SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 8 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | Important!!!!!!! | June 21, 2009 2:26:01 PM | | Please rate my draft from 1 - 10 as a bio and a strory
== Physical Appearance == Tall,, Handsome, Muscular, Full Head of Curly Hair, Mouth in a slight but constant sneer
Homeworld: Tatooine
Age: 16
Species: Human
Native Language: Galactice Basic, Hutese, Toydarian, Sullustan, Rodese
Gender: Male
Skin Color: Tan
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 150 lbs.
Hair Color: Jet Black
Facial Hair: None (yet)
Eye Color: Yellow
Scars: None
Tattoos: None
== Background History ==
SoccerStar (Ali Jaber) was only six when he witnessed his parents get gunned down by the notorious Hutt, Zorba. In his rage, Ali ripped out a blaster from one of Zorba's Trandoshan henchman's scaly hand with what he perceived to be his mind. "So we have our selves a little jeeedi here, HO HO HO" Zorba howled. As a Twi'lek mercenary went in for the kill, Zorba blew a huge hole into the merc's chest with the portable ion cannon mounted on his slimy shoulder. "No, you will be far more useful to me alive" he said as he grabbed the boy and slithered away. The last thing the boy saw that night was his parents' blank faces staring at him as the left his parents' corpses in the clay domed house. As Ali grew, he told no one of his weird action at his parents' murder. Only him and Zorba knew what happened that night (the trandoshan "accidentally" fell of a sand skiff into a mouth of a sarlaac). The boy grew up to be the best marksman on the outer rim. He was also Zorba's right hand man and enforcer. Ali could kill anything in his way. He had amazingly supernatural reflexes, he had super strength. His strength was so great, he could lift a Rhonto with minor effort, and his reflexes so instant he could dodge blaster bolts. He seemed as if he could predict the blaster bolts. He had spared hand to hand with echani, mandalorians, zabraks, and defeated each as if they were children. The Mandalorians said they had not seen such prowess in battle since the mandalorian wars against Reven and some rogue jedi. From these compliments, Ali was flattered but also distressed. He was somewhat paranoind about people knowing his.........situation.
He could best anyone with a knife, pistol, explosive, and rifle on the outer rim and also boasted the Unknown regions too. He had killed a Krayt Dragon in the Dune Sea. He had been exploring the Dune Sea on his land speeder brooding after a fight with Zorba. He them felt a mysterious pull and headed to a cave. Then, suddenly, the was a huge roar and the ground shook, spreading dust into the air. Ali had looked up to see a huge, scaly, horned, and beaked monster growling at him. With his instinct, he automatically snapped his precision pistol out of his holster and started blasting at the thing. Every shot had hit the Krayt Dragon in the face but, the thing might as well had skin of durasteel. He them ran under the belly of the Krayt Dragon Sticking his vibro-blade into the belly above him while still moving. The vibro-blade shorted out and made a whirring noise indicating the vibro-cell had shorted out. Ali just kept moving knowing that there was no blocking, just dodging. He then had an idea! He ran to his land speeder and put the thing on full speed. Using the knowledge of the technology of almost all the vehicles on the outer rim, thanks to Zorba's paying for the best teachers and lessons availuable, he rigged the land-speeder to keep on moving at full speed no mater what. He then planted a thermal detonator in the front of the vehicle and rigged it to explode in 5 seconds. And then, he jumped and watched as the speeder was cropped up into the monster's mouth by the monster itself right after he jumped and counted............3............2..........1.......BOOM!!!!
The head of the beast disappeared in a cloud of smoke and red mist. Ali went to study the body not wanting to think of how he was going to get back home. In the gullet of the Beast's corpse.........he found two transparent crystals. These rare things were rumored to improve the accuracy of a lightsaber. "No," he thought, "These will serve as Trophies of my deed. He felt elated to fight something so big and powerful and exotic. Yet the mysterious tug still pulled Ali into the Krayt Dragon's lair. He went into the cave and discovered an old, ancient holoprojector. He somehow made it work and was greeted by what seemed a Rakatan. He recognized them from countless jedi and sith holocrons stored in Zorba's treasure room. He seemed to be the only one to make them work. He just simply focused on the object and it just, worked. Yet the holocrons would only allow him to delve so far into their secrets. He presumed the things probably worked on humans only and that was it. No supernatural force or anything, just needed a human to activate it. He also reasoned with himself that was the only explanation because he was the only human in Zorba's Palace.
The spoke of something called, "The Star Forge" and that was all he could understand. He only understood rudimentary Rakatan speak. There was a map showing Manaan, Kasshyk, Tatooine, Dantooine, and Korriban. Then a little compartment opened and two lightsabers along with a Holocron apeared!!! He had learned enough from the holocrons that one with no experience with lightsabers would have a better chance hurting oneself that the opponents. He carefully ignited the blades to find one was silver and the other........................red. He decided that it was definitely time to go home. He ended up finding a sandcrawler and killing the Jawas aboard. "This will be a nice present for Zorba" he said as he grinned. The lightsabers and holocron safely with him, Ali plotted a course home. Back at the Palace, Ali went straight to his room, "I must be the luckiest 16 year older ever!!!!!!" he screamed. He first tried to use the Holocron but it was no use.......the holocron did not react. "Thing must be broken he reasoned" he reasoned, "I'll fix it later."
Ali then went on a stroll around Mos Eisely and then went to Anchorhead. He took along with him his best friend a rodian, Tupa, who was his friend ever since his parents' murder and he was sent to the palace. They were checking out an old HK-47 droid at an old droid shop in Anchorhead. The crazy droid said it knew Darth Reven and would tell us amazing stories. He had just bought the thing when a thievery took place at the shop. Four Rodians were holding up the Quarren shop owner. Tupa shouted "HEY!" and got his head blast off. Ali immediately took both his pistols out of my holsters and shot two of them in between the eyes and the HK-47 took Tupa's blaster and shot a third in the fore head. Ali saw the one who shot Tupa ran out of the shop. He then followed and a crowd was gathering up outside. He took two knives out of his boot sheathes and threw them right into the legs of the Rodian, exactly where Ali wanted them to hit. He neatly and efficiently cut off his lower legs off by throwing the knives and making them spin horizontally instead of vertical. There was a recruitment garrison looking for recruits to sign up and they quickly surrounded the disabled rodian and me looming over the rodian. "Enough," the ensign said to Ali. The HK-47 model blocked the ensign and his fellow officers as if it knew what Ali was going to do. Ali took a vibro knife from my pouch which also contained the two lightsabers and the holocron. He then plunged his blade into the rodians throat and slide it from side to side. "Now it is enough," Ali said coldly. Instead of trying to incarcerate him, the Ensign offered Ali to sign up. "How olds are you son?" he asked. "I am 18, sir" Ali lied. "Then welcome aboard lad" he said pointing at the nearby spaceport. Ali pointed at the HK-47 and said "He comes with me." And Ali went on the ship, the only things left were the two lightsabers, the two Krayt Dragon Crystals, HK-47, and the Holocron.
== Character's Personality ==
SoccerStar (Ali) is has a very short temper but will never show it, he is super shy around gals but when the gals approach him, which they often do, he freezes as if paralyzed, he can be very sadistic, twisted and sick, but can also be very compassionate and empathetic towards those who went through similar things he went through. He enjoys killing and loves the Hunt. It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... | Aeos ComNet Disciple  [VE-ARMY] Sergeant First Class [VE-DJO] Krath Adept [VE-VEEC] Engineer Post Number: 2323 Total Posts: 2560 Joined: May 2005 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 21, 2009 5:20:45 PM | | Out of 10?
1 for making use of some basic language.
Why not more?
I stopped reading after the 'second' paragraph. If that exists in your biography. So, first, paragraphs kid, makes the reading more easier for us.
Second, no reference to Jedi. You need to apply to the DJO for that. (Need to be active for 4-6 months before applying)
Well, now,
You're character needs to be 17  And I doubt your character can 'lie' about it, its amazing how technology reveals our secrets, (even in today's world)
It's very unlikely that your character can speak all those language fluently at the age of 16. Maybe you understand, but speak? nah, doubt it. And I can say this from experiance:P
Even if your character was force sensitive, there would be no way he can do what he did in the opening of your biography.
You're overall use of language is good though, clean out reference to the Jedi and try some less god modding
I suggest you read some biographies here on the VE by clicking on avater or names,
My personal opinion?
The overall storyline of your character is predictable and not very original. Its not very fresh. We've had countles other recruits who does the same story. It doesn't capture my interest really.
And hi, sorry if I seemed a bit harsh or cruel, not at all my intention, and I think my first biography was prolly more or less the same when I started here
I look forward to seeing more from you.  Retired
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CPO_Aeos/(=*A*=)][MC1](=*SA*=)[/align] [This message has been edited by Aeos (edited June 21, 2009 5:23:50 PM)] | Hunter-Morrell ComNet Member  [VE-NAVY] Senior Chief Petty Officer [VE-VEEC] Word Slinger Post Number: 961 Total Posts: 1591 Joined: Jun 2008 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 21, 2009 5:24:58 PM | | Aeos wrote:Second, no reference to Jedi. You need to apply to the DJO for that. (Need to be active for 4-6 months before applying)
Also, the DJO needs to actually be accepting applications.  Vast Empire Imperial NavySenior Chief Petty Officer Hunter MorrellXO/SCPO Hunter-Morrell/Nazgul 5/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/1Flt/VEN/VE [CBV][BRC][BWC][MC:1]  | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 11 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 22, 2009 8:56:01 PM | | Wow, i have been here for like, 3 days and you guys are really brutal..........but even worse, other ppl have written same thing??!?!!?!?!?! I spent a good 10 min making this bio!! It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... | Wrex ComNet Initiate  [VE-ARMY] Corporal Post Number: 110 Total Posts: 194 Joined: Jul 2008 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 22, 2009 8:58:24 PM | | Soccer, criticism is suppose to be brutal if you ask for it.
Why not take some of Aeos' comments and actually apply them? It couldn't take much of your time. TRP/CPL Wrex/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA/VE [EW1][EW2][SRP][DCE][AS-H] *HeavyWeapons *  | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 12 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 22, 2009 9:03:59 PM | | sorry, but i am only 13 here, less "god-modding"? i guess i can space the paragraphs, i can take out the force part but the thing is that the hutt needs to know, or at least suspect my character to be force sensitive. (if you have and alternations that could help, please post them), and i was told i could hint at my charecter being force sensitive but as long as there is no Direct force usage. It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 13 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 22, 2009 9:12:29 PM | | Please rate my draft from 1 - 10 as a bio and a strory == Physical Appearance == Tall,, Handsome, Muscular, Full Head of Curly Hair, Mouth in a slight but constant sneer Homeworld: Tatooine Age: 17 Species: Human Native Language: Galactice Basic, Hutese, Toydarian, Sullustan, Rodese Gender: Male Skin Color: Tan Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 150 lbs. Hair Color: Jet Black Facial Hair: None (yet) Eye Color: Yellow Scars: None Tattoos: None == Background History == SoccerStar (Ali Jaber) was only six when he witnessed his parents get gunned down by the notorious Hutt, Zorba. In his rage, Ali (somehow demonstates some minor supernatural kinetic like feat as to make Zorba suspect the force [please post any suggestions]) "So we have our selves a little jeeedi here, HO HO HO" Zorba howled. As a Twi'lek mercenary went in for the kill, Zorba blew a huge hole into the merc's chest with the portable ion cannon mounted on his slimy shoulder. "No, you will be far more useful to me alive" he said as he grabbed the boy and slithered away. The last thing the boy saw that night was his parents' blank faces staring at him as the left his parents' corpses in the clay domed house. As Ali grew, he told no one of his weird action at his parents' murder. Only him and Zorba knew what happened that night (the trandoshan "accidentally" fell of a sand skiff into a mouth of a sarlaac). The boy grew up to be the best marksman on the outer rim. He was also Zorba's right hand man and enforcer. Ali could kill anything in his way. He had amazingly supernatural reflexes, he had super strength. His strength was so great, he could lift a Rhonto with minor effort, and his reflexes so instant he could dodge blaster bolts. He seemed as if he could predict the blaster bolts. He had spared hand to hand with echani, mandalorians, zabraks, and defeated each as if they were children. The Mandalorians said they had not seen such prowess in battle since the mandalorian wars against Reven and some rogue jedi. From these compliments, Ali was flattered but also distressed. He was somewhat paranoind about people knowing his.........situation. He could best anyone with a knife, pistol, explosive, and rifle on the outer rim and also boasted the Unknown regions too. He had killed a Krayt Dragon in the Dune Sea. He had been exploring the Dune Sea on his land speeder brooding after a fight with Zorba. He them felt a mysterious pull and headed to a cave. Then, suddenly, the was a huge roar and the ground shook, spreading dust into the air. Ali had looked up to see a huge, scaly, horned, and beaked monster growling at him. With his instinct, he automatically snapped his precision pistol out of his holster and started blasting at the thing. Every shot had hit the Krayt Dragon in the face but, the thing might as well had skin of durasteel. He them ran under the belly of the Krayt Dragon Sticking his vibro-blade into the belly above him while still moving. The vibro-blade shorted out and made a whirring noise indicating the vibro-cell had shorted out. Ali just kept moving knowing that there was no blocking, just dodging. He then had an idea! He ran to his land speeder and put the thing on full speed. Using the knowledge of the technology of almost all the vehicles on the outer rim, thanks to Zorba's paying for the best teachers and lessons availuable, he rigged the land-speeder to keep on moving at full speed no mater what. He then planted a thermal detonator in the front of the vehicle and rigged it to explode in 5 seconds. And then, he jumped and watched as the speeder was cropped up into the monster's mouth by the monster itself right after he jumped and counted............3............2..........1.......BOOM!!!! The head of the beast disappeared in a cloud of smoke and red mist. Ali went to study the body not wanting to think of how he was going to get back home. In the gullet of the Beast's corpse.........he found two transparent crystals. These rare things were rumored to improve the accuracy of a lightsaber. "No," he thought, "These will serve as Trophies of my deed. He felt elated to fight something so big and powerful and exotic. Yet the mysterious tug still pulled Ali into the Krayt Dragon's lair. He went into the cave and discovered an old, ancient holoprojector. He somehow made it work and was greeted by what seemed a Rakatan. He recognized them from countless jedi and sith holocrons stored in Zorba's treasure room. He seemed to be the only one to make them work. He just simply focused on the object and it just, worked. Yet the holocrons would only allow him to delve so far into their secrets. He presumed the things probably worked on humans only and that was it. No supernatural force or anything, just needed a human to activate it. He also reasoned with himself that was the only explanation because he was the only human in Zorba's Palace. The spoke of something called, "The Star Forge" and that was all he could understand. He only understood rudimentary Rakatan speak. There was a map showing Manaan, Kasshyk, Tatooine, Dantooine, and Korriban. Then a little compartment opened and two lightsabers along with a Holocron apeared!!! He had learned enough from the holocrons that one with no experience with lightsabers would have a better chance hurting oneself that the opponents. He carefully ignited the blades to find one was silver and the other........................red. He decided that it was definitely time to go home. He ended up finding a sandcrawler and killing the Jawas aboard. "This will be a nice present for Zorba" he said as he grinned. The lightsabers and holocron safely with him, Ali plotted a course home. Back at the Palace, Ali went straight to his room, "I must be the luckiest 17 year older ever!!!!!!" he screamed. He first tried to use the Holocron but it was no use.......the holocron did not react. "Thing must be broken he reasoned" he reasoned, "I'll fix it later." Ali then went on a stroll around Mos Eisely and then went to Anchorhead. He took along with him his best friend a rodian, Tupa, who was his friend ever since his parents' murder and he was sent to the palace. They were checking out an old HK-47 droid at an old droid shop in Anchorhead. The crazy droid said it knew Darth Reven and would tell us amazing stories. He had just bought the thing when a thievery took place at the shop. Four Rodians were holding up the Quarren shop owner. Tupa shouted "HEY!" and got his head blast off. Ali immediately took both his pistols out of my holsters and shot two of them in between the eyes and the HK-47 took Tupa's blaster and shot a third in the fore head. Ali saw the one who shot Tupa ran out of the shop. He then followed and a crowd was gathering up outside. He took two knives out of his boot sheathes and threw them right into the legs of the Rodian, exactly where Ali wanted them to hit. He neatly and efficiently cut off his lower legs off by throwing the knives and making them spin horizontally instead of vertical. There was a recruitment garrison looking for recruits to sign up and they quickly surrounded the disabled rodian and me looming over the rodian. "Enough," the ensign said to Ali. The HK-47 model blocked the ensign and his fellow officers as if it knew what Ali was going to do. Ali took a vibro knife from my pouch which also contained the two lightsabers and the holocron. He then plunged his blade into the rodians throat and slide it from side to side. "Now it is enough," Ali said coldly. Instead of trying to incarcerate him, the Ensign offered Ali to sign up. "How olds are you son?" he asked. "I am 18, sir" Ali lied. "Then welcome aboard lad" he said pointing at the nearby spaceport. Ali pointed at the HK-47 and said "He comes with me." And Ali went on the ship, the only things left were the two lightsabers, the two Krayt Dragon Crystals, HK-47, and the Holocron. == Character's Personality == SoccerStar (Ali) is has a very short temper but will never show it, he is super shy around gals but when the gals approach him, which they often do, he freezes as if paralyzed, he can be very sadistic, twisted and sick, but can also be very compassionate and empathetic towards those who went through similar things he went through. He enjoys killing and loves the Hunt. It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... [This message has been edited by SoccerStar (edited June 22, 2009 9:13:30 PM)] | Rizzit ComNet Marshal  [VE-ARMY] General Post Number: 2655 Total Posts: 2795 Joined: Mar 2002 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 23, 2009 1:08:36 AM | | Okay, I figure one of us should try to be some sort of voice of reason. Here's my attempt: SoccerStar wrote:sorry, but i am only 13 here, less "god-modding"?
God-modding is in reference to when you are playing a video game with cheat codes. The same thing applies to your writing. Basically keep in mind while you are writing a work of fiction realize that your character should be able to physically do most of their actions realistically not through some unforeseen magick. So what are you being told here? Be more realistic. As to being 13, you are not alone and they can keep up just as well as anyone else. SoccerStar wrote:i guess i can space the paragraphs, i can take out the force part but the thing is that the hutt needs to know, or at least suspect my character to be force sensitive. (if you have and alternations that could help, please post them), and i was told i could hint at my charecter being force sensitive but as long as there is no Direct force usage.
Well force should be avoided at all costs. IF you manage to get into the DJO they will allow an opportunity to discover your force sensitivity not the other way around. SoccerStar wrote:Wow, i have been here for like, 3 days and you guys are really brutal..........but even worse, other ppl have written same thing??!?!!?!?!?! I spent a good 10 min making this bio!! WOW! A WHOLE TEN MINUTES? REALLY? That's amazing! Seriously though, stop trying to rush things. I know you're 13 and you probably want to breeze right through training but its really best to take it slow and steady. Neither you nor we are going anywhere. Slow it down...do it right the first time. Why are we laying into you? Or so you feel. First of all as it was earlier suggested you DID ask for opinions. While the advice may seem harsh it is only because we want to see you become better and learn how things work around here. We DO NOT expect you to be perfect (in fact I feel a biography is a work in progress...constantly being updated) but those offering advice have been around long enough that they want to help by offering suggestions. Speaking of which....I have one of my own. Our "timeline" is at the end of the Thrawn Era. Therefore, I highly doubt that ANYONE would still be talking about the Star Forge all those years ago. Your whole bio in fact feels like it literally came out of Knights of the Old Republic which is long before the movies let alone our timeline. I also want to comment on your having TWO LIGHTSABERS in your posession. I'm not even going to touch the holocron. That's my opinion do what you'd like with it. Ultimately, its upto your Commander of Training what he'd like to see out of your bio but know that eventually you will need to do some work on your writing once you get out of training. We're giving you advice NOW to try and make it easier for you THEN. How easy or difficult things are for you are entirely up to you. Take care and hopefully we'll see some great things out of you. I see a lot of untapped potential in you. [This message has been edited by Rizzit (edited June 23, 2009 1:09:19 AM)] | Angel ComNet Marshal  [VE-ARMY] 1st Lieutenant [VE-DJO] Sith Infiltrator Post Number: 3001 Total Posts: 3212 Joined: Jul 2003 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 23, 2009 4:05:50 PM | | I wanted to hold back on this, but hell, why not.
All things Force related are governed by the DJO, specifically the Dark Council. It is our policy that the Force and it's surrounding paraphernalia and personnel (i.e. lightsabers, Jedi) are off-limits to non-DJO personnel.
Just stop your crazy difficult life of no responsibilities and think about it for a second. The Jedi have all been dead for nigh 30 years. The Emperor sequestered all knowledge of the Force, destroyed the Jedi Temple and built over it. The general populace knows nothing of the Force. It is almost taboo at this point. Why? Because the last thing the Emperor wanted was the Jedi Order revived. As Han Solo said, "Hokey religions and ancient weapons ..."
If you don't like it...tough. Write your congressman. Platoon Commander - Storm Platoon | Tactical Officer - Army High Council TO-PC/1LT Angel/Storm/Phoenix/Dragon/Osiris/Stormtrooper Corps/Tadath/Vast Empire  ---------------------------------------- Darth Phoenix - Dark Lord of the Sith DLoS/SI Phoenix/DC-04/Lopen/Dark Jedi Order/Vast Empire [VP:1] | Aeos ComNet Disciple  [VE-ARMY] Sergeant First Class [VE-DJO] Krath Adept [VE-VEEC] Engineer Post Number: 2325 Total Posts: 2560 Joined: May 2005 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 23, 2009 4:54:51 PM | | Well, now that we all have established what is off-limits and what not. Soccer, don't get intimidated by all the seriousness of the people here, if it seems harsh for you. Thing is, the VE isn't your everyday SW writing fan forum. We try to focus on more then just writing about star wars. We try to improve our writing here and improve eachother. We focus alot on Character Development, and very oftenly, we depict our character with weaknesses and faults. If we allowed Jedi and Force sensitivity it would really take alot of the fun away. I think it really is alot more fun this way. Anywayz, So, I noticed you tried to space your biography, but you were not really sucessfull. I'm gonna give a short overun on how paragraph structure should more or less be. A paragraph is used to group an idea or action scenerio. Where it begins, and where it stop. When the scenerio or idea is expressed, you move on to the next paragraph. See example - OOC:
Rutter nodded at the woman who sat oposite him. His hand rested casually on the side-arm he kept at his utility belt. The woman, a young gal from Tatooine had soft brown curls that framed her head, and hazel eyes. She smiled at him stiffly. Very few words have been said between the two individuals the past fifteen minutes in which they have been forced together. Both of them were newly enlisted Privates into the army, both of them trying to run away from something.
What am I expressing above? I'm describing their attitude and the general feel of the scenario. Where would I also paragraphing then? - OOC:
- Rutter nodded at the woman who sat oposite him. His hand rested casually on the side-arm he kept at his utility belt. The woman, a young gal from Tatooine had soft brown curls that framed her head, and hazel eyes. She smiled at him stiffly.
Very few words have been said between the two individuals the past fifteen minutes in which they have been forced together. Both of them were newly enlisted Privates into the army, both of them trying to run away from something.
"So....tough boy trying to make it to the ranks huh?" she asked with a malicious smirk.
The man cocked an eyebrow at her.
"Listen, if you're a 'know-it-all' then I can be 'tough-boy,"
No witty reply followed, and Rutter leaned back into his chair with satisfaction. That should keep the damn girl quiet for a while. We use paragraphing to depict and space dialogue, makes it alot easier to read. So, read the rest of my short example below, and then let me know how you feel about it. For the actuall english speaking people here, please feel free to correct me^^ - OOC:
- Rutty nodded at the woman who sat oposite him. His hand rested casually on the side-arm he kept at his utility belt. The woman, a young gal from Tatooine had soft brown curls that framed her head, and hazel eyes. She smiled at him stiffly.
Very few words have been said between the two individuals the past fifteen minutes in which they have been forced together. Both of them were newly enlisted Privates into the army, both of them trying to run away from something.
"So....tough boy trying to make it to the ranks huh?" she asked with a malicious smirk.
The man cocked an eyebrow at her.
"Listen, if you're a 'know-it-all' then I can be 'tough-boy,"
No witty reply followed, and Rutty leaned back into his chair with satisfaction. That should keep the damn girl quiet for a while.
He thought he had won, but from the corner of his eye, he saw her frame leaping at him, and it was with inches that he saved his face from being smashed by her fist.
"What the frak are you doing!"
The girl kept silent as she heaved for breath. She was cleary out of shape, and her stance was sloppy.
Rutter shook his head. He didn't have time to waste with silly girls who couldn't keep their tempers in check. He casually relaxed his frame against the wall while keeping an eye on her tensed body.
The end.
Retired
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CPO_Aeos/(=*A*=)][MC1](=*SA*=)[/align] [This message has been edited by Aeos (edited June 23, 2009 4:57:34 PM)] | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 13 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 24, 2009 9:03:43 PM | | well then, thank you guys.....................
its just i am busy and all, but thank you guys for the criticism..............i did ask for it. It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 14 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 24, 2009 11:26:33 PM | | == Background History == SoccerStar (Ali Jaber) was only six when he witnessed his parents get gunned down by the notorious Hutt, Zorba. In his rage, Ali charged at Zorba, fists flying. "So we have our selves a little fghter here, HO HO HO" Zorba howled. As a Twi'lek mercenary went in for the kill, Zorba blew a huge hole into the merc's chest with the portable ion cannon mounted on his slimy shoulder. "No, you will be far more useful to me alive, as my slave" he said as he grabbed the boy and slithered away. The last thing the boy saw that night was his parents' blank faces staring at him as the left his parents' corpses in the clay domed house. As Ali grew, he had grown more reckless, more agitated, and he thirsted for blood. The boy grew up to be the best marksman and sworsman on the outer rim. He was also Zorba's right hand man and enforcer. Ali could kill anything in his way. He had amazingly supernatural reflexes, he had super strength. His strength was so great, he could lift a Rhonto with minor effort, and his reflexes so instant he could dodge blaster bolts. He seemed as if he could predict the blaster bolts. He had spared hand to hand with echani, mandalorians, zabraks, and defeated each as if they were children. The Mandalorians said they had not seen such prowess in battle since the mandalorian wars against Reven and some rogue jedi. From these compliments, Ali was flattered of course, and one of his greatest weaknesses did show, his cockiness. Ali had earned the Hutt's attention with his prowess in battle. At the time, Zorba's gang, "The Nal Hutta Hunters", was in a gang fight with "The Dune Dukes" and "The Tatooine Titans." In one fell swoop, both rival gangs had fallen upon Zorba's capital city, Anchorhead, at the same time. The village's cryer fresh from the preaching the village's problems, shouted " Lord have mercy upon us, I see raiders!" At the dread sound of that name, the villagers had woken up and lept to their feet just to be nearly knocked down from the site of the two gangs aproaching. They had hears tales of reducing Neptune, Bluerock, and Landsfall into scars on the land. The denizens of those people from the towns had been murdered, women and children alike, along with the men of course. The Raiders played very intimidating drums. They had also have been rumored to fashion flesh from victims' scalps into cloaks, and of course, the very intimidating drums.... The Raiders brnadish their blasters and thier vibroblades. Desperate to buy time for thier families to flee, the villager men prepare to fight. But when they see the the true extent of the raiders' numbers, they realize that thier efforts would befutile and suicidal; there were just too many of them. Most of the first wave was oddly human, if they could be that. Most were bearded, wrappedin dewback scales or bantha fur. Then a hopeful cry bursts foward from the village atthe sight of misty shadows looming through the desert. "Thank Goodness, one vilage exclaims, "lord Zorba!!!" A massive barrage of llaser fire from Zorba's gang totters and destroys most of the first wave. Yet the raiders did not falter. Mad with blood rage, they march over the bodies of fallen comrades and keep pushing to the village walls. The "Nal Hutta Hunters" meet them, vibroswords and vibroaxes flailing, blaster bolt flying overhead. Yet, the huraahs of the villagers soon chokes in thier throats as the barbarians still push through! Zorba and his general, Vogga, fight back to back. Thier thick hides protect them from blaster fire, but the vibro axes an blades are the threats. Just when they were about to be overwhelmed, a shadowy figure appeared on a small sand hill. "Ali," Zorba realizes, "finnaly." Mounted apon a Wraid, the figure wields two Vibroswords, one in each hand, and cuts a bloody swath through the raiders' army. Creating an exit route, Zorba and Vogga flee to recover. Zorba's Champion fights like a winged warrior. His blades dancing in an eeire, fluid grace, chopping and satbbing, clearing the area around him. Many villagers had fought in many battles, but none had seen such a display of lethal swordsmnship. Nimble as a ferret among snakes, the champion cut a swath through the raiders with his mount as if it were a weapon itself. He directs his mount into the thickest knot among the battle. He then is in the middle of the melee. He ten takes sight of a huge massive wookie, a general he presumed, taking on four of Zorba's men at the same time and killing each with what seemed very small and light blades in each hand. Charging at the wookie, the wookie moves at the last moment and shears of the legs of Ali's Wraid. Mountless, Ali is forced to take on the Wookie himself. Cockily thinking that the wookie was strong but slow, Ali tries to shear of the wookie's head but the wookie, lightning fast, defends himself with one blade and punches Ali five feet away. Ali, shocked, realizes that the blades being small and light, the wookie compensated for his lack of speed. Also, a moment later, Ali realizes that he lost his vibroswords in the wookie's savage counterattack. "It is going to be a challnge" he thinks to himself. Ali then brandishes his double viblo sword from his back. The deadly blade, with a sword on either end, was very muck like the famed doubleblades lightsaber wielded by Darth Maul. Attacking the wookie again and again, he finnaly severed one arm of the wookie after about ten minutes of hard cold and painful combat. Yet the wookie kept on fighting!!!! Then realizing the two blaster holsters, one on each side of his legs.......... "Duh" he thought to himself, "what an idiot i am!" Wielding a blaster in each hand, he shoots two bolts through the wookie's head, each into each of the wookie's eyes. He then notices that the battle was over and that the opposing gangs retreated. He then jumpd out of shock to see Zorba an Vogga clapping at his recent kill. "Very good Ali," Zorba says " though I would have made him suffer or at least captured him" After the battle,the group return to Zorba's Place. Then Ali showered and went to his room thinking about himself. He could best anyone with a knife, pistol, explosive, and rifle on the outer rim and also boasted the Unknown regions too. Yet, he felt as if something was calling to him. He had killed a Krayt Dragon in the Dune Sea. He had been exploring the Dune Sea on his land speeder due to his feeling that something was missing and he had to investigate. He them felt a mysterious pull and headed to a cave. Then, suddenly, the was a huge roar and the ground shook, spreading dust into the air. Ali had looked up to see a huge, scaly, horned, and beaked monster growling at him. With his instinct, he automatically snapped his precision pistol out of his holster and started blasting at the thing. Every shot had hit the Krayt Dragon in the face but, the thing might as well had skin of durasteel. He them ran under the belly of the Krayt Dragon Sticking his vibro-blade into the belly above him while still moving. The vibro-blade shorted out and made a whirring noise indicating the vibro-cell had shorted out. Ali just kept moving knowing that there was no blocking, just dodging. He then had an idea! He ran to his land speeder and put the thing on full speed. Using the knowledge of the technology of almost all the vehicles on the outer rim, thanks to Zorba's paying for the best teachers and lessons availuable, he rigged the land-speeder to keep on moving at full speed no mater what. He then planted a thermal detonator in the front of the vehicle and rigged it to explode in 5 seconds. And then, he jumped and watched as the speeder was cropped up into the monster's mouth by the monster itself right after he jumped and counted............3............2..........1.......BOOM!!!! The head of the beast disappeared in a cloud of smoke and red mist. Ali went to study the body not wanting to think of how he was going to get back home. In the gullet of the Beast's corpse.........he found two transparent crystals. These rare things were rumored to improve the accuracy of a lightsaber. "No," he thought, "These will serve as Trophies of my deed. He felt elated to fight something so big and powerful and exotic. Yet the mysterious tug still pulled Ali into the Krayt Dragon's lair. He went into the cave and discovered an old, ancient holoprojector. He somehow made it work and was greeted by what seemed a Rakatan. He recognized them from countless jedi and sith holocrons stored in Zorba's treasure room. He seemed to be the only one to make them work. He just simply focused on the object and it just, worked. Yet the holocrons would only allow him to delve so far into their secrets. He presumed the things probably worked on humans only and that was it. No supernatural force or anything, just needed a human to activate it. He also reasoned with himself that was the only explanation because he was the only human in Zorba's Palace. The spoke of something called, "The Star Forge" and that was all he could understand. He only understood rudimentary Rakatan speak. There was a map showing Manaan, Kasshyk, Tatooine, Dantooine, and Korriban. He disreguarded the information as from the Old Republic and was useless anyway. The planet may had had a Old Republic culture and way of life, but that was only the backwater planets that couldn't adapt to the present galaxy. The Old Republic was long gone, but the way of life had remained. Then a little compartment opened and two lightsabers along with a Holocron apeared!!! He had learned enough from the holocrons that one with no experience with lightsabers would have a better chance hurting oneself that the opponents. He carefully ignited the blades to find one was silver and the other........................red. He decided that it was definitely time to go home. He ended up finding a sandcrawler and killing the Jawas aboard. "This will be a nice present for Zorba" he said as he grinned. The lightsabers and holocron safely with him, Ali plotted a course home. Back at the Palace, Ali went straight to his room. "I must be the luckiest 18 year older ever!!!!!!" he screamed. He first tried to use the Holocron but it was no use.......the holocron did not react. "Thing must be broken he reasoned" he reasoned, "I'll fix it later." Ali then went on a stroll around Mos Eisely and then went to Anchorhead, the city he had saved just a while ago. He took along with him his best friend a rodian, Tupa, who was his friend ever since his parents' murder and he was sent to the palace. They were checking out an old HK-47 droid at an old droid shop in Anchorhead. The crazy droid said it knew Darth Reven and would tell us amazing stories. He had just bought the thing when a thievery took place at the shop. Four Rodians were holding up the Quarren shop owner. Tupa shouted "HEY!" and got his head blast off. Ali immediately took both his pistols out of my holsters and shot two of them in between the eyes and the HK-47 took Tupa's blaster and shot a third in the fore head. Ali saw the one who shot Tupa ran out of the shop. He then followed and a crowd was gathering up outside. He took two knives out of his boot sheathes and threw them right into the legs of the Rodian, exactly where Ali wanted them to hit. He neatly and efficiently cut off his lower legs off by throwing the knives and making them spin horizontally instead of vertical. There was a recruitment garrison looking for recruits to sign up and they quickly surrounded the disabled rodian and me looming over the rodian. "Enough," the ensign said to Ali. The HK-47 model blocked the ensign and his fellow officers as if it knew what Ali was going to do. Ali took a vibro knife from my pouch which also contained the two lightsabers and the holocron. He then plunged his blade into the rodians throat and slide it from side to side. "Now it is enough," Ali said coldly. Instead of trying to incarcerate him, the Ensign offered Ali to sign up. "How old are you son?" he asked. "I am 18, sir" Ali said. "Then welcome aboard lad" he said pointing at the nearby spaceport. Ali pointed at the HK-47 and said "He comes with me." And Ali went on the ship, the only things left were the two lightsabers, the two Krayt Dragon Crystals, HK-47, and the Holocron. This is a work in progress, just wanted to show you guys a little, what i hope, improvement It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... [This message has been edited by SoccerStar (edited June 24, 2009 11:30:01 PM)] | Aeos ComNet Disciple  [VE-ARMY] Sergeant First Class [VE-DJO] Krath Adept [VE-VEEC] Engineer Post Number: 2327 Total Posts: 2560 Joined: May 2005 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 24, 2009 11:46:37 PM | | Well, it looks ALOT better, I see you understood more or less what I explained. Now, as for the holocrons and ligthsabers and everything, I'll leave it up to your trainers on how they accept or want it edited/removed. The only part that really bothers me now, and its only an opinion. Technically its acceptable: He had amazingly supernatural reflexes, he had super strength. His strength was so great, he could lift a Rhonto with minor effort, and his reflexes so instant he could dodge blaster bolts. He seemed as if he could predict the blaster bolts. He had spared hand to hand with echani, mandalorians, zabraks, and defeated each as if they were children. The Mandalorians said they had not seen such prowess in battle since the mandalorian wars against Reven and some rogue jedi. From these compliments, Ali was flattered of course, and one of his greatest weaknesses did show, his cockiness.I'll be honest Soccer, It in no way will I ever take you seriously as a writer if you keep that. Retired
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CPO_Aeos/(=*A*=)][MC1](=*SA*=)[/align] | Jager ComNet Member  [VE-ARMY] Senior Sergeant [VE-ICS] Pirivateer Captain Post Number: 415 Total Posts: 528 Joined: Apr 2008 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 25, 2009 12:50:13 AM | | Do you actually read the criticism, Soccer? Angel wrote:All things Force related are governed by the DJO, specifically the Dark Council. It is our policy that the Force and it's surrounding paraphernalia and personnel (i.e. lightsabers, Jedi) are off-limits to non-DJO personnel.
SoccerStar wrote:And Ali went on the ship, the only things left were the two lightsabers, the two Krayt Dragon Crystals, HK-47, and the Holocron.
Rizzit wrote:God-modding is in reference to when you are playing a video game with cheat codes. The same thing applies to your writing. Basically keep in mind while you are writing a work of fiction realize that your character should be able to physically do most of their actions realistically not through some unforeseen magick.
SoccerStar wrote:He had amazingly supernatural reflexes, he had super strength. His strength was so great, he could lift a Rhonto with minor effort, and his reflexes so instant he could dodge blaster bolts.
Somehow I doubt it... | Warbird ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 4 Total Posts: 31 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 25, 2009 6:34:53 AM | | Wow, I have never seen a better example of godmodding in my life!
Not everyone can be a Jedi, no matter how much you want to be. i am sorry if that breaks your heart. Oh, and just to say, when I was 11, i wasn't as bad as you are. Please read other people's profiles, and you will see that you are just a stormtrooper right now, and maybe someday you will be a Dark Jedi. But until then, please act like it. What you are doing isn't hinting at force sensitivity, it is showing it. you sound like somebody out of a superhero comic. | TX-47 ComNet Member  [VE-ARMY] Lance Corporal Post Number: 431 Total Posts: 597 Joined: Jan 2008 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 25, 2009 6:01:13 PM | | Patience SoccerDude, patience. Aeos was using the kid gloves to let you down gently. The VE policies are ones we all agree to play by when we join. Warbird was just telling it like it is. I am termed as "Brutally Honest" by many of my friends. Sadly, as much as that can be a virtue it has gotten me into trouble on occasion  That said, my character was originally inspired by the Ralph MacQuarrie concept and figure, as shown:   I had to re-imagine my character as an army driver/pilot. No biggie. Also we aren't supposed to use 'canon' characters in our stories or bios. If they were to appear at all it would be under the careful planing of High Command. For example, my character has an HK unit HK-X47 called 'Hex'. I admit it; I'm a KotOR-junkie  There's more 'wiggle room' in the StoryNet, but those aren't 'official' as far as for character progression. PM for more info on that. Take Care  [This message has been edited by TX-47 (edited June 25, 2009 6:54:02 PM)] | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 15 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 25, 2009 11:34:10 PM | | == Background History ==
SoccerStar (Ali Jaber) was only six when he witnessed his parents get gunned down by the notorious Hutt, Zorba. In his rage, Ali charged at Zorba, fists flying.
"So we have our selves a little fighter here, HO HO HO" Zorba howled.
As a Twi'lek mercenary went in for the kill, Zorba blew a huge hole into the merc's chest with the portable ion cannon mounted on his slimy shoulder.
"No, you will be far more useful to me alive, as my slave" he said as he grabbed the boy and slithered away.
The last thing the boy saw that night was his parents' blank faces staring at him as the left his parents' corpses in the clay domed house. As Ali grew, he had grown more reckless, more agitated, and he thirsted for blood. The boy grew up to be the best marksman and swordsman on the outer rim. He was also Zorba's right hand man and enforcer. Ali could kill anything in his way. He had amazingly supernatural reflexes, they were so fast he could dodge blaster bolts. He had spared hand to hand with echani, mandalorians, zabraks, and defeated each as if they were children. The Mandalorians said they had not seen such prowess in battle since the mandalorian wars against Reven and some rogue jedi. From these compliments, Ali was flattered of course, and one of his greatest weaknesses did show, his cockiness.
Ali had earned the Hutt's attention with his prowess in battle. At the time, Zorba's gang, "The Nal Hutta Hunters", was in a gang fight with "The Dune Dukes" and "The Tatooine Titans." In one fell swoop, both rival gangs had fallen upon Zorba's capital city, Anchorhead, at the same time.
The village's crier fresh from the preaching the village's problems, shouted " Lord have mercy upon us, I see raiders!"
At the dread sound of that name, the villagers had woken up and leapt to their feet just to be nearly knocked down from the site of the two gangs approaching. They had hears tales of reducing Neptune, Bluerock, and Landsfall into scars on the land. The denizens of those people from the towns had been murdered, women and children alike, along with the men of course. The Raiders played very intimidating drums. They had also have been rumored to fashion flesh from victims' scalps into cloaks, and of course, the very intimidating drums....
The Raiders brandish their blasters and their vibroblades. Desperate to buy time for their families to flee, the villager men prepared to fight. But when they see the the true extent of the raiders' numbers, they realize that thier efforts would be futile and suicidal; there were just too many of them. Most of the first wave was oddly human, if they could be that. Most were bearded, wrapped in dewback scales or bantha fur. Then a hopeful cry bursts forward from the village at the sight of misty shadows looming through the desert. "Thank Goodness, one villager exclaims, "lord Zorba!!!" A massive barrage of laser fire from Zorba's gang totters and destroys most of the first wave. Yet the raiders did not falter. Mad with blood rage, they march over the bodies of fallen comrades and keep pushing to the village walls. The "Nal Hutta Hunters" met them, vibroswords and vibroaxes flailing, blaster bolts flying overhead. Yet, the hurrahs of the villagers soon chokes in their throats as the barbarians still push through! Zorba and his general, Vogga, fight back to back, surrounded and cut off from the rest of their army. Their thick hides protect them from blaster fire, but the vibro axes and blades are the threats. Just when they were about to be overwhelmed, a shadowy figure appeared on a small sand hill.
"Ali," Zorba realizes, "finally."
Mounted upon a Wraid, the figure wields two Vibroswords, one in each hand, and cuts a bloody swath through the raiders' army. Creating an exit route, Zorba and Vogga flee to recover. Zorba's Champion fights like a winged warrior. His blades dancing in an eerie, fluid grace, chopping and stabbing, clearing the area around him. Many villagers had fought in many battles, but none had seen such a display of lethal swordsmanship. Nimble as a ferret among snakes, the champion cut a swath through the raiders with his mount as if it were a weapon itself. He directs his mount into the thickest knot among the battle. He then is in the middle of the melee. He ten takes sight of a huge massive wookie, a general he presumed, taking on four of Zorba's men at the same time and killing each with what seemed very small and light blades in each hand. Charging at the wookie, the wookie moves at the last moment and shears of the legs of Ali's Wraid. Mount-less, Ali is forced to take on the Wookie himself. Cockily thinking that the wookie was strong but slow, Ali tried to shear of the wookie's head but the wookie, lightning fast, defended himself with one blade and punches Ali five feet away. Ali, shocked, realizes that the blades being small and light, the wookie compensated for his lack of speed. Also, a moment later, Ali realizes that he lost his vibroswords in the wookie's savage counterattack.
"It is going to be a challenge" he thinks to himself.
Ali then brandishes his double vibro sword from his back. The deadly blade, with a sword on either end, was very muck like the famed doublebladed lightsaber wielded by Darth Maul that he had read about. Attacking the wookie again and again, he finally severed one arm of the wookie after about ten minutes of hard cold and painful combat. Yet the wookie kept on fighting!!!! Then realizing the two blaster holsters, one on each side of his legs..........
"Duh" he thought to himself, "what an idiot i am!"
Wielding a blaster in each hand, he shoots two bolts through the wookie's head, each into each of the wookie's eyes. He then notices that the battle was over and that the opposing gangs retreated. He then jumped out of surprise to see Zorba an Vogga clapping at his recent kill.
"Very good Ali," Zorba says " though I would have made him suffer or at least captured him"
After the battle, the group return to Zorba's Place. Then Ali showered and went to his room thinking about his recent battle and how he could better himself. He could best anyone with a knife, pistol, explosive, and rifle on the outer rim and also boasted the Unknown regions too. Yet, he felt as if something was calling to him that would answer his question. He had been exploring the Dune Sea on his land speeder due to his feeling and he had to investigate. He them felt a mysterious pull and headed to a cave. Then, suddenly, the was a huge roar and the ground shook, spreading dust into the air. Ali had looked up to see a huge, scaly, horned, and beaked monster growling at him. With his instinct, he automatically snapped his precision pistol out of his holster and started blasting at the thing. Every shot had hit the Krayt Dragon in the face but, the thing might as well had skin of durasteel. He them ran under the belly of the Krayt Dragon Sticking his vibro-blade into the belly above him while still moving. The vibro-blade shorted out and made a whirring noise indicating the vibro-cell had shorted out. Ali just kept moving knowing that there was no blocking, just dodging. He then had an idea! He ran to his land speeder and put the thing on full speed. Using the knowledge of the technology of almost all the vehicles on the outer rim, thanks to Zorba's paying for the best teachers and lessons availuable, he rigged the land-speeder to keep on moving at full speed no mater what. He then planted a thermal detonator in the front of the vehicle and rigged it to explode in 5 seconds. And then, he jumped and watched as the speeder was cropped up into the monster's mouth by the monster itself right after he jumped and counted............3............2..........1.......BOOM!!!!
The head of the beast disappeared in a cloud of smoke and red mist. Ali went to study the body not wanting to think of how he was going to get back home. In the gullet of the Beast's corpse.........he found two transparent crystals. These rare things were rumored to improve the accuracy of a lightsaber.
"No," he thought, "These will serve as trophies of my kill."
He felt elated to fight something so big and powerful and exotic.
Yet the mysterious tug still pulled Ali into the Krayt Dragon's lair. He went into the cave and discovered an old, ancient holoprojector. He somehow fixed to make it work and was greeted by what seemed a Rakatan. He recognized them from countless archives and pieces of work from thousands of years ago in Zorba's treasure room. He seemed to be the only one read them. He just simply could not stop reading them in his spare time. He had learned so many secrets from them. The ancient flimsiplast contained records dating back to the Old Republic to the present. He presumed that many people had to pay for Zorba's greed in attaining such valuable items from Aaeton to Zygeria.
The guardian spoke of something called, "The Star Forge" and that was all he could understand. He only understood rudimentary Rakatan speak. There was a map showing Manaan, Kasshyk, Tatooine, Dantooine, and Korriban. He disregarded the information as from the Old Republic and was useless anyway. The planet may had had a Old Republic culture and way of life, but that was only the backwater planets that couldn't adapt to the present galaxy. The Old Republic was long gone, but the way of life had remained. Then a little compartment opened and a mysterious black box had appeared! He had tried to open the black box but he could not, the thing would not budge. He carefully ignited a surgical laser to open it but still, no success. He decided that it was definitely time to go home. He ended up finding a sandcrawler and killing the Jawas aboard. "This will be a nice present for Zorba" he said as he grinned and peered over his soldier to the nice salvage that the Jawas had recovered. The Black box safely with him, in his backpack, Ali plotted a course home. Back at the Palace, Ali went straight to his room. He first tried to open the box but it still wouldn't open.
"Thing must be broken," he reasoned" he reasoned, "I'll fix it later."
Ali then went on a stroll around Mos Eisely and then went to Anchorhead, the city he had saved just a while ago. He took along with him his best friend a rodian, Tupa, who was his friend ever since his parents' murder and he was sent to the palace. They were checking out an old HK-47 droid at an old droid shop in Anchorhead. The crazy droid said it knew of Darth Reven and that one of his predesessors really knew him and would tell Ali and Tupa amazing stories.
"I think I'll call you, Muhammad" Ali said.
Ali had just bought the thing when a thievery took place at the shop. Four Rodians were holding up the Quarren shop owner.
Tupa shouted "HEY!" and got his head blast off.
Ali immediately took both his pistols out of my holsters and shot two of them in between the eyes and the HK-47 took Tupa's blaster and shot a third in the fore head. Ali saw the one who shot Tupa ran out of the shop. He then followed and a crowd was gathering up outside. He took two knives out of his boot sheathes and threw them right into the legs of the Rodian, exactly where Ali wanted them to hit. He neatly and efficiently cut off his lower legs off by throwing the knives and making them spin horizontally instead of vertical. There was a recruitment garrison looking for recruits to sign up and they quickly surrounded the disabled rodian and Ali looming over the crippled rodian.
"Enough," the ensign said to Ali.
The HK-47 model blocked the ensign and his fellow officers as if it knew what Ali was going to do. Ali took a vibro knife from his backpack which also contained the black box and Krayt Dragon Crystals. He then plunged his blade into the rodian's throat and slide it from side to side.
"Now it is enough," Ali said coldly.
Instead of trying to incarcerate him, the Ensign offered Ali to sign up.
"How old are you son?" he asked.
"I am 18, sir" Ali said.
"Then welcome aboard lad," he said pointing at the nearby spaceport.
Ali pointed at the HK-47 and said "He comes with me."
And Ali went on the ship, the only things left were the black box, Mohammed, the two Krayt Dragon Crystals, and his question.
This is a work in progress, just wanted to show you guys a little, what i hope, improvement
By the way, TX-47, thank you for giving me critisism in a positive way, though i am not saying the other critisism was not appreciated, and I love KOTOR too It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 16 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 25, 2009 11:41:29 PM | | there.............................
less god-modding but i will admit it is not all gone
Lightsabres are gone
Holocrons gone
no mention of the force
gets hurt
has a weakness
spacing
Old Republic is mentioned but more time appropriate
by the way, my we are talking about bio nd only the bio, so far It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 17 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 26, 2009 12:01:20 AM | | anything else i miss?
i really think i at least made it a little better right?
i followed most of the criticism handed put to me.............. It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... [This message has been edited by SoccerStar (edited June 26, 2009 12:03:35 AM)] | StarFruit ComNet Cadet  [VE-ARMY] Corporal Post Number: 204 Total Posts: 356 Joined: Jan 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 26, 2009 1:03:43 AM | | Okay. Time for my brutally honest input.
You didn't get rid of ANY of the god-modding. It's still there. It's annoying. It needs to go. No body can be teh best marksman, or teh best swords man. No body can doge blaster bolts. No body can go hand-to-hand with all of ththings/people/creatures you said your charcater is able to do so with.
Take it out. Seriously. God-modding is looked down upon like no other thing on this site. Your character needs weaknesses. REAL WEAKNESSES.
Second thing: You're use of ellipses. I admit, there aren't that many in your bio, but still. Only THREE '.'s are necessary. Also, know when to use them. Don't just throw them in there. They are not to be used for a character's thinking process, or time passing.
Sorry if this is harsh, but it needs to be. I've been watching this thread the whole way through, and I can honestly say that you have changed nothing but the force/jedi/lightsaber related things.
Take out the god-modding.
Fix the ellipses.
Thank you. Corporal Jaenna Caldwin []CommunicationsTech[]SL/CPL Jaenna/2SQD/1PLT/1COM-Phoenix/1BAT-Dragon/1RGT-Osiris/Tadath/VEA/VE [Cor] "I found the cure to happiness. Too bad it's an illegal substance." | Jegora ComNet Veteran  [VE-ARMY] Platoon Sergeant [VE-DJO] Initiate [VE-NAVY] 2nd Lieutenant Post Number: 1160 Total Posts: 1394 Joined: Oct 2007 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 26, 2009 10:47:42 AM | | Aiight, I realize that you CoT is currently MIA, and that we're all trying to help, but maybe we should keep the input coming from one or two people. It can get confusing, otherwise. Jegora Fal Squad Leader, Jester Squad Initiate of the Dark Jedi Order
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Osk Company Employee An Officer of the Roworth Bounty Agency Assistant to the Tactical Officer | Angel ComNet Marshal  [VE-ARMY] 1st Lieutenant [VE-DJO] Sith Infiltrator Post Number: 3019 Total Posts: 3212 Joined: Jul 2003 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 26, 2009 12:31:43 AM | | I will clear it up for him then:
As I'm the fill-in CoT for the time being I'll make this real easy:
At this point I'm considering the entire last half of your biography plagiarism. You're almost verbatim copying KotOR but only changing the time frame. If you want to get out of basic training you need to ditch the entire Star Forge fallacy, knock off the whole "zomg I r t3h b3st!!1!!!1!11" nonsense, and actually listen to the very good suggestions of your peers.
Now I'll throw you a bone. You're active, you're enthusiastic. Both of those are very good things to have. Just take a step back and look at this from a different perspective. What fun is it to be an uber-god? Trust me when I say it WILL get boring.
I'll await your next revision with baited breath. Tactical Officer - Army High Council | Platoon Commander - Storm PlatoonTO-PC/1LT Angel/HCA-4/Storm/Phoenix/Dragon/Osiris/Stormtrooper Corps/Tadath/Vast Empire  ---------------------------------------- Darth Phoenix - Dark Lord of the Sith DLoS/SI Phoenix/DC-04/Lopen/Dark Jedi Order/Vast Empire [VP:1] | SoccerStar ComNet n00b  [VE-ARMY] Private Post Number: 21 Total Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2009 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 26, 2009 7:03:57 PM | | guys one question, is this supposed to take this long to make one bio? Angel, there i no plagarism in this thing i promise (and anyways, would you really think it was this bad if i did?)
a few questions.........
Can i keep a little god-moding? Just a tiny bit.
Sorry, but i am new to this writing thing, "eclipses?"
Guys (and gals), just quote the parts of the bio you no like and I'll consider revising them (I am not making any promises), and if you could, please suggest some replacements for them too.
Ands always, thank you guys (and gals), for the critism
I will await your suggestions with "baited breath"........... It is a Quiet Thing, to Fall, but Far Worse it is to Admit It....... | Rizzit ComNet Marshal  [VE-ARMY] General Post Number: 2658 Total Posts: 2795 Joined: Mar 2002 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 27, 2009 12:45:44 AM | | SoccerStar wrote:Can i keep a little god-moding? Just a tiny bit.
No. This is the reason why: We may be writing works of fiction but there should be a certain degree of realism in your work. WHY do things happen? Could you explain what happened to lengthy details in a debate if you had to. If it helps, grab some one of us or a couple of us when writing the next draft. Maybe some collaborative thinking will help you out. And yes, as Angel said you are active and willing. GREAT things to see from recruits at this point. | TX-47 ComNet Member  [VE-ARMY] Lance Corporal Post Number: 433 Total Posts: 597 Joined: Jan 2008 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 27, 2009 10:50:12 AM | | When I was joining the Imperial Entanglements site/group I was overly ambitious; a fault not uncommon to those inspired by Star Wars to dream bigger. I think I was close to a dozen drafts when all was said and done. My Vast Empire characters not so much; like 3-4 drafts for Tank and 2 or 3 for Starbukk.
A thing to consider is thinking of the VE as like an MMORPG. One person running around in god-mode isn't just breaking the rules; it's annoying, unfair and ruins the enjoyment of the other players. A group of such 'cheaters' is much worse. Players caught cheating in most MMO's are banned or at least face suspended accounts and/or other penalties.
This last bit is important. Seriously. What fun is there if there is no challenge? Even Superman and Green Lantern, for all their power, are still mortal. There have been stories were they are killed, sometimes just to prove that point. If every villain were a pushover, then what could hold the readers' interest? Why would they come back for more?
 | Riqimo ComNet Expert Imperial Duke  [VE-ARMY] 1st Lieutenant [VE-DJO] Journeyman [VE-ICS] Company Agent [VE-NAVY] 1st Lieutenant [VE-VEEC] Chief Engineer Post Number: 1875 Total Posts: 2170 Joined: Oct 2006 Status: Offline | RE: Important!!!!!!! | June 27, 2009 11:23:54 AM | | As the newly appointed Assistant Commander of Training I'll be helping you out from here onwards. So you now have some actual help. Reading over everything you have, I think your best option is to start from scratch. I recognize you put effort into this, but unfortunately you are not going to be able to pass easily with such a bio. Mainly since our timeline takes place in 9 ABY, which is a little over 4,000 years after the KotOR events take place. Most people nowadays don't even know whom Reven is, the Mandalorians don't even truly exist anymore, nor do the Echani exist in any organized fashion. Try to make your character unique is what I really want to see. Simply borrowing off the KotOR series is not that unique in my eyes. From my hard-won experience here in the Vast Empire and elsewhere, these guidelines below are the most important principles for character creation and roleplaying; they have been tried and tested so many times. So here, you go, guidelines for making an unique character:
The Vast Empire is basically one vast storyline. To best fit into this story, you need to make sure your character contains a good and realistic story within himself. That means you know why the character is the way he is and what in the past helped make him that way. Develop a history. Make up parents and siblings and pets, first loves, first hates, important friendships, and major experiences. From his background springs his motivation. For example, a lowly beggar of Nar Shadaa, born in hunger and desperation, might become greedy so he never, ever have to suffer again. Conflict is essential to your character's story. It is the driving force behind a character's development. Study the memorable characters from the books and movies. For example, Darth Vader is a magnificent character because he is driven by such conflicting emotions as loyalty, fear, hunger for power, twisted idealism, and (no less strong than the others) love for his son. Whatever these driving forces are, they should be major and believable, which means the character will have to overcome great obstacles to overcome them. So, give your character a set of passions to play with. Next, work with stereotypes and twist them around a little bit. View the character concepts from a different angle. There is no reason why a Gungan cannot be smart and capable of speaking without his stereotypical dialect. But, take some stereotypes for what they are - stereotypes. Maybe you have a former mercenary who is a battle hardened veteran of the Galactic Civil War (Empire vs Rebels). So what? Give him detail and motivation. He might tel old war stories at inappropriate times. he might rub an old scar when the weather changes. Give him quirks, special gestures, and little habits to breathe life into the character. Define goals. A short-term goal might be to gain acceptance in the Stormtrooper Corps. Middle-term goals could be to eventually lead his own squad someday, or maybe to use the corps as a means of learning a trade such as becoming a combat medic for medical skills. Lastly, and most importantly, allow your character to have weaknesses. We have seen so many "god mode" characters that we really aren't impressed anymore - simply annoyed. Make your character as interesting as possible. This will help you play the character in a manner that others have fun too, and perhaps they will eventually find out what happened to your character that time his smuggling freighter crashed on a jungle planet and you had to survive on your own. Riqimo "Doc" Ray PershawImperial Navy, Adjutant Naval Tactical Officer Vast Empire Army, Squad Leader Imperial Center, Chief Technical Officer Duke of Aaclu, Tadath
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