Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

[Tulpa]

[Fillet]

@Royzooka Oh I get ya (Soz, tired with slight headache again). People that say they're interested so you go to the effort of starting things up and setting up a new RP, only to find no one follows through. Heh... Yeah, that's part of the reason why I'm not interested in GMing anymore as I put in a fair bit of effort to start up some RPs and all of them never really took off. :\

@NuttsnBolts

I've always found the opposite. Every game I've ever joined, the GM - even with co-GMs - disappears soon after start-up.

[Royzooka]

This one is not a bitch but more of a why. I have noticed when I put casual as the writing level I seem to find more people who suit free then anyone in the mid-casual to high-casual range. I wonder why that is? Do people just ignore it or something. I do find a few who put casual but end up being free as well, I have nothing against free. It is just there is no real detail in one liners or 2 sentences, I try to put some form of detail when I write but I do time to time forget but my post size makes up for it.

[Unfortunately]

This one is not a bitch but more of a why. I have noticed when I put casual as the writing level I seem to find more people who suit free then anyone in the mid-casual to high-casual range. I wonder why that is? Do people just ignore it or something. I do find a few who put casual but end up being free as well, I have nothing against free. It is just there is no real detail in one liners or 2 sentences, I try to put some form of detail when I write but I do time to time forget but my post size makes up for it.

@Royzooka

I find more people suited in Advanced at Casual than people suited in Free, though.

Hell, it doesn't even surprise me when a Charles Dickens novel stretches an entire page and makes the scrollbar as thin as human hair on such an RP.

[NuttsnBolts]

This one is not a bitch but more of a why. I have noticed when I put casual as the writing level I seem to find more people who suit free then anyone in the mid-casual to high-casual range. I wonder why that is? Do people just ignore it or something. I do find a few who put casual but end up being free as well, I have nothing against free. It is just there is no real detail in one liners or 2 sentences, I try to put some form of detail when I write but I do time to time forget but my post size makes up for it.

@Royzooka

So what's the definition of Casual?

I had a similar problem to you and I argued why it was in the casual section as the post we're moving way too fast. The response is that they were very casual about their efforts in the role play.

So really what they we're saying was that they we're happy with people doing their thing and writing up long posts on an few hourly basis, something I found impossible to keep up. Comparing casual to free and advanced seems to be more on the levels of detail rather than writing length.

Example
Free: I open the door and entered the room.
Casual: I turned the handle, opened the door and entered the dark room.
Advanced: I held the brass door handle within my grasps and turned it as gently as possible. The wooden door creaked as it opened and exposed a new world, a room darkened by the absesce of light. As I entered I could feel my body entering into the shadows before me.

I think the best way to overcome your exact problem is to list or ask the GM what the minimum posting length (300 words is roughly to this point in this post, and that seems like a decent minimum) and rough timeframe (1 a day/3 days/etc). Sadly people don't always want to move up to advanced when they are probably perfectly suited for it, but I do believe it's because it's an all open class with little publicity.

I have a similar problem with my RC car racing where 'Stock 13.5' is a middle speed class and is one of the most popular because people want to go faster than the standard 'Sports 21.5' class but don't like the idea of an open, choose the most insane motor you can find, high speed class; its why most people play games on medium; why they choose 10hr campaigns as opposed to grand 100hr adventures; it's why people people stick to certain gradings in sport. The skill level, becomes Higher and the amount of effort becomes more time consuming, so people will stick to a happy medium.

[January]

Frequent and unnecessary use of capitalization/apostrophes irks me as does frequent and unnecessary tense shifts.

Have mercy on my reading comprehension, dear writers. It doesn't want to work that hard.

[Rin]

@JanuaryAh, You Mean Like When People Capitalize Every Word Despite It Looking Stupid, Obnoxious And dear lord I can't keep doing that. Seriously, why do people think that's a good thing to do?

[NuttsnBolts]

@Rin@January my phone auto caps some words when I'm typing. :P

But in IC post when on a PC, that's a bit different for me. xD

[January]

@Rin

No, please. My heart is weak and isn't meant to put up with that terror. I'm having vivid PTSD flashbacks to a sentence I ran into before (quote is not exact--I only picked up the worst details).

"She think's about the Situation and sat down, Sad. The blame was Her's and is her's alone so Noone understood it."

I think I'm dramatically going into cardiac arrest.

@NuttsnBolts

Frequent and unnecessary use of capitalization/apostrophes.

@January

Unless your phone is capitalizing every two or three words, I think you're fine.

[NuttsnBolts]

Isn't proper English rules that capitals are for proper people, places or things?

That example now means that we have a person called Situation, Sad, Her's and Noone. So please tell me! Who are these people? I wanna know who these characters are and how they ended up with their names!

[Weird Tales]

This isn't Guild related or me bitching, but I just finished an episode of The Animals of Farthing Wood where a character just passed away and it has me crying. The show already had many deaths, but this one was the saddest so far. Man it sucks to have to go to work when a show has recently made you so sad and emotional.

[Billsomething]

I fucking hate when people ignore me when i RP it just really fucking annoys me when i can see that people are online and here is the thing i always use the mention function which as you know you get a notification when one does this so what fucking excuse is there for you to ignore me

[Unfortunately]

@JanuaryAh, You Mean Like When People Capitalize Every Word Despite It Looking Stupid, Obnoxious And dear lord I can't keep doing that. Seriously, why do people think that's a good thing to do?

@Rin

This isn't Guild related or me bitching, but I just finished an episode of The Animals of Farthing Wood where a character just passed away and it has me crying. The show already had many deaths, but this one was the saddest so far. Man it sucks to have to go to work when a show has recently made you so sad and emotional.

@Weird Tales

GoT Bambi?

[January]

Definitely been mentioned before, but annoying enough to reiterate.

That moment when 1x1 partners promise to post within x amount of time, grossly exceed that time by double-digit amount of days, then bump their 1x1 interest check thread within the last 48 hours as if to rub salt in the wound.

For the record, that does hurt.

[Genkai]

I hate when people claim they're busy and drop out and then I see them starting new RPs. Clearly they're actually NOT as busy as they claimed...

If you're genuinely busy, that's fine but don't lie and say you are when you're just not interested anymore. I'm fine with waiting for posts but people who use being busy as an excuse to drop a RP without even hearing from their partner who would probably be flexible, is a dick move.

If you're not interested, try to fix the issue with your partner (change the plot, tweak the characters, skip ahead if needed, etc) but don't lie about it and then contradict yourself with other partners. I hate when people drop without fixing the issue. Being bored is natural but I also think it's natural to fix the problem before disappointing a partner.

Of course, personally if my partner is truly swamped or truly no longer interested, I stress they drop and communicate WHY. The point is, though, lying about dropping is just as bad as dropping without telling your partner. I just hate seeing people who are "busy," doing other stuff with new people. I'm busy but you can also tell my posts are slow. When I make interest checks I stress I am busy and that I'd be picky about any new RPs. Sometimes other people aren't as honest or upfront and it annoys me to no end.

[tsukune]

On the contrary, I get annoyed with RPers who make me feel that this is no longer a hobby, but a business job with tight deadline - basically making me feel like RPing is a mirror to the shitty RL I have to go through 24/7. I'm a very patient person because I usually ask the same from my partners, so it's a give-and-take - to me, RL takes priority over online leisure, whether we like it or not. I have no problems with people who need more time for themselves; if they lose the drive to continue and wish to drop out, just tell me and I'm not going to start a drama because of that (dropping out is solely for 1x1s - in group of course anyone would get grumpy).

So long as you communicate with me, I won't bite you at all. I'm a pretty laid-back person and I do respect your personal space as much as I'm fierce about protecting my own freedom.

I don't know about the rest but I'm here to take a break from RL, not to experience RL all over again - this time virtually. Putting unnecessary pressure on me would most likely cause me to lose all the initial interest I had for the RP, and eventually I'll have to drop it to preserve my sanity.

[Punished GN]

When people ask dumb questions that would already be answered if they glanced at the OP even for a second. Like when people ask if the RP's open... when you say so on the OP, in bold, green/red colors. The best is when you put "Always open" on the OP, and people still ask you question. But, I do get annoyed when someone asks about an RP's lore that already answered on the OP. Like, I fucking have it written down for a reason.

Another thing that annoys me is when I'm lax about post length, and pretty much just say "quality over quantity"... people still complain about not being able to reach the length of other posts - when almost all of them are collabs.

[Leysos]

I don't even know how to put it into words correctly, but I'll try. I love to write. It's one of the few things I feel that I have great potential in, and some of the experiences I've had RPing have been unbeatable. Shit hit the fan when my dad passed away in '12, though. I've never really been the same, even though I'm reluctant to admit it. I've developed a very defeatist attitude in the sense that whenever something bad happens, no matter how small, I always run away and blame it on the issue. "I could have done ___ if ___ didn't happen" or "___ would have been so good, but it just had to be rainy today." I don't know how to cope with external disturbances very well. A simple message taken the wrong way fazes me way more than it should.

Point is, I've never finished a RP since then. I was a firm "one post a day" believer, and I used to be able to handle it no problem. Plots would progress fairly smoothly, and I'd always get things done. Bringing that mentality into a world where I run away and never face problems head-on, always looking for an excuse that could somehow interrupt a "perfect experience" has caused me nothing but stress. Even when I do manage to post on time, it's always so painful and it's not enjoyable anymore- that's the whole point of roleplaying, to have fun.

I want to have fun roleplaying again, but one post a week or every two weeks feels too horribly slow for me, yet I feel like that's all I'm capable of now. It's even worse when I have to write papers or work on comprehensive problems for classes, and I have a job starting soon too. Even without roleplaying I feel like I'm at my limit, so I desire what I felt when I was having an amazing roleplay, but I can't function because I feel like I'm always at my limit, so I desire what I felt when I was having an amazing roleplay, but I can't function because I feel like I'm always at my limit, so I des... you get the point.

The root of this problem is much deeper than simple roleplaying troubles, but I feel like I've let a lot of people on this site down due to my incompetence, and that makes me feel worse than the inability to cope with unfortunate circumstances. It goes the other way too. I don't feel like I can call anybody out for doing something wrong because I see myself as even worse. Who cares if they're starting up another RP after saying they're busy with school. You once went two weeks without posting, you deserve it. I just want it to end, but I don't really know who to turn to, so I'm just going to put it all here to vent. At least putting it all into words helps somewhat.

[Weird Tales]

Not enough people on this site know about Monster Island Buddies

[Keyguyperson]

On the contrary, I get annoyed with RPers who make me feel that this is no longer a hobby, but a business job with tight deadline - basically making me feel like RPing is a mirror to the shitty RL I have to go through 24/7.

@tsukune

This. Just fucking this, my God, this does not do nice things to my mental state. Trying to write for a contest? "YOU HATE EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER KNOWN, GET TO WORK YOU ASSHOLE! STOP BEING SO SELFISH! YOUR STORY IS WORTHLESS AND SO ARE YOU!" It really wears me out.