Well I suppose I'll do this

[calintz]

I'm not much for introducing myself, but given my administrative background with forums, I know that they're helpful in more ways than one. So where to begin:

I'm Calintz, that's the main name I've gone by for a good number of years, primarily on IRC networks. I've been fighting/roleplaying for quite awhile on IRC, as I was never into forum fighting/roleplaying. If I had to say how long, I'd have to say over 10 years. My writing, at the moment, isn't nearly as good as it used to be, since I don't really do it much anymore. There's a lot of attitude with this generation, that I've noticed, so it isn't as much fun as it used to be.

I'm currently one of the admins at Overworldrp.org, which is how I heard about you guys, since Nascent joined. It's a decent little community, which is currently holding the Grand Tournament for 2011. If there's anything else you'd like to know about me, feel free to ask. I do give lessons every now and again, but not too often. I've become kind of picky about who I train.

So yeah.. There it is.

[terralventhe]

Nice t'meetcha. It's always good to see new faces. After readin' up on Nas' thread on your boards, I hope to see more of you and your fellow Sparrers make their way onto the scene. The more the merrier and all that.

[calintz]

Likewise. We're hopin' to see more people as well. We need some fresh faces haha

[terralventhe]

Hehe, I was considering checking in to try out your tournament. I'm not really as legendary as Nas is, though we share a similar degree of seniority and experience in the art of sparring and roleplay. In truth, I haven't actually done any real roleplay sparring in.. oof.. probably close to four or five years now I think.

[cirrus]

Hello Calintz!~ Welcome to SoV. I'm Cirrus, one of the other newbies I guess...although I was around before so it's all kinda confusing? Yeah...>.>;

[fiction]

I guess I better say heya as well! I'm Fict...fuck it, I'm Nova, sometimes go by Fiction but everyone knows me as Nova XD. I'm...the forums baby. I've been Rp'ing for 3 and a bit years, since I was 12. But I've never reaaallllyyyy sparred. (Naaaassssssss -puppy eyes-). I'm more of the faffing about kind of writer as things stand, events and stuff.

Still, I hope I can show there's SOME hope for my depraved generation. Though that would be achieving the impossible, if I'm honest. XDD

[calintz]

Haha well hey. I don't think it'll be impossible.. It'll just be harder. Who knows... The younger generation might wise up sometime. haha

[fiction]

I hope so...maybe I won't feel as alone XD I only have my sister so far... Its good going, I swear! XD

[ashley]

The younger generation might wise up sometime.

>> Sorry about the minority that go and make a bad impression, most of us get dragged along because we don't want to be rejected, because humans are social animals, we want/need to be part of a group. Anyway, I though it was the 18-27 year-olds going out and getting drunk in the streets.

Anyway, I'm Morri/Ashley, I'm not a mod or admin or anything, I'm just the wannabe-reviewer on the site who is very opinionated. I'm a little bit argumentative when it comes to some subjects, but I don't hold grudges.
Nova, whom you have been acquainted with, is my twin sister. Don't get me wrong, we are completely separate people, we don't act or look like each other (I hope not DX).

I look forward to seeing what you can do on our young forum we have blossoming here.

[calintz]

Haha oh I know they're not all like that. There are a few that have great potential, from what I've seen... It's just the ones that I see most often have terrible attitudes. The "I'm right and you're wrong" kind of attitude. But, not everyone can be lumped into that category. But I'm looking forward to see what kind of potential there is here. I've been "retired" for quite awhile, but I indulge every now and again.

[Admin Roc]

Sorry about the long delay in posting Calintz; today's the first day this week that I haven't been swamped with either post-con recovery or long work hours, so I shall attempt to give you a proper SoV greeting now, albeit a bit belated.

And of course, with me a proper greeting ALWAYS involves welcome muffins. Preferably the weaponized and/or psychopathic variety. Those, by the way, are from the 'grenade' batch. ^_^

Ah, but in all seriousness, welcome to our humble little experiment. As for the attitudes of the younger gen of RPers, it's unfortunate that you've been exposed to that lot. I can guarantee you, though, that here we'll teach more than just writing skills but basic RP etiquette and decorum, too. So if you run across any smart-aleks who need straightening out, lemme know and between our two sites we'll work the rough spots right out of 'em.

[calintz]

Haha no problem. I definitely understand being busy. I haven't had much to do at work lately, so I've used that time to spruce up Overworld a bit. I'm hoping to get a few more features that'll kinda push it up to where people would want to come. But, overall it's doing well feature wise. As for the younger kids... Most of us go through an arrogant phase. I went through mine a long time ago where I thought I was the best ever, and all that... But these kids tend to take it a little far. Personal pot shots are taken and people are trolled until they no longer want to do it anymore, and that's an issue. The entire fighting/rp community is dying out. It's far from dying completely, as there will always be people doing it.. But there are different rules and guidelines ever, so the things that someone like me may be used to is dying out.

However; I am working on making a different type of roleplay on Overworld, if anyone would be interested. I'm not trying to steal users of course, as I'd rather this be a collaboration, but I'd like to see how well it goes. Essentially it's roleplaying and fighting combined.. However.. There are objectives to be completed, and a definite ending to the story. The one I have going on now is a DragonBall Z themed roleplay where the Z Fighters must meet, interact, and then defeat Broly. Now... The roleplay will start off like a regular roleplay. Each person has a character, and they will roleplay. There will be OOC discussion taken care VIA pm (I've added a bcc mod that will make messaging multiple people easier) and they will work together, instead of against eachother, to form a fun and interactive story. Kind of like a multi-writer fanfic. There will, however, be fighting involved, but it'll be slightly different. Modding won't be an issue considering it's a rolelpay, but it'll have similar elements as a fight.. It's something that'll take a little work, but eventually I'd like to even make a competition with it. Have teams sign up and give each team a storyline and a list of objectives. Then each team will write out their roleplay and whoever comes up with the best story wins. These can be rated with creativity, writing ability (Which will be averaged) and how many objectives successfully completed, while still making sense to the storyline.

All in all I think it'll definitely be a good thing for everyone, even older generation fighters/roleplayers. It'll teach some of the newer generation to respect and work with other fighters instead of constantly being thrown in endless competition. It'll also teach better writing skills, and help with creativity. If you're interested feel free to check it out on Overworld. (I know you said we could be affiliated, but I'm not into posting links without permission. Kind of a respect thing. Lol)

Anyway.. I'm done rambling now.