Meet n' Greet

It has occurred to me that with all the new members joining on recently, that he don't have a thread set aside for those folks that may be too shy to come in the OOC cbox from time to time! Also, a lot of people have already been chatting and being welcomed to the website - but I would like this to be the official thread for that!

Here you are welcome to introduce yourself, let us know when you'll be active and also tell us anything in particular about you that you'd like for us to know! It can be as much or as little as you would like. I'll get everything started!


I'm Seren!
I made this website when I was 16! I'm a lot older now obviously (if you've noticed the website age at the very bottom of the main page) and this website in particular has been through a lot of changes. My activity is typically sporadic and more often than not when I'm away from my computer I'll check up on the website with my phone to make sure it hasn't blown up or anything. xD; I have a habit of leaving the site up on my computer when I leave the house, so sometimes you may see me online and I won't respond! If that happens then now you know why.

I live on my own with my boyfriend, you might hear me talk about him from time to time or he might actually pop into the chat just to bother someone. He doesn't write, but I like to tell him all about the antics that go on with the website. I've also just obtained a job (2/23/16), so my activity will cut down a tiny bit but not majorly.

Also, sometimes when I'm online but I'm not posting or replying to threads - I'm typically messing around with the coding or plugins on the website! I get easily distracted with making things pretty and I'm a tid bit of a perfectionist when it comes to those things. Other than that though, I love playing video games. I have a steam account so bother me for my ign if you'd like to play a game together one day!

I'm so excited for everyone new that has joined and I look forward to rping with everyone!

Salutations.
I'm older than everything. 28
I've been RPing longer than I've been alive. Maybe 15 years.
I have a multitude of names from many places and I'm sure you know none of them. Shane. NinjunYen. WinterScribe.
So, Scribe is fine.
Now, just because I'm ancient doesn't mean you should be intimidated. I'm pretty easy going, patient, and childishly energetic. Often times you might see me shouting at people in chat and really I'm just joking around. I enjoy writing, it takes a lot of effort for me, but editing my writing into an interesting style is where I take the most joy in my work. If I don't feel like I can make a post that is my best, I might delay for awhile, as a cautionary tale, but you can always pester me relentlessly until I update. I'm okay with that.

As Elder Scribe of Foresta's security and maintenance of happy peoples, I want to invite you to take any issues you have in-character or member-to-member (even with staff!) directly to me. It's certainly preferable if you can hold these kinds of conversations amidst yourselves first, but if you cannot find a resolution or understanding there, I will be available to mediate.

Futhermore, if a character of mine does something antagonistic or spiteful towards one of your characters, remember not to take it personally. I tend to enjoy writing people who are going to stir up trouble by poking at wounds or treating others with condescension because it usually sparks a more lively interaction in Role Plays. I'm an asshole.

Mostly, I just hope to have some fun interacting with other people, seeing their writing styles, and continuing to develop my own in earnest. I like the potential for creativity that I can come across here, and anything new I can learn from people of different backgrounds and ages can be really interesting to help me develop as an author.

Eyo, I’m Redgrim, you may call me Grim otherwise.

I’m the other admin, as I would prefer to be referred to as. More often than not I’ll be the guy who reviews your app, so butter me up with compliments. All of them.

Besides that though, I’ve been an active member around here for roughly 5 years (or at least when I posted this I was) and Foresta was technically my first RP site. I’ve been writing for many years before that, in fact I’ve pretty much been writing my entire life in one form or another. I started roleplaying for the sake of improving myself as a writer and if you look back at my early threads (don’t really though because your eyes might vomit) you’ll see how far I’ve come along. Another interesting factoid about me is that I’m among the 10% of the site that isn’t American! Get your maple syrup jokes ready! They never get old…

As a roleplayer though, I am a very character driven type of person. I spend most of my plotting time coming up with quirks and interesting tidbits for my characters (most times I don’t actually use, but whatever) and work off what I got from there. In fact, if you look at my reviews for apps you’ll notice that I tend to ask for more detail for personalities over everything else. It is mostly because I try to see my characters as I would a real person, and sometimes that might lead to overthinking things that don’t need to be, but that’s the fun of it.

In terms of posting, I am very quick to reply to places. I do have both school and a job, so I can’t be on all day and every day, but I do what I can within the time I have. Often times I’ll take my laptop with me on the bus and type out my posts from there, but I can only post them here once I get somewhere with a Wi-Fi signal.

Anyways, that’s basically me. I’m also full of inside jokes and references to dumb things. I’m like a Pinata, you start battering at me and I’ll spill them out. That feels like a good note to end on, so I’ll pat myself on the back and suggest you do the same. You deserve it after going through those other two posts above me and not quitting once you got to me.

Wad uppers, I'm Kaeru the Kaeru of Kaeru, or just Kaeru.

I'v been here since 2013, so I know my way around the place, and I get to complain to Seren about many things. I also own the resident death pit and the Roll to Dodge guy around these parts. I only have a few characters compared to everyone else, but it keeps me focus on character quality then overwhelming myself with different personalities to work with. I'm not the best writer around, but I often try my best on giving everyone a quality interaction.

Most of my characters are either joke characters, and will usually make threads seemingly strange, or unique, creepy characters, that are off-hinged to most people. My time replying to threads usually will take a day or two mostly, but I can get delayed, so no replies for a week might happen, but I'll try to post as fast as I can. I like setting up plots, and foreshadowing future events, so keep an eye out.

Most of my style comes from anime and video games, so expect tropes from either side as do my posts. I also don't mind much and I'm pretty lenient on most subjects. I can be insensitive though, so watch out, I might go overboard.

Here's some fun facts about myself:

- I run the unofficial cbox death pit, where I throw anyone down for various reasons.

- Sometimes, I bring out a die and roll it to determine the actions of others who are in the cbox with hilarious results. 

- I do most of my work at night, thus you'll most likely catch me at east coast nighttime.

- I like cute and creepy. I also like dangerous little girls that can murder people for fun and act all playful about it.

- I hope to be a game designer one day.

- Mili, arai tasuku, and Sta are some of my favorite music artists. I also like epic video game soundtracks, Touhou rearranges, and Vocaloid songs.

Hey, I'm Sky! I've been here by some measure or another since 2014 and I've been roleplaying for 12 years. I'm Foresta's global moderator, which basically means I help Seren with the backend of the site and make sure things don't explode. I'm also Foresta's unnofficial designer and I'm working on making/replacing banners and other images for the site.

I'm a near-professional artist and do lots of stuff revolving around narrative art, including things like illustration and sculpture. I'm also a short story writer and a poet, although a garbage one at that.

I'm super into video games, so hit me up if you wanna add me on steam! I play competitive Team Fortress 2 and excessive amounts of The Ship and Rust. I've been playing games forever, and I've even made my own before! (Note: it was pretty awful.)

I'm agender (they/them pronouns) so if you ever wanna talk about gay stuff and politics hit me up. I love helping people out and going through the artistic process with people (be it in visual art, writing, whatever) so if you ever need someone to throw ideas at I'm your guy!!

I'm pretty awful at replying because I'm a busy person so.... apologies in advance. I have a hard time putting my thoughts in words in a format where I know I'll be actively interacting with other people so if you ever want a constructive rp with me you can always pm me!

It's awesome to see so many new faces, and I look forward to meeting you all!!

Greetings! My name is Mally.

I've been roleplaying since 1999, which I'm beginning to learn is about as long as some RP'ers have been alive. I try to put a heavy focus on character development and moving a story forward in my posts, and I tend to focus on playing antagonistic characters because they best facilitate that. Prior to joining Foresta my writing was exceptionally dialogue heavy, so one of my goals here has been to work on my ability to tell a story without such an over-reliance on dialogue - Time will tell if I succeed!

Gaming has been a lifelong interest. Twice a week I play ArmA with a well known community, and I've also been known to frequent some League of Legends. I played competitively back in season 3 as a support main, but I didn't enjoy the atmosphere of any teams I found myself on so by the end of the season I went back to playing for fun. As a teenager I put a few thousand hours into CS 1.6 and Diablo 2 each respectively, but now that I'm an adult I have to balance my time appropriately and I tend to just commit it towards gaming socially with friends. Which means I'm pretty easy to peer pressure into playing other titles so long as I have the time!

I'm also a musician! My real passion is storytelling, but most of my technical proficiency comes in the form of playing instruments so that's the medium I've trended towards. That said, writing stories with words has been something I've done since childhood and I try not to forget that it was my first love - It's where my creative roots lie. So, an RP forum is one way to breathe blood back into those old veins.

Which is a great time to bring up that I like vampires. Kind of a lot, actually. My "main" long-term RP character outside of Foresta was turned into a vampire back in 2005/2006, so I've picked up some experience playing them over the years and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the overwhelming majority of my future characters end up as vampires too. In all that time my love for writing them has not dwindled, because every RP I seem to find a slightly new take on how I play them that revitalizes my interest.

<3~

I suppose I should jump on the introduction bandwagon. Hi! I'm Avalon, but you can call me Av.

I have been roleplaying since summer 2014, and it has honestly changed my life for the better. So many characters and stories of mine owe their lives to the roleplays I've taken part in. I'm very new to this particular website as of right now, however.

I'm sleep deprived, so I'll add more info later. Or whatever. *yawn* See you round.

Greetings fellow role players. 

   You all know me as Olwen though I have multiple alias's from having spent many years role playing all sorts of characters on many different websites. I think it all started with that WolfQuest game way back in 2011 and that got me into the whole shenanigans. I've been here since April of 2012 but I will admit that my activity is all over the place. Life happens dude.
    
   I'm still in high school, live at home with my folks, and have two golden doodles and a cat. Music is life; I've been playing the violin for likee 7 years? Idk it's been a long time. I play tennis as well so if you're feeling the love just hook me up lol 

   If you ever need someone to thread with just shoot me a message or summon me in the cbox and we can plot something out c: 

Hey guys,

I'm sure most people know me by now. I'm Insanity but I like to refer to myself as the admin that bothers Seren a lot for absolutely no reason. I don't exactly remember how long I've been here but it's been off and on for a while now so I'm not sure what to say about that. If you know me from a while back then you probably remember Nuwanda, if so, you probably need to reconsider what you're doing with your life because I know I am. I'm just kidding.

Currently things are a little busy but I'll more or less be on even if I'm not entirely paying attention. I generally spend my time either bothering Seren, sitting around on here or play video games. I do have a steam and is always down to play even if I don't have a huge library because I'm kind of a cheapskate and the group of friends I usually play with are too so we tend to do a lot of free to play stuff or we arg.

I try to reply to any threads I'm in but just know that I'm pretty. I also tend to get distracted easily so I hope you don't get mad at me if we're in any threads in the future.

Yo.

I'm EbonyNightmare, but you can call me either Ebony or Eb.  (Not that you guys don't already.)  I've been roleplaying for maybe like 8 years now?  As far as I know, I hold the title of "Youngest Foresta Member" (although now that I've read some of these introductions, Olwen might be younger than or the same age as me, I dunno) which is why I have less years of RP experience than most people, heh.  Oh, my friends call me Satan, so I'll respond to that too.  

What else am I supposed to write...??  Uhh I'm a female in high school.  In California.  So if you ever wanna talk to me I'm usually online from like 5 pm to 12 am Pacific Time.  I have an unhealthy obsession with books and music.  Current favorite bands include Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, and Panic! at the Disco.

Well what's up guys.

I'm Athen and I've been at this roleplaying thing now since i was 12 which means we're nearing... 15 years of it I guess in one fashion or another. I started with ye old classic D&D, evolved that into other pen and paper games and eventually found forum rp to be something I love. I've been on all sorts of different sites here or there from Anime stuff to Comic book superhero rps, demigods, actual gods, Harry Potter, and stuff like that. So in short with that, I suppose I'm pretty seasoned as it were. I'm a guy by the way.

When it comes to RPing I prefer character development and great original stories tied in with my supernatural abilities. For me, originality is the key. I'm too smart for my own good and have read and watched so many different things at this point I can hardly sit through a new show because they've become so repetitively cliche to me, using tropes I've seen dozens of times so I try to avoid that when I have a hand in creating the story. I tend to make versatile characters that can be tossed into most any situation and get by or get along with anyone just because the RP world is so diverse, I never know what I'm going to get for a partner. Always feel free to reach out to me for plotting things because I'm usually game to work something out.

Having ascended to the dreaded status of an adult like person, I have a job and most of the time will be online from my desk at work so if you're talking to me and I don't reply right away, I very well might be making the ends meet. Sorry, money first or I can't pay for this here interwebs thing to talk to you guys and do replies.

Speaking of replying, I most often tend to be pretty slow with them unfortunately. I don't like to write if my muse isn't up for it so I'll sit on it til they wake up. Of course this also means I feel guilty as hell for taking so long so sometime's I'll force myself to do it but I don't tend to like what comes out when I do. I'll try to keep up but I can't guarantee it. I'm a friendly helpful sort of guy too so please don't be afraid to talk to me about whatever or ask me any questions about my characters. Also I sort of write a lot in posts but that doesn't mean you need to feel obligated to return the favor. Write what feels right to you and I'll deal with it. If I want or need a little more out of you, I'll just ask if you can manage a tad more.

I'll probably be pretty in love with the In Character Chat over there too, especially when I'm at work so if you see I'm online and want to do a little ICC, jsut ask and i'll likely hop right in (please gods above and below, ask me to ICC cuz I'm probably being bored out of my skull and being too shy to ask so I don't get labeled as annoying).

All that said, I tend to play my characters as supporting roles for others and less spotlight hoggy types, so they'll usually be available to help your stories along if you want. To me RPing is a collaborative art in which multiple people come together to tell a good story so I aim to work alongside people to perform miracles on the page.

As stated before i'm also very creative especially when it comes to character powers so if you ever want to chat about a new concept or need help developing or thinking up a power, I'm your guy.

I'm Spook, hellos.

I am also pretty young, I guess in equivalent to high school I think? Year 12 anyways. 
I've been sort of on-and-off role-playing for about 7 years now. I say about because I don't really know at what point i went from "okay just writing rubbish-ly on my own" to "let's write rubbish-ly with other people!" but it was a glorious moment, and I have no regrets (although some people's memories and understandings of my English probably do after reading it.) (maybe still do). 

Foresta was my first site which was a proper just-roleplay site. I was on a few before that had it as a side thing, but here was my first one. I think I've learned quite a bit here. I sure hope I do. I think I'm slightly more intelligible, and I word mangle slightly less frequently.

I am British. I have no real fondness for tea, top hats are good, and I'm terrified of bulldogs, so my patriotism is not quite so in tune as it should be, sadly. My sarcasm is also very below par, which is, of course, not at all the true measure of British-ness.

I am that one annoying person who likes trying to work out the exact details of how my characters' powers work then spending 1,000 words on just the history section... (I actually spent 3,000 words on just the history section once. That took skill). I am also that annoying person who will always feel the need to correct minute details and be incredibly pedantic about things, and then totally ignore all that when it comes to how I phrase things. 

I am also totally with Athen about muses. Writing while the muse does not want to be written for results in the sort of word mangling I am currently partaking in for me. 

Hey everyone. I'm Mason.

I'm in my (very) early twenties. I've been rolplaying for about... two days. I'm am really new to this, and I've never been much of a writer, so I'm excited to get into this. I was born and grew up in England until my family moved to Canada for work. I've been here for almost a decade now. Uh...I'm pretty go with the flow and casual. Love chatting, so hit me up if you want to. Not really sure what else to say, haha!

Cheers!

'Ey, everyone~ I'm Planchette, and I've been in this roleplaying thing for about ten years. I've been administrator/creator of quite a few Proboards sites, but for the most part, I enjoy the actual act of roleplaying. Characters have always been my strongest point and plots my weakest, so improvised threads are definitely my favorite things.

I'm one of those grody Americans, and I also manage a bookstore. I enjoy drawing in my free time. I'm also super-into creepy things like ghosty-goos and Ouija boards and palm readings. If you need someone to get the heeby-jeebies with, I'm definitely your guy!

Feel free to nab me if you see me in the CBox. <3 I'm quite the chatterer.

I don't care if I'm not particularly new anymore, I'm posting here anyway.

I'm Amethyst Rain, but call me Rain. Avalon has been my internet friend for a couple years now and dragged me here, so blame her for my awkwardness and weirdness contaminating Foresta. I may or may not be your typical mortal human being, but I'm definitely female. I'm addicted to roleplaying and use it to help develop the characters from my books. I'm a soon to be published author (debut fantasy novel releasing July of this year) and am studying to be a professional dog trainer and canine behaviorist with the hopes of either training service dogs, rehabilitating abused, neglected, and otherwise traumatized rescue dogs, or working with wolves as a part of the conservation effort, or some combination thereof. I have an Aussie/Heeler/Border Collie mix named Sky who is what I affectionately call my practice dog and you'll probably hear me talk about his antics on a regular basis. My work schedule changes weekly but since I have pretty much no social life I'm on a lot.