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É´á´˜á´„ · **08-10-2015, 11:01 AM**

I prefer for roleplay to occur organically, over-world. To that point, I generally do not put in for events or story arcs as such. While I realize that this means I will generally be a tangent to the greater community, the character development just doesn't feel right otherwise.
Related to the prior point: I have a very difficult time initiating roleplay, and prefer to be approached when someone else wants to interact. I think it might be a sense that I am being pushy, when I should probably just ask OOC. But then, I've broken character.
I get a little perturbed when the racial make-up of the world at large doesn't match the lore. Nothing to be done about that, though.

Blue · **08-10-2015, 11:29 AM**

Not quite happy confessions, but confessions nonetheless.

1. Though I have been RPing for over ten years now, FFXIV was my first experience of an RP server. Prior to that, my RP was always within close-knit communities of me and a handful of friends.

And well.... I confess that my expectations of open-world RP were a lot higher than what the truth revealed it to be. It was a nasty bitter bite to swallow during beta when I entered open world RP and found out it was nothing like I had imagined. Even worse when launch came and I realized things weren't going to change because "that was just the beta!". Oh well... sometimes I can be naive too, I guess.

And mind you, I'm not addressing just the RP community, but the whole open world RP system, as well as the non-RP community. In my naivety, I had imagined open world RP as something close to The Sims, except the NPCs were players. I did not expect things like people jumping on tables, or players running around the streets without IC motive to do so, and so on. It was, again, naivety on my part, an utopistic dream that was sadly shattered >_<

2. Not really a confession since pretty much everyone knows that at this point, but... I roll my eyes and grimace every time I stumble on someone who feels the need to share their romantic/sexual RP-related actions in /em or /s... It's like having a couple kissing next to you and you can't look away (because the chatlog is there). I don't judge the people doing it, but the action, oh I do judge the action much. Eyeroll all the way. Rolleyes

3. I purposely do not visit the house of RPers with Personal Large Mansions because the politic voice in me tells me Large houses are not for single individuals to own. Shame on me.

4. I never log out. Sorry lobby server.

Aduu Avagnar · **08-10-2015, 12:00 PM**

1. I can and have judged people on the quality of there writing. Not in instances where english isnt their first language and they are trying their best, but rather where no way you look at it can what was written be a legible sentence. Imagine how is touch the sky comes to mind.

2. I have high expectations of people I rp with. I have invested my time and energy into making a character that works within the setting, and researching how magic etc works, so when I see someone tear that apart I tend to get frustrated and walk away.

3. I have an incredibly bad time keeping in touch with people. Unless I am around them a lot of he time such as in the fc. Given this I want to apologise with people I have either promised rp to and fallen through or stopped getting in touch with. I havent forgotten you, I just have issues with time management.

13uddy · **08-10-2015, 12:12 PM**

(08-10-2015, 08:43 AM)LadyRochester Wrote: 1. Looking back at some of the first RP I engaged in, I cringe. Jesus fucking christ, I'd punch myself in the face. (And I started role playing about a year and a half ago, maybe a tad more.)

I feel the same about pretty much everything before 14 years ago, and a decent amount of stuff since.

My first online RP experience (aside from some brief visits to some AOL RP chatroom) was this really odd forum superhero RP that involved an ongoing situation akin to DC Comics "Crisis on Infinite Earths" where worlds were bleeding into each other from across various established superhero settings as well as some original creations. Â Looking at some of my old posts is like watching a young child trying too hard to tell jokes, but they keep messing up the lines and skewering the joke so badly that it is funny for completely different reasons than the joke itself.

Kaiz · **08-10-2015, 12:20 PM**

1: I often enjoy the idea of roleplay more than the reality of it.

2: I'm fully capable of forging massive and wild story arcs but I deliberately fill up my time with random tedium so that I don't have to and then I expect others to do it.

3: I often use RP to fill social gaps IRL.

LadyRochester · **08-10-2015, 12:23 PM**

You guys will hate me for the following confessions, but here we go:

5. I don't judge those who ERP, I really don't, in fact, I think sometimes it's good that characters share some intimacy, since I consider sex a very real thing. HOWEVER, whenever I see people ERPing in public, in ERP alts, or, you know, in a party but standing in front of each other (basically grinding) in a public area... I am the twat who runs up to them and spams emotes. I ruin their sexy times. I am the person you all want to slap on the face. I OOCily wear stupid outfits and force my character to twerk on them.Â

I'm so sorry.Â Not really.

6. Like I mentioned in 5, I don't judge those who erp, HOWEVER, I do silently judge those who erp as lalafells. I know in the world they are adults, and I know intimacy exists, but... I feel like the are still too child-like to be portrayed in a sexual way. This is clearly OOC bias, of course. I know rpers who have done this and I still respect them, but... I just can't wrap my head around it, I guess. It's not something I'd ever do.

7. I have declined rp with people based on the fact their characters look too stupid for me to take them seriously. Of course I don't tell them that, that would be awful.

Asmodean · **08-10-2015, 12:40 PM**

Like a few other have said thinking about a random scene while at work or out on a walk is something I often do. However, most of said scenes never feel right, like it's not how my character would act or how it ends feel empty. Gets me through a rough day of work at least.

Other then that.... I hate myself for my wait and watch before every interacting with others. It carries over from real life in to game and can't just stop myself from doing it. I've feel like I missed a possible chance to get a new connection.

Cato · **08-10-2015, 12:46 PM**

- I dislike extensive planning. I've already planned out the rough direction that my character is going to go in. I don't like it when it feels like every last little detail has to be planned out in advance before I'm granted the 'honour' of interacting with someone. Role-play is a hobby that I take relatively seriously but it should not feel like a job.

- I've really come to be wary of a significant portion of FFXIV's LGBT community. So many bisexual and gay role-players have their character try to hit on Graeham and then get angry when they realise he's taken. Some stop role-playing with me altogether when they realise they can't get in his pants within a few hours of meeting him - and oddly enough this has yet to happen with female characters.

- Graeham is actually my first character that isn't morally grey. He's surprisingly a lot of fun despite my niche typically being grim and gritty soldiers/mercenaries with troubled paths.

- From time to time I miss WoW, or at least my characters and connections there. I spent seven years role-playing back in WoW and I do miss some of the stuff that it brought to the table, especially blood elves and their rich lore.

- Tavern role-play bores me. It's fine from time to time but there's so many more interesting ways to get 'slice of life' role-play without having one's character sit around in a pub and get drunk. Going on a fishing trip, or a trip to the market is much more engaging and equally easy to set up.

Sig · **08-10-2015, 12:50 PM**

Emotionally Taxing -- Sig is extremely bipolar and runs the emotional gamut.Â I absolutely love RPing him, but it can be very emotionally taxing and disturbing at times, especially when he is in a poor or self-destructive mood.

I Need to Shut Up More Often -- I have a bad habit for excessive length posting and dominating scenes.Â So many good ideas flood through my head at such speeds that I find it hard to resist making large, entertaining posts.Â Thankfully, I'm pretty observant of this, and can usually reign things in rather quickly.

All RP Is Fun -- Sig has engaged in numerous obscenely violent combat scenes and intense ERP scenes.Â He's also engaged in countless well-mannered, polite scenes, and solo-scenes involving simple things like sampling wine and carving simple wooden objects.Â Variety is the spice of life, and I've yet to find a type of RP I have not enjoyed.Â I find it somewhat silly how some gawk at tasteful ERP, yet proceed to lop off heads without hesitation in combat RP.Â

Too Much RP! -- I stretch myself too thin at times with RP (especially with my relatively limited play schedule), and feel bad about not being able to RP with everyone I want to RP with, ;_;.

Creative Writing is Hard -- I come from a professional writing background, so finding colorful phrases or clever adjectives to describe scenes is difficult.Â It's the opposite of what I do for a living, :/.

Lilia Lia · **08-10-2015, 01:01 PM**

1.Â I don't accept IC Fantasia.Â Regardless of what other name you call it.Â I will try to do my best to steer all my RP away from the topic.Â If your race change is an integral part of your character I am likely to avoid interacting with you because I find the idea of complete race change absolutely implausible and I'm not interested in playing wide-eyed bewilderment at whatever super crazy thing you feel like making up.

2.Â I think a "post order" takes too much spontaneity out of RP.Â I think balancing attentiveness to the scene with your construction of your own posts and actions is part of good RP and it's something you should follow organically instead of setting limitations on it.Â This is part of the reason I value RP with more/shorter posts as opposed to less/longer ones.

3.Â I don't think it's necessary to describe your character doing every action that you can infer from their character sprite or the context, like standing, walking around, or even using emotes.Â I think description of your character's actions should be limited to "body language" that forms part of the interaction they have, or something important that's otherwise inexpressible.

4.Â I think people often assume that giving their characters flaws or quirks is the same thing as making them interesting.Â It isn't.

5.Â I think it's rude to expect people to wait 30 minutes for your paragraph post when you're the only para-RPer in a scene and everyone else is RPing in real-time.

Tiergan · **08-10-2015, 01:20 PM**

1) I am a fiend for conflict, angst, and feels in RP and delight when someone else is as much of a trashbaby shitlord nerd as I am about it.

2) Unless someone's RPing something that goes way out of my comfort zone ("My name is Naruto! I am an shinobi that is also the reincanation of Rhalgr himself in cat boy form!") - I adjust how I approach Lore and Suspension of Disbelief on the fly depending on who I am RPing with. (I.E: WHMs and people who don't think you can be WHMs, people capable of anime-style feats of strength and people who take a more 'gritty-realism' approach to combat)

I try to keep my characters in a mold where I can RP with either group at any time.

3) My first RP character was in AOL Chatrooms and it was a very, very small chocobo that was about the size of a Pomeranian.

Ashe · **08-10-2015, 01:26 PM**

1. Â I prefer open-world RP so when people let me drag them on crazy adventures that almost get them or my character killed and even play with the idea of permadeath...omg. The feels. Â

2. Â I like when RP doesn't go as I expected in the sense that something I thought was one thing ends up being something super different. Like I thought this would be one scene and it turns into some super character development stuff.

3. Â When I am a para-poster, I am always unsure what to do about people who don't do it. I don't feel like changing my style and then I get nervous about the RP.Â

4. Â Managing RP on multiple characters gets nerve wracking. Â My main is the IC leader of my FC (somehow?) and lately I've been super uninterested in RP on him...but there is a responsibility to do so and it gets a little nerve wracking to make him be likable when he really isn't supposed to be.

5. Â My main wasn't ever intended to be an anti-Ishgard evil butt...but he turned out that way and I'm soooo happy it was fixed in the coolest way possible.

6. Â I don't like how many male roleplayers portray their female characters who are interested in other women. Â It's really offensive how most of them make their characters go after every other woman with legs. Â Just....no.

7. Â I am hella bored by tavern RP. Â You'll only ever find me in the QS on any of my characters afk or idly standing there reading other people's RP for fun and maybe...just MAYBE...silently judging. Â I'd rather go on the adventure than talk about it with others.

Roe Dad · **08-10-2015, 01:27 PM**

First time I had ever rp'd wasn't in a game but on a website for anime enthusiasts probably...7 years ago. It was pretty bad.

I used to DM a lot growing up playing DnD and I was really mean to my players. But after awhile one of my friends started taking over tormenting people for me which was nice.

Though I have no idea how I am fairing now vs then. But the community I have met so far has been stellar to say the least. Plus the groups I am in have been super helpful in getting me into RP.

Roe Dad · **08-10-2015, 01:29 PM**

(08-10-2015, 01:20 PM)Tiergan Wrote: 1) I am a fiend for conflict, angst, and feels in RP and delight when someone else is as much of a trashbaby shitlord nerd as I am about it.

This is great I love it!

Cato · **08-10-2015, 01:40 PM**

- I first started my career as a role-player back on a fan site devoted to the early Resident Evil games. Most of my role-play back then revolved around survival horror. I began investing in MMO role-play around the same time that WoW's first expansion launched.

- I love engaging in debates regarding the lore and role-play etiquette. It's something I find very interesting to discuss and I feel it's a shame when people can't simply agree to disagree or treat anything resembling standards as 'elitism'.

- I always feel guilty having bad things happen to Graeham but it's oddly satisfying at the same time.

- I'm a lot more guarded online than I'd like to be after encountering the worst that a role-play community can offer elsewhere. I fear this makes me seem more frigid than I actually am but in reality I just don't pretend as if everybody I meet is suddenly a close personal friend. Those of you who take the time to get to know me, though? I appreciate it a lot. Immensely.

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