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Other GAMES! Writing/character creation,

Hi guys!


I wanna play a fun game inspired by last year's character comp! Instructions:


1) Anybody at all can share a song!


2) players create a character inspired by that song!


3) The person who shares the song picks a timeframe (between 1hr-1wk) and judges the winner after this time has elapsed. The winner should show creativity, originality and have responded thoughtfully to the prompt. The song-chooser can also set other instructions.


Some rules: 

There's no rules about how to interpret the song, you might be inspired by the lyrics, melody, tone, mood, genre/time period, whatever!)

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- You can present your character however you want (in terms of sheets etc) but you must include a prose passage introducing them, as you would in a RP. Also please specify what type/genre of roleplay this character would be for. This is meant to be a fun challenge so have fun, we're all rooting for you! 


- please @ person whose prompt you are responding to. 


- any type of music is welcome, let's try to get a variety


- Follow the usual site rules and be awesome to each other


- If you suggest a song please remember to return and pick a winner


only enter  each comp once, but you can enter multiple comps!



A character sheet you can use to design your character (song-choosers can specify different sheets, or not specify a sheet at all)

Genre of RP:


Species:


Name:


Age:


Occupation/Background (approx. 1-3 paragraphs):


Appearance: 


Personality: 


(feel free to add others: powers, weapons, relationships, nationality etc.)


And most importantly, a prose extract (2+ paragraphs) introducing the character as you would in a roleplay: 



- Have fun!


I'll go first, here's your song you have 24 hours! [expired]
 
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I just have one concern and it's that the time limits are rather unfair. 48 hours at maximum means that a lot of people will be stuck with being unable to participate by the sheer fact that they might slower at character making or because they are busy with real life, a problem which is all the more relevant when you take into account that for all that matters this character making is going into the character making itself,not an RP. 


To put it short, I don't think anything else than 5 days to a week at minimum to be a reasonable time to construct characters for each prompt
 
I just have one concern and it's that the time limits are rather unfair. 48 hours at maximum means that a lot of people will be stuck with being unable to participate by the sheer fact that they might slower at character making or because they are busy with real life, a problem which is all the more relevant when you take into account that for all that matters this character making is going into the character making itself,not an RP. 


To put it short, I don't think anything else than 5 days to a week at minimum to be a reasonable time to construct characters for each prompt



Cool, let's open the rules out to allow people to set times longer than 48hours! You can set a challenge for a week if you like and see if anyone enters (I will!) I'll keep mine at 24 hours and see if anyone bites.


For me the short time frame is part of the game, if you have spare time (waiting for a partner to reply or something) you can come down and see what you can come up with. And because you have constraints (the prompt, the time limit) it shakes up your usual writing methods and you end up making really surprising stuff!  Writing games are all about setting challenges, and you'll be judged with those challenges in mind.


But go ahead and set one for a week if you think there'll be more participation! Or if you don't maybe I will. 
 
Well I'm a good example since I have a test tomorrow, another in three days and another one in the following day- plus my own RPs to GM and post for. No way I have time to make a new character between today and tomorrow
 
@Idea you won't have time to join my challenge then but you might have time to join another one at another point!


Would you like to post your own song/challenge? You don't have to put to much thought into it, if you want to you can just put the first thing that comes to your head :)  
 
@Idea you won't have time to join my challenge then but you might have time to join another one at another point!


Would you like to post your own song/challenge? You don't have to put to much thought into it, if you want to you can just put the first thing that comes to your head :)  

I will I will, when I can focus enough to pick a song
 
Prompt #2 [closed] 


you have one week to complete this challenge! Design a character inspired by this song:










Anyone who wants to suggest a song can do so, we can have four open at a time.
 
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Everybody you still got 4 hours to create a character inspired by Shudder to Think's "Hot One," if you do it you'll almost certainly win regardless of what you come up with because nobody's entered! XD 


UPDATE: @Idea you win because I feel like you WOULD have come up with something great, given half the chance. 


The Rusholme Ruffians comp is still open!
 
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Everybody you still got 4 hours to create a character inspired by Shudder to Think's "Hot One," if you do it you'll almost certainly win regardless of what you come up with because nobody's entered! XD 


UPDATE: @Idea you win because I feel like you WOULD have come up with something great, given half the chance. 


The Rusholme Ruffians comp is still open!

Lol
 
UPDATE: I'll be judging the Rusholme Ruffians comp around this time in four days! Get on in!


Also, please feel free to start your own comp by posting a song! 
 
I actually really like this idea.


It could be a good chance to practice character creation for everyone. I'll stick around and see if the momentum picks up/wait until someone posts a song that particularly inspires me.
 
I'd totally written a whole character for the first song, but I write in notepad, and C+P afterward.  Idk why, but I've always liked just the basic ol' notepad in Win OS.   Of course, I closed it out without saving it when I was in a rush early yesterday morning.  FML.  Oh well.  

I definitely support this.   I just don't know what song I want to add.  Like... Guise... I've got a lot music.... I listen to EVERY genre, too.

Okay, okay..  Okay...  

Good luck

Definitely allowing one week for this one.  On the 24th I'll pick from the entries.
 
I'd totally written a whole character for the first song, but I write in notepad, and C+P afterward.  Idk why, but I've always liked just the basic ol' notepad in Win OS.   Of course, I closed it out without saving it when I was in a rush early yesterday morning.  FML.  Oh well.  

I definitely support this.   I just don't know what song I want to add.  Like... Guise... I've got a lot music.... I listen to EVERY genre, too.

Okay, okay..  Okay...  

Good luck

Definitely allowing one week for this one.  On the 24th I'll pick from the entries.



If you remember what you wrote for the last one please post it! I'd so love to see what you came up with. Maybe I'll post that song again some time. 

oh man I would love to do this 


//vibrates in wait this would be so much fun omg.



Jump in whenever you're ready :D  

I actually really like this idea.


It could be a good chance to practice character creation for everyone. I'll stick around and see if the momentum picks up/wait until someone posts a song that particularly inspires me.



Awesome! Hopefully something you like pops up
 
@Julian Spooner  It was like something around 1,200 words, and I put an excessive amount of detail into it.  Like.... Excessive.  I researched military ranks for like twenty minutes so I could get it right.... The energy has left me. ●︿●   There will be more songs in the future.  (And Alejandro is a cool dude! Excellent musician.)
 
Once again we have an honorary winner, @Soz gets the consolation prize for allegedly putting together a great character for the first comp! 


I have failed to come come up with a character on time for your own contest, but I will post one tonight so that even if it's too late for me to win, we have something to look at ! 
 
Yay!  I love prizes....  Now I feel obligated to re-right it though...  That was... so much energy.   ya, fuck it... can't do it...

It's all good.  A few people mentioned to me how good the song was, and that's enough for me.  Otherwise...

 

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