Post
by Tony_Blue » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:34 pm
A couple of posts said something about having fun even when loosing. A good try, but there are real people behind the virtual characters, who have their own personalities. Some of us can enjoy a good rp even when being the one screwed, some of us can't. Everyone can say whatever he wants, but all of us come here for fun - it's a game afterall. The important point is that you don't ruin the fun for others at all costs.
Santino's post reflects the sentence we've all used to hear back at school: One person's freedom ends where other person's freedom begins. In the words of LS RP You can play as you like it as long as it doesn't interfere with someone else's roleplay/gameplay. In these "clashes" of interests (or fun) some unbiased rules have to apply. And the most obvious and natural happen to be the rules of RL. Rules of game. As in any other board game, where you can't move more than the dice shows. No hard feelings, simple as that.
Another thing I'd like to say here is about /b(instructing). By that I mean instruting other players how they should RP their characters to our taste - so that it's fun for us. I think that it is plain ignorant and as much annoying as someone having a superman character. Because again, you are ruining the fun for the other guy. If I think that someone is breaking the rules, I simply eat it, let him kill me or whatever and if I feel like it's worth the time, I'll make a calm report. Not to have him /ajailed for a few minutes - screw that - but mainly to explain to him and other players why it's wrong. The other option is to simply ask the player that you don't want to RP with him.
There was a post about a police chase in which the evader's car is hit badly, yet the player continues to evade. I don't agree with that as well, but please everyone look at yourself and think. Do you as the chasing one (not necessarily just cops, but including), roleplay a totalled car, broken leg or whatever, when you hit something badly in the chase or during your ride to where the chase is taking place? Because that involves the chased one as well.
Because say whatever you want, but by /b(instructing), you are just ignorantly telling others to play to your liking. If someone starts to do that to me, I usually ask him if he wants to continue RP-ing with me or he wants to finish the roleplay with himself. It's just as bad as the supermancy thing, simple as that. And these people are usually the first ones who'll begin bending the rules, shall the coin once turn. You can see so nicely in those furious /bitches and reports.