One thing that I've found is that some people don't enjoy RP that contains a lot of surprises. For myself personally, and for you also I'd imagine, good RP contains a lot of unexpected twists and turns and forces me to react spontaneously to something I may not have expected.Â
But what I'm starting to learn is that there are some players who don't feel this way and who don't appreciate unexpected twists and turns being thrown into their roleplay. There's not much you can do about this except try to remember who they are and try to get a feel for whether or not this kind of RP is going to be considered okay. For me, I don't enjoy RPing something where the outcome is expected at the outset, because that's kind of like spoiling the surprise of the story. But I think there are some people who are genuinely upset when their RP takes an unexpected twist, maybe because they feel like it causes them to lose control over what's happening.
You'd better believe I've been there before. I was in a situation once where Lilia got someone angry (it happens) and that person took it OOC'ly personally, and then started trying to "get me in trouble" with my FC. I sure got called a lot of really nasty things right while I was there, and I can only imagine how bad it was when I wasn't around. And the most hurtful of all those things was when she said, "and I'm not the only one who feels this way about you." That just made me want to quit the whole game and never look back. It's really, really miserable and it's a rotten thing to do to someone.
The best you can do is not let it get to you, Sasha. People will be the way they are, but you can take every opportunity to prove them wrong in their misconceptions, and I'm sure you will do that. When it comes to people who don't like surprises, well... I guess that's just one of those things you have to accept as a sad reality of roleplay. The alternative is to forecast every event in your RP but that would completely ruin the experience for most people, I'd think.
But what I'm starting to learn is that there are some players who don't feel this way and who don't appreciate unexpected twists and turns being thrown into their roleplay. There's not much you can do about this except try to remember who they are and try to get a feel for whether or not this kind of RP is going to be considered okay. For me, I don't enjoy RPing something where the outcome is expected at the outset, because that's kind of like spoiling the surprise of the story. But I think there are some people who are genuinely upset when their RP takes an unexpected twist, maybe because they feel like it causes them to lose control over what's happening.
You'd better believe I've been there before. I was in a situation once where Lilia got someone angry (it happens) and that person took it OOC'ly personally, and then started trying to "get me in trouble" with my FC. I sure got called a lot of really nasty things right while I was there, and I can only imagine how bad it was when I wasn't around. And the most hurtful of all those things was when she said, "and I'm not the only one who feels this way about you." That just made me want to quit the whole game and never look back. It's really, really miserable and it's a rotten thing to do to someone.
The best you can do is not let it get to you, Sasha. People will be the way they are, but you can take every opportunity to prove them wrong in their misconceptions, and I'm sure you will do that. When it comes to people who don't like surprises, well... I guess that's just one of those things you have to accept as a sad reality of roleplay. The alternative is to forecast every event in your RP but that would completely ruin the experience for most people, I'd think.
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