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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 2623684" data-attributes="member: 7006">Things are looking good guys.  I'll be making final decisions in a day or two in case other folks submit some characters as well.  Here's a couple things for a few of you that you might want to work on just to differentiate yourselves from other characters.Sorrow The Bear, I really love your German thrillseeker concept.  It'll be interesting to see how this stud who has conquered any fears of heights or drops will now react to things like zombies, ghosts and vampires.  As you create your character sheet... I'd recommend you keep moving in the direction it already seems like you were going, which was emphasis on Muscles and Moves.  There's no Superman/brick type character yet, and Xander seems like a good choice.Job... right now I'm having a hard time getting a good fix on your Barry character.  He's theoretically brilliant (having a maximum of 5 Brains) but doesn't seem to have used it at all... and he's a geek character like ShaggySpellsword's but doesn't have a focus to his loserdom.  He works at 7-11, reads the tabloids, is obsessed with Madonna and lives with his mom... but none of them seem to factor in highly in his life.  I'd recommend selecting one of these things in particular and focusing on that.  With the Goal you selected in Marrying Madonna (i.e. Fame), maybe this is a good way to drive Barry.  He's a normal dork of a guy who perhaps all his life has been ignored by women and beaten up by men, and he decides to become a Ghostbuster to "become somebody"!  Being a Ghostbuster might make him famous, and thus he's be lauded by men and hounded by women for the first time in his life.  You could even keep the whole bit about still living with mom... but maybe just re-think the bits about being a brainiac and working at 7-11.  With Sara Whetney being the true "brains" of the outfit (with her multiple collegiate degrees and everything) and William Hufflemeyer being the out-and-out overweight loser "geek"... I'd like to differeniate Barry from them just a bit.  So perhaps moving a Brains point to Muscles (to make them 4 & 2), and not make him a young, fat loser (since William already has that in spades), but perhaps a slightly older more normal looking loser.  One that might possibly even GET Madonna if he ever became famous enough.  I really like the idea that Barry might just be one Oprah make-over away from becoming a possible "catch" once he becomes famous.So think about things a bit, and make some character changes to perhaps focus Barry in some ways so he doesn't overlap so much with Sara and William.  Thanx much!For the others characters (Sara, William & Gina) I really love what you have.  Three really great and distinct character types (the scientific professional, the enthusiastic loser, and the money-hungry con artist).  If we can add in the musclebound thrillseeker and the wanna-be ladies man... I think we'll have ourselves a team!  Thanx folks!</blockquote>

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