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Post by FC4 on Oct 13, 2008 20:20:19 GMT
Definitely. Depending on my mood and mindset, rping becomes either a preoccupying activity, or a chore. More often than not I am going through a creative slum when it is a chore for me, but oft times I'm simply too bored or tired to come up with something. And it seems that, often, the most activity, the most fun, occurs when I am off doing something else. *eye twitches* I go off to have a life, and you all come on to have fun. At one point, though, I will admit... RPing became like breathing for me, an obsession. I'd even stopped playing video games and did nothing but rping. Now I look back on it it's... sorta scary. It got sucked in. But that also seemed to be my most creative time period in my rping career, and a vast majority of my characters stem from this period. Now it becomes an exercise in hard contemplation to create a single character, or to manage a post in an rp. A large amount of my greatest rping moments come from this 'crack-obsession' period as well. But I had nearly NO life because of it, honestly. Only when it began to die down at the start of this year, did I begin to form a real LIFE, make friends, etc. And then I had to leave for college Right now I'm trying to balance school, life, and rping with a different approach than I had before. Rping.... kinda taking a hit because of it. :\
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Post by Vrek on Oct 13, 2008 23:14:13 GMT
I dunno about that one. In time between my RPing and breaks from such, I found I always came back when I was stressed, and it gave a creative release.
Though, with my one or two post a day habits, I find it doesn't really cut into my time as much as others, and only rarely do I take too big a bite outta the a thread sandwich (for lack of a metaphor that makes sense) so I don't often get too bogged down (Bogged? The hell kinda word is that?) with stuff around here.
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Post by Vicorva on Oct 14, 2008 8:42:51 GMT
LOL. You are so used to critiquing other people's work, you even critique your own posts- as you write them.
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Post by Chaos 303030 on Oct 16, 2008 15:05:01 GMT
Now THAT is funny. I had next to no Real Life even when I started to RP, so it really hasn't effected me all that much, except for the loss of my one friend in-state.
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Post by scow2 on Oct 16, 2008 16:48:57 GMT
A gripe I have: Key people holding up the works because they are one of two people who haven't posted and need to to move the plot forward on the BGSF, where a thread dies if it is inactive for more than a week, or just to keep everyone present. Quite a few people haven't been active in the Rewriting History and holding up the works simply because we would be leaving half the party behind if only the active players stuck around.
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Post by Vicorva on Oct 16, 2008 22:42:50 GMT
A lotta new players, though, and I think Aulakauss intends to join soon as well. Sadly, rather than our group expanding, we are slowly replacing all the key players. It is extremely annoying, and I don't like it, but I am often guilty of it myself so I try not to judge.
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Post by Aulakauss on Oct 17, 2008 7:47:35 GMT
*drops in to say hi* I once looked back on my first Rping with Karst and seeing her fall all over Uglius's char like that for no reason made me growl and smack myself. Now, it may be just because of my lone-wolf lifestyle and not having a girlfriend to love on me and am trying to make up for the deficit through my characters, but.. I digress. Anyway, most of my creations have or have had love at some point in their lives, though I try to make it realistic. Many of my characters' lovestories end in some form of heartbreak I've noticed, namely Lady Karst (for godsakes, she's had four boyfriends and half of them died on her), though Zant and S'Kragki come in close seconds. I actually think S'Kragki's tale is more tragic than Karst's, but he lacks the getting screwed over repeatedly that Karst has experienced. Now, I may just be bitter, but I've found that more often than not, fairytale love affairs are mostly just that: fairytales. I try not to have my creations fall in love randomly, try to give just motivation for their love affairs in their backstories and (at least would like to) think that I've gotten better at this. As such, I must apologize for my Zeterras' behaviors in End of an Era; I was a noob and I'm very sorry (or in Zant's case, half drunk. ) As for taking hits, I make a point to usually end my characters' rampages with them getting their asses kicked. Again, Karst's a good example, but then again, she's a good example of anything bad I've ever done to a character. ;D I've almost killed her in a couple of RPs, but despite how I torture her, I can't bring myself to end her life.. Oh, and ubering without comedy pisses me off. Aula out~ EDIT: Hey, you mentioned me! *hugs* I feel loved.
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Post by Vicorva on Oct 17, 2008 14:09:44 GMT
Woot, you visited! *lots of love given to Aula*
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Post by scow2 on Oct 17, 2008 18:38:00 GMT
I have a tendency to uber, but always in a context that I try to make humorous, such as taking on the entire Imperial City legion while singing and dancing the "Safetly dance", or the upcoming force-feeding somebody in the Rewriting History trail a much-needed moonsugar-laced snicker-doodle (though I intend to get his ass kicked following such action).
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Post by Vicorva on Oct 17, 2008 20:43:33 GMT
It is usually too annoying to be humour. Once, is funny. Twice is alright. Three times and I start to get tetchy. After the Corprus fight, I am getting VERY tetchy about Dar'Shandi: much as I like his character, I do not like what's been posted. Forewarning (and many of my long-time fellow RPers here will testify to this) I have a bad temper when it comes to people who consistently uber, and I don't often stop to think. So I apologise in advance for any abuse I may throw your way, but try not to set me off.
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Post by Vicorva on Nov 2, 2008 11:24:49 GMT
...Oh yes.
I'm back. And gripe-ier than ever.
Today's complaint: characters created solely for the purpose of having sex with other characters.
Not only is this a stupid premise to make a character on, but it also never works and annoys the hell outta me. Go release your frustration somewhere else: some of us are actually interested in RPing.
For some, it's fairly loosely done, and I find it amusing. But for others... grrr...
Constant references to a character's manhood, constant references to how many women they've had, or constant references to how badly they want that man... no. Not interested.
'Charmers' go ditto. I can't stand charmers, and most of my characters can't either. 'Charmer' meaning someone who seems to know exactly what to say, are 'handsome' and are performing the traditional 'mating' ritual.
Gits. Absolute gits. It just annoys the whole RPing process for me to have a character who barely knows mine constantly trying to cop a feel. Grow up.
The female ones annoy me even more. They are almost ALWAYS RPed by guys (in fact, I would even say actually always), the pretty faces, the damsel's in distress, or the 'dominatrix I-can-look-after-myself types. It annoys me so much- especially considering offending female characters are often RPed by folks considered to be pretty good.
Well look. You can be a good RPer, and still RP women fairly crap if your character is just your fantasy waiting to be romanced by another character.
Same goes for Lesbian characters and bi-sexual females (never seen a male one, go figure). Why do you do it? Because you find it oh-so-intriguing. Stop it, unless you actually intend to do it tastefully, instead of stereo-typing them sex-crazed, foul-mouthed, scantily-clad morons.
Bah. I am extremely grumpy over this, and I'd better stop before I have to ban myself for naming names and being rude, but this has always been my number-one pet-peeve, and it so often goes hand in hand with my joint number-two pet-peeves- character control and ubering. (Can't have a dominatrix who can't beat up Dagon on her own, right?)
Grrr.... *grumpy*
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Post by scow2 on Nov 2, 2008 16:22:19 GMT
If Illusionary will not name names, I shall, for at least the "Overly sex-driven males." Starting with a list of such offenders.
1. Scow2
too lazy to add anymore.
Hmm.... is that MY name? *checks username* Oh snap! Ah well, at least Dar'shandi is fun to smack around. He is mostly just supposed to be a harmless goofball completely full of himself, with a great degree of martial prowess. (He is not a sneakythief. He is a grab-the-loot-and-call-the-guards-to-have-some-fun rogue.)
I had created an idea for a closet-lesbian character for an RP, mostly to stop her from chasing after males (too ashamed to admit her feelings about other females) However, the RP I had created her for got shot down in the planning process.
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Post by Fanchon on Nov 2, 2008 16:29:06 GMT
EEEP! That's one long, angry, but completely valid rant. Especially the sex-crazed lesbians played by guys, those always irk me to no end. Apparently these people have never known a lesbian in life, and are basing them on what they learned from porno flicks or other illicit media. Sometimes it's funny and/or appropriate to the character/situation, but most of the time it's just stupid and juvenile, and completely out of context or pretext. You can have characters that are 'open with their sexuality' without having them be whores too. Unfortunately, a lot of folks can't seem to understand that. Edit: Oh, you know what else I dislike? Waiting an inordinately long time for the TC to make a new thread when the old one is done
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Post by Vrek on Nov 2, 2008 16:30:43 GMT
Ah, yes. Very big offense, this one. Awkward situation to call someone out on, though. Still, it's funny how little you see newbies do this offense though, as compared to some of our best. Except for me, of course, because I'm so awesome to have never done a sex crazed character even once.
In fact, I've even done a gay character before, and I'm doing it again right now. It's been mostly or totally unmentioned in both, but I look forward to seeing how well it can off balance the romance orientated Longest Journey.
But, I have to say, it's a bit fun calling someone out on this offense, or even others. Like calling out how twenty different people were searching for traps in the same tunnel, trying to outdo each other in Lycans 'The Cave'. Gave me a chuckle how most of them started trying to defend themselves.
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Post by DarkNova50 on Nov 2, 2008 17:24:28 GMT
Amen to that, Illusionary. I know I'm a male, but I personally find it offensive when I see people (especially other males) roleplaying promiscuous, sex hungry female characters. Their male counterparts are pretty damn annoying as well, though admittedly I don't think I've encountered as many of them.
I think Fanchon already summed it up nicely; having a character with a romantic side to their personality adds depth to the character, and I find it makes them more interesting. That doesn't mean you have to roleplay a giant, walking hormone clad in a loincloth, however.
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