[OOC] The 'Correction' Operation

[Jessikka]

If that's how everyone acted there'd be no RPs at all! So take a chance~

[Stitches]

Hagura said
3 people? I dunno if I wanna join with only three people.

6, including myself, Jess, and Hovelmeier. On top of that, we'll be starting the IC early whilst we gain more members so that the original ones aren't bored silly waiting for at least 8 people to join. In saying such, you're effectively giving off the message that you don't want to join an RP that's only -just- started, despite the fact we're waiting for at least a handful of people so that we can provide the entertaining part - the IC part - earlier than others usually do, since there is a GM and 2 co-GMs to keep activity rolling.

So I'm afraid I don't see any problem in joining because there are 3 'members', since there are also 3 GMs.

[Hagura]

I c. Well with that, I'm not sure if I wanna join or not. So 6 people in total? I'll see if I can join or not.

[Ciphra]

Yep my CS should be up by the end of the day, though I might have a friend come over to play basket ball, but I should still be able to finish it by tonight now that I've decided which pic to use!

[Jessikka]

Okay good! Thanks <3

[Ciphra]

Any chance someone wants to do my math for me...I'm too bored with the simplicity of it that I can't muster the will to do it...

[Jessikka]

Hahahahahahano :3

[Stitches]

<------ Can't do math. ;-;

[Ciphra]

Fine! I'll do it myself...Gr...You guys are no help with my boredom!

[Spriggs27]

You gotta do what you gotta do, what is it ?

[Ciphra]

It's done now lol. That seven minutes and 39 seconds could've been more useful somewhere else though...

[Ciphra]

Name - Soran

Age - 18

Gender- Male

Sexuality - Heterosexual

Rank - Shadow

Race - Human - Neon blue/green eyes.

Appearance -

Personality - Soran is very closed off. After losing his sister around a year ago he has shut out most people, never approaching them, and only talking to people that start a conversation with him. On the other side he is actually a really gentle person when you get to know him despite his false self he puts out for everyone to see.

Backstory - Chose to join the military forces instead of being a civilian to follow in his sister's footsteps, though a lot of people thought he would be to soft for the task. He trained for two years then was chosen to join the stealth force. While training for that though his sister was killed in an ambush. Soran closed himself off to most people, only opening up to the stealth teams leader, and became a shadow shortly after his sisters death.

Fighting Specialty - Dual wielding pistols

Weapons of choice - Any hand guns or small smg's (Mac 10/11's mp5k's ect.)

Strengths(Max 3) - Flexibility, Accuracy, Speed

Weaknesses(At least 3) - Long range, Technology, Chemical weapons.

FEARS (VERY IMPORTANT - Bold main fear- at least 4) Losing those closest to him, Drowning in acid, being slowly eaten alive by bugs, becoming attached to people.

OOC:

Activity: 9.72 (On several times a day, and if I'm going somewhere I always inform, and find someone to take control of the character if I can find someone capable.)

Do I understand the history? More or less I guess.

Do I understand the base layout? Well...I think so...I'll get use to it in time though...

[Spriggs27]

But now your Smarter Ciphra

[Ciphra]

No...I already knew all of this...it was simply a waste of my time...

[Spriggs27]

Ciphra said
Name - SoranAge - 18Gender- MaleSexuality - Heterosexual Rank - ShadowRace - Human - Neon blue/green eyes.Appearance - Personality - Soran is very closed off. After losing his sister around a year ago he has shut out most people, never approaching them, and only talking to people that start a conversation with him. On the other side he is actually a really gentle person when you get to know him despite his false self he puts out for everyone to see.Backstory - Chose to join the military forces instead of being a civilian to follow in his sister's footsteps, though a lot of people thought he would be to soft for the task. He trained for two years then was chosen to join the stealth force. While training for that though his sister was killed in an ambush. Soran closed himself off to most people, only opening up to the stealth teams leader, and became a shadow shortly after his sisters death. Fighting Specialty - Dual wielding pistolsWeapons of choice - Any hand guns or small smg's (Mac 10/11's mp5k's ect.)Strengths(Max 3) - Flexibility, Accuracy, SpeedWeaknesses(At least 3) - Long range, Technology, Chemical weapons.FEARS (VERY IMPORTANT - Bold main fear- at least 4) , Drowning in acid, being slowly eaten alive by bugs, becoming attached to people.OOC:Activity: 9.72 (On several times a day, and if I'm going somewhere I always inform, and find someone to take control of the character if I can find someone capable.)Do I understand the history? More or less I guess. Do I understand the base layout? Well...I think so...I'll get use to it in time though...

You should take Long rage out of your weakness, since you have Accuracy, and before you ask it's because you have ranged weapons, you should change long range to close quarters combat or something else.

[Ciphra]

Nope. He uses short ranged firearms. With which he is accurate with for there specified range. Long distance shooting he is bad at though, thus bad at long range, while still being accurate. Close quarters is his home field lol.

[Wreck]

So has anything changed since yesterday?

If any more changes happen can someone PM me about it, that would help me a lot.

[Spriggs27]

Nothing really Reck and okay then Cip

[Stitches]

No changes, no changes~ We're just finalizing things behind the scenes. Making sure that there aren't any gaps in our information and, more importantly, working on that plot.

Right, I'll check Ciphra's app now. :3

[Stitches]

App Ciphra

Soran closed himself off to most people, only opening up to the stealth teams leader, and became a shadow shortly after his sisters death.

Strengths(Max 3) - Flexibility, Accuracy, Speed

Weaknesses(At least 3) - Long range, Technology, Chemical weapons.

FEARS (VERY IMPORTANT - becoming attached to people.

Alright, above I found a few things that you might want to think about changing. It's a good app, mind!

● Closing himself off of people, but then joining the military? I suppose it'll work, in a way. I'll get to that later, but you don't have to change it if you don't want to.

●I believe Spriggs was on point here (Bonus points to Spriggs!) and pointed this bit out already - but yes, 'Accuracy' and 'Long range' as a Strength then a weakness tend to counteract each other. If you put 'Accuracy (In close combat)' or something similar, it'd clear it up for other people. (Especially me and Jess, who tend to look through accepted apps quite often to make sure everything lines up with our rules when other people read them. Maybe because it's 7am, but it took me AGES to figure out what you meant.)

● How would you be able to RP with anyone without becoming attached to them? I get why this is a fear, though it seems you've become attached to the Stealth Team leader in your backstory. Unless you mean romantically attached to someone. Again, if you clear that up, that's be lovely.

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Now, I should probably make a little announcement because me and Jessikka were talking about it earlier, and we're quite worried.

It seems everyone is making the 'troubled' military character sort of app - and we're not mad at you for that. Deaths of family members and friends help harden the character so that deaths of their enemies have less traumatic impact on them, and they're all actually got something in common and know how each other's pain feels. By all means, keep your characters the way they are - we look forward to meeting them all.

What we're worried about is that, at the first chance when they aren't training/on missions, they'll all 'stroll off somewhere quiet to think' and expect others to, naturally, come and ask about their thoughts. The issue arises when it's in other people's CS that they aren't prone to approaching people in conversation, and that's when one reaches a standstill, nobody can think of what to post, interest dies and people leave.

Now, like I said before - We do not want you to change your entire personality for this one little worry. We -like- your characters, else we wouldn't have accepted them. As GMs, the leaders will try to bring people together (Not forcibly like those 'team building exercises', but more out of concern for the bonds between the teams) but all we're asking in return is that your character, at the very least, co-operates with the team leaders OR partakes in conversation with the other members of the RP.

I mean, me, Jess, and Hovel can have the team leaders go and talk to Ciphra's character Soran and point him towards Ash for help on the death of his sister and how to cope with it, but if Spriggs sticks to her character and Ash pushes Soran away because he doesn't understand what the death of a husband and 2 kids feels like - then Soran and Ash don't have anyone to RP with. (IDK if I explained that very well. ^^")

And besides! Having a backstory gives people the opportunity to have things in common and/or reveal parts of the backstory when appropriate, but if none of us talked to each other and made a close enough trust bond between characters to do that in the first place, then why have a backstory at all?

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On a completely unrelated point, I'm so impatient. I really want this RP on the road! \o/ Of course, we're waiting on Hovel to finish his CS (Lettin' the team down there, mister~~~) and for a few more members, but if you want this RP started faster, then I invite you guys to keep bumping the interest check. Like what I'm about to do right now.