[ SECRET POST #071 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #071 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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Comments

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[(Anonymous)]

you feeling the need to rant and whine about others just having fun and how it effects you is lame. Suck it up, loser.

Wait, so you're saying that ranting and whining about something that annoys you is lame? I'm not sure I understand the reasoning here. You're ranting and whining about my secret, aren't you? Does that make you lame too? No offense intended, just a bit confused.

My secret was that sometimes RP ranting is justified, in that it's not just me saying "LOL U SUK I RP BETTER THAN U," it's about me saying "okay, RP HOWEVER YOU LIKE, but once that starts to AFFECT MY CHARACTERS, I have a right to be annoyed." You play Gatts, right? If your Griffith started prancing about in a pink tutu and giggling at flowers and YOU, ICLY, HAD TO RESPOND TO THAT, (more so if the other player refused to let you hurt their character in any way and kept insisting upon interacting with you) wouldn't you be annoyed?

Hobbies are supposed to be for fun, and once someone starts ruining that fun, it's not so much a hobby any more, is it?

[(Anonymous)]

I thought the secret was pretty clear in the "go have fun! I don't care! But please stop fucking up the game for me!" I guess I was wrong. Sorry about the confusion.

[ew-younerd.livejournal.com]

YEAH I WISH IT WAS ELABORATED SO I DIDNT GO JUST KILL A PUPPY FOR NO REASON :(

Re: 4:

[shahni.livejournal.com]

That's what I saw your secret as. Like I used to play Sephiroth in a multifandom game only to have others THROWING ROCKS at him just because lolzitwasfunny and... er. This being Sephiroth... it was naturally against the rules to KILL them without consulting with the players first, when he WOULD have.

Not only that, the characters throwing rocks at HIM for fun would NEVER do that. So not only did that make things difficult, but it was a very WTFhowdoIreacttothisICly period of time.

So yes, I agree with what you're saying here. ♥

Re: 4:

[(Anonymous)]

Someone understands! ♥

That Sephiroth story is terrible.

Re: 4:

[shahni.livejournal.com]

So's the image of Griffith in a tutu. *dies* Believe me, I'm all for putting characters into different situations to see how they'll react. I'd just like to see credibility. ♥ Lots of hugs for you and hope you don't have to face crap like that again!

Re: 4:

[ew-younerd.livejournal.com]

Some characters are just whipping boys for abuse. >\ LIKE WHEN I PLAY THE WONDERFUL AND SEXY MAITO GAI AND EVERYONE JUST WANTS TO COMMENT ON HOW UGLY HE IS EVERY TWO SECONDS. Hmph.

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

... I dunno who Gai is, but that icon scares me. XD It's like amine Groucho Marx.

Re: 4:

[shahni.livejournal.com]

And it's not like he hadn't shown that he was capable of killing. Earlier in the game, he'd killed TWO characters already in battle and walked away from them without so much of a flinch. (All pre-planned of course with the muns.) It was a really horrible time and I ended up dropping Sephiroth after that. ;-;

Re: 4:

[aestivalis]

Bridget. Bridget. I WOULD HAVE THROWN ROCKS AT HIM TOO. and then run away really really fast 8D

But yeah, I remember this story. Kinda makes me glad I've never really played a villian. Well, except for Yuca Collabell, but he's totally different to Sephiroth. But really, how intolerably frustrating.

Re: 4:

[grayout.livejournal.com]

IF YOU WERE GONNA DROP YOU SHOULDVE JUST BEEN LIKE

*LOLZ I KILL YOU* *drop* to screw them over DDDDDD:

Re: 4:

[shahni.livejournal.com]

In retrospect, I SHOULD have. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS THEN?!?

Re: 4:

[ew-younerd.livejournal.com]

I didn't know the secret had been taken like that. I recently had a secret ranting about roleplayers kind of cause a lot of tension and annoying drama in a game I was in temporarily, so I was a bit on edge.

And if my Griffith was prancing around in a pik tutu I think I'd have Guts just slice him in half and go have interaction with someone else. But yes, I would be annoyed.

I definitely get the fact that people can be annoyed at OOCness. Hell, I've played a lot of 'crack' characters or villains that just have everyone making their character WAY too OOCly mean to them and abusing them or whatever, and it pisses me off. So yes, in that context I agree, and I agree rather XXXCOARly. I'm sorry for the confusion, I just took it the wrong way.

Because some RPers actually needlessly just want something to complain about and pick on others for no reason. Kind of like some random old lady not liking an interracial couple down the street or whatever.

I guess :( I should have been more specific. Sorry.

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[(Anonymous)]

And if my Griffith was prancing around in a pik tutu I think I'd have Guts just slice him in half and go have interaction with someone else

EXACTLY! ME TOO! If I could! If that Griffith player wanted to do the tutu dancing, let Griffith go ahead and have his fun, but at least let my character go and be IC interacting with others. but sometimes the IC bonds are too strong that you can't ICly do that, and that's when... other people's OOCness does start affecting you (and you have to clean up their messes, as stated). And then if they say "lol u cant kill my character cuz i dont give u permission" and keep interacting with you in ways your character can't ICly ignore, then you're really stuck in a situation where you CAN'T ICly respond to anything. shahnichan's Sephiroth situation above is a good example of that.

I'm glad you agree though!

Re: 4:

[ew-younerd.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Guts and Griffith have probably the most vital and strongest bond in the series, so if someone was making Griffith incredibly OOC or trying to drastically change how Griffith feels about Guts, I probably would not be able to enjoy playing my characters as well as I could. So yeah, it really can ruin a few things for you. XD I totally took the secret the wrong way.

And that really does suck, because if you work hard on your muse and to get your character into an RP only to be stuck in a situation like that, well. Yeah. Your fun is out the window.

♥

Re: 4:

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can relate there. Nothing says 'wtf' like having people's characters start stalking yours out of the blue (and then having the muns stalk you outside of the game) because they think your characters are destined to be an OTP? Or being so OOC and so unfamiliar with the original canon that the character is almost unrecognizable? Yeah, I can get the frustration. (The Paine incident. Oh, the Paine incident. Even now my Reeve-muse runs screaming whenever I recall it.)

Re: 4:

[shahni.livejournal.com]

There, there. That was just a nightmare, dear. It was just a nightmare.

Re: 4:

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

But the lady tried to touch me in a bad way, Mommy! ;_;

Re: 4:

[ew-younerd.livejournal.com]

When people force you into OTPs...it is the scariest experience on earth. Ever.

Re: 4:

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

It's hard to call something an OTP when it's two different series, but yeah. This guy... obsessed over my Reeve, and tried his damndest both ICly and OOCly to develop a ILUVUOMG thing between him and Paine... and then started applying for other similar characters when he saw that it wasn't working. Yes, Reeve had a thing for Vincent. This doesn't mean he'd screw every gothic red-eyed stoic creepy character that came along. >_<

.... and that's my rant for the day. :D

Re: 4:

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, yes. What's even worse is if the character is canonly in a relationship with yours and you can't ignore that, either.

I think I said this already, but some people just suck. :(