Post by Arikarka on Jan 9, 2019 16:41:28 GMT
Hello everyone!
I always like posting up an introduction of myself on any new RP board, and Waterdeep is not going to be an exception. So hi, my name is Arikarka, Ari for short, and I have a long history of RP through a various of forms and settings. I like introducing myself and sharing a bit about me because I want to be part of a community, not just a character on a screen. I like getting to know the others who are in the community as well, and hope to learn more about you all in turn.
I started with play by post back in… like… the early 2000s. It was a wolf RP and I have no regrets even if I’m sure if I ever found that old writing I’d cringe. My writing continued and eventually I found myself on anime and superpower-themed boards in 2005-ish time. I was on a site that was heavy active until it imploded and collapsed on itself in maybe 2011? The dates are fuzzy, but they aren’t important either. The key thing is I started in play by post and it is by far one of my favorite hobbies. So much in fact I ended up graduating from college in 2012 with a minor in creative writing.
I dipped my toes in tabletop RP, with the Pathfinder system, in late 2013 and was hooked immediately. Since then I have played through at least 5-6 Pathfinder Adventure Paths (Aps), several homebrew games set in the 5e rulebook, two Starfinder games, a Shadowrun game -in progress- and will be starting a Pathfinder 2.0 game this month.
Roleplay aside, I myself am 28 years old, female, and currently planning out how to move across the country in April. My roommate and I are moving in with my long-term significant other (we’ll be celebrating 11 years April 29th) – the story of how this is our current standing in life is a long one and boring if you don’t ask for it XD. With us will be my dog, Dovahkiin (Dovah for short – yes, named after Skyrim) who is a complete couch potato. He’s a golden/pyrenes mix I adopted 2 years ago.
Professional life-wise I work in sales. It’s boring as hell, but I have a lot of downtime in it which allows me to write in-between jobs. So I’m mostly online and writing 9am-4pm EST. I have two graduate degrees, one in Sustainable Business and the other in Business Administration. I have RPed at a table that had people ranging from 18 through mid 30s – age at a RP table only matters if you can’t handle yourself in a mature manner in regards to dealing with others at the table or you can’t separate IC from OOC. I have had a multi-year, consistent, several games-going-at-the-same-time RP group fall apart because one snit of a grown woman (33) couldn’t handle separating IC events and took everything 1000% personally, and let it ‘destroy her mental life, crying, and not being able to sleep.’ I wish I was making this up or exaggerating. I have screenshots to prove it.
So please, if you ever have issues with how I RP a character, or think something seems unfair, know I never share my opinions of my characters. They are fantasy characters. Their opinions are fantasy. They do not compare to my real life OOC opinions, believes, or values. Okay, so there’s some overlap – but that’s another discussion altogether. Just know, tl;dr, IC is IC, OOC is OOC. I promise I just want to write and enjoy my hobby, and make stories with others. Please don’t be a Debby Downer and take things personally.
That tangent aside… sorry about that…I’m still a bit salty over it – but that drama has lead me here! So silver linings are what make the world go around. I am ecstatic to get to know a new community, especially one as new as Waterdeep is, and I hope to become a respected and enjoyable RP/community member to be around. You can always PM me on Discord – I’m almost always online during my daylight hours via my phone. I love to chat, so let’s chat and get to know one another.
And oh! I love creating code for profiles, post templates, and fancy shit like that in order to have a visual experience as well as a written one. I often, too, include music in my posts, or images to help set the scene. I hope no one minds it.
Nice to meet you all
<3 Ari
I always like posting up an introduction of myself on any new RP board, and Waterdeep is not going to be an exception. So hi, my name is Arikarka, Ari for short, and I have a long history of RP through a various of forms and settings. I like introducing myself and sharing a bit about me because I want to be part of a community, not just a character on a screen. I like getting to know the others who are in the community as well, and hope to learn more about you all in turn.
I started with play by post back in… like… the early 2000s. It was a wolf RP and I have no regrets even if I’m sure if I ever found that old writing I’d cringe. My writing continued and eventually I found myself on anime and superpower-themed boards in 2005-ish time. I was on a site that was heavy active until it imploded and collapsed on itself in maybe 2011? The dates are fuzzy, but they aren’t important either. The key thing is I started in play by post and it is by far one of my favorite hobbies. So much in fact I ended up graduating from college in 2012 with a minor in creative writing.
I dipped my toes in tabletop RP, with the Pathfinder system, in late 2013 and was hooked immediately. Since then I have played through at least 5-6 Pathfinder Adventure Paths (Aps), several homebrew games set in the 5e rulebook, two Starfinder games, a Shadowrun game -in progress- and will be starting a Pathfinder 2.0 game this month.
Roleplay aside, I myself am 28 years old, female, and currently planning out how to move across the country in April. My roommate and I are moving in with my long-term significant other (we’ll be celebrating 11 years April 29th) – the story of how this is our current standing in life is a long one and boring if you don’t ask for it XD. With us will be my dog, Dovahkiin (Dovah for short – yes, named after Skyrim) who is a complete couch potato. He’s a golden/pyrenes mix I adopted 2 years ago.
Professional life-wise I work in sales. It’s boring as hell, but I have a lot of downtime in it which allows me to write in-between jobs. So I’m mostly online and writing 9am-4pm EST. I have two graduate degrees, one in Sustainable Business and the other in Business Administration. I have RPed at a table that had people ranging from 18 through mid 30s – age at a RP table only matters if you can’t handle yourself in a mature manner in regards to dealing with others at the table or you can’t separate IC from OOC. I have had a multi-year, consistent, several games-going-at-the-same-time RP group fall apart because one snit of a grown woman (33) couldn’t handle separating IC events and took everything 1000% personally, and let it ‘destroy her mental life, crying, and not being able to sleep.’ I wish I was making this up or exaggerating. I have screenshots to prove it.
So please, if you ever have issues with how I RP a character, or think something seems unfair, know I never share my opinions of my characters. They are fantasy characters. Their opinions are fantasy. They do not compare to my real life OOC opinions, believes, or values. Okay, so there’s some overlap – but that’s another discussion altogether. Just know, tl;dr, IC is IC, OOC is OOC. I promise I just want to write and enjoy my hobby, and make stories with others. Please don’t be a Debby Downer and take things personally.
That tangent aside… sorry about that…
And oh! I love creating code for profiles, post templates, and fancy shit like that in order to have a visual experience as well as a written one. I often, too, include music in my posts, or images to help set the scene. I hope no one minds it.
Nice to meet you all
<3 Ari