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    Comic - It's Been so Long [Part 1]

    in Wallpapers and art

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    I'd recommend posing your characters so that the speech balloons read nicer. I had some troubles in some of the panels trying to understand it because the balloon on the left was supposed to go after the one on the right; however, most of us read left to right, so it just seemed backwards. i hope that made sense

     

    Besides that, the story and everything else looks promising. I'm excited to see what happens next!

    Pen's Sentry Turret Rig V1 + V2

    in Rigs

    Posted · Edited by Pen

    The eye should be a little bit more centered and the turret should be a bit taller other than that it looks cool!

    It is centered, I'm just a stupid boo-boo and I took the images at a slight angle.

    Worst OC Cliches Ever Part 2

    in Roleplaying

    Posted · Edited by Pen

    This remembers me of someone, I think you now who I'm talking about, he has a Mint-y smell, wish I could just put my fingers on it..

    I can think of Nowhere that he would be OP.

    ((yay for awkward wording so that i could use a forced pun))

     

    Some characters aren't meant to be on the same level as humans and those like them. The Olympian gods for example can't even be looked at in their normal form by humans, or said humans will die. They're at a different level, and usually aren't allowed to interfere with the affairs of the humans as a result. Cryo seems to be OP only compared to humans, as you said. 

    Fair enough, but when the majority of characters aren't gods and are measly mortals, Cryo's OP when compared to said humans, despite his weaknesses and inability to actually harm them.

     

    'Dear lady Ocelot' Hmm. I didn't realise people could show any kind of respect on the internet!

    Why, but of course.

    Worst OC Cliches Ever Part 2

    in Roleplaying

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    Skin.exe

     

    The character's eyes become cryingish and it looks like blood seeps from them. And their eye whites become black. the pupils become red and their mouth is now a menacing smile.

    funny how i use the one i suggested tho...

    That'd be a fun one to cover.

    Worst OC Cliches Ever Part 2

    in Roleplaying

    Posted · Edited by Pen
    Added something.

    I decided to split this article up into two parts because it was getting to be really really long, so... yeah.

    Enjoy my cynicism as I discuss overused, BUT NOT INHERENTLY EVIL, tropes.

    [[Here's a sweet list by ÜberKiller of Mine-imator cliches and the such, if you'd like to read it: ]]

    [[Also, a shweetio little roleplay guide by ClokMaus himself.  Both his mother and I think he's cool, so he definitely is. ]]

     

     

    OP (suggested by ClokMaus)

    *sighs so much*

    OP, or powerplaying or godmodding whatever you wanna call it you hipster punks, is bad.  Do I even have to put in my two cents about this topic anymore?  Here, I'll let the wonderful enderdudevhv do it.  As he wrote in this here article:

    • "Godmodding: by itself, the word means any RPer that takes control over other OCs that's not his/hers, you should avoid this, mainly because all the story finishes being written by you and all other players lose the control over the OCs they created.
    • OP: Overpowered, it's a term that describes (in this context) any OC that can't die, be killed, is too powerful, can't be defeated, can kill armies with a move, basically, invincible, I really don't know why people keep doing this OCs.
    • Meta-Gaming: basically, your OC knows something it's not supposed to, that's all, no big explanations in here and out of all of them."

     

    Age (suggested by multiple)

    Apparently people have a problem with nearly every OC being between 13 and 19.

    I don't see how they came to that conclusion.

    Yes, I understand, people choose OCs of this age because, well, most RPers here are in that age range.  It's pretty normal to do this, really.  But it can be quite bothersome when every single person is a teenager. It basically makes RPs like spring break on steroids, LSD, and superpowers. (which I would actually like to see one day as an actual thing. I have no doubt it would be beautiful.)  Try to diversify your OCs.  Make some older, like Donovan North or William Smith. Spice it up a bit.

     

    Limited Artifacts (suggested by RedHawk007)

    I'd like to start this little blurb off by saying that yes, I admit to having had used this at one point, and I think now's a good time to put in the OP, once and for all, even though it's ALREADY IN HERE, SO PEOPLE STOP ARGUING WITH ME ABOUT THIS WHEN I SAY IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, that these cliches are not inherently bad.  They're not all rainbows and pixie dust, but they're not the worst things in the world and they don't need to be thrown into Mt. Doom.  The reason that these are cliches is because they work as character development tools so well that everyone uses them.  My thing with these is that you should use these tropes sparingly to further your character, rather than use it as a crutch for character development.

    That being said, limited artifacts.

    It's a common trend in a lot of media, not only roleplays, that there is a limited number of these super-powered artifacts.  Hell, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is doing that RIGHT NOW with their Infinity Stones.  But don't just use this because Marvel or whoever else is using this concept.  If this concept of limited artifacts works for your character or story, then fine.  Use it.  We're not going to murder you, probably.  If you don't need it in your story, though, don't just throw it in there because it works.

    I guess what I'm trying to say is that use this "cliche," as well as other tropes, only when needed and not when wanted.

     

    Rule 63/.2 (suggested by TestSub2833)

    I'm going to hope that, by this point, people know at least some of the rules of the internet, at the very least just 34 and 63.  If you don't know these, then get yourself educated you dumbo. (i'm kidding you're a really smart person no h8)  Rule 63 states that "For every male character there is a female version. No exceptions."  Rule 63.2 states that "For every female character there is a male version. No exceptions."  So, seeing as you are all presumably not drooling as your brains leak out of your noses, you can probably figure out that this blurb is about... genderswap.

    Genderswap in and of itself is not bad... okay, yes it is.  I would highly recommend avoiding it unless A) you are using it as a profound allegory for the growing difficulty to understand one's self physically and sexually in an increasingly autonomous society, or B) if you are writing fanfics.  You shouldn't just throw it in there because you can.

    DISCLAIMER: Pen is not any sort of authority figure at all and you do not have to listen to him, but his mother says he is cool, so he probably has some good advice.

     

    Insanity (suggested by the dear lady Ocelot)

    This one is going to be fun to write about, I just KNOW it.

    As quite a few people know, I personally suffer from auditory hallucinations and delusions of grandeur.  These, combined with a cocktail of other, smaller assorted symptoms is all but condemning me as a lunatic, so this is going to be a liiiiittle more personal than some of these other ones.

    People who use insanity just because they can are horrible, but people who misuse insanity are even worse... somehow.  As I've said:

    Agreed. Yes, there is spontaneous and uncontrollable insanity, but more often than not, madness is subtle.

    It's quite common for amateurs and/or people who just don't understand mental disorders to assume that anyone with mental instabilities acts like the Joker, but... that's incorrect.  There is subtlety in madness.  Insanity is not always just shrieking and flailing about while laughing like a hyena.  Insanity is when your brain doesn't function completely properly, and this can range from the simple belief that you are made out of wood to hearing Persian voices screaming in your ear to much much more.

    Do not misuse insanity, for it is quite insulting.

     

    Zombie Viruses (suggested by Plusle)

    Convenience.

    Convenience.

    Convenience.

    Trying to come up with a good plot is hard.  Using a generic plot that we've seen countless times in television, video games, and movies is easy, which brings us to:

    ZOMBIE VIRUSES~

    Someone shoot me if they've never heard of this plot at least once. Okay, now that I'm still bullet-free, I'm going to flap my gums a bit more.  This trope came about when people didn't know how to add such complicated points as, say, drama or tragedy or despair, realized that all the cool kids liked them zombies, and tried to capitalize on that hype.  There's no originality or decency to this, it's just a straight-up lack of thought or care.

     

    Skin.EXE (suggested by The Tan James)

    I'm just gonna come out and say it, I'm not really a big fan of most creepypastas.  They're often poorly written, there's no real horror... they're not worth my time.  Jack the Ripper reads like it was written by a nine-year-old.

    So now we're talking about skin.EXE, obviously based off of the Sonic.EXE creepypasta, another one of those ones that I disliked.  It's not scary.  Oh no, a possessed copy of a Sonic ROM.  Spooky~

    Anyway, for those of you who don't know what Sonic.EXE, it's a story about a guy who is sent a corrupted ROM file of Sonic the Hedgehog.  He can only play as Miles Prower (I've always loved that name), Knuckles, and Dr. Robotnik.  The level starts off innocently enough... until you see bloody, dead animal bodies on the ground.  Then Sonic with black eyes dripping with blood comes after you.

    That's the whole thing.  I am so frightened right now.

    While this idea has potential, it's way too oversaturated for what it is, and people use this for their own skins.  It's not scary, it just shows that you buy into the malarchy that is creepypasta culture.

     

    Plagiarizing Character Content / “Nicking” (suggested by Aronan)

    Oh, it feels good to be back.

    All right, so I’m going to start this bit off talking about copyrights. While a major brand name won’t necessarily go to court against a kid roleplaying on a forum for making Minecraft animations, it’s still something that’s important to understand.

    Basically, copyrights protect OWAs (original works of authorship), which is any tangible form that has no technical function yet is also an original piece of content from the author. This is anything from writings, music, and characters. This is a post about OCs, though, so we’ll naturally be discussing characters. I hope that was clear. The developers and publishers own the rights to certain characters; for example, characters from Nickelodeon’s The Legend of Korra are owned by Nickelodeon. They are the intellectual property of that brand.

    Now let’s talk about plagiarism. Plagiarism, according to the Oxford Dictionary for Smart People, is “the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as your own.” By no stretch of the imagination, we can all agree that characters came from someone’s idea at some point in time, be it through studying past civilizations or a rather rough night in Amsterdam, for example.

    Because characters are ideas and characters can also be copyrighted by brands, stealing these ideas is the same as stealing intellectual property from a brand like this. Believe it or not, this is actually illegal. Now, you probably don’t have too much to fear in that regard. No one of us is really that big of a risk to a brand’s integrity, and no one of us will, within reason, be sued for using this property. It is, however, important to note that with more public matters and more public content, plagiarism becomes more of a deal. Basically, in the legal regard, don’t use other people’s stuff so that you don’t look like an uncreative fool who uses other people’s content.

    It’s also a problem creatively, though. What kind of roleplayer are you that you can’t come up with your own idea for a character and you have to steal from something else? It’s fine to take inspiration or even basic plot details from someone or something, but to completely rip a character from a previously established work and use it as your own (with or without some minor tweaks to the character that really don’t change a thing) is lazy, uninspired, and reflects poorly on you as an ORIGINAL CHARACTER creator.

    I call this “nicking” for personal reasons and I suggest you do the same, as it is much easier to say than “plagiarizing.” You’re a free person, though, and I have no control over you, so call it whatever you damn well please, I suppose.

     

    DO YOU WANT MORE OF THESE YUM YUMS? GO

     

    Thank you for reading this article post whatever. I know it seems like I'm criticizing these OCs (because, let's face it, I am), but this is all so that both old and new roleplayers don't fall into the trap of making a bland and repetitive OC. Try shaking things up a bit and make a new kind of OC.

    But please, other viewers, don't copy those OCs or I might just have to add them to this list.

    Ciao.

     

    P.S. TL;DR? I'll sum it up for you: Originality is dead.

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