Ammokkx

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

@Dragoknighte @AtomicNut All three of us are on board, and because of a funny comment from Atomic over skype I'm gonna have Serah actually dish out the orders.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

@Atomicnut@Dragoknighte

So are we going to come to a decision, or...?

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

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@Ammokkx

I posted this a while ago.

@Scarifar

Welp, I totally forgot about that. Sorry, my bad.

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

For me, posting is freaking slow because I'm currently in China, the land of censored and unstable internet. So... yeah.

@Scarifar

Y'know

I'd love it if you mentioned this stuff in advance

This way I can keep it in mind

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

gonna need some posts if you want me to do anything meaningful here

EDIT: I might want to instate a rule of posting in X amount of time, now that I think about it. After the killed momentum that was Tag Duels, we really need to get some speed back.

If ya'll want to do the three year cycle like you said, I'd rather we do it within four years instead of forty like we're doing at this pace.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Blegh. Here's something you either like or dislike.

Shipping in advance. Not in a 1x1 or anything, but in a Group RP. I can get the drift of wanting to play a romance 1x1, so I don't mind that as much. But when you're in a murder mystery setting and people are talking about shipping characters with one another... ech. Even worse when they ship yours, though luckily, that hasn't happened yet. I much prefer if things happened naturally instead of people aggressively doing everything they can to get two characters in a loving relationship, especially when there's a good chance said characters could die on a moment's notice. I feel that it's just not right, especially when they had no prior connection.

I get it if you wanted to ship them after a while of interacting, but we're barely into the RP and ships are already falling from the sky left and right. Oh well. _{we don't talk about the fact one of my characters got perved on and the other finds himself in a harem all the time for whatever freakin' reason.}

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

Maybe I should just go ahead and do something dumb to ruin everyone's potential plans.

@Dragoknighte

This guy.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

@Ariamis

_{fixed that for you}

Reputation & Influence

Question 1: How does player reputation affect you?

I do not pay attention to what people say about other players, unless it's an overwhelming majority and they are all negative. Even then, I'll probably give people a chance. I'm a very open and helpful person and, even if I'm a bit rude, I try to at least work with my peers instead of sabotage them. The only time when I'm wary or outright refuse someone is when I have had a bad experience with them before, or multiple. So it is that I know at least two GMs on here that I can not trust, for the life of me, to keep their stuff alive. They've given up on too many projects for that. Also, I have had the pleasure of dealing with someone in the past who has taken a toll on my mental health. That person I will refuse to RP with, accept as a player or refuse to accept as GM. Unlike the other two who I just won't accept as GM, them I outright ban.

So how the guild perceives someone does not affect me, only the personal experiences I've had with them. This goes in the opposite direction, too, since I don't immediately accept someone as a 'good' RPer unless they have proven it to me whilst I played with them. Luckily, I know a few of these and I'm glad I do.

Question 2: Are you influenced by how the RP community looks at you?

Interesting question, because I know for a fact that some people on the guild think I'm an insufferable brat while others consider me a good RPer. I wouldn't let it affect me joining an RP or accepting someone, at least, since that's what the above is for. But I would probably be wary of someone and dance around their words a little if I know their opinion of me is... less than stellar, to say the least. Hell knows I piss off at least one person by accident every time I pop into chat.

So I'm influenced in the way that I'd be cautious around a person, but not change my preferences because of it. I'd mind my wording and try to come across as less of an asshole (read as: failing to not be an asshole) but otherwise, I'd pretty much be the same. One thing I don't let it affect, though, is my writing IC. People are not their characters and their characters should not reflect IRL beef. I've seen this happen before and it's... silly. I've always kept my characters with a neutral impression of everyone at first, and depending on how the actual player handles it, I make them like or dislike theirs.

As a GM, though, it's a little different. I take very cautious steps and frequently ask what people think of me, how I should handle things and get their opinions. Communication is key, and I feel that a good two-way communication channel is crucial to keeping an RP going. I'm not afraid to slightly modify my original vision to suit the whims of players as long as it's not a complete overhaul, at which point I'd be best off abandoning it (which I'd never do, by the way) and leaving it to the players. So there I would have it affect my actions. As a GM i have the obligation, at least a personal one, to make everyone have as much fun as possible. With a negative rep, I don't feel like I could do that.

Question 3: How important is learning from your reputation?

This, I need to twist a bit. I do not like to learn from my reputation, because that's a little useless to me. Unless it's me being an asshole, that's probably best avoided. I do, however, frequently ask for criticism on my writing itself. I feel that is the most important. How my characters come across and how I play them are crucial to a good story, even if some might disagree, and for that reason I'm always open to getting critiqued. Unfortunately, whenever I do ask for it, I almost never seem to get actual critique. Either it's nitpicking after incessant prodding or just not finding anything in general. There's the occasional bout of getting something that I could actually learn from, but otherwise I don't get much. I feel this is very frustrating and might very well have something to do with my rep. I don't consider myself anywhere near a good writer and constantly seek to improve, but I can't unless someone actively tells me where I screw up.

So it's important to me to learn from criticism, but people don't seem to criticize me nearly as often as I'd like.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

Well this is a problem. Down to 62% sync. Lost one Magnum Pistol.

And I'm assuming the sniper shot came for that Cruxi west of Mai's position...

...you know, I had thought about Mai actually begin to question her orders after the mishap with the sniper. Considering it's position, it's in a nasty camp spot over there on the south west part of the map in general. Despite her handi-caps, she may proceed west.

Was thinking "move, move, mini-thruster evasion" or say that Mai began focusing on the sniper so that she could dodge it's next shot or shots as she approached, focused on "evasion" through her "mini-thrusters" more than an additional movement square to increase her odds on evasion. Based on what Ariamis wrote, the T system ain't going to protect her at the current sync level if he said that the shot pierce the midsection of the Neo Angel.

Besides, due to her training, she may say that she'll distract the sniper.

Edit: But then again, considering the new positions of the enemy units between her and the sniper, that move could end badly. Simply put, were being forced back. So even with increased evasion, I don't think Mai's going to be able to dodge all that fire now that I'm taking a closer look at the map.

@DarkRecon

Sticking to the plan has proven to have worked in history. Don't try to be a hero.

Speaking of plans, I'm refusing to take action until Atomic comes back and I can properly discuss this stuff with him.