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Ashe · **07-02-2015, 06:49 PM**

(07-01-2015, 07:09 PM)undefined Wrote:
(07-01-2015, 05:54 PM)Ashe Wrote: Omg I am kinda guilty of this but it's more like when RP goes on for like....5/6 hours and it's 4 AM and I fall asleep.

I kind of have the reputation of pushing myself further than I should and falling asleep mid-RP. It's troublesome but my friends are fairly understanding about it (to the point where one of them will leave their character next to mine to provide a lap sometimes).

Yeah, my FC-mates get it.
Probably because it happens so often >.<

Kismet · **07-03-2015, 12:28 PM**

I have many RP pet peeves, but I think one that's cropped up in recent years is when people assume that real-life culture/customs/ideals/norms automatically apply to the setting they're RPing in. Just because in YOUR culture it might be rude to do something a certain way, who's to say this is the case in either Eorzea or Othard, let alone in the entire world of Hydaelyn? That just gets on my nerves.

I find a similar annoyance in Doman RPers (regardless of race) who assume that Doma and Japan are one in the same, so you can literally just rip whatever you like from modern-day Japanese society and have it be lore-appropriate for Domans to do or have. Just no.

Another one I think is funny to point out because it's hilarious is the inappropriate use of 'would' in emotes.

Sally would sashay down the road.

Yes, you said she WOULD do that... but it's implied that she didn't because something stopped her. Why didn't she sashay down the road? WHY?! I HAVE TO KNOW. TELL ME, DAMNIT.

A friend of a friend said that whenever she sees someone make an emote of that nature, she fills it in with "but they were mauled by a bear". This is what I'm doing from now on. That's right. In my personal headcanon, your character's just gonna get wrecked by a random bear unless you complete that shit. (Not really, but I will laugh at you.)

13uddy · **07-03-2015, 12:36 PM**

(07-03-2015, 12:28 PM)Kismet Wrote: Another one I think is funny to point out because it's hilarious is the inappropriate use of 'would' in emotes.

Sally would sashay down the road.

Yes, you said she WOULD do that... but it's implied that she didn't because something stopped her. Why didn't she sashay down the road? WHY?! I HAVE TO KNOW. TELL ME, DAMNIT.

A friend of a friend said that whenever she sees someone make an emote of that nature, she fills it in with "but they were mauled by a bear". This is what I'm doing from now on. That's right. In my personal headcanon, your character's just gonna get wrecked by a random bear unless you complete that shit. (Not really, but I will laugh at you.)

I started laughing so hard I have tears because I've done the same thing. Â In a few instances, it led to some really hilarious situations where many people nearby would add on to the "story".Â

To use your example, it would have gone something like:
Sally would sashay down the road.Â
"But then she was mauled by a bear."
"And the bear got indigestion and died."
"Leaving behind three cubs who would grow up to vow revenge on their mother's killer."
"Then Sally woke up and realized it was all a dream."
"And vowed to never sashay again."

Manari · **07-03-2015, 12:42 PM**

(07-03-2015, 12:28 PM)Kismet Wrote: Another one I think is funny to point out because it's hilarious is the inappropriate use of 'would' in emotes.

Sally would sashay down the road.

This type of RPing has always confused me. I never really understood why people typed like this. I guessed it might be a way for my character to interrupt their action that they "would" do, but most of the time they type 2 paragraphs of stuff like this all at once before it's my time to post anyway, full of other things they would also do. Am I supposed to include which things I would stop and which things I would allow to happen?

***Nero*** · **07-03-2015, 01:04 PM**

Capitalization, or the lack thereof. I get that things like "human", "elf", "bear" are lowercase, but the terms Hyur, Elezen, and Roegadyn are proper nouns to me and thus deserve the respect of a proper noun. Same goes for terms of office, like "sultanate", but when used in RP of the context of FFXIV, I prefer to capitalize it as "Sultanate" because it specifically refers to the Ul'dahn Sultanate. The Admiralty of Limsa Lominsa, etc.

Flynn Rosenberg · **07-03-2015, 01:07 PM**

Long paragraphs and narrating for attention.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen some good writing, maybe too good. But in crowded areas I've seen paragraphs of emotes in one sentence that can be quickly missed when the chat box is spammed.

As for narrating, like someone emoting everything they're thinking or had been doing that my character would not *see* or care to notice. Like, "Joe would lean against the rail, he is tired after being chased by mercenaries all day and hopes no one would walk up to him." No offence but I don't care what you were doing :p I would if our characters talked about it maybe *shrug*

EDIT: Also characters who look/act like other characters from a movie/game/npc, too many Thancred clones and Y'shtolas and Dante from Devil May Cry

Talon Morrigan · **07-03-2015, 02:53 PM**

A pet peeve of mine is when other rpers stand in judgement of someone's rp or rp style. I understand we all have opinions of what is or isn't kosher in rp.. and many of the things listed here are completely understandable reasons to be annoyed or avoid rp with another. However I simply believe it's wrong and biased when you put someone else's rp under the scope of what you find acceptable and pass judgement on them based on the standards you apply to your own rp.Â

Some of us are new to it and haven't been "taught" the "rules". Many of us have learned how to rp by watching other rpers. So it is often a case of people mimicing something they've seen others do. Typically these people (myself included) would be happy to adjust things, or learn better or more acceptable ways of conducting our rp, but we never get the chance. Why? Because others are quick to pass judgement and then gossip about it.Â

Too many new rpers are shunned because they don't hit the mark so many others set for them. So perhaps instead of avoiding said people, or isolating them, it would be more of a benefit to try to discuss things and help build them up so they can improve. Wouldn't this make the "Rp Community" a much better place than staying in our little circle of friends and whispering about how this one or that one sucks at rp?Â

Granted there are always those that can't or won't take constructive criticism and immediately blow up about it. But there's just as many people out there who aren't good at offering it without coming off as insulting or condescending.Â

Ah but I've ranted enough I suppose. Beyond the above, the only other thing I find truly upsets me is the tendency of others to take OOC into IC and then pile on "Friends" who wish to tug on the "White Knight" mantle. People fight.. argue. say things in the heat of the moment that they don't mean or wouldn't intend. It happens. But when someone takes that and runs with it playing the victim and draws others into the argument and things snowball into one giant mess. The end result is people going of on one another about things none of them have a clue about and a matter that could have just died if the original parties had just walked away from things gets carried on Â and on.Â

It's stupid, childish, and plays out like a middle school drama. Best advice: If you weren't there and part of it, keep your nose out of it and let it end.Â

So yeah.. my two cents for what they're worth. Best wishes to all in their rp.

Cato · **07-03-2015, 03:28 PM**

My biggest pet peeve is when any critique - no matter how justified or well worded - is painted as being in a similar light to harassment. It feels, to me, like a lot of role-players have gotten into the habit of shielding themselves from responsibility or improvement by constantly painting anyone who offers criticism as an 'elitist' or any of the other numerous buzzwords that are often thrown around.

People are free to do whatever they want, of course, however they simply need to acknowledge that everybody else is free to interact with them or cringe at their character concept if they go too far and outside of what can be considered plausible within the setting.

It's understandable that people will make mistakes - especially if they're new - but in my experience most role-players are more than willing to help out if approached. If people don't learn from their mistakes, however, then it's understandably just going to create problems further down the line.

In short? Criticism isn't equal to harassment. If someone is being nasty and abusive then the problem is that they're being nasty and abusive - not that they're offering feedback. I wish more role-players realised and acknowledged the difference.

Lilia Lia · **07-03-2015, 03:40 PM**

(07-03-2015, 01:04 PM)Nero Wrote: Capitalization, or the lack thereof. I get that things like "human", "elf", "bear" are lowercase, but the terms Hyur, Elezen, and Roegadyn are proper nouns to me and thus deserve the respect of a proper noun.

Well, not quite.Â Proper nouns are names.Â You may be assuming that they should begin with capital letters because of real-world demonyms that are based on proper nouns (i.e. African, European, American) which are normally used for races on Earth.Â But race names like lalafell, roegadyn, miqo'te are not proper nouns - you would still use an article to refer to them, like "the miqo'te" or "the roegadyn," in a way you wouldn't for proper nouns, i.e. "the Barack Obama," "the New York," and so on.

That having been said, I've seen the game using capital letters to refer to the races also, as well as not doing it at times.Â My guess is that this has to do with the fact that most real-world race descriptors have a proper noun as their root word, so it doesn't quite look right to us, intuitively, to see "lalafell" or "miqo'te" without capitalization, but it's closer to something like "gorilla" and "monkey" and "gnome," because you could rightly refer to "a lalafell" or "the lalafell."Â

But I guess what really determines it is usage in the game world.Â I confess I haven't paid a lot of attention to the consistency with which the race names are capitalized but I don't think they always are, are they?Â In dialogue, I mean.

Madda · **07-03-2015, 04:03 PM**

- Anyone with the Lightning Returns hairstyle. It may come from a bias towards every FF game since FF6, but it just sort of screams "Mary sue"

- Cloud Strifes. Any character who is broody enough ALL the time. Mazda admits, Towering can be among the most broody to many, but she is diverse enough to break it up every now and again. She hates to appear soft or weak to everyone, but seeing a child or even a stuffed animal will be enough for her to hug the life out of it.

- Lalafell. Some of their emotes are pretty over the top to make Madda wince.

Lilia Lia · **07-03-2015, 04:06 PM**

(07-03-2015, 04:03 PM)Madda Wrote: Lalafell. Some of their emotes are pretty over the top to make Madda wince.

I thought we were tight.

Madda · **07-03-2015, 04:19 PM**

(07-03-2015, 04:06 PM)Lilia Lia Wrote:
(07-03-2015, 04:03 PM)Madda Wrote: Lalafell. Some of their emotes are pretty over the top to make Madda wince.

I thought we were tight.

B-But we are! D:

Madda has nothing against Lalafell. Madda happens to have several friends who just so happen to be Lalafell.

Chris Ganale · **07-03-2015, 05:20 PM**

(07-03-2015, 12:42 PM)Manari Wrote:
(07-03-2015, 12:28 PM)Kismet Wrote: Another one I think is funny to point out because it's hilarious is the inappropriate use of 'would' in emotes.

Sally would sashay down the road.

This type of RPing has always confused me. I never really understood why people typed like this. I guessed it might be a way for my character to interrupt their action that they "would" do, but most of the time they type 2 paragraphs of stuff like this all at once before it's my time to post anyway, full of other things they would also do. Am I supposed to include which things I would stop and which things I would allow to happen?

As a person who occasionally uses this format of posting, I should like to point out that it has its uses in combat RP. For those of us who despise dice in any fashion and fight free-form, inclusion of the future clause allows points in the combat narrative for the opponent to react and interrupt.

Caspar · **07-03-2015, 07:07 PM**

(07-03-2015, 04:19 PM)Madda Wrote:
(07-03-2015, 04:06 PM)Lilia Lia Wrote:
(07-03-2015, 04:03 PM)Madda Wrote: Lalafell. Some of their emotes are pretty over the top to make Madda wince.

I thought we were tight.
B-But we are! D:

Madda has nothing against Lalafell. Madda happens to have several friends who just so happen to be Lalafell.

:I thought you'd play one for sure.

-no longer matters- · **07-03-2015, 07:19 PM**

(07-03-2015, 07:07 PM)Caspar Wrote:
(07-03-2015, 04:19 PM)Madda Wrote:
(07-03-2015, 04:06 PM)Lilia Lia Wrote:
(07-03-2015, 04:03 PM)Madda Wrote: Lalafell. Some of their emotes are pretty over the top to make Madda wince.

I thought we were tight.
B-But we are! D:

Madda has nothing against Lalafell. Madda happens to have several friends who just so happen to be Lalafell.
:I thought you'd play one for sure.

Oh snap! I know Madda from Wildstar.. I thought Madda would have been Lala too! Wink

Oh and on topic, I did think of another pet peeve, not a major one just a tiny one... Being ignored when you walk up to a group openly RPing in public and try to join in if only just briefly, to add more realism to the world.

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