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Things I would like to stop seeing in RPs
Topic Started: Aug 19 2009, 10:24 PM (104 Views)
Foxby
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Now, first things first.

I don't care if you say "arguing over RPs" is stupid. I like quality and the better you are at RPing, the more fun it tends to be for everyone involved.

Second things second.

I do not mean to offend anyone so much as everyone; if I put it up here, chances are, it's happened several times and probably by several different people, and sometimes by people unaware of it.

I also realize that my word is not law and you are free to RP as you please. This is just what I'd like and I realize that what I like is not a primary concern of most of you, but that's why I'm putting it in the rant section.

So!

BLOOD FROM THE MOUTH

As TV Tropes once said,
"In Real Life, this only happens when a body has been pulverized or crushed, blood has entered the respiratory system or gastrointestinal tract through puncture or internal organ trauma, or if they get a nosebleed and it goes down their throat, or something in their mouth is cut."

Sure, I don't mind a bit of mouthwipe if Badguy McGee punches you across the jaw, shatters some teeth, or cracks a nose.

LOOK AT MY [ADJECTIVE] CHARACTER

Example Bio: Perverted and brash, a little bit of a prankster.
Number of assgrabs in RP: 0
Number of boobgrabs in RP: 0
Number of stare-at-boobies in RP: 0
[Censored for public sanity] in RP: 0

If you describe your character as one thing in a bio and consistently play him as something else, fix the bio. Or keep it in mind when you play them.

THE RECLUSE

So maybe your character's just along for the ride-- maybe begrudgingly, even. He doesn't talk to the other heroes/zeroes, and if a fight comes up, he tends to stay out of it or contribute as little as possible (or worse, finishes it in one blow).

This is horribly boring for everyone else involved unless there is significant plot involved and we don't have to wait until long after the RP dies for it. Especially if there are only two or three people in the RP. Nothing kills one faster than "Hey how are you" "fuck off."

THE SPECIAL ONE

I'm going to go out and say this up-front: I am not talking about Tidus here. While the fire staff (where did he get the staff? He's been human for all of a week!) might be a bit much, he at least explains that it's part of the prop for magic tricks itself, not his own "hay look suddenly I'm a fire god again" powers.

No, this is the character that's better than the rest.

The village is slaughtered, and the characters are forced to retreat; this character stays behind and fights for two more pages before we're finally allowed to move on with the freaking plot.

Everyone's trying out for a baseball team. Everyone else strikes out or barely manages to nick the ball, maybe hit a decent foul. This character hits a line drive right between the outfielders, impresses all the judges with what could easily have been a fluke, and ditches them to have sex with some chick he just met for two pages before we're finally allowed to move on with the freaking plot.

Etc.

Thankfully there haven't been many of these lately (actually bugged with another forum on this one), but I figured I'd include it for the sake of NEEEEEEERD RAAAAAAAAAGE.

L Lawliet.

That is all.
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