balmung Nefzen Zhwan

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I. Basic Info

 

• Characters: Nefzen Zhwan, Marysue Redshirt, Peajeania Lunenoire
  
• Primary character: Nefzen Zhwan
  
• Linkshells: RP Event Notices
  
• Primary RP linkshell: none
  

 

II. RP Style

 

• Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy):
  Medium mostly, though if the stars align I'll go for a 5+ hr heavy session. Sadly IRL responsibilities prevent that most of the time anymore.
   
  
• Views on RP combat and injuries:
  Getting hurt is FUN! That being said I honestly prefer noncombat situations. Talking one's way out of combat is just as fun. I severely dislike using pvp for RP combat. I view RP as a shared living, breathing novel and if no one get's hurt then the story is boring. If it makes for an exciting story, then all the better.
   
  
• Views on IC romance:
  While idealistically one would say "Anything for a better story" I realize that we are human and some people have problems separating RP from IRL (many many moons of MMO RP has taught me this). In no way am I against them but one must tread carefully. In the case of ERP, that's between those involved. As long as it's kept private, no laws are broken and everyone is a consenting adult that's fine. Fading to black is perfectly fine as well. The point of RP is that everyone is having fun.
   
  
• Views on non-romantic RP (family ties, etc):
  Family RP is great as long as those playing the family keep in contact and no one makes sweeping changes to their joined background without consulting or at least notifying the other players. In fact, two of my friends are playing Nef's siblings!
   
  Not sure what the 'etc' is referring to in this question.*scratches head*
   
  
• Views on lore:
  Lore is a tricky situation. I prefer to stick with it as much as possible but turning into the 'lore police' can drive others away, especially new RPers. Resources like this website with links to lore are awesome, but not all lore is available and at some point you are making it up as you go along. I like to view Lore as a good framework to use, but it needs to be flexible to handle everyone's RP. Some new players might break lore unknowingly. At a certain point you can try to give them the resources to help them make their RP more inline with the established lore, but if they choose not to do so.. I won't shun them for it. In previous situations where someone had fantastical claims (("yes I'm a half dragon half god time traveling vampire")) and didn't want to budge I simply ICly nodded at them, smiled, and privately thought they were crazy (my character not me). This actually can lead to some rather hilarious RP!
   
  
• Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc):
  I'm used to open world RP done in /say and emotes, reserving /party or other channels for OOC communications. I like the idea of someone being able not only to eavesdrop but also walk up and join and have met some of the greatest people ever doing so.  With linkpearls being a lore established thing I can see using LS/FC chat ICly in that 'long distance walkytalky" way. However moving entire RP scenes happening in the open to back channels... if people wish to do so they can but it's not my preference. I dunno how things are typically done in FF14.
  

 

III. Other Info

• Country:USA
  
• Timezone: Central (GMT -6). However I have lots of freetime during the early day 9am-1pm.
  
• Contact info:Contact me here on the forums, ingame (tells/mail), or on my tumblr.
  

 

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Side Projects I work on:

• [balmung] RP Event Calendar - a google calendar of all public RP events on the Balmung server. Every week I try to do a blast of that week's Upcoming Events. It also has a Tumblr blog where I post flyers about event announcements. SUBMIT YOUR EVENT HERE!
  
• [balmung] RP Event Notices linkshell - get (or give!) ingame announcements about upcoming RP events. 
  
• [balmung] Public RP Venue Listing - a listing of all public PC run RP Venues. Looking for a tavern? Wonder what shops you can make use of? Maybe there are other gems out there you don't know about! SUBMIT YOUR VENUE HERE!
  

Events I run:

• Nefzen's Fight Club - Every monday at 9pm (Eastern) until whenever people leave (generally 11-midnight).