While I personally love the honour system, unfortunately it very infrequently works since few people want to see their characters hurt in any way. Granted, there are exceptions to this, and I'd like to think of myself as being one of them. Regardless...
I should think it doesn't quite matter whether style or "suspensions of disbelief" clash. Some people see Final Fantasy as a chance to RP crazy anime physics, while others want to, as it was put, keep to the nitty-gritty super-realism styles.
This all boils down to OOC communication, or lack thereof. If even ONE person is going to toss aside all pretence and immediately start complaining about another, or if someone refuses to communicate or agree, then there will immediately be a problem. In the inevitable - and you'd really have to be deluding yourself to think it's not - event that different RP styles like this clash, OOC communication is a must. If there are problems in RP, they must be worked out civilly and calmly. Otherwise, tempers will flare, and people will start getting hostile. It's at that point that the fun ends and RP becomes drama.
The easiest way to solve any of this is to not label it as anything but a difference in style until otherwise seen. Communicate OOCly as to reach a consensus on how best to proceed where both RPers can agree on the actions, outcomes of actions, and the rest. It only becomes godmode when one player refuses to acquiesce and outright ignores the other player's actions, reactions, and attempts to communicate OOC to cease. It is NOT godmode, however, if neither player approaches the subject and one or both simply sit and stew that they "don't like how the other works." Please be aware that even in the most established RP communities, there will be new roleplayers that don't know these things, and need guidance. This is not godmode, either.
Granted, I know nothing of the reason for this thread in the first place, and the specifics of the incident that gave rise to the qualm in the first place, so this is kind of just my general input on situations like this.
tl;dr, OOC communication is absolutely essential to avoid unnecessary conflict and drama. Please, please, PLEASE do it!
I should think it doesn't quite matter whether style or "suspensions of disbelief" clash. Some people see Final Fantasy as a chance to RP crazy anime physics, while others want to, as it was put, keep to the nitty-gritty super-realism styles.
This all boils down to OOC communication, or lack thereof. If even ONE person is going to toss aside all pretence and immediately start complaining about another, or if someone refuses to communicate or agree, then there will immediately be a problem. In the inevitable - and you'd really have to be deluding yourself to think it's not - event that different RP styles like this clash, OOC communication is a must. If there are problems in RP, they must be worked out civilly and calmly. Otherwise, tempers will flare, and people will start getting hostile. It's at that point that the fun ends and RP becomes drama.
The easiest way to solve any of this is to not label it as anything but a difference in style until otherwise seen. Communicate OOCly as to reach a consensus on how best to proceed where both RPers can agree on the actions, outcomes of actions, and the rest. It only becomes godmode when one player refuses to acquiesce and outright ignores the other player's actions, reactions, and attempts to communicate OOC to cease. It is NOT godmode, however, if neither player approaches the subject and one or both simply sit and stew that they "don't like how the other works." Please be aware that even in the most established RP communities, there will be new roleplayers that don't know these things, and need guidance. This is not godmode, either.
Granted, I know nothing of the reason for this thread in the first place, and the specifics of the incident that gave rise to the qualm in the first place, so this is kind of just my general input on situations like this.
tl;dr, OOC communication is absolutely essential to avoid unnecessary conflict and drama. Please, please, PLEASE do it!
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