(06-24-2015, 11:22 AM)Magellan Wrote: @Lilla: I'm one of those people who doesn't enjoy surprises. This isn't a personal attack on anyone, but I simply do not trust the basic rpers story telling skills. I've had someone try to eat one of my chars, and they didn't have an out. I've had chars I've poured countless hours into become broken to the point of no longer fun to play by surprises. While I try not to stir up any ooc drama, it does leave me ooc upset to lose my joy over a character
The solution I've come up with iS extensive ooc communication. Â Especially initially. Â I have people I've rpd years with who can surprise me all they want because that lvl of trust is there. But new people? That trust has to be built first. Usually by engaging in safer rp and feeling each other out.
I hope you'll believe me that I'm not judging anyone for having this attitude towards RP. When I said "sad reality" I meant that it's unfortunate that RPers always run the risk of giving rise to hard feelings when they try to create unexpected situations.Â
I've also been struggling with how to react to other people's RP choices that I think are implausible or asking too much of me. The whole glamour thing is a good example. I've found it a little disruptive that so much of my RP over the next few weeks is going to be me playing different instances of the same "reacting to sudden race change" interaction, and that it's going to so significantly alter my storyline with other characters. But there are a lot of concessions that we have to make as RPers in the interest of keeping everyone happy.Â
Of course there are times when it's simply inappropriate, but I also think that Sasha is right that the proper response is not to gossip about people and make false assumptions about their OOC character on the basis of IC interactions.
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