My biggest pet peeve is when any critique - no matter how justified or well worded - is painted as being in a similar light to harassment. It feels, to me, like a lot of role-players have gotten into the habit of shielding themselves from responsibility or improvement by constantly painting anyone who offers criticism as an 'elitist' or any of the other numerous buzzwords that are often thrown around.
People are free to do whatever they want, of course, however they simply need to acknowledge that everybody else is free to interact with them or cringe at their character concept if they go too far and outside of what can be considered plausible within the setting.
It's understandable that people will make mistakes - especially if they're new - but in my experience most role-players are more than willing to help out if approached. If people don't learn from their mistakes, however, then it's understandably just going to create problems further down the line.
In short? Criticism isn't equal to harassment. If someone is being nasty and abusive then the problem is that they're being nasty and abusive - not that they're offering feedback. I wish more role-players realised and acknowledged the difference.
People are free to do whatever they want, of course, however they simply need to acknowledge that everybody else is free to interact with them or cringe at their character concept if they go too far and outside of what can be considered plausible within the setting.
It's understandable that people will make mistakes - especially if they're new - but in my experience most role-players are more than willing to help out if approached. If people don't learn from their mistakes, however, then it's understandably just going to create problems further down the line.
In short? Criticism isn't equal to harassment. If someone is being nasty and abusive then the problem is that they're being nasty and abusive - not that they're offering feedback. I wish more role-players realised and acknowledged the difference.
