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11-09-2007, 07:17 AM
| | Realistic RPGing? I just wanted to get people's opinion on this. What does everyone consider realistic and unrealistic when RPGing? |
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| Ramora
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| C.R.E.A.M | Haitian Sensation | Shark Patronus | Your Huckleberry | T's ClayBaby H'mm. Good question. Well, what I consider realistic rpg has more to do with a character. Developing and staying true to who they are. This is largely fantasy. And, virtual fantasy at that. So it's kind of hard to control what the standard for realism should be amongst so many. So, for me, what it comes down to is how well a person controls their character.
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11-09-2007, 07:45 AM
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| Knarl
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Corvus Stroud Fifth Year | Mrs. Kevin Zegers Zoe's Stud Muffin I think a person should be able to control their person. Also consider the characters schooling level. I think a fifth year or above is going to know a lot more then kids who are in their 1, 2 or maybe 3rd. Like slytherinsistah said, also depends on the characters. I think both sides should at least get hit once.It's a tricky thing. |
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11-09-2007, 08:00 AM
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Unrealistic, to me, is like having super powers above the normal. Normal being the common every day in Hogwarts witch or wizard. Normal is a hard thing to describe when we're talking about an online RPG wizard school. Lol.
Realistic, for SS, i think would classify as anything you could honestly see Harry and his friends doing while at school, or maybe not his friends but people he or anyone in the Harry Potter books went to school with.
Things we never would see in HP books is unrealistic, to me, meaning that, say, never in Harry's time or even his father's time did anyone conjur up flame and throw it at people's head without a wand, never did people control the water flow or make the trees sprout up from the ground instantly. Things like this, telecommunication and mind reading(if not RPed in a detailed, consistant, and mature manner) I classify as unrealistic, because it just seems as if the person is trying to make their character seem so cool and so different that they seem... I dunno, almost pathetic and just there for a good laugh.
Really, I think that if you are a good RPer and do it right, lots of things that aren't in, and may NEVER even fit into the HP books, could be considered realistic, but I feel that we don't have enough people doing that and most stuff is unrealistic.
But, this is kind of a hard topic to cover, considering it's an online Role Play website about a made up fantasy world to begin with.
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11-09-2007, 10:21 AM
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| George's Missing Ear Puffskein
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Isla Pervell Fourth Year | ^ I agree.
Everyone wants their character to be interesting; so people have a reason to want to be friends with them, I think after awhile people realise that it's not all about being awesomely awesome or having superstrength, or the seeing eye or whatever. Its about being kind, fun and interesting to be around. I can barely stand it when people take over the scene, making it difficult for anyone else to have a say in the rp. An example would be, Jen fell over, a curse had come form no wher and she was dying inside. She screamed, everyone looked at her, it was terrible. Maybe this sort of thing would be realistic if there was reason behind it, or someone actually had reason to curse her. But attention seeking in an rpg is almost as bad as in real life.
I think a realistic rp'er knows how to get attention, get friends and rp well, without cursing people, being cursed, fake dying, or being a super-powered attention seeker.
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In my opinion unrealistic is well, when you have kids going round saying there voldemort grandson etc etc, i mean that soooooo annoying (sorry to the people that have chosen to rp with like that) and first years having GF and BF and happen to be sucking eachother faces off, i never did that when i was 11, i mean come on folk think about what your posting for a min, holding hands is fine as so is hugging.
Realistic rpg is well being normal. Doing and feeling what a normal person would, i see sometimes down in the dungeon pupils yelling at the professor like their more important, quite frankly if i just joined a wizarding school, and i was standing in front of a 6 ft tall wizard/ witch i don't think I'd be shouting. remember guys to put emotion into your rping its makes it a lot better to understand then
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11-09-2007, 09:57 PM
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I consider real to be what a character would do. But at the same time characters are fluid and can have both good and bad days. I normally consider real for a character like the first year that is my character anything that a normal 11 yr old with the background I gave my character to be able to do. Then I extend upon that knowledge gained by being in the school.
However it is likely easier for me than some as the background I gave my character was very little knowledge previous of the wizarding world. I would expect a notion of real would be harder to portray for those with pure blood characters. But there are some spells I have seen used by age levels I would not have expected them from. Which is fine as the game is set in the future where there may be more at home learning.
However I definitely feel like some of the emphasis on character romantic relationships in the younger years is a bit played out.
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11-11-2007, 08:55 PM
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| Nogtail
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Hogwarts RPG Name: *whistle* | NeeNee Omniscient Omnipotent Pie Maker People who know me on SS know that I'm a huge stickler for the autheticity of a character. It's a huge trial to RP with people who aren't putting as much effort into it as you are.
Somethings I find really important are things like:
*Mary-sue/Gary-sue syndrome - this is easy to catch, so beware. Characters who can perform unforgivable curses, at all, much less in their first years. Moody said it; you just cant do stuff like that at their age, even if your parents are Death Eaters, you're not old enough to have the power to put that kind of magic out there. Other things that put you into the category of Sue-age are things like being Oh-so-smexy at age 12. No one is smexy at age 12. The pictures of people who are, are airbrushed. Also beware of hybrid charries, veela's, vampires, etc, and ofcourse having super rare special abilities like animagi. I'm not saying a characters shouldn't be parselmouths or what have you, I'm saying it's really hard to be one without ruining the realism of your character.
*Another thing that messes with the realism of RPGs is this: How many grand children does Harry Potter have? Jeepers! I mean I get that the characters JK Rowling created are awesome, but do you know how many cousins the characters with the last name Potter, Black, Malfoy, Lupin, Snape, or Weasley would have if ALL of you really were related to those characters? You would constantly be running into your distant relatives at school.
*And finally, this drives me nuts, and i think someone else said it: takeovers! characters who walk into a scene that's going on, and try to take it over, with fainting, sudden affliction of terrible illnesses or curses, love potions, you name it. as a general rule, people ignore it, but it throws the realism of our pretty little fantasy realm down the toilet.
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11-11-2007, 09:02 PM
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| Keeper of Ginny's AttitudeBatty Bella Knarl
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I think if you act like yourself in real life. And you act like a real boy would, or a real girl. Who isn't too perfect, someone that never gets mad, or never cries, or is always happy. Then they are realistic. If you can rp as you would in the situation, and if you can treat your charrie like a version of you. Doing things you would do, when you would do them. Or maybe even the perfect version of you, things you wish you did, but never have the guts to really do. Thats more realistic.
Now if the person, was completely perfect, never messed up, or had super human powers and was able to do anything and everything in the blink of an eye. That wouldn't be very realistic. No one is perfect, no one is a super hero, and not one person can rule the world.
We want people who are normal, and themselves, and not just some perfect made up Charrie, in a made up perfect world.
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11-12-2007, 12:45 PM
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I am alot older than probably most of the people RPing and I say who cares if it's realistic or unrealistic if you're having fun then go with it. I sat and viewed for a whole day without posting and it was the most entertaining time I've had. I've made a whole lot of friends on here and I think that's what is important. I think you'll find when you read the rules for RPing it says to get on and have the time of your life and make new friends. So long as you're not being mean or nasty to anyone why not be outlandish let's not limit people's imaginations because some of them are quite extraordinary.
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11-13-2007, 02:07 AM
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| Ramora
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Lukas Brishan Ferdinand Second Year | Strickles® I think being realistic is being able to create a character that everyone (well, some people anyway) can relate to. I mean if you meet a foreigner you look at them and you see similarities with yourself and you see differences. If you aren't going to discriminate against them then you're going to relate to them through their similarities. Characters can be original but still be similar to everyone else's character. It's just like real life. There is no-one out there exactly like you. There may be some close contenders but at the end of the day you are you no matter what. |
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12-03-2009, 09:02 PM
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| Mackled Malaclaw
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I think that to have a realistic charry, you have to let them slip up once n a while, give them a few phobia's, a couple of allergies or illnesses (obviously mild ones ;D), let them fall on their face (physically of metaphorically) once in a while. I think its important to remember what you create about your character, so that yo don't find yourself RPing them doing something they wouldn't/couldn't do. Take my Character, Iris for example. She's terrified of water, in any large masses and in any form. She's alright as long as she's not near it (as in, one trip and your sat on your bum in a puddle). I've used this a number of times in RPs, one where she fell onto the icy lake during winter (was fun to RP her freak out, its worth doing ;D). So because of how huge I've made this phobia, it would be daft for Iris to decide she was going for a swim in the lake tomorrow. I've seen some people RP one thing, then completely contradict themselves a few RPs later. Its impossible to create a sturdy character if you don't set out everything about them. Think of your RP charry as a role in a play, and then use the Stanislavski Sytem (Method Acting). Create EVERY LITTLE detail about them, secrets, their childhood, even their family tree (I've done this one, and it's helped for some reason.)
So yeah ... thats my view on how to keep a realistic RP charry, or at least as realistic as it could be. hehe. |
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12-04-2009, 08:16 AM
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| Grindylow
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I agree with most if not all of what people have said so far. In my opinion there are though always going to be people who want to play characters with special abilitites like veela, vampire, werewolf or having an inner eye like Professor Trelawney in the books. And i'm actually considering playing one next term. So what i'm curious about is how you all think a character with special abilties for example a veela should be played realisticly and true to heritage so that she will be an asset and a flavour to the rp rather then not?
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12-05-2009, 12:50 AM
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| Baht-ley - The Sweetest - TEAM 947! My thinking on this is that, no matter what you're RPing, to a certain degree, whatever you write can be considered realistic, determining on how you RP it. As far as I'm concerned, people have the creative liberty to do what they want... It is a Hogwarts RP after all, and just because something doesn't happen in the books doesn't mean that it CAN'T happen in the RP. Maybe I'm just being argumentative...but considering the RP right now is like WAYYYY in the future, after Harry was at school, pretty much anything could have happened. There could be more easier to use and more efficient spells, or even an out-break of werewolves around the castle.
There are some things that cross the line though. For instance, I don't think it's very realistic at all to have a perfect character, unless you have some fantastic back story about how she used to be a barbie doll, and got turned human . If your character is a living thing then they're going to have a personality, and if they have a personality, then they probably will have odd quirks or some sort of problem, or whatever.
I like what futuremrsmalfoy said, on thinking of what you would do in your character's position, and mayyyybe elaborating a little. That's how I play Melanie. Her personality is a lot like mine. Only, she's a bit more out going (in RL I'm a little shy) and more blatant about her thoughts and opinions a lot of the time.
And....while I'm rambling on... *points at her user profile* My character has a last name in common with a cannon character. I think that if you REALLY just have to have your character be related to that character, go for it. It is cannon for book characters to have relatives at Hogwarts. The other thing is, that if you do do this, you should probably work out some sort of family tree with the others who choose to give their characters the same last name so there's not so much confusion there. Haha, but I doooon't have tooo. Melanie's a muggleborn. Lockhart can be a muggle name. *had to add that*I've seen some awesome RPers who have character with the same last name as a canon characters... It isn't completely realistic to have a TON of them out there, but I think that no matter what anyone does about it there's probably always going to be distant relatives of the canon characters roaming the halls of the RPG... |
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12-05-2009, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by druidflower People who know me on SS know that I'm a huge stickler for the autheticity of a character. It's a huge trial to RP with people who aren't putting as much effort into it as you are.
Somethings I find really important are things like:
*Mary-sue/Gary-sue syndrome - this is easy to catch, so beware. Characters who can perform unforgivable curses, at all, much less in their first years. Moody said it; you just cant do stuff like that at their age, even if your parents are Death Eaters, you're not old enough to have the power to put that kind of magic out there. Other things that put you into the category of Sue-age are things like being Oh-so-smexy at age 12. No one is smexy at age 12. The pictures of people who are, are airbrushed. Also beware of hybrid charries, veela's, vampires, etc, and ofcourse having super rare special abilities like animagi. I'm not saying a characters shouldn't be parselmouths or what have you, I'm saying it's really hard to be one without ruining the realism of your character.
*Another thing that messes with the realism of RPGs is this: How many grand children does Harry Potter have? Jeepers! I mean I get that the characters JK Rowling created are awesome, but do you know how many cousins the characters with the last name Potter, Black, Malfoy, Lupin, Snape, or Weasley would have if ALL of you really were related to those characters? You would constantly be running into your distant relatives at school.
*And finally, this drives me nuts, and i think someone else said it: takeovers! characters who walk into a scene that's going on, and try to take it over, with fainting, sudden affliction of terrible illnesses or curses, love potions, you name it. as a general rule, people ignore it, but it throws the realism of our pretty little fantasy realm down the toilet.
[/rant] I agree with everything you are saying.I remember I had a character when I first joined in 2007, and she was called Natalie Granger.And after a while of RPing, I was like, Omgsh..Im related to EVERYONE. .. ? So I totally agree with you on that.
And I totally agree with you when your putting in your creativity and your imagination,and you have someone come up to you and be like, "Look out! Theres a Werewolf behind you!" its like .. hmm .. thats not really where Im going with this?
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Originally Posted by KatieTessa I agree with most if not all of what people have said so far. In my opinion there are though always going to be people who want to play characters with special abilitites like veela, vampire, werewolf or having an inner eye like Professor Trelawney in the books. And i'm actually considering playing one next term. So what i'm curious about is how you all think a character with special abilties for example a veela should be played realisticly and true to heritage so that she will be an asset and a flavour to the rp rather then not? I think with what your saying, to be a veela or have someone who is able to do things like Professor Trelawny, then fair enough. I mean there are going to be people who are a veela or can do things like Professor Trelawny, so why not go for it?
I mean my character can read peoples feelings.Something like if someone was sad, she'd be able to sense there emotion.Something like that is not overly unrealistic I think? Right?
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12-05-2009, 01:05 PM
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i guess realistic would be if someone was swimming in the lake or something. where-as unrealistic would be if they suddenly became this monster that could eat peoples souls (hehe exibit a- dementor). i suppose being able to change into a cat would also be unrealistic but no quite as much since its a part of the harry potter world.
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12-06-2009, 08:09 PM
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I thiiiiink... I kinda agree with Mel. You know, the site is more about fun, yada yada yada.
But that's not the topic, SOOOOO...
Just wanted to say a few things, the first is defending myself. So. Yes. Someone mentioned its unrealistic for the lickle kids to be yelling back at teachers like Meeester Kaz. Well, yeah... buuuuut you do get kids like that *clears throat* *tries to look innocent* Some kids are really like... they don't get that you just do not do some things. I was/am like that. Hence, Jake is like that
Which is my first kind of point. It was mentioned already... I play Jake just like me. Jake is me, only... he's short... and a boy... and yeah But, like, I never went around casting Avada Kedavra on 6th and 7th years when I was thirteen.
((Before you ask, yes, that meant school WAS fun.))
So yeah, that's what makes it realistic for me.
If we want to go on about really realistic, the RPG wouldn't be as like BAM PAM WOW! Because with all the mini-plots and love triangles and I'm rambling again.
Realistic for me = Not good at everything, not bad at everything, not got something like purple or red eyes, not the next Voldemort, not the next Dumbledore.
But... haha, I just thought of something. We talking about being realistic... and there are kids running around casting spells in a castle in Scotland, and we're each playing one. Hehe, that made me laugh.
I suppose, to me, it's realistic if you don't go all SOAP OPERA!!1!1!!1ONE!!1! alot, but a little of that IS fun.
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| Grindylow
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It's good for your character to be unique and different. Lucy is highly intelligent yet eccentric. She has no understanding of the social world and that's what makes her unique. It's not in a way where it's like "Oh, my gawsh. I'm powerful and I'm only eleven."
The same goes for relationships. I will admit, there are little kids in the real world who think they're "in love" with their "girlfriend/boyfriend" but in the RPG, it gets a little weird seeing almost every first or second year out there in a serious relationship. When that happens, the characters all seem the same. Thus...there's nothing special about the characters, the plot-line, etc.
Like I said, it's extremely good for characters to be different and whatnot but in a regular, normal, kid/teen-like way. Like..."I like eating my homework after I'm done with it."
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Referring to what people have been saying about possessing abilities and being a veela and so on... it's definitely not impossible or unrealistic if that were to be in the Wizarding World. There were indeed werewolves and veelas in the books, I guess there's just a certain extent to it. There's a thin line between realistic and unrealistic even for the Wizarding World. (That sounded cooler in my mind. XD) I guess what we can't really have people doing is having their characters walk around school with healing powers, where they can't die and they just automatically heal themselves. ("Heroes" moment.) Nor is it absolutely realistic that an eleven-year-old or twelve-year-old is walking around school as the most gorgeous guy ever. Helloooooo... he's not even a teenager yet. Probably hasn't gone through a voice change yet.
And like what Pooja is saying, is it really... believable... that a pair of twelve-year-olds are in love with each other? Sure they're just being introduced to hormones, but I don't think they all have quite gotten over the cootie stage. *coughCamcough* I meaaann... I'm thirteen FOURTEEN and I am no where near close to being all, "OHMYGAWSH. I looooffff youu! kissywissywissy." Yeah. No. One... thirteen-year-olds don't do that (at least SANE ones don't (Talking about 13-year-olds since I don't know how the hormones of a fourteen-year-old works quite yet. ;P)), Two... we don't know the definition of 'love' yet and we're too young to fully comprehend the true meaning, Three... I forgot. But it was a REALLYGOOD reason. Plus boyfriends and girlfriends come and go at this stage. It's like clothing. They think it's pretty and in fashion, so they take it and wear it. But once they don't like it anymore and think it's boring, they throw it away. [/off subject] Anywayy... what I mean is... people at that age have low attention spans. I know I do... All kids care about is having fun. You will NEVER see a twelve-year-old or whatever-year-old under the age of 15, having a SERIOUS relationship. It's like an oxymoron. Serious twelve-year-old.
Moving onnn... It's nice to have characters that are all different and unique in their own ways. They've got their own talents, but what WOULDN'T be realistic, is if they could play every single instrument on the planet. Too many instruments. It's impossible. So don't say it is. And they can't be amazing at EVERYTHING. That's just not human. Is this a dream person? Well it is... but anyway. How the real world works is that people have their flaws and their talents. Their own opinions are unique and their heart isn't purely innocent and good, nor is it entirely evil. Vengeance always wins those people over, just to tell you.
They all have to have their differences. What makes a character unique is their differences. Maybe they have an illness... maybe they have a phobia... maybe they have a really weird hobby... or a habit that people absolutely hate but they can't help but do it.
And well... total contradiction... I do agree with Mel. Sorta. If you're having fun... who cares?! Just... gotta make sure that the 'fun' you're having won't make someone else upset.
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| Puffskein
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I know I've only been doing this for two terms now. So, compared to a lot of people, I don't have the experience or background. There's a lot of good advice/opinions here (I wish I would've read this before Wesley's first year!), and I was thinking, maybe, I could share something that hasn't been mentioned yet?
Personally, I think that what really makes RPGing realistic is character growth- emotionally, mentally, physically.
JK Rowling once said that she disliked stories where characters stayed children the whole way through- she wanted hers to experience growing up. And you need not look any farther than Neville for an example- his values remained the same, but he gained much of the confidence he was missing as a little first year.
So, for me, the thing I really want to see in Wesley is growth. Knowing more spells and being taller is a given, but I also want her, by her 7th year, to make it through Potions without puking or feeling like she's going to burst into tears about Lionfish hearts. And I definitely want her to grow out of fainting. I'm not saying I want her to loose her core beliefs, I just want her to mature. Because, when you think about it, students enter Hogwarts as children, and they leave it as adults, ready to enter the workforce.
I think, even if a character starts Hogwarts in their 7th year, they can still show growth. Every year brings new lessons, and those lessons can change the way they view the world, if only in a small way.
Of course, I know that there are exceptions- just like with every rule- some people don't grow up as much as others; some people might not grow up at all. Some people are ready for jobs at 17, some are even ready to get married, and others aren't. And that's okay. Variation, as others have stated before me, is what makes the world unique. I just think character growth is nice, even if it's something as small as growing 3 inches taller or learning a new spell. Source:
Here's the JK Rowling quote I mentioned earlier:
"I always wanted Harry to grow up plausibly - I - you know - we're going to see him - the plot demands that he ages about a year a book, the plot demands that he comes of age in the final book. Now I have a real moral objection to books that freeze children in pre-pubescence even though they're actually - in earth-years - sixteen years old, but you're still - they're still behaving as - as eight- or nine-year-olds."
And you can find it here on this website: 1999: Accio Quote!, the largest archive of J.K. Rowling interviews on the web It's under part 19 (so a bit over halfway down).
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i think unrealistic is when your chracter is perfect, there has to be a flaw in them somewhere! and also when you have a dragon for a pet, or sometimes even all your muggle friends knowing your a wizard, maybe one but not all of them
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| Mackled Malaclaw
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realistic to me is that things happen that really would happen to your character
Carter didn't have a very elaborate one when I first started, but I've added on and he has a pretty solid background.
As for the relationship thing. I agree, things shouldn't be serious for the younger students. But I did have a little boyfriend when I was in middle school. We'd walk to class together and hold hands and go see movies and it was super cute. So that is realistic to me. I started liking guys in 5th grade, so for Carter to have a little first year girlfriend is realistic to me. What isn't though is huge age gaps or people in 4th year or above going out with like first or second years. When I was that age guys that much older than me wouldn't look twice in my direction.
And I agree that if you're using a popular cannon last name to kind of work out a family tree.
And those are my two cents.
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12-16-2009, 09:56 PM
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Daffy.Potter and imaginarynumb3rs hit it on the head for me with their posts so I'm not going to go repeating that stuff XD.
I think its important to take a step back when you look at realism. Realistic RPing for you isn't the same as it is for another person and its important to respect that I think. Thats what makes SS as vibrant and welcoming as it is because everyone has a certain amount of freedom within the RP.
I work soooo hard on character growth and making flaws believable. Some people see my characters strengths as her flaws and vice versa and I looooove seeing how other people interpret them. (Thats why I like RPing a little with Herminny because her character is aaaalways having UGH moments about mine being so good at things. dan arjay too, recognises the arrogance/confidence/ego of my charrie XD)
I'm sure some people look at my charrie as a bit of a mary sue but that just shows to me they aren't REALLY looking at her, they're just seeing the outside just like in real life where people make judgements about the popular kids without truly knowing them at all.
I try sooo hard to make her change and grow and I think I've achieved that. I only need to look back over the archives to see it and thats gratifying to me.
It IS about having fun and the thing is, as long as your fun doesn't get in the way of others, then you're pretty much okay. People that go all out to extremes usually go the other way with their second characters, and at the end of the day, even if sometimes its annoying to see a purple vampire that reads minds and is soooo hot and rawr get all up in your thread and expect your charrie to swoon or die or whatever, if you can just carry on and do your own thing, with your friends and with new people, then thats what it is all about right?
Its jus that... before looking at others being 'unrealistic' you really have to step back and look at yourself. I won't be throwing any stones today because I don't feel like I'm in a position to. XD
Go back in the archives and have a look how far the SSRPG has come. Look at how good everyone is at keeping OOC and IC seperate, how detailed posts are getting, how much effort the staff go to to encourage everyone to play the way they want to play.
We're pretty lucky to have that freedom.
If anyone wants to talk about this more with me personally, feel free to PM me though XD I don't know that I'm in a position to give advice or whatever but opinions are something I have in droves.
I know this doesn't flow much but oh well.
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12-16-2009, 10:58 PM
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What is realistic? That's a really hard question to answer because what appears realistic to one person may be completely unrealistic to another. Some of you were talking about the age that people are having boyfriends and girlfriends in the RPG and saying that a twelve year old being in a relationship is unrealistic. To me it isn't. I even played a charrie in a relationship at the age of eleven. It worked for me mainly because she was a mature person, kinda like me. I was over the whole cooties stage at nine so I didn't think it was unrealistic that she would be too. Plus she was friends with the guy as well so I think that helped with how it worked. They could talk to each other and it wasn't all about kissing and stuff.
I also think that if you want a realistic character you have to remember stuff in real life that happens. Like not everyone is going to be friends, personalities clash people and just because we're in a magical boarding school rp that does not mean that it wont happen. I would think that living in a boarding school would make it happen more. Take for example Reid *sniffles* and Daffy's charrie Livvy. They didn't really get along until the end of this term and they had a reason to try too since Reid was dating Rachel and Livvy is Rachel's best friend. Even now they aren't really sure where they stand. Are they frenemies? So I think remembering that is important. Sure you can have a lot of friends but you shouldn't make your charrie friends with every single person they meet. At least not at first.
But anyway like others have said you should have fun when you RP and if that involves your charrie being a Mary Sue then go for it. But just remember not to make the RP horrible for other people because of it.
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12-19-2009, 07:31 AM
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I knew this thread would come up some time!
Realistic RPing, I think, is about validity - across the board.
Someone mentioned how 11 year olds have boyfriends. Guys, seriously! At 11 I thought boys were icky and kept away from them at all costs! First years can do serious magic on SS. It's like, really? You learnt that from who? Or are you just an extremely, extremely gifted witch/wizard? It's ridiculous.
On the same note, first years have some serious language and personality issues. They're either talking like people doctring in english or they're acting like 20 year olds and discussing... philosophy. Where is the innocence? The spazzness? The awkwardness? THey just came to a new school they're going to be a little shy!
Characters that have extra abilities give me the jeepers. How many people in JK's story had extra powers? Tonks and Remus of the ones that survived the first war. That was of a WHOLE cast. No one had elemental powers, no one was a coercer or whatever. They're abilities were WITHIN measure. Not everyone had special abilities. Honestly, they don't make you awesome. I've even met metamorphagus/mindreader/empath/elementalist combo's. It made my character feel uncomfortable not awe inspired. And as well, at the age of 11 you wouldn't have full control of your powers so HMPH!
I do think SS should have an abilities register and there should only be a certian amount of each 'speciality' allowed at one time. I don't think it's safe to have 300 vampires running around, do you?
The whole obsession with being related to the cast is getting old. Hermione Granger cannot have THAT many great grand children! BE creative! That's what RPing's all about! Why is it not possible to think up an entirely new character? Then you don't have any strings attached? and they're totally your's! They're your creation. I find that so much cooler than Alice Granger. Seriously. (no offence if your character is called that... :S) I bet I sound like a hypocrite considering I named my character Alexa Black but I don't go around boasting family heritage. In fact, her pa's name isn't even Sirius. Weird eh?
What really get's me is characters who learn other character's names when they haven't even met them. A) It's a massive school. It's impossible to know everyone and B) You can't ALL be mind readers. That's just weird. Some tthings are better kept secret, yeah?
Another thing (although this has nothing to do with realism), just as common curtesy. Use proper grammar and speech marks (" ... ") It makes life easier and people happier when they're not trying to figure out what you've said or where the thinking starts and speech stops. But that's just me, eh?
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