Quote:-Scantily clad and approach me IC without being attached to someone I know or give prior warning, I will try to bail from that ASAP.So basically people aren't allowed to decorate their characters scantily clad regardless of their reasons, or they're bad if they do it if they're not in your circle. Gotcha. If it was in Coerthas maybe, but Thanalan be hot.
Quote:-If your character is unnecessarily stand-offish, hostile and snarky, then poor past experience tells me you're probably doing that because you can't do that IRL without someone crashing your teeth in.Fite me bro, lololol. Nice broad assumption. 'unnecessarily' is an opinion. And some people play more harsh characters. And maybe they have good reason to. But hey, why not judge them without knowing their reasons? That's cool. Just as an aside, there have been plenty in literature and published works who were harsh or hostile but grew into more. I'm noticing poor past experience seems to be a bad baseline excuse to refuse to RP with people these days. But hey, I guess all our hostile characters are just projecting amirite?
Quote:If someone I trust happens to talk smack to me behind a stranger's back that pertains to their reputation such as..godmoding, ERP obsession, vindictive nature or anything else that gives me reason to dislike them, I will believe this rumour-spreader and take their advice in avoiding this stranger without giving them the chance to explain. I just BAIL.
So basically you're saying the person you trust can't develop a grudge and shit talk someone, or lie, that they're Mary Poppins and have never been dishonest in their life about someone that rustled their jimmies, and in your follower mentality, you'd believe everything they say without getting the other person's side of the story. Good to know. I mean, since we're assuming here.
Quote:Sorry OP, but anyone worth their salt has already tried keeping an open mind and realised the absolute pointlessness in the endeavour. This might be bringing us back to our school days with cliques, bullying and ostracisation, but they were in place for reasons. So we didn't have to talk to people we don't like.
You basically lost it all with me here when you included bullying as being in place 'for a reason'. I'm sorry, no. Humans form cliques naturally, yes. Stay in your groups, good on you. However, there is never a reason to bully someone, and the moment you said that, you basically acknowledged that it's just fine to make someone feel like shit if you don't like what they're doing or because you're bigger than they are, or you're someone who uses your backup to win fights you can't win yourself. If you think the Social Darwinism mentality of our preteen to teen years is a baseline by which to live our adult lives, including our RP and how we judge others and their RP, well. I honestly have nothing more to say. There's no words. Bad past experiences have been on my plate for many years, but I keep trucking. What you're talking about isn't cynicism, it's borderline RP xenophobia. But hey, it's your right, so I'll keep an open mind about that. I do feel bad that your past experiences have been so bad you think bullying and following the crowd and hearing only one half of something, as well as generalizing based on character appearance and attitude about the person behind it is the acceptable norm and that you subscribe to it. But hey.
/sips tea/ But that's none of my business.
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