Eclipse Phase: Frosted Glass Discussion - Page 7

Overcast · 05-29-2010, 10:04 AM

No, and that is the problem. I don't think she cared about anyone else in her introduction post aside from maybe Butler.

Dracorion · 05-29-2010, 10:13 AM

What, you want me to make her likeable? Because that's kind of not the point.

I considered it "Mission accomplished" when you said that you hated her. But she's fun to write.

Although you did give me an idea. Maybe I'll make Butler female and make it Ellen's best friend.

Overcast · 05-29-2010, 10:24 AM

No I'm completely fine with the way you are playing her, and go on with the Butler thing. I'm just stating outright exactly how it is going to affect like everything around her.

I'm sure we're all going to have flaws like that. After all I think everybody save for Damien has some sort of issue.

Tyrfling and Henric are incredibly artificial. Henric is also a criminal. Desmond is incredibly ugly. Ellen is megalomaniacal and ocd so that she likely has to make bad scenes happen. Lind is ADHD and a hacker...that can't possibly be good. Daniel is Bipolar, and while willful enough to usually win that fight he is also unlucky enough that it could blow up in face like everything else. Spectre has a prologue that matches his background together. And worst of all Damien is normal.

PhoenixFlame · 05-29-2010, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Geminex

And how much "general" knowlege do our characters have? I mean, I'm 17, I recently finished high school. Considering that my character's considerably older than me, along with the fact that he has the entire mesh at his fingertips, not to mention a crainal computer, can I assume that anything I know OOC, my character knows IC, or, alternately, can learn/discover with minimal effort?

Correct, with the obvious exception of things that are classified or part of conspiracies. Notably, psychics for one, Project Ozma for another.

I, like Arhra, hoped it might just go away. That said, it doesn't bother me much, because I can't take Ellen's attempts seriously.

She's an amateur who relies far too much on her looks, which are cheap nowdays anyway. Anyone can look however they want thanks to biosculpting, and anyone can look doubly however they want thanks to augmented reality. Considering everyone's into different things, it's really hard to leverage that anymore.

Dracorion · 05-29-2010, 10:53 AM

Thanks for the tip, PF. I'll just have to take it up a notch.

Mind you, there's a reason she spits out Oxytocin, doesn't have a Seduction specialty and has a Charisma sleight.

krogothwolf · 05-29-2010, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Overcast

Desmond is incredibly ugly.

You forgot that the ugly Desmond likes duels! I was tempted to make him talk in third person but then I realized how annoying that would get so I prevent myself from annoying everyone with that.

Overcast · 05-29-2010, 11:20 AM

I don't like the way that was worded. It seems to say that she is going to be even more blunt when what is asked for is some sharpness.

Become a little more conniving and deceitful. Use people properly by pulling them on strings brought on by what they think is their own ideas, not just your ideas force fed into them until they agree. Assured I've only seen one example but it just lacked all the subtlety I would have put into old Daniel.

I would permit Desmond to talk in the third person if he took the negative traits Feeble(COG) and Illiterate. Though then you know exactly the kind of third person I am speaking of.

krogothwolf · 05-29-2010, 11:25 AM

Haha, Dur desmond not know what to do?

Ellen really isn't much of a team player is she? :/ Well, she is if she's controlling them.

Dracorion · 05-29-2010, 12:32 PM

Yeah yeah, make her more conniving, that was always the plan.

In retrospect, I probably should've grabbed some more sleights. Drive Emotion, maybe, but I at least should've gotten Thought Browse.

Ah, screw it. I'll pick 'em up later.

Aerozord · 05-29-2010, 01:13 PM

hmm I thought sleeping around and exploring odd fetishes was common practice now. That seduction was in most situation unneeded since they'd just say yes anyways. Sure there are some morphs that hit niche preferances, but as a relatively human bio-morph I dont see why sex would ever be hard to come by, even lacking seductive skills

05-29-2010, 10:04 AM	#61
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	No, and that is the problem. I don't think she cared about anyone else in her introduction post aside from maybe Butler. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!

05-29-2010, 10:13 AM	#62
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	What, you want me to make her likeable? Because that's kind of not the point. I considered it "Mission accomplished" when you said that you hated her. But she's fun to write. Although you did give me an idea. Maybe I'll make Butler female and make it Ellen's best friend. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away.

05-29-2010, 10:24 AM	#63
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	No I'm completely fine with the way you are playing her, and go on with the Butler thing. I'm just stating outright exactly how it is going to affect like everything around her. I'm sure we're all going to have flaws like that. After all I think everybody save for Damien has some sort of issue. Tyrfling and Henric are incredibly artificial. Henric is also a criminal. Desmond is incredibly ugly. Ellen is megalomaniacal and ocd so that she likely has to make bad scenes happen. Lind is ADHD and a hacker...that can't possibly be good. Daniel is Bipolar, and while willful enough to usually win that fight he is also unlucky enough that it could blow up in face like everything else. Spectre has a prologue that matches his background together. And worst of all Damien is normal. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks! Last edited by Overcast; 05-29-2010 at 10:26 AM.

05-29-2010, 10:53 AM	#65
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	Thanks for the tip, PF. I'll just have to take it up a notch. Mind you, there's a reason she spits out Oxytocin, doesn't have a Seduction specialty and has a Charisma sleight. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away. Last edited by Dracorion; 05-29-2010 at 10:57 AM.

05-29-2010, 11:20 AM	#67
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	I don't like the way that was worded. It seems to say that she is going to be even more blunt when what is asked for is some sharpness. Become a little more conniving and deceitful. Use people properly by pulling them on strings brought on by what they think is their own ideas, not just your ideas force fed into them until they agree. Assured I've only seen one example but it just lacked all the subtlety I would have put into old Daniel. I would permit Desmond to talk in the third person if he took the negative traits Feeble(COG) and Illiterate. Though then you know exactly the kind of third person I am speaking of. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!

05-29-2010, 11:25 AM	#68
krogothwolf Fetched the Candy Cane! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Calgary Posts: 4,278	Haha, Dur desmond not know what to do? Ellen really isn't much of a team player is she? :/ Well, she is if she's controlling them. __________________ Knowledge is Power, Power is Knowledge ╔╦╦══╦══╦═╦══╦══╦╗╔╦╦╦╦══╦╗╔═╗ ║═╣╠═║╔╗║╔╣╔╗╠╗╔╣╚╝║║║║╔╗║║║═╣ ║║║╔╗╣╚╝║║║╚╝║║║║╔╗║║║║╚╝║╚╣╔╝ ╚╩╩╝╚╩══╩═╩══╝╚╝╚╝╚╩══╩══╩═╩╝

05-29-2010, 12:32 PM	#69
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	Yeah yeah, make her more conniving, that was always the plan. In retrospect, I probably should've grabbed some more sleights. Drive Emotion, maybe, but I at least should've gotten Thought Browse. Ah, screw it. I'll pick 'em up later. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away.

05-29-2010, 01:13 PM	#70
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	hmm I thought sleeping around and exploring odd fetishes was common practice now. That seduction was in most situation unneeded since they'd just say yes anyways. Sure there are some morphs that hit niche preferances, but as a relatively human bio-morph I dont see why sex would ever be hard to come by, even lacking seductive skills __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."