Scorpiox

BT Infintity II here. That broadband's faster than my brain. In other news: Folks on Quest #80, I apologise if I am inactive tomorrow - it's my birthday in fifty five minutes!

Don't be petulant. People will respond to you if they wish to, but much less so if you behave like this.

Not necessarily.

Thor, although I imagine that this would be a long fight. Batman. Captain America has a strong shield and above average strength... but I can see Batman taking this fight easily. He'd probably pull the scary upside-down darkness trick and not need to get into a fistfight. What about Superman vs Hulk? I can't imagine that would ever end.

Haldor spits blood and shakes his head clear, before trying again to hit the shaman from the front row. Battle Order: Xander Mizuki Romulus Haldor

This seems to have turned into Cliché-city. However, all of these are true.

I'd have to say 'Specific'. The latest line just doesn't interest me as much as previous lines - there's just nothing new or quirky about them in my view. Named characters and the very least, a vague storyline, seems to carry with it the possibility for more interesting sets. I can only pray that this doesn't happen for many, many years.

With a new Doctor coming up soon... there's never been a better time to start. If you watch a whole episode, I promise that I will do the same with My Little Pony.

I can't build sets for toffee, but you can count me as a fan of Doctor Who.

From the point of view of a seasoned musical connoisseur (Rock dinosaur), with the advice of some yoofs who like that sort of thing: I gather that Techno music has a generally higher tempo than Dubstep. Additionally, the former uses more Synthesiser-type instruments while the latter is just computer-generated sounds and 'bass'. But don't listen to either, though. 1970's electronic music is FAR superior. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SAIVyGTNRM

Posades has had his fair amount of time. Xander attacks the Berzerker from the back row.

"Come on! Let's skin as many of these buggers as we can now, else we'll get swarmed when more of 'em start crawlin' up. Xander, you take on the Berzerker, he can't hit you as much as he could us from far back. With me!" Haldor closes-in on the Shaman, drawing his sceptres and aiming to drive his foe back against the wall. Front row. "Stand still, you long-haired boy! Now's the time to find out which of us two Shamans can kick it the hardest." Battle Order: Xander Mizuki Romulus Haldor

I've been dropping hints to the relevant parties about some LEGO for my birthday on Sunday, namely, the recent Homing Spider Droid.

Eh?

"Nah - I'm fine. Don't have enough drinks to keep swiggin' 'em at every available opportunity. Best save the hard stuff for later, you'll know when it's comin'." Haldor looks out over the ramparts to see if he can spot the barbarians.

My emerald's long gone, I'm afraid. It was so unarguably useless that I had to sell to Pie as soon as possible.

I'm sorry? The only loot that I got out of that quest at all was a little bit of gold and an emerald I didn't need.

That B-52 was yours? How queer, I spent most of the day crowding around that, pointing out details to disinterested family members.

Random events can really progress a character, in my view. Returning to the Quest #49 example: the accident could have happened to anyone... but it's how each individual character deals with these things that defines them.

I'm getting so damn confused by all this that it's probably time to stop now. Rule #335: Making judgement calls over the internet is a bastard. Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes y... Quest #49's event (putting Haldor as the accidently killer) really pushed my abilities to the limit, we need more character-driven moments.

In what part of that did I say that I was upset? Not posting a load of winking faces doesn't mean that there is any kind of negative emotion, at least, not for me. Must just be a thing with my generation then; I've always believed that debates aren't the same thing as arguments. Plus: I hope that this doesn't come off the wrong way, but... playing a sane, non-traumatised character and one with a personality don't have to be mutually exclusive. Take real life, for instance: I doubt that you had a horrific childhood that twisted you into the person you are today - but there must have been some things that have impacted your personality, no? Flexibility is key to this kind of roleplaying, as is believing in a middle-ground between character extremes. Your character does not have to be either completely stoic, or wildly outspoken, there does exist a realistic 'grey area' Also, I'm certain that Haldor is not a 'moody' character. Have you read his post-53 quests? This is what I'm getting at.

gim·mick /ˈgimik/ Noun A trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business. quirk /kwərk/ Noun A peculiar behavioral habit: "his annoying quirks". A strange chance occurrence: "a strange quirk of fate". Quirks, as a feature, are not a bad thing. When overused, yes, but so is every other feature of writing in that case. Gimmicks, however, are inherently poor writing. The trick is also to not become afraid of using well-establish archetypes and come away with a bland figure who readers will become bored with quite quickly. And anyhow, you failed to mention any of that justification in your original post (which appeared to show you being disrespectful to folks who were discussing how they like to use quirks), so therefore I am allowed to wash my hands in this affair.

Very true. Although, if this series contains even one humiliating Darth Vader moment I will begin burning effigies of the series writers. Ruining classic cinema characters is not cool:

No, just no... Developing a character's personality shows good writing at the very least. I don't know what literature you read, but it certainly isn't my sort.