Experiences Whats making you angry today? Rp pet peeves

[SP3CT3R]

Do you ever see an interest check for an RP with an enticing plot and then just not want to join because of how the thread is presented? Why is it affecting me so much?

 

[Murdergurl]

Do you ever see an interest check for an RP with an enticing plot and then just not want to join because of how the thread is presented? Why is it affecting me so much?

All the time! Well, not all the time... but yeah, I get what you mean. It's like, great idea... but the way they handle it makes it seem like it will be a cluster fuck of an RP when/if it gets started. If you can't organize an RT, how can you hope to organize a group?

 

[Crayons]

Do you ever see an interest check for an RP with an enticing plot and then just not want to join because of how the thread is presented? Why is it affecting me so much?

Yes. Normally because of the BBCode. I'm not spending twenty minutes figuring out how to scroll through a tiny box and read peach on white text no matter how good the premise is.

 

[Murdergurl]

Yes. Normally because of the BBCode. I'm not spending twenty minutes figuring out how to scroll through a tiny box and read peach on white text no matter how good the premise is.

glad I'm not the only one that hates that

 

[Gundam-kun]

glad I'm not the only one that hates that

Thank christ i am not alone in this, its really annoying
I don't care if it for "Aesthetics", it hard a hell to read, what do you not understand about that.

 

[Murdergurl]

Thank christ i am not alone in this, its really annoying
I don't care if it for "Aesthetics", it hard a hell to read, what do you not understand about that.

i think it's just ppl showing off that they know how to code. Because honestly, it doesn't even make it more appealing or even better organized. Just a geek flex.

 

[Gundam-kun]

i think it's just ppl showing off that they know how to code. Because honestly, it doesn't even make it more appealing or even better organized. Just a geek flex.

You are a geek flex, you Warhammer nerd lord.
Yeah that is probably what they are doing, but most of the time I see it as they are doing it for Aesthetic

 

[Crayons]

You are a geek flex, you Warhammer nerd lord.
Yeah that is probably what they are doing, but most of the time I see it as they are doing it for Aesthetic

I think it's a lack of understanding of design principles. There's nothing wrong with aesthetic coding per se, it's just that a lot of people who do it don't understand that the form should follow function, which is Design School 101, as in the function (readability) should be the most important thing, and the form (the code) should serve that before anything else.

Personally I prefer there to be no or minimal coding, but coding vs non-coding is a subjective preference as long as the coding is done well.

 

[CecilDMMasters]

All this talk about coding makes me think of someone I shortly corresponded with on recommendation for a commission. It was clear looking at their pages they would not stop with the micro font. They would type really small as they could to the point you couldn't see it on some screens.
If asked to stop and type normal they would get offended no matter the reason. Even if it was for valid reasons of not being able to read without zooming in and scrolling back and forth or even the person's device not having a zoom function. It was a personal offence against their 'thing' if you asked them to type normal. On the site changing font was a matter of typing stuff like <sub> before and after what you were writing. So it wasn't like they were asking them change their setting just for them. Just stop adding the directions. And naturally on their page they had rants of being ignored on RPs, commissions, and general no replies to her comments on people's stuff. Sorry I like to actually talk to people I commission to do work for money. I decided to do business with someone that doesn't expect me to zoom in 400x to read the response to a question.

And the only real reason was it was for their style and uniqueness.

 

[Chordling]

Coders have to fight for mobile users, too, which may end up hurting desktop users at the same time. For them in that regard, it’s a never ending battle.

 

[Crayons]

All this talk about coding makes me think of someone I shortly corresponded with on recommendation for a commission. It was clear looking at their pages they would not stop with the micro font. They would type really small as they could to the point you couldn't see it on some screens.
If asked to stop and type normal they would get offended no matter the reason. Even if it was for valid reasons of not being able to read without zooming in and scrolling back and forth or even the person's device not having a zoom function. It was a personal offence against their 'thing' if you asked them to type normal. On the site changing font was a matter of typing stuff like <sub> before and after what you were writing. So it wasn't like they were asking them change their setting just for them. Just stop adding the directions. And naturally on their page they had rants of being ignored on RPs, commissions, and general no replies to her comments on people's stuff. Sorry I like to actually talk to people I commission to do work for money. I decided to do business with someone that doesn't expect me to zoom in 400x to read the response to a question.

And the only real reason was it was for their style and uniqueness.

People using tiny fonts is like hell if reading on a screen gives you migraines or you have visual impairments. And, yes, I do have the text zoom enabled on the browser, just that really you want me to zoom the text so everything else is like poster size because you want to type in 8 point font for aesthetic reasons? ... that's a big no.

 

[AndPeggy]

...when the group you are in suddenly has the GM drop out and disappear without any notice, and everyone is left trying to scramble and figure out what to do.

This is a rotten thing for someone to do. If you gather up a group of people who are taking the time to write for your story and they care about it and want it to succeed, and you ditch the server without saying anything... That's just so damn disrespectful.

 

[Phantom Thief of Hearts]

This is a rotten thing for someone to do. If you gather up a group of people who are taking the time to write for your story and they care about it and want it to succeed, and you ditch the server without saying anything... That's just so damn disrespectful.

This is just proof that communication is essential for a healthy RP enviornment.

 

[Murdergurl]

This is just proof that communication is essential for a healthy RP enviornment.

we have Discord OOC set up for the group. Most of us communicate alright there. But I had to really poke and prod to eventually get a response as to why they left. I then communicated it back to the group. We are currently in GM limbo... sorta. One of the group might undertake the task. But none of us had wanted to do it, initially. Either way, total pain in the ass, as we will now be starting over and all the narrative put forth by everyone is going to be scratched with whatever new plot comes in. (Personally, it took a lot of steam out of my enthusiasm to continue with the RP)

 

[SP3CT3R]

Dungeons and Dragons becoming popular.

There are better RPGs.

 

[SP3CT3R]

No I like D&D I just think its rise in popularity fucked with the para.rp community in a subtle but noticable way over the years.

Okay, fair. I like D&D too, just not as much as other systems.

But since I'm responding, fucked with in what ways?

 

[Chordling]

I want at least 10 roleplays but I know my schedule would never allow for that.

 

[Murdergurl]

SP3CT3R AnnJam
On a related note, I hate how a whole buncha RPs are now using elements from D&D like character alignment. I've never cared for it, and find it extremely boxed in.
Also, the D&D classes have become the meta for a lot of settings, kind of like the same way everyone likes to just use Tolkien races as the standard. Nothing against Tolkien, I loved the Hobbit book. But I wish we had a less focus on Elves and Dwarves as his vision.

 

[Murdergurl]

Well even people who play D&D use character alignment wrong. So like. Yeah. Agreed! >D

Hence why it's a dumb mechanic in the first place. Just give your character a personality (on or off paper) and do your thing. No need to stick a label on it.

 

[SP3CT3R]

SP3CT3R AnnJam
On a related note, I hate how a whole buncha RPs are now using elements from D&D like character alignment. I've never cared for it, and find it extremely boxed in.
Also, the D&D classes have become the meta for a lot of settings, kind of like the same way everyone likes to just use Tolkien races as the standard. Nothing against Tolkien, I loved the Hobbit book. But I wish we had a less focus on Elves and Dwarves as his vision.

Okay, yeah, alignments are definitely unhelpful and only exist to cause arbitrary character conflicts right out the gate.

As for the part about classes, I feel like the anime crowd is responsible for that, now that the industry's been overtaken by isekai comedies.

 

[Murdergurl]

Okay, yeah, alignments are definitely unhelpful and only exist to cause arbitrary character conflicts right out the gate.

As for the part about classes, I feel like the anime crowd is responsible for that, now that the industry's been overtaken by isekai comedies.

Ugh... y'know I had made a character for a Media Transmigration idea several years ago. Then I come to find out that the weebs have basically turned the sub-genre into a joke.
Yes, I'm still calling it Media Transmigration. Because that's what it was before they started calling it Isekai.

 

[SP3CT3R]

Ugh... y'know I had made a character for a Media Transmigration idea several years ago. Then I come to find out that the weebs have basically turned the sub-genre into a joke.
Yes, I'm still calling it Media Transmigration. Because that's what it was before they started calling it Isekai.

I'm used to saying isekai, but yeah, the genre's been torn to shreds at this point. At least Disney's doing a decent job of breathing some life into it on this hemisphere.

 

[Murdergurl]

I'm used to saying isekai, but yeah, the genre's been torn to shreds at this point. At least Disney's doing a decent job of breathing some life into it on this hemisphere.

You mean the Jumanjii movies?

 

[scorpiodragon]

I ended up leaving feralfront because apparently, I 'spam threads and tag people too much' and if I continued it, then I would get a cooldown ban on my main account and all my sub accounts. I didn't even bother asking for clarification on what they saw as 'spamming threads and tagging people too much', just up and deleted all my accounts on there. I don't recommend that website, the staff there don't take criticism well and have done a lot of rule changes just recently that are causing people to drop like flies, all complaining about staff not heeding the community's concerns and requests. So that's my fun rp experience today.

 

[SP3CT3R]

You mean the Jumanjii movies?

The cartoons. Specifically Amphibia.