Have you ever been in an RP that you were expecting to be great, only to find it did not live up to expectations? Perhaps you were expecting something specific from what the interest check offered you, only to find the GM delivered nothing resembling it? Or maybe you had your own expectations as to how things would play out in an RP, and it simply didn't measure up? This is a thread for posting stories about when you were personally disappointed with the direction an RP took, whatever your reasons were.
I'll tell you a story of mine as an example. Last year (almost exactly last year), I was involved in an RP on a different site which grabbed my interest. It was nothing especially complex, but I liked it nonetheless. The premise was that it was a fantasy world split between these three races that had warred in the past, but were now in the midst of an uneasy peace where they were all expected to get along on neutral ground. The obvious idea was that this peace was going to break down and shit was going to happen between the races, with our characters, as important persons within each race, possibly having a shaping influence in how events would play out.
Or, that's how I thought things would develop. As it turned out, the GM was more interested in exploring the exceptionally banal dynamic between their own characters. Basically, their characters were involved in a painfully obvious love triangle between themselves, and possibly also served as a parable for the three races in the RP (with two of them being huge rivals and one being caught in the middle as a peacemaker). Not only did I find it rather dull to read through, but they also involved the players in it in an annoying fashion. See, they opened one of the days in character with a dispute between the two rivals, obviously prompting our characters to do something about it, and we all basically did. But once everyone had posted, there was no reaction to be had. The GM timeskipped to the next day with none of the characters acknowledging what ours had done. By the time the second of these little disputes came around, I came to the conclusion that this was a far too personal story for me to enjoy and I politely left. After leaving, I looked back and saw that the big idea for the plot was to have our characters, most of whom were big community leaders, to abandon their lives despite imminent threat of war between the races to go search for one of the GM's characters that went missing. I could hardly believe how much the intent of the RP had deviated from what I was expecting, and none of it was in a good way.
With my story out of the way, feel free to tell me all about the times you experienced something similar. I should mention, given recent events, that this isn't a pure bitching thread, so please don't come in here to complain about RPs and other stuff you just plain don't like. This is a thread for stories about times you were disappointed in an RP, nothing else. Additionally, try not to call out recent or ongoing RPs or people that will come in here and get upset. You only need to look at the last thread in this section to find out how that works out.
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