I mean if the kid comes online talking about they're grounded and sneaking onto the game then yes I would not play with them because as I said I'm not about to be used to undermine someone's parents or punishment and I feel weird as a stranger telling some random kid "Hey you're grounded you should get off the computer/PlayStation"
Not that I go online to play with anyone these days, but if I did I would definitely not play with anyone younger than 18. No offense to the younger crowd. I mean why would I want to when I am perfectly capable of finding people in my own age range? Just because someone doesn't want to write with minor does not mean how they feel about it, their comfort zone if you will, should be invalidated. That is their right. What if a minor doesn't want to write with anyone over 18? What then? We all have our comfort zones that we are entitled to have.
I think it's a stigma at this point, I think auto-hit is just associated with griefing at this point, like auto-kills and controlling another person's character.
Jesus, they're just browsing, haha.
I'm not saying I'm taking it seriously I mean it does say pet peevs, I'm just saying.
In my experience as a browser of many RPs I never join, it probably means they had something *similar* in mind but not quite on the money -- for instance, people who like historical RPs may browse all historical RPs, even though what they're actually looking for may be as specific as 'only set in Victorian England'
I hate that I really do.
That sucks, but I don't mind as much because that just means I'll get to recycle the idea. I already have the starter, so why not? What infuriates me is my partner ghosting me after I send them my character's CS, though. I hate writing character sheets and try to avoid that at all costs, so if I do write one, it's the result of being persuaded to do so. So, in essence, I'll do something I hate doing and get nothing out of it-- not even a second of actually enjoyable writing. That does grind my gears.
That sounds tough. Though I can't say I "avoid it at all costs" I also hate writing sheets, they're a mood killer for me. So I can sympathize with what you said.
You know this brings me to another thing CS, I don't really like them, why? Because I have a lot of ideas for my characters and writing it all down on a profile is a chore. I mean I will if it's that important to my partner, but wouldn't be more fun to save these details for the RP? I know some people claim this is lazy, but I am quite frankly just better at show than tell...plus if you don't know every detail of my character beforehand or prevents people from inserting themselves into my character's backstory and coming up with abilities beforehand specifically just to combat my character if they have to figure it out as the story unfolds.
Exactly this! Plus, I often get the best ideas for mc's backstory a few posts in, so I retroactively edit these things often in my head. I'm not even ashamed.
This, like I hate making premade bio's because too often have I come up with much better more compelling ideas and know I either have to sneak in or shamefully ask for a retcon.
I hate when they are required. I've had several people over the years more make demands about them. I would rather just play my character out over the story.
To be honest I can understand the need for a CS is group RP as it's like you said a check to make sure everyone understands the world and also a check to make sure that no one is trying to pull a fast one and cheat the system.
I have seen people try and cheat the system in a 1x1. XD LOL I don't know why they thought that was a good idea. That was a couple years ago on a Pokémon RP. Even when we did have character sheets, they used a background info that was seemingly insignificant that I overlooked in the RP and it was practically OP. XD so whoops XD that was both my bad for not picking up on it and their bad for trying to one up in the RP.
Honestly I don't get why people think it's so important to always win inn an RP like sure it's cool to try pout your combat ideas and have them pay off but to the point where you feel like you need to cheat? It's like when people rage quit in player matches, I mean it's not ranked and it doesn't go on your record so what exactly do you have to lose or gain from doing this?
