MagiStream

Happy new year, everyone!

I'm glad that so many people are interested in CiM! I'm looking over your forms now along with my friend who helps me review forms. I should be getting back to everyone within a few days, but if I don't, feel free to poke me.
(Side note: My friend is joining the RP, though I'm keeping their identity anonymous. I draw on their personal experience with child abuse and mental disorders in order to make sure that portrayals of these subjects are sensitive in the RP, as those topics are very serious ones and should be treated with respect. I don't think that they'd be comfortable with people knowing their history, which is why they'll be remaining anonymous.)

Anyways, I figured I should bring up a few things since I've seen recurring stuff in forms and I wanted to address it here instead of PMing a bunch of people.
(I should also mention that this post is definitely not about anyone in particular. All of these things are things that I've seen in at least two to three characters, and if something was specific to one character then I'd PM that RPer.)

Spoiler

• Make sure that your character has a last name!
• I realize that this RP could be loosely categorized as fantasy, but it's technically more sci-fi than fantasy because powers come from genetic mutations. Powers should have some sort of explanation behind how they work that sounds like it could possibly happen if you squint. (Ex: extra cell organelle that creates and manipulates electric charges, etc.) The reason I'm asking for an explanation is because it helps better define what your characters can do with their abilities.
• Try to give your character reasons for stuff. This adds to personality, but it also shows why stuff in their histories played out the way it did.
• When describing powers, make sure that other characters could potentially defend against an attack from your character.
• If your character lived on the streets, please make sure that they were able to provide for themselves and not starve to death. Starvation is bad, we don't like starvation.
• If you're playing an abuse survivor, please make sure that you research the symptoms of abuse and how abuse can affect people's mindset. I tend to be pretty anal about this because one of my best friends is an abuse survivor, so I've seen what it does to people. So... yeah. Please try to make sure that your portrayals are sensitive.
• I know that the weakness section in the form is required, but please try to avoid having weaknesses that are only personality-based unless they directly affect how your character operates in the field. Basically, if you can explain how your at least 1-2 of your character's weakness will harm them in non-social situations, then we'll be good.

I realize that the holidays can be a busy time. Unfortunately, Agentofthe1Truth, ParadiseSeeker, and Nightstar dropped out due to time constraints and other irl issues.

Also, if anyone has any questions or concerns about anything, feel free to PM me! I enjoy chatting/plotting/making nefarious schemes with people.

By the way, if anyone is interested, I've been poking around on springhole.net. They have all sorts of RP-related stuff and advice on there. But beware, it's like a black hole when it comes to free time.

Working on a form right now for a character while trying to finish an essay. Your RP sounds interesting I look forward to participating so um I guess, hi.
I'm also new I really hope that's okay with you because it looks like some of the people have more experience.
Thanks.

FrozenSoul wrote:Working on a form right now for a character while trying to finish an essay. Your RP sounds interesting I look forward to participating so um I guess, hi.
I'm also new I really hope that's okay with you because it looks like some of the people have more experience.
Thanks.

Hello and welcome!
This RP is advanced/literate, so RPers are expected to have advanced RPing skills. That's not to say that I'm going to hang a sign on the door that says "no new RPers allowed!!1!" because in the past, I've seen a few new RPers who picked things up fairly quickly. If you've written (not necessarily RP'd) before and/or you have confidence in your writing skills, you'll probably be fine.

If you need help or have questions about anything RP-related, feel free to message me.

umbreon241 wrote: Hello and welcome!
This RP is advanced/literate, so RPers are expected to have advanced RPing skills. That's not to say that I'm going to hang a sign on the door that says "no new RPers allowed!!1!" because in the past, I've seen a few new RPers who picked things up fairly quickly. If you've written (not necessarily RP'd) before and/or you have confidence in your writing skills, you'll probably be fine.

If you need help or have questions about anything RP-related, feel free to message me.

Okay thanks a lot. I have good writing skills and I think this will go alright but if you ever have an issue with anything at all please message me. I'll accept all tips, the link you have posted has already proven useful.
I know you likely will have your doubts but I'll try my best!

FrozenSoul wrote:Okay thanks a lot. I have good writing skills and I think this will go alright but if you ever have an issue with anything at all please message me. I'll accept all tips, the link you have posted has already proven useful.
I know you likely will have your doubts but I'll try my best!

If that's the case, I think you'll be fine.
In my experience, the main differences between RPing and regular writing are: 1) you have to try to match your character's powers with those of other characters so there isn't one vastly overpowered character and 2) replace things like "Character A punched Character B" with "Character A aimed a punch at Character B's stomach." Other than that, everything is fairly similar.

I'm glad that you found the link helpful! Springhole is wonderful, it has so much useful advice. I could spend hours on it.

beep boop made a character.

Haven't RPed in a while so my form-making might be a bit rusty, but other than that, I'm excited to get back into the swing of things.

TwoThousand wrote:beep boop made a character.

Haven't RPed in a while so my form-making might be a bit rusty, but other than that, I'm excited to get back into the swing of things.

Hey! I haven't seen you around in a while.

I'm sure that you'll shake off the rust very quickly.

Also, just so everyone knows: there's a bit of a backup in terms of reviewing forms right now. I think I have to look at 3-4 characters? So yeah, I apologize if it takes me a few days to get back to you.

umbreon241 wrote:

TwoThousand wrote:

Hey! I haven't seen you around in a while.

I'm sure that you'll shake off the rust very quickly.

Yeah I've been dead or something similar to that sort.

Don't read mine yet, I was looking it over and I see some stuff I wanna change to adhere to that thingie you posted a couple above here. Also just general stuff I was thinking about that I don't really love.

TwoThousand wrote:Yeah I've been dead or something similar to that sort.

Don't read mine yet, I was looking it over and I see some stuff I wanna change to adhere to that thingie you posted a couple above here. Also just general stuff I was thinking about that I don't really love.

I feel that. That reminds me: I'm probably going to die for a week in mid-January because of midterms. If anyone sees me posting, tell me to go study.

Cool, thanks for letting me know!

umbreon241 wrote:

Well, I guess you COULD read it if you really wanted.

Just pls no smacking me around for it quite yet.

Edit: Formally finished my character.