Long Descriptions
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I've noticed a lot of characters with really long descriptions that you need to scroll down to read. Now, for the most part these are very nicely written, but for me I honestly find them too long to read. I tend not to bother reading a persons description if I notice it goes past the one page mark myself. So essentially this is just a plea to keep the descriptions short and to the point, because I can't imagine I'm the only one not bothering to read them. Something you can click on and scan through as you walk by or when you first meet a character as opposed to having to stop functioning for a while while you read through the character bio. Just my personal opinion.
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Agreed cause half the time something more important is going on. Maybe make a forum for PC Descriptions or possibly just do it in your PC's Diary
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I lovelovelovelovelove<3333 long descriptions. I might not read them right away but I can appreciate the amount of depth that the player puts into painting a better picture.
I'm guilty of letting my descriptions run pretty long too - it's there for other people to enjoy if they want to, and rereading it also helps me get IC if I'm feeling uninspired.
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If it's over a paragraph, I don't read it. I tend to limit myself to as few sentences as possible.
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I tend to keep mine short, too.
If you want to make a long description, mention all the important, obvious things in the first paragraph.
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Saw a description that told you what the characters diet consisted of the other day, that was funny enough, but what he mostly ate was 'bark and small twigs, mostly' I found it funny.
Also, I only read the first two or three lines unless I need to keep hold of the description to, you know, actually describe someone to someone for some reason, lets see if I can get the word some into this sentence again, yep.
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If I cant be bothered to read something I would just not read it and move on, I'd never have the audacity to ask a player to change their way of playing a game simply because im too lazy to read.
If you find your plea works could you send an email to PsycINFO suggesting that they take a similar approach with journal articles.
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I stop reading as soon I read a female PC describing her own T&A. That seems to be popular now. If I have to scroll down, I stop reading, unless the character has made themselves interesting enough to read about later. I think there is something to be said for the mystique surrounding a character with a very brief description, or no description at all. I prefer just enough information to impart some flavor of the character.
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NotSoSlimShady, I'd never try to tell someone to play the game a certain way, nor do I think its particularly audacious to bring up the topic. My point wasn't about telling people what to do, more that I was trying to point out that shorter descriptions are easier to read and actually use ICly then ones that run on for several pages. For example, if there is a part of your description that says you have a symbol of Bane proudly displayed on your person, but its buried in 3 pages of description, you might find some people missing out on this and wondering how they didn't notice the obviously displayed symbol the other few times they adventured with you.
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I am sorry, I understand the details but a description should at max probably be:
Physical Appearance
Dress Style
Accent maybe
Holy Symbols.This is really all we would know on first seeing the character. Now on the other hand I hate when people don't have the description or especially the ones that say RP for info and then never RP what they look like!
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As long as the simple stuff is on the top and easy to read, I have no problem with it. I'll read it if a character interests me enough.
5'10
Brown hair, green eyes, fair skin with freckles
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I like my long descriptions, so y'all can just suck it!
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I typically think the best discreptions are the ones that are roughly just one "page" long, you can get a fair amount of detail and knowledge of the character without having to read a books worth of info. However, for Eagleman/John Justice I purposly tried to make the discription so one "half" was readable at a time, the John Justice Half, then Scroll down to read the "Eagleman" half. I thought that it would work well.
While on the subject I loathe it when people take the time to delete the stock discription, then dont even both to put anything in there, or put "RP for more info" Well excuse me, but how exactly am I going to RP knowing what your characters weight/build/eye color are? Is your character atheletic? Fast, slow? Heavy, light? these are all things people could "tell" about a person without having to interact with them much. You can be the best RPer in the world, but sometimes knowing this basic details about a character, helps OTHERS to Role Play with you better, I know it helps me.
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5'10
Her tits are big, her ass sways quite well
She is played by a male
She likes the company of other females played by males.
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@Olouth:
5'10
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Swaying hips.
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I maintain that the best Npc's I run into are ones with descriptions that can help me to anticipate how my character would perceive them. All the basic info helps me know if your character is taller than mine or heavier than mine or uglier than mine. cough Cause everyone's uglier than my characters cough The point is that those descriptions painted a picture of everything I could see. The way they moved and how their voice or actions could affect my character's sense of them. PC descriptions should be the same. Length doesn't matter if your purpose is achieved and if it helps your character to have everything mapped out for others to see with such a limited engine for movement then I don't see the problem. Just keep things that we can't see off the descriptions. If I can't see it I shouldn't know it.
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I too am a long description lover. I never made a long one myself though, they always end up smaller than you 'd expect.
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My descriptions consist of a little bit physical and a little personality. I don't like more than one paragraph, and I try to describe what a typical person would see in my character from across the room, for example.
I always like to read descriptions, no matter the length, to get an idea of the character. I especially like when holy symbols or tattoos are described.
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@AWESOMEMAN:
@Olouth:
5'10
Swaying hips.I dont use 5'10, because i am from Europe, and have no clue how tall someone is, when they are 5'10.
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When I read descriptions, once I start reading things about history, background, and things I'd have to learn through RP, I quit reading simply because I don't want the meta info.
My descriptions are anything someone MAY notice upon first looking. I try to include only a few behaviors (Frowns, laughs, etc) and keep most of them RP-able. I keep descriptions of T&A down more to a figure (Slender, voluptuous, athletic).
Brief descriptions get read more. It's that simple