[quote=@AirBender]
Another thing that comes off of that is people who get pissy when I refuse their character for not fitting the setting, or ignore the suggestions I make to keep things in the setting. If they want a katana in a Chinese roleplay, I'll suggest to them a Chinese sword that's similar to the katana.[/quote]

Katanas are the most over rated sword in history. They're a thin blade used for slicing skin and fabric style armour. They cannot cut through bone or steel unless it's of a really high quality, but even then something like a Claymore would do just as much damage, if not more.

Katanas are only popular because of anime, and even then it's because they have a symbolic meaning. I bet 80% of the posters here won't even understand the honour of owning a katana and just view it as a weapon like a gun, ie: believing the weapon makes you powerful, not the skill and years of training.