Posted by Endrellevos on March 12, 2000 at 20:42:36:
In Reply to: That's silly. (additional text about Pikel) posted by The Arcane(VIP) on March 12, 2000 at 20:32:35:
>Criticizing the leader of Sylvan as being a "fake" Pikel IN THE GAME is just utterly foolish. That's just a cut above "dude, my keyboard keeps sticking since I spilled this soda in it." Taking a statement that is profoundly and thoroughly OOC and trying to somehow translate it lamely into IC terms does little to redeem the flawed point itself.
Like the Christian hell, and hell in Thera? The rules specifically state, is this NAME
original. You don't like the rules? Don't yell at me, I didn't write them. I just
follow them.
>Now, about Pikel.
>I interviewed Pikel when he was applying to Sylvan, and he was, honestly, a cut above every other applicant I dealt with. I didn't read the relevant book(s), and thus didn't know about the quasi-plagiarism, but even if I had, it wouldn't have altered my opinion on the matter. Is he disruptive to the game world? No. In a world where you have the White Tower, Moria, and Arkham, there's no reason why you can't have the occasional other fantasy-sourced character either, provided the role-play is handled in a way that fits into the existing CF world.
Oh boy ... anyone but me laughing? Here come all the KingArthur's.
A great roleplayer, I already said. A great leader, admittedly. I liar and cheat first and
foremost .. don't argue the third question you have when you log on a new character.
>Here's something else that people are missing. Pikel's player is obviously not abdicating all creativity by playing this role. He's taking a basic background and personality and transposing it into the CF world. I've not read the book, true, but I'll be highly surprised if the Pikel in the book becomes the leader of the "Sylvan Warders" protecting the wilderness of Thera from encroachment by defilers such as the "Masters" and the "Empire".
No kidding, you have to have an Immortal that doesn't read the rules of Carrion Fields to
have that.