(08-08-2013, 04:13 AM)Koren Wrote: 1. Â What do you think is a main character?1. I believe a main character is one you play the most often.
2. Â What do you think makes a character an alternate character?
3. Â Do people have a responsibility to make certain "mains pair with mains" if you sense an interesting relationship (friends/rivals/lovers/enemies/long-lost relatives) forming or is it okay that someone's just not going to be around at random or for long periods of time?
4. Â Have you ever discovered that your main was paired off in one of those situations with someone's alt? Â They just didn't play them at all or played other characters? Â Did it stall out your story? Â What did you do?
5. Â What's the biggest stereotype you think of when you think of people who only have one main character?
6. Â What's the biggest stereotype you think of when you think of people who suffer alt-itis and swap characters often?
7. Â Which are you? Â A single or two main characters? Â 5 main characters? Â A bunch of alts?
8. Â How did you usually break up your time between your main characters? Â Play on demand? Â Always on one, demand for the other? Â One with one group and when they all sign off switch to the other?
2. This makes an alternate character any others that I might have.
3. I believe that it helps to do this. The important thing is to communicate with each other OOCly. Before, during, after. I personally wouldn't want to commit to anything long-term if the other partner isn't seeing it that way as well.
4. No. We discussed the relationship before hand: how much time would be committed to playing that relation, or what to do in case of long absences (they're not always planned--real life happens).
5. I hadn't really thought about it.
6. Same here.
7. I tend to stick to one main at a time. If I find myself becoming more and more active on an alt, I switch which one I name my main.
8. I play whichever appeals to me at the time. My main tends to be my roleplay character, which is almost always the reason why it's my main; they're the most fun.
I have made alts as secondary or throw-away characters. They get brought in as the story needs them.
I have made alts to try other classes (this won't be an issue here), and if I end up loving the class they get an eerily similar look and name to the main. Other's won't need to guess if it's me because I make them the same.
I also make alts that are my 'don't bother me' characters. I've yet to roleplay on them, and the few who I do trust enough to tell my identity to know not to bother me unless it's important. On any other alt, I make myself known, and will switch when asked and it suits me. It shouldn't hurt anyone to be told 'no, I have other plans'. Again, discussing how much time is expected of each other before-hand helps here.
