|
Post by Card against Humanity on Oct 16, 2019 9:40:06 GMT -5
they can be wcf specific or just general
my biggest one is when a rp seems active bc it has several pages but then when you click on it it’s just two members chatting back and forth about like their dog barking or something with no real actual role playing
|
|
|
Post by cal ✩ on Oct 16, 2019 10:24:58 GMT -5
when people expect replies to be like 3 massive paragraphs long i find it just exhausting then i'm not saying it should be just two sentences, but that's one of the big reasons i stopped roleplaying. i don't want to have to write a whole book every time.
|
|
|
Post by Saint Ambrosef on Oct 16, 2019 11:15:04 GMT -5
i kinda dislike RP headers, they're often just annoying to read around
Also, line requirements. Spewing out 5 lines of purple prose is not "advanced", karen
|
|
|
Post by Leapkit on Oct 16, 2019 13:44:00 GMT -5
When people start ignoring their own roleplay rules.
Ex: "no spotlighting!" but then the entire roleplay becomes plot-centric around the same peoples 2-3 characters and you can't really fit in your characters anywhere because they're too busy having a circlejerk.
|
|
|
Post by Northstar3213 on Oct 16, 2019 15:28:11 GMT -5
Trying to force romance when the OP clearly doesn’t want it. I had this happen many, many times in my clans.
I’m so sorry Penguinsong, my precious baby boi ;v;
|
|
|
Post by Sand on Oct 16, 2019 16:30:08 GMT -5
When a plot is reused over and over in any clan a creator makes. Then their characters are always the center of it too. It just gets boring.
|
|
|
Post by Leapkit on Oct 16, 2019 19:02:55 GMT -5
Trying to force romance when the OP clearly doesn’t want it. I had this happen many, many times in my clans. I’m so sorry Penguinsong, my precious baby boi ;v; I hate forced romances. Especially if someone starts "shipping" their ocs with mine. My ocs will get crushes if and when they are ACTUALLY compatible with another character.
|
|
|
Post by ~Ƈαммι-`ღ´- on Oct 16, 2019 21:19:07 GMT -5
Don't get me started x.x Once one of my charries got guilted into drowning herself by her own overdramatic brat of a son. It caused the entire RP to go downhill. And if I try to break away from the RP I always regret it and keep coming back to it; it's an endless, vicious cycle x.x
|
|
|
Post by Northstar3213 on Oct 16, 2019 21:36:53 GMT -5
Trying to force romance when the OP clearly doesn’t want it. I had this happen many, many times in my clans. I’m so sorry Penguinsong, my precious baby boi ;v; I hate forced romances. Especially if someone starts "shipping" their ocs with mine. My ocs will get crushes if and when they are ACTUALLY compatible with another character. seriously! And then the guy shipping will sometimes go to great lengths to just force your character into a relationship with theirs. Let’s examine my aforementioned bab Penguinsong. He was son of the leader which made him very desirable I guess lol. He was a shy bab that just wasn’t interested in anyone until he got around middle aged. Well by the time he actually settled down one person had been bombarding him with characters lusting over him. And you wanna know what happened with his suitors? One straight up drowned. One tried to take him prisoner and force him to love her. And here’s where things get spicy One left the clan, had kits with another tom, came back to the clan with the kits, claimed the kits were Penguinsong’s and tried to use her daughter (who was a black cat like Penguin) to manipulate Penguinsong to accept them. Then when Penguinsong denied any relation with the she-cat, the mother then told the kit to run away and jump out of a tree to break her neck and guilt trip Penguin into submission. And then after the kit dies, the OP has Bluestar (yes, canon Bluestar) come down from the heavens and torment Penguinsong by calling him a murderer and again try to convince him that the kits were his. Yes, all of this was carried out by one person who so desperately wanted my child
|
|
|
Post by Tealraven on Oct 19, 2019 16:29:44 GMT -5
Group rps (a clan, for example) that require multiple paragraphs from each member. Many of those replies end up being mostly filler content to meet the line requirement, so it doesn't really contribute to the rp itself. Not only that, but it slows down the entire roleplay. Those so-called "advanced" rps can be fun, but they always fizzle out. Those rps in OTD and Fan Clans with 500+ pages? They don't type out novel-length responses, and that lets them keep things moving.
I'm fine with lengthy replies for onexones though, since only two people are involved. More description is kind of necessary for that
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 17:32:14 GMT -5
I don't RP, but I think the RPs that are SUPER strict about traditional names would be annoying.
|
|
|
Post by fishmouth on Oct 22, 2019 1:56:03 GMT -5
I've been roleplaying for a while and I think, to this day, my biggest RP pet peeve is when someone wants to join late then keeps complaining about how they keep missing all of these references
It's so specific and its only happened a few times so it might not be a pet peeve uuhhh... shoot. I guess my pet peeve is like most everyones - line requirements or having to do purple prose. I LOVE prose but it should be reserved for special moments not describing your cat waking up
|
|
Bisexual
#ffc5c5
Official Queen of Fan Clans
Name Colour
ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁
Official ThunderClan & ElmClan Leader
Easing back in
|
Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on Oct 22, 2019 7:45:38 GMT -5
Group rps (a clan, for example) that require multiple paragraphs from each member. Many of those replies end up being mostly filler content to meet the line requirement, so it doesn't really contribute to the rp itself. Not only that, but it slows down the entire roleplay. Those so-called "advanced" rps can be fun, but they always fizzle out. Those rps in OTD and Fan Clans with 500+ pages? They don't type out novel-length responses, and that lets them keep things moving. I'm fine with lengthy replies for onexones though, since only two people are involved. More description is kind of necessary for that The ones I've seen with 500+ pages are typically very short, boring, and have five pages of talking in between replies. They are also sometimes thrown together.
|
|
|
Post by scint on Oct 23, 2019 14:43:44 GMT -5
These aren't really wcf specific since I don't really rp here that much anymore and I've moved past Warriors fanfiction/roleplaying but:
-When in a group roleplay, if two characters have a close friendship, people will begin rabidly shipping it even when you state that the character most likely won't have any romance with that character at all, and probably with another character instead. (This happened to me, which ultimately led me to making said character aroace because I got tired of it.)
-When people constantly dodge attacks when there's a fight in a roleplay. It's irritating.
-People being required to write 500+ words a post or something like that for an "advanced" roleplay. People will write that much for a character when they feel like it. Don't force that upon them.
-When people continue a physical fight between two characters even though the other rper doesn't want to and the other character has already left. Don't. It's frustrating and I don't like it.
That's just off the tip of the iceberg, but that's all I remember to list atm.
|
|
|
Post by Numquam on Oct 23, 2019 16:57:57 GMT -5
Not necessarily WCF rps but just things from years of rping on other sites
When it's a requirement to have 5+ paragraph long posts.
Also, when people think that longer posts are automatically better. (A lot of times those people have posts that are just useless detail that doesn't contribute to anything and they end up only having one sentence that you can actually reply to...literally no better than a one liner)
Forced romance when one RPer doesn't want to romance their character
Forced battles when one RPer doesn't want their character to battle (especially when the person who wants to fight is a very overpowered character)
People who can't handle having their characters struggle even a little in a fight / people who always 100% expect their OP characters to win a flawless and quick victory
Also a smaller pet peeve but, people who rp already established characters and they're extremely OOC and they might as well just rp an OC. Including giving these characters powers and stuff not from their canon and even acting opposite to how they would in canon.
Oh and finally, people expecting 100% perfect grammar and spelling. I know some effort should be put sure but I've seen users throw a fit over a small typo or not including some kind of punctuation (Never forget when someone got mad because a person put a comma instead of a semicolon).
|
|
|
Post by Mosspath27 on Oct 23, 2019 18:47:34 GMT -5
Agent #1: "Hello, agent #2. I sure am glad we're here in an abandoned, soundproofed building in the middle of South Dakota so that we can plot to steal antagonist #6's lunch money!"
Antagonist #6 in an underground hideout in Zambia: "!"
|
|
|
Post by 𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗜𝗘〡𝑟𝑦𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑘𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 on Oct 23, 2019 22:55:25 GMT -5
the sheer amount of 1x1s in the main rp board. i've expresses this before, but i really think we should have a separate board for that.
|
|
|
Post by fishmouth on Oct 23, 2019 23:07:07 GMT -5
I have something else to add:
Biggest pet peeve - when people's characters can't be wrong. Like everytime if their character messes up, they want to retcon.
|
|
|
Post by fishmouth on Oct 23, 2019 23:07:47 GMT -5
the sheer amount of 1x1s in the main rp board. i've expresses this before, but i really think we should have a separate board for that. .. i thought there was? Huh. I was also confused by the amount of 1x1 rps because I thought there was a 1n1 rp place
|
|
Lesbian
falconfire
currently watching/reading/playing: haikyuu, avatar: the last airbender, animal crossing new horizon
|
Post by falconfire on Oct 23, 2019 23:12:45 GMT -5
These aren't really wcf specific since I don't really rp here that much anymore and I've moved past Warriors fanfiction/roleplaying but: -When in a group roleplay, if two characters have a close friendship, people will begin rabidly shipping it even when you state that the character most likely won't have any romance with that character at all, and probably with another character instead. (This happened to me, which ultimately led me to making said character aroace because I got tired of it.) -When people constantly dodge attacks when there's a fight in a roleplay. It's irritating. -People being required to write 500+ words a post or something like that for an "advanced" roleplay. People will write that much for a character when they feel like it. Don't force that upon them. -When people continue a physical fight between two characters even though the other rper doesn't want to and the other character has already left. Don't. It's frustrating and I don't like it. That's just off the tip of the iceberg, but that's all I remember to list atm. ahhh the dodging thing. honestly when i roleplay fighting i almost want to roll dice d&d style to decide things like who hits who and how much it hurts them, lol. constantly dodging and being overpowered can definitely get irritating, i suppose unless you've already laid out that your character has some sort of special ability and that's the whole point of the scene is to demonstrate that
|
|
|
Post by Protractor on Oct 25, 2019 22:53:00 GMT -5
When people try to make a romance based off one heartfelt interaction.Like yeah,I know they shared a mouse.I saw that they went hunting alone.Yes,I know he spilled out all his troubles to her.BOI I WAS THE GUY WRITING HALF THE SCENE!It just gets so annoying when you want your cat to just have a best friend or a mental health therapist but they end up being the parent to the 6 kits you didn't want.
My poor child Cottonball,why oh why did you have to be the shoulder to cry on
|
|
|
Post by 𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗜𝗘〡𝑟𝑦𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑘𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 on Oct 26, 2019 17:48:36 GMT -5
i just thought of another one lol! when they spell clan without a capital c. it turns me away from so many clans. to me it looks super unprofessional; in the books its ThunderClan, not Thunderclan.
|
|
|
Post by sylveeon on Oct 26, 2019 21:14:56 GMT -5
i only rp warriors so idk if this happens on other types but
i hate how on some warriors rps the plot doesn't have any focus on fighting, maintaining the clan, outsiders, etc. but is basically just a board full of ppl making their characters form romances with absolutely no other remotely interesting plot device
|
|
|
Post by lazy penguin on Oct 27, 2019 11:38:55 GMT -5
kinda a mix of both fanclan stuff and general rp things.
- everything i did as a middle-schooler on the old forums. like big yikes fam.
- when people don't follow post requirements/lie about how much they can write. like if you don't like writing long rp posts, don't join an rp that requires a bunch of paragraphs/a word count. i have run rps that would be classified as literate (and some that required like 500+ words) and ones where one-liners were fine. It all comes down to what i think will fit best for the plot i have in mind. like if i have a very detailed, character-centric story, i want people to write longer posts since that allows them to be more introspective and stuff. I cannot count the amount of people who have posted bad character forms and starters that were like 4 sentences. And then, the people who will post "sorry it's short, running low on muse!" after every single post like. if you can't write the requirement, be honest about it. i'm more likely to try and help people increase their word count/literacy than to kick them completely out, i just want them to communicate with me about it. - on the same note, people who don't communicate with you/the rp creator. like they'll come up with entire plots for their character without flying it by the person actually crafting the main plot or the people they want involved. bonus points if the creator tries to reach out to them and they respond with "wait and see ".
- this one is probably 100% a me thing but people who like your thread and then never post. like, were you interested in joining, or did you just like the layout, or...? and like i never know what to do with them because i don't want to tag them if they weren't interested, but if they were i don't want them to miss out on claiming the character they wanted, and aaaaa.
- people who post characters and then never reply
- when you are planning an rp with multiple people running things (ex. multi-clans, fantasy rps with multiple kingdoms, even just rps with moderators) and one or more people drop out at the last minute effectively killing the idea.
- that weird thing that happens when one person leaves an rp and everyone else just stops posting.
- when romance is prioritized over the actual detailed plot. like if your plot is romance, whatever, but if someone spent a ton of time crafting an interesting storyline and it's thrown out in favor of boy x and girl y's relationship woes it gets really annoying, really fast.
- when you join an active rp only to be ignored because all the active members are really clique-y and only rp with each other.
- when you make an rp you really love only to lose interest in it after like a week of rping and have to decide whether to ghost all your members, stick with it even if you don't love it, or just close it.
i have more but that's all the ones i can remember off the top of my head.
|
|
|
|
Post by 𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗜𝗘〡𝑟𝑦𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑘𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 on Oct 27, 2019 19:54:59 GMT -5
falconfire unfortunately, i still see that with some fan clans here. it's.... honestly, these people just need to say they're homophobic instead of trying to base it in thoughtless "realism"
|
|
Lesbian
falconfire
currently watching/reading/playing: haikyuu, avatar: the last airbender, animal crossing new horizon
|
Post by falconfire on Oct 27, 2019 20:40:29 GMT -5
falconfire unfortunately, i still see that with some fan clans here. it's.... honestly, these people just need to say they're homophobic instead of trying to base it in thoughtless "realism" ah. yeah, i don't do a ton of roleplaying here anymore, especially with animals and stuff. i just think it's ridiculous, lol. i agree. i mean, no one should force a roleplay relationship that the other player isn't comfortable with, but yeah if you're banning gay and trans stuff from your roleplay just be upfront about it at least
|
|
|
Post by Card against Humanity on Oct 28, 2019 15:35:30 GMT -5
falconfire unfortunately, i still see that with some fan clans here. it's.... honestly, these people just need to say they're homophobic instead of trying to base it in thoughtless "realism" that ones so hilarious to me bc the fact that your wolf/cat/whatever can talk and have complex human emotions is in and of itself "not realistic." just say you're a homophobe and go. it reminds me of those people who r like "I disagree with the act of being gay but I don't actually hate the gays!!1 XD"
|
|
|
Post by Leapkit on Oct 28, 2019 16:16:49 GMT -5
I thought of a few more so here it goes:
- First person perspectives. I know it's just a different style of writing but to me if everyone else is rping their characters in 3rd person you should make the attempt to match them. ((Though it is also a matter of personal preference, I kind of hate all first person writing because it implies the reader can get into the character's shoes and I rarely if ever am capable of that. I Just plain don't relate to most things.))
- The opposite of too much literacy: Complete illiteracy. It's not that hard to know where to put punctuation or use your spellcheck.
- Repetitive description or just plain inaccurate description. If you already mentioned your characters eyes as being blue you don't need to keep bringing it up every post, and changing he words you use like "aqua", "icy", "sapphire" etc doesn't help. Those colors aren't even synonymous with each other! They're totally different shades of blue!
|
|
|
Post by scint on Oct 28, 2019 16:23:19 GMT -5
not to mention there is homosexual behaviors in animals like cats, so...yeah buddy your idea of "realistic" is a far cry from the actual thing, just say you hate the gays and leave
also another one I have is when people join your roleplay and either never respond, or they roleplay for like one or two posts and never come back especially if it isn't a roleplay that people actually care about and only like a few people join
if you're dropping out just say you're dropping out it isn't that hard at least then I know to obliterate your character(s) from existence. still doesn't make me less pissed about having to carry the entire roleplay otherwise it dies (absolutely fricking hate it. is it really so hard to try to interact with other people other than the hosts' characters? it's annoying when you're the host and your characters are talking with everyone else's in the roleplay because for some reason they can't be bothered to keep the roleplay alive)
|
|