Hardest Bit To Play

[Mr.B]

I though about it, and my answer is "Nothing." I can enjoy my character no matter what. I don't have OOC hangups about playing the nice guy, the usual half-giant, the weepy mul, the murdering, stealing, pillaging templar, whatever. I like the variety, what can I say?

[bracken]

I've found it impossible to make an extrovert...just don't know what makes them tick.  I may start off writing one up, but by the time I get past the family background, they've turned into something else.

[Rhyden]

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

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

I had one character who created conflict no matter what he did. He was also quite stupid at times.

My most fun character to date.

[alger]

I struggle with the concept of immortality.  I regularly have to pause and go wait if I were immortal will I really think like this?  Hmmm... that's not right...

Thinking beyond myself is fun, but doing it constantly when so many things would be percieved differently is damn tiring.

[Aquarian]

My hugest hang up, I just can't get past it, is racism. I grew up with it and hated it from the get go. Now being in the military, racism is burned into your head as the embodiment of evil. Which it is.

I constantly find myself making friends far too easily with a race I'm not supposed to make friends with and i even have trouble with hating mages.

I have had characters that are horrified of another race, and that is easier to play. but I still end up 'acclimating' to anything my character is around often enough.

[Ghost]

I can not craft.  For the last 3 RL years, none of my characters crafted anything, including food.  I CAN'T STAND IT!

I can not play aide-type roles.  I enjoy playing around aides, but not playing the aides.

I have a tendency to annoy my superiors from time to time.  It is just hard, not to do it.  I guess I give in to the urge too easy.  Seriously.

[path]

I find it really hard to play sluts and whores. It's so disappointing. I try time and again, but when push comes to shove, I just can't.

I also find it really, really hard to play in clans. I try and try, but it's just never as fun for me.

[jstorrie]

I find it tough to play in restrictive clans, but the toughest thing of all I find is to play super-social roles–I get so. fucking. sick. of the people I'm supposed to be chummy with, and it's a lot easier to just ignore them than assassinate them...

[Goldberry]

This may sound silly...but I have a hard time with RPing hurting someone's feelings.   :oops:

I do it when I have to, but it still causes my midwestern guilt program to kick in.  Hardest thing for me to do period.

[Zoltan]

I have a really hard time playing a completely serious character. As hard as I try not to, my characters seem to find humor in just about any circumstance. It's even reflected in some of my emotes... ugh.

[Dakkon Black]

I have a hard time Killing people. Every time I have I've either had really overwhelming reason or it wasn't supposed to have killed them.

[Hek]

I find it tough to play in restrictive clans, but the toughest thing of all I find is to play super-social roles–I get so. fucking. sick. of the people I'm supposed to be chummy with, and it's a lot easier to just ignore them than assassinate them...

Same. If it has a tight schedule and a bunch of don't-do rules, it annoys me. If, on top of that, the clan has only a handful of active players (which is often the case), I'm not gonna join. The few times I've done it I have retired within a week. I just can't find enjoyment in these types of clans.

I also can't play socialite characters. It's not that my characters never sit around and chat, but you'll never see me playing an aide or merchant who spends two third of their life sitting at a bar. It just doesn't interest me.

I hate crafting. I can make my own arrows if I'm playing a ranger, but I could never play an actual crafter. Bores me to tears.

Now, the hardest thing to play for me... hrm, that's a tough one. I've played a few characters with the most prominent trait being a lack of intelligence. Stupid characters (and not half-giants) can be very difficult to play convincingly. It's pretty easy to just talk like a retard, but bringing it beyond accent and into thoughts, feelings, actions and intentions can be a real challenge.

[Ghost]

This may sound silly...but I have a hard time with RPing hurting someone's feelings.   :oops:

Easy to fix.  You just have to hurt people repeatedly, and after awhile, you don't feel it.

[Vettrock]

The tavern sitter or purely social role don't hold any interest for me.  I've played rangers, a few short lived warriors, and mages.  They have been humans, half-elves, and one elf and one mul.  Dwarves and half-giants just don't appeal to me.  I'm kinda partial to half-elves.

I've always considered trying to play a 'rinther but I like exploring too much and the rinth just isn't big enough....

[manonfire]

...the toughest thing of all I find is to play super-social roles–I get so. fucking. sick. of the people I'm supposed to be chummy with, and it's a lot easier to just ignore them than assassinate them...

Good god, I hear this. It completely defined my last role.

[jstorrie]

I love playing half-elves, actually. I think my natural play style falls more in line with the half-elf mentality than anything else.

[Xio]

I have trouble playing the 'safe' character who avoids those dangerous and stupid risks. Don't really like pking. Tried the whole mercy on, strip and leave 'em alone, but it always comes back to bite you in the buttocks.

[Zalanthan]

I love playing half-elves, actually. I think my natural play style falls more in line with the half-elf mentality than anything else.

Ditto

[Rindan]

This may sound silly...but I have a hard time with RPing hurting someone's feelings.   :oops:

I do it when I have to, but it still causes my midwestern guilt program to kick in.  Hardest thing for me to do period.

I moved to the midwest (Chicago) from Boston for about a year.  I found that in Chicago, I had a really hard time RPing someone who doesn't hurt and insult others.  No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't wrap my head around the role.  Verbal cruelty to your fellow man just seems like the natural way of saying hi, and to RP something different was really out of my comfort zone.

I eventually moved back to Boston where I found my Bostinian "Hi!  Shitty day today, and fuck you too." RP goes over very well.

[NoteworthyFellow]

This may sound silly...but I have a hard time with RPing hurting someone's feelings.   :oops:

I do it when I have to, but it still causes my midwestern guilt program to kick in.  Hardest thing for me to do period.

I moved to the midwest (Chicago) from Boston for about a year.  I found that in Chicago, I had a really hard time RPing someone who doesn't hurt and insult others.  No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't wrap my head around the role.  Verbal cruelty to your fellow man just seems like the natural way of saying hi, and to RP something different was really out of my comfort zone.

I eventually moved back to Boston where I found my Bostinian "Hi!  Shitty day today, and fuck you too." RP goes over very well.

I get the feeling I'd be right at home in Boston.

[Salt Merchant]

This may sound silly...but I have a hard time with RPing hurting someone's feelings.   :oops:

Easy to fix.  You just have to hurt people repeatedly, and after awhile, you don't feel it.

Until they start stomping you back.

[Janna]

This will sound really weird given the nature of the game which I love, but I can't be a murderer/Pk'er. I do it when its IC appropriate, but its usually at the farthest possible point I can let something go before it would become OOCly inapprpriate not to kill said PC. (humiliation/torture/beatings ftw)

I feel like garbage after killing a PC from my OOC understanding that now you have to sit there and stare at the screen for a few minutes before swearing like a sailor and going through the char-gen. I'm fairly sure I've killed less than ten PC's in my years here.

[Flying Erdlu]

This will sound really weird given the nature of the game which I love, but I can't be a murderer/Pk'er. I do it when its IC appropriate, but its usually at the farthest possible point I can let something go before it would become OOCly inapprpriate not to kill said PC. (humiliation/torture/beatings ftw)

I feel like garbage after killing a PC from my OOC understanding that now you have to sit there and stare at the screen for a few minutes before swearing like a sailor and going through the char-gen. I'm fairly sure I've killed less than ten PC's in my years here.

I have the same problem. I know how much time, effort and fun was put into my own character and when I kill someone elses, it reminds me of how much I would hate to lose my own character and I feel horrible for the other player. Do unto others....etc etc. But sometimes it's necessary. I'll get over it.

[Maybe42or54]

I wish people would actively try to kill my pcs. I always die to NPCs though.. bleh..

[My 2 sids]

I realize it must be hard for PK.  However, I think a lot of PKing is more OOC than IC.  OOCly you can't always trust players have their pcs react appropratly to threats or beatings or tourture or whatever.  Some try to power-game their way out  others live on to inflict innaproprate levels of retaliation.  

I'm not sure how to fix that problem but perhaps that indicates one of the hardest things to role-play in this game is having a PC who (on occasion) must show weakness and humility.