NuttsnBolts

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

@Pair of Hearts People are cray cray.

Edit: Nah, I'm happy their out of my life anyways. Been so much better without them.

Mahz's Dev Journal

<Snipped quote> That's a fairly eloquent way of saying what I've being trying to convey.

Let all the "nonbinary" genders be whatever they are, let me be oddly pedantic and mark my gender as "woman" rather than my sex, since those are different things and putting my sex where it says "gender" doesn't really make sense to me (I'm also a programmer, but that isn't my gender, either).

@Shienvien

Agreed, and this may debunk my last post but you bring up a good point. Are we discussing gender or sexual orientation? I think the two are getting lost in translation.

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

@NuttsnBolts
It's been a few years since the incident, but the lady doesn't clean up her act so I don't like her (at all). I mean, she takes my mom out for tea and spends half the time talking about video games and her online boyfriend. She's married and uses the allowance from her wealthy spouse to pay for online consorts - lovely, right?

She's lucky my mom doesn't enjoy gossiping about anyone.

@Pair of Hearts

Sounds like a few scress loose if you ask me...

Knew a married couple like that, really back stabbed me one time when they accused me of wanting her miscarriage to come true, which it did, and I never said anything like that to her nor anyone else. The fact she was smoking and drinking during the pregnancy while being excessively overweight may have contributed, but I would never wish for someone to go through giving birth to a still born.

And yet they hated me for something I never said and that was the end of a 10 year friendship. :|

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

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Hahaha— I’m sorry, but you couldn’t be any more wrong on this one.

If your only comprehensive understanding of Sonic the Hedgehog is from the games, then you don’t really any perspective that’s worth much. Not only is Sonic the Hedgehog what got me into role-playing in the first place, but even removing whatever bias I have this statement is not true in the slightest. With over five animated series, a two-episode OVA, two successful comic book franchises, and yes the games that have consistently developed over the course of over twenty years there is a lot to Sonic the Hedgehog as a form and most certainly enough to warrant a fandom by even your standards. Even when I got into RPing at Sonic HQ and Team Artail in 2001 there was enough. The various universes and interpretations of Sonic the Hedgehog have enough lore to validate its fandom. I’ve read both comics since 1995, and believe me when I tell you that you have no idea how massive it actually is.

@Gowi

I believe that everything that, while you understand, may be true, it doesn't mean that everyone might have the same understanding and vision that you may have. For me I only really knew sonic from a game play perspective of him running, collecting rings and defeating robotnic. I know little about some of the other media formats and may have a comic book or two laying around somewhere back at home, but other than that my view is somewhat limited.

A great comparison is my remote control car racing. I tell people I race RC cars and they instantly ask petrol. Firstly the correct term is nitro, and no I race electric. Electric can be faster, cheaper and the technology we developed helped with new hobbies such as flying drones (brushless motors and radio equipment), yet people that look at drone racing won't make the comparison link back to RC cars.

I could go on for hours about how an RC car is designed, how we usebound and rebound in oil filled shocks wwith different spring tensions, how ride height can make the greatest of difference, and roll centers will affect how much a car bites into a corner. I know I'm one of the better differential gear builders in my club and while everyone is using 1500cst oil in a rough diff, I run a thicker oil in a smoother operational diff. The result is the same resistance through the oil, but a smoother adjustment in power.

And now we all know a little more about RC cars. Through education and exposure we've increased our knowledge. The same can be made for limited lore fan fiction. Someone may look at YuGiOh as a card game, while others as an anime. Each will have different ideas on expectations and unfortunately there will be sometimes, like myself, when I vew sonic and mlp as a blue hedgehog that collect rings and a pink unicorn that is used for memes and cosplays.

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Sorry to steal your limelights, folks, but I've got bitchin' to do.

My mom refuses to reduce contact with a negatively influential friend of hers.

I do not admire that lady at all. Once, her kid was spewing shit in school to make my mom sound like a child abuser on me, and how her mom (the lady) and herself were the reason my mom didn't beat me to death. Inevitably, people regarded them as saint and angel.

I grew up in a traditional Asian family where corporeal punishment is the norm, and I always knew I reaped what I sowed (was a rebellious teen).

I almost lost my mom because of her lies and exaggeration! When I confronted the kid? She cried and denied all allegations. Then her mom - the lady! - looked me in the eye and said, "Even if my daughter did say such things, what are you going to do about it? You wanna fight her? Beat me instead!!"

Unbelievable! Right in front of my mom, too! Who keeps in contact with friends like these?! My mom! My stupid, forgiving, soft-hearted mom!

Goddamn.

@Pair of Hearts

Sorry to hear about that. Sadly there are some students out there that will lie about things at a school just for fun and spite. I will say more fool the others for believing the child because things will eventually unwind and everyone will know the truth that the child is a liar.

You could take them to court over defamation of character or something, but then again I'm not sure what your laws are like in your country. :\

Hope all goes well.

Mahz's Dev Journal

I honestly think discussing possible options to have listed is a fruitless exercise considering there could be 71 different gender options that we would have to list if we we're to go down this road of selection.

Easiest option would be "custom" and we either list every option or we allow custom input like "attack helicopter".

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

Why do fandoms always form around shallow shit? Like, back in the day the big fandom was trekkies, and that made sense because Star Trek has enough depth to occupy a superfan. But Sonic? MLP? Those things have nothing to them. Its no wonder they are stereotyped for weird fanart and porn - there isn't really anything else you can do with them.

@Vilageidiotx

I can 100% agree with this. There are so many good series that would work as a Fandom based on the history and lore that it has generated over it's time, and yet people choose the cheap way out.

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

A good sheet tells as much information as it has to. I've written short, long, everywhere between. I'm more proud of my longer ones due to them being far more in-depth.

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I think personality is more important than backstory in CS's.

@Gowi

I suppose it depends on the character and the RP. (Still proud of my Tahlia CS )

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

@Pair of Hearts
With most of my characters I usually have an element that's hidden away from the character sheet; something from their past or a future event. If you look at my writing I'll start to incorporate these aspects and slowly expose them, leaving others to make the call if they want more.

Most of the time I think it's the GMs that govern this when they present any character sheets themselves. They go into details and history for their characters and ask for players to do the same in their bio sections. Half the time what is written is never used in the roleplay itself.

Worse part is I now naturally write about a character's life events in a character sheet because I've been trained to do so.

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

I see a character sheet as a guide on how you intend to write a character, but too many people consider it an absolute, I feel. It's not just charisma either; it goes for traits like smart, observant... Which also can easily lead into metagaming, now that I think of it.

@Undine

Hence why I hate personality sections in a CS. I got told for being too vague once. Why does it matter? You'll see it in IC.

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

@Undine
Haven't experienced much godmodding personally, but I've seen a bit of metagaming when people use info their characters would never have come up with. So I'm sorry to hear people have been making it rough for you. I hope you've told them off cause that's not really on.

It all comes down to the writing too.
"The two walked through the door," compared to, "he walked through the door with her behind him"
Both characters are doing the same action, but it's left open in the second verse. She has the option NOT to walk through that door. So like I said earlier, I'd be pointing out where you got God modded and be firm with how it's wrong. Tell them to fix it.

As for character traits, that's just plain stupid. A person's trait is not like a magic spell. Being a person of lust doesn't mean everyone will want to bang you, being angry doesn't mean you walk around yelling at everyone and throwing things like the Hulk, so why would Charisma hypnotise others into believing you're the most admirable bring in existence.