Since I pretty much solely do NRPs when it comes to forum-based RP I can only give my perspective on NRPs on the Guild. Also note that most of my annoyances can be brought down to the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c]'your opinion, man'[/url] tier when it comes to irks.

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[*] When it comes to NRPs, Space is literally the most overdone and overrated things on the entire board. Everyone and their dog now has some 'sooper kewl' Space confederation that they wrote around 25k words for when it's just literally a race ripped from the Star Trek Wiki. Plus I never have been a fan of Sci-Fi regardless since I feel it's a incredibly uncreative and simply boring backdrop for a story/RP/whatever.
[*] In the rare, once in a blue moon opportunity the NRP section actually gets a RP taking place on the planet Earth at some point in human history, it's never an era that someone can very easily invest themselves in. For instance, in my opinion it's incredibly easy to immerse one's self in a Victorian or Industrial era Historical N/RP since we have actual photos of the time, extensively available information on how life worked and how society functioned. Yet we never see those RPs in the NRP section. Instead some random guy who made an account yesterday posts in the Interest Checks for a Historical NRP taking place in the paleolithic era where your entire society is around 20 naked Paleoindians who speak in a language only known as 'guttural shouting'.
[*] This works for all RPs but any GM that has the utter nerve to say 'WRITING IN THIS STYLE ISN'T ALLOWED BECAUSE WORLD BUILDING.' Not only is that the most fascistic thing a person can say but it's also utterly nonsensical. If I'm interested in your RP I'll write my characters/nation/whatever however I damn well please. If I want to write like it's a high-school text book I will. If I want to write like [s]John Green[/s] a mediocre teenie-bop author I will. Just because the GM has some specific idea on what 'world/character building' means doesn't mean everyone else has the same opinion or idea. If you want to dictate your RP to the point where using a certain style is banned then maybe you should re-think your RP.
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