RickyG85

Do You Have RP Pet Peeves?

This has serious “Bitching Thread V3.0” energy, but if we all act like adults maybe it won’t get locked.

For the time I’ve been roleplaying, many of my pet peeves have come and gone. I’ll often move past some only for others to spring up in their place. But the one thing that consistently bugs me is people who publicly complain. We all talk about our grievances from time to time, but I feel that is best done as privately as possible. If a player or GM has an issue with a post, it should be a matter addressed between those people in PM/DMs. If you just want to vent, one on one with a friend or group is fine for that. Matters involving an entire RP (which rarely happens) could be hashed out in the OOC, or preferably over an IM service like Discord. But I see little reason to vent one’s grievances to everyone.

The status bar is probably the most egregious example of this. You have people taking to the status bar to overshare family drama report every time their writing partner does something annoying. Why are you trying to put this in front of a stranger’s eyeballs? Are you trying to validate your position by fishing for a few likes? Do you hope that your writing partner will see you complain and change because you can’t talk to them directly? I have a hard time finding flattering reasons for people to vent in this way even if they have a good reason to do so.

Another problem with complaining, and especially chronic complaining, is that everyone has learned to read between the lines. Complaining about ghosting creates the perception that you are impatient and/or not worth playing with. Rushing to the status bar to mention icky writing practices makes you come off as a Mark Twain wannabe that can’t write to your own standards. Complaining about the size of a long post can oust you as someone who finds it painful to read. Your complaining might resonate with a few, but every time you do so you alienate a group of potential writing pals. It’s the same reason most people won’t join RPs where there are 20+ rules. Even if half of the rules seem reasonable, it starts to feel strict and controlling when taken too far.

If a status bar complainer saw this post, do you think they’d change their ways or just write me off as a jerk?

@BrokenPromise

As someone who's gone to the status bar more than once? This actually has me engaging in some needed reflection... -_-U

When is a RP Deader Than Disco?

Based on some of my own failures, I'd say some surefire death knells are:

When it becomes clear the energy/enthusiasm is gone(in general)

When it becomes clear the GM has checked out

Ghostbusters: Legacy

I am interested, either as the believer or the normie or something else.

@Theyra

Cool! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with ^_^

Ghostbusters: Legacy

Not only has the ghost problem come back, yet again, but it's ceased to respect state lines! Active, and even aggressive hauntings have begun popping up all over the U.S.! It's gotten so bad, the Ghostbusters have been given federal jurisdiction and tasked with training new Ghostbusters(and convinced to share their proprietary hardware)!

Not everyone is on board with elevating these "kooky conmen" to the status of civil servants, but when trouble comes floating right through their wall, nobody's wondering just who to call!

I would be running the setting in Western Washington, because I like putting stories here around the place where I live. I'd be helpfully providing a list of roles within the group, and here's an example list based on the originals:

The Brain (like Egon Spengler)
The Personality (Peter Venkman)
The Believer (Ray Stantz)
The Normie (Winston Zedmoore)

I know I spelled at least one of those names wrong, this is just the interest post and I'll look it up when I make an OOC(aka I've learned not to waste effort until I actually need to). The point right now is to illustrate the expected archetypes within a Ghostbusters story. Other archetypes outside of that list are cool with me, but only once we've filled the "principle cast".

I don't really like players having multiple characters, because I don't need players fighting over the spotlight(among other opinions that are less valid). So, to start, players will only get one character, with the possibility of expanding the character limit as the adventures (and misadventures) progress.

Humor is a must, but I also want to explore a more horror focused angle, because, well, I like horror.

Come prepared to keep the flow, please, I don't care if players post a novel, or just a handful of sentences, just keep active.

Any takers? Any questions?

New to RPG

Welcome to our special circle of hell :P

Wait.. The Door's Locked! - Haunted Library Sign-Ups

I'm going to have to bow out; something just isn't clicking for me, and I'm not getting it. Thanks anyway

Hidden Amongst Humans - Initial Thoughts

I'd be down

Entomagical

bump

Who likes isekai and bugs?

bump, because obviously this never got off the ground last time. Let's try this again, maybe?

My RP Wish List

Pirates of Dark Tides

The Pirates of Dark Water, but zombies.