(10-18-2013, 01:44 PM)Jomoru Wrote:(10-18-2013, 01:15 PM)IncubusManatee Wrote: On point 1: There is a stigma with being a badguy. Or villain for that matter. And it's usually drawn to be a black-and-white affair in most peoples minds.
There can be so many variations of a badguy, that you can even mistake them for goodguys at times! Just people close themselves off from the chances or opening their minds up to perceive new way's to play the archeotype.
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There is a second stigma for bad guys. Godmoders. This comes about two fold. One from people copying without much understanding antagonists from other settings. "But done right" having missed the storyline weight of each.
Second it often becomes necissary with the proponderance of White Knights to be able to fight them off. So many equate playing the bad guy not just with bad rp in general.
That is true, but that is also brought down to a secular person's POV at that time. It's their own choice to brandmark badguys as godmoders/powergamers.
Bad RP'ers are just that, bad RP'ers. Those whom godmod/powergame are bad Rp'ers.Â
The problem lies in that most who play goodguy's are the common offender's in both fronts.Â
How many times have you met an exceptionally well played Paladin?Â
How many times have you met an exceptionally well played Rogue?
Ask yourself these questions.Â
You can mess up on either. You can play either. But one is vastly more chosen over the other-and done bad. (In the RP sense, not the game-mechanics sense. Coming from a D&D/NWN background)
There is also a lot more work put into being a good badguy rather then a run-of-the-mill villain.Â
Guess you could say this is a two way street, but right now one part of the street has four lanes, while the other has one.
Edit: Sigh, that came off as more of bashing goodguy players. Not trying to guy's, the point is that we are swamped with goodies and not enough baddies.
Edit-edit: As I have said below, and should have disclaimer-ed half of what I said-these are my observations over time. My experiences. My thoughts. And what I have gone through and seen. I should not be imposing them as fact-as they are more of passing my feelings on a subject, and experiences rather then statistics.
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