Roleplay questions

[kamikrazy]

Thank you all for the replies. I have two other questions now, if you all don't mind my asking them.

1. What IN CHARACTER behaviors do people do that get under your skin? (it can be in character or out of character)

2. What IN CHARACTER behaviors are common in RP environments/situations?

[Noxifer]

1. What IN CHARACTER behaviors do people do that get under your skin? (it can be in character or out of character)

Mainly powerplaying. You know, the whole controlling of someone else's character. Taking an action and deciding the outcome of it without having the okay from the player(s) of the character(s) you're with. The only times I find this okay is if you have a previous agreement that allows such powerplaying -- usually in specific situations. (Like couples kissing and having 'permission' to assume the other doesn't try to avoid the kiss. Or if you're playing out a scene where you beforehand have decided OOCly how things in general would play out.)

Mary Sue/Gary Stu behaviour. E.g. "I have these awesome skills/powers, but the horrible flaw that balances these skills is that everyone falls hopelessly in love with me and try to protect me." (Which, coincidentally, falls under powerplaying.) Or, "I'm the most powerful fighter in Eorzea and beyond. It'd take a coalition of at least eight Elder Primals to make me retreat."

Additionally... though this might more come in under your initial questions... People that RP in their own party chat or tells, yet do custom emotes that everyone can read. By the twelve, if you're going to be that private about it, you can do your custom emotes with asterisks instead of /me to hide those as well ¬_¬ Or hold your conversations in /say so people have a chance to eavesdrop. *nosy*

2. What IN CHARACTER behaviors are common in RP environments/situations?

Not being on a server with many RPers, I haven't run into many RPers at all. So I really can't answer this ^^; It has a tendency to differ a lot depending on which 'fandom' you're talking about -- like SWtOR, where RPers mostly sit in a pub/bar/club moaning about their horrible fates/backgrounds.

-Fantasia RP (lel i used to b a roe dude but i spilled a potion on myself and am now a hawt catgirl)

xD I sort of did that one. Mostly as a joke, though. Started out as male miqo'te (as indicated by the name), then used my first Fantasia around the end of last year's Halloween event, changing into a female highlander. My two excuses were: "They took me to the vet ;_;" and "Um... I think something went wrong with those illusions. Weren't they supposed to wear off?"
But I don't really RP, so I'm not sure my 'goofing off' counts. (Besides, it was only really fun with the first one, since I'd gone over a year without even changing my hairstyle xD)

-People that make a Borlaaq solely for the purpose of lesbian ERP

...a what-now? o.o *googles* oh, right! The all-female au ra tribe. Tbh, if I made one, it'd probably involve idle comments about 'trading' with the all-male tribe xD