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    What's Everybody Been Reading?

    Lately, I haven't been reading anything "fun"...well, I like what I've been reading, but it's been things of a strictly academic nature. I really want to read "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl (it's been sitting on my desk for two weeks now).
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    If You Could Have ONE Pokemon, What Would It Be?

    I'm not sure I'd want to keep a Pokemon if they were real. They're far too intelligent for captivity in my opinion.
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    What Should I Avoid While Creating a Character?

    If people could communicate better (or if they would at least put more effort into communicating) so many issues could be resolved (or more likely avoided). :D
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    Tips for better RPing

    I think a very simple thing (in theory only) is to remember to communicate with the other people you are RPing with.
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    How did you find us?

    Went with the classic approach and just went on an expedition lead by Google.
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    whats your favorite fictional race to roleplay as?

    Elves are pretty fun, but generally I don't think I favor a specific race because so much depends on the settings.
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    What Should I Avoid While Creating a Character?

    I think it depends a bit on what you are writing (e.g., format). For an RP, I find interaction to be one of the most important aspects of participating. So in an RP (play-by-post or Table Top), I've found that characters that are hard to interact with (or where it's hard to see why anyone would...
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    What Should I Avoid While Creating a Character?

    I'm a big fan of not writing loners or characters that really don't have a reason to interact with other players, stay in the group, or when the character has negative traits that really don't encourage other characters to interact with them (generally traits such as being a complete loner...
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    The School System/School Systems (Math Specifically)

    I'm a bit biased as my day job actually involves frequent use of statistics, but that being said, I would argue that math is actually pretty useful, the problem is that math as it is taught in primary, secondary, and even post-secondary education is of a very poor quality. Similarly, a lot of...
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    Prison Reform/Justice System

    I'd also wager some of the most effective solutions to reducing crime/incarceration in the US would be those that somehow manage to address equally problematic issues like economic inequality or the poor state of the educational system. Personally, I'd also like to see all investigations of the...
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    Futuristic tech or Magic?

    Either or, just depends on my mood and the story that GM wants to tell. However, generally I agree with the previous posters that have invoked Arthur C. Clarke's third law, which suggests that there isn't always a huge difference between futuristic tech and magic.
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    Favorite anime?

    Still Cowboy Bebop, that jazz, that jazz is just too good.
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    How do you create your characters (process...)

    Step 1: Like @Nilum, the first thing I do is examine whether there is an RP with a plot that I'd enjoy participating in (and would thus like to create a character for) and thereafter I take a glance at the potential cast of characters (to see if there's a niche I'd like to fill). Steps 2-4 are...
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    How did you discover roleplaying?

    I stumbled upon a very freeform RP that was in progress on a random forum related to a game that I quite enjoyed, having never partaken in an RP of any form before, my interest was quickly piqued, and I ended up participating in said RP for about three years. Looking back, it wasn't the best...
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