CecilDMMasters
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That is a horribly aggravating situation. It's a real bummer to find out a potential partner is crazy.
Try to look at it this way. You found out pretty we we we quick it was a toxic situation and dodged a bullet.
Experiences Whats making you angry today? Rp pet peeves
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Try to look at it this way. You found out pretty we we we quick it was a toxic situation and dodged a bullet.
saniachan
Team of Conflict
As for myself, I might as well meme this one out:
And made worse if it's the host who does that. Really, it made me double-post with this OOC note after an IC action: "Is this enough to trigger something in-character? Or do you expect <my character> to read <their character>'s mind?"
CecilDMMasters
Member
As someone who's main motive to RP is getting into my character I so find this to be one of the biggest pet peeves in existence.
PastaFella
New Member
Honestly, that’s actually a really good way of viewing the situation! XD
Crayons
Iconoclast
People doing bad imports of their OC they've had 5eva into a setting where they are inappropriate. Also not importing them with any kind of thought to logic or plausibility. Also giving them likes and dislikes such as "Character likes breathing" and "Character dislikes death".
candied pig blood
New Member
it may not be a universal pet peeve but I am very much infatuated with horror and more gruesome/dark kinds of roleplay. A lot of people who claim to be able to “work with taboo” who run for the hills as soon as I bring up that is only slightly out of the ordinary.
Secondly, emotional manipulators! People who constantly make their character sad and “sO DePrESsEd”- even going as far to include extremely triggering content without prior warning and agreement being made (SH, drug abuse, etc) just to elicit a reaction. God the nerve of some people.
Especially when these motherfuckers are like *runs into the forest crying cuz u said something that I took as being even the slightest bit hostile and now I have to make you feel bad until you pamper me again.*
I have never wanted to reach through a screen and strangle somebody so badly.
Crenando
Pencil Neck Geek
People use the term gag character really broadly and restrictively. What, because a character is there for levity and comedy they have to be a one-note joke? I like to think I'm above that.
I get it, I really do. I've met some desperately unfunny people on the internet. I don't think that justifies a blanket ban on characters like this, though.
I get it, I really do. I've met some desperately unfunny people on the internet. I don't think that justifies a blanket ban on characters like this, though.
CecilDMMasters
Member
I find that unfortunately the side affect of being up front about liking dark plots and and horror themes is it attracts people that think you mean you want a pure Angst or a pure Grimdark or have a very low key idea of dark. I love a good dark plot with vigilantes, dark pasts, tragic pasts, REALLY evil villains, many gray areas in how to stop a villain outside the law if the land in the game is not doing the job right. But frankly I do like to be able to tell who is good and who is bad and the heroes to be able to win. Even if winning is hard. And I don't want to play a game where certain things are suppose to be 'okay' just because someone wants to make the world so hopeless.
Yeah. I've met some weird ones elsewhere. I love this sites zero tolerance on some things. You get the people that assume if you are okay with dark then dealing with a broken emotionally messed up character is par for the course. I do love a flawed character and an occasional break down can lead to some good character development. But the mentioned people aren't in it for character development. And they don't balance it out with thought for their partner. And often are ones to either pity dump OOC or try to reality shame a partner with their expert mental psychology dumps if you try tell them they are making the story stall.
Then you have the people that think by dark you mean GRIMDARK. There ideas is It's cool. It's edgy. It's not done by wimpy people. Like, no hope, no good, no nothing to actually work for. And forget actual character interaction. Everyone is pretty much so negative they are all disruptive characters. It's all about shoving in how dark everything is. And these people are usually stress inducing OOC. They are more about edge than character and plot.
And then the ones who think "OOOOOOHHHHHHH COOOOOOOOL! I'm fine with dark things! Then once the RP starts. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE VILLAIN KILLED THEM!" "HOW DARE YOU MAKE YOUR CHARACTER GET HURT!" "What do you mean slavery means people actually OWN other people!"
Well, the last are what I call Saturday morning cartoon mentality. Where the actual concept of the story behind the story can be dark, but it's all in the past and off screen. Not much you can do other than be upfront and absolve yourself from blame by that honestly if they freak out later because they weren't honest with you (or themselves).
Becker
“Someone else always has to carry on the story...”
Hi everyone, here again for my yearly post before disappearing back into the void (that is England)...
send help
Feeding off of some of the doom and gloom in previous posts, something that has always annoyed the ever living hell out of me are mopey, aimless characters that are a complete lost cause. Whether that be the cliché "I'm always drunk and useless" or "Bruh, i'm edgy and always sad because both my parents died before I was born."
Nothing quite makes me want to bail a thread quicker than realizing that my character might be the only 'normal' one in it.
send help
Feeding off of some of the doom and gloom in previous posts, something that has always annoyed the ever living hell out of me are mopey, aimless characters that are a complete lost cause. Whether that be the cliché "I'm always drunk and useless" or "Bruh, i'm edgy and always sad because both my parents died before I was born."
Nothing quite makes me want to bail a thread quicker than realizing that my character might be the only 'normal' one in it.
Emeraude
Em
I dislike this too. I often don't even know what to say; I barely know them, and don't want to offend them, but I'm not comfortable with consoling or reaffirming anything (and, depending on the person, they may not want that at all). I also dropped friends who put too much negativity into my life recently, and am not looking to add more. When I'm close to someone, I can certainly be someone to lean on occasionally. When I barely know you, or when you're leaning on me so hard and often that I feel I might just teeter over, that's too much.
As for my own annoyances currently, I absolutely cannot stand it when someone is self-centered or unengaged in the OOC when it comes to your own comments. I'm talking lack of interest when you talk about your character, not responding to tidbits about your opinion on the roleplay or your life, things like that. It tends to lead me to two conclusions, either or:
1. You are selfish.
2. You are immature and lack emotional intelligence.
Cannot stand it.
candied pig blood
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Hi everyone, here again for my yearly post before disappearing back into the void (that is England)...
send help
Feeding off of some of the doom and gloom in previous posts, something that has always annoyed the ever living hell out of me are mopey, aimless characters that are a complete lost cause. Whether that be the cliché "I'm always drunk and useless" or "Bruh, i'm edgy and always sad because both my parents died before I was born."
Nothing quite makes me want to bail a thread quicker than realizing that my character might be the only 'normal' one in it.
RIGHT?? Like I might as well be roleplaying a fucking therapist at that point XD
Cealen
★彡
i’m here again because complaining is fun to do and none of you guys can stop me >:-) also i’ve been having Thoughts (tm) as i lie around sick.
this may get me a bit of heat (i’m unsure what the general stance on this stuff is on this site, but i know elsewhere i’ll get called a prude or something), but whenever i see someone suggest in interest checks anything revolving around abusive relationships, whether that just be toxic relationships or like, teacher/student relationships (they’re always abusive, even if they’re two adults, people, i don’t care that it’s in a college setting...it’s the power that a teacher has that makes it bad, not the age...) i INSTANTLY get skeeved out so much so i don’t ever consider rping with the person and instantly click the rp nation logo to leave that post
maybe it’s a bit of an overreaction, because i am fine with people weiting these sorts of relationships, just as with everything revolving around sensitive topics, as long as you write it respectfully and portray it as a bad thing happening, then you’re good in my eyes, but don’t know if i just have had wayy to much bad experiences but i never see people treat this topic of abusive relationships with respect. because it’s not fun to portray something respectfully, i guess, people go and romanticize it, saying shit like “well even though they abused them in the beginning, now it’s better because i want romantic things to happen now!” like you can forgive abuse just like that.
people never want to be the abuser character too, because it’s just not fun writing an abusive character (as it should be) being awful to another character every single reply while the other character is either one of two things 1) sobbing mess or 2) “”rebellious””, but eventually submits or doesn't actually do anything that amounts to anything because then the rp would end.
like, it’s just such a major peeve of mine seeing relationships get listed next to totally innocent ones, especially seeing how sometimes i see them get grouped under “forbidden romances” with lgbt+ pairings too... which just think for a second there what you’re implying, unintentional or not..i just really don’t trust people to write these relationships well, i suppose, because i never have in the ones i’ve seen and (unwillingly) was made to do because i was scared of saying no in the past when i was a young rper.
i think these relationships can only be really portrayed in a respectful way in writing, not rp, is my verdict, because at least then you’re sure that the other party isn’t “”enjoying”” seeing this happen but lying saying that they “respect it”... >_>
this may get me a bit of heat (i’m unsure what the general stance on this stuff is on this site, but i know elsewhere i’ll get called a prude or something), but whenever i see someone suggest in interest checks anything revolving around abusive relationships, whether that just be toxic relationships or like, teacher/student relationships (they’re always abusive, even if they’re two adults, people, i don’t care that it’s in a college setting...it’s the power that a teacher has that makes it bad, not the age...) i INSTANTLY get skeeved out so much so i don’t ever consider rping with the person and instantly click the rp nation logo to leave that post
maybe it’s a bit of an overreaction, because i am fine with people weiting these sorts of relationships, just as with everything revolving around sensitive topics, as long as you write it respectfully and portray it as a bad thing happening, then you’re good in my eyes, but don’t know if i just have had wayy to much bad experiences but i never see people treat this topic of abusive relationships with respect. because it’s not fun to portray something respectfully, i guess, people go and romanticize it, saying shit like “well even though they abused them in the beginning, now it’s better because i want romantic things to happen now!” like you can forgive abuse just like that.
people never want to be the abuser character too, because it’s just not fun writing an abusive character (as it should be) being awful to another character every single reply while the other character is either one of two things 1) sobbing mess or 2) “”rebellious””, but eventually submits or doesn't actually do anything that amounts to anything because then the rp would end.
like, it’s just such a major peeve of mine seeing relationships get listed next to totally innocent ones, especially seeing how sometimes i see them get grouped under “forbidden romances” with lgbt+ pairings too... which just think for a second there what you’re implying, unintentional or not..i just really don’t trust people to write these relationships well, i suppose, because i never have in the ones i’ve seen and (unwillingly) was made to do because i was scared of saying no in the past when i was a young rper.
i think these relationships can only be really portrayed in a respectful way in writing, not rp, is my verdict, because at least then you’re sure that the other party isn’t “”enjoying”” seeing this happen but lying saying that they “respect it”... >_>
Merciless Medic
Walking Pokemon Dictionary
I completely agree with you. While I may not react the way you do, it does squick me out when I see power dynamics in relationships be used for glorifying abusive romance when there are other things you could be doing with that trope. Like massive character development. XD while it is an itch people like to scratch, if I have an itch for stuff like that I make my own story. Its not comfortable for people to roleplay as the abuser or the abused unless they are particularly sadistic or masochistic.
nerdy tangents
One Thousand Club
So in my experience often times people genuinely do not see the power imbalance in these type scenarios.
I have had this kinda thing come up in plotting before and when I explain exactly what a power imbalance is and why it creeps me out I inevitably get a reply that is basically ;
“oh wow I never thought of it that way, I just like it cuz (insert media reference here.)”
But they at least they usually drop the topic. The few times people double down after I bring it up I just block and move on. Cuz those people are intentionally romanticizing abusive shit and I won’t tolerate that.
I have had this kinda thing come up in plotting before and when I explain exactly what a power imbalance is and why it creeps me out I inevitably get a reply that is basically ;
“oh wow I never thought of it that way, I just like it cuz (insert media reference here.)”
But they at least they usually drop the topic. The few times people double down after I bring it up I just block and move on. Cuz those people are intentionally romanticizing abusive shit and I won’t tolerate that.
grimmmy
holy work
I think I like RP again (lol) but I'm having a hard time getting invested in the characters I make, that's what's mainly peeving me off. You get to a point where you feel like you're just pumping them out, and you don't want to drop too much into them in case the RP dies. It might help if I had a preference for what I wanted to write, but at that point I might as well be... writing.
CecilDMMasters
Member
When you have a in real life GM that is getting angrier and angrier that you and someone won't play anymore and they are trying so hard to look for a reason you are wrong for not wanting to play. And every conversation about it basically adds up to them acting like their the all god of ideas with their rail road telling their story suffocating plot and every idea other people have is stupid. The real issue is they want to play a totally different style role play than the simple playing our characters and telling a story RP. With a bit of seeming to want to punish us for actually not using characters we used to as kids. 
This person is someone I've known for a long time and they have a lot of baggage at the moment and are hard to get along with for long periods as is. Everything makes them angry and trying to be happy around them makes them angry. I think they miss being a kid as they keep harping on things we did like two decades ago and are angry interests changed. And they want to role play. And they want to play a linear hardcore world plot of their making with their OP characters running around so they can have ideas for stories to make. So basically our characters are their for some reason that seems for a control issues fix. And they are telling us a random story of their characters on the side. We have always just made a story with characters we had in a loose world. That's no longer good enough as they need this totally in their world. And basically all story rules prevent the characters we have, and negates pretty much just coming over for a quick day off to have fun.
And the insults he throws at ALL our ideas. I think he's mad I've gotten a roleplay fix online. Actually seeming mad when he asked how long a roleplay I have has gone and it's been awhile. Because my idea of a super hero world with 'magical themes' is stupid. Yeah, not just that he's not interested, it's stupid. And he's a flaming hypocrite. This person literally ranted about someone wanting a kid character. I too hate kid main characters or heavy use side character and had to tell the one being complained about to back off his brats from anything my character did because I was trying to play serious. I also had to do the same with this GM. And he literally spun a hypocrite excuse about why his idea for OP kid characters who basically interrupted plot was fine but not the others. Even when I pointed out all the things that make kids annoying his did "Well, that's what he does." It doesn't matter.
Last time I was visiting he kept asking about characters was a very long time ago. He apparently did this with the other person and was upset it ended with the other yelling he was sick of hearing of those characters saying "They were bad ideas! My old characters were ALL bad ideas made by a kid." And well, all these old characters he's obsessed with I made were pretty cringe to older me. I don't understand where this is all coming from with him, but I can't even muster them from the depths of old character death.
His last ditch was honestly to flat out come up with a plan to make us roll all new characters with a system he made while sounding like his OP trash character would still be the ones in play. So, we make actual weak characters that meld to a bunch of rules he has so he can have his idea fix?
Sorry, just needed to rant this out.
This person is someone I've known for a long time and they have a lot of baggage at the moment and are hard to get along with for long periods as is. Everything makes them angry and trying to be happy around them makes them angry. I think they miss being a kid as they keep harping on things we did like two decades ago and are angry interests changed. And they want to role play. And they want to play a linear hardcore world plot of their making with their OP characters running around so they can have ideas for stories to make. So basically our characters are their for some reason that seems for a control issues fix. And they are telling us a random story of their characters on the side. We have always just made a story with characters we had in a loose world. That's no longer good enough as they need this totally in their world. And basically all story rules prevent the characters we have, and negates pretty much just coming over for a quick day off to have fun.
And the insults he throws at ALL our ideas. I think he's mad I've gotten a roleplay fix online. Actually seeming mad when he asked how long a roleplay I have has gone and it's been awhile. Because my idea of a super hero world with 'magical themes' is stupid. Yeah, not just that he's not interested, it's stupid. And he's a flaming hypocrite. This person literally ranted about someone wanting a kid character. I too hate kid main characters or heavy use side character and had to tell the one being complained about to back off his brats from anything my character did because I was trying to play serious. I also had to do the same with this GM. And he literally spun a hypocrite excuse about why his idea for OP kid characters who basically interrupted plot was fine but not the others. Even when I pointed out all the things that make kids annoying his did "Well, that's what he does." It doesn't matter.
Last time I was visiting he kept asking about characters was a very long time ago. He apparently did this with the other person and was upset it ended with the other yelling he was sick of hearing of those characters saying "They were bad ideas! My old characters were ALL bad ideas made by a kid." And well, all these old characters he's obsessed with I made were pretty cringe to older me. I don't understand where this is all coming from with him, but I can't even muster them from the depths of old character death.
His last ditch was honestly to flat out come up with a plan to make us roll all new characters with a system he made while sounding like his OP trash character would still be the ones in play. So, we make actual weak characters that meld to a bunch of rules he has so he can have his idea fix?
Sorry, just needed to rant this out.
Becker
“Someone else always has to carry on the story...”
As someone who enjoys writing about the challenges of suriving in post apocalyptic worlds such as Metro, S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Fallout and other games that have greatly influence my own content. I have often found myself getting frustrated constantly when people decide to join in a post-apoc RP but create such a character that the survival element is completely mute from the start. Walking about with a highly customized M4 rifle, hundreds of magazines to last years on the frontline, enough supplies to raise several generations of window-lickers and a 'safe house' so exquisite that it makes the U.S President's underground bunker look like an Anderson shelter.
What's the point of being in joining a thread based on survival when you have enough gear to make a aircraft carrier jealous? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Perhaps.. one day I will finally get back to creating my own RPs.. one day..
What's the point of being in joining a thread based on survival when you have enough gear to make a aircraft carrier jealous? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Perhaps.. one day I will finally get back to creating my own RPs.. one day..
Illuminary
Mina
The only thing I could be upset about in an RP is when your partner constantly pressures you for a response as if its the only one that you’re running atm. I’ve had a person whom I was playing 1 x 1 with, follow me to a group OOC (that they weren’t a part of) just to remind me that they’ve responded to me and asking me to continue. It was horrifying - like being stalked. DM/PMs exist for a reason, if they wanted to chat. I just couldn’t bring myself to continue after that. Not cool.
CecilDMMasters
Member
I heard worse before. Someone who actually tried to take over a survival story with the people living in a space ship with a machine that just makes food and water appear and has all the comforts from home and a teleporter that can move people back and forth from 'plot points'.
Illuminary
Mina
That would be funny if it was set in a comedic setting. Like imagine characters having no control over where the food and water teleported. It’d be some fun chaos, but for more serious settings, it definitely wouldn’t be survival.
Becker
“Someone else always has to carry on the story...”
Why does this give me the idea of teleporting a hamburger, it becoming sentient and is now roaming the ship on the lookout for 'prey'..
Ridley Scott would be proud..
CecilDMMasters
Member
In the story idea the people are meant to have to hunt for food, water, fuel for a camp. At best rig shelter from whatever they crashed in or at least figure out how to heat and protect it. So when someone tries to turn it into a kiddie cartoon and remove all the actual trouble elements you might as well make the food the killer. Literally.
Why does this give me the idea of teleporting a hamburger, it becoming sentient and is now roaming the ship on the lookout for 'prey'..
Illuminary
Mina
Why does this give me the idea of teleporting a hamburger, it becoming sentient and is now roaming the ship on the lookout for 'prey'..
Ridley Scott would be proud..
Ha ha. That honestly sounds like fun! Like a double cheeseburger looking for more humans to keep itself super meaty.
Malphaestus
Touched by the Apocalypse
Make a METRO roleplay and you'll garner my vehement interest. When it comes to this, I don't see a problem with the existence of powerful characters, I see a problem with the existence of powerful player-characters. My philosophy on this genre is that roleplayers' characters should interact with, and explain, the world of the setting. Some people undoubtedly have already managed to make a pretty good life for themselves, relatively speaking, but I do not believe they should be the player-characters. It removes natural progression, and character development out of the story.
Becker
“Someone else always has to carry on the story...”
I do agree with what you are saying. For me personally, I would like to see more 'climbing the ladder to success' when it comes to some common themes in survival roleplays. Much like Artyom in Metro (the games), he doesn't aquire the best equipment straight-away, there's the good old progression system of exploring, looting and trading. That's what I feel is often missing from alot of threads, 'progression'. Characters are created with an entire inventory of goodies and they've already reached the point where the reward is no longer worth the risk. Which isn't very entertaining...
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