Out of Character Event

To celebrate our last day in Azeroth before it was changed forever I led and planed an event for my super serious heavy roleplay guild that was entirely out of character. I know dedicating a night to specifically not roleplaying in an roleplay guild sounds ridiculous; but I wanted to do something really flashy and out of the ordinary which has two problems if attempted in character:

1. The Forsaken aren't really outrageous and flashy.
2. Our characters didn't know shattering was happening tomorrow, so the justification for doing something out of the ordinary just wasn't there. I mean, yeah, we could have had a normal event like a training drill or something, but that's hardly memorable on the scale that I was looking for.

So I bit the bullet and scheduled our first and last entirely out of character event, and in the end I'm glad I did it. I kept the details entirely secret and told my members only to meet at the Undercity bank at seven server time with some empty bag space.

Book that I Write in: Meditation is for Chumps

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It's worth noting that, for all my criticisms of the elevators and aesthetics, the actual layout of the Undercity makes a lot of sense. A near-perfect circle divided into quarters; if you can count to four, you can find your way around. This suited me just fine, as I'm pretty sure that, given the choice between getting a lobotomy done with a mining pick or asking or asking a guard for directions, I would chose the former. Inbetween tasks I set for myself  I started to explore the city, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Banshee Queen. When I did finally see her (guarded by Forsaken, I noted with relief) it was at a distance. I poked my head out from the end of the hallway that led into her royal quarter and very quietly observed her for a moment. She looked very strong, and a little pissed off too so I decided not to approach her. Silently, I thanked her for freeing us and nodded my head in her direction. I knew the gesture was pointless as she was as unaware of it as she was of my own existence; but I enjoyed thinking I at least did something to express my gratitude.

Character Planning for my Forsaken Hunter

I've never actually created a pair of roleplay characters with someone else, even though it's quite common. I've had offers before, but I always held back because I worried about the other person going inactive and then having that characters story go unfinished and unplayed. So when another officer in my guild and I started talking about rolling characters for Cataclysm that are siblings I had some reservations. The idea wouldn't seem to leave either of us alone though, I mean, how awesome would a Forsaken brother and sister duo be? It's uncommon for Forsaken to honour ties to family they had in life, so we thought we'd take it a step further and have them hate each other. Having a constant nemesis and rival sounds like a lot of fun to roleplay, and spits in the face of the typical family roleplay style I've seen around. We're going to have their interaction feel a lot like childish sibling augments ('my [blank] is better than your [blank]!') only due to setting and circumstance their goals and bragging are going to involve massive diseased bears turning red and enraging, plague tipped arrows, murder, mayhem and sacks of gold that are awarded for aforementioned murder.

Book that I Write in: Off to Undercity

Book that I write in:

Eventually I exhausted all the work there was for me in Brill. I kept expecting to see Vaalis again, and I would anxiously look around Gallow's End (that's the name of the inn in Brill) whenever I came back to town to repair my armour or read in my rented room. I was proud of the progress I'd made with my fighting and Orcish and kind of wanted him to see what I could do. Also, after talking to the other Forsaken in Brill I was burning with questions; mostly about why he acted like a benefactor to me when he didn't need to. I waited around for a few days in Brill tapping my feet and twiddling my decaying thumbs before I packed up and left for Undercity.

As an aside, I physically reeled when I discovered the Undercity Forsaken spoke of was actually -the- Undercity of Lordaeron. I had not remembered names like Trisfall Glades or Brill when I came out of my gave and assumed I was in some new, foreign part of Azeroth rather than the backyard of Lordaeron; where I am confident I spent my time alive. I suspect geography was not a pressing concern for me then. It's a source of endless frustration how even small memories of my time spent living are remembered painstakingly slowly for me; but more on that later.

OOC: A Realm of Possiblies

I constantly see threads on my realm forums from people looking to potentially transfer that want information on the server that's easily obtainable via google. Their frequency is alarming, as is the fact that people would rather make an entire thread and wait on replies that are subject to opinion and trolling rather than just getting the hard facts right away. Now, don't get me wrong. Forums are all about discussion, and if you have a question about the server that promotes it like: "Is there a lot of Dwarf roleplay here? What kind Dwarf characters do you see being roleplayed and what do you think of them?" Then all the power to you.

If you want to find out more about the roleplay on a roleplay server your best bet is always just roll a character on that realm, run to a major city with any roleplay mods you use enabled and have a look around. You want the make the most of your investment, so finding out for yourself is guaranteed to be better than just waiting on people to tell you if they think a server is worth the twenty five bucks or not. Sadly, most of the posts I see are like the example I posted after the break.