Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

[mickilennial]

@Aristo

I’ve had the experiences you’ve had with strangers/randoms but with my close “tabletop core” friends group. It is hell.

[Sirkaithethird]

Any interest check where someone bumps it after it gets covered by one interest check.
New people who are fresh to RP and immediately jump into difficult RPs with no clue of what they are doing.

[Sierra]

New people who are fresh to RP and immediately jump into difficult RPs with no clue of what they are doing.

@Sirkaithethird

I once tried to mentor one of these people. Turned out to be a powergamer, douche, and not understand the fundamentals of continuity (he tried to retcon at every possible turn). He is one of many experiences I've had that have made me be so demanding in my 1x1 checks now.

[Sirkaithethird]

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I once tried to mentor one of these people. Turned out to be a powergamer, douche, and not understand the fundamentals of continuity (he tried to retcon at every possible turn). He is one of many experiences I've had that have made me be so demanding in my 1x1 checks now.

@Sierra

That is one of the most common experiences with people who jump in like that

[Dion]

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I once tried to mentor one of these people. Turned out to be a powergamer, douche, and not understand the fundamentals of continuity (he tried to retcon at every possible turn). He is one of many experiences I've had that have made me be so demanding in my 1x1 checks now.

@Sierra

This is a problem that is sadly not specific to new people. Perhaps new people are more prone to it and, admittedly, it'd be useful if it was just new people that did this so we could filter them out.

Perhaps that ties into a rant of my own but I've grown really tired of experienced vets from the old age of RPing who haven't changed a bit and are stuck in the mindset that was so prevalent on RPG 4-5 years ago. Where everything was about creating the most badass character with little to no personality that extends beyond sticking their power-dick into every single hole they can find.

Sadly the ways they do this hasn't even really changed.

• Playing a guy that simply is the strongest. Why? Uh, idk, because I fucking wrote that into the character sheet you dipshit. Jeez, it takes real artistry and writing skill to put massive powers into a character.
• Character who is a genius, never really shows that off in the IC, but somehow knows everything all the time 'because he's a genius' and then use that as an excuse to powerplay or deny other roleplayers' actions. (I'm still of the opinion that people who aren't geniuses just simply can't play geniuses without having to metagame/powerplay.)
• Leaving descriptions of your moveset/character vague and up in the air to make sure you can later use that vagueness to justify dumb stuff. 'Dude, you can't do that...' 'Yeah I can, it's in my CS, see? It says right there; he can control earth. I never specified how much so enjoy getting this earth-sized ball of mud on your head. Don't like it? Whine to the GM's, they accepted it!'
• Ur, whe-whe you found a hole in my post and now I'm gonna cry to the GM who is my best buddy so your post gets denied.

It's sad because, I know these people, RPed with them 4-5 years ago and after that much time you'd expect them to be better but it's just... people got stuck in that mindset and never changed it even when the standard focus of the RP's shifted from power-dicks to story driven characters that had more to them than just being strong. Any level of drama coming from these characters is typically just how brutally strong they were, what kind of tragic things are in their past (that are almost never tragic without also including the same measure of badassery because, dude, it's a strong fucking character and you need to remember that so I'll remind you 20x in 1 post despite giving you no reason why they are this powerful).

I like to think I progressed as a writer but sometimes I wonder whether that's true. Seeing these people removes that doubt - I know I progressed as a writer.

/endrant

[ArenaSnow]

^ I think I had the experience of knowing an assassin that roughly matched point #2 in a 1x1 arrangement >.>

[Dion]

@ArenaSnow ASSASSINS? Wow, boy, you dodged a bullet then. I prefer the 'I'm a genius' thing over 'I'm fucking Ezio Auditore and I can fly through the sky hurling blades at my enemies while doing a perfect fucking somersault after I land.'

[ArenaSnow]

@ArenaSnow ASSASSINS? Wow, boy, you dodged a bullet then. I prefer the 'I'm a genius' thing over 'I'm fucking Ezio Auditore and I can fly through the sky hurling blades at my enemies while doing a perfect fucking somersault after I land.'

@Odin

"I'm a master 20ish assassin who knows every poison and is invisible to everyone and climbs into windows of small rooms and kidnaps people on broad daylight and drags them through a very busy castle without efforts to hide things to my boss oh shit I never blindfolded or did anything but its ok I am a great assassin so logic plotshield after all master assassins dont plan"

[The Elvenqueen]

I actually had a really odd experience once a few years back with a roleplaying partner of mine...where I would try to write flaws and faults into a character as you do, to make them more balanced and all.

And my partner would then deliberately try to contradict the flaws of MY character throughout the roleplay and make them into a perfect Mary/Gary Stu....got so bad at one point I didn't know what to do with them as a roleplay partner

Like "dude, I'm flattered you like my chars so much but you know, its ok for them not to be perfect"? O__O
We haven't talked in a long time, I actually lost contact with them. But yeah, that was weird as hell. Just got reminded of it reading over those couple posts above xD

[Hero]

When you get a 'craving' for a certain RP type (whether it be a show or genre) but none are open, then you try to make one yourself and realize you haven't a clue on how to run an RP. _{i'll probably try and just watch it burn to ashes but feels bad man}

Also to be relevant to the current topic, I also find people not willing to let their characters get hurt to be one of my biggest pet peeves. Like...y tho.

[Darcel]

Dear me,

I love you but today I'm going to nag about your sadistic shit. I respect the fact you like creating imperfect characters, how each bittersweet flaw printed the page more real than the person standing beside you. You like it when you travel with your living dolls in stories that make your brain go ahhbdgbdmerergurhbu. Yes, I know you prefer their suffering in order to survive because nothing is easy, because hell is more challenging.

BUT.

At least be considerate, try even if you fail and stop killing them. These are your mind creation for Oprah Winfrey's sake. Snap out of it, no more choking, no more gasing, and no more George R. R. Martin fetishes. Enough is enough.

Just... kill em with kindness. Kick them in the privates and don't use much violence.

[NuttsnBolts]

@Chasebloodcrest
Or write in a notebook with 1001 ways to kill the character, how to chop and cut them up, and ways to dispose the body. Leave the notebook out by accident one day and when questioned by someone in your house you can simply reply with "Oh, just ideas..."

Then you can watch that person slowly start to panic as they constantly go back and read that little death book.

You can also do things like leave it near the sink with the biggest knife just lying in the actual bowl; or receipts for hand saws, bolt cutters, and rope (but you don't show them the return receipt for those products, you just want that purchase receipt).

Life is fun when those around you are going insane.

[Sirkaithethird]

I know that this is said all the time but.... "a new spin on an old idea" "or With a catch" its the clickbait Of Roleplay I have stopped even reading these new old ideas.

[Gareth]

I know that this is said all the time but.... "a new spin on an old idea" "or With a catch" its the clickbait Of Roleplay I have stopped even reading these new old ideas.

@Sirkaithethird

you can't tell if its click bait if you dont click it and read it.

[Sirkaithethird]

Used to click and found that my statement was true. After the experience of clickbait, I have assumed that these are clickbait. Anyways if you click it are you not giving people what they want

[Gareth]

Used to click and found that my statement was true. After the experience of clickbait, I have assumed that these are clickbait. Anyways if you click it are you not giving people what they want

@Sirkaithethird

It can be a safe assumption.

And yeah giving them attention by clicking their stuff is giving them what they want.

[Mattchstick]

It can be a safe assumption.

And yeah giving them attention by clicking their stuff is giving them what they want.

@Gareth

But I wanted to give people a roleplay to participate in and enjoy...

[Gareth]

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But I wanted to give people a roleplay to participate in and enjoy...

@Mattchstick

Ok, I can understand that.

But are you messing around?

[Mattchstick]

Ok, I can understand that.

But are you messing around?

@Gareth

I've put a considerable amount of effort into it. I didn't think people would write it off as clickbait.

[Gareth]

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I've put a considerable amount of effort into it. I didn't think people would write it off as clickbait.

@Mattchstick

It all comes off in tone right. Yes in this chat the tone was negative against click bait.

And you are also negative against clickbait?