Personification Life OOC VIII [OPEN -Sign up and Planning]

by **Giovenith** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:28 pm

Altito Asmoro wrote:I need to know current setting. Otherwise it is game over

Everyone is gathering in the communal dining room to meet and greet. There's a lot of Roman decorations.

Is that what you mean?

by **Altito Asmoro** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:10 pm

Giovenith wrote:
Altito Asmoro wrote:I need to know current setting. Otherwise it is game over

Everyone is gathering in the communal dining room to meet and greet. There's a lot of Roman decorations.

Is that what you mean?

Still in communal dining?

by **Giovenith** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:14 pm

Altito Asmoro wrote:
Giovenith wrote:
Everyone is gathering in the communal dining room to meet and greet. There's a lot of Roman decorations.

Is that what you mean?

Still in communal dining?

Yes.

by **Giovenith** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:19 pm

Spike, Willow and Gio are with two separate groups on different sides of the room.

by **The Factory of Spike** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:25 pm

Sorry. I'll edit that.

by **Fvaarniimar** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:15 pm

Altito Asmoro wrote:I need to know current setting. Otherwise it is game over

Fvaarniimar wrote:
Altito Asmoro wrote:I haven't post anything for days. I am extremely confused about the current setting

Most of the characters are at a party in the dining room. It started as a hastily-decorated party thrown by Kale to meet others, but then Hans decided to give Chrys a bouquet, the cultists got involved, and said cultists totally redecorated. The dining room, if I remember correctly, is on the first floor (second story.). I believe there is info on OOC Page 1. Also, Kale just added a ton of flowers.

In other news, Internet access is highly sporadic and hence I am unlikely to be online much in the next few hours. Hope you're all having a great whatever time of day, and my sympathies to anyone who is not.

by **The BranRiech** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:04 pm

Sorry about the lack of posts, guys. I'll get one up tomorrow for sure.

by **Monfrox** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:06 pm

The BranRiech wrote:Sorry about the lack of posts, guys. I'll get one up tomorrow for sure.

Ditto. After going to see Gabriel Iglesias tonight with all my friends, I'm feeling a lot better.

I'll tell you my favorite joke he told tomorrow. It was so relevant, it hurt.

Night everyone.

by **Erucia** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:11 pm

I'm just going to put this in: this week is going to be busy, at least at the start, for me. I've got a few different assignments and tests coming up, so I'm going to be pumping that stuff out for at least Monday and Tuesday.

You guys all have a good week, OK?

by **Tiltjuice** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:35 pm

Goodnight PL.

by **Swith Witherward** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:31 am

Good morning PL.

by **Swith Witherward** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:20 am

Some pointers.

"He ate", "He drove", "He walked over to"...

One of the hardest patterns to break is the simple "Person/verb" post structure. The second pattern is breaking up a post to give it a few paragraphs.

John woke up. It was still dark outside. "Oh well," he said. He was tired. He took a shower and brushed his teeth. He ran downstairs. "Hi guys!" He walked over to Minerva. She was stern but he had a question.

That's... yes, a post, but lacks depth. Think of ways to tuck world description and motivation into your posts to breathe depth into the character. If you get a soda from the fridge, it feels cold in your hand. If you stub your toe, the pain is sudden and the toe might throb for a few minutes. If you walk into a room, scents might still linger on the air. These little things paint a larger picture and ground your character in the scene.

A darkened room greeted John as his eyes fluttered open. The sun had yet to rise beyond his window. The man sighed as he pulled himself from bed, resolved to get the day started despite the early hour. A lukewarm shower somewhat revived him but not enough to scrape away his fatigue.

The apartment door snapped shut behind him and he made his way through familiar halls led mostly by his nose. Enticing smells were wafting up the stairwell, undoubtedly coming from the communal kitchen, and John stepped into the dining room to find a large gathering in progress. He spotted a few familiar faces and nodded to them. Minerva was nearby and, although she tended to be stern, she probably had answers to a few of his questions from the night before.

"Hi Minerva. I was wondering if you had a few minutes. I've got some things on my mind."

by **Altito Asmoro** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:14 am

My habit as well, Swith

by **Altito Asmoro** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:19 am

Swith Witherward wrote:
Altito Asmoro wrote:I am on tablet.

Many of my posts are done on a tablet or a phone. It makes it more difficult to type, especially if you don't have a keyboard attachment for your tablet, but you can still add a bit to fill out a post.

Short posts leave the other person with very little to work off of.

Except my thumbs are bigger than the size of tabelt's keyboards

by **Zarkanians** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:28 am

Altito Asmoro wrote:
Swith Witherward wrote:Many of my posts are done on a tablet or a phone. It makes it more difficult to type, especially if you don't have a keyboard attachment for your tablet, but you can still add a bit to fill out a post.

Short posts leave the other person with very little to work off of.

Except my thumbs are bigger than the size of tabelt's keyboards

I used to make posts on my iPod; you just have to be more careful, and be prepared to make liberal use of the backspace key.

by **Swith Witherward** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:25 am

Little keys. Cer has those on his phone and I don't know how he manages to type with his big ol' thumbs. My thumbs are tiny and I can't manage to hit the right keys with them.

Ah, and that brings up my pet peeve. I'll be talking to him and he'll go to look something up. The keys make a sound when you tap them and I'm treated to poik poik poik bloop poik. Plus it makes a vibrate of sorts so the poiks are punctuated with vvvm vvvm vvvm.

Then again, I suppose technology's changed over the years. I remember my dad's cell phone was this bulky thing with just a keypad and a crappy LCD screen. I only remember it because we were driving to CA to visit family and he left it within reach of my car seat in the back. I chewed the thin, extendable antenna off.

Why don't modern smartphones need antennas? Fractals!

Meh. I'm going to take a nap.

by **Torsiedelle** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:25 pm

I hope I don't have that habit...of so, I need to change it.

by **Fvaarniimar** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:33 pm

Dear everyone:
I am in a lousy mood. In addition to frustrating stuff happening both on and offline, I have a sad (not on the level of a dead relative, but still pretty depressing) situation which is continuing to go on and which I've just been rather (figuratively speaking) painfully reminded of. Again. :'-(

Anyway, it's a bit of a volatile combination. Please, if I'm curt or snappish or something, don't take it too personally. Also, Nick will remain asleep for the moment.

by **Mincaldenteans** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:46 pm

Fvaarniimar wrote:Dear everyone:
I am in a lousy mood. In addition to frustrating stuff happening both on and offline, I have a sad (not on the level of a dead relative, but still pretty depressing) situation which is continuing to go on and which I've just been rather (figuratively speaking) painfully reminded of. Again. :'-(

Anyway, it's a bit of a volatile combination. Please, if I'm curt or snappish or something, don't take it too personally. Also, Nick will remain asleep for the moment.

Cause its needed.

by **Fvaarniimar** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:50 pm

Mincaldenteans wrote:
Fvaarniimar wrote:Dear everyone:
I am in a lousy mood. In addition to frustrating stuff happening both on and offline, I have a sad (not on the level of a dead relative, but still pretty depressing) situation which is continuing to go on and which I've just been rather (figuratively speaking) painfully reminded of. Again. :'-(

Anyway, it's a bit of a volatile combination. Please, if I'm curt or snappish or something, don't take it too personally. Also, Nick will remain asleep for the moment.

Cause its needed.

Thanks. A ton.

by **ApertureScienceInc** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:46 pm

Sick and in bed, car tire flat too. Mind not be putting together words good.

by **Tiltjuice** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:00 pm

Apparently everyone's having a shitty day.

by **Fvaarniimar** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:02 pm

Tiltjuice wrote:Apparently everyone's having a shitty day.

Nice.

by **ApertureScienceInc** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:18 pm

As I am deathly ill, refer to me as Cave Johnson. I know I will have the insanity to think that I am.

by **The BranRiech** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:24 pm

Just got to Dayton, everyone! We're hanging in the hotel room, very glad I brought my Chromebook with. I'll get a post up now.

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