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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: buddha on May 03, 2005, 06:46:57 am

Title: Hero or Sidekick?
Post by: buddha on May 03, 2005, 06:46:57 am
I think PS is hero heavy.

Me: Sidekick or \"Special Direction Extra\"

What about you?  Hero?  Extra? Sidekick?
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Post by: lynx_lupo on May 03, 2005, 08:58:25 am
sidekick to Nature.
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Post by: verideon on May 03, 2005, 12:57:41 pm
I\'m defenitely an extra or maybe a sidekick, one of those two. Definately not a hero, my only heroes are the developers who have been busily creating one of my favourite games, Planeshift. and no i\'m not sucking up either. If I was old enough i\'d become a developer.
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Post by: Zan on May 03, 2005, 01:12:34 pm
Well I have to say both a Hero and a simple Nolthrir.

My character doesn\'t have any of the skills to be an actual hero in the stereotypical sense of the word. But he does have \'heroic\' aspirations and dreams and I think that is what makes the game world different from the real world. As it should.

In games we can have far grander goals than in real life .. so why settle for a character that is say .. a boring housewife .. when you can be a tefusang slaying femme fatale?

Even in a society of heroes there will be favorites and grander heroes than others .. the bar just gets raised a bit higher.
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Post by: Annah on May 03, 2005, 01:23:16 pm
Everyone is the hero of his own journey through his life ;)
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Post by: verideon on May 03, 2005, 01:23:57 pm
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My character doesn\'t have any of the skills to be an actual hero in the stereotypical sense of the word.


everyone\'s character is a hero in the eyes of the user of that character. even though they may be this weak useless character that does nothing, in the eyes of the creator they are a masterpiece.
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Post by: Cyl on May 03, 2005, 01:27:22 pm
Hmm, I aint really sure, I would say in ashes we are sidekicks to each others, or heroes together.
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Post by: verideon on May 03, 2005, 01:36:07 pm
we could be that but the message in that is proberly something like, we are all equals wether there is a 50lvl differance or anything. So yeah I think we are really equals in Planeshift just like most of us are in real-life. But some people serve others so does that mean that those people are not included in that?
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Post by: MaidenIndigo on May 03, 2005, 03:19:25 pm
Actually, my character would be an extra on the set of a zombie movie.  There are tons of other extras dressed nearly the same and doing the same thing.  I have no desire to be well known in life, so that makes its way into the game.  My character is an Enkidukai from Kran Village, daughter of a bartender and barmaid.  Nothing special.

She just didn\'t like Kran Village so now she\'s in Hydlaa working an equally boring job for Kada El\'s, trying to control the rat population.  There are plenty of people like that.

Partially because only people with lame storymaking abilities always seem to make that their backstory. =/

~Indi
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Post by: John_Thazer on May 03, 2005, 05:34:56 pm
How about a Villain? Say like...:D certain people here...:D
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Post by: buddha on May 03, 2005, 05:41:40 pm
Oooh, I\'m glad to see villains hanging around!  I think that many of the \"greatest warrior ever\" characters are played by the younger players, who can\'t really pull off the role.  That leaves Wormtongue / Fagan types like me playing second to inferior players.  I don\'t mind being obsequious and sycophantic, provided the player on the other end understands the dynamic and can contriibute.
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Post by: Under the moon on May 03, 2005, 08:15:49 pm
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everyone\'s character is a hero in the eyes of the user of that character. even though they may be this weak useless character that does nothing, in the eyes of the creator they are a masterpiece.


Have you met Arnigus yet? :D

On the other hand, my char from CoS is not exactly a hero. Nor is he a villan. He simply follows the path before him. Sad really. You\'ll see what I mean when I start my third CoS story.
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Post by: Monketh on May 04, 2005, 01:26:50 am
I\'m more of an overly convenient, sci-fi-esque plot anomaly, really.  The kind that gets you accused of bad writing.  :P
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Post by: Caldazar on May 04, 2005, 11:35:44 am
Holy heroism batman.

I\'m somewhere between a hero and a sidekick. Like a mix between Batman and Robin. I get to wear tights, cape and a cool mask.
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Post by: Phinehas on May 05, 2005, 04:18:09 pm
Phinehas is definitely capable of being a hero, but he has many weaknesses, too. We\'ll just have to see if they drag him down, or if he rises in spite of them.
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Post by: Keyaz on May 05, 2005, 04:52:16 pm
Ensign noname! \\o/
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Post by: Leiraine on May 05, 2005, 09:32:20 pm
Definitely a sidekick. Lei doesn\'t have any desire to lead and do great things, and she\'s quite happy staying in the background unnoticed as much as possible.. in the end, she gets whatever she needs anyway 0:)
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Post by: Aiselyn on May 06, 2005, 04:40:34 am
Aiselyn would either be a sidekick or an extra, more likely an extra. She can be fairly outgoing on the outside, but is more reserved than she let\'s off. She couldn\'t handle the extra pressure involved with being a hero. ;)


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On the other hand, my char from CoS is not exactly a hero. Nor is he a villan. He simply follows the path before him. Sad really. You\'ll see what I mean when I start my third CoS story.


You see though, that depends on what you define a hero as. I for one would consider one who just lives life the way they want a hero. If that\'s what he\'s doing, then I think that could just as well be a hero. :)
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Post by: buddha on May 06, 2005, 06:32:37 am
I\'m glad people are saying \"sidekick\".  It\'s easy to be the hero, you get to sit back and be cool and say nothing.  But playing a sidekick or an extra, there is more give and take.  You have to be willing to do the \"hey spike! hey spike!\" thing.  That\'s hard.  The more we give by randomly walking up to each other, the more the whole world becomes enriched.
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Post by: Under the moon on May 06, 2005, 10:27:37 am
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You see though, that depends on what you define a hero as. I for one would consider one who just lives life the way they want a hero. If that\'s what he\'s doing, then I think that could just as well be a hero. :)

Read the second to last chapter, \"Fate and Fury\" in \'Chain of Souls\' and you will get a small hint of what he will go through in book three of CoS. He definately does not lead life as he wishes.

Arnigus Faymore (the one running the election), I\'m not sure how to classify him. Not a hero, not a sidekick, not an extra. Hmmm....any suggestions?

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Post by: John_Thazer on May 08, 2005, 10:34:48 pm
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Oooh, I\'m glad to see villains hanging around!  I think that many of the \"greatest warrior ever\" characters are played by the younger players, who can\'t really pull off the role.  That leaves Wormtongue / Fagan types like me playing second to inferior players.  I don\'t mind being obsequious and sycophantic, provided the player on the other end understands the dynamic and can contriibute.


Now where is Xordan...hm...Hiding again...:D
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Post by: Aiselyn on May 09, 2005, 09:25:49 pm
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You see though, that depends on what you define a hero as. I for one would consider one who just lives life the way they want a hero. If that\'s what he\'s doing, then I think that could just as well be a hero. :)

Read the second to last chapter, \"Fate and Fury\" in \'Chain of Souls\' and you will get a small hint of what he will go through in book three of CoS. He definately does not lead life as he wishes.

Arnigus Faymore (the one running the election), I\'m not sure how to classify him. Not a hero, not a sidekick, not an extra. Hmmm....any suggestions?




That\'s why I said \'if that\'s what he\'s doing...I wasn\'t too sure if that was the life he lead. :)