Congrats, potr! I must say you deserve it!

hmmm... I think all the RPs I'm in have slowed drastically ... it must be a conspiracy. *glances around suspiciously*

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w00t for PotR.

Lol, FM. I just avoid getting involved in RP romance. *glances at Star Crystal* well, somewhat. None of my characters are involved in it, anyways. It just gets confusing (for poor confusable me), and I have no rl experience to back it up.

Yes. It's a conspiracy, Valera, between my brain and my parents, who think I spend more time on the computer than is good for me. To that end, they have probably plotted with my brain to drain my creativity from me. I shall prevail, though, and post a lot!!! w00t.

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*pokes in head* Hello? Anyone still remember me? (<slight sarcasm) I havn't posted here in a while.... Lol, I haven't posted much at all on AU in a while... Congrats, potr!

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No, I don't remember you. Who are you?
































lol, j/k.

Welcome back to the land of the Coolest, SG.

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Congrats, PotR! And of course I remember you, SG! lol

I'm sure you have more ideas, LDM, but I had a couple of thoughts for future RP Guild contests- a RP race of the month, and RP land of the month. With the race of the month, entrants (is that a word?) would have to come up with and describe their own race of people/animals. I'm sure y'all figured that out, but I was confusing myself. lol

^^'Course, Aerandir! So, would 'The land of the coolest' apply to all of AU, or just us RPG junkies?

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Cool ideas, Elenya! here's another one: have everyone pick a charrie they've already come up with and write backstory or a dream sequence, not to exceed, say, 250 words. That would keep it short enough so ppl wouldn't feel intimidated by super long posts (not to pick on you wonderful folks who do write novels )

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NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only 250 words, Valera? *whimper* I don't know if I would be able to manage it. How 'bout a max of.....500? That's not too big.

Cool ideas, though, both Elenya and Valera. I'm soooooooooo going to win the 'Race of the Month' though. I've got more ideas than I let out in the 'RPG Idea of the Month' bit.

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So sure, eh? Well I have a few ideas up my sleeve... Good ones. (For the most part) and [s]VICTORY SHALL BE MINE![/s] I might mabye kinda sorta get 3rd place if this specific event were to occur sometime in the future.

Hey, have you noticed that my statment becomes less and less intimidating as I type? Cool, huh? Seriously, I don't think I would stand a chance at any of y'all.

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Lol, SG. I'm sure you stand a fighting chance. Perhaps we'll all rip each others things to shred and then nobody will win.

But that wouldn't be very condusive to friendship now, would it.

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I've probably written or started quite a few of those....but they're all over 250 words by quite a bit and my current one has gotten to be eight pages on notebook paper, double-spaced

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That's a cool idea too, Valera! I'd have to think about that one.
I don't know, I do have a few ideas of my own for RP races! *sneaky eyes* lol

Wow, there you go. Excellent ideas, I shall have to try those.

All right here's a question. How do you come up with your names? I used to fill out the bio first, then sit there and spontaneously have typing spasms to see what comes out. As demonstrated...

fjdwaoin

Hmm... take out the j... add an l... Fdwaloin. Try saying that 10 times fast Lately I've grown lazy and resorted to random name generators.

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For fantasy names, I used to randomly come up with names, sometimes by twisting a "real" name till it sounds fantasy-ish. Other times I'd come up with a name off the top of my head. I've gotten lazy too, and have been using name generators lately.

For "real" names, I usually go to behindthename.com and browse the ethnicity section that I want my name to be. I've been looking in Scottish and Irish names more and more. lol

I think we had this topic around twenty-pages or so. My answer is still the same.

If it's anything besides LotR, I normally make them up off of the top of my head, or, if I'm feeling lazy, I'll take a not-so-well-known name from a book that I like and alter it (or not) to use it.

If it's LotR, though, I either use an existing name or just employ a random name generator.

Fantastic name-making skills, LDM Is that how you came up with Kendath?

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Yeah... We did have this topic. Ah well.

For LotR names, I usually go to EoA and pick out a lesser known character and use their name. Or I go to a site (Such as AU) And go to the name translation section and pic out a name of reasonable size.

For non-LotR names... Well, Usually I write out the entire bio, so that I have a complete mental picture of the person, then I pick out a 'letter' for the person (i.e. The letter I think of when I see the person. For instense (sp), LDM's letter would be 'R' (I don't know why) Meldawen's would be 'M', and Aerandir's would be.... Hmm. Either 'A' or 'U' (Again, don't ask. I don't know. )] anyway, long story short, I build off of that. Or, I use name genoraters from time to time.

And I agree with Aerandir, LDM, very nice name making skills you have. (Hm. Sounded a bit 'Yoda-ish'... Ah well) I might have to try that sometime.... Though I'd probably end up with somting like shmiednor, by looking at the blobs of letters I can make.

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