Summer Tribe Award: Best Male Primary

Breaking down the Summer 2009 "Tribe Awards" presented to KTDARPG players by the votes of their fellow players, with tributes to the show that continues to inspire us!

Category: Best Male Primary Character

Winner: Llysander

Runner Up: Rio

When you go back & watch episodes of The Tribe focussing on primary males, the hallmark of the best ones are their predictability. The character can be as far from the real-life of the actor as day and night, but the character takes on a life of his own to the point that you KNOW what he will do because of who he, the character is.

Ok, that was a little convoluted. Let's just say the male characters are alive on the screen when you watch them. You know what they will do because of what they've done in the past. Even when there are surprises, those surprises are within the realm of what that character could possibly do. Make sense? I hope?

Like the females in their category, the male "primary" is the character a player invests most of himself (or herself!) to during the growth of the game. And the voters stayed true to the definition of what a primary should be: Predictable.

Llysander was the clear winner (38% of votes). As new as he is inside our game-world, Llysander has set up a pattern that keeps repeating. It's even evident in his speech patterns. He has some very solid views of life & how you treat people, any people but most especially women. When honor is involved, you know you can count on this one to do what honor demands. He constantly expects to be duped or cheated, and he's grateful when he finds the people he meets are as genuine as they seem. It will be interesting to see what effect Llysander has on Fort River ... and vice versa.

Our runner up is also--and always--extremely predictable. When it comes to Rio (25% of votes), you either love him or hate him. There is seldom any in between. It's hard to know whether to define Rio as a pervert, a misogynist, or just a punk. He's shown that he can be a good strategist when it comes to business. But when it comes to friends? I dunno, this guy has got me bamboozled too. So I guess you can predict him but you'll have a hard time categorizing him. Anyway, he impressed enough people to come in #2 in this part of our poll.

Congratulations, guys!

-Chyna

Photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"