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Post by scint on Oct 28, 2019 16:27:31 GMT -5
- 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.)) I prefer writing in first person point of view because then I can dig into the character's emotions more but when roleplaying it's really annoying because sometimes you can't tell which character is which. Third person is preferred when roleplaying because at least you can tell who is who I really hate it when I have to put "rp in 3rd person" because there is always that one person for some reason
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Post by Leapkit on Oct 28, 2019 16:28:09 GMT -5
I remember resurrecting a roleplay from the old forums a while back and in the interest checks there were SO many people who wanted to see it come back and when it was finally done like only 6 people joined and then it lasted for a week even though I felt like the rp was on a strong start. WHICH IS ANOTHER THING IF YOURE ONLINE AND ON A ROLEPLAY POST ANOTHER THING OF CHARACTER ROLEPLAY/DIALOGUE/ANYTHING DONT JUST SIT THERE AND POST "Anyone on to rp? " THIRTEEN TIMES IN A ROW. NO. NOBODY IS ONLINE AT THE SAME TIMES MOST OF THE TIME ANYMORE. JUST MAKE THE GODDAMN POST SO WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG SWEETHEART.
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Post by Leapkit on Oct 28, 2019 16:31:59 GMT -5
- 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.)) I prefer writing in first person point of view because then I can dig into the character's emotions more but when roleplaying it's really annoying because sometimes you can't tell which character is which. Third person is preferred when roleplaying because at least you can tell who is who I really hate it when I have to put "rp in 3rd person" because there is always that one person for some reason I have major trouble relating to anyone other than myself which definitely comes off as accidentally self-absorbed sometimes but putting myself in a characters shoes isn't something I can do. I can definitely still feel empathy for certain situations and have emotions about a characters dilemma but. Yeah. Unless i's a choose-your-own-adventure story, because those things imply that it literally IS you experiencing them most of the time and I love that.
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Post by Fernshiine on Oct 28, 2019 18:47:09 GMT -5
I don't like it when people get mad at people for "causing drama" just by crossing the border. I took part in a roleplay where everyone just sat there and did nothing pretty much. Then the host herself asked me to cross the border to stir up something just to make it interesting. Then an admin banned me. Then the host didn't invite me back so...yeah.
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Post by Leapkit on Oct 28, 2019 21:29:13 GMT -5
I don't like it when people get mad at people for "causing drama" just by crossing the border. I took part in a roleplay where everyone just sat there and did nothing pretty much. Then the host herself asked me to cross the border to stir up something just to make it interesting. Then an admin banned me. Then the host didn't invite me back so...yeah. Woah that seems like a pretty extreme measure. Was this on the old forum?
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Post by 𝕊’𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 on Oct 29, 2019 12:33:41 GMT -5
When people expect you to join their roleplays but they never join yours.
Also when people get mad at long replies, like I get that a lot of people don’t want to write that much and that’s chill, but if the other person has the inspiration to write a lot, I don’t see the problem there either, especially not if that person is chill with getting short replies in response.
When you just know someone is pushing for romance between characters and your characters are not here for it so you have to find discreet ways to push the romance plots away from them.
Which as a follow up, when people think romance is the only important thing about a character and if they’re not in a relationship or shipped with another character they’re boring and useless.
People that go against their own rp rules like “no Mary Sues” but then their characters are all Mary Sues or stuff like that
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Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on Oct 29, 2019 12:54:53 GMT -5
For planning pages mostly but when someone refuses to listen to the majority vote on something and either do their own thing or listen to a small margin.
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Post by Fernshiine on Oct 29, 2019 20:15:03 GMT -5
I don't like it when people get mad at people for "causing drama" just by crossing the border. I took part in a roleplay where everyone just sat there and did nothing pretty much. Then the host herself asked me to cross the border to stir up something just to make it interesting. Then an admin banned me. Then the host didn't invite me back so...yeah. Woah that seems like a pretty extreme measure. Was this on the old forum? It was actually on discord. XD Luckily I had other roleplays going on at the time but that was still annoying smh
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Post by Card against Humanity on Oct 30, 2019 15:54:37 GMT -5
very valid set of responses. heres a few more:
when people make all their characters bland as hell bc they're irrationally scared of making a "mary sue." a mary sue is an overpowered character that the creator expects everyone to love, not just a character with some unique traits.
at the same time, actual mary sues. i remember on an rp i used to be a part of there was this one chick who was constantly having her main character do really stupid reckless things and then getting upset when characters reacted the way they would in the real world to it, or whenever she had to suffer consequences and everything didnt work out all right for her. she constantly broke established universe rules too.
related to the above, faux flaws. your character's hotheadedness isn't a flaw if it leads to them always being right, or if they're easily talked into not being hot headed. and stuff like "she's TOO nice and kind!" isn't a flaw either, unless it's taken to its logical extreme and your character is being nice to serial killers or something
when people use their characters as mouthpieces for things that have nothing to do with the rp
when a rp has a cool concept but you look through it quickly and realize all anyone is interested in doing is romance
when people try too hard to make their posts wordy and/or funny
when rpers blatantly didnt bother to read the info before rping and constantly break rules
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Post by sylveeon on Oct 30, 2019 16:31:21 GMT -5
something that bothers me is when someone makes a character form and their traits make no sense once played out. for example, they state that their oc is socially awkward and always nervous but makes them willingly interact with everyone in the rp
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Post by Fernshiine on Oct 30, 2019 20:36:12 GMT -5
Making multiple characters and never using them
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Post by Mosspath27 on Oct 30, 2019 22:12:16 GMT -5
when people make all their characters bland as hell bc they're irrationally scared of making a "mary sue." a mary sue is an overpowered character that the creator expects everyone to love, not just a character with some unique traits. at the same time, actual mary sues. i remember on an rp i used to be a part of there was this one chick who was constantly having her main character do really stupid reckless things and then getting upset when characters reacted the way they would in the real world to it, or whenever she had to suffer consequences and everything didnt work out all right for her. she constantly broke established universe rules too. related to the above, faux flaws. your character's hotheadedness isn't a flaw if it leads to them always being right, or if they're easily talked into not being hot headed. and stuff like "she's TOO nice and kind!" isn't a flaw either, unless it's taken to its logical extreme and your character is being nice to serial killers or something when people use their characters as mouthpieces for things that have nothing to do with the rp I feel like none of this would happen if people could figure out that the character and the person roleplaying the character are generally not the same being.
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Post by Card against Humanity on Oct 31, 2019 9:20:45 GMT -5
when people make all their characters bland as hell bc they're irrationally scared of making a "mary sue." a mary sue is an overpowered character that the creator expects everyone to love, not just a character with some unique traits. at the same time, actual mary sues. i remember on an rp i used to be a part of there was this one chick who was constantly having her main character do really stupid reckless things and then getting upset when characters reacted the way they would in the real world to it, or whenever she had to suffer consequences and everything didnt work out all right for her. she constantly broke established universe rules too. related to the above, faux flaws. your character's hotheadedness isn't a flaw if it leads to them always being right, or if they're easily talked into not being hot headed. and stuff like "she's TOO nice and kind!" isn't a flaw either, unless it's taken to its logical extreme and your character is being nice to serial killers or something when people use their characters as mouthpieces for things that have nothing to do with the rp I feel like none of this would happen if people could figure out that the character and the person roleplaying the character are generally not the same being. I’m not referring to people purposefully making their character act a certain way, I mean when people use their characters as an extension of their own personality/basically just make them an idealized version of themself
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Post by L’Éᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ on Nov 8, 2019 1:55:00 GMT -5
➢ People who join advanced rps claiming that they will keep up despite not being able to. I understand the rp premise was cool. I get that you wanted to practice writing, but not having a response for a month stagnates the enter group and it's as good as dead by the time you reply.
Or alternatively, people who respond quickly in advanced rps with posts that don't meet the length requirements claiming they had no muse. Except they rinse and repeat this five times in a row. Maybe don't join. There's plenty of rps out there that don't require 500+ words per post. I recommend looking into those instead.
➢ People who utilize things like Chinese Zodiacs in their rps but end up making all the ocs white. I get it. It's cool I know, but I'm so tired of seeing POC things being used for an rp that is essentially 95% white. I'm going to be real here.... I hate it. I hate having an Alexander in feudal Japan. I hate seeing a kitsune that isn't even Asian ffs.
➢ Rpers that immediately try to ship ocs without any real chemistry or interactions outside of One chance meeting. They had a good conversation. It doesn't mean they're going to end up together. It's worse when you clarify from the start that you don't like romance and if it happens, it happens. But it is not predetermined.
➢People who force ships or ship chase. Suggestively going 'aw they'd be cute together wink wink' doesn't get you anywhere. It just makes me like the dynamic less.
➢ Overly powered young characters with ridiculously nonsensical backgrounds. I get it, I really do. People enjoy rping younger characters, but all I'm saying is that a 20 year old kingpin is rare. Stop shoving all these life experiences into such a tight, short time frame for your 18 year old oc. It doesn't make them more interesting to me. I like fleshed out characters as much as the next person, but more/less life experience doesn't make an oc interesting or unique. It's the presentation. The personality. The interactions. The character.
➢ People who expect others to respect them and their ocs, but won't do the same for you. If you're going to make me suspend my disbelief and pretend that your character is a smooth talking, cunning criminal with a deadly past and a history of impressive feats then I'd expect you to do the same for my oc. Don't uplift your ocs by bringing down mines.
➢People who post ooc but never reply.
➢ People who reply but don't move the plot forward. Cool response, we're still stagnated.
➢ No communication between rp partner(s). Godmodding and powerplaying is the result of bad communication. A situation can be alleviated easily and progression can be forced onto plots with the agreement of both parties. A lot of writers force it onto their partners, write anticipated responses without actually knowing how the other character would respond to it. Communication is key. Ask your partner what would be okay, what kind of reaction so and so actions would generate, and plan ahead. Don't get upset when things end up badly because you didn't consider that what you think is okay might not be okay with your partner/their character.
➢ People who comment on rps saying that they'd join only if the word count requirement was less. Tyvm, that was unnecessary. Next.
I'mma stop there cuz eh.
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Post by Card against Humanity on Nov 8, 2019 6:49:15 GMT -5
➢ People who utilize things like Chinese Zodiacs in their rps but end up making all the ocs white. I get it. It's cool I know, but I'm so tired of seeing POC things being used for an rp that is essentially 95% white. I'm going to be real here.... I hate it. I hate having an Alexander in feudal Japan. I hate seeing a kitsune that isn't even Asian ffs. thank you oh my GOD. white character with Japanese names fall under this too
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