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Not quite a Newb Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 54

I'm a nooB and creating the first of what I'm sure will be many characters. She's quite normal actually, but after reading through so many of your baits I'm seeing the fun in creating a more, uh, spicy character Smile

So tell me about your favorite characters (I won't steal them, just looking for inspiration!)

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 589

My favorite is my Bishop character who is on the run for robbing several banks. Laughing

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:11 pm

I'm new too. My first is character is a recent immigrant to the US. His English isn't great he's quite naive. Once, he tried to get a Lad to partner with him to pay the fee for another lad.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

My characters haven't been thought out ahead of time. They evolve with the bait.
I am currently a young/naive/virgin/emotional former sister from a ministry who stole a bunch of the ministry's money and ran off with it, AND the ministry's Superior Sister who is a real bitch sometimes. She won't take one bit of crap from the lad and often talks condescendingly to him. He once told her "I'm not one of your slaves in your ministry". Laughing

I've been various other people in the bait, as I've needed them. (All business finance managers, rude male friends of the young sister, etc).

In another bait I'm a young/naive/semi-helpless female. It's really easy to drag everything out that way.

Once I was a married man who was a pervert and worked as a bar bouncer. All he wanted was to get the lad to talk dirty. It was a male scammer, pretending to be a young female and I really wanted to watch him squirm as he played that role. The bait didn't last very long though.

I've also been a very very rambly old lady. That was fun but writing long rambly emails got old fast.

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:16 pm

@ Ima

Quote:

That was fun but writing long rambly emails got old fast

just send an old one, Old Timers will do that to a person

I got so many, but a few will give you an idea.
An old rancher in the middle of nowhere who is online for the first time.
A school teacher in a ghost town, who can only go online during school days.
A millionaire without a home, or too many to call it home, he likes traveling and bringing the money to the lads Wink

Thanks VP
A horny middle aged female accountant to the millionaire.
A female embassy employer on a secret assignment.
A (ex) drug addict/burglar on parole, living with his sister and kids and he doesn't speak/write English Wink

Everything has to go by his parole officer first, like a visit to town or money transfers.
And a lad that has just started to scam.
Just anything you can come up with will do, they don't really care until the specific problems occur, then they'll have to Twisted Evil

And that's when Murphy's law kicks in too. Wink

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:30 pm

A rich gay male, looking for tight assholes (and I make it that crude)
A safari camp manager, male
A female accountant (straight, all business)
A female accident victim (incredibly horny)
A male gynecologist
An Italian helicopter mercenary in Africa

I have used three of these characters on one mugu at a time, which makes it easier to control them.

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:43 pm

Here's one from this morning's paper you can take a run with.

Name- Robert LeRoy Parker, AKA Butch Cassidy

Address -12 Main Street, Grafton, Utah (a ghost town used to film the scene with "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head." I can't find a zip code so check delivery may be impossible.)

Religion- LDS
Occupation- Cattle business, banking.

Father's name- Maximillian Parker
Bank- Butch did his banking at the Pleasant Valley Coal Company in Castle Creek, Utah. (One withdrawal.)

Other residences- Fanny Porter's house of ill repute- San Antonio, Texas.

Friends- Sundance Kid, Harvey Logan AKA Kid Curry and Etta Place, brains of group and girlfriend of Harvey Logan.

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 720

Anvil salesman in New York City

"It takes a real salesman, I can tell you that," "Anvils have a limited appeal, you know."

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:44 pm

My favorite character is Bobbie Jo Jackson from Bugtussel Arkansas. She raises goats while attending beauty school. Her Dad is Bobby Joe Jackson and her brother is Bobby Joe Jackson jr. Her cousin is Bobbie Jean Jackson and uncle is Bobby Gene Jackson. Bobbie Jo loves to enter beauty contests. By the time I get done with the lads they never want to hear the name Bobbie Jo Jackson again. Laughing

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:17 pm

Moved here from GC. General Chat is for topics not related to baiting. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:29 pm

(No one will complain if you steal a character. We don't copyright our baits!) Laughing

I've had a lot of great characters, my favorites are:

-- filthy rich California widow

-- same as above but young-middle aged and horny

-- immigrant with limited English (great for sowing confusion: "Stasiling bram for not worry selring to cash pay of 3500 of dollar for paper of gramsel is true okay? Most eager! For God's will is being of true and not to ultir worrying is to friends. And most happy for that too. So for you is go ahead, is well and happy today. Most blessed! Thenk You!"

-- church secretary who poisons her husband to marry the lad

-- very, very insecure unmarried 35 year-old guy working at a furniture factory

-- young, aggressive, pretty young woman who won't take any sexist crap

-- Hollywood record producer specializing in rap

And so on. It's fun to just take an idea and see how it plays out.

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:33 pm

International Pie manufacturer ' and his daughter 'Honey'. Any church characters, and "Captain Mediocre" the not-so-super hero.

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:05 pm

Doodle Bug wrote:

Anvil salesman in New York City

"It takes a real salesman, I can tell you that," "Anvils have a limited appeal, you know."

Business must be terribly slow. Laughing

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:29 pm

I have about 20, but since two of them have already been found here, well, in outline they are either Laurel&Hardy-like / Marx Brothers like movie characters (the male ones), or own conceived comic characters who have a chance to come to life this way Very Happy

Most have an ethnic minority background. I don�t know why lads seem to prefer this.
The combination millionaire+slighty silly and babe-that-inherited + very naive work GREAT

The number of 20 is self-explaining because they have friends, barristers and butlers Very Happy

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:35 pm

I have two primary characters.

* A young blonde photomodel from Sydney who looks like Sophie Monk if a pic is needed (in the past she's also looked like one of the Olsen twins, or Hudson Leick [Callisto from Xena]) - slightly spoiled, short-tempered, foul-mouthed, and a devout worshipper of the Norse Gods Odin and Freyja - once called (with a busy household that precluded phone calls), but now (deaf since childhood thanx to her abusive father Mick Taylor [which see]).

* Retired Marine , veteran of Operation Desert Saber, with bitter memories of Somalia, who rose to the rank of Captain - was once an aspiring businessman trying to set up his own air courier company (); but now a survival instructor beset by chronic tinnitus after a training accident on the rifle range. If a pic is needed, I send either Nathan Fillion (from Firefly/Serenity) or Phil Keoghan (presenter of The Amazing Race).

I have some secondary characters who may or may not be used.

* /, brother to ; a Captain in the Australian SAS, and very protective of his little sister; often finds out about the scam and confronts the Lad. Usually that's the end game - but once he opened up a whole new front against the Lad!

* Knockabout Outback bloke Mick Taylor, secretly a sadistic serial killer, based on the psycho from Wolf Creek - not my favourite persona; I killed him off in one bait, brought him back, and killed him again; but he persists as abusive father.

* Outback film tech , named for the lead character in Age Of Consent and a really bad speller; friend of .

ETA some missed masking
ETA a missing negative

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:51 pm

My main character is a 26 y/o male who resides in Chicago, is very vulgar and after an unfortunate car accident has short term memory loss. Often he repeats the same questions and forgets that he has spoken to the lads before. He runs a very successful company that makes 100% organic sex toys.

CEO Naughty Nature Enterprises
"Let a little nature in you"

and my other fave

"Why hug a tree when you can $@%# one"

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:59 pm

@ Yastreb
ooh well, since you dared to let your pants down here in public...
[vanity sets in here shamelessly]
, by far my most "beloved" one Very Happy

she has a great speaking voice Thumbs up

secretary, but inherited a lot.
, her father. right now she is MIA in Ghana...
, her friend, computer & cell phone donation collector, knows all the high ranks at Dell�s, HP�s, Nokia�s, ...
, her friend, died because of a romance scam Smile

, her dad, brain surgeon, died in a scambait Very Happy

, former employer of ^^
, lawyer, borrowed by fellow baiter Murry Guru. Form and inheritance expert.
, his 15 y o daughter, now in Schloss Salem (terribly expensive boarding school) lads tend to be extremely ugly on that character so I dropped her Sad

, his successful bank advisors, tend to lose checks and delete important emails, especially Herr Lorbeer (=Stan Laurel)
, businessman & art collector, lives in a castle. From all male characters, lads like him most on the M Forum.
(=Chico Marx), his butler
several friends of the Prinz, some being baiters here. my characters are
(=Margaret Dumont, see Marx Bros. movies)
, almost the same, they chat a lot on the about race horses and millionaires meetings (not too) near Lagos
, runs the Wink

always looking for new flesh Very Happy

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(=Groucho Marx), supportive rolls so far only
, fake check-lad wannabe
, Turkish greengrocer, self-made millionnaire, investor. Her (il)legal status demands much formwork.
, her brother, money-collector (from a Turkish soap opera). He always finds the missing form sheet.
another brother, the computer expert, hence the nick Very Happy

(same source)
Barrister Charles Soludo...aren�t we all Barrister Charles Soludo?
French speaking friend of several of the above (from Asterix)
(from Tintin), international business detectives. Form experts.
, for one week, to convince Dan the lotto man that travelling is necessary...
, borrowed from Murry Guru. Under my guidance, unfortunately only a weak performance Sad

, millionaire from London. Well, it is notobescammed actually, but write his emails for him Wink

[/vanity ends here...now that I oversee it, oh dear, how many evenings of wasted, err, spent time... Smile

]
Most are friends of each others, just as it�s fitting in a storyline. Central characters are and because they offer most possibilities, having a "link" function.

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:19 pm

I have 30 characters. I usually use about 5 characters in a bait.

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:41 pm

I have multitudinous insult characters (I usual steal a name from a lad's script and use it to send them insults).

For my regular baiting, I have Nick who is a dumb rich kid who has a "talent" to get lads to curse at him. I have a Bishop who has a talent for frustrating lotto lads (the bishop is on sabbatical until after the Lambeth Conference this summer) Wink

419Eater is my life Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 293

Coming up with characters is my favorite part of baiting. Laughing

Some of the ones I work with are:

smarmy Australian professional surf champion. On the ASP Top 44 pro surf circuit. Close with Mickey Munoz, Kelly Slater and Mark Occhilupo. Drinks to excess nightly. Bangs everything that moves, but especially attracted to dark-skinned West African babes. Colorful vocabulary.

Canadian wine importer. Gullible. Dreams of buying the "big house" on Vancouver Island once he gets that really big score. Somewhat effeminate. Evidently unsatisfying in bed, as his wife is usually running around on him. Prone to psychosomatic illness. Son of first-generation Polish immigrants.

severely overweight Scotsman. Retired. Plays a lot of golf. Believes fervently in the Loch Ness Monster. Married an American woman who sounds very much like VPManchester. Laughing

Also illness-prone.

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:41 am

Right now my two main players are (of course) and

I was using R0n mainly at first but have now switched to N0ah. I'm a manager at a paper company in 0dessa TX, but perhaps I secretly work for a hidden government agency. (Think horn-rimmed glasses guy from the show Heroes) Straying from the show, I fall in love too quick, drink a little too much, and make compulsive sporting bets.

I have a lot riding on the NHL playoffs tomorrow between the Bruins and the Habs. If I win, I'll be able to forward my new girlfriend all the money she wants 100% risky free through WU. I'll even be able to get her the laptop she wants!!

I hope I don't lose!, then perhaps I would have bet a bit too much and I may have to go on the lam!

ronco

lost in translation Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 531

I have three that I usually use:

George Herman Ruth: 30-something male living in Swift City, West Dakota, USA. For his street address I give the address of the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore, 216 Emory Street (without giving the true city, of course). Named for the "Sultan of Swat," he always lists his occupation as "swatsman." When filling in the line for "sex:" on an informations form, George often responds, "Once a week."

Catherine Eddowes: female living in London UK. Named for the 4th murder victim of Jack the Ripper. She has a really bad habit of getting the names wrong on MG payment slips.

Tony Lazzeri: nondescript male usually living in the USA. Named for Yankee second-baseman during Ruth's early Yankee career.

I also have a character named Ted D. Roosevelt but I haven't used him in quite a while.

Master Baiter Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 179

I generally bait within the context of a church, as it fulfills all of my requirements - organization with many members, has a contract with one email provider which means I don't have to have accounts everywhere, everyone has a catankerous old boss to deal with, it plays to the religious side, and we're always willing to send you cash if you want to start a branch in your country!

is generally the main character. He's a mid-level functionary, titled a Deacon, high enough level to make promises but not high enough to send money. He's a very nice guy. His hobbies include asking stupid questions, quoting non-existent Bible verses, and being afraid of the wrath of his boss.

His name is an interesting story. I chose the last name for being a common ethnic one, and just made up the first name. I googled "Thay" one day, and it turns out that "thay" is Vietnamese for "master" or "teacher". He is certainly the master of the mugus!

is Thay's catankerous old boss. He is very brusque, easily irritable, insists on being addressed properly, and prone to demand apologies and/or repentance rituals for the most minor of transgressions. Everyone has to put up with him because he controls the purse strings. He is prone to be incapacitated due to the clap at a vital point in the bait. (I have attempted but not yet been successful at getting a lad to write a get well note that specifically wishes His Reverence success and rapid recovery from the clap. This is now one of my life goals.)

is your personal Outreach Coordinator. She's kindly but a bit naive. She enjoys sending pamphlets of information about the Church that your computer can't read properly (generally 1 good page and then 1000+ pages of gibberish in Word). If you have a major emergency, she would be glad to put you into contact with a missionary in or near your country who just happens to have thousands of dollars in cash. She is, of course, named after the Beatles song.

is a missionary who is at least 200 miles and preferably one international border away from you. He is very generous and giving, but is unfortunately very prone to mistakes, mishaps, and detention at the border checkpoint for carrying large amounts of cash with him. Like the cable guy, he can only give you a three-hour window in which he will not arrive. His namesake is the Human Bowling Ball, the diminuitive yet hard-charging running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

As I am somewhat new to baiting, I haven't had the time or reason to develop more characters. However, before I'm done, the will be a complete organization, full of endless fun for lads!

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:44 am

Ove Karlsson: Rumbustious, horny, and perennially drunk and unreliable ship captain, who is always crashing his ships after an onboard piss-up and searching for money to buy new ones. He is sometimes betrayed by his kittenish secretary Maztour Beita, who implores the Lad to do business behind Karlsson's back.

Khamel Ibrahimi al-Ataturk: Marine terrorist who travels the world on his ship the Al-Aqsa Brigade, with his loyal band of Trilobite fighters, looking for somebody to attack. He is happy to pick up trunk boxes or gold off any deserted beach and slaughter anyone who tries to interfere.

Trellis Blinds: unbelievably finicky and cautious British businessman, who is suspicious about documents that are not sharp and clear and won't accept anything that is not done correctly.

Brock Blither: cashiered and cynical ex-DEA officer, who is rather fond of telling the Lads a much better way of doing business than the one they are currently trying, and never accepts an instruction without querying or ridiculing it.

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:10 pm

I have a few that I trot out as needed

Franklin Wankur - Art Dealer. Specializes in African Art. He's an older gentleman. Kind agreeable, but easily confused.

Alotta Chexx - She's a payment processing representative, but not a very good one. For some reason, she can't understand why she's supposed to send a telegram, so she always sends the cash using a 100% reliable shipping company instead.

Huey Dewey - Sr. Partner in the firm of Dewey Baytem & Howe. He likes to help the lads get their $20 million transactions done. He's a stickler for making sure that all 50 pages of security forms are filled completely and accurately.

Klaatu Barada Nikto - Security Guard. He has a short temper and will threaten to destroy the earth with the slightest provocation.

Ibezim Oneykachuckwu - Guyman extraordinaire. Likes to SHARE JOBS MAKE GOOD MONEY TOGETHER BROTHER OOOOOOOO. He'll also CHOP UR JOB AND EAT UR MONEY given half a chance.

Iyamma Frawd - She gets lots of check cashing jobs but she always keeps the money and taunts the company about it.