(09-21-2015, 07:56 AM)Kage Wrote:(09-21-2015, 07:48 AM)Aaron Wrote: So people dont accuse you of godmodding for.. No reason other than to just be difficult.
Future tense leaves the other person open to react however they please rather than taking what you did because you used present or past tense.
(09-21-2015, 07:53 AM)Gegenji Wrote: That's how I've always seen this being used as well. It's saying that - if the other person in the RP allows it - this is what would happen. If not blocked or dodged, this punch would strike them in the jaw. He would move to wrap his arm arm around her waist. Implying intent of action without flat-out stating it is what happens in order to give the other person more agency in said action.
I've already addressed this in the opening post, as some people do it outside of just making sure that they're not taking away the other roleplayers' agency. They use it for everything.
These are cases were someone is going to do it. There's no ifs, ands or buts. There's no other person that would be there to say "NO YOU CAN'T WALK DOWN THIS STREET I HAVE AGENCY OVER THIS."
It's just seeing... "She would go to the store and see if there were apples in stock."
She's going to go to the store.
There isn't a reason other than habit. If it isn't to prevent godmodding then that RPer may have just gotten used to using it.
Same reason why RPers in general have writing quirks.
I know it is a pet peeve to a decent amount of people but we are here to have fun, not write a college essay. Some RPers really care about grammatical correctness. I would call that being 'high strung.' If someone mistakenly uses 'would' they're probably just pumping out a post in a leisurely manner and trying to keep up with RP flow.
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