Role Playing Characters

[EZGIL]

Zero.

Occasionally, a random player will show up at my house and try to RP me. I find it amusing for a few minutes, then they get weird (IMO) and thats about the time I say;

"Afk 15 minutes, explosive diarrhea, sorry"

and what do you know, they disappear.

[Jettinson]

Well, I do not like RP with others/random but I am currently enjoying building an alt character and making some small background even if it is basic. It has been refreshing.

[Jatoi]

I play an Hyur from Ishgard who's a botanist with a sharp tongue. She's fun and playing a gatherer is pretty interesting.

[Renalt]

Uh...I guess I role play as a very charismatic masochist who will never impress the ladies enough to lose his V-card.

It's working so far!

[Bunnycake]

One of my lala alts was rping in cafes.

[SannaR]

I don't do it often and my main is really just a tool that I use to do the quests with. Like I'll pop out umbrellas and stand next to shorter friends so they don't get soaked. It's just spurts of spontaneity like that for me. I did justify the use of a fantasia starting ShB as a Viera as the light warping the aether of my Au Ra.

The few rare times I've tried to insert myself into on going stuff I either got ignored or I ended up breaking people from IC cause they'd be dumb enough to rp in say chat at an aetherite plaza and end up saying some really dumb stuff. To where I'd ask them if they're going to become bothered by other's comments then maybe they should go somewhere else or do it in party chat.

Another reason why I probably don't do it regularly is I'm bad at coming up with ideas for any character and I started having trouble separating emotions and thoughts between IC and OOC after I had a long Rp that took a toll on me. So instead of trying to work that muscle back into shape I'd rather just occasionally hang out at the various clubs once in awhile with friends or be a wallflower.

[rainichan]

Uh...I guess I role play as a very charismatic masochist who will never impress the ladies enough to lose his V-card.

It's working so far!

I'm gonna find you and I'm gonna give you headpats. Not quite the v-card but it's something.

I have a lot of characters, but my main is (surprise surprise) this one. She's got a carrd that has a lot more info on it than I can ever give, and my tumblr has a post for some of my alts. I don't rp much outside of friends these days, but I do enjoy it.

[Merrigan]

I have a fairly long backstory for each character I create. I usually list the events they have experienced up to their encounter with the Scions; the flaws/qualities; and the little things that make a character come alive. Do they pay attention to smells, if so, what would be their favourite? What do they secretly dream about? Do they have character traits that they can't stand in others... And, on the contrary, flaws that are obvious but that they don't pay attention to? Which weapon do they wield with ease, and which discipline do they resist the most? If you wanted to manipulate them, how should you deal with them (particularly useful for finding the character's main weakness)?

I continue this initial sheet throughout the game, retracing the story as it is told, but in a personalized way. To give a quick example, I recently climbed the BLM to level 60; and in the job quest, you meet an elementalist. For my character, it's time to take an interest in this discipline... And that's how she came back to Gridania, driven by curiosity, to learn elementalism.

On the other hand, I've never really RPed with people on a JV, and I never share these elements with players. I prefer to keep the "real RP" IRL, in D&D sessions with people I know... And who I trust. I've always had the impression that RP was something extraordinarily intimate; in general, you always put a little bit of yourself in there, even if it tends to get more and more diluted with experience. On FF, I must admit that I was also quickly put off by the sexual part that some people didn't hesitate to brandish very quickly, without asking the other person's opinion first. Without being particularly prudish, I appreciate that people know how to keep their distance... Whether it's IRL or IG.

Anyway; I guess I'm not really responding to the topic, but I'm interested in RP, so I'll post my experience here.

[Illmaeran]

Uh...I guess I role play as a very charismatic masochist who will never impress the ladies enough to lose his V-card.

It's working so far!

Art imitates life? :P

[Renalt]

I'm gonna find you and I'm gonna give you headpats. Not quite the v-card but it's something.

I have a lot of characters, but my main is (surprise surprise) this one. She's got a carrd that has a lot more info on it than I can ever give, and my tumblr has a post for some of my alts. I don't rp much outside of friends these days, but I do enjoy it.

I kept seeing people on their plates talk about a carrd. I took a look at yours and it reminds me of a more indepth version of City of Heroes Bio. I can see myself having fun with making my own...make it as chaotic as possible.

Art imitates life? :P

Ouch. You wound me!

Do it again!