(05-07-2015, 11:44 AM)Warren Castille Wrote:
This is sometimes the case. Â Sometimes it's someone who is really, really full of themself and can't stand to be/don't think anyone deserves to challenge them. Â Which explains why they take the liberties and ignore the idea of strife/challenge.
Both cases are pretty terrible and take a lot of work to "fix", work I'm not interested in investing in someone I just met in a walk up RP. Â I'm doing this for fun, not to be your pet therapist.
That said, what do I do when I hit someone who's dwelling outside the realm I consider acceptable? Â First: I keep away from them. Â Not my buisness, I can choose to guide my IC interaction away from such realms. Â I'm a player and the author, I'm not just hitchhiking on my char's view and I'm not powerless. I can make decisions OOC that affect IC because Shit Can Be Not Worth Dealing With.
This is called being responsible.
It gets more complicated later, like when someone insists on continuing to be in your orbit and continues to ignore what you consider to be tactful play.
That's where you tell them OOCly to please go. Â You disengage them, make it clear the differences make this Not Fun. Â If they keep trying to crowd in without respecting what you are looking for in RP, you circle your wagon of friends and burn the bridge.
Most people? Most sane people? Understand the need to adapt and respect. Â They'll shift or already be within the realm of reason.
Some people don't want to, and that's fine, they can go full Goku Space Wizard Paladin Unicorn with the 500 others. Â There IS a place for everyone. Â Just a matter of finding where yours is.
Passive agressive never works. Â It just causes drama. Â Being direct is hard too, since it's unsubtle and people take it personally, and it's really hard to say "Man. No. I don't like playing with you. Please, go away." without someone assuming it's an attack and a hostile cirtique.
Which is part of the liability of dealing with Humanity at large, I guess.
I have a large amount of flex in my tolerance. Â You're super special unique snowflake ninja Lord of the East who's secretly a king? Fine. Â My guy isn't going to swallow that line, and he's going to assume you're lying. Â Because he's an asshole. Â And it can be hilarious to see the interaction there.
The minute you start yelling at me OOC to respect your Royal Authority, or your millions of Gill, or your Godlike Powers that Are Unique and Special and Better than I Am, well.
I got an ignore button and a "power off" button to boot.
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