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(06-24-2014, 12:08 PM)Jancis Wrote: Well I don't want to be mistaken for being angry or having hatred. It's fine that people want to have fun; it's fine that I don't want to have that kind of fun. If it's an annoyance, then you don't have to play with them.
I'm not saying to automatically just blacklist someone because they do a flash mob on a friend and bounce around talking about spoons off and on. But if someone keeps spamming the same line over and over no one has to put up with it out of the sake that they're being nice.
Passively ignoring, blacklisting and not paying attention to them takes far less effort than trying to convert. It is an action, no doubt, but don't make it out to be like it's something vindictive or mean. Don't make it out like it's callous and jaded. It really isn't; just don't want anyone to be fooled they're making a difference in changing someone's opinion. People who convert over to role playing will because they see role play happening around them not affected by grief antics. They'll be quiet and spectate rather than do everything they can to disrupt. They'll re-roll or find people to engage with and their name will start coming off of blacklists.
Last man standing, time and time again, is the person who doesn't feed the troll, not the counter-troll.
Pardon, I did not intend to imply cold-shouldering or anger on anyone's part here; I was pulling directly from prior experiences and did not correctly phrase it.
That said, it does not take any extra effort for me to use a description or name on a npc part that was already going to happen. NPCs happen frequently in my rps. I greatly enjoy weaving them in and out depending on scene. And, honestly I don't care if there are trolls there or not. It's no different to me then when someone starts attempting a conversation with me when I'm in the middle of reading a book. It is my option.
I don't think there is a best or an only. Trolls are as diverse a group as rpers themselves are. They're people too.