Deal Breakers. What makes you "walk" away?

[Cuocu]

One of the things I hate most in role-plays are response length requirements. Most of them have little flexibility (especially when you're under their set limit) and it doesn't allow you to properly express your character. I'm sorry, but no, my character isn't going to look at the sky and do random actions for those extra 2 sentences. It isn't happening.

Another thing that turns me off is any type of forced relationship between characters. I hate when people try to hook up just because it's a guy-girl dynamic. Honestly, I'm not a romance role-player and the only reason I'll ever consider it is because my current main darling (OC) is open for relationships. However, if I'm ever going to do romance, it'll be a side attraction to the plot, building over time as interest sparks.

My last turn off, which may seem silly, is not having a decent OOC chat where I can convey myself and just relax with the people in it. I really don't care how awesome your character is; if you're rude in OOC, I won't be able to role-play with you. Being able to have a nice in and out of character relationship with my role-play partners is essential.

 

[Necessity4Fun]

I walk away from interest threads that have too convoluted of a plot. It's not that the plot is bad or anything, but it's so well planned and such an expansive world and lore sometimes that I start doubting my own capacity of keeping up or meeting the expectations of a roleplay like that...

Sometimes I will try something just slightly more daring, and it becomes that one thread I take a really long time in the replies, just because I have a different world to reference to, things to research and I want to do it in the best way possible. I want to amount to something others can enjoy! I want to match their level not be the one you need to pick the slack for!

But, realistically, it's not often I have the time or mental capacity to dedicate myself to such an roleplay, thus I am forced to admire it for a while but walk away. Makes me a little bit sad.
One time I was really pumped for a Magic Academy roleplay, but the magic system was at the same time fascinating and really well planned, and also a bit scary to tackle. I ended up apologizing and leaving the group in the CS phase, I wasn't sure if that was something I could dedicate myself properly to, especially with college picking up at that time >~<

I don't even state interest if the RP seems like it's going to be reeeeeally detailed (with a surprising amount of paragraph and detail per post). Maybe one day I'll join one of these but, I don't think my writing ability is at that level yet. I don't think I could handle it...

Maybe all I really lack is confidence in my writing, but I want to match the expectation of the RP and If I don't think I can actually do it, I'm not going to compromise with it in the first place. I'd hate to promise I can, only to start falling short once the action happens...

 

[Autumn McJavabean]

I walk away from interest threads that have too convoluted of a plot. It's not that the plot is bad or anything, but it's so well planned and such an expansive world and lore sometimes that I start doubting my own capacity of keeping up or meeting the expectations of a roleplay like that...

Sometimes I will try something just slightly more daring, and it becomes that one thread I take a really long time in the replies, just because I have a different world to reference to, things to research and I want to do it in the best way possible. I want to amount to something others can enjoy! I want to match their level not be the one you need to pick the slack for!

But, realistically, it's not often I have the time or mental capacity to dedicate myself to such an roleplay, thus I am forced to admire it for a while but walk away. Makes me a little bit sad.
One time I was really pumped for a Magic Academy roleplay, but the magic system was at the same time fascinating and really well planned, and also a bit scary to tackle. I ended up apologizing and leaving the group in the CS phase, I wasn't sure if that was something I could dedicate myself properly to, especially with college picking up at that time >~<

I don't even state interest if the RP seems like it's going to be reeeeeally detailed (with a surprising amount of paragraph and detail per post). Maybe one day I'll join one of these but, I don't think my writing ability is at that level yet. I don't think I could handle it...

Maybe all I really lack is confidence in my writing, but I want to match the expectation of the RP and If I don't think I can actually do it, I'm not going to compromise with it in the first place. I'd hate to promise I can, only to start falling short once the action happens...

Very well put.

 

[The_Omega_Effect]

I dont really walk away from an rp unless I've got enough time. When someone pisses me off, I confront them about it and make my character ignore their character in their entirety for the time being.

 

[SahriahTheBard]

I don't know if anyone else has said this, but I'm gonna say it now. Bad grammar.

 

[anxietyrat]

Impatience is enormous to me. I have a life outside of roleplay. Roleplaying is a fucking hobby, not an obligation.
Actively not contributing to the plot. I hate being stone-walled when I'm trying to plot with someone, so I end up building it all myself. I pretty much begin to lose interest there at the drop of a dime.
I can tolerate not being the greatest writer or having faulty grammar. I just need to be able to read what you're trying to put across.

There's probably more, but those are my biggies.

 

[Yuel]

Incest, furries, real life portraits... The last one makes me extremely uncomfortable for some reason.

 

[Emi Nebulas]

Well, when the members of the roleplay post one liners. It makes me extremely uncomfortable. When the characters seem a bit too overpowered. Oh! And when the roleplay becomes a bit too dry for my liking. I just leave.

 

[SandraDeelightful]

It's one of my least favorite things when I see the roles and each character has their backstory and personality written up. Like there's no wiggle room for me to be creative with my character.

 

[cherub.]

anime faceclaims
sorry children

 

[Bang Bang]

anime faceclaims
sorry children

banter

i have wiggle room on this, as in I like artwork for characters, but rarely super basic manga ones. Manga-influenced or slightly cartoonish sure, but anything where I can't imagine them as a real person and my brain goes kaput.

 

[Bang Bang]

When their character constantly makes your character feel like shit. I had this RP where her character was a super emotionally sensitive druggie (which she did NOT put in her character sheet). We were doing a stranded RP, trapped in a dense forest with lots of predators. Her character would constantly run off because "she wanted to be useful" and get in trouble with a boar or trip over a rock and scrape her knee. At first, I played along and let my character look after her on the premise that her eccentric behavior might just be from shock. But this continued for like 5 pages.... so my character was like NO, and he stopped chasing after her because he was sick and tired of her tantrums.

So then her character gets all sad and takes out coke from literally nowhere (WTF), and gets super high. She then comes back to my character and passes out in front of him. At this point I'm like: NOPE, I'm OUT.

^^^ Story of 80% of my roleplays.

related note: Whenever two characters meet, and someone else's instantly pours out seven volumes of Tragic Backstory TM in between the hellos and how do you dos. And then expects my character to just be like 'oh cool yeah sure'. Or not to think wow you have a problem with oversharing maybe we should get you to a therapist before we do all these hijinks.

 

[SandraDeelightful]

anime faceclaims
sorry children

Same. It's one of my other biggest turn offs. Even using art I don't like. For me, it's realistic, or nothing.

 

[Umbrie]

Same. It's one of my other biggest turn offs. Even using art I don't like. For me, it's realistic, or nothing.

i personally don't like being forced to use realistic images because everybody uses the same handful of celebrities and i literally have to hunt for cosplayers that are even close to the character i portray when cutesy childish young anime girls with remotely beleiveable colorations are difficult to find,

 

[SandraDeelightful]

i personally don't like being forced to use realistic images because everybody uses the same handful of celebrities and i literally have to hunt for cosplayers that are even close to the character i portray when cutesy childish young anime girls with remotely beleiveable colorations are difficult to find,

I can understand that. I personally can't stay in a roleplay after finding out that anime images are the only kind that are allowed, since I'm not into anime. And I can't join an RP that allows both. I feel like it takes me out of the world of the roleplay. Most of the roleplays I creat, anime would be so out of place. But I do feel like a lot of people use the same few actors.

 

[Flowiest D]

Incest, furries, real life portraits... The last one makes me extremely uncomfortable for some reason.

Incest is bad, furries are not for me.. and posting pictures as yourself representing your character? Confidence lol

 

[Slade]

Incest is bad, furries are not for me.. and posting pictures as yourself representing your character? Confidence lol

Speak for yourself. I am practically Idris Elba's twin. _{because I know so much about him}

 

[Flowiest D]

Speak for yourself. I am practically Idris Elba's twin. _{because I know so much about him}

Hey when I had the hair...with the lines in my face... I was just sharingan eye contacts away from making itachi fan girls everywhere cream

 

[Slade]

Hey when I had the hair...with the lines in my face... I was just sharingan eye contacts away from making itachi fan girls everywhere cream

So you looked like an insomniac 90s boyband member. I dig.

 

[Flowiest D]

So you looked like an insomniac 90s boyband member. I dig.

Worst part was I went in no way to try and look said way.

 

[Axel The Englishman]

Roleplays involving characters that all come across the same. Basically, a setting where literally every character is a clone of each other with no defining features whatsoever, only with different faces. I like to go for witty, sarcastic, or impertinent characters because of how defining those traits can be. Some people just don’t seem to try and carve out their characters, whilst also doing things would seem quite out of place regarding the previous actions of that character.

 

[Umbrie]

Roleplays involving characters that all come across the same. Basically, a setting where literally every character is a clone of each other with no defining features whatsoever, only with different faces. I like to go for witty, sarcastic, or impertinent characters because of how defining those traits can be. Some people just don’t seem to try and carve out their characters, whilst also doing things would seem quite out of place regarding the previous actions of that character.

just because you have two "Fighters" at your D&D game with identical attribute scores doesn't mean they are the exact same fighter. a character's culture, personality and upbringing could change how both fighters interact.

I can understand that. I personally can't stay in a roleplay after finding out that anime images are the only kind that are allowed, since I'm not into anime. And I can't join an RP that allows both. I feel like it takes me out of the world of the roleplay. Most of the roleplays I create, anime would be so out of place. But I do feel like a lot of people use the same few actors.

i'm fine with allowing both. all you need to do is see past the image and look at the character. i would personally rather have a description and i don't mean the drivers license approach.

 

[cherub.]

Bang Bang
I mean, realistic art is cool too, but manga / anime is no for me

 

[Axel The Englishman]

Umbrie

I wasn’t even talking about player characters. I was talking about personality, their interactions with the world and such.

 

[Umbrie]

Umbrie

I wasn’t even talking about player characters. I was talking about personality, their interactions with the world and such.

sorriesies. i assumed you meant stat sheets. of course two childhood friends of similar age who grew up in the same neighborhood and spent a large amount of time together will hold a lot of similar values. they will still have differences because of the differences in the player who is playing them. subtleties such as what the player wants with thier character.