Characterization Corporation

I have created 5 characters profiles. I know that they are not fully complete and that some of the characters are better than others, I'm still every so often changing them but I was wondering if anyone could look over them and give some ideas of what I could improve and edit for each individual character. This would really help me to put them in more roleplays. Thanks.

I took a look at 'em, and they look good! I can easily come up with various scenarios to throw my own characters at them too. Although as most of them revolve around crime...the only characters I'd pair with them would be on the other end of the law.

I like the quick biographies you give. They're succinct enough to give you a feel for how the character got to where they are, which is a great talent to have.

Overall, I'd say they look great! (Maybe for the last three, throw up some profile pictures, but otherwise, no complaints!)

The only thing I'd suggest is practicing with them a bit more. Admittedly, my experience so far has only been limited to one sociopath, but I think you could build a stronger presence as you play. It's not bad presently or anything, but I think you can get into them more.

The problem is that I don't get into as many roleplays as I want. Altogether the amount of roleplays my characters are in is 3. Do you know how I can find more roleplays to put my characters in as I'm having a problem doing this?

Thanks, the thing is that I can't really find the right pictures to go with the characters, I've only managed to do this with two characters.

Well, that is one of the purposes of this group, helping to improve characterization through use. Don't even need a set plan, it's mostly a testing ground.

I guess you're right. I'm just finding it a bit hard to get some of my characters into more roleplays. Do you find that people often roleplay in more fantasy/sc-fi roleplays over modern day realistic roleplays? Most of my characters are in a realistic setting so I was just wondering.

Modern day straight-up realism does seem to one of the more infrequently used genres, but they do happen.

You could set up a thread on the RP Discussion forum asking about "Modern-day" characters--I'm sure you'll get a few bites that way. I have several modern characters myself, though I will admit that when I first joined, I had only medieval/fantasy characters.

The other thing is just be patient. Write well, have fun, and make the most of the RPs you have going now, and the rest will come later. Three good RPs, beat the pants off twelve hit-or-miss RPs.