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The OP has been updated... but yes. Aside from all the joke making and the pointing out of my personal grievances on the web, which I dont really mind because the grievances are relevant to the point otherwise I wouldn't bother making a thread, is that it's unfair to hate on someone just because of what they like in terms of RP. Mary Sue is a very loaded word for me, of that which I do not like.

(08-29-2014, 06:42 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: I generally interpret it as, "You are doing something I don't like, so I'm going to call you names to make myself feel better."

I think it's high time we took it back.

Liadan, I love your character, she's so Mary Sue!

(08-29-2014, 06:41 PM)Verad Wrote:

(08-29-2014, 06:37 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: I'd get annoyed.    But there's so many fish in the sea, I'd be like, "yeah, whatever" and move on.  Or at least try to clarify what the other person believed made my character a "Mary Sue."

I wouldn't come to the RPC and post about my private issues with them by name, however.

Setting aside the public airing of private grievances (in short, I agree with you), "Mary Sue" is such a broadly overused and misapplied term that I might as well get mad because somebody called me a hipster. It could mean anything.

These days, I interpret that term, however used or applied, as someone trying to get the following gist across:

"Your character is either too close to perfect, or else has too many things going right in their life. They are too competent, too secure, and/or too disruptive when placed into a situation with other characters who are less perfect, less lucky, less competent, and/or less secure."

Verad Wrote: I think it's high time we took it back.

Liadan, I love your character, she's so Mary Sue!

LOL.

Mary Sue Litmus test

Enjoy.

(08-29-2014, 06:53 PM)Gharen Wrote: Mary Sue Litmus test

Enjoy.

I already did this a few weeks ago. Scored a 15.

(08-29-2014, 06:53 PM)Gharen Wrote: Mary Sue Litmus test

Enjoy.

I love this thing. Have ever since I was first linked to it. Scored 15 for my XIV character. Woot.

Never been sure how well it works given a MMO setting, but it's excellent for pure writing.

47 points for Verad! Good times.

(08-29-2014, 06:33 PM)LiveVoltage Wrote: Im not changing anything because this is an important issue that need's to be addressed. If someone called you're character a mary sue, without even knowing how you RP or what you're RP history was for that matter, you would get mad too.

Wow, that's funny. Because I remember someone doing just that very same thing to me in a Char Dev thread about rolling your D&D stats.

(08-29-2014, 07:18 PM)Coatleque Wrote:

(08-29-2014, 06:33 PM)LiveVoltage Wrote: Im not changing anything because this is an important issue that need's to be addressed. If someone called you're character a mary sue, without even knowing how you RP or what you're RP history was for that matter, you would get mad too.

Wow, that's funny. Because I remember someone doing just that very same thing to me in a Char Dev thread about rolling your D&D stats.

I believe it's because the pot enjoys calling the kettle black.

(08-29-2014, 06:46 PM)Melkire Wrote:

(08-29-2014, 06:41 PM)Verad Wrote:

(08-29-2014, 06:37 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: I'd get annoyed.    But there's so many fish in the sea, I'd be like, "yeah, whatever" and move on.  Or at least try to clarify what the other person believed made my character a "Mary Sue."

I wouldn't come to the RPC and post about my private issues with them by name, however.

Setting aside the public airing of private grievances (in short, I agree with you), "Mary Sue" is such a broadly overused and misapplied term that I might as well get mad because somebody called me a hipster. It could mean anything.

These days, I interpret that term, however used or applied, as someone trying to get the following gist across:

"Your character is either too close to perfect, or else has too many things going right in their life. They are too competent, too secure, and/or too disruptive when placed into a situation with other characters who are less perfect, less lucky, less competent, and/or less secure."

Verad Wrote: I think it's high time we took it back.

Liadan, I love your character, she's so Mary Sue!

LOL.

Crap.  I've been outed.  

Edited to Add: I got a 13! xD

(08-29-2014, 07:33 PM)Cassius Wrote:

(08-29-2014, 07:18 PM)Coatleque Wrote:

(08-29-2014, 06:33 PM)LiveVoltage Wrote: Im not changing anything because this is an important issue that need's to be addressed. If someone called you're character a mary sue, without even knowing how you RP or what you're RP history was for that matter, you would get mad too.

Wow, that's funny.  Because I remember someone doing just that very same thing to me in a Char Dev thread about rolling your D&D stats.

I believe it's because the pot enjoys calling the kettle black.

I do believe you are correct. Quick to point at others and protests too much when the charge is leveled in kind.

(08-29-2014, 06:14 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote: In your own words what does 'combat RPer' mean? As opposed to RPer?

Nat fights, and I RP that, am I a combat RPer? I wasn't aware there was such a distinction.

Neither was I, to be honest. o.0 We're all just RPers in my book.

Since this post was put on high-alert, I'm going to drop by quickly to tell you all to play nice :3. It looks like you're all calm no anyway, though, so... *continue* to be nice :P!

Kellach got an 11.

I'm pretty sure my other characters would get higher, but not by much.

I got 16, then I decided that's too low, and Nat needs to be a Vampire, and also in a lesbian relationship with Nanamo.

73.

Owned.