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Post by Msasi on Jun 4, 2006 14:17:05 GMT -5
So, where did you guys get your start in MUCKing? Was it a TLK-themed place? Who was your first character? Did you like them? Are they one of your favorites?
My first MUCK happened to be African Tails MUCK. I had /wanted/ to start on TLKM, but at the time, there was something about AOL email addresses that a lot of MUCKs didn't like.. or they wouldn't accept free email addresses (from places such as Hotmail). They wanted a non-AOL email account from someplace you have to pay for your account. I was in a bind because we started out with AOL.. and then moved to Juno. Even once we started paying for Juno, they wouldn't accept my email address because Juno also had a free email service. It was a PAIN! But I found my way to ATM and they would accept me and I will forever be grateful.
My first character was a lioness cub named Aradu (meaning thunder or lightning or something). I wanted her to be named Ratha.. but I wasn't allowed that name because Ratha was a book character (which is why I wanted her named that! Ohwell). She was a stereotypical orphan; tough and almost unbeatable because I was a bit of a twink when I first started. And she had a HEAD TUFT beause, OMG, that was SO freaking cool for a GIRL to have. She also had a white, 4-point star "birthmark" on her forehead. Aradu hung out (for a while, at least) with a baboon baby named Mkimya.. and then she went to join this.. group thing.. of various animals.. but that didn't last long. Once grown up, she went to join Kian's pride (Pinnicle? Pinnacle? I forget). She had 4 cubs with Kian.. and Kian's Queen was her best friend (it started with a Z. Zaani?). But eventually things there fell through, and she became a rogue. She.. just sort of wandered until I eventually killed her off.
She was nothing special - and not one of my favorites - but I still liked her. And I'm glad I've just come /so much further/ in my RP ability. Thank goodness. XD
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Post by Afya on Jun 4, 2006 17:38:03 GMT -5
My first experience of RP was in 1999, on ICQ with my then boyfriend! He played his own species-changing character and I played Afya the leopardess. (Some things never change.) My very first mu* of any kind was TLK MUCK in 2000. A friend - Camrath - persuaded me to give 'proper RP' a try so I got a character in his pride. This was a small blind lioness called Jina, a character I remember very fondly. My RP was pretty crap and twinky, looking back on it, but I REALLY got into Jina. I taught myself to draw her, wrote stories about her childhood and referred back to them in my RP. I've often been tempted to recreate her since, first on ATM and then here, but it wouldn't be the same - I think it's best that she stays in my memory. Good thread! Let's hear some more stories.
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Post by Pallu on Jun 4, 2006 18:12:24 GMT -5
Umm, my first MUCK char was... shite. I forget her name; she was an anthro black cheetah for Flipside, and was omg supercool assassin!! And also v. bootiful!! And her eyes CHANGED COLOR WITH HER MOOD.
XD
Umm, my firstfirst rp char was a black wolf called Xiii on... some board-type site. She had an awesome mohawk thing and bright green eyes and was... I know she was also uberspeshul somehow but I can't remember how. XD
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Post by lutalo on Jun 4, 2006 20:33:32 GMT -5
My first char was Suhuba a wild dog on TLK.. Geezs that was a long time ago. XD Anyway I wasn't that great of a newbie (but then who is when they first start?!) I fully admit I twinked with her, she got into fights with lions and hyenas on her own and still got out with her life, though she was rather hurt a few times. A hyena named Kaja on TLK took her in an raised her and she would hang out with another wild dog named Kiopa.
I grew out of the twinking newbie fest quickly at least and was able to turn the char around some. I still love the name, and I attempt to use it now and then when I play a wild dog. I still have her on TLK just don't rp with her. But ya she was rather kewl somethings on there I think. XD
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Post by sytobi on Jun 5, 2006 1:27:07 GMT -5
My first MUCK character was Jigsaw.. He was a puma on Demihaze MUCK. Yup. ^^ I don't even remember what his personality was like, really.. Um um.
As for RP in general, I've been doing it for so long, I don't even remember what the first character I ever played was, though I do remember playing a blue wolf who I think could turn into a blue-haired girl under the moonlight, or SOMETHING corny like that. XD C'mon, I was like 11.
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Post by Yllan on Jun 5, 2006 8:06:23 GMT -5
Lol! Syt', I sooo remember DH.. I never RPed with Jigsaw BUT I remember seein' him on the find list more than once. <3
Anyway.. my first character EVER was a white lioness called SHAHILA (surprised? I guess not). Though the first Shahila was SO different from the one you all got to know. For once, as much as Annie said, she had HAIRTUFT, pretty much in the same fashion Kovu did (WORST, I /mentioned/ Kovu in her desc XD).. the tuft, as well as her tail's, was a reddish brown.. and this was a reflection of myself IRL. For I have very pale skin (no, I don't have blue eyes) and reddish brown hair. So! I remember my poses were really short (like.. 2 lines at most) and I wanted to join the TLK pride ... thing I never got to do since the FCs hardly spent time RPing back then (Uh.. I think it was 6 years ago.. 2000). Then I had a pantheress cub by the name of Asfari, too.
I left TLK a year after, and joined African Tails MUCK with Shahila and Safila (a lioness that had uber TWINKISH black stripes O.o), and had looooots od fun with Shah's adopted children; Kushala, Sharvi, Kudahrio.. and other charries.
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Post by Subiani on Jun 5, 2006 10:33:42 GMT -5
My first character was a panthress named Sakitu, over on TLK Muck. I started RPing .. oh God .. in 1997, I'm pretty sure.
And I'll tell you what, I was a horrible RPer back in the day. XD .. I didn't twink outright, but oh man, did I bend stuff. Though that was in the era of TLK Muck when everyone on there was doing crazy crap -- so I wasn't out of the ordinary or anything.
I remember that Sakitu lived in a Clan sorta thing .. What the hell was it called? It was headed by a female cheetah, whose named started with an M? I think? But Saki' went through three mates, had some cubs -- had a complication with one of the births -- and finally died. Somehow. I don't remember how. Cause I suck. XD
It's gonna drive me crazy till I think of the name of that Clan-thing, though. Arg!
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Post by Tilyn on Jun 5, 2006 11:32:13 GMT -5
oh god... my first character /ever/ was Pavi. And my first muck was Yukon Trails. .. XD Pavi was a red husky/mali mix, blue eyes, and had black paws. She was da shit, and it was so weird cause she was so submissive and like ... gentle and cute. Ew. XD hah. My first TLK char /ever/ was Tisea. *dance* n_n She was an adolescent, and her first friend was actually Sodawi and Twazii... and she had a crush on Soda' and then met Kiapo and yeah... Tyne started haha. [Tufani]. My second TLK char was Weupe - i created her over on AL to be Shahila's daughter. XD I was terrified when she like /interviewed/ me for the spot. BUT Twas the start of an awesome friendship. How long ago was that? ; I was like .. in 5th/6th grade. I never heard I was a /bad/ RPed, like when I RPed Pavi i had short poses, but Id already knew how to RP when I got Tisea, Ewali told me once I wasn't a bad RPer I just asked alot of questions/and was really nervous about pissing someone off XD Hah.. funny how things change .... ;D <3
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Post by Subiani on Jun 5, 2006 12:08:34 GMT -5
.. Melanthra! It was something like that! The female cheetah character that ran the .. whatever the hell the Clan was named.
Arghelpmeomg, doesn't anyone else remember some Clan made up of cheetahs and panthers and leopards on TLK Muck, back in the day? C'mooooooon!
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Post by Msasi on Jun 5, 2006 12:19:46 GMT -5
Sorry, Subs. XD I was never much active on TLKM.
Ooooj. I remember Prides MUCK. I was freaking terrified of that place once I tried to join one of the prides.. Fire Bearer? Or am I thinking of something else? I dunno.. anyway! The people in that pride didn't seem very friendly (ICly or OOCly, from what I saw) and I left that place fairly quickly. XD
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Post by Subiani on Jun 5, 2006 12:33:03 GMT -5
Kalakonje! Kalakonje! The stupid Field Of Flowers in the Kalakonje, and Melantha built the lands!
.. My brain isn't totally worthless! Yay!
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Post by Msasi on Jun 5, 2006 12:33:49 GMT -5
XD
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Post by Msasi on Jun 5, 2006 12:41:42 GMT -5
Firebrand Pride, excuse me. I tried to join them, but they were mean. XD
And the Mistweavers! I joined them, I think for.. a very short time (with the same character I had wanted to get in the Firebrand Pride). Don't.. remember much about them, though. XD
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Post by Yllan on Jun 5, 2006 12:44:22 GMT -5
Oh god, I had Shahila try joinin' the firebrand pride! I didn't like 'em one lil' bit, so I left. XD
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Post by Msasi on Jun 5, 2006 13:00:51 GMT -5
Sisimka.. that must have been after I was there. All I remember is thinking that my character, Aradu, would have fit wonderfully - the Firebrander's beliefs actually fit closely to what Aradu's were like and she had the same color coat as most of them - but they.. were just mean, for the most part. XD
I guess if they had /ever/ mentioned OOCly that they didn't just accept /anyone/ into the pride, I would have understood. And while I was expecting some IC aggression since my character was a nomad on their lands.. sometimes it felt like it was getting out of hand. And the ones I knew (can't recall any names, though) were a bit rude OOCly too.
If I remember right, they had FC-like characters in their pride.. if you wanted to play a cub, you had to apply to be one of the cubs in an upcoming litter and stuff. They had a wonderfull rich history and I loved the IC culture of the pride.. it's just too bad that they came off as so unfriendly OOCly. XD
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