Hardest Bit To Play

[Is Friday]

What is the hardest bit/role device for you to use when roleplaying because of OOC "stuff"? What ones will you strictly not do? What requires a judgement on case-by-case basis?

Role Devices:
a.) Being a floosy.
b.) Being a murderer.
c.) Being a cusser.
d.) Being a thief.
e.) Add your own!

I find it hardest to be a floosy.  :oops:  Even harder than murdering people. How messed up is that? :S

[Forest Junkie]

I find it hard to be nice.

[Fnord]

Tavern sitting purely social roles bore me to death.

[jhunter]

Tavern sitting purely social roles bore me to death.

[NoteworthyFellow]

I have no problems killing other players, swearing, or anything like that.  Being a floozy is just about impossible for me, though.  And what's really a challenge is being ICly stupid because my character would be, even when I know, OOCly, that it'll doom me.  I still do it, but it's definitely a challenge.

[Gimfalisette]

I cannot do loner, isolated, no-social-contact roles. I have a difficult time playing personality types that are significantly more emotionally restrained or guarded or untrusting than I am naturally, but I can do it; it's just hard work. I can't really play characters that have casual sex; I've tried, and someone always ends up falling in love. I CANNOT PLAY HUNTERS. OH HOW I LOATHE HUNTING.

[staggerlee]

Music, casual sex and drug use.
In a mud format they're probably the three most dull, painful things I've ever experienced.

Edit: I'm gonna add tavern sitting to that.

[bardess]

Music, casual sex, and drugs are my favorite.  

;-)

[ale six]

I can't play bards, or characters who appreciate bards. I read enough mediocre writing in my real job without needing to play a character who hears more of it.

I have a hard time playing a subordinate to someone who isn't totally incredibly awesome, because otherwise I always feel like I can do the job better.

I have a hard time PKing people personally, however playing a cold, ruthless bitch who gets other people to do their dirty work is (maybe too) easy for me.

Not that I've ever tried, but I doubt I'd have an easy time playing a dwarf.

[mansa]

I find it really hard to play a drunk, spice addict.

[bardbard#4]

I find it really hard to play a drunk, spice addict.

you're so full of shit

[Saitorr]

Women.

[Marauder Moe]

I don't think I'd do very good at being malicious or evil.  Though, I've had some characters that I considered good at heart do some really awful things (murder friends, have innocent people harmed/killed just to send a message to someone else, plot to steal a baby from it's mother).

I had a lot of trouble playing a dwarf.  I could do it in spurts, but there were long stretches where I didn't OOCly feel like doing any of the things his focus demanded and thus I simply wouldn't log in with him.

[staggerlee]

I don't think I'd do very good at being malicious or evil.  Though, I've had some characters that I considered good at heart do some really awful things (murder friends, have innocent people harmed/killed just to send a message to someone else, plot to steal a baby from it's mother).

I had a lot of trouble playing a dwarf.  I could do it in spurts, but there were long stretches where I didn't OOCly feel like doing any of the things his focus demanded and thus I simply wouldn't log in with him.

A good villain has shades of grey and some redeeming characteristics IMHO.  People who kill their friends and steal babies are usually by definition evil... but I mean nobody can spend ALL their time being evil.  That'd be kind of boring.

In short, you might be better at it than you think.

[Barzalene]

Thief. I am too afraid of the humiliation of getting caught!

[jhunter]

Oh yeah...and half-giants. I've tried, but I never feel like I can come up with anything new and inventive. I always feel like I'm just another same-old same-old half-giant.

[Kradock]

I have no problems with any of those, except for the floozy.

I have a personal objection to it.

I love playing murderers, thieves, etc. The time I spent playing a gith was awesome, it was always an adrenaline rush. Same goes for the murderer/thief categories.

[Dynnage]

I always perform my best when I'm role-playing a murderer, a rinthi, a thief, a thug, a spy, or some other kind of shady character, like a smuggler or such.

Whenever I try to play the good-hearted people, I have trouble finding excuses to be good. I live in a desert world inhabited by humongous sand worms, and theres a 4 room deep ditch just a few paces north of town. Whooptedoo, I shall slay in the force of justice? Playing someone sinister is much more interesting, completely. Tell me, would you rather find out what the thug did with the man's body, or what the good-hearted warrior's favorite alcohol is?

I'm pretty fond of tavern sitters. Nothing is more fun than drinking 20 barrels of ale and slurring insults at fellow patrons, then passing out and waking up at the bottom of a well. It's happened.

[Maybe42or54]

I can not be mean in any real way. In real life, I'm naturally mean but other Characters are always way to nice to me, or the ignore my PC completely and that just isn't very fun either.

[Reiloth]

playing a drunk is quite fulfilling.

[Vessol]

Tavern sitting purely social roles bore me to death.

Plus it makes no sense in a harsh desert world with death around every corner...once you stop idling in the bar of course.

[Flying Erdlu]

It looks like I'm in the minority, but I have a problem playing a murderer. I know how much enjoyment I get from my own characters and how lousy it feels to get killed. I feel HORRIBLE if I kill someone elses character because I know I am ruining something they love. That doesn't mean I wont, or can't but I generally feel bad about.

[Rhyden]

Murderer.

The hardest part I find in Arm is p-killing.

That doesn't mean I don't.  :twisted:

[Rindan]

I have a really hard time playing a magiker.  Back when I last played a magiker the population was so low that you were basically signing up for a solo role.  I just never could get into it or stomach the solo casting in a hole/temple routine.  I disliked that there was no place for the few gemmed that were floating around had no place to go and talk the trade.  I have always felt that the elementalist quarters deserved its own tavern.

I have a hard time with iso roles in general.  I like interacting with people.  I can do it and have done it, I just don't particularly enjoy it.

I find leadership roles to be hard, but in a good way.  When playing a leader, I feel the need to keep things interesting and not let stuff stagnate.  I spend a lot of time both in game and out of game pondering up ways to keep people entertained... which is probably why I avoid the role now.  Scourging up enough time to do a leadership role justice is hard.  It is very rewarding when it works well, but it is a real time commitment and responsibility.

Sticking to my original character design is sometimes difficult.  Some times the expected 'support cast' you were hoping to move your character in with doesn't exist.  Other times you just run into writer's block (MUDer's block?) with ideas to execute your concept.  My current character is a great example.  The vision I had in my head when I started him has turned out to not match up with what I have been able to pull off.  I'll keep working at it, but it is a bit of a struggle.

[Bogre]

It's really hard for me not to start conflicts in game.

And it's hard for me not to play 'smart'.