Con RP

[Thyme]

I have a character, Lexa Mynn, who is secretly a con artist.

I'm looking for someone, preferrably with a lot of money/pricey items (though if you're really interested and don't have much, we could try to work something out), to participate in a big RP con with me and a few others.
Basically, it would involve Lexa sort of seducing/getting close to the person, gaining their trust and being subject to their generosity - the details can get worked out...
Then, at some point, I want Lexa to get caught, and get into some kind of trouble/mess... where it gets publicly revealed that she is a con artist.
There shouldn't be any real violence in the RP, and it's explicitly RP, so no duels or anything like that.

I'm hoping to have it go on for a significant portion of time (minimum 1 week, max 1.5 months?), but I'm flexible.
I have no preference for gender or species, and more details can be worked out later on.

If you're interested, send me a PM, email or /tell me in game
I'm on either as Lexa Mynn or Thyme Zaatar

More info on Lexa:
A young Ynnwn in her early twenties, she's very much unlike most of her race.  She is quite weak, is unable to fight, and has exotic features.  She moves elegantly, has expensive tastes and is very flirtatious.  She really plays on the image of helpless woman in distress, and takes advantage of the generosity of others, especially those who enjoy having their egos flattered.  Why does she do this?  Because she has no real way of defending herself or supporting her expensive tastes, and her natural inclination towards relying on others, makes this an easy and fun way to live.  Also, she justifies her actions by telling herself that she's making the people she cons happy by flattering them, flirting with them, and making them feel good.  Obviously, there are problems with this... which I'm hoping will lead to the drama.

[Edit: I am in GMT-5 time zone, and am generally online sporadically between 2pmGMT & 5amGMT]

[Suno_Regin]

Baston said something about leading people in an RP. The RP isn't really fun if you just layed out the whole script for them in one post...

[Thyme]

sorry if it seems like I ruined the RP..
It's actually my first attempt at doing a planned RP, so you'll have to forgive my mistakes.
I'm hoping that my idea does not completely ruin the possibilities for what the RP can involve, I think there's a lot of possibility for interesting things if there's anyone interested.

[Suno_Regin]

Hey, don't worry. A good way to run a good RP is to setup a story line/plot, maybe base it on recent ingame events (for example, if this character is a con artist, and she recently conned someone, the RP could be some random citizen saying "I got conned! Her name was XXX") and post it! =P

Read a few of the posts in the "In-Game Roleplay" section for a few good/bad ones, hopefully you can tell the difference. XD

[Learch]

I gotta disagree, Suno.

Once this RP starts to happen, there's a chance that this particular RP could be viewed as slandering Lexa. This thread helps set the RP context and avoids any resulting threads getting locked (in addition to actually trying to find volunteers).
As for this thread "leading people in RP", perhaps to some small degree. But I think Thyme is just setting the basic stage from which a lot of RP can be ad-libbed.
I think if Lexa conned someone without them realizing it was RP (which is what I think you're suggesting), that would be viewed far less favorably (i.e. is theft, will likely escalate to involve GMs, etc.)

@ Thyme:
Bonjour! 
I think this is a great idea! (I've thought of doing something similar a while back, pitting some of my alternate characters against each other on the forums).
I'd love to take part, but I'm pretty busy for the month of May with RL things. If you can't find anyone before end of May, I'd be happy to join in June.

[Zan]

I like this idea and don't think you've told your entire plan already. All you said is I'm looking for someone to kiss up to and rob, then get caught. There should be a whole lot more in between those things though and that can only come into existence during the roleplaying.

I think I have some ideas you could use to make this RP real but I'll send them to you in a PM so not everyone knows what's going on behind the screens.

[sardit]

Last time i checked ingame theft wasn't unallowed.
It's mean ofcourse and frowned upon but not outside the rules...

Where does all this gungho houlier then thou paladin view of PS come from i wonder. There are evil characters and they will steal from you. Just as much a pain as the new players opening a trade window on you every time they pass, but still they will be there. Not everyone enjoys playing a helpfull nice guy, i have to be like that in real life far to much. In a game like this you can finally get rid of some frustration by playing an outright arse. It is ONLY roleplay after all !

// SardiT

Watch your language here, please. --Karyuu

[Pestilence]

there is a difference between playing an arse and being one Sardit.

The big difference here being that you would have to actually roleplay stealing something for it to be in character. Otherwise it's just a player being an arse

Back on topic. I think it's not to much data before hand. Think being "evil" is always something that should be handled carefully so to keep the fun in it from both sides. Perhaps the getting caught part should be let open though. The end should be a surprise

[LigH]

Please forgive me not understanding slang - what means "con" in this context "con artist"? I only know it as abbreviation in the term "Pro & Con(tra)". And I can't understand what a "contra-artist" is doing.
...

( P.S.: - Found a dictionary which revealed this mystery. So I understand now. )
__

Gag was obviously hoping for a nice and stable relationship, finally - already starting to be helpful and generous to Lexa; but after LigH read this post, Gag might become a little more doubtful, I'm afraid... Hard to pretend to be still the same. But we'll see how it develops. Maybe it is possible to convince Lexa to find another meaning of life.

[Cyl]

Con means as much as "betray". A con artist is someone who get's close to someone else, then if they gained their trust robs them.

[lanser]

con = confidence trick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick

[zanzibar]

I have a character, Lexa Mynn, who is secretly a con artist.

I'm looking for someone, preferrably with a lot of money/pricey items (though if you're really interested and don't have much, we could try to work something out), to participate in a big RP con with me and a few others.
Basically, it would involve Lexa sort of seducing/getting close to the person, gaining their trust and being subject to their generosity - the details can get worked out...
Then, at some point, I want Lexa to get caught, and get into some kind of trouble/mess... where it gets publicly revealed that she is a con artist.
There shouldn't be any real violence in the RP, and it's explicitly RP, so no duels or anything like that.

I'm hoping to have it go on for a significant portion of time (minimum 1 week, max 1.5 months?), but I'm flexible.
I have no preference for gender or species, and more details can be worked out later on.

If you're interested, send me a PM, email or /tell me in game
I'm on either as Lexa Mynn or Thyme Zaatar

More info on Lexa:
A young Ynnwn in her early twenties, she's very much unlike most of her race.  She is quite weak, is unable to fight, and has exotic features.  She moves elegantly, has expensive tastes and is very flirtatious.  She really plays on the image of helpless woman in distress, and takes advantage of the generosity of others, especially those who enjoy having their egos flattered.  Why does she do this?  Because she has no real way of defending herself or supporting her expensive tastes, and her natural inclination towards relying on others, makes this an easy and fun way to live.  Also, she justifies her actions by telling herself that she's making the people she cons happy by flattering them, flirting with them, and making them feel good.  Obviously, there are problems with this... which I'm hoping will lead to the drama.

[Edit: I am in GMT-5 time zone, and am generally online sporadically between 2pmGMT & 5amGMT]

You have the whole things scripted out already, so what's the point of RPing it?

[Archon]

I have a character, Lexa Mynn, who is secretly a con artist.

I'm looking for someone, preferrably with a lot of money/pricey items (though if you're really interested and don't have much, we could try to work something out), to participate in a big RP con with me and a few others.
Basically, it would involve Lexa sort of seducing/getting close to the person, gaining their trust and being subject to their generosity - the details can get worked out...
Then, at some point, I want Lexa to get caught, and get into some kind of trouble/mess... where it gets publicly revealed that she is a con artist.
There shouldn't be any real violence in the RP, and it's explicitly RP, so no duels or anything like that.

I'm hoping to have it go on for a significant portion of time (minimum 1 week, max 1.5 months?), but I'm flexible.
I have no preference for gender or species, and more details can be worked out later on.

If you're interested, send me a PM, email or /tell me in game
I'm on either as Lexa Mynn or Thyme Zaatar

More info on Lexa:
A young Ynnwn in her early twenties, she's very much unlike most of her race.  She is quite weak, is unable to fight, and has exotic features.  She moves elegantly, has expensive tastes and is very flirtatious.  She really plays on the image of helpless woman in distress, and takes advantage of the generosity of others, especially those who enjoy having their egos flattered.  Why does she do this?  Because she has no real way of defending herself or supporting her expensive tastes, and her natural inclination towards relying on others, makes this an easy and fun way to live.  Also, she justifies her actions by telling herself that she's making the people she cons happy by flattering them, flirting with them, and making them feel good.  Obviously, there are problems with this... which I'm hoping will lead to the drama.

[Edit: I am in GMT-5 time zone, and am generally online sporadically between 2pmGMT & 5amGMT]

You have the whole things scripted out already, so what's the point of RPing it?

Answer:

I gotta disagree, Suno.

Once this RP starts to happen, there's a chance that this particular RP could be viewed as slandering Lexa. This thread helps set the RP context and avoids any resulting threads getting locked (in addition to actually trying to find volunteers).
As for this thread "leading people in RP", perhaps to some small degree. But I think Thyme is just setting the basic stage from which a lot of RP can be ad-libbed.
I think if Lexa conned someone without them realizing it was RP (which is what I think you're suggesting), that would be viewed far less favorably (i.e. is theft, will likely escalate to involve GMs, etc.)

@ Thyme:
Bonjour! 
I think this is a great idea! (I've thought of doing something similar a while back, pitting some of my alternate characters against each other on the forums).
I'd love to take part, but I'm pretty busy for the month of May with RL things. If you can't find anyone before end of May, I'd be happy to join in June.

To me, all Thyme did was set the background. There were no RP spoilers as the RP doesn't have a set script, it's all done during the RP itself. There's different directions on how it could go, specially since there's apparently more planning going on in PMs. I'd love to help out with that, just let me know what's going on so far if you like.

[zanzibar]

there's a chance that this particular RP could be viewed as slandering Lexa.

What's the problem with that?

[Zan]

I think the problem with RPing things that could get people offended, like conning someone could definitely do, is making sure all participants know it is roleplaying. Hence I have to agree that Thyme did the right thing with making the vague concept known.

I also learned one thing from my short time as RM and that is no matter how much planning you put in something, when you actually execute a script you will need to improvise and get off the script. People can't be controlled and a script is only a general guideline that doesn't let you lose track of the intentions of the RP session, nothing more. It is definitely not a 'must do' or 'must say' thing.