Quote:S'imba
The big one I've seen is taking absolutely everything a character says as truth and simply writing the rper off as a lore breaker. Which may be a complete lie on an ic level. There have been lots of characters S'imba knows that have tended to use terms to describe him that aren't remotely true about him. Some of it he'd deny other stuff he'd be too ignorant to know it's not true.Â
This has been something I found myself subjected to before -several- times over when I was RPing a baddie on another game some time ago. I've found that I have to now explicitly tell people that my character is going to lie to them, and break immersion and remove the surprising elements of the story I'm trying to tell just to appease a particular crowd and prevent them from telling me that I've just 'Meta-gamed my own character to suit my own circumstances'.
Most people enjoy the 'intrigue' based RP, but there's just as many out there that want it all laid out in a crisp and neat time table, with the who, what, where and why. I can't fault them, but these are the ones I tend to avoid. I prefer giving a vague outline of what's going to happen, with room for player choices and interactions to change the course of the story, and let it go from there. Not everyone is a fan of this, and that's quite alright.Â
I'm inclined to agree with the sentiments that fair grammar, punctuation and the like is a must, but I have some leniency for those whom do not claim English as their primary language. Details don't need to be rampant, but I'd like enough to paint a picture in my head when it comes to emotes, and for those details to fall within what is reasonably possible within the setting.
Beyond that, I've found several well fleshed out characters in the most unlikely of settings just by playing out my lecherous Miqo'te businessman (you know and love him Sig.) and making passes at people before revealing through interactions that he isn't the shallow ERP seeking turd that I'm sure a lot of people take him for; Not every character is the one you see at face value, just as it is with people. It can swing both ways - the cool looking RPers can turn out to be absolute crap down the road with little to no consistency and the wall flowers making only one or two posts can turn out to be the multi/para posters you've been trying to find this whole time that are stooped in story.
As for my own personal input? I'm in general agreement with Sig; While we don't need to participate in all forms of roleplay, we shouldn't rule anyone out as being beneath us either, unless they're -really- scraping the bottom of the barrel... So long as it fits the setting, and seems relevant therein, I'm inclined to at least acknowledge that it is there, regardless of whether or not I choose to jump into it. It's a big server, and there's a lot of people to share it with. In the end, RP is just one giant book with a helluva lotta authors. Just my two cents worth.
