(10-10-2013, 05:11 PM)Faye Wrote:(10-10-2013, 01:55 PM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: One of the main issues I have with 'good guys' is that they often push to hold the 'bad guys' accountable for every little thing they do, yet then ignore any consequences associated with their own shady actions.
That's pretty much been my experience is the vast majority of 'good guy' role-players and 'justice' orientated guilds across a fair few MMO's. They're not above the law, though they often act as though they are and tend to be backed up by a network of close friends and allies who will crow on and on about how 'awesome' they are and make excuses as to why they shouldn't be held accountable for what they do.
Isn't that something that "good guys" often do in real life, though? Of course, there is a point when that goes from a realistic and interesting character to just being bad RPing--and that's based solely on the RPers OOC intentions. Did he mean to make his character a well-intentioned but self-righteous hypocrite? Or does he think his character is the best thing since sliced bread and for that reason is entirely blind to his character's faults and keeps going on about how his character is always good and always right (Yeah... I've run into people doing this before in a past MMO)? If it's the latter, it's just bad RP, which affects all characters and tropes, so it's not necessarily an aspect of RPing "good guys."
I think that it tends to occur more often with nominally good-aligned characters, at least in my experience. Â Whether that's because they end up getting more attention because they are openly good-aligned, or whether there just actually is a higher rate of this occurring among good-aligned characters, I honestly don't know.
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