Next time on Beast wars!

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

Yay for drama!

Sounds hot! Can't wait to see what happens with her. Better grab my shades.

[Venatrix]

Well, lets just say, with a little hint:
"When the total darkness falls, dont expect my light to be your salvation."

*Grins deviously*

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

So, it'll be like the opposite of the Matrix, which would "light our darkest hour?" GASP! An anti-Matrix! Nice.

[Wintersong]

Wow we got a lot going on by the next seasons. Tough drama is good in a role play like this so woo!
And know we have a while before season 2 but may end up dropping Snow Trix when some of the Preds drop into the lava pool, even though I've had fun so far with my fox.^^

[Blazemane]

Why do you want to be rid of Snow Trix?

[Wintersong]

Hm,well just haven't seen any chances of future plans for her. Least not that I can think of.

[NaitoKage]

Probably more that Snowtrix as a character doesn't drive to interact with others. She mostly just comes off as a cranky loner. Wintersong has similar, but the Maximals are more friendly then the Predacons so they try to interact with such a bot. Probably doesn't help that from Predacon perspective, Megatron and Scorponok simply see Snowtrix and any other Predacon as a pawn, though Scorponok tends to see them as all useless chess pieces planning to take over the game as a Knight or Rook. Megatron sees them all as useful, but in the end they're still just meat shields to die at his whim.

[Night-Hunter]

but in the end they're still just meat shields to die at his whim.

Well, that's Megatron for you.

[Blazemane]

I agree with what NaitoKage is saying. Snow Trix sort of sits moodily apart from the others, and that could definitely be boring for you.

But a character doesn't need to be driven by some epic event set to happen in the future. Snow Trix wants the Predacons to win- we all know that much. So playing her could just be episode-to-episode questions of... how does that drive her? How does she consider herself in comparison to the other Predacons? What does she think of the Axalon crew and how does that influence her interactions with them? If you can find something interesting to draw on while your answering those questions in her character, she could suddenly become quite interesting to you.

And, again, none of those answers- those events and actions- need to be incredibly "epic" to be entertaining or even thought-provoking. Alak, for example, recently wrote a scene with OOP where Ocariner had to give a mission debriefing. What's so monumental about that? Nothing really. But the way it played out added depth to Ocariner's character, and even proved effective just by further displaying some of his traits we already knew.

Or take Glowstick, who by NaitoKage's playing him as a consistently group-and-mission-oriented character, slowly developed into a leader that I, at least, didn't see coming.

I think it's probably the small moments during and after the larger, more dramatic events that really add to a character.

So Dinobot and Snow Trix just fought each other, and Snow Trix gave up in frustration. But the Predacons still won, and she is much better off for not getting herself damaged more. Is her pride injured or further augmented? Who, if anyone, is she going to talk about the battle with? And how is she going to talk and move around? Does she continue her very direct and biting conversational style? Does she sulk in the background with some strange contradiction of holding her head up high? Who knows besides you?

Anyways, if she never does become interesting, and you're unsatisfied with who her character is, then it could also work to change her into somebody else (in personality, not in literal being). Taking time to develop her character into something different could also provide a ton of enjoyable opportunities for you as a writer.

[Blazemane]

This is late, but I think I wrote too much on one side in that last post, and there is something else I need to say:

Naturally, you have every right to kill Snow Trix if you want to. And in spite of my previous argument that she could be developed further (and by that development, made more interesting for you personally), your reason for wanting to kill her is perfectly valid. No one should be forced to write for someone they don't want to write for anymore.

I'd just figured, if there was a way for you to want to still play her, that would be better than seeing her go. But you had probably already been thinking through if there was any way to keep her, and for me to start making suggestions as if you hadn't was presumptuous. I'm sorry if I offended you at all.

That all having been said, I would still love to see Snow Trix kept around somehow, but if she isn't fun for you anymore, you know best how to react.

[WorpeX]

hm, seems a lot of people are against Snow Trix dying. >.> Personally, I like making characters and developing them. Once they've reached a point where I feel like I can't do anything with them, I would generally make something dramatic happen to change their perspective or life in general. For this particular RP however, since there is a 2 character limit, i'm just going to kill the predicons. XD I'll be cycling characters every few episodes, so when Manterror dies, don't get upset. It's just part of a vicious cycle!

[Blazemane]

since there is a 2 character limit, i'm just going to kill the predicons.

I've been thinking about that...

Players leaving the role play through the time it's been around has forced a lot of us to take on more than two characters. Does everyone still want to keep the two character limit- or maybe make it "Maximum of two original characters." I feel like players who have taken on cannons because of necessity shouldn't feel like they're being forced away from adding original characters to the mix. Besides, we've already got instances of players who have both o.c.s and cannons that add up to more than two. Night Hunter with Waspinator, Sonar and Saber Fang; Naitokage with Megatron, Tarantulas, Rhinox, Icebreaker and Glowstick; myself with Cheetor, Dinobot and Steelclaw; Alak with Terrorsaur, Scorponok and Ocariner, etc.

Does anyone want to change the rule, then? I know that I personally feel in your case, Worpex, that if you want an o.c. or another original-cannon like Manterror, you should be able to have one.

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

Does anyone want to change the rule, then? I know that I personally feel in your case, Worpex, that if you want an o.c. or another original-cannon like Manterror, you should be able to have one.

I'd hate for players to keep writing off characters because of the limit, but the limit is also there to keep the numbers down in the game. For me, there are a lot of characters to keep track of as it is! LoL But I like SnowTrix, and I like Manterror. Well, I supposed it was just assumed that we were giving more leniency to character limits because of that very reason, Blazemane; those with OC's were also playing canons, so a few of us are playing three or four characters, or more. And I really do appreciate everyone's help with those canons!! So, I'll give a little more room for the character limit.

I feel like players who have taken on cannons because of necessity shouldn't feel like they're being forced away from adding original characters to the mix.

That certainly was never my intention, and I hope I never enforced that on anyone. Players (who began the game playing their OC's) filling in for canons who don't have permanent owners should always play their OC's to the fullest first. The canon's are just fill-ins who can't be forgotten throughout the game but don't need to be necessarily dwelled on when writing for them. Although I don't play any OC's (yet), Optimus is my priority so I write a lot more for him. Rattrap and Tigatron are second, so I don't spend as much time on them. I just write them in to keep the game moving when they're involved with a situation.

Does everyone still want to keep the two character limit- or maybe make it "Maximum of two original characters."

I can agree on this. Sounds logical at this point of the game. Thank you, Blazemane.

[WorpeX]

hmm. I dunno, I actually have no problems with the two character limit. I like RPing and all, but having to write up a post for anything more than two characters at once is too much for me. Even if the rule is changed, I wont be taking advantage of it.

[Alak]

I'll admit that I took on Scorponok and Terrorsaur out of necessity. There aren't many Scorponok fans and I'm not one of them, especially given the lack of depth provided for him in the actual television show. However, over the course of time I've adapted and even took some liberties with both characters. I don't see them as a burden anymore and I enjoy RPing with them.

As for rules, I'd say that having a 2 OC limit is pretty much necessary. Some of us have created a lot of OCs and I don't like the idea of swarming the RPG with them all. This is a game and in a game that involves multiple participants there must be balance. Too many OCs would compromise the balance in Maximal/Predacon numbers as well as the balance in the atmosphere of the game. The RPG is here for everyone and not just a select few. I do think that people should be allowed to take on multiple canon characters. They already have a preset to their nature so there's less risk in having them run wild. Canon characters are also necessary for plot advancement.