Vito

Server: Balmung Job: Warrior Times: I log in every day, but I don't have a set time. What I find annoying is when people just rush into enemies just because they want to get it over with. Yeah, life's all about wanting things to just be over with. Though it's not going to help anyone else if you run into a boss before I can explain the strategy. This happened to me the other day, I was doing The Sunken Temple of Qarn with a group and there was this one Archer who was trying to rush the whole thing despite not knowing what to look out for. The last boss is impossible if you don't look out for lasers and crap like that. There's a way to do it that just apparently took too long to read. Then there are times where I have never done a dungeon and neither has the rest of the party, but we figure it out through trial and error. I am a perfectionist when it comes to myself, but I'm really accepting towards people who actually want to learn. It's like real life, when you're looking for a job when you just got out of a trade school or college, whatever. The whole world wants experience, but they don't want to take the risk and give it. A lot of people are looking for what they can get out of you, unfortunately.

Yeah, I guess I got a little overboard with my own rant, but there's no denying it. People will find any excuse not to socialize or confront you, either it be over IC or OOC stuff, or perhaps leadership choices you've made. I can't explain to you what caused them to leave your FC because I really have no clue why and I'm not going to assume why. I've just made my own observations about people who just.. leave, or run away. They will never explain themselves to you. They won't even give you the option to repair it. They just talk about you in a negative light, not wanting to fix the situation. They simply want to complain and bash. BUT! Don't ever give up on your character because of how immature people can be. You put a lot of effort and emotions into your little dude, so I don't want to see any of that negative shite about trashing him/her. They are an extension of you that requires a lot of responsibility and nurturing. There's tons of new friends to be made with your cool character.

There's no doubt that RP communities have tons of drama, from IC to OOC. It's safe to say that the drama, also contributes to the herd mentality so many RPers have. If someone doesn't like your real personality, they simply won't want to roleplay with you. That causes cliques and separation. Though what's even more ridiculous, is the fact that if someone doesn't like your character, they won't like you as a person. That's assuming that everyone is roleplaying themselves (like ArmachiA mentioned, I also tend to play really judgmental characters that are hard to get along with). Maybe because it gets too personal with some people. They put themselves in it way too much. It just goes overboard. IC and OOC merge into some primal abomination. Roleplaying is a form of expression and creativity. Nothing more, or nothing less. People get personally offended over something a character has said to their character..... IC. They see it as an attack to their very being. The community will always have drama because we, as RPers are very dramatic. This is also the reason why I don't RP any romance. I don't care what anyone tells me. It just gets crazy. I've had a lot of bad experiences with it, people take it too personally. I'M NOT MY CHARACTERS. They are a SEPARATE and VIRTUAL entity. Having to even type that out is depressing. Basically, some people are easily influenced and very resentful. Screw that noise and find people you enjoy RPing with and don't give up on doing the whole public RP stuff to find new friends. Do what makes you happy. Hopefully we can run into each other IC.

My absolute favorite is being called a "nerd" on an MMO. Are you kidding me? We're all ****ing nerds. I literately saw a guy shout "NERDS!!" the other day, I forgot where. It was definitely over the weekend though. Really man? It's Friday-Saturday and you're inside playing games just like I am. In reality though, this game has had the least RP griefers I've seen in a long time. At least the general population doesn't have issues with us and the ones who complain are the minority.

I don't watch tons of anime, but what I have seen, I really like. Of course anything from Studio Ghibli, that's almost not even worth mentioning because anyone can like those movies, because they're just really damn good stories. I even liked Tales From Earthsea (which people didn't care much for because it wasn't like the original book series and it was directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son). The Devilman OVAs are also great because they're older, with this charming cheesiness that most anime from the 80's-90's typically has. Pretty cool fight scenes and violent too. I watched Evangelion at a young age. That's the series that got me into anime. It's more popular now, but it does have a good story and I'm probably the only person who doesn't hate the main character. I think the mechas are the coolest and I always wished I had one. Cowboy Bebop is obviously really damn good. Bokurano has a great, sad storyline. I know even less about manga, but I love Junji Ito's stuff. Uzumaki and Gyo are just great. Really worth reading if you're into disturbing, grotesque, weird shite.

My first MMO was FFXI and I played Aion for a short while, I haven’t played many MMOs. I prefer single-player games. Shin Megami Tensei is my favorite RPG series and I love anything with a good storyline. I was introduced to RP through forums, but I always remember writing, whether it was short stories or random feelings and thoughts I’d be having. I definitely see RP as an outlet and I tend to be really long-winded and descriptive, but I’m trying to tone it down and just enjoy myself. lol For a character, I had a lot of trouble trying to find out what sort I wanted to play. I actually spent two days making and deleting characters, choosing different races and classes. I knew I wanted to play something melee orientated later on and I ended up choosing a Male Miqo’te which was not really my original intention. I knew about the naming conventions beforehand, but I chose a very Human-like name and figured a way for it to work with consideration to the lore. I wanted him to be well-travelled and somewhat hostile towards his own race due to their strict traditions. He wonders how many have true convictions in their culture or if they just follow through because that’s what’s “expected” of them. I consider myself a light/medium RPer when it comes to MMOs. I enjoy some serious RP with my characters, but I don’t like it when it gets too heavy. I actually have no problem playing the minor character most of the time. Romance is the only subject I don’t have much interest for. I like challenging myself by RPing characters that are different from me, however I try to put in a little something I can relate to in either their personality or story. Maybe a fear or character flaw? In real life: I’m a 21 year old female, I live with my girlfriend in Florida. She goes to college while I work. I love all sorts of music, anything trippy like Shpongle or Tool. I know I come off as really standoffish, but that’s probably because I’m shy. My sense of humor can be god-awful and offensive, I am learning to bite my tongue. Dear god be patient if say something unintentionally rude. Also damn, this was really long. This is why I said I have a problem.