ROLEPLAY: My characters and my plans for them

As mentioned in the previous post, I want to address my plans for my previous characters. I want to tell you now that not many will survive this 'cut'...there will be a lot of 'maybe's. I'll begin by explaining the three categories I will be placing them in:

Definitely

Means they're gonna come back and they'll always be in my heart, even if I don't put them in an active forum yet. These are characters I will not throw away because of various reasons...whether they're just very well developed characters, they've had much interaction with other people's characters and character development or that I just really like their concept.

Ehhhhhhhhh...

...Just means maybe. A character under this category may have a very interesting concept behind them which makes me want to keep them but they either have not developed enough at all to be worthwhile or I do not really see a future with them. Basically, I see that their future is very limited, therefore I am unsure whether I want to keep them. Note: I may make these types of characters has placeholders. For example, someone who is important as a plot device, but is unneeded as a full character. What makes a character worthwhile, imo, is one that I find being able to trudge through exams and trials...aka, having some kind of vivid endgame. Without it, I am not sure whether or not I would keep them.

Nope, nope, nope.

Just a character I don't find a future. They might have not spoken to many people or made themselves much of a name anyway, so there's no point in continuing with them. For me, I feel like having a large amount of characters takes away from giving love and attention to characters that need it. With such a large roster, it's very possible for your strongest character to not be as strong as someone to started at the same time as you but only owns one or two characters. Focus is a good thing. However, this does not mean that I plan on never resurrecting this character...it means if the character fits the bill, then it has a very slim chance of being revived. If they are a character's brother or sister, they either don't have a large part in their life and can be roleplayed as an NPC, or they work as a more detailed placeholder for that title.

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So here we go.

Escellsia:

Airika
Akroma

Alyss Frey

Cassius Redhunt

Ellesme Haori

Huxley

Unite S Jening

Linnea Redhunt

Reiner Suou

Sorin Haori

Tatsui Suou

Elestia:

Matchi

Vescrutia:

Eleisa

Ardermina Online:

Kazuo Nara; Umbrix Chiffon

Elisheba Morrison; Zelisus Barlowe

Misc:
B.M.

Kwandrivia:

Chantilly

Yue Ying

If there are any characters I missed for Esc, please let me know because I didn't exactly save a list. :S Comment to let me know any of your thoughts on my decisions. Whether it be "Noooooooo ____" or "WHY YOU DO THAT TO ____!".

ROLEPLAY: Escellsia and new forums that are available

Hey everybody,

So here is the information I have on the RP forums that are both dead and alive and well currently. Most of my old RP mates will probably find this section the most interesting.

Escellsia: dead
Most of everyone already knows this, but because of population issues and administration issues with keeping up with the site, escellsia.com has officially gone down months ago. Hopefully everyone has gathered all the information they needed on their characters (I never did, unfortunately, but I'll talk about that later). If you have any need for information, I don't think I can help you...my information isn't linked onto the server provider, so I can't 'revive' any of that info back up. I think the best person to talk to would be Harrison for that, but I don't know what's the chances of you getting in touch with him about the subject or if he'd be willing to talk about it. If there are any questions about this, comment and I'll try to answer you to the best of my ability.

Seinvocc (ex-sister site): dying/dead
I think most people remember that this was our sister site which shared our "escellsia" url name. It had picked up slowly in popularity, but then did a dramatic plunge when suddenly it was no longer fun. The site has apparently broken up some of his friendships, drama, blah. So currently, from what I gather, literally the only person who is there is Caleb who is waiting for members to either join or come back. From a few talks with people, it seems like there was a lot of issues with the way the site wanted characters to be, bias character creation and just generally how the site was run. Also, character 'adoption' center...which in my book isn't cool at all and feels like someone's creative work is being given away...without their permission, since it's only done if the character is 'idle' on the site.

Vescrutia: dying
I say dying not because there are not people there, but because the system now is apparently, from what I hear, is failing them. A hope for a revamp of the system is apparently coming up, now accepting completely new characters that have no ties to references, oh original! Sorry, my sarcasm was leaking. I don't hate them, don't get me wrong, but Escellsia kind of did that, oh I dunno, since it was first created, but for some reason it was laughed at for such an idea. It's kinda ironic how these things work...anyway, only a handful of admins are alive and most of the people still there either 1. have a very settled character who is already involved in the plot or 2. are fairly new and trying to make a name for themselves. Caleb's (old?) best friend currently roleplays there, not Seinvocc.

Ardermina Online: on/off
AO is based off of the anime Sword Art Online, a show revolving around virtual reality RPG games and is being maintained by friends Courtney and CJ. I found the anime one of the best of 2012 with excellent animation and a solid (first arc) plot. So AO was up my alley. It has great character creation options, including making offline and online characters. There are shops, smiths, cities, quests, an inventory to keep an eye on, etc. Recently, there have been little activity there, but still trickles in. I have a feeling that activity will eventually just pick up out of no where, so keep this site in your sights.

Elestia/Ecclasia: dying
Elestia is a Pokemon RP forum headed by an old friend, Stefanos. It's pretty well made, all of the areas have been well thought-out and created. RP there is whimsical, but be warned...there's a little bit more realism to the RP than just plain fantasy. People are incapable of just 'showing up' places conveniently. Elestia is one of the very few RP forums which requires players to plan travel, including food, a place to stay, etc. Time is also a factor in the forums and a certain amount of (real) time will have to elapse in order for some things to occur, i.e: building a catapult may take a few hours... However, despite this awesome design, there doesn't seem to be a lot of people in the actual forums roleplaying. Unlike AO, I am a little unsure whether or not traffic will pick up for Elestia, but I'm hoping it will surprise me.

Kwandrivia: alive
A site modeled after the former Escellsia, this takes nearly all the plans we had before and places them into Kwandrivia.  It is headed by Bill at the moment. Many of the same aspects have been added, as well as the exact same system we proposed for the old Escellia. New aspects have been added on top of the old ones as well, opening up new options, new races and new fighting styles. Pokemon is still available and a Pokemon gym is in most major regions.The population there is small...maybe 4-5 people at best, including myself. Character creation is standard and is quite lenient. I honestly want to have fun there...that's all that really matters to me and so far it seems that way.

Please feel free to explore any of these pages...just look them up on google. They're all pretty unique names and I'm sure you'll find them.

It's been a looong time.

Hello everyone. It certainly has been quite a while, hasn't it? I'd love to revive this blog some time soon to address a few things in my life and in the lives of a lot of other people who matter to me. I want to talk about a lot of things other than Escellsia (which I will update you on in the next post).

If I were to revamp this blog again, it would have the following:

• Current roleplay antics. Perhaps information about my characters that you didn't know or said forthright in the forum.
• Reviews, thoughts and feelings on games I have played recently.
• At times, my own personal relationships and living situations...they've changed so far.
• As usual, I will label all of my posts with a title that will show what the post will be about BEFORE you read it, then you can sift through what is junk and what is not.
• Crafts I made, am making or am planning on making in the near future.
• And as we had done before, NEWS on technology or all kinds of stuff. I want to start putting together a group of people who have are both opinionated but also open-minded and willing to see that another person's view isn't just outrightly wrong. It's discussion. I want to bring a group who is comfortable with each other enough to do something like that.

So there you go. I want to do this again. I don't know how many people are willing to answer to this call. Even if there aren't many people who will, I'll be doing it regardless. Looking back at how hard I tried and how much I liked it kind of makes me smile. :>