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Welcome! Welcome to De' Seil Carnival!

I actually tried that EXACT method (as it worked on other sites) and it didn't work then. The Bloody Hell?

Welcome! Welcome to De' Seil Carnival!

You can't place text beside pictures, thus a box like that would be irrelevant.

I may have had a similar idea.

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Antoine

Theme


We are one...

"No... these people... I have no desire to cause such pain. To be so―"

―Cruelty is in our nature. The blood of our ancestors is that of infernal taint.

"We are not the same, and for a reason: I have no desire to be like our ansce―

―You are wrong; our desires manifest in me.

"You have a name. A mind. I can hear the echoes of your dark thoughts in my very soul, Malignitas."

You are ignorant to believe that those voices originate from me alone.

"You are arrogant to think―

―The seeds of those thoughts are sewn into us as a whole; inside me, they flourish, and that is the only difference.

"No! I do not want to hurt any―"

―No amount of ignorance shall forestall our sin! The proof of our nature will be the euphoria of their death.
Demonic Appearance

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Biography & How You Came to be a Member of The Carnival?

Borne to the infernal,
Flesh of sin and flame

Borne an abomination,
A soul without a name

Among the devils and the imps,
He shone with sheer of blade.

Alive after his companions,
His shine refused to fade

He slashed their wings,
He slit their throats.

He crushed their halos,
He changed their notes.

No angel sung a hymn of valor,
Instead they prayed for a savior.

For they would need one,
From the angelslayer.

Appearance

Antoine was born in the pits of Hell (Urbaniel) as a meager foot soldier to fight and die in the demonic legions that attempted to swarm Azure, paralleling the Holy Crusades of E-arth. Hundreds upon hundreds of his kind were born and bred for the sole sake of fighting and dying in an attempt to kill whatever enemy they faced; be it trolls that barred their way, fae that pestered their pride or angels whose purity posed a threat. Antoine was born with dozens of brothers and sisters in a batch, his entire breed of demon called Anterioria, meaning "of the front"―specifically, the front line.

Unlike his brothers and sisters (whom have all perished at this point, presumably), Antoine was gifted with a remarkable trait that ultimately made him outlast any of his kind, normally considered grunts that never even learned to use magic. Antoine created and poured his entire demonic nature and even part of his soul into a weapon merged with his own flesh. This separation of his demonic nature and his demonic granted him immunity from all of the normal weaknesses of a demon while preserving their strengths. Essentially invulnerable, Antoine outlasted any of his kind, and made himself known in the Holy Wars of Azure.

Among his demonic brothers, he was called Aurelianus, meaning he who is of Gold. This was due to the sheer worth of a soldier that could single-handedly slaughter angels, the bane of his klnd. Among the cherubs and archangels alike, he was known as something far more deviant: Percussor Sanctorum, meaning killer of the Holy. Something was lost in translation, as what it truly meant was angelslayer. Unparalleled in bladeplay and controlling fire magic so powerful it was said he could conjure and control an ocean of flame to consume an army, Aurelianus or Percussor Sanctorum pending on preference was feared by angels and revered by his brethren.

Centuries of half-thoughtless slaughter led to a development that could only be explained by his mutant nature. A low-ranking, relatively weak demon that should have died on the front lines alongside his other batchlings developed morality. Guilt. Remorse. Antoine had eventually attained a deeper understanding of what he was doing and why. What he accepted, however, is what made him stand out. Antoine broke down, realizing just how wrong he was. Seeing and still feeling his nature, Antoine was disgusted with himself all while consumed by unbelievable guilt.

Antoine left the Holy Wars and more over left a large gap in the strength of the demonic legions, albeit not one great enough to turn the tides of the ever-going war. Venturing the world in search of a way to rid himself of Malignitas, the sword that manifested his demonic nature, he found the De' Seil Carnival, but was far from desperate enough to undergo a contract immediately. It took three more centuries of fighting off (and losing to) his demonic nature and horrific impulses before he ultimately gave in and signed a contract with Reciful Siel. Under the alias Antoine and with great reluctance (and an even greater debt on his contract), Antoine became the newest addition to the De' Seil Carnival.

Full Name.

Aurelianus "Antoine" Anterioris

Age:

1793

Gender:

Male

Species:

Demon (Mutant)

Fallen Angel or Pure Demon:

Pure Demon

Weapon of Choice.

Malignitas

Job Title & Description.

Fire Tamer

Number of Souls You Have to Collect.

5, 000, 000

Number of Years You Have to Collect Souls.

2, 500

What Was Your Wish?

To forfeit his demonic lineage to subsequently forfeit Malignitas, thus lose his cruel nature.

How Many Souls Have You Collected?

4

How Long Have You Been at the Carnival?

About 3 days.

Significant/Special Belongings.

Malignitas, a semi-sentient, organic sword that can be regurgitated at will.


Most Used Power:

Malignitas, the blade of Aurelianus, is a literal manifestation of his cruelty, spite, rage and darkness. It has a burning passion for causing death, pain and destruction equalled only by its unquenchable thirst for blood. As it is a literal part of Aurelianus, it has a will of its own and that will is what grants Aurelianus his unique nature. This power is called the Will of Malice and it is all-but immune to purity. Its darkness can consume the light and it can meet the Ironswords of crusaders and the purity angels alike with no qualms. If disarmed, this blade will return through fire and flames to Aurelianus. The blade itself has been called more of a shield than a sword as it grants Aurelianus no other significant power than the ability to combat the purest of souls on the holiest of grounds. Although hardly combat applicable, Malignitas can cause a taint to anything around it, literally and passively corrupting all around it.

In his lifetime, Aurelianus has only mastered one of the four elements: fire. His mastery of it, in his prime, granted him a green flame that burned hotter than any mortal one, dubbed Hellfire. Aside from this, Aurelianus was able to walk through flames and use their intense heat as barriers and at times secondary weapons. His control over fire, in his demonic state, was considered so grand that he could control an ocean of flames that only the greatest of magics could quell. His strengths in other magics is minuscule, arguably mere parlor tricks. Among historians and veteran magicians, Hellfire itself is considered one of the purest forms of demonic magic, as it is believed to be fire tainted by evil itself. Regardless of its fables, Hellfire is normally recognized as a powerful magic.

Fighting Skills/Techniques.

Aurelianus is far from unbeatable in battle. He has been beaten and barely escaped werewolves, trolls and vampires alike in his lifetime. His true strength is in the slaughter of angels. Fighting with fire that can melt iron and blade essentially makes him impervious to one of the natural weaknesses of demons, Fighting with no adverse effects from purity or anything that is Holy essentially makes him impervious to both of the natural weaknesses of demons. Aurelianus is the bane of any holy or pure being. His 'oceans' of fire is a great hyperbole that is only applicable if there is in fact that much flame present, as creating it himself would be impossible for his limitations. His Hellfire is his greatest offense to any other being, and at times that has proven to even fall short.

Personality.

In a word: conflicted. Aurelianus, most commonly referred to as Antoine, has developed a complete and utter disdain for his demonic nature. Nearly thirteen hundred years of his life were spent in the battlefield fighting wars that paralleled the Holy Crusades of E-arth. His time in the conflicts and in war, killing countless and condemning their souls, had an adverse effect on his demonic nature. His mutation - a genetic one as he was borne of demonic lineage - made his instincts manifest in a piece of flesh that fell from his body and hardened as the blade known as Malignitas. Subsequently, the years of wielding his sword were spent with his physical body not completely in tune with his demonic nature, thus giving him what few demons have: a conscience. In his case, an incredibly hefty one. Although he is at times consumed by his demonic nature (and goes on killing rampages accordingly), he feels intense sadness and grief for doing so. So much that roughly four hundred years of his life were spent in solitude, attempting to understand himself and fight off his homicidal tendencies.

How the Collection of Souls has Affected Your Character?

Not a lot yet, but it will cause internal conflict as his wish is to forfeit the cruelty that he deals.

Antoine RC

[♥ = romantic || ☺= friends || ☠ = enemies || ◑ = neutral]

◑ Sir Seil ◑

Due to his countless centuries in combat where he was led by some of the most charismatic demons alive, Antoine is able to easily see through the charm Sir Seil seemingly naturally has. Over the course of... countless years, Mr. Seil attempted to 'recruit' Antoine a number of times with various offers and deals. Antoine normally rejected all of them because, well, who can trust a demon? Especially a demon compared to, quite frequently, the generals found within Hell's armies. It was only due to his sheer desperate soul and intense remorse over his demonic nature that he ultimately came to Mr. Seil himself and asked, if not begged, if Mr. Seil had the power to turn a demon like himself - one with arguably more blood and more sin on his hands and in his past - into a mortal without sin and without demonic temptation. A contract was signed between them, and that contract truly defines how Antoine sees their relationship: desperate, unwanted, but absolutely necessary.

◑ Rosalina Bell Seil ◑

Introduced to Antoine by Sir Seil himself, Rosalina seemingly means nothing to Antoine and he has no interest in her. Unless his bloodlust and subsequent love of angelic plasma should surface, Antoine has no current reason to have an interest in Rosalina. If anything, she poses a threat to his goal as if anything she could become an outlet for his temptation, although ironically not the temptation most men are subjected to around such beauty. Regardless, Antoine outwardly and thus inwardly has little opinion of her yet, aside from her liability.

◑ Andracos Soleviel ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Vincent Nicolas ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Arina Lécuyer ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Soren Novák ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Pachid Coyotas ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Ty ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Imalia ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Jing ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Elynne ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Llewelyn ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Angoriel ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ Sarah Hiddle ◑

Yet to be introduced.

◑ JaSi ◑

Yet to be introduced.

Jayce

A child born in rage and spite
Of a race thrown down below

That wished for freedom and of flight
But, no help they could implore

In the end. their search for light
Left Hell in blood and gore...

Of his race, he stood proud; his wings a-many hue
Seeds heaven sewn by Hell made his power true

Glorious wings of feathered brim were met by others, two
Brilliant wings of faerie charm or demon blood, were with what he flew

An angel, a demon, or merely a trickster still?
He was any and all the above, t'was his Twilight skill

Biography & How You Came to be a Member of The Carnival?

Jayce was one of the first of the Fae to be born outside Urbaniel. His generation, called the the Generation of Respite, have encountered several new challenges while trying to integrate themselves into the world. For the most part, the Fae have found sanctuary in several Azure cities or countrysides as most races find their triumphant escape from Urbaniel after a curse as old as Sirens themselves quite inspiring. Oddly enough, it is the Angels, Faeries and Demons - all of whom share blood with the Fae - that have such a great distaste for the relatively new race. Regardless, Jayce found himself growing up in the streets of a large Azure city alongside a gang of friends (all punks) of several races that just tried to have fun while barely getting by.

Even at an early age, Jayce found himself attuned to magic. Of all kinds, actually. Although he was most skilled with that of the Wind, he found himself completely capable with every element and even a few combinations thereof. It wasn't uncommon among the Fae. Most of his race could actually control any branch of magic; their appearance would simply reflect their use of it due to what was dubbed the Twilight, ie a mix of Light and Shadow. Ultimately, Jayce gave his magical prowess no real regard throughout his youth, although he did admittedly take it for granted. Few in the world, especially at such a young age, found themselves as proficient with all fields of magic, let alone a single one.

Jayce entered his teens and found romance. He became the evening Casanova of many in the city, and his bloodline made him a favorite of many whom looked for a more tame demon or a sinful angel to play with. It was actually the lustful acts of sin that opened Jayce up to his unique ability to manipulate the Twilight that was merely a side-effect to most of his race. As more women might want a fallen Angel to play with, Jayce found himself able to manipulate his appearance to reflect that. Angel wings and a pure aura surrounding him, he could fool almost anyone. Similarly, he could sway the Twilight to the shadows, growing horns, tinting his skin and darkening his wings. It was this unique and profound ability that caught the eye of Mr. Seil, and led Jayce to his time in the De' Seil Carnival.

At 19, Jayce signed the contract. He wanted to know what he was, and moreover, why he could manipulate the Twilight. His wish was forsimple knowledge. He knew he was Fae, but no other Fae or being in history could freely change themselves as he could. He wanted to know his limits. He wanted to know if he was meant to be Angel, Demon or somewhere in between? Was he just a mutated Fae? Was this because of the unique nature of Fae blood? Was this something new to his race or was this something only he could do? All of these answers depended on his contract. In truth, and this may have been the case for Mr. Seil, he wanted to know the limits of Twilight. Was it just an extension of Faerie genetics, or was it truly a merger of the Light and Shadow? Jayce might be the key to understanding that question.

[The Fae | Male | 23]

Full Name:

Jayce

Most used Elemental Power:

Wind

Twilight Development:

Although Jayce can manipulate his Twilight, he does actually have a natural status of it. Due to his lustful nature and curious past as a street punk, his wings, are a dark purple with streaks of pink and dots of a green shine. Additionally, his wings are only medium-sized, although this is yet to be a sign of maturation, Twilight impedance or Fae genetics.

When manipulating his Twilight, however, his wings can grow into large, beautiful angelic wings that have a unique pink tint to them. His arua can be dazzling and bright, almost free of taint. Even other angels themselves might have difficulties discerning if he was a real angel or not, to a far greater degree than any Faerie trickster. On the other hand, his wings can also grow large and red, without feathers and reflecting the bestial nature of demons. The aura and scent around him becomes the demonic odor most know and he can even change his skin tone to a darker red and horns as well as claws while completing this transformation. Neither of these statuses, however, are natural.

Wing Appearance:
General Wing Reference


Dark Wing Appearance


Light Wing Appearance


Significant/Special Belongings:

Jayce has been a run-a-way and free floater for most of his life, living with what was often on his back. He has nothing of actual value, special or significant.

Fighting Skills/Techniques:

Jayce has had few actual confrontations in his life. He specializes in evasion, running and neutralizing offensive threats. Most of the magic he uses isn't for combat, but for learning or simply to show off.

Job Title & Description:

Jayce is a jack-of-all trades, often assisting where requested. A majority of the time, he is an advertiser and helping hand during shows.

Number of Souls You Have to Collect:

10,000

Number of Years You Have to Collect Souls:

12

What Was Your Wish?

To understand what he is and why he can manipulate the Twilight.

How Many Souls Have You Collected?

5,673

How Long Have You Been at the Carnival?

4

How the Collection of Souls has Affected Your Character?

At first, Jayce was conflicted and reluctant to collect souls. Doing so turned him darker, his wings were given black tints. He simply disliked it. Over time, however, he found it easier and decided to never harvest souls in distasteful manners. Most of the time, Jayce performs incredible acts in Azure where he showcases his ability to essentially transform from demon to angel, and collects souls via branding them that way. In such a case, he rarely feels guilt or remorse for his actions as they, of course, were earned through showmanship.

Personality:

Jayce is fairly whimsical at times. Like the wind, his desires and attitude changes frequently. At times, he speaks with conviction an honor while at other times, he might just wanna get into Ty's pants. Actually, scratch that; the latter might be a set goal of his. IN ANY CASE, Jayce holds freedom high. He hates the idea of being imprisoned or chained to Mr. Seil as his entire race was literally bound to Hell by a curse, but at the same time he is often the subject of special treatment. What he wanted was the same thing Mr. Seil was interest in, thus the terms for his duty was bound short. A mere thousand souls a year is nothing in comparison to others. Jayce is quite prideful in the sense he is already more skilled with the four basic elements at the age of 23 than some people ever get in their lives. In addition to that, he does somewhat have a Messiah complex, albeit it is quite internalized. Part of him oddly believes it is a possible (hopes for might be a better phrase here) that he is somehow the perfect merger of Angel and Demon and might usher in some form of new era due to it. His current goal, alongside collecting souls, is to master the elements solely to conduct another test: can he control the Shadow or the Light? If so, which? Maybe both? These ideas fill his mind with wonder and give him a sense of pride as he honestly believes it is a possibility. All of it centers around the question: what is the Twilight?

Jayce RC

[♥ = romantic || ☺= friends || ☠ = enemies || ◑ = neutral]

☺ Mr. Seil ☺

Mr. Seil has never been anything but kind to me. The only time he has ever even been the slightest bit rude to me was when quite bluntly telling me that a single act of questionable intentions around Rosalina might mean the end of my Fae days. Granted, I've heard worse threats from angry cuckolds, so it's not new to me. I have no intention on betraying Mr. Seil in any way, though. He has given me a fair deal and often invites me to ask my opinions or how my abilities are developing. At times, he requests I work with others for specific shows, but nothing big. I'm part demon, so I have no reason to judge him or anyone based on their bloodline.

◑ Rosalina Bell Seil ◑

Beautiful, sure, but I'm not risking my deal and my life over her. I know very little about her, but she is kind. I'm not even for sure if she knows what my contract is. I have, however, seen her give me a distasteful look when I boast. A lot of women do. I should probably work on that.

☺ Andracos Soleviel ◑

This guy right here reminds me of my friends from way back. He is a bit batshit crazy, though. What fun is winning over a gal if you're just going to rape her? I mean, the guy has even more talent than I do in that game. There is no reason he should have to rape anything. Even still, competing with him gets fun until he gets pissy. He doesn't lose often, but when he does, Mr. Seil has to remind him that the rules still apply to him. I'd call him a friend, if he's in a good mood.

☺ Vincent Nicolas ◑

Another guy that has the potential to be fun, but just takes shit way to seriously. I mean, c'mon, you're an angel, great, I can be one, too! Watch? ...

Oh, you don't think that's funny. BITCH WE'RE IN A CIRCUS. Anyway, if I'm not riding his last nerve from what I feel like is just seeing too much of himself in another person, he's not such a bad guy. I'd go out to a bar with him, unless he's too good for that, too.

◑ Arina Lécuyer ◑

Ooooh, another sexy demon girl. Haven't seen a dozen of those already. This one is a bit feisty, but no more than some of the streetwalkers I've seen. I mean, on a drunk night, I'd lay that, but I should probably abide by the rule: "don't stick your dick in crazy"..

☺ Soren Novák ☺

This mother fucker right here! This is the type of guy Andracos and Vincent could be like if they got those rods out of their asses. I mean, c'mon, he's just around for shits'n'giggles at this point. He's one of my favorite people here so far..

◑ Pachid Coyotas ◑

He's really quiet and I've seen his eyes rolled in distaste as well. I'm not for sure if he's lazy, or just sort've a bitch. We rarely talk..

☺ Ty ♥

Beautiful and just out of reach. Untouchable, like the wind. She can't be captured, but not for any reason like Rosalina. There is something about her. Something magical and devastating, like a typhoon to be summoned, yet... gentle, like a gust made with a soft stroke of the hand. I'd pass up a lay with any combination of girls here at the circus for a quick kiss from her, but with her being surrounded by confident, powerful circus freaks all her life, I have no way how I'd express that sincerely. I don't even know if I'm being sincere or if it's just the prospect of a game I can't win. I really don't want it to be the latter. I sometimes think that might be why in three years, I've never expressed anything to her.

◑ Imalia ◑

I've never laid a mermaid, man, but I should probably stick to the same rule as Anna..

◑ Jing ◑

TRAP. HE'S A FUCKING TRAP. DO NOT LAY. I REPEAT. DO NOT LAY.

◑ Elynne ◑

WIP until personality is wrote..

◑ Angoriel ◑

Not such a bad guy, but far too serious for my tastes. I don't want to get him angry and oddly enough I do try to be polite in his presence. I'm somewhat seen as a counterpart to people like Andracos and Vincent. They seem to behave around this guy, so I probably should, too..

◑ Antoine ◑

If you took Angoriel and reversed his polarity, you'd have Antoine. SEE: Angoriel.

◑ Sarah Hiddle ◑

An angel and a particularly difficult game to win. I'd probably have tried quite distinctively to win her over if not for fear of offending Ty. I should probably work on that. I feel a bit obsessive. Some people say it's natural. Most people even say it's harmless, since I never really act on it. Holy shit, am I talking about Ty in Sarah's comment? Damnit..

◑ JaSi ◑

DON'T STICK YOUR DICK IN CRAZY, MAN. She is a Faerie, though. She's never said anything, but most Faeries hate the Fae, so I might not have to worry about it.

◑ Genie ◑

Games aren't fun when they're too easy... besides, a French werewolf just sounds like a hairy mess.

◑ Llewelyn ◑

Not the first guy I'd invite out, but not too bad of a guy. I think he might need laid, not for sure.

◑ Robin ◑

She seems fine. I have no attraction towards her. Possibly the most neutral person here. The dolls are a bit creepy, tho.

Welcome! Welcome to De' Seil Carnival!

I dwell in the world of aesthetics and visual design. I have terrible, god-awful handwriting, but my writing itself has been decent throughout my life. A teacher, a very good one at that, once told me, "You could write the world's best novel, but no one would care if they could barely read it"

Information, regardless of quality, is made pointless it reading it becomes more of a chore. The spacing, pacing and placement of words and writing are just as important as the actual content. When I write "disjoint"ly as you say, it is to separate thoughts. For instance, the first portion of Antoine's CS is meant to be dialogue between him and Malignitas, and the structure reflects that. Later on, there is a poem in a fairly simple, couplet rhyme scheme.

However, after that, as you see, major paragraphs are wrote out in greater length, normally 4-6 sentences with 10-20 words. Admittedly, I would play around more with spacing, as I believe that single, double and no spacing add texture to paragraphs, but the current formatting only allows for the indention of entire lines of text, not a simple, actual indent. I would digress, however, and say that my single-space method of posting is really meant to make my paragraphs look clean and concise. Also, there are quite a few factors, such as paragraph pace, personal discussion, scene description, etc. that influence my paragraph structure and length.

Anyway, I'm not really harping on you. You're quite right in the fact it's personal preference. If I had a single request for anyone, it would be to indent every other paragraph and single space between each one, but that is because I personally read it better that way in lieu of not having a proper indent function. I don't actually go as far as requesting that because how you write, as long as its quality is on par with the prerequisites, is up to you. I like to change up my sentence and paragraph structure on a whim, so being tethered down would bother me. In any case, single-spacing each paragraph is nice and helps flow. It's just a visual thing. I don't mean to make it sound like a lecture or something, but I'm sure I am.

Welcome! Welcome to De' Seil Carnival!

Oh man, Shien's profile looks good, but it has the massive walls of text. I tried to keep mine concise and aesthetically pleasing. I read sooo many textbooks in a day... gr. I have no idea if I can force myself to just read all that content.

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

I really feel like the line there is just plain not bold enough at times. I would love to lie and say I'm a respectful individual, but I'm not. I could provide a dozen examples or more where verbally explicit content and mature content truly do merit the roleplay (cite 1) and discussion (cite 1) within PM, and I'm not even considering photographic material in this case.

Mahz said I just require them to conduct the RP (or further the Int Check convo) over PM. Hopefully roleplaying over PM is much nicer in this new system!

Citation 1

I'm not going to provide any specific details here, though the reason for such has nothing to do with respect or an intrinsic need for them. I'm sure you're fully aware of just how off-putting the world of kinks and its literary application can be.

If I were to make a suggestion here, it would be to draw a definite line for mature content in regular 1x1's and create another forum similar to it for the specific purpose of allowing higher levels of mature content. Across the board, this complaint is fairly common. It's an issue shared by people like Brovo and I, whom not terribly long ago were at each other's throats with fairly differing views on a variety of topics. If anything, it would be a social experiment to see just how much activity such a place would get and how the removal of what most consider to be a detrimental or distasteful genre from a roleplay type such as 1x1's might affect the forum. I fully understand that the normal policy of the Guild Staff is laissez-faire until a problem arises, but this might have some potential behind it.

In any case, I suppose you didn't intend on anyone actually replying as that statement seemed to have a more informative and final rhetoric to it. If I overstepped some boundary, and god knows I frequently do, I do apologize. Just an idea.

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

Brovo said #1: Characters who have no motivation to do anything. As a GM this frustrates me, as I have a lot of other stuff on my plate and generally have other players to assist. If your character has no motivation to see the plot through, then your character doesn't belong there and should be a background NPC. Simple enough, no?

#2: Twits who seemingly can't tell the difference between a character and the person who is playing that character. Why, yes, that character of mine happens to be a deluded zealot. No, I am not a deluded zealot myself. Yes, that character is an attractive female. No, I assure you, I am neither attractive nor female in real life.

#3: A player who creates a character for a role play of mine, then refuses to accept assistance in the creation process. Generally, my worlds are very dense and complex, and contain a lot of information to explore that I simply can't squeeze in a single plot introduction without murdering the pacing like a sacrificial lamb. So when I'm offering you advice and criticism, it's not necessarily because I think your character is bad, it's because I'm trying to help you fit that character into the world. Really. I'm trying to help you. If you can't take that, how can I trust that you will take any of the mature concepts presented in the story in a mature manner. Such as a person you like getting killed off, or a love interest you want turning you down?

#4: Role players who walk into a GM's world and start rewriting and adding significant events without warning or asking, and expecting the GM to comply. Something like adding a small village to a large fantasy world is fine, but if you're going to start going on about some massive civil war, the least you could do is get it verified by the GM first so the world isn't plagued by crippling plot holes. This is made worse if this pops up right in the middle of an otherwise ordinary conversation, as it likely derails the entire conversation unless the GM thinks fast and attempts to come up with enough hand wave bullshit to fill the plot holes as they pop up.

#5: "Mature content" does not mean pornography. When my phone at my work place got temporarily banned from the work net because connecting to the 1x1 section triggered a ban filter based on pornography about a month or two ago, that's a sincere problem. One that will prevent me from taking the 1x1 seriously for a long time. Which is a shame because it can be a lot of fun with the right people.

Hit damn near every nail on the head. For #1, I ultimately either kill off or just leave the character behind. I recall, once, in a roleplay setting designed to parallel anime, I created two brothers for RPC's. One was lazy as fuck and the other had this insanely passionate drive. I'm going to skip the fact there was some reality-bending in this specific roleplay and just state that the laziness and thus weakness of one character ultimately resulted in a death, leaving only the motivated behind. It's harsh, but effective. It was a lot less dramatic since I did have two characters, but I would have done the same if someone did such with only one character. As for #2, stupidity impresses me daily. I've had plenty of emergency calls and customer complaints out of sheer stupidity on their part. #3 I completely agree with. I spend ample time assisting roleplayers in every way I can to have them acceptable as I see fit, and there's just a lack of gratitude and/or appreciation for that. 4# irritates me because most of the time I've seen it, really good ideas get shot down because they were introduced in an extraordinarily rude way. Lastly, #5, there's a fucking site called the Bluemoon roleplaying site that's fairly well-populated and literally designed similarly to RPGuild, but is MEANT for sexually-explicit roleplay. I see no reason that RPGuild, which is meant for relatively 'clean' roleplay should be hindered with it.

Literally, there are other fucking sites for that. I don't even see why people do it here secretly in PM's. There are places where you can go and get that kind of roleplay at a quality that, pending on the people, honestly trumps some of the weak roleplays here, whether or not you'd ever admit it. Or, y'know, go to redtube and get your jollies there. There is no point in trashing the image of this site with that material.

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

1. Unless they're speedposting, metag-gaming or just doing something intentionally disruptive, I don't really consider if 'fair' to judge a character because of their attitude. You want a self-centered, egomaniac? That's fine. You want someone who believes they deserve all of the sensei's attention and special training? Try that shit. I can tell you right now, people whom are self-centered in person find even more obstacles than if they weren't. Just recently, I covered a shift due to two employees being fired. Normally, I'm management. This time, I was regular crew. One of the new trainee managers thought she would make the entire evening about her and her 'accomplishments running floor' due to the high sale count after I basically kept our grill and back window in line while she gossiped in the front. She tried to brag to our bosses, but she was essentially scoffed at. When she asked for more training in floor to pass her evaluations, she was denied and given the same amount of time as the other trainees. The difference here is that now a majority of the crew dislike her due to her attempt to take the glory for passing sale counts for three consecutive hours without even rewarding or meriting the crew. Situations like that, albeit even worse, will happen in a roleplay. If you're in a D&D as some badass mageblade that thinks they can solo the boss, you might not get heals from the Priest you pissed off after the last meeting. You might die. That's extreme, but an example of the consequences. In any case, I see no reason to bitch about or eliminate those characters. They exist in real life and I personally like having them here and there in a game, if they're roleplayed correctly - and that might actually take a few acts from a GM to intentionally berate their ego.

2, This is really similar to the first, but in this case, I find it more rare. However, if a person wants to play an introvert or an unsocial character, fine. Back when I roleplayed under mentors, I remember my personal mentor had this one pet roleplayer. She only had a handful of character concepts, but she did them well. Very well. One of them, the one we all became quite acquainted with, rarely said anything, and most of the time she spoke it was "Fucking idiot" or something along those lines. Those are character types. Those are valid archetypes. That's personal preference and it's really a dick move to just hate on personal preference.

However, I do see a common trend here, and that is lack of interaction. If roleplayers just aren't interacting, they might just be poor writers. I know you can interact with unsocial characters and narcissists easily. Back from the 2. point, I created a dynamic with a very prominent, recurring character of mine that repeatedly and intentionally hit on the female RPC because, well, it was funny as hell to see an unsocial character be forced to interact in such an awkward way with a character that everyone knew as a half-assed, likeable rebel that was just powerful enough not to get killed by the female, whom notably had what I called "brown-nose power", but whatever. We even ultimately created a very, very interesting and in my opinion fun to play Fruedian trio in the sense that my character was the Id, the female character the Superego and there was another female character and roleplayer later on that became an unrequited love interest of the other female character and acted as the ego. If you consider it from this aspect, there was extremely humorous exchanges where my character would flirt with one of them, get either no response or an awkward one and then intentionally go to the other and one up his game as if he was competing with himself, all just to irritate the originally unsociable female because of her crush. The dynamics and interaction here is endless and quite entertainin.

3. Now, this is a type of roleplay. Actually, it's a type of roleplay common with beginner DM's in D&D and tabletops. Sometimes, to develop a plot, it's just less freeform. Some people actually like roleplaying as a PRECREATED character where a Moderator has fleshed out what's going to happen, and the roleplayers use skill and literary technique to jumble it up some. I actually enjoy these myself, if they're done right and especially if the Moderator is fun with it. You might not like it, but it's just a different flavor.

I'd have to see the individual instances these occurred, but a lot of this just seems like bitching about styles you dislike. If there is anything I personally dislike to a great degree, it's feminazis. One time, I tried to roleplay on a forum full of nothing but raging female (possibly, not too for sure) writers with a lot of androgyny and sexual tension in their lives. Lemme tell ya. I lasted a fewwwwwwww days before being banned, and I shit you not, I was banned not because I broke any formal rule, but because I didn't ask permission to post in the personal forums of each "Leader" of the "Kingdoms" after I had gained approval to create, of all things, a traveling circus. They literally just found a reason to kick me out, and I had under fifty posts, none of which were anywhere NEAR as bad as what I've posted in this thread alone. Point being, what you see here is nowhere near as bad as it gets for clashing personal preferences and you might just need to get used to it.

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Antoine is actually a fairly simple character with complex inner conflict. If you boil him down, he's a mass-produced soldier with a single gift (common in many forms of literature) that allowed him to live long enough to become 'more'; his current conflict is the 'more' he wants to be is incompatible with the very nature of what he is. Sure, he has a slightly game-breaking trait, but really it's there for a plot purpose and he's still really weak for a 1,500+ old demon. The depth I gave him was really just fleshing out the conflict, formatting a story line, integrating a few details from Earth, tying in with a few other characters and really just trying to capture the dynamic.

All-in-all, Antoine is a really simple character concept. If you remember, I sent you a PM with him as a basic skeleton of what he is now under the name Leon waaaay back when.

What I really did was just spruce up a CS and add in a whole bunch of detail because when I first saw these characters, I was inspired by how much detail and effort were put into them. All of it was inspired by the information you gave us. By the setting. Even if the driving force for what I did was really to compete with and parallel the aesthetics of the other CS's, the root of all of them is really what you gave us here. Coming up with a world is a lot bigger endeavor than making a character.

Although, I can just create character after character and if you look at my history of failed-to-launch roleplays, you can see I come up with tons of worlds that never get used. That's really irrelevant, but the point is the core inspiration for all of this is the work you made. :P Don't take a temporary mental block so harshly. I've made a dozen or more RP's that just plain don't get off the ground while yours is getting resurrected as we speak.

Antoine isn't exactly a role I take too often either. Actually, my characters are often more like Ty. I thought I'd go in a different direction this go around. If I really like this, I may make another.

Edit: Character sheets are easy! They're where you get to debut your character, showcase your creation and your talents. If you create with conviction, a character sheet will become an endeavor you enjoy and you constantly seek to improve on! Even if it's just a quick overview or used to set the atmosphere of your character, so what!? It's not a menial task if you don't let it be.

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

Prince said The downfall of it is solely that people and their schedules don't often align correctly

I already addressed that. I didn't overlook the conflict of time.

Prince said Every situation in a constantly changing dynamic such as a text-based adventure and/or story calls for a different medium to address it by.

I never said it was the best. I said it was the most effective if it was applicable. I called it healthy and productive when and if it can be used.

I wasn't speaking as if situations changed the state of the medium. The medium will stay the same. Its traits are existential. You can use a pencil to draw, but using it to paint won't be as effective as using a real paint brush. However, you don't always have paint for your canvas. Once the resources are available, it never hurts to have the proper tool to best utilize them.

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even then the amount that could be done and written within a timeframe like that as opposed to individual posting across the week would be minimal

I'd contest that greatly. Just a few hours of proper collabing can easily result in more development, interaction and activity than IC posting. Not to mention, you created a weekend scenario. If you had just say three hours to collab with.. four people, and somehow all four of you managed to show up for the entire time, nothing is stopping you from continuing your IC posts for the rest of that weekend. The point would be the observation at the end of the weekend to see how much (or much more) was accomplished via either method, and I will boldly tell you that the use of a few hours of collaboration would provide better results.

As for your personal preference, to each their own. Just because you dislike it doesn't mean its existential traits are ineffective. It's not applicable to your situation, and that's entirely different.