ANNOUNCEMENT!

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

Okay, then. I know ever since we switched it to First Age our attendance has dwindled (...It was only me and Aaron RP-ing...), so I've been talking to Aaron and he has agreed to return it back to Third Age Roleplay just as before. Please, those that still visit here, go out and do some advertising, because our member count has fallen alot in these last few months.Please, and thank you. We shall be running again in the Third Age soon.

Tony

[Envin]

Yups! What we'll do is have Third Age one-on-one RP. But players can play anything they want: Rulers, Commoners, etc. Only thing: no armies for now. With so few people playing at first, armies would really be too much, IMHO. It would just make it to where all the RP is few guys writing for a lot of guys fighting. Let's focus on quality rather than quantity. Also, I'll be going through and redoing the look of the place today, to match my .com. So what I'm thinking is that since we're really starting over here, I'll make completely new boards for everything, and move all the old stuff into a sub-board. Anyway, here I go!

[Envin]

Also, the banner is not quite what I'd like to have up there, but I needed something 700px wide, so that'll have to do until I can make another.

[Cerridwen]

I agree with that. It is so boring where a site is devoted only to battles. No characterisation, no good plots, no real stories except people throwing their troops at one another and then arguing because something is not fair, or considered Godmodding. And do I care about these people? No, because they have never bothered to give themselves any personalities. Good or evil.

It will be nice to see you two, ( even if it was only you two ) writing, as it is a pleasure to read. And I know I want to concentrate more on characters and their histories and thoughts/feelings/trials/tribulations. More like writing fanfiction, perhaps you could say.

[Saeren]

' I'm going to attack your realm. '

' just **** off, it hasn't done anything, and I am trying to create a half way decent story, which is nothing to do with you, or your little friends, so GO AWAY. '

It's like some old stuck record. AKA: I personally don't like you because you are '' evil and mean '' so I want to attack you.( Fer ****'s ake , I ADMIRE people who can really play '' evil '' . If I hate them, then they're doing some damn good writing! )

It bores me to tears. Unless you can write a battle which is one-on-one, or you are skilled enough to co-op to write out a large post which makes the battle interesting, forget it. Over 5 years I have seen too many
All the elves fire their arrows, all ten thousand of them
A one on one fight can be extremely interesting, but I resent having to enter some sprawling battle, often with no point to it at all, ( because if you don't then your realm is automatically taken ) and reading three pages of the above, when what I actually wish to do is spend what time I have, fleshing out stories with other people. Anyway sis, we'll get some angst and drama going.
I hope that is okay. We've been playing a few years, we'll rp with any-one, of course, but I hope developing a storyline and letting it just run is no problem.

Did you used to play Aragorn, Nurutyave? I cited you as the only person I had ever read who who could play him as I think he is. If it wasn't, apologies, as he was excellent.

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

cerridwen said:

I agree with that. It is so boring where a site is devoted only to battles. No characterisation, no good plots, no real stories except people throwing their troops at one another and then arguing because something is not fair, or considered Godmodding. And do I care about these people? No, because they have never bothered to give themselves any personalities. Good or evil.

It will be nice to see you two, ( even if it was only you two ) writing, as it is a pleasure to read. And I know I want to concentrate more on characters and their histories and thoughts/feelings/trials/tribulations. More like writing fanfiction, perhaps you could say.

Hey, I resent that! I gave my character as much a personality as possible. A personality of pure evil, granted, but...still, personality! ((None of you can deny that Morsereg was the most evil being to grace this board if you add all his accomplishments together. I'm talking THIS board, not the older one where Mark brought friggin Morgoth back))

And Saeren, yes, Núrutyáve played Aragorn before, and he was damn good at it (It was a pleasure to roleplay with him the sort of "You hate me, but you'll have to help me anyways because of the conditions" relationship Morsereg pushed him into), but because he's so busy with work at the moment he's only going to be playing Núrutyáve.


Oh, and of course, it is great to see you two back.

[Cerridwen]

Ah, you know I never meant you, perhaps I am slightly er... twisted, but I find evil people a lot more interesting than good ones, in rp at any rate. You know what I mean, where people join a site, and immeditaly do nothing but post in battles, and ignore any character building. I think the last think any-one would say to you is that you ignore your character-building, evil yes, boring, no!

Battles are... or should be, either written through the eyes of some-one partaking in all the horror of it, or excitement , if that's your bent, but not like bro said, just a lifeless report of some-one shooting or swinging a sword. I can't remember the last time I read one actually, they all merge into one.

Do you and Nurutyave have bio's we could look at ? I am sure I read yours, but the old COG gave our browser and a couple other members so many problems I haven't checked it out in ages.

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

Oh pity, I was hoping to save my 666th post for a post of grand evil, but because the board is just beginning I have nothing I can do. Perhaps Chi'Gandir's 666th post, or something. We all had bios, for Chi'Gandir (My Elven character that I shall be bringing in very shortly), Nurtuyave, Morsereg, everyone, but lost them. I still have Morsereg's latest, but the First Age characters bios are lost. I'm gonig to start a character bio thread right now.

And, of course evil people are more interesting than good ones! We have so many different devices at our command and we can have so many different reasons. I played a good character once...I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. Uhm, wait, I mean, I got bored with it quickly. I'm off to go start the Char-Creation thread.

[Cerridwen]

Got to love Hannibal. His style is impeccable. ;D
Good because my old character of this name was not as interesting as this one, so I can rewrite it.

[Envin]

saeren said:

Did you used to play Aragorn, Nurutyave? I cited you as the only person I had ever read who who could play him as I think he is. If it wasn't, apologies, as he was excellent.

Hey, thanks! Yups, 'twas me playing ole Envin, was some of the best fun I'd ever had in my life, especially the fights that Morsey and I would get into. Those, I think I might say with only a twinge of immodesty, were some of the best RP's that ever went down on this board. But now, I'm busy with work and trying to train up a guild in WoW to begin raiding, so I'm going to lay back a bit and play an evil elf. But, have no fear, should I ever become unbusy, I may find a way to bring Aragorn back from the dead for you guys. (That's my little insurance policy that no one else can play him - this v4.0 is set after his death. )

Anyway, hey to you and Cer, it's really great to get things going again.

[Cerridwen]

Thankyou, I am already enjoying it. I got into a complete rage about the way on ( another site ) people were all ganging up like schoolkids on my partners evil character. Now, I have read your posts Morseregs and Nurutyave's, and I deeply appreciate them, I am not going to start a dialoge on IM whining about how horrible you both are. It just... beggars belief that people get in such a tizzy about people playing interestingly evil characters and decide they have to stamp them out and leave a site with a load of colourless , dull good people who mooch around beside waterfalls and smile at each other. What is the problem, do they really think that on the other side of the monitor is some slavering , insane monster?
I have completely had it with those sort of sites, and I said ages ago to the guys they were pointless wastes of time, although being actually a lot nicer than I am, they just shrugged. But do something wicked and people sulk, or cluster together like a group of 5 year olds and basically just want those characters out. As if it is personal.
Anyway, I enjoy reading the way you two post, we were saying it was as good as good fan-fiction.

I read your Aragorn, on the old GOG, and no, you must never let any-one else play him! They would only make a complete pigs ear out of it, after '' your '' Aragorn.

[Envin]

Too true, too true indeed. CoG nearly became like that for a while, when Morsey and Mark were really the only evil ppl, but hopefully we've ascended out of that rut.

And thanks for the kind words about Aragorn, he was my finest creation.

[Rána]

I read some of your posts as Aragorn on the old site, before it stopped working for me. I must agree with Cerridwen, you play the best Aragorn I've ever seen. I imagine he would be bloody hard to play, most cannon characters are. But there was this one poor sod who absolutely ruined Aragorn! He had him doing such odd things, like just abandoning Gondor and his family. Someone should have slapped the kid in the head.

[Envin]

Eh, it was a tad difficult to play him well, without either godmodding or playing a wuss. But it was a challenge, and my intricate mind wouldn't have had it any other way. And I agree, I've seen some pretty crummy, horribly played Aragorns before. But since we're all reminiscing about my essay with that character, I'd recommend this thread if you guys have a bit. I think that I can safely say this might be the best RP CoG ever saw, at the least my favorite, though perhaps not the most defining. (I think the old, old Battle of the Morannon might win on that count.) Anyway, check out this thread: citadelofguard.proboards45.com/index.cgi?board=archives&action=display&thread=1124078438

[Rána]

I'll have to take a look when I've got a bit of time. I know how hard it is to play a charater and have to make him seem not all powerful but not a wuss. I played Eldarion for over a year on one site, he was my favorite character to play, he met a rather tragic end though...