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[IronVanguard]

You have to wonder what they think when you give them a specializations you only unlocked on a previous play through.



Me: Here you go Morrigan, you're now a Spirit Healer.

Morrigan: But how did you- you're just a dwarf-

Me: Less talking, more Group Heal.

[Seallyn]

Recidiva wrote...

*in the Brecilian Forest*

Oghren: That's a lot of elfroot, Warden.
Me: I was thinking of perhaps trying to brew some ale from this.
Oghren: I'll help carry, then.
Me: Anybody see anything else they'd like?
Shale: Are there any cookies?
Me: I don't see any. Maybe we could bake some with elfroot. Let's buy more.
Dog: *inquisitive bark*
Me: Oh, I left Alistair at camp. I think he was planning on not feeling well once we got here.
Dog: *declarative bark*
Me: I hope he feels better too. Last call. If you need anything, last chance. Potty break, crafts, items, saying goodbye to new friends...
Oghren: Is there something you're not telling us?
Me: Oh so much. But there's ale and cookies.
Oghren: Maybe.
Me: Maybe.

Ha.  I compulsively get as much elfroot as I can get.  I never use them all, not by far, but I don't feel secure unless I have at least 100 of the lesser and about 50 of the regular health poultices.

[Recidiva]

IronVanguard wrote...

You have to wonder what they think when you give them a specializations you only unlocked on a previous play through.

Me: Here you go Morrigan, you're now a Spirit Healer.
Morrigan: But how did you- you're just a dwarf-
Me: Less talking, more Group Heal.

Hah - and even more bewildering to the NPC is the respec.

*sound reminiscent of having a salon wax done*
Morrigan:  I...I feel funny.
Me:  Guess what!  You're not a shape shifter any more.
Morrigan:  I'm not?
Me:  No!  You're a spirit healer!  Yay!
Morrigan:  No more spider form?
Me:  Spider form sucks.
Morrigan:  But...skills...learned over the years in the wilds...and...
Me:  Useless.
Morrigan:  *pout*
Me:  But I can make you an arcane warrior too if you stop being obnoxious to everyone.

Modifié par Recidiva, 24 décembre 2009 - 10:55 .

[Recidiva]

Seallyn wrote...

Ha.  I compulsively get as much elfroot as I can get.  I never use them all, not by far, but I don't feel secure unless I have at least 100 of the lesser and about 50 of the regular health poultices.

I have like...20 stacks.  It got insane on the higher difficulty settings, running through 200 poultices or lyrium potions in no time at all.  There was no room in my inventory for anything else...

[sagevallant]

Recidiva wrote...

Zachriel wrote...

Sorry, I wasn't using the word "girl" to imply anything about youth or maturity, I was just using it for the alliteration.

I have only ever met one woman like yourself, and that was at a gaming convention shortly after the release of the XBox 360. From these boards alone, I can see that there are plenty more out there, but I do think that you are still much more rare than your male counterparts.

I think the subset here is "roleplaying gamers" - it's the roleplay world that has a lot more women in it than just games in general, I think.  And also it makes the gender lines really fluid, because both my husband and I play different genders.

So for me I know tons of gamer girls.  It's just that they're often found playing male characters.  And my husband is just as likely to make a girl character because as he says, if he's gotta stare at an ass all day, it might as well be a nice one.

Games with ventrillo have changed the ability to do that and maintain the illusion, but it also shows how many people aren't the gender they're portraying.  Which is fine, because they're probably not an elf or a dwarf either.

Haven't bumped into a lot of people actually trying to convince other people they're the opposite gender. Most just use the "ass" excuse. I stick mainly to guys, just because I don't really see a benefit to rolling female because I don't look at the toon's ass either way. Plus all the dumb people who assume the sex of the toon reflects the sex of the player. If I do roll female out of boredom with the male animations, rest assured this toon will have the manliest name I can think of. Dudemeister, for example. Myself, I can generally pick up on the gamer's sex via speech cues. L33T5P33K makes this much harder, naturally.

[Recidiva]

sagevallant wrote...

Haven't bumped into a lot of people actually trying to convince other people they're the opposite gender. Most just use the "ass" excuse. I stick mainly to guys, just because I don't really see a benefit to rolling female because I don't look at the toon's ass either way. Plus all the dumb people who assume the sex of the toon reflects the sex of the player. If I do roll female out of boredom with the male animations, rest assured this toon will have the manliest name I can think of. Dudemeister, for example. Myself, I can generally pick up on the gamer's sex via speech cues. L33T5P33K makes this much harder, naturally.

Even in MMORPGs I'm usually in character unless I get a private tell.  I'm not a roleplay purist, but I will tend to stick to roleplaying and if there's ever a roleplay server, WoW or Dark Age of Camelot or Everquest I or II, I nab it.  In fact I usually actually turn off all channels also unless absolutely need something for a quest or a game question.  I usually form my own guild and I join all my characters to it and work my way through the game solo. 

I usually just tell people using Leetspeak that I can't make out their accent.

But I've been doing roleplaying since back when MUDs.  Lots and lots of text roleplay in MUDs and other text realms.

I used to have huge parties where people flew in from all over the country and the split was usually half men and half women.  So that's the community I'm used to working with. 

[Zandilar]

Heya,

I don't understand why the gender of the player is relevant, to be honest. It really gets my goat when people start looking down on someone because they're playing a gender other than their own. The world would be a better place with more gender fluidity, imho.

On the other hand, I only play male characters when I don't have a choice. I just can't relate to male characters... *shrug*

Modifié par Zandilar, 24 décembre 2009 - 11:22 .

[Recidiva]

Zandilar wrote...

Heya,

I don't understand why the gender of the player is relevant, to be honest. It really gets my goat when people start looking down on someone because they're playing a gender other than their own. The world would be a better place with more gender fluidity, imho.

On the other hand, I only play male characters when I don't have a choice. I just can't relate to male characters... *shrug*

It's important to some people.  But I don't get it either, I never ask and usually people give me too much information.  Look, man, I don't care, all that matters to me is whether or not you can be a convincing troll.

If I wanted to know everything about a person's real life, I'd probably be at a bar or a PTA meeting.  Not running around playing improv creative writing.  I mean, I care about the person, but I just assume that they're there for the writing challenge.  Anything else can be handled by PM or phone call or whatever.  If you're online, you're on.

Husband and I probably knew each other for a year and a half in a roleplay community switching characters seven times a day at least before finally talking to each other on the phone and believing each other about gender identity.  We used to joke that I was a 300 pound trucker named Bubba and he was a 12 year old girl scout.  

Since you can say anything or pretend anything, I just don't really have much interest in reality until or unless the opportunity presents itself for it to be relevant.

I can play male characters, but I do resent it when I don't get to choose.

I'm pretty good at playing or writing male characters, but that's just because I've been around some excellent role models that managed to explain it or demonstrate it well and I can fake it under their tutelage.  Online roleplay would give me a chance to get to know a partner and then we'd "switch" so that he was playing my character and I was playing his and we'd see if people would notice the difference and if we had each other's idioms and usage correct.

Hell, people used to get "outed" just for being unable to spell a certain word correctly.  There was one guy that always was pegged because he always used the word "veracity" but spelled it wrong.  Hah!  We know who you aaaare.

Me, on the other hand, I'd get outed for typing too fast.  If I wanted to effectively hide I'd have to slow down my responses and spell some stuff wrong, make some grammar and spelling errors and sprinkle them through...

Modifié par Recidiva, 24 décembre 2009 - 11:37 .

[Keldon Northwind]

I remember a thing that happened to me while in the Dead Trenches.



Me: Right, Alistair. You're the designated meat-bag. You'll take the punches, Wynne will heal and -(looks around)- - where the living hell is Leliana?

-( Battle cry heard from up a head, quickly followed by a gurgling sound as Leliana is beaten into a pulp )-

Me: -( Facepalms )- For the love of Bhaal. Not even Minsc was this dense...

Alistair: Worry not! We can still take them! -( Deactivates Shield Wall as the legion of darkspawn round the corner )-

Me: Alistair?! What the hell?!

Alistair is beaten to a pulp.

Somehow, someway, I managed to kill them all off using Cone of Cold, Blizzard and Firestorm.

Wynne is showing serious side-effects of all those Lyrium potions she quaffed to keep me from being squashed. The party is 'resurrected'.

Leliana: That went great!

Alistair: Indeed!

Me -( Imagines punting Leliana and Alistair off the broken bridge, )-

[Recidiva]

Wow.



My daughter just managed to get First Enchanter Irving killed in the battle against Uldred.



I've never managed that even when I was intentionally not using the Litany to get as many mages killed as possible.



So that means there's a way to side with the Templars and still keep Wynne....



I had no damned idea. She was trying to save them too, and the battle took no time at all. Anybody know how to do that?



Irving's always survived no matter what I did.

[Burnheart]

Not sure, maybe your killing Uldred to quickly and his not getting enough time to kill Irving?

[Recidiva]

Burnheart wrote...

Not sure, maybe your killing Uldred to quickly and his not getting enough time to kill Irving?

I have no idea.  It WAS fast and Irving was dead and my daughter's talking to Cullen and I'm confused.

[Burnheart]

Well, even if Irving is alive, if you say to greigor that you agree with cullen that you can't risk bloodmages or abominations getting loose, irving surreders to the templars and the templars join you.
edit so you keep wynne that way.

Modifié par Burnheart, 25 décembre 2009 - 02:49 .

[Recidiva]

Burnheart wrote...

Well, even if Irving is alive, if you say to greigor that you agree with cullen that you can't risk bloodmages or abominations getting loose, irving surreders to the templars and the templars join you.
edit so you keep wynne that way.

Right.  But she was trying to save the mages.  I've never seen this.

[Burnheart]

Bug?

[Recidiva]

Burnheart wrote...

Bug?

I'd say so, but Cullen was there taking Irving's lines.  I just wonder if this is a PC/360 thing.

[Rabid Rob3]

So I'm doing my Axe Victory Dance having saved Ferelden when this comes up:



The Assembly unanimously votes to make you Paragon.



Me: Oh crap, if I'd been a girl, I coulda had it ALL!



*Chops the Axameter into a nearby stump and hits the REINCARNATE buttom!*

[mousestalker]

Recidiva wrote...
Even in MMORPGs I'm usually in character unless I get a private tell.  I'm not a roleplay purist, but I will tend to stick to roleplaying and if there's ever a roleplay server, WoW or Dark Age of Camelot or Everquest I or II, I nab it.  In fact I usually actually turn off all channels also unless absolutely need something for a quest or a game question.  I usually form my own guild and I join all my characters to it and work my way through the game solo. 

I usually just tell people using Leetspeak that I can't make out their accent.

But I've been doing roleplaying since back when MUDs.  Lots and lots of text roleplay in MUDs and other text realms.

I used to have huge parties where people flew in from all over the country and the split was usually half men and half women.  So that's the community I'm used to working with. 

I was on Firiona Vie when it first opened up, as mousestalker. Back in my EQ days I almost always played in role. I think WoW sucked me away from strict roleplaying into a more casual style, then I moved back to City of Heroes and Champions Online and I roleplay 'lite'. Part of the reason I've moved away from it is that I've returned to the world of PnP roleplaying. Doing it in person is so much more fun that doing it online (Odd how that statement applies to so many activities).

As for gender identity online, it can get interesting. In EQ a Frenchman proposed marriage to me (not in game, real life). I had to break role and break his heart. Ventrillo really helps with that sort of misunderstanding. 

[Recidiva]

Rabid Rob3 wrote...

So I'm doing my Axe Victory Dance having saved Ferelden when this comes up:

The Assembly unanimously votes to make you Paragon.

Me: Oh crap, if I'd been a girl, I coulda had it ALL!

*Chops the Axameter into a nearby stump and hits the REINCARNATE buttom!*

Dun...dun...DUUUUUN!

Congratulations!

It's a nasty drug...If I could just score one more epilogue...that's all I need...no...that one's bugged...another one!  Wait, no, that one...another!  MORE!

[Recidiva]

mousestalker wrote...

I was on Firiona Vie when it first opened up, as mousestalker. Back in my EQ days I almost always played in role. I think WoW sucked me away from strict roleplaying into a more casual style, then I moved back to City of Heroes and Champions Online and I roleplay 'lite'. Part of the reason I've moved away from it is that I've returned to the world of PnP roleplaying. Doing it in person is so much more fun that doing it online (Odd how that statement applies to so many activities).

As for gender identity online, it can get interesting. In EQ a Frenchman proposed marriage to me (not in game, real life). I had to break role and break his heart. Ventrillo really helps with that sort of misunderstanding. 

We were on Firiona too.  We moved to Dark Age of Camelot, then Warcraft, then Everquest II and then added Everquest back in after the zillion expansions for nostalgia value.

I go back to Warcraft whenever they have an expansion for a bit.   But at this point husband and I have two realms full of maxxed out characters.  It's not really fun again until I can make new gains.  I usually leave a game once I've finished leveling up.  I hate dungeons. 

I sort of run cycles through old games.  When I get nostalgic.

I love fantasy pretty much, so City of Heroes never appealed to me, nor any other tech game. 

I've had online genuine marriage proposals.  I was shocked one Valentine's day.  I thought someone had hijacked his character until he worked a code into the proposal. 

[djfayt]

Recidiva wrote...

By the gods, I did this this very day. D:

I'm about to go to the Joining with nakee Jory and nakee Daveth after having hawked all their stuff at the Quartermaster.  I'm sure Jory's going to pull a sword from somewhere.

Duncan's too much of a prig to ask why I brought back two naked men.  If necessary I'll tell him it was for morale.

Me: Sir, the Grey Wardens do whatever is necessary to get the job done.
Duncan:  You didn't sass them, did you?
Me:  (Persuade) No sir.  Strictly above board.  Nooo sassing.  I promise.  Look, treaties!
Duncan:  And I heard something about cookies...
Me:  After the battle, sir.  There will be lots of cookies.  I'm a girl, I bake, I know these things.

ROFL! 

[djfayt]

Burnheart wrote...

Well, even if Irving is alive, if you say to greigor that you agree with cullen that you can't risk bloodmages or abominations getting loose, irving surreders to the templars and the templars join you.
edit so you keep wynne that way.

Since  I haven't unlocked reaver I decided to go ahead and kill Wynne since she'd leave anyway. I did decide to turn Morrigan into a spirit healer though. 

[PatT2]

You know, I realized I shoulda stripped the two guys on the top of Ishtal tower, I gave them a little gear so they would be worth something... and I totally forgot to take it back before i lit the beacon. By the time I remember, darn! I wasn't going back.



Pass the cookies please!

[Recidiva]

PatT2 wrote...

You know, I realized I shoulda stripped the two guys on the top of Ishtal tower, I gave them a little gear so they would be worth something... and I totally forgot to take it back before i lit the beacon. By the time I remember, darn! I wasn't going back.

Pass the cookies please!

Happy Cookies!  And Merry Christmas everyone!

[sagevallant]

Recidiva wrote...

PatT2 wrote...

You know, I realized I shoulda stripped the two guys on the top of Ishtal tower, I gave them a little gear so they would be worth something... and I totally forgot to take it back before i lit the beacon. By the time I remember, darn! I wasn't going back.

Pass the cookies please!

Happy Cookies!  And Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas. I got Mariokart. So now I have to get good, in order to stomp my bro. It's rather... tedious...

When is Return to Ostagar coming out? It's the most highly anticipated hour of play ever