My red flags are pretty simple but I'm usually pretty patient/open minded depending on the individual(s). I at least give people the benefit of the doubt give or take about 1-2 things or I'll ask OOCly just to make sure I understand some things.
ICly-
-RP'ing as something against lore or as something not of FF14 universe lore
-Generalized not-really RP'ing RP. Ya know, like being as generic as can be with no substance to a character other than 1-2 sentences of their background/plot. More specifically, characters that have just 1 dimension as a basis for everything and didn't go further than that.
-SUPER Snowflakes. I don't mind if you want to have your character have something unique happen or maybe something even unheard of(especially if you actually have lore to back it up to at least some degree of reasonable understanding) but please... You're not a succubus/voidsent/demon queen/princess all combined into one character. At most, pick one and move on with the session.
-Inner monologues. I can't do anything with 5 pages of your character's deepest thoughts, they're just thoughts :/
-When a character makes having specific genitalia apart of their "plot".
-Over-cursing. I don't mind those salty lominsians but you don't have to include "fuck" every sentence. I would much more enjoy if they were clever with their wording and actually used words we could expect to find in game, like shite-eater and the like we've seen. I might just be picky on that one but it kills my immersion to read something I would find on "reality TV" when I'm in a fantasy mmo.
-Actual NPC's. Idc who you are, you're not SerAymeric/Magnai/Y'shtola/Minfillia/etc canon >_>. Cosplay is cool, but actively RP'ing as this is boring/uncreative to enjoy imo. Even worse then it's played off as their character as being nuts/crazy just as a loophole to do everything I just mentioned. The most I'm okay with this is if you wanted to act out your character's backstory that happened to include major NPC characters and wanted to enjoy some RP from your character's own lore. Usually for generic purposes though like the Admiral personally ranking you in the Maelstrom or something... Just so long as you're not rewriting current happenings and marking it as canon to expect everyone to uphold.Â
OOCly-
-ERP that isn't really RP at all. Most ERP is just cybering/sexting than including any form of substance like a courtesan trying to seduce people out of their gil/information, or families having drama with spouses or etc. Usually people who have specific search comments I won't describe here that walk up to you and say something like "You come here often?" as their first sentence of dialogue or send you tells like this. Had an experience like this and after my character's first dialogue in return to hers, she gave up any further and moved along. Likely with other intent in mind given the level/search info/outfit.
-bigots
-Overlapping OOC/IC or people who don't quite know the difference between a "nice person" and a "bad guy character".
-Using RP as a scapegoat to get something else out of someone or to misuse for ill intentions.
-Cocky roleplayers. Everyone RP's how they want and we can all have an opinion on it. No one has to diss anyone or go on and on about how superior someone is in lore knowledge or writing to them. Help them learn something in lore or improve if they want/ask or think it could be useful? No worries there... Gloat about someone's writing and lack of savvy-ness to lore? Leave, we wanna have fun.
-Lore/RP police.
A lot of these have some grey areas here and there in them for me. Like I said above though, when in doubt, I always try to OOC communicate just to confirm misunderstandings. Otherwise if they're 100% obvious to spot, I tend to stray from certain sessions or from certain players depending on the happenings of it all. I try not to condemn players for their specific tastes though even if they come up as red flags. In the end, these are all just my personal preferences that I'm comfortable with. Just because you don't fit some of my RP/IC preferences doesn't make you my enemy OOCly. Only if you're an ass OOC of course would that be the case :P.
ICly-
-RP'ing as something against lore or as something not of FF14 universe lore
-Generalized not-really RP'ing RP. Ya know, like being as generic as can be with no substance to a character other than 1-2 sentences of their background/plot. More specifically, characters that have just 1 dimension as a basis for everything and didn't go further than that.
-SUPER Snowflakes. I don't mind if you want to have your character have something unique happen or maybe something even unheard of(especially if you actually have lore to back it up to at least some degree of reasonable understanding) but please... You're not a succubus/voidsent/demon queen/princess all combined into one character. At most, pick one and move on with the session.
-Inner monologues. I can't do anything with 5 pages of your character's deepest thoughts, they're just thoughts :/
-When a character makes having specific genitalia apart of their "plot".
-Over-cursing. I don't mind those salty lominsians but you don't have to include "fuck" every sentence. I would much more enjoy if they were clever with their wording and actually used words we could expect to find in game, like shite-eater and the like we've seen. I might just be picky on that one but it kills my immersion to read something I would find on "reality TV" when I'm in a fantasy mmo.
-Actual NPC's. Idc who you are, you're not SerAymeric/Magnai/Y'shtola/Minfillia/etc canon >_>. Cosplay is cool, but actively RP'ing as this is boring/uncreative to enjoy imo. Even worse then it's played off as their character as being nuts/crazy just as a loophole to do everything I just mentioned. The most I'm okay with this is if you wanted to act out your character's backstory that happened to include major NPC characters and wanted to enjoy some RP from your character's own lore. Usually for generic purposes though like the Admiral personally ranking you in the Maelstrom or something... Just so long as you're not rewriting current happenings and marking it as canon to expect everyone to uphold.Â
OOCly-
-ERP that isn't really RP at all. Most ERP is just cybering/sexting than including any form of substance like a courtesan trying to seduce people out of their gil/information, or families having drama with spouses or etc. Usually people who have specific search comments I won't describe here that walk up to you and say something like "You come here often?" as their first sentence of dialogue or send you tells like this. Had an experience like this and after my character's first dialogue in return to hers, she gave up any further and moved along. Likely with other intent in mind given the level/search info/outfit.
-bigots
-Overlapping OOC/IC or people who don't quite know the difference between a "nice person" and a "bad guy character".
-Using RP as a scapegoat to get something else out of someone or to misuse for ill intentions.
-Cocky roleplayers. Everyone RP's how they want and we can all have an opinion on it. No one has to diss anyone or go on and on about how superior someone is in lore knowledge or writing to them. Help them learn something in lore or improve if they want/ask or think it could be useful? No worries there... Gloat about someone's writing and lack of savvy-ness to lore? Leave, we wanna have fun.
-Lore/RP police.
A lot of these have some grey areas here and there in them for me. Like I said above though, when in doubt, I always try to OOC communicate just to confirm misunderstandings. Otherwise if they're 100% obvious to spot, I tend to stray from certain sessions or from certain players depending on the happenings of it all. I try not to condemn players for their specific tastes though even if they come up as red flags. In the end, these are all just my personal preferences that I'm comfortable with. Just because you don't fit some of my RP/IC preferences doesn't make you my enemy OOCly. Only if you're an ass OOC of course would that be the case :P.
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