Hi everyone! A very warm greetings from a South East Asia player here!
*bow
Well, I just decided to introduce myself here;
I'm completely new at this game. Got recommended by a friend to try this 'new' FFXIV, and while browsing around for the game's overview, lore, races, etc, I also decided that I'd like to join the game's RP community!
So, in accordance to the "-some common things your fellow RPers may be interested in knowing about you-" thingy, here goes:
-- Gaming Background(s)
In terms of MMORPG, Not really much really;
History-wise, I used to be an avid JRPG gamer in the good old days of good JRPG like Chrono Trigger, Terranigma, Xenogears, Breath of Fire series, Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tactics-- oh the list could go on for a little while...Â
I lost much of my interest in RPGs ever since the rapid development of new consoles and hardwares with greater processing powers, the game devs seem to focus way too much on the graphical and eyecandy aspects of their games, not on the storyline and the depth of their characters anymore.
It almost seems that the nowadays its just: "Oh, let's create the most statuesque, picturesque male and female possible, in possession of every positive psychological traits available for a sentient being, clad them in most absurd or revealing outfits possible, and equip them with the biggest, unwieldy weapons possible and make them save the world! Yay profits!".
--apology but I really found myself getting harder and harder to sympathize with the casts of today's RPG games or to get myself engaged in the plot.
For the MMORPG, my first one is probably Ragnarok Online; there I played a bit as a Priest, decided to hate the game with a passion for its brain-dead grinding, spam-everything-because-everything-is-spammable gameplay, and the "priest = helpless healbot" concept.
Then some times later I played World of Warcraft for a while and I... loved it with a passion. Back then it is still the vanilla version (which is good!). The animation, the battle, the world are all very fluid and immersive. I really appreciate their concept of their Priest class which is far from being a helpless healer and actually quite a deadly performer in battle (pvp-wise).
A year ago I played Lord of the Rings Online and is actually my first exposure to the MMORPG RP community. I joined their dedicated RP server and there I realized that this is the MMORPG atmosphere that I've been looking for all this time.
Their RPing people are friendly, mature, laid-back, and one of the most comforting for me is:
--no more severe eyesores (AND mindsores) from immersion breaking names such as IKill4Burgerrzz, or xXxLeGoLaSxXx, M1ck3YM0us3, and many, many other examples.
--RP experience
None so far, but as I wrote earlier I've been exposed to the RP community before in LotRO and I quite like it!
In fact, I decided that in the future I won't play any other MMORPG that does not have a dedicated RP community in it.
--Character ideas/info
Hmm now this is interesting. Maybe I'll create a thread about my character idea(s) in the appropriate forum somewhere around here later.
--How did you learn about the coalition?
Google!
--What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? Light, medium, or heavy?
Mmm... To be frank I don't really have the confidence to be an active RP. I'm not a fast writer, and English is not my primary language either... so I guess a Light RP should be a good learning point for me, eh?
--Anything from real life you'€™re comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc)
I own a small diner here where I live and I usually supervise it daily. The diner serves specialty meatballs lovingly made with traditional recipe. Meatballs! Yay!
Anyway... I don't think I have a lot of playtime available, starting from 9 PM (GMT +7) mostly.
Thanks for reading my introduction thread and... see you folks in game!
*bow
Well, I just decided to introduce myself here;
I'm completely new at this game. Got recommended by a friend to try this 'new' FFXIV, and while browsing around for the game's overview, lore, races, etc, I also decided that I'd like to join the game's RP community!
So, in accordance to the "-some common things your fellow RPers may be interested in knowing about you-" thingy, here goes:
-- Gaming Background(s)
In terms of MMORPG, Not really much really;
History-wise, I used to be an avid JRPG gamer in the good old days of good JRPG like Chrono Trigger, Terranigma, Xenogears, Breath of Fire series, Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tactics-- oh the list could go on for a little while...Â
I lost much of my interest in RPGs ever since the rapid development of new consoles and hardwares with greater processing powers, the game devs seem to focus way too much on the graphical and eyecandy aspects of their games, not on the storyline and the depth of their characters anymore.
It almost seems that the nowadays its just: "Oh, let's create the most statuesque, picturesque male and female possible, in possession of every positive psychological traits available for a sentient being, clad them in most absurd or revealing outfits possible, and equip them with the biggest, unwieldy weapons possible and make them save the world! Yay profits!".
--apology but I really found myself getting harder and harder to sympathize with the casts of today's RPG games or to get myself engaged in the plot.
For the MMORPG, my first one is probably Ragnarok Online; there I played a bit as a Priest, decided to hate the game with a passion for its brain-dead grinding, spam-everything-because-everything-is-spammable gameplay, and the "priest = helpless healbot" concept.
Then some times later I played World of Warcraft for a while and I... loved it with a passion. Back then it is still the vanilla version (which is good!). The animation, the battle, the world are all very fluid and immersive. I really appreciate their concept of their Priest class which is far from being a helpless healer and actually quite a deadly performer in battle (pvp-wise).
A year ago I played Lord of the Rings Online and is actually my first exposure to the MMORPG RP community. I joined their dedicated RP server and there I realized that this is the MMORPG atmosphere that I've been looking for all this time.
Their RPing people are friendly, mature, laid-back, and one of the most comforting for me is:
--no more severe eyesores (AND mindsores) from immersion breaking names such as IKill4Burgerrzz, or xXxLeGoLaSxXx, M1ck3YM0us3, and many, many other examples.
--RP experience
None so far, but as I wrote earlier I've been exposed to the RP community before in LotRO and I quite like it!
In fact, I decided that in the future I won't play any other MMORPG that does not have a dedicated RP community in it.
--Character ideas/info
Hmm now this is interesting. Maybe I'll create a thread about my character idea(s) in the appropriate forum somewhere around here later.
--How did you learn about the coalition?
Google!
--What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? Light, medium, or heavy?
Mmm... To be frank I don't really have the confidence to be an active RP. I'm not a fast writer, and English is not my primary language either... so I guess a Light RP should be a good learning point for me, eh?
--Anything from real life you'€™re comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc)
I own a small diner here where I live and I usually supervise it daily. The diner serves specialty meatballs lovingly made with traditional recipe. Meatballs! Yay!
Anyway... I don't think I have a lot of playtime available, starting from 9 PM (GMT +7) mostly.
Thanks for reading my introduction thread and... see you folks in game!