[quote=@Buddha][@tsukune] You can [i]generally[/i] be a happy person. I wouldn't say they're good descriptions but they're descriptions none the less.[/quote]

[b]A happy person =/= a happy-go-lucky person.[/b] The former is an emotion that makes the person feel that way which is specific to a particular situation, while the latter is a quality in the person's personality/belief that drives them to be happy about the things around them or situations they are in. (I think you're trying to mean an optimistic/positive person who is generally happy about things.)

Words like "happy, sad, angry", etc. are descriptive terms (and they are some of the most basic, generic ones), but they are [i]useless[/i] to describe a character's personality. Personality is not how the character feels towards certain things, but [i]distinctive characteristics and qualities[/i] that define who they are, which includes their personal beliefs and values that drive them forward in their life, and also affect how they view the world and people around them.

[quote=@Mercurial]<Snipped quote by tsukune>

Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't. It was like they were explicitly trying to fit into every bad player stereotype. They also wanted to do a "revealed in RP" history.[/quote]

I can understand if they choose to reveal more details about the character's backstory in the IC rather than vomiting out chunks of purple prose in the CS, but at least have a paragraph or two to give the general idea of the character's origin; i.e. where they were born, the kind of family and place they grew up in, and some major key events that happened in their life which shaped them into the character they have become before the beginning of the IC timeline, etc. Those are important to help the other players to understand your character's personality better, such as why your character would react in certain ways towards certain things because of past experiences or trauma, yeah.

Regarding stereotypes, there's nothing wrong with stereotypes. Just like with cliches and tropes, stereotypes are there because each and every single person have their own opinions towards certain things and people, and it's natural for us to judge others as this is greatly affected by personal beliefs and values - vice versa, we would start to act in certain ways to try and conform to some social rules in order to fit in, whether intentional or not. However, people should understand that stereotypes is only a small part of a person's personality, and does not completely define who they are. A person's personality is more complicated than shoving them into a stereotype category and thinking that it can explain all about your character. That's just lazy and pure bullshit.

Anyway... sounds like this player you're talking about is a troll. XD