SUMMARY
NAME:
Sam
ROLE:
Shooting Guard, NPC quest giver, Rival NPC tournament opponent
STORY GOAL:
Sam is incredibly competitive and seeks to win the basketball tournament aboard The G.O.A.T. Boat. She loves a little trash talk but is completely respectful when out on the court playing the game. She seeks to meet MP at the end of the bracket for a winner takes all showdown.
STORY Motivation:
Sam knows she has the possibility to be the best of the best and is motivated to prove herself by winning the basketball tournament on The G.O.A.T. Boat. She knows if her dad was still around, he’d be super proud of her, and wants to win it all for him.
The Basics
FULL NAME:
Samantha Diaz
AGE:
31
PLACE OF Birth:
Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
Gender:
Female
nationality:
Proud Puerto Rican!
ETHNICITY:
Sam has a long background of Puerto Rican relatives, but also some heritage from Mexican Caribbean.
Education:
University of Miami, BS in Sports Management
occupation:
High school women’s basketball coach, still plays basketball herself at random tournaments
CURRENT RESIDENCE:
Miami, Florida
Personality Matrix
Choose one option from each line to create a distinct and detailed personality for your characters:
SELFISH OR ALTRUISTIC?
Altruistic
AGGRESSIVE OR PASSIVE?
Aggressive
DISHONORABLE OR HONORABLE?
Honorable
DISORDERED OR ORDERED?
Ordered
BELIEVER OR SKEPTIC?
Believer
FERVENT OR RESTRAINED?
Fervent
APATHETIC OR INQUISITIVE?
Inquisitive
Appearance
EYES:
Brown
HAIR:
Dark brown
BUILD:
Tall, very muscular
GAIT:
Sam prefers to present herself in a more masculine manner, with a cool swagger. She often wanders about with her hands tucked into her pockets.
MANNERISMS:
With a desire to live life out loud and her boisterous nature, Sam attracts people easily. When she’s deep in conversations, she’s extremely animated, throwing her hands up in the air, and deeply guffawing. If she feels seriously disrespected, Sam will close herself off completely. She wears her emotions on her sleeve.
STYLE:
Sam’s style consists of T-shirts, jeans, loose fitting basketball shorts and clothes, and she loves to rep a good pride shirt.
ACCESSORIES:
Besides a fitness tracker, or a hat every now and then, Sam hates accessories, especially jewelry.
HEALTH:
Sam experienced weight struggles in her youth, and her family has a history of heart issues. Her dad died of a heart attack relatively young. Before his death he encouraged her to get involved at school on the basketball team and they practiced at home together nightly. Paranoid due to her family health history, Sam watches her diet and monitors her health regularly.
References
Communication
MANNER OF SPEECH:
Desiring to present herself more masculine, Sam often lowers the tone of her voice. She’s extremely loud and boisterous, with a recognizable laugh. Sam is never missed when she enters a room.
ACCENT:
Sam has a slight Puerto Rican accent.
COLLOQUIALISMS:
Sam is influenced by her LGBTQ+ community and uses terms common within it. She’ll throw out some Puerto Rican slang every now and then, but mostly when she’s around other Puerto Ricans.
BODY LANGUAGE:
Sam is inviting and chill, always willing to give a big hug to anyone who needs or wants one. But, if she’s crossed, you can read it all over her. She gets tense and tends to ball up her fists.
VOCABULARY:
Sam doesn’t worry about coming off academic, and is more a product of the environments she hangs around and grew up in. She can always speak more eloquently, if needed, and is professional in the workplace.
EMOTION:
Sam is even tempered but will stand up for those she cares about and can be a big mama bear. She likes to be playful most of all, and will bring out her spicy trash talk, but it’s all in good fun.
history
HOMETOWN:
Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
UPBRINGING:
Sam was brought up on a farm in a small village with the expectation to help with farm chores, so she learned a lot about responsibility from a young age. She was always a Daddy’s girl, and her father cultivated her love of basketball when she was very young. Sam was a good kid and loved hanging with the farm animals, cultivating the plants, and reading on hay bales in the barn.
EDUCATION:
University of Miami, BS in Sports Management
HOBBIES:
Sam enjoys volunteering at local shelters in Miami, helping with community gardens, supporting LGBTQ+ community and events, and a good game of b-ball.
DREAMS:
Sam realized her dreams early on in life, playing semi-professional basketball after college, and then transitioning to coaching, passionately falling in love with it. As for her future, Sam would love to find a wife, settle down, and have some kids.
HEROES:
Sam’s dad will always be her biggest hero. He set a great example to her, and she wouldn’t be who she is today without him.
REGRETS:
Sam regrets not pursuing professional basketball and leaving her mother alone in Puerto Rico right after her dad died.
WORK HISTORY:
Sam’s life has always revolved around sports. When she wasn’t playing basketball, she was a sports trainer. Before her foray into sports, she worked for many years on her family farm. Currently, Sam happily coaches a high school basketball team and participates in the occasional basketball tournament.
MAJOR LIFE EVENTS:
Signing with a semi-pro league changed the course of Sam’s life. Her dad’s death hit her particularly hard, and she thinks about him daily. Sam’s move from Puerto Rico to Miami to pursue education was scary, but incredibly rewarding. When she retired from playing basketball and started her career coaching high school basketball, it changed her life.
FOUNDATIONAL MEMORIES:
When Sam was struggling with weight and people bullied her for being a tomboy, her dad made sure to give her a path to get fit through fun. Thus began Sam’s love affair with basketball. Sam and her dad bonded through deep conversations they’d have while training, and she learned so much from him about life and how to live it well.
Relationships
ECONOMIC STATUS OF FAMILY:
Sam’s family is not particularly wealthy, but they own farmland and are able to make a living from it and provide food for themselves.
SOCIAL STATUS OF FAMILY:
Lower middle class
FATHER(S):
Ruberto Diaz (deceased)
MOTHER(S):
Sylvia Diaz
SIBLING(S):
Carlos Diaz (younger brother), Dominique Diaz (younger sister), Ruberto Diaz Jr. (older brother)
CHILDREN:
Sam doesn’t have children, although she considers her students a part of her family. She would love to have some children of her own someday.
EXTENDED FAMILY:
Sam has tons of extended family throughout Puerto Rico, and her family is semi-famous around Puerto Rico due to their farm.
CLOSEST FRIEND(S):
Sam loves making friends and would happily call anyone she has a deep conversation with one of her close friends. Carla Santos is her best childhood farm friend. Eran and Luis Lopez, a pair of rambunctious twin friends from childhood, are still some of her closest rough house partners, and Sam’s gotten close to Pippa on The G.O.A.T. Boat.
OTHER FRIEND(S):
Sam’s bonded with a bunch of people on The G.O.A.T. Boat, especially the participants in the tournament, Rodney, Robert, Reevis, Courtney, and Pippa.
ENEMIES:
Sam wouldn't call anyone her enemy, but she doesn’t think fondly of her childhood bullies.
RELATIONSHIP GOALS:
Sam is really interested in finding a lady to date and would like to settle down and have kids soon. She’s not getting any younger.
LOVE INTEREST(S):
Sam is currently crushing on Pippa, and thinks Pippa feels the same, but is unsure, and she’s a bit too shy to ask. Their spark is undeniable, though.
Psychology
PERSONALITY TYPE:
On Myers Briggs Indicator scale, Sam is The Protector type (Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging).
GOALS:
Sam’s reached most of her goals thus far in life. She’s played basketball semi-professionally and started a fulfilling coaching career. In the future, she’d love to coach for a professional team, and to find a partner and have a family.
MOTIVATIONS:
Sam’s always been motivated to make her dad proud, even if he isn’t around to see her accomplishments anymore. Her other motivations include doing good for the community and helping those in need, including animals. Sam is rather selfless and wants to give back a lot.
INTERNAL CONFLICTS:
Even though she spent a lot of time with her dad, Sam wishes she had more, and had savored the time. She struggles with the desire to be there for the rest of her family, who are still in Puerto Rico, but also living her own life in Miami. At times she wishes she wasn’t queer, because it’s made life harder.
WEAKNESSES:
Sam can be hot headed when she feels like people or animals are threatened. She’s developed a bit of a bad reputation due to her love of trash talking.
DESIRES:
Sam wants to make a difference in the lives of those she coaches, to build a family, and to continue with tournaments for as long as she is physically capable.
FLAWS:
Sam is obsessed with health and weight because she wants to live the longest life possible, leading to some unhealthy habits and projections on others.
SECRETS:
Sam’s never been interested in men but told her dad she had crushes on her childhood guy friends, and she’s not proud of lying about it to her favorite person. She experimented with alcohol and drugs while underage in Puerto Rico. She claims it was mostly out of boredom and she’s not proud of it.
STRENGTHS:
Sam is a mama bear and will stand up for anyone or anything that needs standing up for. She’s very community oriented, is a pretty good sport, and a very good mentor to the students she coaches.
FEARS:
Sam fears she will die young like her father, she’ll never have a family, people will always judge her as an LGBTQ+ person, and she will have to live in some amount of fear for her and her family’s lives.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Sam is so proud to have played semi-pro basketball, learned discipline from farm work, started her coaching job, and for not letting the death of her father totally wreck her trajectory.
MORALITY:
“Chaotic Good”
IRRITANTS:
Sam loathes rude people, people that are abusive to animals, and bigots.
Legacy:
Sam would love to be one of the best-known coaches in the game of women’s basketball, have a bunch of kids and grandkids, and be able to live a nice long, healthy life.
The Proust Questionnaire
Answer these questions from the perspective of your character using their voice:
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Hey-yo, I’d say I’m livin’ the dream right now. I guess the only thing that’s missin’ is a little lady to share it with. What dream am I livin’? Well, I’m in the tourney on The G.O.A.T. Boat, buildin’ up kids to lurv basketball, and settin’ my sites on how I can improve my coaching gigs. And … ahem, I might be slayin’ my flirt game with Miss Pippa. You’d have to ask her about that … and if ya do, maybe do me a solid and report back your findings … if ya know what I mean.
What is your greatest fear?
Yikes, we’re getting deep. Well, okay, you want to get into the core of the Sam onion, well, dude, we can def go there. I guess given my age, my biggest fear is never havin' the big ‘ol family I’ve always wanted. I love my kiddos I coach, but I want my own, ya know. That, and I guess not leaving that lasting impact. Coaching is epic, but ya never know if you’re reaching the kiddos completely.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Hrm, wow, that’s a hard one. I try not to be down on myself, if ya know what I mean, dude. I like to just totally slay at life and not think about the bad. I guess maybe that could be bad. Toxic positivity. Or I guess my love of smack talkin'. It’s all in good fun, but sometimes maybe it comes off that I’m a bit of a bad sport. I’d never want to set that example for the kiddos.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
I always lead with kindness, dude, so I’d say people that just cause drama, are rude, or just put out negativity, that just really wrecks me. Oh, and anyone that would ever harm animals. Not to get all extra, but I cannot stand animal abusers. I’m completely vegan, myself. Growin' up on a farm, ya learn how special each and every creature is, ya know.
Which living person do you most admire?
Oh Gosh, well, I hope I don’t tear up. I’d really like to say my dad, but sadly he’s passed. He … he was the best person I knew, ahem, sorry. He just made me so much of what I am, ya know what I mean, dude. But I gotta hand it to my mom for keepin' up with the farm, and the family, and really just allowin' me to be who I am along with my dad. I really should go visit her. Wow, dude, this question’s got me in my feels.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Ah, I’m just a simple farm gal, so I’m not really into all that showy stuff. I’m not even really a “treat myself” person. I guess I’d say, maybe takin’ the time away from the kiddos to compete on The G.O.A.T. Boat. It def seems like a luxury to this low maintenance gal.
What is your current state of mind?
Oh, man, I’m just so excited to be competin' in The G.O.A.T. Boat tourney, but also so hyped to meet all the new people on board. I am going to absolutely slay this tourney – one hundred!
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Oh, boy, probably modesty. Haha. I wouldn’t call myself the least bit modest. I guess that’s why I love a good ol’ smack talk. I def have no shame. Slay all day and all that, ya know!
On what occasions do you lie?
My dad always told me the truth is better to tell, even if it could hurt someone, so I’m not big on lyin'. I guess with the kiddos, I fib a bit to motivate them. If a kiddo isn’t doing so great, I might throw out a “good job” as encouragement. Does that qualify as a lie, though? Don’t we all tell those little fibs?
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I’ve been workin' on it, but I’ve always been “Gordita,” as I’d call myself, all my life. My family is big boned, we’re made for workin' a farm, tall, big frames, bulky, but it’s been hard bein' in sports and havin' to work hard to maintain my weight to improve things like my speed. I’d never want to be skinny and all that, but I do want to be healthy … I mean, if my dad had taken better care of himself, he might still be here … buuut, movin' on from that … ahem, next question …
Which living person do you most despise?
Oh, I don’t like to lead with hate, but if I had to answer, I’d say it’s not a person, but a group of thought. Groups that hate others for their differences. I just don’t understand that. But I’d never hate 'em back. I’d always try to educate 'em, ya know. It’s just the right thing to do.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Oh, gosh, well all the qualities of my dad, I’d say. Kindness, empathy, supportiveness of women, supportiveness of a person being their authentic self, if you know what I mean. Believin' that women are equals, that we are all equals. Encouragement and knowin' nothin' is a “boy” or “girl” thing.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Oh, well, make this ol’ gal blush, why don’t ya? I guess I’d say, a good caretaker, a great sense of humor, beauty inside and out, a sense of adventure and goin' with the flow. Oh, look at me yappin’, you asked for one quality and I’m listin’ off everything …
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Oh, haha, probably ... ya know and dude and man and slay … and maybe, "great job!” at work. HAH! I really don’t like to think about that. I try to be well spoken given the whole bilingual thing. I may even try too hard with both languages.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Def my dad. I don’t think I’ll ever love anyone as much as him. I know it’s not a romantic-type love, if that’s what you’re gettin' at, but I do think he was my person … my person I’m soul bonded to almost, if ya know what I mean.
When and where were you happiest?
Oh, I was pretty stoked to be invited to The G.O.A.T. Boat tourney. I remember sittin’ in the gym at work when I got the call. I was whoopin’ and hollerin’. The kiddos thought I’d lost it. Haha!
Which talent would you most like to have?
Ahem, not to toot my own horn, but I think I have all the talents I’d ever want. Basketball is my passion, coachin' is a close second, and I’m just gonna say I’m slayin’ it. Just straight up!
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Oh, boy, I think I’d make my genetics a bit more … manageable, if ya will. Our whole family struggles with weight and diabetes. It’s rough and takes a lot of work to stay healthy.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Dude, totally gettin' to live my dream and play basketball as a career. How many folks can say they got to live their dream? I’m gagged to look back and realize how amazing my life has been.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
Hrm, well, that’s a weird one. I am really so happy bein’ me, but growin' up with cows, and realizin' how wonderful they are to hang around, maybe I’d like to know what I’d be like to live in a cow's hooves, if ya will. Hah, can you imagine? Me out in the field grazin' … HaHA!
Where would you most like to live?
Oh, I’d probably like to get back to good ol’ Puerto Rico at some point, maybe help my mom with the farm, or have my own. Maybe take my family there once I start one. Or retire there. It’s just so peaceful there to me, and def reminds me of my dad.
What is your most treasured possession?
Oh, gosh, the tears might start flowin’ again. My dad gave me this little girly basketball, totally not my style, back when I was a kiddo, and I still have it. It’s pretty much deflated, but it’s always displayed somewhere in my home. I know it’s a bit silly, but it’s the ball I learned with and every time I look at it, so many great memories come back to me, ya know.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Oh, I’ve been there, losing a parent just sucks hardcore, especially one that was just … one of the best, ya know. It took a long time for me to recover from losin' my dad. I still keep him in my heart always. It’s just something ya can’t imagine until ya go through it, ya know.
What is your favorite occupation?
I totally thought basketball would be my fav, but coachin' the kiddos is just next level. I never imagined I’d get to do somethin’ so meaningful … with so much impact, ya know.
What is your most marked characteristic?
HaHA! I’ve been told I’m loud, but also just a big ol’ teddy bear. I’m always there if someone needs a shoulder to cry on, or a hug, or just someone to listen. I know I love my smack talk, but I’m a huge softie at heart.
What do you most value in your friends?
Support. Sometimes goin' through hard things, like with my dad, friends don’t quite feel like friends anymore. It’s the ones that are supportive and stick with you through the hard times that you realize are the real keepers.
Who are your heroes in real life?
Oh, ya gotta know, I’m gonna say my dad. And, of course, my mom, as well. She’s given me a great example as a strong woman and a woman that survived the love of her life and had to keep on truckin’.
What are your favorite names?
Hrm, well that’s tricky. I’ve always liked names with a little punch … like Archer or Blaze. I haven’t thought a lot about that. I guess I never really liked Samantha, but I do really like Sam. It feels perfect for me. I’m glad my ‘rents allowed me to go by Sam.
What is it that you most dislike?
Haha, okay, I’m going to be a little surface level on this one, but I really dislike bland food. I’ve gotten to travel around the states and there’s just some food I don’t know how people eat! Where’s the flavor?
What is your greatest regret?
I guess I wish I could’ve gone professional, but ya know, it just wasn’t my path. Sometimes I feel really guilty … I don’t know if I’d call it regret, but maybe … anyway, I feel some sort of way for leavin' my mom back on the farm in Puerto Rico when I pursued my dreams.
How would you like to die?
When I’m very old. My dad died so young. I just want to get the most out of life. See my kids have kids, and maybe their kids have kids. Then maybe pass peacefully in my sleep on my lil’ Puerto Rican farm.
What is your motto?
“Always lead with kindness”. Kindness is so important to me. Ya just never know what someone is going through, ya know.
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