Sarakitteh

After some bad experiences last year, I took a long break from CoH to try and get away from those experiences and have some time to recover. Now I'm feeling better enough that I want to try and get back into things. The problem is, I don't really have anyone on my friends list that's both still active in-game and able to help me out. I've decided to start small: I'm going to curb my alt addiction (or try to) and focus on one character, since I have a lot of other stuff going on as well outside CoH. The character I've decided to focus on is "Hellcatte", aka Eve Zharim. I am not really looking for a group, since I am socially awkward and don't do well with many people at once, and also because Eve is holding her own personal SG just for the base (her house). I am looking for anyone who might like to be friends with her, and ideally a romantic partner for her as well. Here is some basic info - About Eve: Rogue alignment. She commits crimes for money, especially robberies for either direct cash or valuables to sell. Adult in her late 20s. Any character under 21 is too young and not welcome, sorry. High maximum power level. Her powers rely on a particular fuel, so she can be slightly weaker than an average civilian when deprived of the source long enough, and stand toe to toe with incarnates when juiced up. If you dislike strong characters, turn back and have a nice day 🙂 Nerd/Gamer Girl. Loves video games and anime, including adult varieties of both. Get to know her enough and she will talk about Pokémon. Heterosexual. Only interested sexually/romantically in men, but happy to have girl talk with platonic female friends. Holds Grudges. Don't piss her off. One of her ex-partners was caught cheating on her and got thrown into a building. About me (OOC): Everlasting Shard/Server. My characters are all based here, including Hellcatte. Reactive RP style. I'm usually not very good at coming up with plots or setting a scene, I struggle to take the lead in roleplay and I am way better at responding than initiating. If you have similar issues, we are going to have a bad time. Eastern Daylight Time. I have no trouble working with other timezones, but I am mostly around during the afternoon/early evening (like 11 am to 9 pm). This isn't set in stone or anything and I can probably be available later sometimes, but right now this is mostly accurate, barring other commitments. Any timezones that are 7 hours or more apart from me may be tough to schedule with, keep that in mind. No Dark Themes! I'm not a fan of them, not looking to get into anything depressing or super crazy villainous or deal with people who love making their characters suffer. Romance RP. This is mainly what I'm looking for, it's my preference and the type of RP I most enjoy. Just keep in mind what should be in-character and not out of character please ♥ Adults Only. Should be obvious but I'll put it here anyway. I'm in my early 30s, Eve is a very Adult Contenttm character due to her power source. I'm looking for romance RP with her so, to be blunt, ERP is a part of that. Stuff can of course happen off-screen if we're short on time or setting up a new scene etc etc, but it isn't going to be off-screen every time. If this sounds good then please send me a message and we can talk more! I'm happy to answer any questions related to things here, I can also share her in-game description. I don't post on the forums a lot so I tried to avoid saying anything inappropriate, which is why I don't name Eve's power source here. I will update once I'm good on RP friends or my post will sit here for ages and decay, we'll see what happens!

Thank you!! I really appreciate the suggestions. I'll see if I can make it to check out that event on Sunday.

No, no it is not. I was talking about the forums I mentioned in the original post, which definitely is not the Roleplaying thread here. Also, the Roleplaying thread here is not a thread specifically dedicated to connections, so that makes even less sense.

This is true, and I'm working on branching out with the help of a good friend, as well as trying to interact with my SG more. But I thought it would be a good idea to try and forge more relations on my own, because I don't want to be overly reliant on a very small handful of people with their own lives, I've just been having trouble with that. I love my SG and I probably don't have the time for another one on top of that, but we are still small and most folks aren't around every day. I've been able to RP with 2 or 3 outside event times so far. By the time I found out about it, it was pre-existing. I don't know who made it but it was a whole forum section of its own on a "Roleplayers coalition" community forum.

First off, you are going to be judged regardless of whether they've met you IC or not, and someone who thinks they don't like your character or style without ever meeting you has no reason to want to meet you. That defeats the purpose of looking for people to connect with, because someone who isn't going to connect with you is not relevant. Secondly, the reason this thread was made in the first place is because the option of 'jump in on people' either is very, very limited or doesn't exist at all. Where are you finding these people that you don't actually know beforehand that you're just spontaneously engaging? Are you hanging around Pocket D and jumping into a single large group that are all acquainted already?

Providing information about the characters you're looking to RP, like a small description of their personality (or a carrd if people do that for their personal chars, I've seen a few for venues) and for example whether they're a hero, villain, rogue etc. On top of the things you mentioned, in my opinion these are the vital tidbits.

Yes, this! Keeping it simple would be great, provide vital info and if someone's interested, more things can be worked out in messages.

I see a lot of topics and comments here about people not being good at club scenes or disliking them, and while I don't exactly have anything against clubs, I agree that it's really difficult to break into an established circle of people you have no connection to. So what's the solution? How can we meet our fellow RPers we've yet to be acquainted with, if not through Pocket D or the various club events happening at night? In-Character teams might be one answer, but that can't work for everyone or every different type of character out there. One thing I really liked about another game I played was that the forums had a 'Making Connections' thread, so people could post what they were looking for and others could respond either to that post or by messaging them privately. It would be nice if we had something like that here, but I'm open to any other suggestions on how to get involved with RPers outside my supergroup.

I agree with this, it would be nice to have more options for tails and ears especially. Raccoon definitely would be cool to see options for, and I'd personally like to see a fluffier cat tail available because those would be more round while the wolf tails end in a pointed tip. It would be nice to have proper fox ears, but the wolf tail is pretty easy to color like a fox. We also don't really have dog ears or any sort of dog tail, so that'd be cool to see.

This, entirely. One-hundred percent agree with this point. Even with the fact the game was just recently brought back after several years, it doesn't make any sense at all to revamp the task forces back to how they were and literally get rid of the current ones. I personally vastly prefer Penelope Yin's TF over Sister Psyche's, and Miss Liberty's TF is pretty much the same as Statesman's but just with her as the contact instead. I know Sister Psyche's TF is available in Ouroboros, I could see them implementing the old Lord Recluse one into Ouroboros if they had the time for people who just can't handle a single mission being easier to complete. Statesman's though? Do we really need that if it already exists under a different name?

244 merits is a very very good incentive to run it for me. Just because you (or even many people) find it boring isn't a reason to entirely rule out a particular task force from being a strike target, I'm sure several people will still run it for the merits, the badge, or both.