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(06-24-2014, 11:55 AM)Zhavi Wrote:(06-24-2014, 11:50 AM)Jancis Wrote: That would be feeding the troll.
Even if it is, that's my point -- their antics feed me. If they're going to be there, I might as well include them in the rp how I want them to. The thing about people is, they're going to do what they want to do. Ignoring doesn't always work; the satisfaction from that sometimes comes from knowing that they're being provocative. Ignoring is, in and of itself, a reaction.
If they want to have fun with me, fine. I'll have fun with them. We both win.
And, sometimes, occasionally, treating things with humor and lightheartedness rather than coldness and anger nets you converts. Sometimes.
edit - it's not piss and vinegar. It's humor and practicality.
Sometimes, if it's just a little ribbing, or say.. those types who dance on your table while you're RPing with someone, I'll play along with what I call "mock RP." Acknowledging them and at the same time letting them know they're not getting a rise out of me. Example:
Kendha'to Burwani remains blithely unaware of the Lalafell dancing on his table, perhaps having had too much to drink to consider it anything more than a Morbol Wine induced hallucination. "Why's th' room spinnin'," he wonders aloud in a soft murmur, before his face hits the table with a THUNK.
Lalafell in question had a laugh and suddenly I made a new OOC friend. Now we run hardmodes and shit together, and he's stopped buggin' RPers out of respect for me. *shrugs* I only have one person on my blacklist who is not a gil seller. And that person is a roleplayer.
Most people are here to have fun playing the game. A lot of other players think RPers in general are ERPers only interested in impaling women on their Titan Spears. Even more, in my experience, are surprised when they discover that some of us - gasp! - have a sense of humor and don't take things so seriously when we're "trolled." I'm not saying anybody in this thread doesn't have a sense of humor, and I'm not saying that some of these people trollin' you are not genuinely unapologetic asswipes who can't and won't be swayed. I'm just saying that sometimes it's worth a try.
Yvelont Navarre
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com