Posted by Small hint on October 31, 1999 at 22:49:02:
In Reply to: Thoughts on Entropy. posted by Elandara on October 31, 1999 at 20:42:17:
> First of all, don't feel bad. Entropy is one of, if not the hardest, cabal to get into and to play correctly. It took me over two years on CF before I really felt ready to try my first Entropy character. > Here are some general pointers I'll try to give: > That's really just the tip of the iceberg, but it's a start. > > I created a character to try my hand at Entropy. I have an intricate background and have put a lot of thought into him.
This is also the reason that (as another entropy applicant complained about somewhere below) many people in Entropy are a little.... well, strange.
It's much easier to play (say) a loopy half-elf in Entropy because, well, crazy people spread chaos... *shrug*
> Secondly, trying to explain Entropy is very, very hard. It can be very counterintuitive.
> Entropy isn't anti-anything.. not Arbiters, Laws, Order, Empire, or even Authority in general.
> Entropy is about spreading Chaos (if it can be considered to be "about" anything). You have to have a reason for this.. but you can't have a rational reason to want to do it, or you're acting orderly. The Organized spreading of Chaos isn't Chaotic. In this, Entropy is a contradiction in Terms, that you somehow have to manage to slip between the contradictions to play correctly.
> Perhaps the best advice I can give you is that acting "Entropic", or spreading Chaos, has to be something you just do because you would, not because you have a reason for it.
> > The short of the character is he is a large cloud giant that is a bit slow, He allways refers to himself in the third person (kinda like bob dole)
> > And he has a real pet peeve about people telling him what to do. That is the big reason he doesn't like Laws and the Empire - allways telling what to do.
> > Well he spoke to Eyllivea and that elf said that He was too fixated upon things.(mainly people telling him what to do)
> > My big question is how the crap are you suspose to get into Entropy. I was frustrated after that interview. How does one go about becoming part of the Entropy?
> > Was my character to far out of place for it to belong there or do you have to become Pico's bitch or what. I would very much like to try my hand ad Entropy but I thought the character I had made would be good. What do you suggest?