Mercen-X
08-17-2011, 08:23 PM
Wow. That Make Your Own Organization XIII name thread has sure got some staying power.
You may think me a jerk, but I've got to say, I'm tired of seeing it up there. Every now and again, I'll click on it, hoping to see something fairly original. Disappointment.
Maybe it's because of that one rule at the beginning of the forum that says you should add an X to your own name to become a Nobody...
It just seems like there are maybe 4 or 5 or 600 James on this forum alone and there are only so many ways you can make a proper x-name out of a word with only five letters. I also don't like seeing when someone tries to anagram their name when it already has an x in it. It just comes out looking weird.
I suppose it wouldn't such a big deal to me if the characters could seem a bit more unique... but it seems like every one wants to use a sword and no one wants to be the least bit creative about their powers or background.
The formula follows as:
Name: blah
Org Name: blah
Number: blah repetition ridiculosity
Weapon: sword-blah
Power: two words
Background: three or four words
Some of the more interesting creations I've seen have been from people who bent the rules and substituted their forum name or some other username... but that innovation still really only applied to the name and they still weren't very creative about their CHARACTER.
The most creative I've seen in that thread, I would have to say, had been a guy who called his Nobody "Jordaxns" or something like that. He wrote up a lengthy faux-GameFAQs battle strategy for fighting him. Xowdash and Xilaskon were pretty good too. In fact, if any of them happen to read this thread, I kind of secretly, shh hope that they'll copy-paste their profiles here first.
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I'm here to offer anybody who's interested a chance to start over.
My rules are stricter but simple. Be serious. Put thought into your creation.
You don't need an x in your name. You can choose any weapon that suits your fancy along with any ability but explain why you use them.
Three Factions:
Mickey's Keybearers (no alternating keychains, pick one/make one)
Xemnas's Nobodies (can have one pet: any non-org Nobody or Twilight Thorn)
Xehanort's Heartless (can have one pet: any Heartless including bosses but excluding Disney characters)
Sora's Drive ability was unique to him. Namine could manipulate memory, Mickey could appear out of nowhere, and Riku could technically shapeshift. Therefore, I'm allowing even Keybearers to take on one ability that is unrelated to the Keyblades. Also Roxas was unique in being a Keyblade-wielding Nobody. Disallowed.
Basic Format would look something like:
Name: (you could use your real name... unless your hate your name)
Title: (all keybearers are simply Keybearers thus this isn't important for them)
Weapon: (do we have to be BLEACH?)
Ability: (what's the point of having a weapon anymore?)
Personality: optional
Background: (you had to have had a life before becoming something super)
Pet: optional (nobodies and heartless only: you can make up a creature)
You don't have to literally write up the format like your filling out an application.
Ideally your panel of character info should look ready to fill half of a page on a Word Doc. Honestly, I don't expect that anybody will be willing to participate. The few people who actually put serious thought into their characters will likely not want to trouble themselves with re-posting, but if I get any hits here, I will be delightfully surprised and, yes, even happy. Unless you bend my rules by trying to uber-overspace your profile so it LOOKS like it would it fill half a word doc rather than actually doing it. Then I'll actually be a little miffed.
Thank you for reading.
You may think me a jerk, but I've got to say, I'm tired of seeing it up there. Every now and again, I'll click on it, hoping to see something fairly original. Disappointment.
Maybe it's because of that one rule at the beginning of the forum that says you should add an X to your own name to become a Nobody...
It just seems like there are maybe 4 or 5 or 600 James on this forum alone and there are only so many ways you can make a proper x-name out of a word with only five letters. I also don't like seeing when someone tries to anagram their name when it already has an x in it. It just comes out looking weird.
I suppose it wouldn't such a big deal to me if the characters could seem a bit more unique... but it seems like every one wants to use a sword and no one wants to be the least bit creative about their powers or background.
The formula follows as:
Name: blah
Org Name: blah
Number: blah repetition ridiculosity
Weapon: sword-blah
Power: two words
Background: three or four words
Some of the more interesting creations I've seen have been from people who bent the rules and substituted their forum name or some other username... but that innovation still really only applied to the name and they still weren't very creative about their CHARACTER.
The most creative I've seen in that thread, I would have to say, had been a guy who called his Nobody "Jordaxns" or something like that. He wrote up a lengthy faux-GameFAQs battle strategy for fighting him. Xowdash and Xilaskon were pretty good too. In fact, if any of them happen to read this thread, I kind of secretly, shh hope that they'll copy-paste their profiles here first.
--------------------
I'm here to offer anybody who's interested a chance to start over.
My rules are stricter but simple. Be serious. Put thought into your creation.
You don't need an x in your name. You can choose any weapon that suits your fancy along with any ability but explain why you use them.
Three Factions:
Mickey's Keybearers (no alternating keychains, pick one/make one)
Xemnas's Nobodies (can have one pet: any non-org Nobody or Twilight Thorn)
Xehanort's Heartless (can have one pet: any Heartless including bosses but excluding Disney characters)
Sora's Drive ability was unique to him. Namine could manipulate memory, Mickey could appear out of nowhere, and Riku could technically shapeshift. Therefore, I'm allowing even Keybearers to take on one ability that is unrelated to the Keyblades. Also Roxas was unique in being a Keyblade-wielding Nobody. Disallowed.
Basic Format would look something like:
Name: (you could use your real name... unless your hate your name)
Title: (all keybearers are simply Keybearers thus this isn't important for them)
Weapon: (do we have to be BLEACH?)
Ability: (what's the point of having a weapon anymore?)
Personality: optional
Background: (you had to have had a life before becoming something super)
Pet: optional (nobodies and heartless only: you can make up a creature)
You don't have to literally write up the format like your filling out an application.
Ideally your panel of character info should look ready to fill half of a page on a Word Doc. Honestly, I don't expect that anybody will be willing to participate. The few people who actually put serious thought into their characters will likely not want to trouble themselves with re-posting, but if I get any hits here, I will be delightfully surprised and, yes, even happy. Unless you bend my rules by trying to uber-overspace your profile so it LOOKS like it would it fill half a word doc rather than actually doing it. Then I'll actually be a little miffed.
Thank you for reading.