Whoo! I've got lots to respond to. That's good. ||3
@gimmiepie: Thanks for taking the time to answer.
I sometimes arrange video game music as a hobby of mine. In other news I do tend to hevily recommend that people find someone to RP with. There are groups and whatnot going on. I also usually recommend taking the initiative and searching for RP actively. Perhaps find a character that looks like you might want to interact with them using the first page, or perhaps read a couple of posts you may not have read before and see if a scene interests you. :P
On another note, I've never known a male professional dancer on a personal level before. ||P
@Iny Gage: Sometimes when people on RP relevant sites are making fun of high school RPs... I tell them about PTA. It's glorious. c:
Sucking up gets you extra hugs. I don't see anything wrong about extra hugs. I kind of know how you feel. In the past I've been very anxious about RPing in new settings. I spent like.. what... 2-3 years on PC without so much as joining an RP in the RPC? All because of anxiety. I also play WoW, and know what you mean about RP there. I /still/ have anxiety regarding WoW RP, which probably has a lot to do with the way RPers choose to run things there. If you're ever feeling uncomfortable about something or you need help, don't be afraid to come to me. I'll do whatever I can to make sure you /continue/ enjoying yourself here.
That being said, developing characters is great. My characters have persistant history, meaning that I take what happens in an RP and apply it to their character sheets in future RPs. There are characters such as Valorie that I go to other RPs and say "She was a student at the pokemon trainer's academy during such and such time and this and that happened."
There are some roadblocks involved with persistent histories, but I have done a good job avoiding them so far. That being said, I'd like to help you develop your character but am unsure how to go about doing it. Any preference there..?
@Synthet: We are Pokemon Reds. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. Just kidding. I actually had every single version of every game when I first started playing. (This was at first mainly because my parents probably didn't understand that Red and Blue were mostly the same. Later, it was because I have siblings into the games.) This trend continued up until 4th generation, though I wound up owning all three 4th generation games anyway after I lost my original pearl version and replaced it with diamond. I then promptly learned what competitive pokemon was like the hard way and even more promptly quit the series until Gen 5 came out.
Anyway. I wasn't aware that you intended Sammy's actions to be controversial. Somehow, I got the impression that her little assault was an instance of projected values. Guess my first impression was a little off, hmm? Regardless--It's good to hear you thinking about this stuff. In Pokemon Lore pokemon training is often treated as a mystical thing where the strength of a trainer and their pokemon reflects their overall strength in all areas of life.
@Somniac: But can you run in the 90s? Much like the music I myself arrange on a regular basis, I can only tolerate instrumental music with only a few exceptions, which pretty much conveniently alienates me from all sorts of pop music, save video game music itself. I wish I had the money to throw at new PCs and video game consoles and whatnot--I'm chugging along with a single powerful gaming computer, a Wii U, a 3DS, and nothing else--All bought quite far apart I might add. (I was a very early adopter of the 3DS, which is now convenient as Pokemon X and Y would've absolutely forced me to get one.) I'm admittedly slightly envious of your relationship, but that's a can of worms I'd rather not open further. :P
But yes! Funny story related to projecting yourself on your characters. When I was originally designing Valorie I was attempting to create an emotionally controversial and deep character that could be related to while remaining somewhat antagonistic. However, after creating her I looked back and realized that I had taken most of the inspiration for her from none other than myself, albeit an even younger me. It was sort of startling to realize I'd created a self-insertee without remotely trying, especially when one considers that I got lazy with her appearance and admittedly consciously based that part of her on myself. Ironically, I do not regret doing any of this as she has been a very fun character to play and other RPers have recieved her overwhelmingly positively.
@Kezius: I'm glad you feel that way about the RP. Sometimes I worry about the lame stigma surrounding school RPs, but I feel like PTA has grown strong enough to shrug off that stigma without me needing to worry about it. I have enough trouble trying to fight off the lame stigmas surrounding pokemon as a whole that are perpetuated by derpy parodies. (If I have to watch another "Let's put guns in Pokemon!" parody, I will horn drill a mightyena.) But yeah.
@Drago_Dragonite: That's a shame. Is it because you prefer to make friends one on one?
@Batel: I'm way into music that gets my adrenaline pumping--That being said, I don't often recognize bands, but when I do it's bands that have covered video game music. Megadeth and such. Unfortunately I find that I simply cannot write unless I'm writing collaboratively with someone (See: RPing) Sometimes I even burn out on that. That's what video games and creating digital music are for I guess--Other hobbies that fit my dorky lifestyle.
@Everyone: Batel provoked me to say this, ,but I thought everyone else should hear it too. Throw challenges at your characters, and give other characters a reason to care about these challenges. That's an excellent way to give people a reason to throw their characters at you while simultaneously taking initiative on character development. It often works better than the whole randomly meeting up for no particular reason deal. Note a while back, when I wanted to use Olivia I didn't just bring her to someone's character, I brang a hailstorm and several angry pokemon trying to make a babesicle out of her as well.
@IceFyr1928: Don't be so enthusiastic, you're killing me. :P I'm curious as to what caused your various character shifts, mostly because I wonder if it was just a case of not being able to find the perfect fit. Regardless--I liked a dubstep song once.
Maybe you'll like it too!
@Siiaams: A wrestler, huh? Tried that once or twice. Nobody could take me seriously--I have no idea why!~ Anyway, character diversity is always nice, but don't play something you don't enjoy playing.
@Megaman765: ...Who are you again?!
@Genevieve: I strongly advocate women being supportive of eachother, so I strongly support you supporting me supporting you supporting... Wordplay aside, I'm completely serious. Call it bias by personal experience, but I've always found it pretty fair to say that girls are way too mean to eachother sometimes and it's a shame.
In other news, I'm curious enough to ask how Rosalyn got in the emergency room. ||P
@Nideous: Valorie currently owns Shu--You may recognize him as a yamask of the same name as the one traveling with my bulbasaur back when I was in The Children are Haunted. What a coincidence~
References aside, don't read my plot book! I have to discuss things like that with Megaman, or would at least prefer to, before going on with it. In short however, you can /probably/ expect rocket activity in this next upcoming IC day. Anyway, characters will get personalized endings. There could be an IC tournament, but I'm not overly keen on the idea unless it's /very/ popular. I'm not huge on competitive environments, personally.
