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I learned what irritates business people most a few weeks ago. It's jargon. In fact a few years ago I read that over 25 per cent of business executives admitted to using jargon they didn't understand in meetings.
No wonder, then, that when it comes to selling technological things, so many messages dissolve into a sort of linguistic swamp.
Here's a good example from an e-mail someone sent me:
At Blah-co we have just developed an email stationery online software package that allows one in house member of staff to deploy all email users with a professionally designed Email stationery template, designed by one of our team of designers to all users and to include their unique contact details, meaning not only will the presentation of their emails improve but equally as important all be consistent throughout your organisation. (whew!)
Because of the way the templates are constructed our solutions avoid all types filtering ensuring your mail always arrives.
Well, I think I understand the beginning and the end and recognise all the words but I'm damned if I know what they mean when put together.
Here's another series of examples extracted from mailings sent by another firm.
"Are you one of those lucky few who have bedded down IT operations?"
"Would you realise a significant increase in business agility, accelerated decision making, employees pursuing a common agenda and a heightened awareness of your strategy?"
"Miss or ignore priority system availability or leadership messages"
"Adopting a new change driver that communicates change and strategy in a high impact and engaging way"
"Intranets suffer the limitations of pull technology"
"A controlled feedback channel enables you to capture a snapshot of employee morale in real time"
"Cascade this down to your people"
They actually have something great to sell, so we tried to translate their stuff into English.
Every day, you send tens, hundreds, maybe thousands of e-mails to people who want or need to hear from you.
Maybe they're your colleagues, your customers, your employees or your prospects: many may actually have asked to hear from you.
Then what happens?
Your "wanted" messages get lost in a sea of Spam. So the poor recipients go through the infuriating task of fishing out what really interests them from all that rubbish.
A **** sends your messages on a different route. One that avoids the traffic jams. It's a desktop alert that jumps onto your screen no matter what you're doing. You can't ignore it; it appears whether you're onscreen or off.
And that's why firms as varied as Sky, Arsenal Football Club. Kelloggs and Warner Brothers use them.
Winston Churchill said, "Use simple words everyone knows, then everyone will understand."
This is important especially if you're selling a financial or technical product or service. Use a bit of jargon to reassure the anoraks, but put the rest in plain English.
Confucius said that if language is used incorrectly, what is said is not what is meant, everything goes to pot and "the people stand about in helpless confusion".
If you wish for a few text-book cases, consider the National Health Service or the police force.
On the other hand, if you actually relish a little chaos, you need the economy bullshit generator. Click here and give it a go. It will add a welcome touch of drivel to your meetings.
It was inevitable with a name like ours and the increasing popularity of franchises of a certain chain of donut makers that our website would take some hits from people searching 'Marketing Donuts'.
I have an interesting tale to share with you all as to how one of these franchises has gone about announcing their arrival in Bristol and marketed their donut products.
Last month I watched the England versus Slovenia match in the centre of Bristol at the Football Fan Park facility. This is essentially a square in the centre of Bristol that has a giant screen and a fenced off arena where football fans can congregate to have their hopes and dreams of national sporting glory dashed once again.
During the second half of the encounter which saw us secure second place in our group and prolong the inevitable demise, there were people walking into the arena with boxes of sugar glazed ring donuts. The more people that came in with donuts, the more people left to seek confectionery
Outside the arena there was a van packed full of trays of donuts and a sizeable but orderly queue of people receiving a free box of donuts. By the time the final whistle had been blown, the crowd inside the arena raced to the exit to join what became a sickening display of greed. The scenes were reminiscent of an aid convey arriving in an earthquake ravaged town. (Responsibility for the welfare of the public on the part of the company was tossed in the air like the final few boxes of donuts as the polite queue fast became a scrum of over one hundred people.)
The cost of this exercise may have been sizeable for the company but the clever part has been the size of reach that they will have achieved. Hand out a single donut and you make one person happy. Hand out a box of twelve and you empower that one very happy person to do the leg work for you in sharing the product and news of the soon-to-be-open new store with others. Seeding the public with samples of donuts has raised awareness of the new addition to Bristol. Word of mouth never tasted so good.
How do you encourage word of mouth with your existing customers?
Drayton Bird is a renowned direct marketing teacher, speaker and author. Find out more about him on his profile.
Why I started the Donut
I've always found small businesses compelling – what makes them work and the challenge of going it alone are to me the most interesting questions in business. And after 19 years of running my company, BHP, I admire SMEs more than ever.
Running your own show is tremendous fun, especially if you know what you're doing and can manage the 101 challenges that come your way every month. Which is where BHP content comes in.
We've been producing our expert how-to guides, sponsored by blue chips and government organisations, for nearly two decades. But, of course, as an entrepreneur, I wanted something new to do. In a (rare) idle moment online, I scouted about for a really good marketing website for small businesses. There wasn't one.
So we decided to do it, launching on 20 April 2009. We built small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) their own site with everything they needed to make their marketing thrive. Founding partners Google and Royal Mail backed us all the way, as have our ever-growing list of sponsors such as Vodafone and Yell.
What we've achieved in a year
As well as Marketing Donut, we launched two more Donut websites to cover starting up and law. We've just announced that the fourth site to launch will be IT Donut, scheduled for the week commencing 23 August.
We use 300 top people to provide the expert advice on the Donuts, but, for me, the real experts are also the users. Before we started work, we asked people running small businesses what they wanted from a site. They told us they needed fast, practical and accurate answers to their questions. The Donuts give SME managers that, free. Tools, templates, checklists, the lot: plus the news their business needs to know.
All the Donuts report live on major small-business happenings - we were the first business advice site to break news of the rise in minimum wage on Budget Day. MyDonut, the e-newsletter, now goes out to tens of thousands of people a month – next year numbers should top 100,000. (This is in addition to the 300,000 subscribers to the SME newsletters that we publish for our clients. Life at BHP is one big deadline.)
Since the launch a year ago, the Donut sites have fast become a key player in the UK small-business scene. Our Twitter accounts have over 40,000 followers and our Twitter team picked up two national awards last year.
Local versions of marketingdonut.co.uk, startupdonut.co.uk and lawdonut.co.uk are syndicated to our partners, both nationally and in the regions. Thirty-five organisations already have their own Donut websites and more are coming on stream every month.
The Donut is a strong business model, because it is a win-win for everyone involved. Crucially, BHP had already invested several years building up the strategic relationships and the content before launching the first website. As with most successful SMEs, we always knew that the Donut project would not be a sprint to success, it would be a marathon.
2010-2011: what's in it for you?
As we expand the core "answers to your questions" pages of the Donuts, we will continue to cover news and key topical issues for you. For instance, this month the Law Donut explains how to cope with recruitment and redundancy as the economy remains fragile, as well as what to do when all your staff want time off for June's World Cup.
We're currently building the IT Donut, which will be a comprehensive resource for demystifying IT, troubleshooting and trading online. It will become the first place any small business turns to when they have a tech problem that needs sorting fast. We're currently recruiting experts who will rid us all of pesky IT stress forever, I hope.
We'll also be providing a local service for users, thanks to our partners. Law firms, chambers of commerce and enterprise agencies are all getting involved. This is really exciting, as it gives users the best of all worlds - a huge library of constantly updated advice from experts throughout the UK, combined with local content.
An SME owner's work is never done, so I'm signing off to tackle the above. Before I go - thanks to you, our users, and all our partners and experts, for a great year.
Each of the three major political parties has now unveiled the election slogan that will underpin its campaign. This is a vital piece of their election toolkit – it's the platform on which the rest of their messaging will be built. In marketing terms, it's their USP. But do they work? And what makes a good election slogan anyway?
I've done some thinking of my own and I asked your opinions, too, via the Marketing Donut Twitter account.
The Labour Party slogan recalls its great founding principle, equality - presumably because they feel it's the key distinction arch rivals, the Conservatives. The phrase itself has a poetic, but archaic quality. Rather than looking forward to a progressive future, it seems almost a requiem for an ideal that has never been achieved.
This is what you thought:
@the_shopkeeper Surely this should be "A fair future for all"? Rolls easier off the tongue, in my humble opinion.
@Web_D Sounds like there's going to be a rollercoaster and dodgems.
@JanMinihane Sounds like Labour are planning a fair, how wonderful.
The Conservative Party slogan has the virtues of directness, simplicity and it's memorable – all key elements of a good slogan. On the other hand, it doesn't tell you what they want to change or who will benefit from the change. Is it us? Or is it them? They seem to rely on a public appetite for something – anything – different.
You said:
@benparkatbjs Does anyone know the Tory election slogan? "Spare any change?" isn't it? Something like that.
@runninginheels7 Conservative could mean change in any sense or subject?
@dpoyser Would have to be the Conservatives; most descriptive with the least number of syllables and it makes the best soundbite.
@JanMinihane Conservative Slogan: "Time for change" - what, 20p, 50p, 5p?? Bit too snappy and short for my liking.
Of all the slogans, the Liberal Democrat one feels most designed by committee. It's a mouthful, two slogans tacked together - two slogans we've already seen, in fact. The Lib Dems truly are finding a middle way with this one; they have the promise of change (Conservative) AND the promise of equality (Labour) all in one rather unwieldy mouthful.
It is, however, the only slogan that actually speaks directly to you, the reader. This alone was enough to help it find favour with our Twitter following:
@mathewhulbert In simplistic terms you might think the Tories is the best, but the Lib Dems speaks to two different groups.
@Web_D I like this actually. It's the "for you" that wins me over.
@JanMinihane My fave, seems more personal somehow.
@twistandshoutuk That Lib Dem one seems a bit weird and wordy. The Labour one sounds like part of a poem. Conservatives is brief and snappy.
In a sense, each of the slogans does exactly what we might expect of each of the parties: the Labour slogan treats us a collective; the Conservative slogan commands us; the Liberal Democrat slogan tries very hard to appeal to everyone – but at least they are personable about it.
When I asked how you would rewrite the slogans, I should have known I was inviting trouble:
@benjamindyer How about "Write me a letter if you like, but I am too busy knocking back Martinis and attending garden parties to care."
@Web_D I'd vote for any party that admitted the truth: "We're in the s**t... It will be tough, but we'll get through it in time."
Despite this cynicism, I've had a go at adjusting the slogans to address the criticisms and this is what I came up with:
Labour: A fairer future for you
Conservative: Changing Britain for the better
Liberal Democrat: Your only REAL alternative
I reckon they might just work. What do you think?
An interesting tweet relating to Hubspot's findings that those with a Twitter avatar displaying a photo stand to gain ten times as many followers as those without, kicked off a healthy debate which prompted me— the Marketing Donut Twitterer — to question whether I should come out from behind the logo and show my face. If it wasn't already conflicting enough to know whether 'I' am in fact a 'We' during commercial tweeting hours, this dilemma hits me. It was almost enough to induce a psychotic episode.
There are valid reasons for presenting the Marketing Donut as a face. It could produce tangible gains in number of Twitter followers and the quality and quantity of interactions. But when you communicate with @MarketingDonut - or any of the Donuts for that matter - you may not always be talking to the same person. Holiday leave, sickness and just being plain busy can often mean a personnel shuffle when it comes to Twitter. Without blowing the lid on the Twitter Magician's code here at Donut Towers, we try to maintain the same team member on each Donut account for reasons of continuity and to give each Donut its own distinct personality. But, as the theatre waiver goes, the performance may be subject to last-minute cast changes.
On the whole, it is me - James Ainsworth - behind the tweets and if you were to DM the Marketing Donut, characters permitting, I would sign off as 'James'. But I hope you enjoy following the Marketing Donut Twitter account for a plethora of reasons, not least for the content we share but for that little sparkle of personality that comes through every day.
The salient point from the discussion was made by @benparkatbjs, "Surely it depends. If a one-man band, tweeting with your own pic is fine, but if you're a donut, surely donut logo better?"
In a recent blog post written by Jan Minihane on the topic, she rightly points out that face value is better for individual accounts. But Jan also concludes from further discussion with her Twitter following that corporate accounts with multiple staff should "Use your logo as you are promoting the corporate brand, not an individual. (unless most of the brand value is you, in which case you may want to go with a picture of yourself)."
And what of the deliberate tactic deployed by @web_D, "I have used really small text and oversized logos to encourage people to click and see the full version"?
Should the Marketing Donut — as a publisher of resources for small businesses — be identifiable by the branding that has been created already or -as a mainly one man Twittering band - should I have my world-weary face as the avatar, bedecked with some kind of Marketing Donut insignia or, if you please, a Twibbon?
If you really want to see me on Twitter then you can follow me here but don't expect such useful small business marketing advice. You have been warned!


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Industrial relations in Australia is undergoing considerable change. The counterpart organisations to unions for employees are, of course, employer associations. This paper argue that employer associations exist to provide to employers, services to enable them to cope with the demands of unions and the complexities of employing staff in terms of wages to be paid and other legal obligations under awards, health and safety legislation, workers' compensation provisions and other industrial legislation. (Marker's notes)
Employer associations consist of groups of employers who represent and participate on behalf of their members. They combine their activities to protect their mutual interest and objectives. These associations can either be reactive or proactive. 'However, employer associations have a wide range of functions, covering both trade and industrial matters such as information, publicity, promotion, finance, education and research, trade regulations and political lobbying' (Deery and Plowman, 1985:182-3).
Employer associations deal with industrial relations issues affecting their members. A distinction can, in practice, be made between employer organisations and employer associations. Not all employer organisations are concerned with industrial relations issues. Those which are, are referred to as 'employer associations' (Deery and Plowman, op cit, p.191). Thus, employer associations are a particular form of employer organisation. In essence, employer organisations developed to provide services which individual employers could not provide nearly as easily. More specifically, employer organisations were developed to fulfil a number of aims. The aim of employer groups are varied. The first is to regulate trade and competition by mutual agreement. The second is to seek statutory protection in trade, particularly concerning imports. The third is to provide services in the fields of industrial relations and personnel administrat...
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Little Pawnee, Indian Peaks Wilderness - Aug. 16, 2009
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Photos: 80
Twin Sisters - Mar. 8, 2009
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Lincoln Falls/Lincoln Summit Attempt - Feb. 28, 2009
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President's Day weekend Ouray Trip...too lazy to write all the captions now...
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Photos: 41
Chasm View with Jenny - Jan. 4, 2009
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Ouray Ice Park - Dec. 29 & 30, 2008
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Dec 29, 2008
Photos: 49
Lincoln Falls Ice - Dec. 19, 2008
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Favorite quote of the day: "Guys, let me know if I'm doing anything stupid or dangerous"..and their reply, "Uh, you're ice climbing..."
Dec 19, 2008
Photos: 55
Long Peak Trail and Goblin Forest - Nov. 30, 2008
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Mt. Silverheels 13,822 - Nov. 23, 2008
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Nov 23, 2008
Photos: 31
The Castle, 9691ft, Lost Creek Wilderness - Oct. 25, 2008
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Oct 25, 2008
Photos: 38
Mount Neva, 12,814ft - Oct. 19, 2008
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Oct 19, 2008
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Moab Oct. 11 & 12, 2008
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Druid Arch in Canyonlands on Saturday and Morning Glory Bridge in Negro Bill's Canyon on Sunday.
Oct 11, 2008
Photos: 24
Windy Peak, Oct. 5, 2008
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Approximately: 8 miles, 2600'(book), 9.5 miles, 3000'(GPS)
Oct 5, 2008
Photos: 42
"Huerfano" & Iron Nipple - Sept. 27, 2008
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Sep 27, 2008
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Chapin, Chiquita & Ypsilon - Sept. 20, 2008
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Sep 20, 2008
Photos: 46
Mt Sherman with Mom - Aug. 8, 2008
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Sep 8, 2008
Mom's First 14er - Bierstadt
Nicole and Pika accompanied Mom on her first 14er, Bierstadt. Congratulations Mom!!!!
Jul 12, 2008
Quandary Peak with Elizabeth, June 8, 2008
Hiking Quandary, 14,270ft, with Elizabeth.
Jun 10, 2008
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May 24, 2008
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Cyberpunk Discussion Thread
Posted 18 January 2010 - 07:43 AM
It's a story game like the SWCG or the apocalypse game it basically works like somebody posts a paragraph or two and you follow it up with another paragraph or two but it must make sense and has to follow up with the last post relating to the story. If you join you must actually post. In the apoc game there were several people that joined that didn't post a single thing. Striker is second in command we have been discussing it for a while.
The Setting
In the year 3000 there was an enormous earthquake causing an island to form in the Atlantic ocean on this island we discovered a new type of crystal called zerbite. We soon found that these crystals were compatible with computers and could hold over two Terabytes per shard. It was very powerful we soon colonized on the island mining for the crystal. There was a very high demand because it was only available on one side of the island of Terrel. Technology started growing very quickly and humans became very dependent on it. This sparked the age of cyberpunk. But as it seems the technology went up so did the crime rate. Different teams of hackers and techies formed the largest being the R.A.T.S which took up 30% of the island. The second largest was the Chings which took up 20% of the island. The third largest was the steels which 15% of the island. Then 10% was other not known groups and the rest was taken up by mining.
The Situation
A company called "Solar-Com" the most popular and most profitable company on the island of Terrel. But is led by an evil power-hungry cyborg named Borgiss who has plotted to take technology that is used for the good of man kind to take over the world here's his plan...
since he is the owner of the most successful company on earth he develops a new breakthrough product called the N.E.R.V. A product that is implanted into the back of your head and allows you to type just by thinking, upload pics from your own memory, and chat to your friends telepathically but only if they have it also. It starts out as a $100.00 product then lowers to $10.00 then becomes free. Then after a few years you are required to have it at birth or if you don't already have one. Then the evil part kicks in. After he is certain that everybody on earth has one he sends out a large mining team to dig for all of the Zerbite they can find and starts storing it in the Solar-com headquarters. He plans to drain all of the memories from anybody who has the chip and will be able to take control of all who has one and contain their previous memories in the Zerbite.
The teams (Your character must belong to one of them and follow their style and colors)
R.A.Ts-the largest group are very sneaky hackers and spies. (Some traitors are often hired by the Chings to steel objects in the vurti-web.) they are very sneaky and are often caught mining underground for the Zerbite crystals.
Chings-the second largest major group on the island of Terrel. All of them are filthy rich stuck up swine that hire hackers to do their dirty work for them. (Especially Solar-com)
STEELS-a group of scavengers and dumpster divers that seem to find a use for anything and everything. Even if it's not very good.
Other-you can make up your own! But please don't have a whole lot of different groups please I have a limit of 3 extra groups.
1#No spamming, no nonsense, as always
2#No huge side plots.
3#You can provide speech for other players, but don't take it to the extreme. Example: killing them off or making them look dumb.
4#All comments not related to the story (e.g: notes on a MOC) should be typed in a different color
5#Make your posts worth the read, and try to actually contribute (no useless, short posts that don't add anything to the story).
6#You can join at anytime but only after I check first.
7#Use grammar so we know what you're trying to say clearly.
8#I prefer that members be above vassal status with a few possible exceptions.
9#If their are any questions/ concerns please contact me over PM.
Just follow these rules and we'll be fine I want this to be a fun and positive experience for all.
Please post your characters HERE!
Posted 18 January 2010 - 08:30 AM
Lack of activity will decrease interest, and the game will die quickly. You'll have to be very committed to pull it off.
Also, could you please make the premise and rules clearer? Is it exactly like the SWCG or Apocalypse? What are we supposed to do?
Just a piece of advice. I won't be joining up (this just isn't my kind of thing anymore, after running a game for over year), but I wish you good luck with this.
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Posted 18 January 2010 - 10:00 AM
Firstly, you need some clear rules for this game. How is it going to work? What do you require of the players? What are the game mechanics? How will it be moderated? Is there an overarching plot to be followed? These sort of simple rules and questions need to be sorted out now before sign up really begins. Now that you have posted this thread, it would be worth finding out how many people are actually interested in playing, and whether it will be worth running based on that. Remember that as a host you have a responsibility to your players to provide a high quality and enjoyable game that keeps moving and doesn't just die, so you should also assess your own time commitments and whether you will be able to host this game to a high standard.
Please think about these points and act on them. In future I would appreciate it if you (and anybody else looking to host a game) would approach me privately with your ideas before posting them on the boards.
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Lord Kenneth Valise, Level 1 Knight, 28yrs old human
Power: 4 Health: 10/10 Gold: 10
Inventory: One potion, a Greatsword (WP: 3) and a Shield (SP: 2)
Posted 18 January 2010 - 05:25 PM
Dragonator, on Jan 18 2010, 04:00 AM, said:
Posted 18 January 2010 - 06:04 PM
Posted 18 January 2010 - 07:04 PM
Like Legoman and calebexo01, I am also a christian and proud of it.
My Flickr
Posted 18 January 2010 - 07:10 PM
Eskallon, on Jan 18 2010, 12:04 PM, said:
Posted 18 January 2010 - 07:13 PM
computerbug, on Jan 18 2010, 06:10 PM, said:
Oooooooooh, Ok then I will be a R.A.T with you and together we can rule the age of men
Posted 18 January 2010 - 07:24 PM
Eskallon, on Jan 18 2010, 01:13 PM, said:
Posted 18 January 2010 - 07:57 PM
Name: Nintha Fett
Group: R.A.Ts
Occupation: hacker and spy
He was a hacker for the government, turned rouge when he found out what the government was really doing with the information he had "found". He came to the island of Terrel for a new begining. First freelancing to get zerbite, then he was found in the mines ,almost beaten to death by the Chings hired hands, by the R.A.Ts. He is now one of there best spies and hackers and has a hatred to the Chings group. He has uniforms for sping in the other groups.
His regular suit for the R.A.Ts.
His Chings suit
His STEELS suit
Like Legoman and calebexo01, I am also a christian and proud of it.
My Flickr
Posted 18 January 2010 - 08:17 PM
Posted 18 January 2010 - 11:29 PM
Jackson Hazell
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Group: R.A.T.s
Jackson Hazell is what some would call a computer geek, but he's got defense smarts, and not just to keep computers from getting viruses! Jackson has but a couple of friends, including CC, due to his loner behavior. He also only speaks around his friends, and even then he doesn't have much to say. Some say they think he's suspicious, but his friends know they're wrong. His computer skills somewhat help keep computer defenses so as to try and keep out hackers, but his defenses have been known to fail time and again. This is but another reason why he doesn't like being around others, because he is constantly yelled at for letting hackers steal precious information. Also, no one knows what's in the black briefcase Jackson carries around. He keeps a numeral lock on the case, and only he knows the combination. When asked he usually say that the time is coming to open it, and then they'll all know, but everyone just thinks he's messing with them.
Edited by Striker, 18 January 2010 - 11:37 PM.
Posted 19 January 2010 - 05:24 AM
Edited by computerbug, 19 January 2010 - 05:26 AM.
Posted 19 January 2010 - 12:22 PM
Here's my character:
Name: Samantha Vonne
Group: Chings
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Occupation: Human resources manager at Solar-Com
The daughter of a renown family, Samantha Vonne started working for Solar-Com as an intern five years ago. She quickly rose ranks inside the company, and was assigned to Terrel Island. She had the N.E.R.V.A. chip installed to her, but it had to be removed since it caused a severe migrene to her. Currently she handles recruiting new workers for Solar-Com, thus she has access to all personal files within the company. After several workers on the island go missing without a trace, she senses something's rotten in the company, she sets out to find out just what exactly is going on.
Samantha is a very polite and amicable person who gets along with just about anybody, and can talk her way out of trouble in most cases. However, she isn't hesitant of using her inherited wealth to get what she needs either. She knows well that money talks, and money coming from a pretty young woman talks even louder.
However, Samantha has no experience in combat or self-defense, so if she cannot talk or buy her way out of a situation, she knows she is screwed. Thus she seeks the aid of a bodyguard as she delves deeper into the secrets of her workplace.
Hope this is okay! Just tell me if you want something changed.
Posted 19 January 2010 - 05:21 PM
Thank you for joining. I'm sure computerbug's going to be excited that you signed up.
Posted 19 January 2010 - 06:20 PM
Striker, on Jan 19 2010, 07:21 PM, said:
Thanks. In my thinking the secret of making good characters lies in challenging yourself to get out of your comfort zone. You should steer away from making the character too much like yourself or your ideal person, give the character flaws to counter out the strengths, and experiment with different background stories (a loner orphan is one of the most overused backgrounds, for an example).
This is not to say your character would not be good, I actually find him quite interesting. Despite being a bit pathetic, socially awkward guy, he has an air of mystery in him.
I'm looking forward to play with you and the others. Let's make this a game everyone wants to take part in.
Posted 19 January 2010 - 06:55 PM
Well, not having parents adds to the sad reality of a character, but it does get used a bit too much. Hey, at least so far no one's said that about their character.
Also, nice character, and a great picture, too!
That was actually the point. His social issues actually work to his advantage.
Posted 19 January 2010 - 09:43 PM
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Updike, on Jan 19 2010, 02:43 PM, said:
To be honest, and I am aware I am not computerbug, it's more up to you than us. Be which ever you prefer.
This naturalist... what team is he on? R.A.T.s, Steels, or "other"?
Posted 19 January 2010 - 11:12 PM
Striker, on Jan 19 2010, 04:12 PM, said:
Edited by computerbug, 19 January 2010 - 11:16 PM.
Posted 19 January 2010 - 11:20 PM
computerbug, on Jan 20 2010, 01:12 AM, said:
Uh... Read the bio?
You didn't give much info at all on the Chings, so I figured my character belonged to that group since she's from the company. But to answer your question, Samantha is not "bad" as in evil, she just works for the company and finds out that it's rotten. She doesn't really want to hurt anyone.
Unless you thought the company was one of those cheesy "mwahaha, everyone working here is pure evil and want to destroy the world - even the cleaners are armed with machineguns!"-type of organizations, because that would be just... I don't know, childish?
But it's your call, since it's your game. Just tell me if I need to change anything.
Posted 19 January 2010 - 11:24 PM
Sandy, on Jan 19 2010, 05:20 PM, said:
You didn't give much info at all on the Chings, so I figured my character belonged to that group since she's from the company. But to answer your question, Samantha is not "bad" as in evil, she just works for the company and finds out that it's rotten. She doesn't really want to hurt anyone.
Unless you thought the company was one of those cheesy "mwahaha, everyone working here is pure evil and want to destroy the world - even the cleaners are armed with machineguns!"-type of organizations, because that would be just... I don't know, childish?
But it's your call, since it's your game. Just tell me if I need to change anything.
Edited by computerbug, 19 January 2010 - 11:26 PM.
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Marcus is a member of the S.T.E.E.L.S. He scavenges from junkfields, mostly to find technology, even when broken. He excells at being a mechanic, and is usually fixing things he finds. He normally carries his pulse blaster and his spanner.
After the Nerv chip was implanted by force, he devoted himself to finding it. He tried to find it on several occasions, but (as you can tell from the scars) he failed twice. On the thrid attempt, he found it. He decided it was too dangerous to remove it himself, so he scanned it and created his headpiece, which scrambles the workings in the chip.
He never trusted the goverment, and grew ever more suspicious when they implanted the chips. Now he wants nothing to do with them.
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I have a question or two(or more); have the humans encountered aliens yet? Does everyone have a chip at the moment, or is it at the 1000$ stage? Could my character be a pirate (not the ARG! kind, but, like a futuristic pirate)?
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