Other Roleplay Pet peeves

[Jannah]

Just wanting a good FxF romance story, but everyone only writes either MxM or MxF.

WHY ARE FXF PAIRINGS SO DIFFICULT TO FIND?!

 

[Kaiju Cat]

I want to play a certain canon who is shown to hate humans and is the crueler one of all their siblings. I thought I saw a potential role play partner until they PMed me. The gist is that this canon would care and check up on their oc periodically. I just sighed and didn’t continue PMing them. I want to play the canon the way they are which is a cruel monster.

 

[StuartAnderson]

people who don't contribute in the planning and say they 'don't mind' but then complain at everything you say.

I was reminded of one experience I had a while ago. We were doing a romance RP and I asked them if they had any preferences in terms of how my character looked. They said, they don't mind, it's up to me it's my character.

I gave a reference pic. She didn't like that because it reminded her of an ex. I asked her if there was anything else or if she had any preferences and she said no. I did another one and she said she didn't like him, she didn't like that type. Then she sent me a picture of what she liked.
What a waste of time that was!

 

[Inno]

Three posts in. Them: So what happens next?
Me: Oh well we could do this or this or that or maybe you have some ideas?

Them: Let's go with your ideas!

Six Posts in. Them: So what happens next?

Me: Well, remember we talked about some things which don't have to happen. Do you have ideas you want to throw in?

Them: No, no let's do what we talked about.

Ten posts in. Them: What happens next?

Me:

Roleplay is a collaboration between two or more people. A collaboration not someone asking every couple of posts what happens next.

 

[noxrequiem]

Right now it's having a bunch of characters or story concepts I'd really like to do, but lacking the energy and not having enough of a solid plot to run any of them myself.

 

[Jannah]

Having really bad cravings for certain settings, but not being able to find partners for them. I've been trying to for months, both on this site and elsewhere. It's pretty frustrating that most people only want to RP what is currently popular in the media and such.

 

[Kaiju Cat]

I dislike when it’s obvious they haven’t read or ignored the canon source material.

 

[Yunalescaa]

My pet peeve today is asking people in the group you're in for plotting the exact same way everyone else has and being completely ignored. It becomes very clear I'm not wanted. Nothing makes me want to leave a RP faster than being completely involved like everyone else but nobody is paying me a slight bit of attention.

 

[RoosterRiot]

When they refuse to do timeskips. Like make you do all of them. They're nothing to be afraid of just- c'mon you're breaking flow

 

[Inno]

When people think all others have the same schedule as them. That everyone must have open availability 24/7 to roleplay! Every time you come online you have to reply otherwise you're this horrible person.

 

[Kaiju Cat]

I realized that the 2009 version of this anime doesn’t leave me many options for plots than its original counterpart.

 

[luna.]

When someone lists a fandom in their interest check and then claims they're not interested in it when you reach out to them. If someone isn't interested in writing for that fandom, why would they list it?

 

[Kaiju Cat]

Reducing a bad ass villain to the point where they become cartoonish.

 

[Punkie]

Post RP partner search in various areas. Get roughly 10 responses from people interested. Spend a good amount of time plotting with these potential partners, who all seem interested in the ideas we come up with together. After all these steps, finally write out the starter to get the RP rolling aaaand... ghosted before I ever get another response.

Like whew, for how many people I had message me interested in RPing with me, not a single one has given me a response, with one of them being as long as two weeks ago starting the RP. If you aren't interested in RPing, why bother reaching out and doing all the plotting then? Or at least let me know you don't feel like doing the RP, or give me a heads up if you're not gonna be able to respond for a long period of time so I'm not left hanging

 

[Inno]

If you know you have a certain style of writing that's comfortable for, example a few sentences or a paragraph, you-awesome. Don't contact someone who is looking for more, get upset when said person writes more as if they're supposed to adjust how they write just to accommodate you. I know I enjoy and write multiple paragraphs with detail. If I'm looking for a partner, I would look for someone who has similar interests.

 

[Vimi]

This reminded me of the many times half the double gets ghosted while the other half survives. Guess who's half gets executed?

 

[Yunalescaa]

It always bothers me when a group RP allows you to play more than one role, but someone will take up 2-3 characters under one role. I'm in a couple now where its mostly mods taking up character spots. They'll have 3-4 under one role section and there's a limit of 5-6. It looks...bad imo. I think it shows you don't really trust the players to create something to keep the plot flowing. You feel as if you need the majority of these important roles. I never say anything because it's not my RP, but when you take up that much real estate, why? I've definitely avoided applying for groups where thats the case.

 

[Inno]

Thinking about awesome ideas all at work then I get home and can't remember any of them. Not one. Not a single one.

 

[Melpomene]

Wheny partner doesn't heed my stipulations on romance. I can't do forced romances. Or any RP where I feel like I need to tailor a character to someone else's specifications. Especially since I find many people want specific types of romances and I'm not a mind reader.

 

[Rathian Diablos]

People who sign up for roleplays knowing full well they don't meet the requirements, people who clearly want to roleplay something different than what you posted but sign up anyway.

Like when you seem super confused about questions I'm asking you on subjects that were clearly covered in the post I know you didn't read it because you wouldn't be confused by such a simple question like who would you like me to play for you? If you are unsure you can meet any of the requirements I posted why are we having this conversation?

 

[nerdy tangents]

Calling a roleplay love interest "my crush/your crush".

I as an IRL person do not have a crush on the fictional character you are writing.

As I wrote in a separate thread, people don’t care about your OC as much as you do. So assuming your gonna be able to write something well enough to illicit romantic feelings in a complete stranger just baffles me.

Just call them a love interest. It suits the narrative more and it gives me less of the feeling you're trying to hit on your partners in a roundabout way.

 

[sevyn]

the other day, this guy ( not on here ) tried arguing with me about the topic of character sheets. it’s bizarre, mainly because i clearly state in my guidelines that i’m not one to jump blindly into roleplays without some level of plotting first, which includes character sheets. he says “have you ever read a book? do you think authors put character profiles at the beginning of their books?” which was a goofy ass statement, because… yes, authors absolutely do use character profiles — it’s a very common and very useful tool to keep your details in order and to avoid contradicting yourself because you forgot something about the character.

the thing is, you don’t see character profiles in books because they’re for the authors reference only. when you’re roleplaying, you’re not the only author, hence why character sheets are a common practice, especially if our two characters are supposed to know each other.

not to mention that they’re good for spotting red flags and assessing your compatibility, so like… sheesh

 

[Kekse]

When I'm stupidly excited about a roleplay because my new partner is engaging, their writing is pleasing to read, and the plot is moving along... But I'm impatient because I'm enjoying myself and I don't want to be that pushy jerk who makes their partners feel pressured to reply xD But man do I want another reply..........

 

[Jannah]

If GM's are going to code their interest checks then they should at least put a plain text option below it for accessibility. Not only are a lot of the codes not mobile friendly, but some of them just have text and layouts that are very hard to read and scroll through. Sure, they look fancy, but people are still not going to join the RP if they know nothing about it due to not being able to read the information.

I know some GM's do add a plain text option and I greatly appreciate them for it!

 

[Kaiju Cat]

Being self conscious about your writing holds you down and makes you double check your post.