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<blockquote data-quote="Sienna_Rose" data-source="post: 4259793" data-attributes="member: 37563"><p>For myself - I joke that I have so many characters in my head, I have to let them out. That's part of why I play. And, well, most of them are distinct enough that many people react with shock when they find out I play both of them. Heck, I created one character without much of a background on purpose - made her background nice and simple, and gave her reason not to know too much about the world, because I didn't want to develop a world. . .Ended up coming up with a history of the world, a new twist on magic and even cultural traditions. Bah.</p><p></p><p>But, I don't just drop characters if they run into a spot of trouble - I enjoy the trouble, yep yep. Now, I have had to drop a couple characters because of things that have happened that made it to where it just didn't make any sense for them to return to the scene where it happened. I mean, really, if horrid things happened to you in a place, how likely would you be to return? </p><p>Even those characters, I keep going someplace else. IMs, forums. Settings where it makes sense for them to be. </p><p></p><p>So. . .well, from my perspective. . .I have to let the characters out. </p><p></p><p>As for interacting with more than just familiar names - there have already been several threads about that. And, I do agree, to an extent, it is disheartening to have stuff start happening and then have the character completely disappear. I like to think that's RL interfering. Even with my plethera of characters, if I have something actually going on with other characters, my character will not just disappear - unless something pressing comes up in RL, or something else happens in the character's plot that includes said disappearance. </p><p></p><p>But, when I interact with new characters, they always end up being played by people I already know. Which brings up my theory that there's really very few actual players. . .(I think someone has brought that up before too). </p><p></p><p>Okay, enough babbling. Did I even answer the question? I forget. . .<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sienna_Rose, post: 4259793, member: 37563"] For myself - I joke that I have so many characters in my head, I have to let them out. That's part of why I play. And, well, most of them are distinct enough that many people react with shock when they find out I play both of them. Heck, I created one character without much of a background on purpose - made her background nice and simple, and gave her reason not to know too much about the world, because I didn't want to develop a world. . .Ended up coming up with a history of the world, a new twist on magic and even cultural traditions. Bah. But, I don't just drop characters if they run into a spot of trouble - I enjoy the trouble, yep yep. Now, I have had to drop a couple characters because of things that have happened that made it to where it just didn't make any sense for them to return to the scene where it happened. I mean, really, if horrid things happened to you in a place, how likely would you be to return? Even those characters, I keep going someplace else. IMs, forums. Settings where it makes sense for them to be. So. . .well, from my perspective. . .I have to let the characters out. As for interacting with more than just familiar names - there have already been several threads about that. And, I do agree, to an extent, it is disheartening to have stuff start happening and then have the character completely disappear. I like to think that's RL interfering. Even with my plethera of characters, if I have something actually going on with other characters, my character will not just disappear - unless something pressing comes up in RL, or something else happens in the character's plot that includes said disappearance. But, when I interact with new characters, they always end up being played by people I already know. Which brings up my theory that there's really very few actual players. . .(I think someone has brought that up before too). Okay, enough babbling. Did I even answer the question? I forget. . .;) [/QUOTE]
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