The Energon Pub

Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:54 am

sorry if this has been brought up before but- does anyone actually read other peoples character bios?
i used to just have character names/alt modes but i spent a rather enjoyable morning at work creating mottos/roles/character flaws in all my bots, just wondered if anyone else spends time on this aspect of hmw?
again, im sorry if this has already been brought up!

Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:26 pm

well i dont personally

Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:35 pm

I do, but then I like to read stuff, I think it depends on your viewpoint cause some people don't bother writing them as they feel they don't need to do so to enjoy the game, but others like to have a background for their minions.

Hopefully that made sense

Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:58 pm

I read my teammate's bios when I have the time and my foes if it can keep me interested.

As far as my own teams bios I thought about them but never bothered until recently. I had 2 of my troops surpass the 1,000 kill mark so I felt like they earned it. So now I decided that I will write up bios for all my TF's but only after they've earned it.

Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:15 pm

i read them, and occaisionally reference them if i feel a character has had a significant impanct on my character's lives.

most of them start of as being fairly 2D, but after a few years of bumping them off other peoples creations then can develop quite an amount of depth.

News Credits: 7 · Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:47 pm

I read mottos just as much as I click to view a character's bio. :wink:

Which I usually do if it's a commander I know well, and I've read most of the other Preds' mottos. As for bios, I see veteran players with beautiful thousand word bios, but I usually don't read them. The only exception ever I think was the bio of Satanstorm (interesting!). I might write a bio about a paragraph long just to give the character a sense of meaning to myself. Developing personalities for each of your bots is crucial if you're going to really enjoy the to the fullest, and it helps if you right them down. Unfortunately, I switch my guys often enough that I don't have anyone I've come to adore. That's something I'm counting on the new alts for. My new characters have been set up on paper for months now, and as soon as I get my new alt modes I'm redoing everything with hopefully good mottos, bios, etc. That should renew my interest in the game by a lot.

So yeah, bios are a good way to fall in love with your won characters. I myself am not into reading them as much as the mottos, but they're a great part of the game.

Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:04 pm

reading mottos and bios are a huge part of the game for me. its always nice to read something interesting,and see what others imagine to be the ideal bot. i particularly love the bios with a humorous edge to them.

Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:12 pm

neutralstate wrote:reading mottos and bios are a huge part of the game for me. its always nice to read something interesting,and see what others imagine to be the ideal bot. i particularly love the bios with a humorous edge to them.

you should read my teams bio then

News Credits: 7 · Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:16 pm

Wheelimus Prime wrote:
neutralstate wrote:reading mottos and bios are a huge part of the game for me. its always nice to read something interesting,and see what others imagine to be the ideal bot. i particularly love the bios with a humorous edge to them.

you should read my teams bio then

Wow, I just wasted 2 minutes reading everything you've written.

News Credits: 226 · Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:06 pm

I use to, but I haven't recently.

It was more back in the days of encountering new and different people in missions i'd read them and "get to know" the character I was wailing on constantly.

And as i've said many times, the stand out bios have always been the original Ineptibots. It doesn't matter how many times I read them they always gave me a chuckle.

Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:50 pm

Burn wrote:And as i've said many times, the stand out bios have always been the original Ineptibots. It doesn't matter how many times I read them they always gave me a chuckle.

Thanks for the plug again. And, hey-hey. The originals are back... right down to the last narcoleptic. :twisted:

Anyway, I read some of the bios. You usually get the same old ones, but when something is different, it's tres cool.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:26 pm

I like writing bios so much, I'd be happy to have NPC slots on my team, just so I could post more of em.

Although, of the bios I've written, including the ones for myself, I favor the ones I did for Methusalen.

Anyway, it's nice to think that other people would read them, but even if I knew no one did, I'd still write them.

Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:31 pm

my team is all canon, but i did write a team story and member add ons to give them a team story line,but i have not added most of it-99%- dew to i am a :BOT:

with 12

canons,would not seem right to add it in yet until i get them in there home faction,and i was leaving it open so if i get another slot i could add my namesake in story wise . but they seem odd anyway fling RDD tags being a Autobot anyways,always was a black sheep in life, why not in HMW as well i guess.
http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... p?id=12909
but i must say i like the odd backgrounds of my canons,which will make for some added TF humor when i get them really working with each others issues.

Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:35 am

i love your team bio, one question though- isnt pounce suppost to be a wolf? :?:

Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:18 pm

Omega Charge wrote:
Wheelimus Prime wrote:
neutralstate wrote:reading mottos and bios are a huge part of the game for me. its always nice to read something interesting,and see what others imagine to be the ideal bot. i particularly love the bios with a humorous edge to them.

you should read my teams bio then

Wow, I just wasted 2 minutes reading everything you've written.

do you want to join all i need is your signiture and soul

Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:18 pm

Wheelimus Prime wrote:do you want to join all i need is your signiture and soul

His signature's at the bottom of his posts, but I'm afraid the soul makes him ineligible.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:00 pm

Me, Grimlock! wrote:
Wheelimus Prime wrote:do you want to join all i need is your signiture and soul

His signature's at the bottom of his posts, but I'm afraid the soul makes him ineligible.

Yeah. Wait...I'm trying to understand that...

Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:04 pm

Omega Charge wrote:
Me, Grimlock! wrote:
Wheelimus Prime wrote:do you want to join all i need is your signiture and soul

His signature's at the bottom of his posts, but I'm afraid the soul makes him ineligible.

Yeah. Wait...I'm trying to understand that...

okay welcome aboared you will now be deboned and skinned :grin:

Wed May 28, 2008 8:35 am

Aha! Added weaknesses to my characters. Check them out in the link in my signature! No, they're not all about being total idiots. Close, but not quite.