There're quite a few common backgrounds in this thread. It's fun to see the similarities!
Anyway, I'm 27 and just starting college this semester for Computer Science. I'm starting late 'cause I did a brief 4 year stint in the Navy.
I actually did take a few creative writing classes in High School, but that was only for the easy credits, really. We had a very lax teacher, so I'd just read novels through the entire class, then BS some poetry when we actually needed to turn in some sort of written work. I did the same thing through any sort of English or Math class, actually. I tested into college level English and Math when I was in the 7th grade, so the classes I took were just for the credits on my transcript. I was sort of a brat at the time, though, now that I think about it. I'd ace every test that they gave me, but I still failed a bunch of classes 'cause I never actually did any homework or classwork. I've been kicking myself for that ever since.
Anyway, as far as RPing goes, I remember I got interested in D&D when I was in middle school and checked out about every sourcebook I could from the library, but it was impossible trying to find anyone to play with. It didn't help that most of my friends were jock types at the time (still not sure how that happened). So, that kind of died early. When I started High School I salvaged an old computer from a garage sale and got into MUDs/MUXs/MOOs and all of those derivatives. My biggest RP diving board was a MUX called Nightscape, which was a pseudo World of Darkness style game that I spent entirely too much time RPing in.
I didn't start RPing in "legitimate" MMOs until I'd joined the Navy and could actually afford a computer that could run them. I started out RPing in City of Heroes and never really looked back.
Most of my RPing is usually done through forum posts, since I've grown more accustomed to that style due to text based RPGs and a long term Play by Post game of World of Darkness that just recently shut down on me, so I'm most comfortable RPing that way. I've been getting better about RPing in game as well, but I tend to flummox about a bit since I don't have as much time to think about my response and I have a habit of typing way too many little details that don't matter as much when you're RPing in game.
Anyway, I'm 27 and just starting college this semester for Computer Science. I'm starting late 'cause I did a brief 4 year stint in the Navy.
I actually did take a few creative writing classes in High School, but that was only for the easy credits, really. We had a very lax teacher, so I'd just read novels through the entire class, then BS some poetry when we actually needed to turn in some sort of written work. I did the same thing through any sort of English or Math class, actually. I tested into college level English and Math when I was in the 7th grade, so the classes I took were just for the credits on my transcript. I was sort of a brat at the time, though, now that I think about it. I'd ace every test that they gave me, but I still failed a bunch of classes 'cause I never actually did any homework or classwork. I've been kicking myself for that ever since.
Anyway, as far as RPing goes, I remember I got interested in D&D when I was in middle school and checked out about every sourcebook I could from the library, but it was impossible trying to find anyone to play with. It didn't help that most of my friends were jock types at the time (still not sure how that happened). So, that kind of died early. When I started High School I salvaged an old computer from a garage sale and got into MUDs/MUXs/MOOs and all of those derivatives. My biggest RP diving board was a MUX called Nightscape, which was a pseudo World of Darkness style game that I spent entirely too much time RPing in.
I didn't start RPing in "legitimate" MMOs until I'd joined the Navy and could actually afford a computer that could run them. I started out RPing in City of Heroes and never really looked back.
Most of my RPing is usually done through forum posts, since I've grown more accustomed to that style due to text based RPGs and a long term Play by Post game of World of Darkness that just recently shut down on me, so I'm most comfortable RPing that way. I've been getting better about RPing in game as well, but I tend to flummox about a bit since I don't have as much time to think about my response and I have a habit of typing way too many little details that don't matter as much when you're RPing in game.
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