Obligatory Introduction Post
Greetings WTFRPG (what does that acronym even stand for..?). I'm StoneBasilisk; a wandering roleplayer in search of a purpose in life. I'm no stranger to RPing, but I've never had the chance to try forum-based gaming yet.
My origins are a lesser-known backwater known as the Cortex Roleplaying Engine - a mod/'custom game' for Starcraft II that presents the roleplaying genre in a visual format. I could spend hours rattling away about it, but suffice to say that it was how I started RPing in the first place, and that I eventually got sick of how very few people tried to improve themselves, and how -
Well, apparently I'm rattling about it anyway. Sorry about that. Next time, I'll let some poor sap ask me about Cortex before I launch into a eye-gouging rant.
Long story short, I decided to look for greener pastures elsewhere. Unfortunately, it's difficult to adapt when everyone else takes the forum style for granted. Several times I've joined a new site, only to retreat later because I lack the nerve to join a game. Not to mention the sites like RoleplayGateway that place emphasis on customized, unorthodox systems that I simply can't figure out.
Anyways, I'm here now, I joined up because whatthehell, and I hope this will be more fruitful than most other times.
Towards roleplay styles and preferences... I generally play female characters, and I have a soft spot for eccentric personalities. I enjoy fantasy more than futuristic/tech settings, if only because I find a wizard a bit more interesting than a cyborg commando.
Generally, I prefer to play a secondary character, rather than be forced to uphold an RP as the main hero/villain. I also place more emphasis on character interaction and development than story. Perhaps that last one's a bit of a flaw, but I was raised to appreciate such details.
I also tend to bite a bit at cliches like zombie hordes and expies of Lord Sauron, and I'm not fond of godmodders or Mary Sues either. A bit of baggage from my Cortex days, mostly.
I have no idea how to make this introduction end without being so sudden, so I'll just cut away right now. Hopefully, I'll amass the nerve to join a roleplay here that doesn't require a lengthy archive binge beforehand so I don't end up skewering the lore and embarrassing myself. This 'Character Pool' system sounds like a lovely idea, though...
