(09-21-2015, 04:01 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:(09-21-2015, 03:48 PM)Ignacius Wrote:(09-21-2015, 03:43 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: I'll repeat it: Combat RP decided by picking apart grammar instead of intent isn't roleplaying.
Well, if you'd like to not even debate your unfair generalization of the point, then go forth and feel confident in your resolution. Â It doesn't do much especially for the conversation's topic at the moment, though.
What is there to debate? Ignoring someone's character, that character's history and abilities, on the pretext of outwriting someone isn't roleplaying, it's posturing yourself based on your education. There's been plenty of excellent RP had with people who aren't great writers, and declaring that their attacks fail because the writer did a poor job of stating something is working the meta so hard that I can't believe we're even having to discuss why that isn't a fun or fair thing to do. That's why I called it dick measuring earlier: That sort of RP doesn't serve to engage or tell stories, it exists to reinforce egos and showcase talent with words. If it works for you, that's splendid, because it means you found people who enjoy writing the same way you do.
There's people who also think using Oddjob is perfectly fair, or that Smash should only be played on Final Destination with no items.
If I wrote my criminal poorly, and no one believed me or took me seriously, that's my fault. Â If I can't also write combat well, that's also my fault if I use combat well. Â If I couldn't, it may have limited the amount of people I could play with because I might have retconned and blisted anyone who wouldn't fight outside those terms.
I, however, can do it. Â Regardless of what you think of people who would use it, it's a proven commodity and has worked for a great many roleplayers. Â In the same thread where people are insulting people behind their back for using "would" too often, I'd say poor writing during combat isn't proportionally worse.
If you find nothing of value in it at all, that's fine. Â It would hardly seem fair to call people who are taking cues in combat from wording to not be roleplaying, but if you insist on it, then there really is nothing to debate. Â You've already disenfranchised the entire concept.
