[quote=Brovo]A lot of evil characters are actually written poorly.[/quote]

I see that far too frequently. In my opinion, a villain should be the best-written character in any story. If human nature is to somehow abide by whatever rules or concepts the society within a roleplay develops, then a good villain should be given a plot or story of their own that explains why their nature is so different that their moral compass is off to the degree of what other characters consider 'evil.' Furthermore, I don't often even like characters that are meant to be villains. I'm a huge fan of just having a shit-storm of different cultures and factions with opposing views and traditions where the idea of protagonist and antagonist only exist in the perspectives of the character involved. Some ofmy favorite plots are like these little snapshots of a huge world, and there's no need for their to be a 'grand scheme' that involves world domination or some huge antagonist that makes the entire world shit its pants.

[quote=Brovo]Because, really, no, it's not cool to join a story for the sole purpose of wanting to murder your fellow players...[/quote]

Intentionally omitting the last half of this quote, I find this line sad. Mass Murder Makes Me Happy...