Megan
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Post by Megan on Jun 3, 2012 3:49:38 GMT 11
I was just thinking. Does anyone age their characters by the season that their character is in? Or do you just keep them at the same age that they are on their application?
Just a thought I had. Maybe you age them every other season change.
Thoughts?
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Jun 3, 2012 3:55:30 GMT 11
Post by The REAL Joey on Jun 3, 2012 3:55:30 GMT 11
That's a REALLY good question. ;D One that i've likely subconsciously avoided due to how difficult it is. I think for the most part, I leave my character's age as is. I know this sounds like its going down the route of Ash and co in the anime but i've never really felt the need. I think a big part of it is the pacing of the forum. You can't tell me a character has taken a year to do four battles and advance in a small plot if the slow replying is getting in the way. So trying to apply something like seasons to the progression of the roleplay is something I personally would avoid. Just seems like people will be planning funeral arrangements by the time they get to Olivine lest they die out at sea on the voyage to Cianwood due to old age etc... Tough one in all honesty. Ultimately all up to the roleplayer themselves. For example they may want to rope in their character's birthday as a special plot to evolve with. It'll be interesting to see what others think. What about you Megan?
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Jun 3, 2012 8:02:49 GMT 11
Post by †Reaper† on Jun 3, 2012 8:02:49 GMT 11
I'm pretty much the same as Joey, and the pacing of the forum is the biggest issue to me as well. If it's not one extreme with them aging (or not aging) like Ash, it's the opposite extreme of them aging too fast for what they've done.
If you knock out my absence due to school, I've only been using Guile for around a couple weeks, and in that time not even a full day has passed. If I was to start thinking about making Guile age, it would take quite a few years of consistent roleplaying to equal what could be considered a year in his world.
It's a very cool idea to have your characters age with time, but for me it needs to be based on their own activities in the roleplay itself, not a system that works on real world time.
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Megan
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Jun 6, 2012 9:56:12 GMT 11
Post by Megan on Jun 6, 2012 9:56:12 GMT 11
That's a good questions Joey, I haven't really thought about it, but I think it would depend on how far I feel like my character has come on their journey and if it would be worth aging them.
I think the Anime characters have gone through at least 2 or 3 agings since the original 1 season with the indigo league.
So I probably won't be aging mine anytime soon, and will wait fora more appropriate time to age them.
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Jun 21, 2012 12:43:12 GMT 11
Post by The REAL Joey on Jun 21, 2012 12:43:12 GMT 11
Having thought some more about it, I think i'd be happy ageing Joey every lap he does of a region. I'm sure by the time this Johto RP is done with, he'd have matured and most definitely aged with all the events unfolding. Then he'd move onto Kanto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova etc... I do think by the time he reaches Unova he'll be a 50 year old dude though.
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Jun 24, 2012 1:10:40 GMT 11
Post by Megan on Jun 24, 2012 1:10:40 GMT 11
oh man. A 50 year old joe. That's a scary and Wierd thought. I couldn't see him really brig a biker and a thief anymore at that age. And that is sort of a good idea for aging. Now not everyone is going to do it and I feel people would start making younger characters so that by the time they reach Unova their character is still only in their 30s.
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Jun 24, 2012 1:13:55 GMT 11
Post by paws on Jun 24, 2012 1:13:55 GMT 11
Though Megan grampa Joe suits don't you think
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Jul 4, 2012 1:51:37 GMT 11
Post by pikachu464 on Jul 4, 2012 1:51:37 GMT 11
Me, I'd probably age my character. It annoys me on shows how time pasts yet the characters never age at all. Although on most Mod RPGs, the mod never really tells you how many days, months or years has passed since your character started there journey. So it's hard to tell.
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Jul 4, 2012 5:29:25 GMT 11
Post by Wolff on Jul 4, 2012 5:29:25 GMT 11
I plan to age Autumn to 18 on July 18th, which is when it says she was born in her profile.
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Jul 4, 2012 7:46:17 GMT 11
Post by Avalon on Jul 4, 2012 7:46:17 GMT 11
I plan on aging Matthew at some point in his journey, though I'm not sure exactly when/where yet. If he has traveled what I deem as a far enough distance by April 12 (My actual birthday), than I might mention his birthday passing or something, but I'm not sure about it yet. The only reason I have behind wanting to do it is because the anime annoys me with how Ash and other main characters are not allowed to age. According to 'Word of God' Ash is still supposed to be ten, and to be honest, it's kinda annoying.
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Jul 4, 2012 23:34:21 GMT 11
Post by Megan on Jul 4, 2012 23:34:21 GMT 11
pikachu464: It's not really the mod's who should be telling us how many days, months, or years has passed. If you want you character to start having a night period in your post mention something like that the sun was beginning to set and you character needed to find a nice spot to make camp do that they could continue the journey. We need to use our own common sense with our own characters on how we want to age them.
Avalon: yeah it bothers me too. Though I would have to believe that by now in B&W that by now they have had to age them by at LEAST two or three years by now. Cause I even noticed in D&P that he seemed to act "older" but it might have just been the voice characterization
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Jul 6, 2012 16:11:08 GMT 11
Post by ⒿÐ L A N N I S T E R on Jul 6, 2012 16:11:08 GMT 11
As for me, I'm kind of undecided toward the idea of aging JD. It would be cool to see him age as he moves on with his journey, yet I feel like 20 is already a bit old to first become a trainer. So I'm very torn on the idea of aging.. I'm sure I'll give in eventually, but I was thinking, if I'm still around, of aging him one year every two years that go by as I'm sure it'll wind up taking me that long to even beat the eighth gym haha.
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Oct 4, 2012 13:02:28 GMT 11
Post by Moka Namiki on Oct 4, 2012 13:02:28 GMT 11
I hope Moka can make the Johto region in one whole summer holiday!! It sound absurd I know but it could be funny. Moka rushing about losing her head.
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