Online quite literally said: Everyone has his own individual story, everyone can be a hero, go out there and write your own story. I think that message was even integrated into the intro if I remember correctly, so if you really want to stick to some "right" or "wrong" RP rules for online RPG's, then you should stick to the game that pretty much started the whole RP Scene for gamers. Don't take this personally, I respect your opinion and I respect you as a Roleplayer, but I think it's wrong of you to say it's a cop out. I will just say it once more, we have so many different players, from different countries, coming from different games, young or old. There is no "right" or "wrong" in rp except for a few No-go's, there are just different perspectives. =3 PS: I don't want to support Lore-bending and personally I prefer to stick to Ingame-Lore aswell, I just see nothing wrong in changing minor things or adding little things that don't break actual lore but expands it instead.

Thanks Miyu <3 I agree with the villain-thingy. The problem is that you almost always have atleast 1 or 2 of the "I must always win" type of RP'ers, which would never allow their character to be injured or anything like that. I myself would gladly accept to be the villains victim if it pushes the story forward though

We share the same views if it comes to Lore Riku ^^ I also try to stick to it mostly, but I see nothing wrong in adding some things here and there. I think especially in this case RP shouldn't be too limited and too strict, after all it's all about fantasy, and fantasy shouldn't have too many boundaries. @ Oskar Thanks for replying but I disagree ^^, except for a few absolute no-go's there is no right or wrong direction in roleplay, im pretty sure about that after 12 years of RPing not only on different games but also different servers. Take Ultima Online RP-Servers for example. Almost every RP Server has different Vampire-Rules or different rules for other races and some of these servers have next to no rules at all. Still, I've met douchebags on every server, strict or not. Many people say the Masquerade is the only "real" way Vampires should be played and personally I agree. However I don't mind if some people don't stick a 100% to the Masquerade, I'm open to new things and ideas aslong as people don't do really stupid things. RP is something you can't categorize in right or wrong for the most part, it's the same with a good book, music or games. Of course there are some "bad" books, music or games, but for example a Soccer Game is completely different to a Action Game, does it make the Soccer Game "wrong", in any way? No, it's just different, I think of RP'ers in the same way, they just play differently but it doesn't make them any less of an RP'er. Although, you will come across some "bad" ones occasionaly, think of them as the Justin Biebers of RP and try to ignore them. PS: If anyone is good in English and is bored you might tell me if and where I've made mistakes in the text, so I might learn something =P

Different Perspectives of Roleplaying.... ....and how to deal with it... Hello there RPC-Community. Most of you probably don't even know me because I haven't been on FFXIV for quite a while and I never really used the RPC. For anyone who is interested I'm just going to introduce myself shortly, if you're not interested in this and want to continue to the actual topic, just scroll down a bit. My Ingame Name is Lyriell Aluria, however I will probably have to recreate the character due to the whole server merge thingy whatever. I'm a proud member of the Corvus Cinis pearl and have been a member of this pearl ever since I started playing FFXIV again. (you guys are awesome ^-^). Before FFXIV I have played several online roleplaying games such as Everquest 2, WoW (yeah I said the forbidden word), Ragnarok Online and going all the way back to the classic that is Ultima Online, which still is one of the best games rp wise in my opinion. As for myself, my Name is Sascha, im 27 years old and I'm studying economics in the 2nd semester, quite successfully if I might add ^^. My Hobbies are, of course, MMORPG's, Roleplaying in general, listening to music and I'm quite passionate in visiting other countries and learning about other cultures. But enough about me, what is this Thread all about? Lately I've often heard people talking about what is "right" and what is "wrong" about the RP of other people. These discussions were the catalyst for this thread, because I want to show people that there is no "right" or "wrong" in the RP of other people except for just a few No-Go's. I will discuss these exceptions in detail later, for now I'm going to introduce some of the types of roleplayers I've encountered so far, but keep in mind that these are no "fix" type of players, its very likely that some of these types even complement each other, while some are in some sort of conflict. Types of Roleplayers: Warning: Before you judge me, I'm not saying that every player is exactly as I write it in the descriptions. These are just some of the extreme examples of players I've met in the past 12 years of roleplaying. 1. The Lore Fanatic This type of roleplayer usually stay extremely close to the ingame lore, sometimes to such extent that they won't do anything that might even go just a bit against the lore or even rewrite their whole character background if new lore is added to the game that goes against the previous character background. Some of them are so focused on the lore that they immediately shut out anyone from the rp that, in their opinion, doesn't act according to the lore. 2. The "Freedom" Roleplayer This type of roleplayer is the exact opposite of the Lore Fanatic. He doesn't care all that much about the lore, or atleast he is not as focused on it. While some form of "freedom" is okay, some of these roleplayers just ignore or even rewrite important lore to their liking. While this wouldn't be so much of a deal if only "Freedom" roleplayers would play together, it easily ends up in fights and discussions if these type of roleplayers clash with The Lore Fanatics. 3. The "Hardcore" Roleplayer A "Hardcore" roleplayer is usually a person that ALWAYS, at any point, at any time stays in character. They don't want to get involved with ooc stuff and even insist on staying in character if it comes to fighting raidbosses, walking through dungeons or even grinding classes, although most of them probably wouldn't even start grinding as their character would soon show signs of exhaustion. 4. The "casual" Roleplayer This one is the opposite of the "Hardcore" roleplayer, and can easily be mixed up with the "Freedom" Roleplayer aswell. However, here the difference isn't the Lore, but the roleplaying in general. These players don't always take the Roleplay 100% serious, but it doesn't mean they don't want to rp at all. They just don't care so much about small mistakes, and they don't want to stay IC all the time, but more like whenever they are in the mood for some RP. These are just the 4 Basic Types I've encountered, I could go on and write down even more types in detail, but I think these are the types that most of you people can relate to. Here are some more types, without further explanation: The "good" Guy, The "I must always win" Guy, The "evil" Guy, The attention Whore (and tbh. I think I could fall into this type occasionaly ^^), The Quitter etc... You can add even more types, I'm curious what type of people you've met ^^ Right or wrong? Anyway, back to topic, why did I tell you about those types? What is so important about knowing them? Well, some of you probably already saw themself in some of those types and some of you guys probably recognized some of those types because they already roleplayed with that certain type of roleplayer. Was it always fun to rp with them? Probably not. Let me tell you what I'm trying to make clear here: There is no "right" or "wrong" in roleplaying, except for the obvious "no-go's". We just discovered there are 4 Main Types of roleplayers, and these types differ already, so now think about going into even more detail. Think about the thousands of possibilities, different opinions and playstyles. There is no way that there is the "one perfect roleplayer" and there's not an roleplaying bible either, its more like 10 Commandments, and I'm not even sure if there are 10. Let me show you a few examples: First Example: We have a scene with 2 Roleplayers, Roleplayer A is a Lore Fanatic, Roleplayer B is a "Freedom" Roleplayer. Roleplayer B knows about half of the Lore of the Game, he tries to stick to the Lore in most of the cases, but he adds up some things on his own to his character, for example that the Character was raised in a certain small village near Limsa Lominsa. Roleplayer A stops roleplaying with Roleplayer B after hearing about that "unknown" city and insults Roleplayer B for not sticking to the lore. What is wrong in this Picture? I think what's missing here is respect. Every roleplayer has his own view of how to roleplay or/and his own view of what is "fun" in roleplaying. 2nd example: In this scene we have a "Hardcore" Roleplayer and a "Casual" Roleplayer. Both of them have played together several times, this time the Character of our Casual RPer is quite sad and the Casual RPer doesn't just express this as a normal emote like *Miya-san looks sad* but also adds some of the thoughts that are going through his character in the emote aswell. After that scene our Hardcore RPer gives some "Advice" and tells the Casual RPer that the thoughts of a character should never be displayed. Again, is this the right way? Most people might scream at me, but I say no. Is it so bad to display the thoughts of a character? Aslong as no one "abuses" that knowledge , there's no reason to point fingers at it. I myself never really understood what the deal was about emoting thoughts. For me, roleplaying sometimes is like reading a book. And when I read a book I don't just read actions and talking, sometimes we also read what a certain character feels in that moment, what he thinks in that moment. This makes the characters come alive and it makes us easier to relate to how they feel. Aslong as I can differentiate between Player Knowledge and character knowledge, there is no reason to nitpick about it. Last example: In this example we have several roleplayers, all different types. They have been invited to an RP-Event and atleast some parts of that Event are scripted. Suddenly 3 of the roleplayers just leave the event and afterwards even insult the one who came up with the event, telling him/her that scripted events suck and have nothing to do with RP. Once more, this is the wrong step. Scripting some major parts of the event doesn't have to mean that it's bad in any way, it's still your decision how your character reacts to certain situations, if it's really completely against your nature, you may still leave it, but don't ruin the other's rp by degrading it. It's all about respecting each others opinion and each others style. Think of it like this, we are all Gamers/Musicians/Artists/[enter random passion here] at heart, and saying that only this type of Game/Music/Paintings are the best/right one's is just ignorant. We all have the same goal, we want to have fun in our RP's so just try to respect each other. As a final word, I want to show you guys what I think are the only "no-go's" in an Roleplay, if you think there's something to add to this list, just tell me, because like I said before, no one's perfect and we can all learn from each other. No-Go's: 1. Poweremotes: Emote's made by PC's that can't be dodged and that automatically succeed. For example: *steals the Mi'qote's tail and keeps it forever* 2. Stupid Character Names: MacGyver, RonaldMcDonald, Harry Potter... 3. Logging out to avoid "Conflict-Rp"; i.e.: A conflict between a "good" and an "evil" character, or just 2 characters that don't like each other in general. 4. Mentioning RL-Things IC, Example: "Greetings Traveler..have you seen the new Scrubs episode?" 5. Rewriting important Lore, for example: Introducing your character as the Admiral of Limsa Lominsa. 6. Straight up ignoring someone IC, I know this one is probably the hardest to get used to, because there's is always that "one" roleplayer someone doesn't want to rp with, but you might atleast try to respond with a few lines. 7. Crashing someone else's rp knowingly, this is just rude and you will probably make yourself a name in the rp community, but not in a positive way. 8. Completely ignoring your characters physiques, a Lalafell shouldn't be able to push up a rock thats about 2 times as big as a Roegadyn, on the other hand a roegadyn can't crawl through a hole that's about as tiny as a Lalafell. 9. Taking IC things personally, just because a character hates your own character, it doesn't mean the player behind it hates you, don't confuse Roleplay with OOC stuff. 10. Disrespecting each other in general, just keep that in mind as a general Guideline and you should be alright. I know there's already an RP-Guide on this Forum and it wasn't my intention to make a copy of that thread or anything, I just felt the need to express what I thought about the situation in the RPC and the RP Community in general lately and wanted to offer some help. Also, I'm sorry for my poor grammar, I'm from germany and I'm still trying to improve my english. Best Regards Lyriell Aluria