The part that stresses me out the most is the fact I'm usually a GM and having to deal with OTHER PLAYERS OOC butthurt over things that happen ICly or the fact I don't have as much time as they would like me to have (I don't work, but on top of GMing storylines, running a guild of 70+ people, coordinating endgame, Introducing new members, keeping old ones happy, doing my DR's, doing endgame at all, my time is actually fairly limited. Of the 8-10 hours A DAY I spend on the game, 6 hours of that is usually Upper Management stuff. This doesn't even include off the game stuff like, you know, actually spending time with my fiance). That usually brings me into stressland quickly, when people try to metagame or powergame, get mad about their character not being a hero, etc etc. It's all ooc stuff, though.
IC stuff doesn't stress me out so much. I'm not going to lie, I am really rooting for Armi in this universe and I'm fairly attached to her. She's so good and honest and sweet and completely genuine that I find it hard to not want the best for her and when I see she doesn't get it (By my control or otherwise) it can break my heart. Her journal is hard to write for sometimes, when I have to put pen to paper about something that happened to her she just didn't deserve - which happens fairly often since at the end of the day I'm sadistic. Her journal is much, much darker than how she acts in game and I've had people comment they'd have no idea of those thoughts when they rped with her. I adore her, but she is tragedy and it's sad.
That being said, I don't get mad or stress out about anything when it comes to her. IF I get mad about something ICly, it's because there was an ooc issue behind it that made me mad. I sympathize with Armi, I want good things for her, but I also understand she isn't real - it's just a story - and rping is supposed to be fun. I do think about rp a lot, because my passion is crafting a story, but it's more with an interest of what's going to happen. Like a really good book or a TV show.
I tend to make my characters very different then myself, as well. I am me in real life, I don't really want to play me in this world. Roleplaying is a fun mix of acting and writing, and I like to believe I'm pretty okay at it. Because of that all my characters are nothing like me - from sweet and awkward Armi to Snarky/flirty Loki to Sadistic/Spoiled Isera. I can't really say "This character is me". I think it helps me detach from them once I need to leave their head, which helps with me not stressing out.
IC stuff doesn't stress me out so much. I'm not going to lie, I am really rooting for Armi in this universe and I'm fairly attached to her. She's so good and honest and sweet and completely genuine that I find it hard to not want the best for her and when I see she doesn't get it (By my control or otherwise) it can break my heart. Her journal is hard to write for sometimes, when I have to put pen to paper about something that happened to her she just didn't deserve - which happens fairly often since at the end of the day I'm sadistic. Her journal is much, much darker than how she acts in game and I've had people comment they'd have no idea of those thoughts when they rped with her. I adore her, but she is tragedy and it's sad.
That being said, I don't get mad or stress out about anything when it comes to her. IF I get mad about something ICly, it's because there was an ooc issue behind it that made me mad. I sympathize with Armi, I want good things for her, but I also understand she isn't real - it's just a story - and rping is supposed to be fun. I do think about rp a lot, because my passion is crafting a story, but it's more with an interest of what's going to happen. Like a really good book or a TV show.
I tend to make my characters very different then myself, as well. I am me in real life, I don't really want to play me in this world. Roleplaying is a fun mix of acting and writing, and I like to believe I'm pretty okay at it. Because of that all my characters are nothing like me - from sweet and awkward Armi to Snarky/flirty Loki to Sadistic/Spoiled Isera. I can't really say "This character is me". I think it helps me detach from them once I need to leave their head, which helps with me not stressing out.