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[Anslol]

Real talk:I know a lot of people hate me. And you all wonder why I'm paranoid, thinking I don't know. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, I'm serious. Sad, ain't it?

I know it's my fault, no one else's really. Let this forever stand as a testament and warning to new coming RP'ers; DO NOT BE ME.

[BloodBird]

1.  These sorts of threads always focus on what the community did to supposedly 'force' people out, instead of the more obvious and relevant "what did the person do to attract such attention and treatment?" Tons of random people don't collude in secret to shit on an RPer spontaneously; the RPer repeatedly brings the derp all on their own and people tend to react in the same annoyed fashion.

This.

Pretty much. Tolerance goes only so far, and if we are to have new RP'ers merged into our 'norm' or whatever it would work that they are not made of poison.

[BloodBird]

Then if it's so similar to RL, what's the point of RPing at all when in a supposedly futuristic and alien culture, everything is basically the same as RL in terms of social items?

The imaginary sandbox we all interact in is huge, with amazing possibilities and a million different choices to make for character backgrounds, personalities, and everything else.
Within the sort of generally agreed framework and backgrounds set up by years of PF.

"I'm the orphan son of a family of prospectors killed in a Gurista raid 20 years ago and I've dedicated my new capsuleer life to wiping them out"

Super! Have fun, here's your cake.


"I'm the illegitimate son of Jamyl and Tibus Heth, who is also psychic, and I'm immune from dying, ever, and I've also made a special clone that no one else can that's 35 feet tall with howitzers for arms, and I own 6 planets (that you don't know about), and I've been to Earth, like 6 times.  Also I'm -crazy- and you can watch me derp out in the summit every night!"

"No thanks, go make a private channel and do you thing there, no one will want to interact with that, because it shits in our mutually created RP pool."

It's a bit depressing how fast thsi tread moves on because by now every time I want to respond to anything I just read a little further down and it's been handled, all I got left is "this.".

^This.

[Sakura Nihil]

Wow, 8 pages in 8 hours.  Almost worthy of the old Chatsubo.

[kalaratiri]

Wow, 8 pages in 8 hours.  Almost worthy of the old Chatsubo.

Nothing like a healthy discussion

[Creep]

I have seen animal body-mods, revealing clothing and advertised promiscuity, and attention seeking characters who do silly things.

Oh, goodness gracious! Revealing clothing? Advertised promiscuity? Whatever will they think of next? Narcotics? Staying out past curfew?!

Main Post.
[Excellent points being made]

Seriously, yes. How you respond to standoffish/hostile reactions to RP is critical. If you let it all roll off your back, and find people who are chill with your RP, or else tone down certain aspects of it to accommodate the hostile RPers when they are around (and that's important, because a lot of people don't actually care one way or the other), you are going to have a pretty good time of it, and so is everyone else.

[Ava Starfire]

Guys, I am pretty sure there's a middle ground.

I am NOT for roasting new RPers, or even established ones, because they go OTT once or twice. It happens. Once in a while, something "OTT" can be a simple way to break the normal routine, a character built around an unusual or unorthodox hook adds a new element of depth and breadth.

Awesome.

People with established patterns of What the Fuck (you ALL know the kind of people I mean) and who have repeatedly done things solely to offend, shock, force, dramabomb, whatever the usual channels, over a length of months and/or years, are to be hit with shovels.

Off the (( supposed)) main topic here, but I have no idea why fingers began to be pointed at CG, but I think she's ok, mas o menos. A bit unorthodox, and blowing the same club up 3 times is kinda much, but, I saw no need for ostracism or bannings for anything, and still dont.

Everyone dogpiling on one person is shitty. Dont.

[Lasairiona]

I kinda caught up...

I don't think anyone is against me....maybe I'm naive, lol!

On another note, I'm glad I made an interesting thread!

[Seriphyn]

Guys, I am pretty sure there's a middle ground.

Yes. Absolutely flabbergasted by the remarks of "Oh, it's not us, it's them". Fine, it could be, but is there not just some capacity for even a little self-critique?

[Svetlana Scarlet]

Yes. Absolutely flabbergasted by the remarks of "Oh, it's not us, it's them". Fine, it could be, but is there not just some capacity for even a little self-critique?

Here's a hint. If 90% of the community is reacting negatively, chances are you're doing something wrong. There's nothing wrong with encouraging self-critique, but rarely are all of the people so very wrong.

[Ghost Hunter]

[mod]We are seeing some borderline commentary leading to possible derailment/flamebaiting. Calm it down somewhat before we put the brakes on the whole thread.[/mod]

[Lasairiona]

We are seeing some borderline commentary leading to possible derailment/flamebaiting. Calm it down somewhat before we put the brakes on the whole thread.

Yes, please. Be good peoples. I like my thread intact.

[Seriphyn]

Yes. Absolutely flabbergasted by the remarks of "Oh, it's not us, it's them". Fine, it could be, but is there not just some capacity for even a little self-critique?

Here's a hint. If 90% of the community is reacting negatively, chances are you're doing something wrong. There's nothing wrong with encouraging self-critique, but rarely are all of the people so very wrong.

I wasn't aware truth is absolute just because the majority say it is.

Again, this is just another example of Internet Polarization. It's either one extreme end of the spectrum or the other. What if the 90% of the community reacting negatively is an overreaction?

This is just adult pretend after all, it's not like any of this even matters.

[Svetlana Scarlet]

I wasn't aware truth is absolute just because the majority say it is.

Again, this is just another example of Internet Polarization. It's either one extreme end of the spectrum or the other. What if the 90% of the community reacting negatively is an overreaction?

This is just adult pretend after all, it's not like any of this even matters.

I didn't say it was truth, I said "you're probably doing something wrong." Self-reflection works both ways.

[Arthas Romanov]

Help Help Im being repressed!


As someone whose character is....off, and rides the drama llama, i still feel welcome in the community. Granted, my charater does not, but thats due to my choices.