User blog:SoaringSpirits/How To: Create a Character! (OC)

Hi everyone! I am going to be starting a bi-weekly series where I basically give you tips and advice on "How To" do different things! This week, if you are one of those users thinking about introducing a new OC in a camp, this blog applies to you! Here are some tips and tricks to help you create a successful Camps character!

Personality:
The personality of a character is the most important thing to consider when creating an OC. The first thing to determine is whether you want the character to be a Hero, or to be a Villain. Of course, you get the odd character that falls into neither of these categories. They can be classed as an Anti Hero, but more on that later.

So once you have decided whether a character will be a Hero or a Villain. The next thing you need to think about is there pet peeves and people that they would get along with certain people. For example, if you had a hippie who protected the environment, they wouldn't get on with someone like Anne Maria.

Realism:
Some things that annoy people about there characters is the fact they don't act sometimes as they should. If we take the hippie example again, (s)he goes to elimination and doesn't vote off Anne Maria, but votes off _. This sometimes annoys some users (including me), so if you want a fan favourite character then you should follow the realism and what the character would do. (obviously if you were in an alliance with said person then you would not vote them off.)

Gameplay:
Some characters, although have a great stereotype, may fall flat due to not playing the game very well. For example, take Azuna. If she were in a season and didn't make a lot of decisions and gameplay (an idol for example) then she would be out of character. It is up to the user to follow and act how there character would.

Finally, Making Fan-Favourites:
As you would all know, Featured Character is home to some of the wiki's best characters. These characters all had to do something that makes them brilliant and unique in their own way. Take Inca for example, in her camp, she was one of the nicest campers and reached 5th. However, in a plot twist, she became one of the most villainous characters in the follow up season.

By doing this, she effectively stood out in the camp and reached 2nd place (she was screwed over by a bitter jury but nonetheless), and she won the first ever Featured Character.

End:
I hope this blog has helped you with creating a successful character to use in an upcoming camp! Now obviously, if your character is screwed over, don't hesitate to re-use that character in another camp! Thanks you for reading, and this has been SoaringSpirits. Bye!

All I wanna be, All I ever wanna be. Yeah. Yeah.  Is somebody to you! 16:39, June 23, 2014 (UTC)