The UESP Roleplayer's Survey - Feb. 2016

[Unionhack]

Topic title is for dating purposes, I don't intend to remake these monthly.

Hey losers, it's time for another UESP Roleplayer's Survey. Since a couple major events have happened in RPs lately (breaking the siege of Windhelm in TA2, the hanging of Harry in GWN, etc), I figured now was a good time to bring this back in.

Last time I posted one of these the RP forum was in a state of resurgence; now things have slowed a little to a comfortable rhythm, so let's see how things have changed. Feel free to add and omit questions at your leisure.

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?

If you are a DM, what is your favorite RP you have ever created?

What is your favorite original world?

Who is your favorite character that you've created?

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please).

Who is your favorite DM?

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?

DMs, what is your biggest pet peeve your mindless subjects commit?

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?

Who was your favorite DM-created character?

What character do you love to hate?

Best antagonist?

Who were you glad to see die?

Who were you sad to see die?

Who had the best-written death scene?

What was the most epic battle?

What was the tensest moment?

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?

What UESP RP needs a sequel?

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?

Best RP-related creation? (i.e. Alarra's creating of the Tamrielic Adventures cast in ES:O, TV Tropes articles, Call of the Abyss, etc)

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?

If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?

How have you improved in RP'ing?

How can you improve in RP'ing?

Coolest character name?

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?

[BetaB17]

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
S&S, duh

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?
TA2

What is your favorite original world?
Tied between C&G, S&S, or Diesel & Punk

Who is your favorite character that you've created?
The duo from C&G and Maurzol, but Nammu was really fun to create

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
Hehe... Caius

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
Sees in Shade from TA2, runner up is Khazi

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please).
Hard to say

Who is your favorite DM?
Kerr(seriously dude keep it up)

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
When a good RP dies young

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
Playing favorites

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?
No preference

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players? TSD's characters and death

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of? Forever alone 'sheds a tear'

Who was your favorite DM-created character?
Hard to narrow that one down

What character do you love to hate?
Velv's character in S&S, followed by Rosa in TA2

Best antagonist?
The sinking ship and the fight against time in TA2

Who were you glad to see die?
TSD's PC in S&S

Who were you sad to see die?
Maurzol :'( 2nd best is Nammu's beloved crates

Who had the best-written death scene?
Idk

What was the most epic battle?
Talk to me after TA2 Cave subplot is finished...

What was the tensest moment?
Maurzol's fight against all odds

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
For me? Nora having the body of a villian taken to the Hall of the Dead

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?
What? Me? Doin evil? As if

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
Hehehe.. too many

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
Its like writing a book with 12 other authors and a dominatrix

What UESP RP needs a sequel?
S&S2, make it HAPPEN!!

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
The Blacklight series

Best RP-related creation? (i.e. Alarra's creating of the Tamrielic Adventures cast in ES:O, TV Tropes articles, Call of the Abyss, etc) TA2 tropes page

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo? My lil runt in C&G plus SIS from TA2, comedy gold

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go? Maurzol in SHY, just dwell on it

[bI]f you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?[/b] Nora in exchange for Khazi(Double the Khajiit, double the fun >:D)

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?
TA2/Rook: Alot of death, just lots

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
Creating Caius and not thinking.

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Not having Maurzol turn into a werewolf when I had the chance.. he may of lived too
How have you improved in RP'ing?
Far more complex characters with better acting and actually interesting personas

How can you improve in RP'ing?
Shorter sheets and posts, but as if that'll happen

Coolest character name?
Nammu(and all other aliases)

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying? Kel'nii from Champ's Song. Also Nammu, in some sense

[Baloth-Kul]

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
Vault 54!

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?
WoD was pretty damn fun while it lasted.

What is your favorite original world?
Diesel & Demons is pretty awesome.

Who is your favorite character that you've created?
Toss up between Mumph and Grelok gro-Gluk. Mumph, I had a lot of interesting (at least I think so) plans and ideas for, though failed to execute them properly, and he kinda, y'know, died before they were realized. Grelok...heheh. He hasn't quite hit his stride, yet, but he is going to be fun to play.

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
Ezekiel Stone. Blech. Bland macho mercenary. Rot in pieces.

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
Ooooh. Toss up between Union's Arthas and Aarah's Eolwyn.

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please).
Harry. Little too talky, little too "murder!, death!, rape!"-y.

Who is your favorite DM?
y u make me choose. My heart can't pick favourites. Kerr, Union, I <3 u both

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
Characters (players) being a little too tolerant of severe character flaws or actions of other characters. If I ever have a character who openly, brazenly attempts to murder someone with little to no justification, feel free to blow my character's head off on the spot. Because I'd do the same to yours, in such a situation!

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
Hm, maybe...linearity? While structure is important, so too is player choice.

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?
Nah. I used to favour males, because I didn't really feel...comfortable roleplaying females/xans, for some reason. But now, I don't really care. Just needs to be a fun, interesting character.

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?
Interesting stuff happening between Dorian and Valentia hahaha

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?
ARTHAS BRONDAR BRO-COPSsss that was short lived D:

Who was your favorite DM-created character?
Vayniah Linvail <3

What character do you love to hate?
Tobias, but I wouldn't call it "hate" WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS, YA GROUCHY OLD MAN. But staying truer to the question, ...Dorian. Haha.

Best antagonist?
Uhh, obviously Vayniah Linvail. She may not have been a primary antagonist, but she was fun as hell to help write, and you all enjoyed her.

Who were you glad to see die?
Harry. Sorrynotsorry

Who were you sad to see die?
Umm, any and all innocents aboard the pirate ship that Grelok inadvertently destroyed. RIP that one girl. Also, Maurzol.

Who had the best-written death scene?
Malvirian Linvail, DIEEEE PIRATE-KING!

What was the most epic battle?
THE SIEGE OF WINDHELM

What was the tensest moment?
Trying to keep Lin Bohai alive in Vault 54, right at the end XD kept getting disarmed, until I remembered that last weapon I had.

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
I don't really know. Grelok would call it morally stupid that he stayed to fight in a city under siege, instead of hightailing it to Riften.

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?
The long standing record is still the murder of a child in Vault 54. But recently? Hmm. Well, Rick sure wasn't very nice to Bo and his friend. Hahah.

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
All of them. Seriously.

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
Roleplaying is writing a story co-operatively with other people, where your contribution is your character and their actions. You act as that character would act, and generally just enjoy whatever setting and events unfold; both those DM-planned events, and those brought about by you and your fellow players.

What UESP RP needs a sequel?
Fire Emblem :c

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
Mass Effect >:D

Best RP-related creation?
Call of the Abyss, ilubb

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?
Lodds and Harry as squishy, rotting lovers. ...No. Uh, I could see Grelok and Eolwyn being good friends (or more?), or...Guo and Elisa. Girlfrieeeends.

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?
ANYONE from Diesel & Demons to GWN. Multiple forces of armed bad guys to fight? A mage should even the odds! >:D

If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?
Lucas, GWN. I need to play a more morally upstanding character, gimme. XD

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?
Diesel: Ghosts are sad! Give ghost peace! Bring their relatives to console them, or destroy the anchor. Go back to Howard, get new lead, follow up lead. Queue violence, because there hasn't been much/any of that yet.

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
That weird godmoddy stuff I pulled when I started in V54 >> I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING, BUT I LEARNED

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Not asking more questions when I started >>

How have you improved in RP'ing?
Uhhh, in every conceivable way. Writing dialogue, writing characters, writing actions, ...I'm very very far from where I was at first, thankfully.

How can you improve in RP'ing?
Maybe more variation and depth to my characters.

Coolest character name?
Magnus Kill'slay, obviously. But second to that, I enjoy the alliteration that is Grelok gro-Gluk.

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?
Guo. First female character of mine, I believe.

[Alarra]

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
TA2

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?
TA2

What is your favorite original world?
S&S

Who is your favorite character that you've created?
Niralie

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
So far, Khazi. Though I quite like her as a character, she's kind of hard to play since she isn't real chatty and doesn't like to get involved in things. I'm also still at the point yet where I'm still getting a feel for how she reacts to things.

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
I liked Arellius from TA2. Him being the "black sheep" of the group made things interesting, created a bit of variety in the group, and made for some good interactions between characters. He was a good contrast to Niralie and Valentia.

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please).
Hodor from TA2. It feels like he wasn't a serious character, just made to be over-the-top and "funny".

Who is your favorite DM?
Ooh, hard to say. I'm really not sure. I've liked pretty much everyone who's DMed the ones I'm in.

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
When someone goes for long periods of time without posting - or even just drops out - when their character is in the middle of a scene. It makes things difficult for the other players not knowing how to work with it. At least write some sort of reason for them to leave the scene or something.

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
Can't think of any

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?
I've done only female characters so far. In gaming too, not just RPs, I almost always play female characters because I relate to them a lot more.

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?
I like Eolwyn and Grelok's friendship. They're a strange combination but they go well together and make a good team.

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?
My characters haven't really been in a lot, but maybe Niralie and Tia's friendship simply because they've been through so much together and can really depend on one another.

Who was your favorite DM-created character?
Hmm.... maybe Elethir from TA2. He's a good guy.

What character do you love to hate?
I'd say Dorian. He's an annoying/fun character.

Best antagonist?
I haven't seen many in the RPs yet and none of them particularly stood out compared to the others

Who were you glad to see die?
Hodor

Who were you sad to see die?
Arellius, because as mentioned he's one of my favorite player characters and I'd have liked to see how things played out with our group, see the friendships slowly form and him slowly learning to care for people, which is something that Velvet had originally planned.

Who had the best-written death scene?
Per, hands down. That scene made me sad.

What was the most epic battle?
Hard to say, there've been a lot of good ones. Some standouts are the final one in S&S, (against the lich), and the Windhelm battle in TA2.

What was the tensest moment?
When Nandrnil cast his blizzard spell at Niralie, which is probably the closest she's come to dying (though she's come close several times, lol.) I had my fingers crossed that Velvet's dice roll for her would be a good one.

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
Probably Niralie going to look for the innkeeper's daughter.

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?
The Debt-Collector raping and killing the [&@%!] that Arellius was with. Poor girl had done nothing, was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
TA2

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
The only one I really talk about it with already knows what it is, but I think if I were to explain it to someone who's never heard of it I'd refer to it as collaborative story-writing, with one person guiding the plot and everyone playing a different character.

What UESP RP needs a sequel?
I dunno

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
I'm kinda disappointed that the Pokemon one dropped off so early

Best RP-related creation? (i.e. Alarra's creating of the Tamrielic Adventures cast in ES:O, TV Tropes articles, Call of the Abyss, etc)
Well, you know I'm biased toward my own work

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?
Not sure

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?
Niralie 'cause she's my favorite character and the one I "know" best, and maybe in S&S 'cause I liked that world.

If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?
No idea

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?
I imagine in TA2 that Eolwyn, Grelok, Niralie, and Tia will continue to pursue the Threads, either as a group or split into multiple groups, and probably Dorian, Nora, and TDC will tag along with whoever they tend to get along with.

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
Probably just cases where I understood something differently than the person intended; can't think of specifics at the moment but it's happened several times.

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Not getting into S&S earlier

How have you improved in RP'ing?
I'm better at getting into a character's mind than I used to be. It still takes a bit, but I'm miles beyond starting with a basically blank slate.

How can you improve in RP'ing?
I feel like I use certain words repeatedly since I just can't find a better way to phrase it (and synonyms don't exactly fit what I'm picturing). Also need to get better at dialogue, I think - either I'm not sure what to say, or I just have her say too much sometimes, or I feel that it just sounds a bit odd.

Coolest character name?
I really like Alindrel's name (JVEleven's character early in TA2).

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?
Haven't had any so far, but Khazi was designed with this in mind; my characters have been generally friendly, good-aligned characters, so she's more True Neutral or Chaotic Neutral.

[Unionhack]

I'm doing it too, because freedom!

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
Silicon and Sorcery, yo!

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?
TA2. Definitely TA2. It's taken such a rad turn in the past few months.

What is your favorite original world?
Silicon & Sorcery, but Diesel & Demons is slowly growing on me.

Who is your favorite character that you've created?
Arthas overall, nothing has really dethroned him ever. Valentia, however, is super fun to play. I'll never forget Ash, and I'm really enjoying Luke too.

Also Daidoji Natsuki, but she ended up not being a thing.

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
Mordecai. Despite him being right up my alley as far as what kinds of characters I normally play are like, I'm just really not feeling him. I want to explore him further, sure, but he needs more opportunity to shine I think.

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
Dorian Laennec is an absolute joy to read. I'm serious, the execution on his quips, the way he prounces about in his foppish manner... it's all done so very, very well. Well freaking done, Rook.

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please).
Hodor from TA2. Sorry man, I felt like I was reading M'aiq's nordic cousin. Katlina on the other hand is a marginal improvement.

Who is your favorite DM?
Me My main man Kerr, whose name I still need to get more used to pronouncing correctly.

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
Excessive meta referencing. It really tends to break the 4th wall, and not in a fun or clever way. It's so rarely done correctly, but when it is, it's great; when it isn't, it's really jarring.

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
The DMs currently doing things are great so I can't really complain. Previously, the worst thing was absence without explanation.

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?
I've been doing more female characters lately (one of them now dead :P) so I think I've improved in this way.

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?
I'm so totally down with how Eolwyn & Grelok are interacting. Grelok in general does great interaction.

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?
ARTHAS AND BRONDAR BRO-COPS 4 LIEF BOIIIIIIIIII.

I really hope Valentia and Dorian can get more light-hearted interaction though, Valentia never gets to show her silly side since all the trauma and [&@%!] has happened. <3

Who was your favorite DM-created character?
Johnny the Guitar-Playing Robobrain, obviously.

What character do you love to hate?
Tabitha. Gurl, calm down. You're making it hard to keep a rigid moral compass. :P

Best antagonist?
Mr. Butler in World of Darkness. I'll be honest, I really should have seen his betrayal coming, and just kept driving. Never trust a slimy guy like that, man.

Who were you glad to see die?
Harry. Them iron lungs ain't gonna save you now, bro.

Who were you sad to see die?
Ash. I really thought that she had played everyone, but in the end she was the one that got played.

Who had the best-written death scene?
Per. It's not often that RP scenes are moving, but... :c

What was the most epic battle?
The PCs joining force on a joint attack on Malvirian during the Siege was great. Nothing beats the Dragon Fight in After Alduin, though.

What was the tensest moment?
Lucas breaking his code and shooting the ghoul in the face. That was a gamble, man.

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
The group finding Lithia and giving Elethir the bad news. They really went out of their way to soften the blow.

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?
The Debt-Collector and what he did to Arellius. What he actual hell, man.

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
TA2. Because I have to do things for it. :P

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
Most of my friends are pretty chill with it, it's not a weird or taboo thing. Then again a lot of my friends are into D&D and other tabletop stuff, so yeah.

What UESP RP needs a sequel?
Silicon & Sorcery. <3

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
After Alduin! I miss Ra'zhar. Also, Luada.

Best RP-related creation? (i.e. Alarra's creating of the Tamrielic Adventures cast in ES:O, TV Tropes articles, Call of the Abyss, etc)
Alarra's work on the Tropes pages is second to none. It really stands up there with the pages for mainstream media, they just need some more tropes and stuff (go add things that fit, people, it's not entirely a one person job :P).

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?
I would like a Grelok & Brondar combo. It'd be neat. They could babysit Arthas' kids on the weekends.

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?
Put Mordcai in S&S: I think he would have worked well. Or maybe Lucas in TA2 as a Priest of Mara.

If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?
Give me Chris for a day in exchange for Lucas and see how well we can attempt to differentiate them. :P (To be fair, Chris was made first)

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?
I know EVERYTHING as far as where TA2 is advancing (I really don't actually, I'm still plotting... maliciously). I like to think that Diesel & Demons will go in a sort of Dragon Age: Inquisition direction, where the spirit world starts raging on the living.

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
Forgetting things. Like the time very recently when I left like 3 characters out of the proclamation of Champions.

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Not being in Blacklight.

How have you improved in RP'ing?
My writing is getting better! Imagery and stuff isn't my strong suit so I'm really trying.

How can you improve in RP'ing?
I need to stop repeating certain words. Using one word twice in the same sentence is baaaad.

Coolest character name?
Eolwyn is a lovely name. c:

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?
Ash is still up there for being a total evil [&@%!]. I'm still really locked in on good characters so it's nice to deviate.

[Aarah]

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
Probably TA2

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?
TA2

What is your favorite original world?
I'm liking Diesel&Demons, but Luada too

Who is your favorite character that you've created?
Eolwyn, she's my first character (in an rp that last more than a month or so)

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
Sherwood in KIRIN's Thunder. The rp is still pretty new and I'm not really giving him much character. He's kind of just a 'nice guy' at the moment, so needs more dimension.

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
I'd have to say Grelok gro-Gluk.

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please).
Harry in Fallout. His text wall speeches.

Who is your favorite DM?
Oh, but all the DMs are so good! If I have to pick just one I'd say...Kerr...and Union.

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
Posts that don't seem genuine.

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
Non really.

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?
I go for any. Probably favour males more though.

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?
Can't really think of any. Valentia and Niralie are nice together though.

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?
Friendship: Eolwyn and Grelok are getting on quite well.
Chris and Barkers in Fallout.
Romance: N/A (oh, there was that unreciprocated 'romance' in one of the MB games).

Who was your favorite DM-created character?
Ragnir

What character do you love to hate?
Guo. I like her 'sweetness and light', goody-goody personality, that I feel hides a tyrant underneath!

Best antagonist?
Linvail! (All of em'!)

Who were you glad to see die?
Sorry Hodor.

Who were you sad to see die?
The Chinese ghouls in Fallout. They didn't deserve it.

Who had the best-written death scene?
I wasn't in TA2 then, but Per's character's death was sad.

What was the most epic battle?
WINDHELM! Pirate battle! Arr, mateys.

What was the tensest moment?
Waiting to see if the Chinese ghouls would live or be murdered.

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
Can't think.

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?
Can't think.

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
Different ones, it depends what's going on in the plot/dialog at the time.

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
Like playing a character in a movie, but you do it via text.

What UESP RP needs a sequel?
I liked the sound of C&G and S&S, so maybe those.

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
Luada

Best RP-related creation? (i.e. Alarra's creating of the Tamrielic Adventures cast in ES:O, TV Tropes articles, Call of the Abyss, etc
TA2 tropes!

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?
Tia and Guo.

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?
Tobias in Fallout. Grumpy old man meets Restless Dead! Oh yes.

If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?
No one, cos everyone's characters have there own aura in them, and if we were to swap then that character wouldn't be that character anymore.

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?
Fallout - Go see Chinese, talk, join with them to attack Restless Dead, TSD's character gets killed/imprisoned , we build a farm and grow potatoes. (Yeah, maybe not the farm).

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
Not sure. I make lots of mistakes but can't think of a biggest one.

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Not being in ones from years ago when they were fast and had loads of characters in.

How have you improved in RP'ing?
I'm not sure, I've not been rping all that long.

How can you improve in RP'ing?
Have a wider vocabulary. I use the same words and expressions far too much.
Also, to make my characters more real and have more depth to them -think of back-stories more and give them a motivation.

Coolest character name?
I like Shadow's 'Solen Nightgust'.

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?
Vladimir in Assassin's Creed - he was my first antagonistic, 'mean' character.

[The SheoDovah]

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
Recently? Hmm, hmmm. That is a toughy and to avoid waking up tied to a pair of turtles in Scotland, i shall avoid playing favourites.

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?
See Above.

If you are a DM, what is your favorite RP you have ever created?
None. They both failed. But XCOM, provided it doesn't flipping die within a month, may become a favourite of mine.
What is your favorite original world?
Any KERR RP. Let's face it, he does the original worlds best. Before POMC's hiatus, it would have been a contest between him and POMC. Now, it's Kerr.
Who is your favorite character that you've created?
Harry. An amusing character to write for. Even if, he didn't come out as planned.
Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
LODDS! DIE! The concept was good, the execution was [&@%!] up, nuked and the biggest failure since the early days.
Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
Hmmm, that is a tough question. I would have said Niralie 6-10 months ago but now? Hmm............
Can i ask the audience? No? Then erm............ LOOK OVER THERE! *Runs away*
Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please). I refuse to answer this on the grounds of Dovah related stuff.

Who is your favorite DM?
Kerr! RIght, where's the check? Seriously, Kerr, if this defaults, i'm stealing your copy of Fallout 4 and erm.... i suppose, mount it on my wall.
What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
GODMODDERS! Being told that my characters are [&@%!] and never ever hearing about the good ones. Fortunately, it's been a good year or so since that has happened. DMs playing favourites and players abandoning RPs without any notice. It can ruin a scene, it can kill a RP. My Gladiator RP died before i could even get to the first fight and that was annoying. Out of Character Comments being in the RP. It disrupts it. By that, i mean any that are not hidden.
DMs, what is your biggest pet peeve your mindless subjects commit?
Arguing with me about why their overpowered character should be allowed. Gladiator, i can't remember who and i won't name them if i do remember. Someone submitted a questionable character. Somehow, this young character had become second to the Archmage despite there being no experience. No backstory and generally a poor character. They insisted that it was reasonable but without a backstory and the adjustments i wanted to be made. Mainly eliminating the whole second to Archmage angle and requesting some things to be changed, they refused to accept my decision. Even when i told them that 3 lines is not a backstory, they seemed to get upset and quit. Granted, i am inexperienced as a DM but i felt i was fair. With the help of some other DMs. Again, i won't mention names. GODMODDERs but the biggest pet peeve is ABANDONING THE [&@%!] RP WITHOUT INFORMING ME THUS KILLING IT BEFORE IT CAN EVEN START! YOU [&@%!]! I am of course, joking and hold no ill will towards anyone. But abandoning RPs annoys me and puts DMs into a position where they have to decide if it's worth continuing or not.

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
Not being allowed a Liberty Prime. COME ON, KERR! I only want to a 50ft robot that throws nukes! You are being such a synth about it!

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?
Next question as i play what gender i feel is suitable for a character.
What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?
Erm........ I would say that atm, it could be potentially Dick and Sherwood's.
What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?
Erm..... i can't remember. What? Not all of us have unlimited memory! Damn UESPers with their memories of RPs and their UESPerness.


Who was your favorite DM-created character?
JOHNNY GUITAR! Seriously, the first person to kill him will be met with the wrath of Tuck!

What character do you love to hate?
Rick. He seems to be a bit of a hypocrite and doesn't seem to care what is right but what he feels he must do.
Best antagonist?
Erm.... i can't recall any that comes to mind.

Who were you glad to see die?
No-one.
Who were you sad to see die?
Surprisingly, no-one.
Who had the best-written death scene?
Harry. Yes, i am being baised but at least, Harry went to his death willingly.
What was the most epic battle?
Siege of Windhelm

What was the tensest moment?
Can't recall.
What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
Healing the Jarl of Windhelm in TA2.
What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
GWN for a while.
How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
I merely kidnap them and brainwash them. I am informed by the lawyers that this indeed a joke. Ha. Ha. Ha.
What UESP RP needs a sequel?
Blacklight. Justice, you welsh man! You abandon the UESP. You used to be around here. You used to DM. Now, you no DM. Now, you disappear. I'm gonna put you into da Dovah clutch and break your facking back, you welsh person!

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
Lauda, POMC's RPs prior to his haitus, Madgod's realm er... i mean, there needs to be a RP set in the shivering isles. *shifty eyes*, Rough Seas. Mass Effect, AC and Pokémon.
Best RP-related creation? (i.e. Alarra's creating of the Tamrielic Adventures cast in ES:O, TV Tropes articles, Call of the Abyss, etc)

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?
I don't know.
If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?
Harry in TA2 would be interesting. Churkan in Fallout would be interesting and Lodds in RP HELLLLLLLLL! DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?
NOBODY! MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?
GWN: We go to the chinese camp, either Rick tries to drag them into the upcoming battle to weaken them or takes out the main leaders if he has a chance to. The restless dead and US clash and both sides are either weakend or the dead are truely dead. Rick kills Cooper. He gets confronted by Chris if Chris's feelings starts to overwhelm him. Kerr throws a twist in, we have to stop that twist.
TA2: Apart from the threads and potential murders by their holders, i couldn't tell you.
D&D: We outlive our usefulness or we are betrayed.
DAR: Mira and Solen help free everyone. Big fight with Gideon then Union reveals that this was just the tutiorial level. The next level involves an army of Gideons.
What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
Harry's escape.
What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Not staying in the damn room thus causing questions.
How have you improved in RP'ing?
A lot.
How can you improve in RP'ing?
With a fedora.
Coolest character name?
CHurkan Hard. Yes, i am being biased. Tuck. Just because i can kinda get away with Tuck puns.
What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?
None so far.

[Kerr]

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
Blacklight.

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?
I liked Fire Emblem while it lasted.

What is your favorite original world?
Ehh, Luáda I guess.

Who is your favorite character that you've created?
Chris Blackwood from Blacklight.

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
I have a few PCs I made that I didn't like but those were pretty short lived.

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
I really liked Arthas in S&S, Rick from Great White North and Tobias from Diesel & Demons

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please).
Off the top of my head? Valsha Réváin from S&S and Lodds from Vault 54. Sorry SheoDovah.

Who is your favorite DM?
You're all right it's me, I'm the best.

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
When players post them doing a million things in one post and then back ups for if that thing fails.

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
When none of our choices matter and we're basically just along for the ride to listen to the GM's story.

If you favor a certain gender with your characters, why? Why not?
Well I'm a Nonbinary/Genderfluid person so I'm sure that influences how I look at gender. But yeah, I like playing male, female and nonbinary characters and I like to mix it up. That said, I haven't played many explicitly trans characters, most characters their gender identity never really comes up, though I am planning on playing a trans woman at some point in the nearish future if it suits because eh, why not?

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?
The answer is Adrienne and East in Vault 54.

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?
I really enjoyed the relationship Chris had with Kat in Blacklight and then how that developed once she died and was replaced a a demon. Like he really hated the demon at first because Kat died but eventually they got along.

But really, any pets my characters have had like Kenny the Turtle.

Who was your favorite DM-created character?
Kenny the Turtle. He fell out of the sky and into my heart.

What character do you love to hate?
Tobias. I really like Tobias as a character, I think Aarah is doing a fantastic job, but he's such a grumpy [&@%!]. Poor Ali, they don't deserve this. They're this sweet innocent demon having to put up with this grumpy mean human they possessed.

Best antagonist?
Does Ted from Fire Emblem count? Eh, probably not. Um, I really liked Chris's conversation with the First Vampire in Blacklight.

Who were you glad to see die?
Nate from The Next Group. Because he wouldn't stay dead so it was all good.

Who were you sad to see die?
Mutt! He was my dog, the GM killed my dog!

Who had the best-written death scene?
I really like how Baloth handled Mumph's death scene in World of Darkness.

What was the most epic battle?
Fire Emblem had some pretty fun ones. If I get to talk about things I GM'd, the subway mission in S&S was great.

What was the tensest moment?
The final chapter of Blacklight.

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
I don't want to take the time to think over which one was the 'most good' is becuase I've been filling this out for a while and doing it non-linearly. But rolling in to rescue Anderson in Great White North is a pretty good thing to do.

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?
The child murder in Vault 54. Although Ash in World of Darkness did absord someone's soul to make herself more powerful, Rick straight up murdered two people, a character in They Came From Beyond The Stars! killed a kitten and Caius tortured folks.

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
One's I'm GMing as I try to think up what to do. It isn't uncommon for me to pick up my phone and jot down ideas for things that can happen.

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
It's an RPG like D&D, I'm pretty sure all my friends known what D&D. I have friends who know I play in and GM RPGs online because it's a fun hobby. They think we're like this (skip to 1 minute):

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Because we are.

What UESP RP needs a sequel?
Blacklight!

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
Cog & Gear is apparently getting a reboot with Rook at the helm, so that should be cool.

Best RP-related creation? (i.e. Alarra's creating of the Tamrielic Adventures cast in ES:O, TV Tropes articles, Call of the Abyss, etc)
It doesn't matter what the best one is, people made a TV Tropes article out of something I made (Great White North) which is awesome so that automatically gets my vote.

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?
I think Ned from Fire Emblem and Ingrid from Dragon Age. They might not get along but I'd be interesting to see what would happen if they met, they're both archers, they could work together pretty well I think.

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?
It would be really interesting to see what Nate would be like in Kirin's Thunder and what Viktor would be like in The Next Group. They're both superpowered individuals in 'Superhero' RPs but they're pretty different.

If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?
Sheerwood for Viktor in KT. Not because I want to play Sherwood, even if he is more like what I'd usually play, but it would be interesting to see what Aarah would do with Viktor.

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?

Dragon Age:
Some people aren't going to like how Anti-Templar Ingrid is once we all get together. Particularly the Templar.

Kirin's Thunder:
Viktor is going to be annoyed that he wasn't able to kill the two eye of horus people, that's what.

Game of Thrones:
We're eventually not going to be at this fair, just you wait and see.

Diesel & Demons:

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Fallout: Great White North:
I don't want to spoil anything. What I am going to say is that actions you've already performed are going to unintended consequences.

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
A lot of world building stuff that just makes no sense like how currency worked in Silicon & Sorcery until I retconned it.

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Umbra and They Came From Beyond The Stars! I should have done a better job running them or ran something else instead.

How have you improved in RP'ing?
I'd like to think I'm better at everything.

How can you improve in RP'ing?
I feel I'm really bad at describing spaces when I'm GMing.

Coolest character name?
Friedrich Karls and Magnus Kill'slay.

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?
Viktor is an amoral [&@%!] so, that's a change of pace. But Ingrid gets me out of my comfort zone in a different way in that she's deeply religious. I'm irreligious and religion doesn't play a role in the life of most of my characters so having a character for whom religion is very important and their religious beliefs have a huge impact on their world view and behavior does get me out of my comfort zone.

I added a new question, hope that's okay.

GMs - All going well, what kind of RP would you love to run someday?

Seeing as a number of you want a S&S 2 I thought I should comment on it. I currently have no plans to run S&S 2 but I really want to run an Eclipse Phase or Eclipse Phase style RP some day. It's set a bit further ahead than S&S was in terms of when it's set and technology. It's a space-faring transhumanist post-cyberpunk sci-fi RPG and yeah, I really love it. But if you want another Cyberpunk RP, it's almost certainly going to happen someday because I love Cyberpunk that much,

Also I really want to run a traditional fantasy game some day, almost certainly TES because I like and am familiar with the setting and I love Daedra. There are so many fun things a GM can do with Daedra and I'd want to include numerous Princes.

[Unionhack]

^ Guess what? Sanguine just popped up in TA2. c:

[KingFeraligatr]

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
Probably Mass Eeffect Rewrite one.

Favorite recent (Last year or later) RP?
Really only did my ME: Rewrite RP last year.

If you are a DM, what is your favorite RP you have ever created?
Well I only created one so far: My Mass Effect Rewrite one.

What is your favorite original world?
n/a

Who is your favorite character that you've created?
None of the characters I made really stood out. Maybe Zytex or Fana.

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
Odis. Bland as [&@%!] Hanar. (haven't made much characters)

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
Don't have one yet. But one guy who signed up for the Rewrite RP had this interesting Krogan character. Too bad he never posted in the RP itself.

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created? (Remember, keep it limited to constructive criticism only please).
I didn't care for the personality and writing style of my Shepard player in my Rewrite RP.

Who is your favorite DM?
Haven't had much GMs barring Union.

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
Dunno yet.

DMs, what is your biggest pet peeve your mindless subjects commit?
Having writing styles I don't like. And pulling things out of nowhere without my consent.

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
Killing my characters. Just no.

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?
Male it seems. Probably because I'm a guy. Nothing wrong with playing females, I just prefer playing my own gender.

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?
My players in my RP where really getting something going in my RP.

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?
My characters, as a rule, never do romance. However, I had two of of my own characters be in friendship: Zytex and Fana. They where old friends before the RP happened.

Who was your favorite DM-created character?
N/A of others.

What character do you love to hate?
None yet.

Best antagonist?
Haven't had any real antagonists besides the TA2 pirates yet.

Who were you glad to see die?
Those pirates. Only ones I fought in a RP.

Who were you sad to see die?
n/a

Who had the best-written death scene?
n/a

What was the most epic battle?
Some beast fight I was able to organize in some forum RP.

What was the tensest moment?
That beast fight.

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
Dunno.

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?
Pirates attacking a city for little reason is pretty awful.

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
Well my ME Rewrite one was the only one to come even close.

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
n/a

What UESP RP needs a sequel?
n/a

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
My own Mass Effect Rewrite one. And it will be rebooted.

Best RP-related creation? (i.e. Alarra's creating of the Tamrielic Adventures cast in ES:O, TV Tropes articles, Call of the Abyss, etc)
Dunno.

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?
Dunno.

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?
Dunno.

If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?
Odis for Rait'Vek please.

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?
TA2: Union will have it in for Zudeel >_< .

ME Rewrite: I already know my gameplan.

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
Making a potential galaxy spanning war in an RP not suited for it. Luckily, I was able to resolve it offscreen when I quit.

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Half assing a bunch of things. And being far too ambitious.

How have you improved in RP'ing?
I don't know.

How can you improve in RP'ing?
Be less ambitious and don't overtake the RP myself.

Coolest character name?
Zytex Gyrandros is pretty dam cool. At least to me.

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?
Fana is not how I usually write characters. Whereas I usually make reserved characters like myself, she was more outgoing and friendly.

[Rook]

What is your favorite RP that you have participated in?
Blacklight: Day of the Wolf by Justice Knight. Too bad my character was awful.

Favorite recent RP?
Definitely TA2.

If you are a DM, what is your favorite RP you have ever created?
I'm really proud of the work I've done for the C&G reboot (Coming Soon), but while I've been working on that, another idea popped into my head. The best way I could describe it is that it was inspired by TSO's World of Night, Blacklight, Bloodborne, and The Witcher franchise. The tough part here is deciding which to run first, because I could probably run both but I'd want to get one underway before I launched the other.

What is your favorite original world?
Any original universe from POMC or Kerr is great. Also, S&S is probably the most meticulously detailed RP I've ever seen.

Who is your favorite character that you've created?
The short and dirty Reachman from TA2. Incredibly deep character with a tragic backstory and amazing dialogue. Seriously though, Dorian Laennec.

Who is your least favorite character that you've created?
Jason di Angelo is the Jeb of my RP history. Jason is a mess. Jason is a waste. Jason is a failure.

Who is your favorite character that someone else has created?
Currently, I really like Nammu from TA2. Very well done and thought-out character. I also really like Kerr's old character from Blacklight: DOTW, Chris Blackwood.

Who is your least favorite character that someone else has created?
Harry from Fallout: Great White North. He felt like he came right out of a fever dream.

Who is your favorite DM?
I really like Dirty Spaceman's style. Descriptive and realistic. Unionhack is great too.

What is your biggest general RPing pet peeve?
Text walls that serve no purpose but to make the post longer. Being descriptive is good, but you have to learn moderation.

Players, what is your pet peeve DM injustice?
No complaints here.

If you favor a certain gender (or something in between or a lack thereof) with your characters, why? Why not?
I usually play male characters. I don't really care one way or another, I just make characters in the gender I envision instead of trying to force diversity.

What is your favorite romance or friendship, whether cheesy or serious, RPed by other players?
I like the dynamic between Rick and Luke in Great White North.

What is your favorite romance or friendship you have been a part of?
I really liked the brief friendship with romantic undertones between Carsaib and Hex in Shadow's Revised World of Night. Dorian and Valentia seem to have something, so that's cool.

Who was your favorite DM-created character?
Morgan the Vampire in Blacklight: Day of the Wolf. Very well done character.

What character do you love to hate?
Zudeel in TA2. Dorian was that close to getting what he wanted and then a random Argonian tries to brutally murder the person who could give it to him. That was hilarious.

Best antagonist?
Michael the Archangel in Blacklight: Day of the Wolf.

Who were you glad to see die?
Hodor. I still don't get it.

Who were you sad to see die?
Grelok's career in competitive sewing.

Who had the best-written death scene?
Malvirian went out with a bang.

What was the most epic battle?
The battle of Isgaragoth in The Legacy of Fjannin was cool, but it never ended.

What was the most morally 'good' thing a character has done?
I can't really comment on this.

What was the most morally 'evil' thing a character has done?
Again, I can't really comment on this.

What RP has kept you up thinking when you're trying to sleep?
It didn't keep me up thinking, but Blacklight kind of forced you to stay up late so as not to miss anything.

How do you explain RPing to your friends, if at all?
That my secret, Cap: I don't.

What UESP RP needs a sequel?
I'd take another Fire Emblem.

What discontinued RP needs a reboot?
Blacklight.

Best RP-related creation?
Call of the Abyss was really good.

Who are two characters from any RP setting that would go good together, romantically or just as a friendship duo?
N/A.

If you had to take one of your characters and put them in a different RP setting, who and where would they go?
Dorian Laennec, August Brannon, and Edmund Rosemont are all pretty interchangeable. Dorian in ACoC would be an absolute trainwreck, but a glorious one.

If you could take control of someone else's character in exchange for control of one of your own, who would you trade for?
I wouldn't do it. It wouldn't be the same character after we switched.

How do you predict the plot will advance in one of the RP's you're in?
TA2: On Union's side, worldwide treasure hunt with recurring visits from Uber Mage. On my side, I'm not telling.
DAR: This just a wild gues, but I'm assuming it has something to do with the mages.
ACoC: I already know what's going to happen, but I'm not sure how our characters factor into it.

What's the biggest honest mistake you've made when roleplaying?
Jason was a mistake.

What is your biggest regret regarding roleplaying?
Not joining some of the older RPs while I had a chance. Though that might have been for the best, all things considered.

How have you improved in RP'ing?
I don't know, you tell me.

How can you improve in RP'ing?
I feel like I could be a bit more descriptive. Also, the characters I make (particularly the side characters) always feel like just that: characters. That's always been my writing style, but I wonder if I should try to make the ma bit more realistic.

Coolest character name?
I think it's pretty cool that Baloth named his DA:R character Revas. That was the name of my Elf in Inquisition.

What character of yours helped you get out of your 'comfort zone' for roleplaying?
Darr in Stranger Prince. I think my characters became a lot less boring after him.

[Unionhack]

I didn't know you read Call of the Abyss, Rook! I'm glad you liked it. <3

If I had known, I would've included your character too. I only included characters from players who gave me their express consent to use them.

[Kerr]

^ Guess what? Sanguine just popped up in TA2. c:

Oh, that must be so much fun to do as a GM, I'm jealous.

Clavicus Vile granting PCs a wish could be really fun but most wish stories I've heard from RPGs are about how everything got completely derailed.
"I'll now grant you a wish mortal, assuming it is within my power."
"I wish we were all on Akavir."
Like, what the hell would you do then? It's not like teleporting you to another continent would be something Clavicus Vile would be unable to do, but granting that wish means you may as well kiss all your notes and establishment so far goodbye.

[The SheoDovah]

I would teleport them.....


STRAIGHT INTO A VOLCANO! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH! on Akaviri. What? They would not have said whether they wanted to be alive or not.

[Alarra]

What character do you love to hate?
Zudeel in TA2. Dorian was that close to getting what he wanted and then a random Argonian tries to brutally murder the person who could give it to him. That was hilarious.

Especially after seeing what Dorian's missing out on at the moment, I imagine.