Roleplaying Peeves

[Is Friday]

While it's a "slippery slope" to some people, this thread is based entirely on the principle of opinion. Please respect each others' opinions! And ask questions concerning or "retort" in a respectful manner, thank you.

Biggest: Lack of proper grammar.
Minor: Rushing past without an emote when it's a lonely road.  :cry:

[mansa]

Not using 'think' or 'feel' or 'bios' because there might be mindbenders.

[Reiloth]

When characters are not played in a believeable fashion, high-fantasy or not. When there is no substance to a character besides his amazing coded skills. When I feel nothing after a scene with these characters.

[IntuitiveApathy]

Biggest: Lack of proper grammar.

I think a lot players purposefully use a different grammar style for their characters according to what they believe their character's native speech style is.

Personally I like the above, but my pet peeve is when people don't use proper punctuation (ie. capitalization and periods to end their sentences).

[Salt Merchant]

Not using 'think' or 'feel' or 'bios' because there might be mindbenders.

Mindbenders can read your biographies? IC information I didn't want to know.

[mansa]

Not using 'think' or 'feel' or 'bios' because there might be mindbenders.

Mindbenders can read your biographies? IC information I didn't want to know.

I didn't say they can.

I just said people have told me they don't use certain roleplay tools that are in ArmageddonMUD because they don't want to feel like someone can 'take advantage' of them for it.

[NoteworthyFellow]

Not using 'think' or 'feel' or 'bios' because there might be mindbenders.

Mindbenders can read your biographies? IC information I didn't want to know.

I didn't say they can.

I just said people have told me they don't use certain roleplay tools that are in ArmageddonMUD because they don't want to feel like someone can 'take advantage' of them for it.

For me, that is exactly why I use the "think" and "feel" commands.  It's fun to think that maybe, just maybe, someone thinks I'm important enough to listen in, whether they're an IMM or a PC mindbender.  I mean, yeah, it helps me flesh out my character better for myself, but the fact that another player could see it just makes it all the more fun.

[bardess]

Not using 'think' or 'feel' or 'bios' because there might be mindbenders.

This is the reason why I wish I used those tools more.

A tiny little derail:  does anyone else out there have a hard time using think/feel?  Could you PM me tips and tricks you used to get yourself in the habit?  I would love it, if I could just get myself into the habit...

As for pet peeves, punctuation and capitalization.  Not spelling really, which I do have a pet peeve about, but I typo so much that I have no right to complain.  Also, "a lot" and "of course" are two words.

[Is Friday]

Biggest: Lack of proper grammar.

I think a lot players purposefully use a different grammar style for their characters according to what they believe their character's native speech style is.

Personally I like the above, but my pet peeve is when people don't use proper punctuation (ie. capitalization and periods to end their sentences).

I'm just talking about capitalizing and periods/punctuation.

[Mood]

Not using 'think' or 'feel' or 'bios' because there might be mindbenders.

This is the reason why I wish I used those tools more.

A tiny little derail:  does anyone else out there have a hard time using think/feel?  Could you PM me tips and tricks you used to get yourself in the habit?  I would love it, if I could just get myself into the habit...

Same for me, and I'd appreciate any help, too.

[mansa]

Use think after you "Look" at someone.

Use feel when you're annoyed, or upset, or confused, or amused.

Sometimes I just use 'feel' for a range of 7 emotions, and nothing else.  I just use it to state what current 'mood' I may be in, depending on the situation.  I usually never explain why I'm feeling a certain way.  It's always just...

>feel amused.
>emote smirks.

I don't use feel with more than 1 word.  I like to make 'feel' be very quick.


Lately, though, I've been combining the feels and thinks with the ()'s.

think (amused) What an idiot.
think (bored) What an idiot.
think (curious) What is he talking about?

That way, I both feel and think in one command.

[Maybe42or54]

Biggest pet peeve: Making fun of someone for doing what their clan does, then they say my clan, which doesn't do it, does it.

Littlest: Seeing gith by themselves.

[Malken]

Biggest pet peeve: Anything related to trying to guess which class my character is. Like Templars asking my character to lead a patrol through a sandstorm to see if I'm really a ranger or people suddenly talking to me in cavilish when I mention that I'm a trader to see if I'm a 'merchant'.

[Ender]

Biggest pet peeve: Making fun of someone for doing what their clan does, then they say my clan, which doesn't do it, does it.

In response to that, I always got annoyed when people made fun of the Byn for having latrines and making their Runners clean it.  Like in their clan somehow no one ever has to take a crap, and no one has to clean it up.

I would always respond with "What, are you too prissy to wipe your own ass?"

The real pet peeve in that was that a lot of people playing commoner PCs thought themselves above such work instead of being the dirty grubby filthy commoners that they should be.

[Cutthroat]

I don't like it when people contact/cease my character to get an sdesc if he/she is masked/hooded. Although it's apparently allowed it just doesn't seem right.

Guild sniffing also disappoints me.

Finally, I get annoyed when people make connections between Earth and Zalanthas that don't exist, like when PCs say things suggesting that the sky is blue, or there is one moon. They're probably minor slip-ups but it's jarring.

[Hot_Dancer]

People who go by nicknames to attain coded advantages in the game.

[mansa]

People who go by nicknames to attain coded advantages in the game.

You can always wish up and have their nickname added to them by the immortals.

Or you can go OOC can you please use the addkeyword command.

[Vessol]

Bringing modern ideas and thoughts to the game world.

BAR IDLING!

You live in a harsh world and you sit FOR DAYS at a freaking bar chit-chatting with everyone.
Social roles need to be EXTREMELY RARE.
It's not Armagossip its Armageddon as in Geddon out of da bar and go do something freaking constructive.

[amish overlord]

Bringing modern ideas and thoughts to the game world.

BAR IDLING!

You live in a harsh world and you sit FOR DAYS at a freaking bar chit-chatting with everyone.
Social roles need to be EXTREMELY RARE.
It's not Armagossip its Armageddon as in Geddon out of da bar and go do something freaking constructive.

Hey we need norms! And morns.

Amish Overlord  

[X-D]

My pet peeve is that staff can see the PC's true name and when animating an npc will often use it...even if your PC has never given it to anyone ever.

But my greatest, always will be Eyes in sdesc...AAARRRGGGHHHHH






[edit: reverted back by Belenos, because I lamely edited rather than quoted, duh.]

(edit)
But least it was funny Belenos...and we all lerv ya anyway.

[Medena]

Social roles need to be EXTREMELY RARE.
It's not Armagossip its Armageddon as in Geddon out of da bar and go do something freaking constructive.

Actually, for quite a few PC's, tavern sitting IS doing something constructive, in fact, their living is dependent on it.  Merchants, information gatherers/sellers, entertainers, house recruiters, just to name a few.  As for the idling part of it... well, the PC population of the bar is not something over which they have control.  My point though is that tavern sitting is not reserved for only fluffy, frou-frou "social" types.  It is a legitimate thing.

[Barzalene]

Failure of others to adequately appreciate my rp genius. Either icly or oocly.

[Southie]

Biggest pet peeve: Making fun of someone for doing what their clan does, then they say my clan, which doesn't do it, does it.

In response to that, I always got annoyed when people made fun of the Byn for having latrines and making their Runners clean it.  Like in their clan somehow no one ever has to take a crap, and no one has to clean it up.

I would always respond with "What, are you too prissy to wipe your own ass?"

The real pet peeve in that was that a lot of people playing commoner PCs thought themselves above such work instead of being the dirty grubby filthy commoners that they should be.

I think it's assumed that most clans (at least, noble/merchant Houses and the militias) would own slaves whose job it is to shovel poo and nothing else. Maybe the Byn get harassed over it because they're commoners doing a job normally reserved for slaves?

[Zhaira]

People asking if I have branched a specific spell, and then asking or -demanding- that I do so.

Fuck -off- about it.  Just because you happen to know how the spell tree works doesn't mean every Drovian in the world or whatever else is the same.

[manonfire]

Shitty players.