Roleplaying Peeves

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

People who RP with other people and automatically assume the worst about the other person's RP and OOC motivations.

Gahd yesh.

[titansfan]

I rly think people who do things that are just completely unrealistic just because they can are the hardest to deal with for me. people who have power and think they can do what they want, just because they can disappear with the hide skill or sneak skill......I don't think you can just flat otu be gone from EVERYONE's sight....my peeve, or on eof them.

[Briarfox]

Players who are mean OOCly to newbies because said newbies haven't got the hang of the communication syntaxes and don't -always- use proper grammar or punctuation.

Players who strongly believe a favortism ideal exists and constantly complain how unfairly they are treated and that they deserve so much more on an OOC level no matter how good or not their RP is.

Players who never RP while crafting.

PCs who use any real-time terms like for example using the word 'god' or even using medical terminology I don't think Zalanthas is advanced enough to have: 'genes' and 'nervous system'.

[some guy]

I rly think people who do things that are just completely unrealistic just because they can are the hardest to deal with for me. people who have power and think they can do what they want, just because they can disappear with the hide skill or sneak skill......I don't think you can just flat otu be gone from EVERYONE's sight....my peeve, or on eof them.

Yeah. Bah! Nothing's more stupid than having a one-way conversation with an assassin who keeps whispering something to you and hiding immediately afterwards. Just because they can make their character untargetable doesn't mean that it's feasible. Same thing with people who hide or sneak out in the middle of a tavern brawl while someone's pummeling them.

[Mood]

I rly think people who do things that are just completely unrealistic just because they can are the hardest to deal with for me. people who have power and think they can do what they want, just because they can disappear with the hide skill or sneak skill......I don't think you can just flat otu be gone from EVERYONE's sight....my peeve, or on eof them.

Yeah. Bah! Nothing's more stupid than having a one-way conversation with an assassin who keeps whispering something to you and hiding immediately afterwards. Just because they can make their character untargetable doesn't mean that it's feasible. Same thing with people who hide or sneak out in the middle of a tavern brawl while someone's pummeling them.

Or walk out of the room without an emote while surrounded by three large people, all pummeling them.

[Cegar]

People who pummel me when I'm trying to sneak out of a room.

[RogueGunslinger]

People who play off peak, but go about their own business like I'm not around. When I'm the only other person around... RP With me please, it's so lonely during off peak.

[Goldberry]

First off, accidental mistakes don't peeve me.  Punctuation, misspelling, etc...if I can get the gist of what my character is 'hearing', I'm fine.  People make mistakes.  I try to quickly respond to anyone who RP's with me regardless of errors, making it clear, I hope, that I'm perfectly capable of disregarding petty "stuff" and focusing on the big picture.  In turn, I hope that makes them feel involved and comfortable.

Pet peeve:
People who ALWAYS have to "shine",people who ALWAYS have to be miserable, gritty, or otherwise paranoid (Unless you're actually trying to RP someone with a mental disorder.), and people who ALWAYS have to be the most impressive and amazing fighter that ever was. 

Characters that don't evolve.  Because, multiple dimensions built-up consistently and fostered into a rich personality...now -that- is a truly beautiful thing.

Players who -only- emote or interact on a consistent level when the RP is moreorless centered around their character or their character's "thing".  Even if you're just shifting your weight, glancing toward something or someone you're thinking about, or remaining at attention while you're being dressed down, I want to get a hint of what makes you tick or short of that...just be reminded you're not a drop-description.  I try to appreciate what everyone around me does or can put into the environment.  Get in the game! 
em energetically throws ~ball to ~wah
em sighs as ~ball rebounds from %wah motionless, stoic form   
em With a disappointed expression, @ watches helplessly as ~ball rolls slowly across the barren floor eventually...coming...to...a...halt. 

[Zoltan]

A peeve of mine is actually something that I catch myself doing all the fucking time. And that is what I like to call "scene rushing".

I can type very fast, my mind is always racing and I get bored easily. On the plus side of all of that, I'm usually pretty actively RPing with my fellow players. However, I find myself making my character ramble on when I should be waiting to see how everyone else reacts. I guess this wouldn't be so bad if it was rare, but I do it a lot. Working on it, though.

I've had it done to me, too. It's almost like someone "power emoting". In this case, rather than forcing an action or reaction on you via an emote, the "scene rusher" steals from you every opportunity to have your own reactions.

Example:
I say, "Hey, dudes, that was pretty wild when that black robe ran Amos through with a solid steel pike!"
You begin typing your agreement/disagreement/whatever
I say (in the span of five seconds) I don't like the way that necker's looking at me!
I say (even faster) I think Malik owes me a few 'sids...
You begin to feel OOCly irritated

That's really extreme, but I think it illustrates my point.

[Ourla]

I'm a fast typer and that happens constantly to me, too.  It's why my characters have such lively inner worlds.   

My peeves:

- Idlers
- People who won't take IC consequences for IC actions
- People who never use the think or feel commands
- Zalanthans who don't drink... even once in a while
- The way some characters completely ignore half-giants when the big guys are around
- Players who love their characters too much to accept a risk that makes total sense
- Leader PCs who disregard the living, breathing presence of their NPC guards

[a strange shadow]

A peeve of mine is actually something that I catch myself doing all the fucking time. And that is what I like to call "scene rushing"

Guilty as charged. I noticed it a while back and do my best to correct it.

Think and feel are my friends.

[Adhira]

Guilty of the same.

I'm a very bad imm who either puts in three sentences and a question before the other person has had a chance to reply or I try to wait and end up distracted by something else (shiny!) and forget I'm animating an npc.

I'm also guilty of starting a scene when I have only a limited amount of time and therefore my npcs frequently start conversations like "I've got work to do and you've got five minutes to explain. So be succint and don't piss me off...". Sometimes they say it in a nicer way, if they happen to be nice and polite.

(Ever notice how few npcs are nice and polite?)

[Mood]

(Ever notice how few npcs are nice and polite?)

Yes.

[Lizzie]

I'm always feeling rushed when I'm playing. But I hate it when the person I'm RPing with feels so UNrushed that it looks to me like he's:
1) typing slowly
2) trying to come up with exactly the right wording
3) adding a couple of thinks while coming up with the response to the PC who's actually standing there waiting for a response
4) typing those thinks slowly
5) trying to come up with exactly the right wording for those thinks
6) having a Way conversation with someone else at the same time
7) typing that way conversation slowly
trying to come up with exactly the right wording to his Way conversation.

All while I'm trying to find out...Do you know this dead guy lying on the floor in front of your barstool? Yes, or no?

So as a player I get frustrated because all I, as a player, need, is a grunt and a nod, or a grunt and a shake of his head, so I can move on with the scene and maybe go hunting or drag the corpse or call for a templar or whatever. Instead I just stand there, waiting for a response, because the guy is obviously not linkdead, just REALLY REALLY SLOW. And then it's dark, and the gate's closed and I'm stuck, when if he had just answered the question with a simple yes or no, I could have been halfway to my destination already.

[brytta.leofa]

I'm always feeling rushed when I'm playing. But I hate it when the person I'm RPing with feels so UNrushed that it looks to me like he's:

Yesssss.  Though I'm occasionally guilty of this myself.

Some days, yer writerly inspiration ain't firing on all four cylinders.  On those days, it's absolutely perfectly fine to use "say" with no parentheses.

[Gimfalisette]

(Ever notice how few npcs are nice and polite?)

Sure, but not that many PCs are nice and polite either. NPCs and PCs in Tuluk are nicer and politer, though

I get pretty annoyed when people scene rush me. But I'm quite a quick responder, so it doesn't happen that much. And if it does, I just tell them to STFU in some kind of way that's appropriate for my character. I get tempted to scene rush when I'm faced with someone who's a slow responder, but I just don't allow myself to do it.

People who are super-slow do peeve me. If it's IC for my character to yell at them about being slow, I'll do that, and sometimes that helps.

People who play off peak, but go about their own business like I'm not around. When I'm the only other person around... RP With me please, it's so lonely during off peak.

Also, the above breaks my heart a little. Someone please RP with this guy?

[RogueGunslinger]

People who play off peak, but go about their own business like I'm not around. When I'm the only other person around... RP With me please, it's so lonely during off peak.

Also, the above breaks my heart a little. Someone please RP with this guy?
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You know that little starving kid you see on TV with the concave chest, tiny hands, and flys buzzing in their eyes? Yeah that's me.

[My 2 sids]

Characters that don't evolve.  Because, multiple dimensions built-up consistently and fostered into a rich personality...now -that- is a truly beautiful thing.

BIG TIME!!!


Also, characters who don't seem to realize how lucky they are to find work in the houses/ templarate/ even the Byn.

[Ghost]

I just noticed I do some of these stuff listed here

hahaha

[Agent_137]

a solution to scene rushing is the slow typers need to start using ellipses so us scene rushers know to wait.

[Gimfalisette]

a solution to scene rushing is the slow typers need to start using ellipses so us scene rushers know to wait.

How can they use ellipses if they haven't been allowed the time to say/emote anything at all yet?

Also, you're not really a scene rusher. You always seem fine to me.

Also, your sig is still broken, n00b

[staggerlee]

I've been known to scene rush.
I agree, spamming think/feel are the solution

[manonfire]

a solution to scene rushing is the slow typers need to start using ellipses so us scene rushers know to wait.

How can they use ellipses if they haven't been allowed the time to say/emote anything at all yet?

Also, you're not really a scene rusher. You always seem fine to me.

Also, your sig is still broken, n00b

Bullshit, Agent is rapidfire. I have to OOC him occasionally and tell him to slow the fuck down.

He's like that on the phone, too. GOOD LORD ROB, LET ME GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE.

[Maybe42or54]

Another peeve of mine?

When someone makes a very simple spelling error, like Taht, or mroe. Then they OOC "Oopsies, I meant more/that." And they do it a lot. It isn't a real serious peeve, but it irks me. I make a lot of mistakes, but two wrongs don't make a right.

[ale six]

It'd been said a bunch of times, but:

CAPITALISE, PUNCTUATE, and SPELL WORDS CORRECTLY.

plz plz plz k thx