Roleplay Pet Peeves

[Vaan]

I hate when people write singing through their character. Sometimes it is long, but just can't stand it. 

 

[call me rae]

Ok I'm assuming your just gonna message me.

i'd love to. working on sorting out the wall of text thing. apparently the novel approach is confusing.

Just a heads up, this thread isn't for roleplay requests. I'll let it slide this once but I'd prefer you keep such things in their proper place. 

 

[call me rae]

I hate when people write singing through their character. Sometimes it is long, but just can't stand it. 

Never heard of this, do you mean when people write out their character singing a song? Or when people post in lyrical form ( like the post is written in the form of a song or poem).

 

[duegxybus]

I hate when people write singing through their character. Sometimes it is long, but just can't stand it. 

I hate it when characters do nothing but sing ALL the time.


Whenever someone does this my characters' response will never be "Ooh you're so good at singing!"


Instead they'll say something like "You sound like you're deepthroating a cheese grater. Shut up, and go somewhere else."

 

[JKai]

The non-dialogue character.


Thoughts become the only way of communication, they get mad when others do not have the ability to read their mind. 

 

[Umbrie]

The non-dialogue character.


Thoughts become the only way of communication, they get mad when others do not have the ability to read their mind. 

in other words. the mute or the monk with a vow of silence. a completely irksome character.

 

[JKai]

in other words. the mute or the monk with a vow of silence. a completely irksome character.

Yeah. I mean I could have a character directly talking to them, they still wouldn't say anything. 

 

[Umbrie]

Yeah. I mean I could have a character directly talking to them, they still wouldn't say anything. 

essentially a mute. whether voluntarily by means of disability. it is an Irksome character type to deal with unless they learn other ways to speak. i had a mute who carried around an 18 inch square blackboard and a bunch of chalk. she said way too much because she had a blackboard. probably way too vocal. she was always scribbling messages and signing poetry. it also helped that she specialized in Inscribing Talismans in written form that performed magical enhancements.111111

 

[amdreams]

essentially a mute. whether voluntarily by means of disability. it is an Irksome character type to deal with unless they learn other ways to speak. i had a mute who carried around an 18 inch square blackboard and a bunch of chalk. she said way too much because she had a blackboard. probably way too vocal. she was always scribbling messages and signing poetry. it also helped that she specialized in Inscribing Talismans in written form that performed magical enhancements.111111

I think they mean characters that are perfectly capable of speaking, but choose not to. Probably in an attempt to look "cool" and "mysterious".

 

[Umbrie]

I think they mean characters that are perfectly capable of speaking, but choose not to. Probably in an attempt to look "cool" and "mysterious".

i call those Voluntary Mutes. they generally use Excuses like Vows to justify thier lack of Speech because they beieve it makes them look "cool", "Badass" and "Mysterious." they also generally don't learn other ways to communicate. a real mute would at least learn sign or how to write.

 

[amdreams]

i call those Voluntary Mutes. they generally use Excuses like Vows to justify thier lack of Speech because they beieve it makes them look "cool", "Badass" and "Mysterious." they also generally don't learn other ways to communicate. a real mute would at least learn sign or how to write.

Well, yeah, a voluntary mute. Except there usually isn't a vow. Somehow the character seems to think that yours isn't even worth a few words and usually goes to be full emo in a random corner, most likely paired up with flashbacks of some form of murder, either they did it or witnessed it.

 

[Umbrie]

Well, yeah, a voluntary mute. Except there usually isn't a vow. Somehow the character seems to think that yours isn't even worth a few words and usually goes to be full emo in a random corner, most likely paired up with flashbacks of some form of murder, either they did it or witnessed it.

annoying thing to deal with. they sit in the corner and interact with nobody. the issue is they are sitting in the corner and want roleplayers to come to them. they don't seek others. they generally are too lazy to take initiative and complain OOC when nobody interacts with thier character because they blow everyone off.

 

[IdeaLover]

I really hate miscommunication.


Either there is none and it simply ends because of that, or a problem comes up and no one wants to talk about it.

I like to GM/DM things and generally I'm very open minded. But when the other party doesn't feel like communicating at all then there's nothing to be done. I listen to others and compromise, but the second I ask them to compromise I'm the bad guy that's being unreasonable.

One group roleplay had stats involved as that was the only way that things would be semi-fair. You could write out anything really, but the effect came down to the stats. Someone brings in a character that's amazingly overpowered. I explain to them the stats and they seem to understand. IC they keep using their overpowered abilities completely disregarding the stats. Someone calls them out, a huge argument erupts in OOC. I come back to 200+ messages and multiple PM's. Before I get to handle anything or even learn the situation people are still arguing. Looking back if I had a second in command they could have handled things while I was away. Because it's the internet and you're just typing to a screen everyone bailed after some very inappropriate things were said. I really can't stand confrontation, and it just pains me to see it.

Another time I wasn't communicating enough with my admins and moderators. I gave them specific jobs but left one out of the loop because they seemed to be just participating in the roleplay as normal. Thought nothing of it, assuming was the worst mistake I could have made. Again it's miscommunication. When someone doesn't let you explain or even if you have trouble wording something, they don't give you a single chance. I type slow and try to word myself in a non aggressive manner, the other party takes it as me ignoring them. Or when I try to cover all the problems they say that I'm speaking in general and that it's no longer a personal apology.


Just communicate people, give seconds chance, even third ones. Other pet peeves that fall under miscommunication have been said, but I needed this little rant.

 

[call me rae]

Related to your points @amdreams and @BigenusHybrid 


when someone one has their character do so,thing that is fine for THEM but if you have the gall to do the same thing your a terrible person 


Ex. They regularly read your characters mind or disregard the other characters wishes in the roleplay. But the second another character does the same thing to them they're screaming foul.

 

[The Swedish Chef]

The non-dialogue character.


Thoughts become the only way of communication, they get mad when others do not have the ability to read their mind. 

But isn't their other ways to communicate other than speaking? You know, like sign language and that kind of thing.  

 

[call me rae]

But isn't their other ways to communicate other than speaking? You know, like sign language and that kind of thing.  

I think they mean when the character is not actually mute. So they don't communicate at all save for inner monologues ( which obviously another character can't read ).


Like if your character can't speak that's one thing. Hell even if your character choose to take a vow of silence for whatever reason that's fine. These characters typically will find ways to communicate in some way. But this is a character who doesn't want to communicate. They just want to stand there like a stone and expect other people to be able to guess what their thinking out of the blue.

 

[JKai]

I think they mean when the character is not actually mute. So they don't communicate at all save for inner monologues ( which obviously another character can't read ).


Like if your character can't speak that's one thing. Hell even if your character choose to take a vow of silence for whatever reason that's fine. These characters typically will find ways to communicate in some way. But this is a character who doesn't want to communicate. They just want to stand there like a stone and expect other people to be able to guess what their thinking out of the blue.

This right here sums up what I mean. I have seen characters like this, they can speak but do not as if it's cool. It's not. It's a db way of doing things.

 

[The Swedish Chef]

This right here sums up what I mean. I have seen characters like this, they can speak but do not as if it's cool. It's not. It's a db way of doing things.

But that's a completely different thing than an non-dialogue character, so it's a little pointless to complain about them. 

 

[JKai]

But that's a completely different thing than an non-dialogue character, so it's a little pointless to complain about them. 

Funny, I thought this was a thread about roleplay peeves. I put my peeve, if you think it's pointless, don't comment. It has nothing to do with you. The end.

 

[The Swedish Chef]

Funny, I thought this was a thread about roleplay peeves. I put my peeve, if you think it's pointless, don't comment. It has nothing to do with you. The end.

I don't think you're it's pointless to complain about things, I think it's pointless to use a phrase that means something completely different than what you mean to describe your peeve. 

 

[JKai]

Usually the end means the end, I'm not going to debate with nor care what you think. I'll say it again, the end.

 

[The J]

Funny, I thought this was a thread about roleplay peeves. I put my peeve, if you think it's pointless, don't comment. It has nothing to do with you. The end.

There's no need to be hostile here. This is a thread about roleplay peeves, it's fine to discuss them and their validity.

 

[JKai]

There's no need to be hostile here. This is a thread about roleplay peeves, it's fine to discuss them and their validity.

It's not fine to have someone say another person's peeve was a pointless way of saying it. I wasn't being hostile. If the roles were reversed and I had said that to them they would have an issue.

 

[welian]

My roleplay pet peeve as a GM is when people don't fucking read my instructions, and then misinterpret my corrections as some personal judgement on them. 


Yes, I think you're stupid for not reading the thread labeled "Roleplay Manual" that's tagged "read me first". I will stop thinking you are stupid as soon as you read the thread.


My other pet peeve is when people don't ask for help. There are thirty other players. Make the jump, post something in the OOC, and ask for help if I'm not online. It's cool, they won't eat you alive. They'll wait til you're dead, they aren't barbarians.

 

[The Swedish Chef]

It's not fine to have someone say another person's peeve was a pointless way of saying it. I wasn't being hostile. If the roles were reversed and I had said that to them they would have an issue.

First of all, what makes you think that? Secondly, I wouldn't (especially not if it was valid such as in this case.)  

Usually the end means the end, I'm not going to debate with nor care what you think. I'll say it again, the end.

If you didn't care about my opinion, you wouldn't have replied in the first case.