Deirdre

Edited to include those who signed up and removed Cal. One of the judges put you on the impromptu list, so idk. Fixed anyways.

[align=center] Are you the manliest-man in all of Eorzea? Do people tremble before your greatness? Do the ladies drop their underclothing when you walk in to the room? Do you want to be the next Mr. Eorzea?! Well now is your chance! Gentlemen and Lalafellians, gather up your formal-wear, oil up those bulging biceps, and get ready for the biggest event of this cycle! It's The Mr. Eorzea Pageant! Spots are filling up quickly so sign up now to be the title holder of Mr. Eorzea, and win a date with one of the four beautiful judges! Sponsored by the Eorzean Scouts and the MMML. Tickets for the event, held on the 16th Sun 2nd Astral Moon, will be sold at your nearest leve counter. The event will be in the Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre after the 19th bell The contestants must be there a bell prior to the start, any contestants arriving late will be disqualified! (The Mr. Eorzea Day Pageant is not responsible for and injury occurred on-stage, backstage, anywhere near the stage or while on the winners date. We will not be responsible for loss of articles, clothing, or any other possessions during or after the event. Tickets are non-refundable.)[/align] ((OOC Information:))[spoil]As mentioned before, this entire event is going to be non-cannon (And event that is IC, but not taken in to account in your personal story). This event is purely for fun so please leave any drama or tension at the gate! There will be no fee for this event, only a pretend fee, which is really not a fee. Please keep your OOC to another channel, even though this even is non-cannon, we expect members to show up and act ICly as they would normally, with a little wiggle room for the fun. If you have any questions about the event please post here for us to inform you. If you wish to participate in the event and have your name added below, please post and let us know. This list is for the contestants only. The crowd may merely show up. Details: Mr. Eorzea Pageant Parts of the pageant: I. Syncronized Song and Dance: A la simon says/ DDR II. Formalwear: Coatees abound! III. Swimsuit: If no swimsuit, subligar and/or underwear will suffice (must be colored underwear)( we have plenty of weavers, so NO EXCUSES!) IV. Talent: Includes but is not limited to: singing, dancing, tumbling, rapping, poem making, drawing, music making, cooking, looking hot, etc. V. Interview A. Questions: (5pts each, you will be asked random questions from this list plus a secret question) 1. If the Garleanâs took over, what would be the first thing youâd do? 2. What is your idea of a perfect date night? 3. What do you think of girls playing games? 4. If you had one wish, what would it be? 5. What food best describes your personality (must be in game food) 6. If you could do one craft for the rest of your life, which would it be and why? 7. Where do you see yourself in 5 cycles? 8. Which animal best describes you and why? 9. When do you feel the most like yourself? 10. If you were a weapon, what would you be and why? 11. What three qualities constitute a great leader? 12. Tell us about the greatest challenge youâve had to face. 13. In what role does a man add most to a woman - father, son or a partner? 14. Pick any of the judges and compose an impromptu love poem for them. 15. If you could be sultana for a day, what would you do? 16. Is it okay for women to wear pants? 17. You have been granted the power to kill any one person in Eorzea, who would you kill, and why? 18. Whatâs your relationship with your mother? 19. What is your favorite location in Eorzea and why? 20. If you could get a Qiqirn to do whatever you wanted, what would you have him do, and why? 21. What is your chocoboâs name and why? Judges: Alothia, Deirdre, Kass, Xenedra Interested Participants: Leon Heius Tanum Ashurna Endricane Feltaro Kaliden Lilithus Rikitiki Tavatiki Claus Bell Tiv Grimmgeist Dante Abigor Uriah Nool Gospel Gestalt Oskar Helvig Galvadan Edgecrusher Burgenheim Rousa Zenge Eien Prizes: Date with judge of your choice, there will be three on stage winners and a fourth winner voted from the remaining contestants via the RPC. Date: Friday, March 16th Time: 7pm EST Start Time Location: Ampitheater[/spoil]

As per the above post and the previous post; (Please post below if you would prefer a specific time, otherwise the event will likely be held after 7PM EST. Tell any of the judges if you have questions.)

(EDIT: THE POLL IS SUPPOSED TO SAY 'SATURDAY MARCH 10th' -- SORRY!) Same as before everyone! We have a tie in the days and we need YOU to decide! Select which option you would prefer between the two so we can organize everything based on best availability! Even if you don't care which day between the two it is on, please cast a vote for one of them! You have two days to decide before we close voting and post the details, so vote now!!! (Previous Post) Hey RP Community! If anyone was on the OOC shell tonight they know that Alothia Starkwood, Kassandra Dawn, Xenedra Ambreaus and myself will be hosting a 'Mr. Eorzea Pageant'! In order to increase participation, we will first put up a poll for the dates people are available to do this event! Don't worry, the details will be released soon, and so you all know this will be a just for fun non-cannon event! Please join us for the fun, and vote for your choice of times! We look forward to seeing everyone there for a chance to win some awesome IC prizes! (Please post below if you would prefer a specific time, otherwise the event will likely be held after 7PM EST. Tell any of the judges if you have questions.)

@Shurin *rewrites the contract to include skimpy bathingsuit needing to be a must, no overtime and actual participation in said event... as stage-meat.*

I do have a few things to say about the posts made in this thread. Normally I'm a quiet onlooker, I don't often post on the forums, and threads like these are usually why. First off, thank you Gospel for taking the initiative to listen to the members of the OOC shell (which is really not Gospels shell, but the communities shell) and proactively question and react like a mature adult. Hopefully this will help alleviate some tensions, even if hard decisions have to be made. I fully agree that this shell should be an overall OOC pearl, this isn't just a pearl to plan events or gather people for things! While it helps, and is a good medium for that kind of thing, that is NOT it's sole purpose. As it's name states, it is to give us, the players behind the characters, a chance to interact and socialize! We can gather information, get inspired, or simply talk about our day! We can play and tease and have fun with our friends, no matter if our characters like each other. This is a mutual understanding, a gathering of like-minds. If you want a strictly planning pearl for events, make one -- OR visit the INSANE amount of forums we have for planning and events, such as this one! If it really comes right down to it and everyone is offended by the smallest thing, then maybe we do need to make a more mature pearl, and keep this one for those who do not wish to be a part of it. To Miyu -> Thank you for having the most wonderful understanding of so many people here. You understood that there was issues previously in OOC, you understood that perhaps you were not in the best of positions to move forward with it, you understood and HELPED Gospel in the reforming, and provided many good points. You could be the ugliest, hairiest, swagger-i-est Miqo with the most giant breasts and the sword that is directly commanded by the Twelve themselves. In OOC, I don't care. Most of the time Miyu is friendly, happy and greets almost everyone in the shell, unlike many people who hardly speak at all. Don't pick on Miyu, at least he's tried to do the things others only think about doing, that does not make him a bad person at all. Kudos to Miyu, who has recognized his faults and worked very hard to improve himself. It has gone noticed. To Aysun -> Thank you for not standing and simply taking the awful things that were said to you. Instead you spoke up to make change, which is better than laying back and talking about someone behind their back which we are all too guilty of doing. That PMS gave you balls, girl. <3 To Mihana -> While I agree that our image paints on the community as a whole, and that we should tone it down somewhat and deal with things that are an issue, I don't think that adding a jab at Miyu in your post gave it any kind of impact, or validity. To Kylin -> Welcome to the woes of being a leader of an LS! Speaking with experience of being an officer in a variety of linkshells, I know your pain all to well. Yeah, events are planned and I know they take a lot of time and effort. I plan a lot of events, make a lot of storyline for myself and the linkshells I was a part of. Sadly, and an officer/leader, your struggles often go unnoticed. It's a hard fact. Just because people do not attend your events is not just cause to abandon your entire linkshell and punish the people who actually do put time and effort in to wanting to be there. This happens with every linkshell! From The Eorzean Guard to Everwatch to even Blue Skies! Sometimes event turnouts are low, and there are often reasons. Were a lot of people on that day? Was it planned ahead? Did the members know? Was it well advertised? Did the community know? And sometimes events fail because of the actual event itself! YES! 'My character would not go to this event' IS A VALID REASON! I will not take someone else in to account here but I will put my own character up front. Deirdre is a bitch, enough said. I believe I have ever only attended one of your events, and I know they are not the kind of thing she would be going to. She does not dress up and mingle with higher ups, she has no interest in book education, she would not go digging in a cave for hours on end because someone needed a hand, likely not even if they were paying her. Even as being a guard, for example, she couldn't have gone either as there is currently storyline going on keeping her tangled up. Maybe some people didn't want to RP that night, and instead wanted to finish their craft/leveling before the patch? Maybe some people planned to be in bed soon? Maybe some people had other events to plan? For the failure of one event the fallout sure seems too catastrophic. When I'm looking for a linkshell I want to see one with dedication despite a dryspell. I want to see officers continually trying to improve their events, and learning from what went wrong the previous time. Despite us having our fun in the OOC pearl, it is used for making events and advertising them successfully. I am on a lot, and I think I saw mention of your event once, maybe twice. It's not an 'excuse' I need to go to your event, its a shopping list of things. I need to know about it, I need to be available, and I need a valid IC reasoning to be there (because not everyone's character acts like an NPC and can just be doing whatever you want them to be doing). AND TO THE REST OF YOU! -> <3 Please play nice and be understanding. *slaps her two gil down on the table and walks away*

Actually Mihana, we're going to allow Miqo'te males to participate, since we know we will be getting them!

Hey RP Community! If anyone was on the OOC shell tonight they know that Alothia Starkwood, Kassandra Dawn, Xenedra Ambreaus and myself will be hosting a 'Mr. Eorzea Pageant'! In order to increase participation, we will first put up a poll for the dates people are available to do this event! Don't worry, the details will be released soon, and so you all know this will be a just for fun non-cannon event! Please join us for the fun, and vote for your choice of times! We look forward to seeing everyone there for a chance to win some awesome IC prizes! (Please post below if you would prefer a specific time, otherwise the event will likely be held after 7PM EST. Tell any of the judges if you have questions.)

Thanks for the replies everyone, my original post was created in a slight ragemode so I didn't really get the the point of everything I really wanted to say, glad most of you caught on to that and filled in the blanks. I think we're mostly at an agreeance that something has to happen, we're all feeling the lack of RP, not just due to the merges and the missing players, but as an overall feel. Special mention to Verence, I didn't go so far as to delve in the kind of RP we need going on around here, and I think he made a lot of valid points. It's true! We need more than just the social gatherings we currently do. Of course, they're great places for our characters to meet, but it kind of sucks when my character can't bump in to anyone on the road while adventuring, or get pulled in to a whirlwind of events that makes her consider being a nun. True to Verences point we shouldn't be making a ton of these events. They are secluded, and what every Rper should be begging to come rather than one of Yoshi-P's letters still not acknowledging us. But at this point... I can't remember the last large scale event like that since my time in the Eorzean Guard! I'm guilty for it, I usually make social events for the larger crowd and seclude my special storyline events for my linkshells. In the Watch, for example, a little while ago we did a series of missions that were almost like playing D&D. One of us (me on an alt) played the GM, rolling my D20 at home (mostly) while players could roll the /random in game. This turned out great! Nothing was predictable, people were put in situations where they usually wouldn't be, and rolling a 1 had real consequences! (Like Oskar getting shot). Of course, something on a larger scale would be very much at the permissions of the player. Now I guess I'll go out on a limb here since I know we are all usually guilty of pulling the storylines in to our linkshells (who end up becoming secluded and stagnating RP for the shell-less). If I get enough support, or enough helpers and cooperators, I could probably put something together for the masses. Maybe something easier first, a sort of trial adventure, before whacking you over the heads with some serious lore-based storyline that I lock Shurin in a closet to create for me. Thoughts? [spoil]Looking for memes? Give me your thoughts and I'll MAKE SOME![/spoil]

Revamping the RP Community â by and Elezen who cares I woke up this morning to a post on the Lodestone front page. This post stated that the Devs are taking back their earlier post, about server merging, and deciding to make a few changes. Now, stop right there, this is not another post complaining about the merges nor a thumbs up for an Official RP server (which I think is still a super idea). It was digging through the posts on the Official Forums that got me thinking. This is about our RP community, about our RP quality... and about what we should be doing to save it. Now, I don't want to come off as the one person digging up old dirt. I just want what all of you want, a better RP experience for my Final Fantasy. Look how banded together we are! Forums since before launch, helping us work together and communicate! A LS in the game specifically designed to spark RP! These are used by MANY individuals, and disregarded by too many more! We have to break out of our shells and cliques, this has been preached too often. We've got to experiment and try new things, and most of all a few people have to stand up and rally others! There is no reason our RP should go stagnant, there are too many minds here with great ideas, and not enough effort going in to them. As I told Miyu this morning, whatever is in the endgamers water, we really need to get for the Rpers. I understand a characters need to be off from the group, completely! My own is like that, it takes a lot for her to get involved in social things! And yeah, I know you're not going to like everyone that you play with, I for sure don't all the time! But this still does not mean you can't spark some kind of RP, get involved in something that could create exposure for your character or others. This is a team effort! We're one big team, not a league fighting over who is on red side and who is on blue. And hell, if you don't think your character would be sparking these things, make another force do it! Just like the Aleport party last night. I didn't participate in everything, but I got my RP worth and created a place where others could too. I also understand your RL obligations. In no way am I saying to throw them away or spend more time on the game. We all have our responsibilities; I have my own place, a full time job and a life. True, I spend a little more time involved in the game than most, but it's not about time as much as it is about communication and effort. This is the action of one. I can't do it alone. Forget that the servers are merging, forget that changes are happening in the game nearly every week, forget the OOC conversation where that Lalafell dissed your sweet pink hat. We have been given a decent storyline to start with, there is SO much opportunity. We have to stand up, tighten our tarred belts and take charge of this community we're going to dedicate our time (and money) to! Draw your IC/OOC lines. Make events, then make more. Try Rping with other people, then try Rping with those peoples friends. Be open to trying other things, and stop criticizing people who do. Stand up! And give me a god damned HOO RAH! [spoil] [/spoil]

(A flier scattered about the cities, mainly in Limsa Lominsa.) Come Everyone! Adventurer, artists! Weavers and warriors! Carpenters and children with toy-swords! Aleport is combing its beaches, cleaning it's taverns and hiring new wenches to serve you on it's first annual 'Warm Suns Picnic'! It's a new cycle and the suns are just beginning to warm, so toss aside those yule clothes, pull on a swimsuit and pack a towel for some fun! Hosted by Aleports staff, food and refreshments will be provided free-of-charge, and there will be an open bar with all your imported favourites! Stop by on the 12th sun of this moon after the 10th bell for some relaxing entertainment. Toss away that armour, relax in the sand! Back away from that workbench, have a drink! Come, we'll have some fun! (OOC information: Sorry this event is sudden just wanted everyone to have some RP chance with each-other tonight! It is hosted tonight at Aleport @ 10PM EST and will go on in to the night if we have enough people. Please note, when you arrive there will be tents, blankets, ect set up as well as scantly clad women serving food and drinks. The water would be warm enough to swim, assuming of course that today is one of the really warm days La Noscea has seen in the last while. Also, bring fireworks and enjoy!) (EDIT: Let me know if the time needs changing by posting here!)

I very much agree with Oskar's stance. I think we need to really push for an RP server, this is the best time to implement it in, especially since Yoshi-P spoke of it before. Do we have frequenters of the Lodestone Forums that can push this topic up? I know Oskar got some replies with this lore questions, maybe going the same route will help.

A new poster is pinned up in place of the last. The Eorzean Guard kindly invites one and all to the second night of storytelling and lore, "Tales of Legend and Adventure : Sagas from Hydaelyn II" Let each hero and heroine come and share tales of glory and valour! Let the maiden whisper poems of love found and cry requiem for love betrayed! Call forth the bard within, weaving words into stanza and sonata! Stories of joy and sadness, songs of victory and defeat, come to hear the epics being whispered throughout the land... and perhaps to start one of your own! We gather at the Mih Khetto Amphitheatre in Gridania on the 14th Sun of the 3nd Astral Moon at the 17th bell. Sit among old and new friends with open ears and open hearts, and maybe a little wine. If you wish to share a tale with those gathered, please contact Deirdre Ta'ea or the Eorzean Guard for her whereabouts. Few spots remain! --- Event Details When - Saturday May 14th at 5 pm PST Where - Gridania, Mih Khetto Ampitheater This is an event where stories can be told, whether true of false, or a mix of both. It is a time for us to gather and listen to one another and bond as a community. Only so many story-tellers can attend, but the audience is free and open for all. The length of the event will be 1.5-2 hours where people may come and go. Due to chatter, a pearl will be handed out for the event for the story-tellers to speak through so all may listen and freely comment/emote. Contact Deirdre Taea with questions or concerns or if you'd like to tell a story. If you are unable to contact me, any member in the Eorzean Guard can provide my location.

The next event is being scheduled for May 14th, 5 pm PST. Details will be posted here.

I plan to hold one every month I know it's Easter weekend so there will be quite a few people who can not attend, this is more of a test run. But count on there being more!

A new poster is pinned up carefully on the board. The Eorzean Guard kindly invites one and all to a night of storytelling and lore, "Tales of Legend and Adventure : Sagas from Hydaelyn" Let each hero and heroine come and share tales of glory and valor! Let the maiden whisper poems of love found and cry requiem for love betrayed! Call forth the bard within, weaving words into stanza and sonata! Stories of joy and sadness, songs of victory and defeat, come to hear the epics being whispered throughout the land... and perhaps to start one of your own! We gather at the Mih Khetto Amphitheater in Gridania on the 23rd Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon at the 17th bell. Sit among old friends and friends to be with open ears and open hearts, and maybe a little wine. If you wish to share a tale with those gathered, please contact Deirdre Ta'ea, available on the 19th Sun or the 20th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon. The day may only bear witness to so many stories, few spots remain! --- Event Details When - Saturday April 23rd at 5 pm PST Where - Gridania, Mih Khetto Ampitheater This is an event where stories can be told, whether true of false, or a mix of both. It is a time for us to gather and listen to one another and bond as a community. Only so many story-tellers can attend, but the audience is free and open for all. The length of the event will be 1-2 hours where people may come and go. Due to chatter, a pearl will be handed out for the event for the story-tellers to speak through so all may listen and freely comment/emote. Contact Deirdre Taea with questions or concerns or if you'd like to tell a story. Applying for this ICly can be done today at 10 pm PST or tomorrow at 6pm PST at the Golden Court. If you are unable to at these times contact any member in the Eorzean Guard for her whereabouts.

Thanks for responding so quickly! We currently have 3 staff members and 2 regular members for a total of 5. I will get working on the logo today and hopefully have it done for you so it can be put up. As for the council position, I am doing most of the organizing and planning so I would gladly accept, but either one of us is fine we work as a team.

Slayers Those bonds that make us strong keep us alive. We are a group of men and women, of all race and colour, all different ages, with one thing in common; This is our home. Cast aside by the laws built to protect us, without a place in the world, poor without a chance to make a life. We are warriors, craftsmen and mages... we are mothers, fathers, daughters and sons... We are Slayers, using our skills to take care of our own. Server: Besaid Leaders/contacts: Head: Aoixin -- (PM here please) Organizer/Informant: Deirdre - (PM here please) RP Style: Moderate Website/forum: http://slayers-ffxivonline.mmoguildsites.com IC element: We are a group of killers-for-hire mainly, but behind the warriors we have people of other skills, and we have our families. While we are extremely powerful together each individual carries their own talents and resources. Trust your own, wary the rest. Headquarters: Since we are a group of wanted individuals and rouges, we keep this information reclusive to the members of Slayers. Linkshell interactions: None currently, but we are looking to perhaps develop ties with other groups. Please contact us if you'd like to pursue this. Application criteria/process: You must be 16+ and mature, otherwise 18+. Visit our forums and apply for membership. Once you've been accepted you must fill out more information on you and your character(s). Rules: A full list of our rules can be found http://slayers-ffxivonline.mmoguildsites.com/forum_threads/573394 Additional info: We have many stories and adventures/plot twists planned, but we are always open to member ideas. We want to work close with out members to ensure everyone has a part in the guild and the overall story/experience. Currently, we do not have any events planned, but this is on our 'To-Do' list.

RL Info RL Name: Adrianna (Adri) RL Age: 20 Country: Canada Timezone: MST RL Gender: Female Why do you like to RP?: I've always enjoyed character creation and story development, it comes down to creativity. Basic Info Characters: (Main) Deirdre, Kohrae (Others) Jericho, Bafravit Current primary linkshell: Slayers RP Preferences RP style (light, casual, moderate, or heavy)?: Moderate Are you willing to RP a fight scene in game? If so, preferred method of combat? (/randoming, skill based, etc): Never RP'd a fight scene in game but willing to try! Sounds fun! (So I guess... any method?) Are you willing to take major injuries in game? (ie limb loss, comas, etc.): Major injuries are fine except for limb loss, anything extremely severe would have to be talked over before done. Under what circumstances, if any, would you allow your character to be killed off?: My main characters would only be killed on my choice and planning (If that happens) and my sub characters are more likely to die (All of course would need planning and permissions) Are you willing to RP romance in game? How far are you willing to go?: Yes I am and I have gone as far as you can go. Currently, my main characters have lovers, so anything to happen with them would need development and discussion (with both sides) What kind of non-romantic RP relationships are you seeking? (family ties, etc): Friends mostly. How far from the actual lore are you willing to stray?: I'd like to keep with the lore, it makes IG RP more fun and allows me to research things if I need. Views on chat functions (IC vs OOC in /party, /linkshell, /say)?: I'd like to remain IC in all of them, but I don't mind joking around and having fun OOC either. Meeting new people IG will be IC. Will most of your RP be confined in a single linkshell or will you try to RP with as many as possible?: Single linkshell and personal side RP's with friends. How do you prefer to be contacted? (PM or post in this thread): Skype: s058linda Steam: s058linda DA: tinyALIAS Or send me a message IG or on the forums.