Do you allow members to create the same character everywhere?

If you mean the same name, appearance, personality - then yes. Of course, the bio or character history has to be edited to fit whatever new RP environment the character will move around in - but otherwise, if I'm really attached to the character and enjoy playing them, I try to re-use them whenever possible.

 

i have three or four characters that i just mold to fit whatever site or situation i'm joining at that point. there's no way to really stop people from doing this anyway; policing what other sites they're using that character on sounds tiring at best.

 

I think i'd always prefer originality, but where muse is concerned, sometimes slipping on a character that you know well is just...the easier thing to do. That said I know sometimes sites make it more or less easy to bring in that sort of established character.

When my site first started we allowed "outlanders" to just appear so that you could literally just migrate your OC over. Once we hit year 4 and felt established enough we did away with that because it felt unnecessary given how much lore we'd built up.

 

Most of the time that never has seemed to cause any problems for me. I’ve seen people want to play canon characters from other media but just turn them into animals and whatnot to fit the RP, and while it was never actively encouraged to do that, they seemed to integrate them well!

 

Totally agree with you, the character should be unique everywhere.

 

I don't see a problem with people doing this. Also its not something you can really police, their own original ideas are just that and they're free to do what they like with them.

That being said, I did once have a problem with someone doing this but it was likely a very isolated incident. I had someone join one of my sites, it was a fantasy site with its own lore & such. They joined, adapted their character for the site. They were very open about how they play this character everywhere they go. The only issue that came up was they frequently wanted to do things that didn't fit with the lore of the site. They did ask if they could but it was overwhelming the amount of messages I received from them. It sounded like they just wanted something particular for their character, liked the basics of the setting but wanted to mould everything to make their character special.

X site let me do this with them can I do it? Or can they have X abilities. Can they not age because of XYZ. Or I did X with them in the past can I do it here?

This can happen with any character though I think. As long as someone is into the setting and wants to adapt their character to the lore of the new site I think its totally fine.

 

I.. don't understand why that would be something I control? I mean, if it's a site canon that was made by the staff specifically for the game, I would be hesitant to let them take those details that were established by the staff, but the rest of the character is theirs??? Originals and canons can be played on any site, because my site doesn't own them.

 

I think it's fun seeing how others shape their characters into the site lore. Sure, it's probably more work in their part but if that's their muse that's their muse. I won't take away something they've worked on for ages and might be excited to play out. The characters can develop differently wherever they're placed c:

 

No, with the exception if they are willing to make major changes to said character to make it congruent with the world/lore presented in the game. Original characters, especially made for the game/universe, will always be preferable.

 

I don't really care if they do this. I personally have a few characters I have been toting around over the years.

What I have noticed is that a lot of people who do that, tend to just copy and paste the same history and adjust it slightly to the lore and setting to the site. Usually they don't attempt to plot on their own and vanish after a few days. Recently had a member who did that. I came across a want ad they posted on another site which was exactly the same as the one on ours; the character was also exactly the same. Looked like they just mass joined sites with the same character.

 

I have multiple characters that I take everywhere I go.

 

I mean my take is even if the character starts the same different sites lead to different outcomes. In theory this should lead to a different end point even if the start is the sameish.