RP clichés?

JokerValentine said:
I wouldn't hold stuff against him. I say we move on from discussing other site users. We all have our differences.
That's good and all, I'd still love a link. Anyway how is it possible to roleplay on instagram?
 
Reznor said:
That's good and all, I'd still love a link. Anyway how is it possible to roleplay on instagram?
Well, people made edits, usually of copyrighted photos from Deviantart or "their photography" and then make photos that they label as their own. Many of them are nice, but a lot of them are very repetitive. A majority have a demonic theme. You roleplay in the comments.


Basically, the community is a meme at this point.
 
JokerValentine said:
I wouldn't hold stuff against him. I say we move on from discussing other site users. We all have our differences.
I normally don't hold anything against anyone, but he was so needlessly mean to an honest to god great human being who was trying to cooperate with him to make it work, but he wouldn't take any advice or criticism. Like he went from a nice kid who was honestly excited to participate to calling the GM a fucking lazy bitch who does't know shit about shit in like one post. I won't stand for people being horrible to anyone for no reason what so ever.

Reznor said:
That's good and all, I'd still love a link. Anyway how is it possible to roleplay on instagram?
Sector 6-10 Squad


That kid and I both started off RPing on the same place, Miiverse, except I left shortly after trying it out.
 
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That kid and I both started off RPing on the same place, Miiverse, except I left shortly after trying it out.
It happens.But you realize that holding it over his shoulder means that he won't ever be able to get around it, when he matures of course. We have all done bad things in our career. If you want, you can talk crap on anybody in the IG community. These people have jobs, apparently are "smart", but beat on kids half of their age to make themselves feel good.
 
JokerValentine said:
It happens.But you realize that holding it over his shoulder means that he won't ever be able to get around it, when he matures of course. We have all done bad things in our career. If you want, you can talk crap on anybody in the IG community. These people have jobs, apparently are "smart", but beat on kids half of their age to make themselves feel good.
So far he has been only on Page 2 and made 2 posts, Sachigirl seemed to shut him down pretty quickly or does he come back later?
 
Reznor said:
So far he has been only on Page 2 and made 2 posts, Sachigirl seemed to shut him down pretty quickly or does he come back later?
Oh yeah, I forgot, he comes back later as a different account, Imatree, and tries to infiltrate the RP again and freaks out. Page 6..
 
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[QUOTE="The Endergod]Oh yeah, I forgot, he comes back later as a different account, Imatree, and tries to infiltrate the RP again and freaks out. Page 6..

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Wait, if he is 12, how did he get around COPPA?
 
[QUOTE="The Endergod]He set his age to 23, and then revealed his actual age in the information part of his profile.

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He can't be on the site, due to COPPA rules.
 
I think it´s wrong to blame it on age. Not that age isn´t a factor, but being a certain age doesn´t make you a dick, and neither are dicks of that order only found in that age.
 
[QUOTE="The Endergod]3. The "clichés are bad" assumption. I will admit that I often sigh and pass on by whenever I see another werewolf or vampire, but I firmly believe that any cliché can be done well, and that some of the best characters in the world are based on old concepts with which we are familiar. A cliché is often a wonderful base for a character and helps readers to get familiar with some aspect of them right away, instantly providing expectations that you are then free to weave, twist, subvert and play with in surprising manners that enrich their experience and further your own. I have found that characters that make an effort to be 'too unique' often come across as unorganized, clumsy and aimless. There is no shame in starting with a good cliché and making something new and exciting out of it!

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Replace "Cliche" with "Trope" here.

LegoLad659 said:
I guess it can be easy. To simplify it for anyone who doesn't know:
Cliche - A specific type of writing, either for a scene, setting, character, or really anything else, that has been used so much it has become tiresome for the general public to see. These can be very much subjective, however. Cliches have generally worked in the past, but have been used over and over and over and over again to where the original meaning for the scene the cliche spawned from has been completely lost.


Trope - A 'Tool' of sorts used to generate a setting, character, plot, etc. that has worked in the past, and is used by several other mediums as well. Many writers draw upon inspiration, often deriving their own ideas from tropes used in other works. And even if you don't intentionally use a trope, 99.9% of original works will contain a trope of some sort. It's unavoidable, the key to writing is not avoiding tropes, but using them to your advantage and to create a good story.
 
Idea said:
I think it´s wrong to blame it on age. Not that age isn´t a factor, but being a certain age doesn´t make you a dick, and neither are dicks of that order only found in that age.
Ain't that the truth. I've come across people well into their twenties that act like total whiney babies if things don't go exactly their way. Or else they basically talk down to everyone who doesn't do things the way they think they should be done.
 
Idea said:
you implying something? (read: about me? )
No. Why would I be talking about you? I was agreeing with your assessment that age has nothing to do with people's behavior. That you can be an asshole at any age.
 
nerdyfangirl said:
No. Why would I be talking about you? I was agreeing with your assessment that age has nothing to do with people's behavior. That you can be an asshole at any age.
oh, ok. It´s just that we had arguments in the past, on matters where I took a more controlling stance mainly and I feared you might bear a grudge.
 
Idea said:
oh, ok. It´s just that we had arguments in the past, on matters where I took a more controlling stance mainly and I feared you might bear a grudge.
lol nope totally slipped my mind man. we're good.


i was talking more about someone on another site that shall remain nameless but was basically a big man baby and talked to people like they were worthless idiots if they didn't fit his views of roleplaying.
 
Hmm, lately I've stumbled way too many writers who make their characters this "I'm in charge" background. I mean the type who apparently have either lost both parents or just one of them, and then also have siblings (doesn't matter if older or younger) but yet their character is the one who must work two jobs, still figure out getting an education, find a real good paying job, AND (this is the one that make's it the most cliché for me) also have a great body so that makes them always super popular with the opposite sex although they apparently never pay attention to them because they are too busy.


I mean, there's nothing really wrong with that, but if your character is full of responsibilities and following this tendency, I tend to get bored. Again, this is only me who dislikes this cliché.
 
nerdyfangirl said:
Ain't that the truth. I've come across people well into their twenties that act like total whiney babies if things don't go exactly their way. Or else they basically talk down to everyone who doesn't do things the way they think they should be done.
You got a point. I met young people, who seemed more mature than people of their age and people even older than me who act like they are 10 years younger.

theManCalledSting said:
The Resident, "If you use anime on your profile pic you're a bad RP'er" guys
That makes no sense, how does anime profile pictures make you a bad RP'er? I see no problem with that.

nerdyfangirl said:
lol nope totally slipped my mind man. we're good.
i was talking more about someone on another site that shall remain nameless but was basically a big man baby and talked to people like they were worthless idiots if they didn't fit his views of roleplaying.
I met that kind once on SWTOR... he was also an officer inside the guild and outranked me IC. My character did had a Padawan (an aprentice), but was relieved from her apprentice for no IC reason at all. Just because I wasn't a walking Wikipedia about Star Wars.
 
Donder172 said:
That makes no sense, how does anime profile pictures make you a bad RP'er? I see no problem with that.
I think @theManCalledSting ´s point WAS that it doesn´t make sense, yet is constantly happening.
 

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