@Kestrel: My complaint was solely about the people ehom either don't or attempt to minimally format a character to a setting. Actually putting a character through a valid redesign isn't bad at all. Having character concepts and archetypes to choose and design from is fine. The complaint here was the people with massive lists of premade characters that simply look for insertion. That complaint here isn't applicable all the time, but I can name a few places where it is. X-Men AU, Naruro AU, varying Fantasy levels and anything dystopian. Those settings are often alternate or specifically designed to highlight a central theme or difference. Coming in with a stock character that has no relation to that and wasn't formatted to the world often causes conflict and less than optimal interaction. Reusing a character an recycling character concepts are entirely different things. There are roleplayers that love their characters and are staunchly attached. That doesn't justify them trying to use them in every roleplay they see the slightest chance for them to be maybe relevant for a second. 

Rebooting an RP in and of itself is an entirely different endeavor that is hardly comparable. A roleplay is the platform of interaction. You don't compare it to using an NES controller to try and play Soul Calibur 4.

[quote=Brovo][b]New Gripe?[/b][/quote]

I feel that way from movies where enough people just don't plain die in a situation that calls for it.