AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
Is it true that people's boos mean nothing if you've seen what makes them cheer?
Is it true that people's boos mean nothing if you've seen what makes them cheer?
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Loco Cadaver
Ahh.. I'm loosing blood..... GIMME YOURS!
As a professional nihilist the only thing I take seriously is death, and paradoxically it's allowed me to be less afraid of death. I suppose it takes being terrified like hell before it sort of numbs you. As edgy as it may sound.
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
It can, if there’s an element of hypocrisy there.
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
When a video game franchise tries something new with one of their games, do people hate it because they're afraid of change?
When a video game franchise tries something new with one of their games, do people hate it because they're afraid of change?
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
It depends.
Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
this is a little vague. but i think when people play a game like say... Mortal Kombat. they are looking for a certain thing from it. If the developers went and did something drastically different with it (like putting in RPG elements: unlocking a skill tree, etc.) that would change what kind of game it was entirely, well thats probably not going to be well-recieved.
But sometimes games add options that make them so much better. Like when Soul Calibur made a character creation system. Best thing they ever did, imo.
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
Is there any TV show from back in the day that is in need of a movie rather than a reboot?
Is there any TV show from back in the day that is in need of a movie rather than a reboot?
Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
I wouldn't mind a Cadillacs and Dinosaurs movie. But, tbh I don't think I'd want anyone to make any movie from any fandom nowadays. I'd probably hate it because Hollywierd like to insert their bullshit social agenda into everything. And I wouldn't want to see a movie of something I liked ruined with that sort of thing.
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
What are your views on GoAnimate videos?
What are your views on GoAnimate videos?
Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
my view is that I haven't even heard of a GoAnimate video until just now
Onmyoji
HanGuang-Jun
Same. Never heard of them.
Kaiju Cat
Demon spoon cat stand
Same I just found out what they are
Daisie
Seared with story
Ditto
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
What's the best example of movies/TV shows/video games roasting pop culture?
What's the best example of movies/TV shows/video games roasting pop culture?
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
No answers yesterday. What a shame.
Random question of the day:
Would you rather spend a day shopping with the Kardashian Girls or would you rather spend a day snowboarding with Ed Sheeran?
Random question of the day:
Would you rather spend a day shopping with the Kardashian Girls or would you rather spend a day snowboarding with Ed Sheeran?
Kaiju Cat
Demon spoon cat stand
I’d spend the day shopping with the Kardashian girls.
Onmyoji
HanGuang-Jun
With who or who?
Anyway, shopping would be preferred with whoever they are since I'm not into snowboarding at all.
Anyway, shopping would be preferred with whoever they are since I'm not into snowboarding at all.
Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
can i eat broken glass, instead? lol
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
Shopping, assuming I don’t have to pay for it.
Macintot
WeeWoo
Are the Kardashians paying?
vada
Junior Member
I'd probably break my neck, but if Ed Sheeran sings to me, I'd go snowboarding lmao
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
What are the biggest red flags when it comes to roleplaying/writing in general?
What are the biggest red flags when it comes to roleplaying/writing in general?
Esper
Falling into place
A character instantly falling in love with another character for no damn reason.
Harold walks into a bar, sees Tessa, omg she's the love of his life!
Whyyy?!
Attraction at first sight, okay, I can roll with that, though I'm not too fond of it either, but love? Thanks fam, but no thanks.
Partners not contributing anything to the plotting process. You come up with with handful of ideas, throw them their way, they just reply 'yes'.
Like, come on, don't make me drag you along like dead weight!
Edgelords and characters too shy to even function.
And a personal one-
People sounding like they're about to put you through a job interview in their partner search threads.
I mean, sure, everyone has their expectations and it's good to share them to avoid wasting both parties' time. But sounding like a drill sergeant seeking for their next recruit will put me off big time
Harold walks into a bar, sees Tessa, omg she's the love of his life!
Whyyy?!
Attraction at first sight, okay, I can roll with that, though I'm not too fond of it either, but love? Thanks fam, but no thanks.
Partners not contributing anything to the plotting process. You come up with with handful of ideas, throw them their way, they just reply 'yes'.
Like, come on, don't make me drag you along like dead weight!
Edgelords and characters too shy to even function.
And a personal one-
People sounding like they're about to put you through a job interview in their partner search threads.
I mean, sure, everyone has their expectations and it's good to share them to avoid wasting both parties' time. But sounding like a drill sergeant seeking for their next recruit will put me off big time
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
If we’re talking about “the” “biggest” red flags, then the answer is the boring one: Stuff like people sending you weird links, or trying to show you stuff while telling you not to tell anyone, or making offers that are too good to be true while requiring stuff from you that could get you trapped, and in addition to that type of stuff, the kind of manipulative, shady or abusive behavior that would be a red flag in real life as well.
Bringing it down to more personal terms, there are many red flags for me, but I tend to be picky to begin with. Some of the things that come to mind right away are for instance when someone says they are “willing to do anything” or “ok with anything/everything”. There is no such thing as a person without preferences, so someone who says that is either not being truthful or simply lacks self-awareness. Of course, compromising is a part of working with other people, but either you’re going to start going “Ah wait actually I can’t do that” (aka telling your preferences just with extra steps and more frustration) or you’re there just to put up with whatever, or in other words, rather than being passionate about something and it not being everyone’s cup of tea, you end up being mellow at everything all the time. Whichever the case, it’s a bad time incoming, and that’s assuming the person in question doesn’t just get bored immediately as they realize they actually don’t like the idea after all.
Another big red flag for me is unspoken rules and unwillingness to work around them. This mostly applies in GMs, though it may happen with a 1x1 partner too. If something comes up in discussion or the character creation process that is a rule of the roleplay that was never stated (explicitly or clearly implied), and furthermore there is either no way to work around it or the GM refuses to try to find a way to accommodate the core of what I was going for without breaching the rule, then I can’t trust that GM to not suddenly turn around and wreck something more significant with another unwritten rule. Not only is it something that can utterly shatter my motivation, it also breaks that element of trust.
Politics and very specific IRL matters such as specific conditions is yet another thing I don’t want to touch with a hundred foot stick. I am not interested in getting involved in time bombs and topics people tend to be excessively sensitive about. I’ve lost friends over things like refusing to dogpile on someone. Even if the OOC doesn’t degenerate, I like to keep a good separation between fiction and reality and to not have to constantly handle things with kids gloves. I want to explore and share ideas, to tell stories, to have fun with this, and I don’t think I can do that when people go in with the impression that this is meant to portray reality. (It should be noted though I am willing to dive into topics that even I am sensitive about. Those who know me know I don’t shy away from a good civil discussion/debate. But exploring a sensitive theme is something I am not willing to do unless I really trust that the person understands the boundaries of story and reality, of character / narration and opinion, and holding or entertaining a different view and personally attacking someone. Such themes in roleplay are for make things more fun or interesting, and in cases of more serious exploration for reflecting different aspects of it.)
Those to me are the main things that come to mind. There are many red flags for me like I said, so there may be more I would consider even more serious if I had them in mind but right now, those are the ones that I thought of.
One last thing I would like to note is that lately I’ve been seeing something I normally consider a red flag that I might have to re-evaluate: Lore dumps in the interest check. It’s a case of poor priorities, like putting a character as the focus of the group interest check, that shows a bigger focus on a character or the world than the good of the RP. This is or was a potential indicator of some poor GM behavior, in the case of the character for instance being that GM character that ends up having everything focused around them, and in the case of the world the GM constraining everything about the characters.
However, lately it’s become more of a default. Rather than being an intentional, deliberate choice, I think it’s started to become taken as just normal to dump several paragraphs of backstory on the setting before introducing the premise. Indicators are something I took from experience, but when they become normalized I feel they may not be the red flags they used to be. After all, it’s not the GM who is too focused on the lore that they will dump it in without thinking if it will be appealing to read through or not - it’s just your regular run of the mill GM just doing what they think is the normal or expected thing to do.
Bringing it down to more personal terms, there are many red flags for me, but I tend to be picky to begin with. Some of the things that come to mind right away are for instance when someone says they are “willing to do anything” or “ok with anything/everything”. There is no such thing as a person without preferences, so someone who says that is either not being truthful or simply lacks self-awareness. Of course, compromising is a part of working with other people, but either you’re going to start going “Ah wait actually I can’t do that” (aka telling your preferences just with extra steps and more frustration) or you’re there just to put up with whatever, or in other words, rather than being passionate about something and it not being everyone’s cup of tea, you end up being mellow at everything all the time. Whichever the case, it’s a bad time incoming, and that’s assuming the person in question doesn’t just get bored immediately as they realize they actually don’t like the idea after all.
Another big red flag for me is unspoken rules and unwillingness to work around them. This mostly applies in GMs, though it may happen with a 1x1 partner too. If something comes up in discussion or the character creation process that is a rule of the roleplay that was never stated (explicitly or clearly implied), and furthermore there is either no way to work around it or the GM refuses to try to find a way to accommodate the core of what I was going for without breaching the rule, then I can’t trust that GM to not suddenly turn around and wreck something more significant with another unwritten rule. Not only is it something that can utterly shatter my motivation, it also breaks that element of trust.
Politics and very specific IRL matters such as specific conditions is yet another thing I don’t want to touch with a hundred foot stick. I am not interested in getting involved in time bombs and topics people tend to be excessively sensitive about. I’ve lost friends over things like refusing to dogpile on someone. Even if the OOC doesn’t degenerate, I like to keep a good separation between fiction and reality and to not have to constantly handle things with kids gloves. I want to explore and share ideas, to tell stories, to have fun with this, and I don’t think I can do that when people go in with the impression that this is meant to portray reality. (It should be noted though I am willing to dive into topics that even I am sensitive about. Those who know me know I don’t shy away from a good civil discussion/debate. But exploring a sensitive theme is something I am not willing to do unless I really trust that the person understands the boundaries of story and reality, of character / narration and opinion, and holding or entertaining a different view and personally attacking someone. Such themes in roleplay are for make things more fun or interesting, and in cases of more serious exploration for reflecting different aspects of it.)
Those to me are the main things that come to mind. There are many red flags for me like I said, so there may be more I would consider even more serious if I had them in mind but right now, those are the ones that I thought of.
One last thing I would like to note is that lately I’ve been seeing something I normally consider a red flag that I might have to re-evaluate: Lore dumps in the interest check. It’s a case of poor priorities, like putting a character as the focus of the group interest check, that shows a bigger focus on a character or the world than the good of the RP. This is or was a potential indicator of some poor GM behavior, in the case of the character for instance being that GM character that ends up having everything focused around them, and in the case of the world the GM constraining everything about the characters.
However, lately it’s become more of a default. Rather than being an intentional, deliberate choice, I think it’s started to become taken as just normal to dump several paragraphs of backstory on the setting before introducing the premise. Indicators are something I took from experience, but when they become normalized I feel they may not be the red flags they used to be. After all, it’s not the GM who is too focused on the lore that they will dump it in without thinking if it will be appealing to read through or not - it’s just your regular run of the mill GM just doing what they think is the normal or expected thing to do.
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
What are some of the greatest fourth wall breaks in movies/TV shows/video games (Not counting Deadpool or Spider-Man or such characters)?
What are some of the greatest fourth wall breaks in movies/TV shows/video games (Not counting Deadpool or Spider-Man or such characters)?
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