(09-10-2013, 03:18 PM)J Wrote: My concern is that all too often 'romance' in role-play is simply sought after and used as an excuse for the player behind the character wanting to get their rocks off. It's usually easy to tell  when this is the case, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. Another issue is guilds that exist purely for the sake of ERP. It's pretty creepy, no matter how many attempts are made to dress them up as something completely different.
Honestly? Â If it gets their rocks off, it gets their rocks off. Â If they're happy, who cares? Â As long as they're not roping you into something you don't enjoy, then it's really whatever.
I don't find ERP guilds to be creepy, per se, but I do find that they tend to be festering balls of drama. Â And that when they break apart, they tend to try to remake themselves in other guilds, which causes strife.
Quote:Another common issue I've encountered is that many role-players have a habit of ignoring everyone else when their character's partner is around. Sometimes this is on an IC basis, other times it's on an OOC basis instead. I've lost count of the amount of times I've stumbled across a 'generic mercenary' who simply walks off the moment a potential ERP partner arrives on the scene.
Dude, people do this even without ERP involved. Â I've been flat out ignored by entire groups of people when I was emoting at them because I wasn't in their group. Â People are assholes.
Quote:I'm not going to get into the whole debate regarding ERP, but to touch upon it lightly I firmly believe that it should be kept in private between consenting partners and shouldn't be layered with strange and unusual fetishes. Players passing by a tavern whilst questing don't need to see descriptive emotes detailing what a tavern wench is doing to a mercenary under a table.
Not in public? Â Fully agree. Â Weird fetishes? Â Um, none of my business. Â If people want to engage in that privately, it in no way threatens me. Â They can do whatever they want.
Quote:Which is a common problem - many role-players seem to take the stance that because they aren't bothered by explicit stuff everyone else should just grow a thicker skin. That isn't exactly fair and I say this as someone who isn't afraid to touch on mature themes in my own role-play.
Those people are just assholes. :-\ Â Inconsiderate assholes.
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