Post by Joliette Thorne on Jun 15, 2006 3:32:50 GMT -5
4: Twinks and Uber-Twinks
A twink is a person who doesn’t even bother to try and pay attention to what anyone else is doing, sometimes not bother to rp at all. They’ll waltz in to any rp scene and do what the hell they want, regardless of what they might be interrupting, or what the accepted guidelines of behaviour are. Whether that’s picking up items that have obviously been dropped as part of an rp, or inserting themselves into the scene in an unsubtle and insensitive way, or pvp dueling folk at random, they just don’t care about anybody but themselves. There’s really no need to explain why twinks are annoying, and detrimental to a good rp environment.
More complex are the uber-twinks, who achieve high status in the game, usually through their ability to type quickly and use a thesaurus in a duel situation, but never actually rp anything that doesn’t bring some kind of immediate glory and gratification to themselves, and (just like thier less verbose cousins the regular twinks) don't give a damn about what anyone else might be doing, as long as they end up happy.
Uber-twinks aren’t often involved in the day-to-day rp of Hollow, but flock to the place when the other game they play goes into lull, or somebody actually attempts to do something worthwhile. They log their char in for the first time in three months, slurp up the admiration of people who've never seen them duel or rp but feel they should be admired because the legend is they are ‘uber’, and proceed to death-duel everyone who threatens their ‘status’. Which they usually succeed at doing because they’re good duellers. That, and because few will vote against them. Oh, and let’s not forget the god-bestowed bloodlines and weapons…
Either that, or the Uber-Twink will join the current rp and aren’t happy ‘til everyone’s acknowledged how utterly superior they are and bowed down to them satisfactorily, and they’re either running the whole thing via instant messenger and duelling or creating an opposing force to destroy the creative group. The Uber-Twink cannot get involved in a plot properly, because they don't give a damn about Hollow or anyone in it. So they -might- rp to a minimal level, just to keep the sycophants drooling. Then, egos nicely sated, they drop Hollow like a hot scone once more and poof off back to wherever for another however many months.
Twinking by degrees, folks.
A twink is a person who doesn’t even bother to try and pay attention to what anyone else is doing, sometimes not bother to rp at all. They’ll waltz in to any rp scene and do what the hell they want, regardless of what they might be interrupting, or what the accepted guidelines of behaviour are. Whether that’s picking up items that have obviously been dropped as part of an rp, or inserting themselves into the scene in an unsubtle and insensitive way, or pvp dueling folk at random, they just don’t care about anybody but themselves. There’s really no need to explain why twinks are annoying, and detrimental to a good rp environment.
More complex are the uber-twinks, who achieve high status in the game, usually through their ability to type quickly and use a thesaurus in a duel situation, but never actually rp anything that doesn’t bring some kind of immediate glory and gratification to themselves, and (just like thier less verbose cousins the regular twinks) don't give a damn about what anyone else might be doing, as long as they end up happy.
Uber-twinks aren’t often involved in the day-to-day rp of Hollow, but flock to the place when the other game they play goes into lull, or somebody actually attempts to do something worthwhile. They log their char in for the first time in three months, slurp up the admiration of people who've never seen them duel or rp but feel they should be admired because the legend is they are ‘uber’, and proceed to death-duel everyone who threatens their ‘status’. Which they usually succeed at doing because they’re good duellers. That, and because few will vote against them. Oh, and let’s not forget the god-bestowed bloodlines and weapons…
Either that, or the Uber-Twink will join the current rp and aren’t happy ‘til everyone’s acknowledged how utterly superior they are and bowed down to them satisfactorily, and they’re either running the whole thing via instant messenger and duelling or creating an opposing force to destroy the creative group. The Uber-Twink cannot get involved in a plot properly, because they don't give a damn about Hollow or anyone in it. So they -might- rp to a minimal level, just to keep the sycophants drooling. Then, egos nicely sated, they drop Hollow like a hot scone once more and poof off back to wherever for another however many months.
Twinking by degrees, folks.