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StarRiders: Hoshizora no Riders

"Curiosity doesn't kill a cat; ignorance does."
^{(Pfft like he's the one to say.)}

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NAME

Sora Ayanami
(綾波　空)

GENDER

Male

AGE

17

SPECIES

Earthling

ORIGIN

Japan, Earth

OCCUPATION

Student
(Meiran, tertiary level)

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APPEARANCE

Sora is no different from your typical Japanese teenage boy - minus the raging hormones. Or, if you really want to be that specific, the stereotypical male lead that you'd love to smash his dick to a million pieces.

Jokes aside, he stands at 173 cm (or 5' 8" for the exclusive Americans), and has a modest athletic build - on the slim side rather than your beefy eight-pack brawn. He sprouts a short but unkempt jet-black hair (he has pretty much given up trying to make the mop behave even with hair gels), brown-eyed, and a considerably androgynous face - in which his family and friends will never leave him alone to tease about how he's better off being a ditzy but cute girl than an unmanly loser.

PERSONALITY & MOTIVATIONS

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PERSONAL HISTORY

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INFLUENCE & RELATIONS

School

HAYATE SUZUMURA // 鈴村　ハヤテ

Sora's best (and only) pal. Hayate's hair is obviously dyed blond - you can see some black roots around his sideburns - with dark, expressive eyes, and a more angular face than Sora's because he's more 'man' than that lil' bitch, yo. Slightly taller than his dark-haired counterpart, which is made even lankier with his rather laid-back way of carrying himself, as seen in his preference for baggy, oversized clothes.

Full of snark, openly perverted the greatest appreciator of the female body (self-proclaimed), providing a great contrast to Sora's absent-mindedness. It's anyone's guess how the two of them become such good(?) friends...

TROPES

• Innocently Insensitive / Cloudcuckoolander
  
  • Too Dumb to Fool
• Be Careful What You Wish For
  
  • An Offer You Can't Refuse
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
  
  • Empowered Badass Normal
  • Cursed with Awesome

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

Meanwhile, at Bonaparte's mansion...

The Art & Beauty of BBcoding [COMPLETE]

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Character Sheets

< a.k.a. Le Mary Sue You in the RP World >

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Oh yes, everyone's favorite section is here to gorge your eyes-- okay, not really. Lame jokes aside, I'm pretty sure most of you can agree that it doesn't matter if you're a prideful GM who would rather to make your own rules than following other people around, or a lazy, laid-back player (like me!) who can't be bothered with the hassle and just want to have fun away from real life... Character Sheet (Char Sheet, or CS) is the one thing that every single roleplayer has to go through, usually before you can officially be a part of the wonderful cast in the many RPs out there.

Again, like the previous chapter on Interest Checks, I will not go into boring lectures on the technical details about the categories in a Character Sheet (I believe it has already been covered by other members before), but focus on the visual appeal aspect.

While the purpose of an Int Check is similar to advertising, a Char Sheet has a much bigger role to play in any RPs:

• One, it serves as an application form for potential players to submit the character they have in mind they want to pitch to the GM and get themselves killed in the IC later;
• Two, once your character is accepted, it becomes the official profile of your character. This is especially important in RPs with heavy lore or are heavily character-driven, where the GM and players would need to use the Char Sheet as reference point to maintain consistency In-Character.

Similar to Int Check, the use of images, colors and proper separations between categories and paragraphs (headers, indents and horizontal lines) are useful to give a sleek, clean look that is not just pleasing, but comfortable to the eyes. After all, the GM will be squinting at your Char Sheet, and later all the other players are going to read it too.

Here be a simple, mobile-friendly layout I've put together to give you a gist of how coding is an essential factor in the readability of your CS:

Sample CS

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Character Name

OPTIONAL. Other names; i.e. nickname, codename, name written in some ancient tongue that nobody cares, etc.



"OPTIONAL. A quote here that can show an important aspect of your character. May be quotes by some famous scientific madmen, or something dirty quirky that came out of your character's mouth in IC, I dunno."
— Le owner of the epic one-liner, obviously.

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NAME

Yes - your full name, please.

OTHER NAMES

For your embarrassing nicknames, badass alias, shady secret identities... or even lame-o online monikers.

GENDER

Sub-section: Sexuality. Dude or dudette? Or even hermaphrodite? Or you're just proud to be agender like a boss.

AGE

Sub-section: Birthdate. Can range from newborn babies, to decaying vampire ruined by Twilight's sparkling diamond statues.

RACE

Sub-section: Nationality. Racism is everywhere. Deal with it.

DISTRICT

Sub-sections: Birthplace, Hometown, etc. Better mark your territories fast, or you'll be homeless for Christmas. Wait, Christmas' already over. Oh well.

APPEARANCE

Sub-sections: Attire, Accessories. Sadly, first impression is everything, especially in today's society where looking like outrageous Barbie clones is better than being just a humane human.

PERSONALITY

The most important part about any characters, ever. This is where the GM will use to review your ability to play the character you're applying for well - or at least to whatever standards the GM has in mind.

HOBBIES

Other names: Likes & Dislikes. Optional since this can be weaved into the character's personality section, but some GMs like to have a separate category for this.

HISTORY

Other names: Backstory, Biography/Bio, etc. Another important section about your character, and also where the GM can use to determine if your character (1) suits their RP setting, and (2) if you truly grasp the GM's world you are about to hop into.

RELATIONSHIPS

Other names: Dynamics. May be part of one CS, or some GMs may prefer to split into a separate sheet.

ABILITIES

Sub-sections: Powers, Talents, etc. Especially important in RP settings where regulation of power level among the cast is essential. Also a place where the GM can whip your ass into shape if you think you can get away playing some shady omnipotent OP troll.

OTHERS

Sub-sections: Trivia, Theme Music, Quotes, etc. Basically this is the place where whatever extra nuggets of your Self-Insert about your character cannot fit into any of the conventional categories the GM has specified in their CS templates.

Notes:

• The sample above is merely what it's meant to be: a sample. You are free to tweak around, (i.e. rearrange and regroup the categories, add or remove the sections...) Anything you want to do to make a CS template that fits your RP, or to make your CS look professional and neat (if you're a player).

• Adding to my previous point, I tried to keep the sample design as simple as possible without stepping down on the aesthetic appeal. I'd say this sample is how a basic CS should at least look like with some good use of coding art.

• The categories and sections as depicted in the sample are not comprehensive and only for viewing purpose only. After all, the main purpose of this article is to help you beautify your CS, not teach you how to write the meat of the CS.

• Some categories have things like 'sub-sections' and 'other names' - what do they mean? As I've said, this sample is a generic, basic structure you can use as a base reference. Different GMs, or depending on RP settings (sometimes even player preferences), may split the main header into further sub-categories, or use other terms to replace those conventional ones. I chose to group them together accordingly where appropriate to focus on the overall appeal, not the technical structure of what a CS should have.

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Bonus Material

< Going Further >

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Here's a list of more advanced samples for reference for those who want inspirations to make more complicated layouts:

• Tsukune Reservoir Chronicle
• Gowi's Character Log [2.0]
• NuttsnBolts: Characters of Interest

(If you'd like your stylized CS to be featured in this list, drop me a PM with the link. Credits will be given accordingly where appropriate.)

You can also refer to this post by @NuttsnBolts for more tips on Char Sheet coding.

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Coming Next:

Huh, you still want more?

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

@Shoryu Magami No need to worry about putting the collab on delay for now. I have been quiet too because I am busy with school.

@Pudding Shoryu has told me that you've been busy - moving house and then settling down in your new home can take time - so no sweat. :)

<Insert Name; Will Edit Once Not Busy> {Hang-out Thread}

@Eidolen
Yeah. The maze game is a solo assignment (like any normal homework for school, lel), so everything from the maze design, the coding, to the debugging/QC are to be done individually. Of course, AAA tiles would comprise of much larger teams of people to do specific tasks (one group only focuses on programming a particular scene or dungeon, the other only works on modeling certain characters or monsters, etc), but it's still a hell lot of work to do.

People can complain about how certain games may be designed poorly (because a bad UI can affect the UE), but I don't get people who trash talk about delays and unconfirmed release dates, especially if you realize how much work is going on behind the scenes just to make one fucking game. ONE. Nowadays game companies are so afraid of morbid gamers and fans that they are becoming more reluctant to stamp an official release date in their teasers and trailers until they felt they are ready enough to release the game. :/

I'm not sure if I really want to become a GameDev once I finished college, not even sure if I want to go indie or work for the big companies (DigiPen is out of the question - I heard it's extremely hard to get in, even if you join their academic program), but even if I ever take up game-making, I'm more interested in the pre-production work (story and setting, concepts, scripting, etc) than the production (modeling, programming) or post-production (debugging, quality checks) parts. I am considering other industries that works on pure design or pure writing too.

@Shoryu Magami@Gowi
I'm not really that obsessed with music, just a form of personal enjoyment as much as other media types (be it games, movies, books, etc). I'd say I don't have a really specific genre that I'm most into, because most music nowadays would comprise of more than one genre or a mesh of as many genres as they can squeeze into one song. Though, I largely enjoy those with orchestra, Celtic-ish or jazzy feels. I do like certain songs of many other genres, whether it's rock, pop... and even metal, which I wasn't interested in originally. I guess it's more of personal resonance with the individual songs rather than looking collectively based on genres.

I don't do any deep studies into music, even if I have military and symphonic band background, lol.

<Insert Name; Will Edit Once Not Busy> {Hang-out Thread}

Probably because they're both called Megetsune

@Pudding

Babymetal is probably the only "metal" music I can tolerate to. Normally I'm not a fan of metal, but Babymetal feels different from those conventional metal stuff. I think the one I liked was "Gimme Chocolate"? It's nice and weird at the same time, lol.

Meanwhile I've been up the whole night making and debugging this game for school work:

WARNING: Level Over 9000

Retro game is already hard af enough to make. No need to even mention those AAA titles.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

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Reinald Wong

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Somewhere in Central Paris, France_
_{♫ Final Fantasy Type-0 HD OST - A Day Like any Other / Day of the Sun}

Reinald could tell the American boy - who had introduced himself as 'Leonard' - was studying him very, very closely. It didn't look like the blond had bothered to hide the fact that he was trying to analyze everything about Reinald as much as he could, from his physical appearance and fashion sense, his name... even the way he was speaking. The act of munching on his sandwich didn't seem to do much to distract those watchful eyes glued on the Asian man. If it wasn't because Leonard was probably just being cautious towards him as a stranger (one couldn't be too careful with the kind of people they meet, especially in a city like this... and Reinald had learned that the hard way a couple of hours ago), he would have felt extremely uncomfortable to be stared at, especially with such unnerving intensity as if the American was trying to suck him into those cold, blue eyes.

Well, it wasn't the first time people had done this to him - everyone would do that, judging others based on what they could see with what they already knew or had experienced before. Girls would steal looks at him because he had an 'eye candy-tier' appearance (according to one of his friends back in his hometown), but the guys... were more complicated. Aside from the usual looks of contempt and jealousy thrown at him when he was asked out by the girls in his class, he was once told that one of the male students had a crush on him. Of course he had rejected every single one of these 'love confessions' - he got no time to waste on stupid teenage dramas, not when his grades, his future, was on the line.

Upon hearing that Leonard was from New York, Reinald then started to pay more attention to the American's attire. First off, it was rather worn out, and the blond didn't look older than Reinald himself... which made the Asian question how this boy flew here all alone. Like, what about his family? His parents?

As his eyes traveled downwards, that was when he noticed something strange poking out from under the boy's jacket and hoodie. One could only wonder why someone from the further north with seasonal changes would wear more clothing than Reinald himself, who hailed from a tropical country close to the equator, on such a nice spring morning. It wasn't that cold, at least that was what he thought. Unless he was hiding something... It would make sense for him to be armed with a bladed weapon of sorts - didn't he said he had beaten up a group of Paris gangsters trying to mug him just now, even with his seemingly innocent appearance and size? Reinald made a mental note to himself not to get on the wrong side of this guy.

If it wasn't for the letter tucked deep in his pocket, Reinald wouldn't have bothered to leave the haven of his home and come to this place full of foreboding danger. Well, Leonard didn't seem to give off any hint of hostility so far. Not that he had to, when Reinald did nothing but chatting politely like any nice tourists would have.

He returned Leonard's greeting with a curt nod. "I'm from Singapore," he supplied, chuckling at Leonard while trying to hide the increasing uneasiness he was feeling at how this boy kept staring at him. "You know, that 'little red dot situated at the end of the Malay Peninsula'," he recited in a mock-serious tone. "As defined in some tourist guidebooks."

He shrugged and took another swig of his coffee. Half of him wanted to just walk away before those blue eyes were starting to creep him out, but he had another idea. "Are you good with French? Maybe I can join you for a bit of sightseeing, if you don't mind."

He scratched the back of his head with his free hand. "Well... because as you can probably tell, the French language doesn't get along with me. Yeah."

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

No worries about the delay, Sho. My new school term has started, so I'd be busy too.

Meanwhile, I'll just run this new game I managed to get it work on my Steam. Finally found a way to break through the region lock, because I've been dying to get this for a long time since its release. Good thing that this game can run on auto mode while I multitask (aka doing school work), yay.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

As I've told Sho over Skype, thought I should also say this here for everyone:

Try not to flood me with @Mention unless it's RP-related and damn important that you need my immediate attention every time I pop by this site. I am feeling kind of overwhelmed by the sheer number of notifications I got lately, yeah.

In short, leave me out of the shitposting fest, even if I drop random jokes from time to time. I mean, if I see the comebacks, yay; if I don't because I need to be away (either bedtime for me or I've other things to do than being here 24/7), then I'll just let them pass and I don't need to be notified for something trivial as some little jokes.

Thanks~

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

@Shoryu Magami:
Judging from the OOC so far, seems to me most of us are going with the escort idea. I think that's for the best, because that way all the characters will be able to reach Bonaparte's mansion around the same time to kickstart the murder game, rather than waiting for all the lost sheep to show up one by one on their own. :P

And, to inform you that my IC response is up. Short, I know, but I don't want to drag it out into a full purple prose.
I also noticed the BGM link in your second Leo post is still the Cowboy Bebop OST, even if you changed the song title to the one I was using for my first IC post, lol.

On a side note, I changed my character's color because it's too similar to Olivia's (I know it's not the same, but still).