Entertainer Archive

See, I am an Entertainer/Musician, I don't just stay put in one place, I travel a lot from cities to cities Cantna and seen a lot of different people.

And, they always invite me when they notice me.

Maybe people who stay put has know the same people A LOT better than I have?

Have you Personally made a lot of friend with them?

And, females, are any of you E-dating with any?

Starting out, I stayed in one place, and got to know the other performers and customers really well. I have quite a few regularcustomerswho welcome me when I walk into the cantina (think "Norm!" from Cheers and you're pretty close). There was one bandmate who could've been my in-game twin (both Bothan, same build, just swapped hair/fur color). Unfortunately, the band's drifted a bit as we started taking side trips to Theed and points beyond to get that huge group xp. I haven't really felt the need to travel for xp--although I have to play tourist--so I rarely hook up with the four/five entertainers I met the first day.

But that's ok, since that apparently makes me the highest level musician on Rori. =) New players come in with stars in their eyes and dreams of fame, and I do what I can to help them along: letting them know about gig missions (usually by getting one, grouping, then watching their brief confusion when the group credit split gets announced), how the whole song + instrument + band size + audience size= xp equation works, training them in their first few skills, crafting instruments, and wowing them with the Music Tech stage effects to give them goals to shoot for.

And never underestimate the tipping power of regular customers. I remember a few from way back when they were dragging themselves in after getting their blasters handed to them by a couple of squalls, and I'd thank them (seriously and sincerely) for the 10 credit tips they could spare from their weapon-upgrade fund. Now a few are soloing big ugly creatures, and I thank them just as seriously and sincerely for the 500-1000 credit tips. There arethe CH/BEs who come in to show off their new critters (I do ask that they keep the larger ones stowed after the inital "Wow its head is poking through the ceiling" moment). The armorsmith who I once kept supplied with fiber panels while he was getting his feet. The architect I got hooked on music as a side-job for when crafting one more building panel would've driven him insane.

So yeah, I'd say I madea few friends, both bandmates and customers. And it strikes me as more natural than running around town /shouting "Forming hunting part for baddie X lair". Sadly, no e-dating has occured. =(

But if you're a single female looking for a short, furry Bothan who can really wail on that Traz, give me a /tell if you're ever by Restuss (Chilastra server).

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JediMutantX3 wrote:

See, I am an Entertainer/Musician, I don't just stay put in one place, I travel a lot from cities to cities Cantna and seen a lot of different people.

And, they always invite me when they notice me.

Maybe people who stay put has know the same people A LOT better than I have?

Have you Personally made a lot of friend with them?

And, females, are any of you E-dating with any?

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Well, the entertainer crowd at any given town gets to know each other as they work the same areas. You make friends, sure.

Your last two questions have me wondering just what your motives are, though. Are you asking, for instance, if I've gotten "Personally" involved to the point of meeting a fellow entertainer? Why would you want to know this? Why are you interested in whether the women are dating the men they've met? Are you "in the market" and looking for a date online? You ARE aware that most female toons are played by males behind the keyboard, right?

I'd suggest that online games don't make for great dating services. It's especially troubling that you're targeting this at the entertainer forum, because it suggests that you're taking the whole "suggestive dancing for tips" thing a lot more seriously than you ought to be. When players dance, they do it because that's what entertainers do. They're not doing it out of a desire to be hit on in real-life.

What's the actual point of this thread?

Just as a point the broad statement that most female toons are really played by males will most likely be blown away in SWG. The reason I say this is that for the most part (hard core role players aside) the female played by males tend to be alts and twinks. Fun characters that are created for grins and goofing on friends. Mains however tend to be same sex as their character. Due to the one character per server rule with SWG this trend won't necessarily follow.

When starting out folks will have multiple characters on several servers and some will be cross gender but the percentages of cross gendering will be lower.Some cross gendering of mains will accur due to the player deciding they really like the alt they started and stick with it rather than re-rolling, those that do tend to be very open about cross dressing online and are pretty easy to spot.

What I think we will find as SWG matures is that the Masters of the Crafts no matter the class will be same sex behind the keyboard as they are on screen. While marketing information is fairly clear that the majority of computer games (without defining the genre) are sold to the 18-25 male market, studies about specific MMORPGS have shown that there are many more females that play this type of game than marketing trends would indicate. In my personal experience (7+ years) of MMORPG playing I've found that it is the rare occurance that the person behind the computer is not the same sex as their Main character rather than the norm.

As for the original posters questions give the game time to mature relationships take time to build both in game and in real life I'm sure that there will be the same stories related to SWG as to other online games regarding online and real life romances and friendships that started out in game.

And for the record I am 33 and female and although I have played male characters I was rarely comfortable enough playing them to keep them around long enough to become mains.

"Your last two questions have me wondering just what your motives are, though. Are you asking, for instance, if I've gotten "Personally" involved to the point of meeting a fellow entertainer? Why would you want to know this? Why are you interested in whether the women are dating the men they've met? Are you "in the market" and looking for a date online?"

Erm, curiousity, maybe? The anthropologist in me sees his questions as very valid, considering part of the point of this game is to make a MMORPG more social (actually, it's to be versitle and appeal to many types, but that necessitates making it more social).
I find it interesting that every time something like this comes up, there's always a few people who automatically suspect the poster of surfing the nets for s virtual date.


Personally, my character hasn't gotten into any trysts with other characters. It is always fun suddenly seeing a familiar face in a different town, though, especially when they've advanced abit since you last saw them.

I've posted this elsewhere, but I've had two roommates that only play male characters...one because she specifically didn't want to be hit on after playing her first female character on DuneMUSH.
The other's my current roommate, and I'm not sure, I think it may just be her tomboyishness coming out.
But yes, the other roommates I've had who played online played their RL sex. I've played both over the past dozen years.

I stay in the same Hotel 99% of the time I'm on, and yes, I know the people as well as any bartender might for people that regularly come in to the bar. Some are friends that I can strike up a conversation easily, some are the in-and-out kind that don't usually say a word.