OOC Chat - End Game

[Yslane Tssilla]

I honestly didn't give it all that much thought...

...most of my character backgrounds are like a paragraph. So I understand.

[Zanebry Varliss]

I honestly didn't give it all that much thought...

...most of my character backgrounds are like a paragraph. So I understand.

I make a lot of it up as I go along... I really should name Zane's mom, and his siblings at some point.

[Yslane Tssilla]

I honestly didn't give it all that much thought...

...most of my character backgrounds are like a paragraph. So I understand.

I make a lot of it up as I go along... I really should name Zane's mom, and his siblings at some point.

...back at SH....Hitoshi's role with the mirror was decided on after the game started and okayed by the GMs. Though his background already included a position of high command in the campaign ^^;

>.>

<.<

[Zanebry Varliss]

That's pretty neat to know. Still it made for some good story at the time, so I at least approve.

Hitoshi was the general the empire deserved *nods*

[Col. Hala Moraal]

totally missed the new ooc

[Remmington Thalalas]

The OCC sometimes sneaks up on you like that.

I tend to keep my backstories short too. More room to change and adapt I guess.

[Moyr Ahaya]

I swear I had some written backstory on Moyr. It was just hard to find it in a posted thread in Korriban PF, for some reason. >.>

But I lean toward short and sweet lately. The most happens in my head later on anyway.

[Cole Ormont]

I'm told my backstories are quite detailed. But neither of Cole's parents have names and I couldn't tell you which world the Ormonts were posted to when daddy strong-armed Cole into the navy. So, detailed without details?

Cole's background and description is a little more than 500 words, and I think everything I included in it is now public knowledge through the various threads I've had.

[Shaisha Vreysk]

Shaisha's background is on the shorter side, but the younger/more inexperienced my characters are, the shorter the background. I don't have to explain why they're all badass and stuff, after all. Moto Subetai for Qasr Court had one of the longer backgrounds I had written, actually, but there was so much going on with his Advantages/Disadvantages that I felt I had to go into it. Moto Nadirah for Protect & Serve on the other hand, who had more XP to build with, had actually a super-short background.

Shaisha's "background"-stuff is expanding a lot each game though, and I did make a bullet-point list of important events for her during Korriban, as well as a timeline of what she did between Korriban and Nar Shaddaa... which Nekoinu was very grateful for.

[Cole Ormont]

For me, a character history needs to cover:

A basic description

Cole is the stereotypical nerd-type, slender and lanky. His curly blonde hair never looks tidy, no matter what he does with it, this isn’t helped by his habit of running his fingers through his hair with annoying frequency. If he wore glasses, he’d be the type who was always pushing them up the bridge of his nose. He wears a field uniform, rather than a tailored officer’s uniform, and it always looks slightly rumpled. His medpack is never far from hand, and he favours a utility belt that has all of his most commonly used implements and medications arranged for quick access.

A brief history

Cole was born on a Naval Medical Frigate, growing up as a Navy brat; he and his mother following his father from assignment to assignment. Cole’s father and grandfather had been raised in military tradition and were strict men. Cole always referred to his cold and distant father as sir. At the age of 16, filled with typical teenage rebellion, Cole started dating a boy he went to school with. When he was caught by his father, the Commander threatened to disown his only child unless he enlisted in the Galactic Republic Navy (Obligation: Dutybound).

Cole proved to be a poor soldier, and was about to wash out of Basic Training when the Commander pulled some strings to have Cole put on the track for Naval Intelligence. Seeing medicine as the only path that didn’t - directly or indirectly - lead to combat, he instead undertook seven years of medical training (Background: Galactic Professional).

He is now a Petty Officer, the promotion track having been slowed considerably for him by the length of time spent in surgical training, and his father is a Group Commander nearing retirement. It is likely that being the son of Group Commander Ormont was the the primary, if not the sole reason for Cole’s assignment to Nar Shaddaa.

A base personality

Between the timidity of his mother and the overbearingness of his father, Cole is naturally timid and downright fearful of physical confrontation. This conflict-avoidance extends to most forms of competition, which tends to trigger moderate to high anxiety. This includes such things as gambling and competitive sports. He has a mild, but undiagnosed, anxiety disorder (Emotional Weakness: Fear).

He is, however, highly compassionate, and sees his medical career as a valuable means to help people (Emotional Strength: Compassion). However, he is not above using any means at his disposal: negotiation, coercion, charm, or even deception, in the pursuit of providing the best medical treatment to the most difficult of patients.

[Vec Gunnar]

I really like this format. It's tight, concise, and easily gets the point across. It's actually the sort of thing I've been telling myself to write with recent games. I thought it was going to happen, but I managed to ramble off 800+ words on Vec's background alone, despite not knowing much about the setting. >_> I need to get over this fixation of writing about people's childhood and/or their hometown.

[Shaisha Vreysk]

If the character is very young, I tend to write a lot more about their childhood... seeing as how it's more recent history for them.

But I usually do a list of:
- Birth/early childhood
- Formative years
- Active career

Works sometimes, sometimes not.

[Zanebry Varliss]

I don't really have a formula I use to write backgrounds... I might be weird like that though.

[Dapper Dog]

I will be reviewing goals by Tuesday the 18th so please have them up by then.

[Cole Ormont]

Enjoy.

[Aphr Ahaya]

I've got the first goal written up...

Just need to add second one X.X

[Arali Zian]

Goal two? Kill them all.

[Ashla Vyliis]

I usually have an OK size background and make things up as I go along. Ashla was an exception. Hers is ridiculously long.

[Remmington Thalalas]

Very nice format Cole. I may have to steal that in the future.

To each their own Vec. Do what you enjoy.

Yay! Looking forward to seeing everyone's goals.

Will exp spending be approved sometime after that?

[Dapper Dog]

I am still out of town but will try and get stuff done this weekend.

[Shaisha Vreysk]

Damnit... Linkin Park's lead singer, Chester, is dead.

My teenage years week...

[Cole Ormont]

But... all my impotent emo rage

*goes to listen to Breaking the Habit on loop*

[Vec Gunnar]

This song seems relevant: Leave Out All the Rest.

And he will be missed.

[Remmington Thalalas]

Can't really say this was much of my jam. Still it is a shame. Last year was really bad for some big celebrity deaths.

[Cole Ormont]

I really struggle when celebrities kill themselves. If we can't protect these people, what hope is there for me?


Remember all the sadness and frustration, and let it go...