01-28-2019, 06:57 AM
Agreeing with all of the statements above in support of no requirement. I’ll keep my post short because I don’t want to just keep repeating what’s already and instead offer some of my own insight.
I feel like requiring these puts a block on creativity. Having staff approve characters would seem as gatekeeping and cause people to run, especially when their applications aren’t peered through quick enough. For those of us with a larger amount of characters/OCs, this would be troubling. Writing 1000 essays on why your character is mischievous or about a tragic past might just be beating a dead horse at that point. Sometimes developing things ICly through reveals over time is more developmental like Toboggan mentioned. The mystery aspect is lost.
Speaking from my own experience, I had more fun developing a character that was just an idea within my head. This is how I ended with two of my favorite and most well known BoB characters, Stryker and Guru. Along with another OC of mine known as Fragilepast also started out that way.... but what about the character’s that have biographies? I have 13 subaccounts. Two of those are no longer used human roleplay accounts and the other two are the characters I mentioned previously with no biographies. Out of those accounts that have biographies, I have yet to play them. Perseus, Rambeau, Flaw, Abraxas, and more are practically untouched, despite their nicely developed biographies. I don’t know why I lost the appeal, it’s really a mystery to me tbh. Biographies =/= well-made characters.
To sum it up, what I’m saying is that not everyone functions the same. While some of us prefer biographies, it’s not idea for others. That is why I’m against required biographies as a whole.
[Mobile, please excuse me for any errors]
I feel like requiring these puts a block on creativity. Having staff approve characters would seem as gatekeeping and cause people to run, especially when their applications aren’t peered through quick enough. For those of us with a larger amount of characters/OCs, this would be troubling. Writing 1000 essays on why your character is mischievous or about a tragic past might just be beating a dead horse at that point. Sometimes developing things ICly through reveals over time is more developmental like Toboggan mentioned. The mystery aspect is lost.
Speaking from my own experience, I had more fun developing a character that was just an idea within my head. This is how I ended with two of my favorite and most well known BoB characters, Stryker and Guru. Along with another OC of mine known as Fragilepast also started out that way.... but what about the character’s that have biographies? I have 13 subaccounts. Two of those are no longer used human roleplay accounts and the other two are the characters I mentioned previously with no biographies. Out of those accounts that have biographies, I have yet to play them. Perseus, Rambeau, Flaw, Abraxas, and more are practically untouched, despite their nicely developed biographies. I don’t know why I lost the appeal, it’s really a mystery to me tbh. Biographies =/= well-made characters.
To sum it up, what I’m saying is that not everyone functions the same. While some of us prefer biographies, it’s not idea for others. That is why I’m against required biographies as a whole.
[Mobile, please excuse me for any errors]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Lacus laoreet non curabitur gravida arcu ac tortor dignissim. Purus sit amet volutpat consequat mauris nunc. Leo vel orci porta non pulvinar neque laoreet suspendisse interdum. Blandit volutpat maecenas volutpat blandit aliquam. Scelerisque mauris pellentesque pulvinar pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus. Sed odio morbi quis commodo odio aenean sed adipiscing. Molestie ac feugiat sed lectus. Feugiat pretium nibh ipsum consequat nisl vel pretium lectus. Amet nisl suscipit adipiscing bibendum est ultricies integer quis auctor. Tellus at urna condimentum mattis. Mattis enim ut tellus elementum sagittis vitae et leo. Commodo sed egestas egestas fringilla. Est ullamcorper eget nulla facilisi etiam. Mi quis hendrerit dolor magna eget. Laoreet id donec ultrices tincidunt arcu non sodales. Enim sed faucibus turpis in eu mi bibendum neque egestas. Tortor pretium viverra suspendisse potenti nullam ac tortor. Aenean vel elit scelerisque mauris pellentesque pulvinar pellentesque habitant.
Massa ultricies mi quis hendrerit dolor magna. Varius quam quisque id diam vel quam. Nisl purus in mollis nunc sed id semper risus. Gravida cum sociis natoque penatibus et. Enim facilisis gravida neque convallis a cras semper. Id consectetur purus ut faucibus. Dis parturient montes nascetur ridiculus mus mauris. Vel pharetra vel turpis nunc eget lorem dolor. Eget velit aliquet sagittis id consectetur purus ut faucibus pulvinar. Nulla facilisi nullam vehicula ipsum a arcu. Neque egestas congue quisque egestas diam in arcu. Cursus in hac habitasse platea. Malesuada fames ac turpis egestas maecenas pharetra convallis. Sem nulla pharetra diam sit amet nisl suscipit. Dictum at tempor commodo ullamcorper a lacus vestibulum sed arcu.
Massa ultricies mi quis hendrerit dolor magna. Varius quam quisque id diam vel quam. Nisl purus in mollis nunc sed id semper risus. Gravida cum sociis natoque penatibus et. Enim facilisis gravida neque convallis a cras semper. Id consectetur purus ut faucibus. Dis parturient montes nascetur ridiculus mus mauris. Vel pharetra vel turpis nunc eget lorem dolor. Eget velit aliquet sagittis id consectetur purus ut faucibus pulvinar. Nulla facilisi nullam vehicula ipsum a arcu. Neque egestas congue quisque egestas diam in arcu. Cursus in hac habitasse platea. Malesuada fames ac turpis egestas maecenas pharetra convallis. Sem nulla pharetra diam sit amet nisl suscipit. Dictum at tempor commodo ullamcorper a lacus vestibulum sed arcu.