Viewpoint What is your unbreakable rule?

[BakaTheIdiot]

What rule do you have that, if broken, will immediately make you leave a Roleplay?

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For me, it's a no one liners rule. If somebody shows up using one liners, there will be no words, no discussion, nothing. You read my rules, and chose to ignore them. Good day sir.

 

[Tove]

If the person turns out to be a douchebag before the roleplay, during, or even in the planning process I'm done. I don't have time for silly drama and usually I can find out early on if I need to jump ship.

 

[SpectrumCrow]

Mine is just that at the end of the day, you have to respect me and my boundaries. If I ask you to cut something out and you continue you doing it, that's where I draw the line. I give you the same respect of boundaries and I want the same respect for myself.

 

[Psychonaut]

Typos. Even one means game over.

 

[Abendrot]

Typos. Even one means game over.

Well, that's not silly or arbitrary in the slightest...

 

[Cassie Lang]

Typos. Even one means game over.

That's a yikes from me. I'd understand if someone would want to drop a roleplay if their partners are replying to them with typo-ridden posts and don't seem to proofread or make any sort of improvement towards their writing, but to drop someone over a singular typo? Really?

 

[BakaTheIdiot]

Typos. Even one means game over.

Ooof, that's a bit harsh... well, to each their own, I suppose.

 

[Aeaolen]

Don't be a dick.

We recently had a member who didn't like a decision we made as a Community Team and decided that it was his place to constantly @ everyone in Discord and remind them that he didn't agree with our decision.

 

[Crayons]

If I don't feel respected. So for example, if I'm talked down to or given arbitrary reasons for mod decisions, or if my character is treated as a pawn in the GM's chess game, or if people are rude to me OOC.

I also hate the heck out of one-liners but if it was only one person doing it in the RP, I might sort of tolerate it, depending on the situation.

 

[rae2nerdy]

Forced doubling, I specifically tell my partners I don’t care about pairing my characters up. I’ll make a love interest for them but I’m not making a second character. You would not believe how many people who try to force me to be “fair” and let them make a love interest “for me.” Like hello, I told you specifically I don’t want one. Stop harassing me.

 

[Psychonaut]

That's a yikes from me. I'd understand if someone would want to drop a roleplay if their partners are replying to them with typo-ridden posts and don't seem to proofread or make any sort of improvement towards their writing, but to drop someone over a singular typo? Really?

It takes less than a minute to copy a post into Word and automatically spell-check it. If you're not willing to do that, how much effort are you really going to put into the role play?

 

[Gowi]

I write all of my posts in word or google docs (w/ grammarly to cover errors).

 

[Cassie Lang]

It takes less than a minute to copy a post into Word and automatically spell-check it. If you're not willing to do that, how much effort are you really going to put into the role play?

Didn't realize that not copy-pasting your post into Word for spell checking meant you weren't really going to put forth effort towards the RP, but I digress. I've never done that myself and I've been in RPs that have lasted for hundreds of posts. Personally, I think that rule is quite extreme because honestly, no one is perfect and even I've missed a typo here and there, but it is your rule. /shrug

 

[Gowi]

Yeah, if someone booted me over one typo or grammar issue that I [somehow] missed, that's a big "goodbye, sam" from me. That type of elitism is comical and not worth my time.

 

[Abendrot]

It takes less than a minute to copy a post into Word and automatically spell-check it. If you're not willing to do that, how much effort are you really going to put into the role play?

Does it really matter? It’s an online role playing game, not your CV. Get over yourself. If you’re gonna get so worked up over such a trivial thing, then I’m not sure how you’ve made it this far.

 

[rae2nerdy]

I have read published books which had typos. And I’m not so high on my own supply that I think I can do better than a professional writer.

That said if I can’t understand your post that will be a deal breaker. I will give you the chance to clarify your post once. If you can’t then I’m out,

 

[BakaTheIdiot]

I have read published books which had typos. And I’m not so high on my own supply that I think I can do better than a professional writer.

That said if I can’t understand your post that will be a deal breaker. I will give you the chance to clarify your post once. If you can’t then I’m out,

See, that I understand. I'm not a grammar nazi, but I do appreciate good grammar. Having no typos is an added bonus.

 

[Crayons]

If a person literally can't spell and makes uncorrected errors all the time then that would be difficult, but typos are typos - we all make them and there's no point being uptight about it. I mean, even with spelling as long as you can understand it, it's usually fine. Seems like a weird thing to be a deal breaker.

 

[Coco Adel]

It takes less than a minute to copy a post into Word and automatically spell-check it. If you're not willing to do that, how much effort are you really going to put into the role play?

And this fixed the problem how? I have a keyboard that warns me of grammar errors and word. I've used both to try and prevent typos going through and making corrections and sometimes somehow I still end up with typos autocorrect and spellcheck are not end all be all that will guarantee no typos especially these days where autocorrect seems to have a mind of its own and change words that aren't even wrong, to begin with. My autocorrect is constantly changing the world were to we're, liar to list and as of late it's had this bad habit of not adhering to the backspace function meaning that what I had before was correct and to change it back.

This leaves a lot of room for error and doesn't necessarily mean that the person isn't putting effort in or doesn't care to check their grammar they could very well be the victim of very annoying unfortunate events.

 

[Onmyoji]

oh yeah, the autocorrect with the mind of its own... And you likely won't even notice the errors because technically they're correct words, just wrong. The 'liar to list' is a good example of this.
Although it's usually clear enough when it's someone's writing that is the problem or a trigger-happy autocorrect. So I don't even care about that sort of mistake unless the changed word changes the meaning so much that I can't understand the sentence.

With that in mind, I'd say that being able to understand a post is important and it may be a dealbreaker for me if I need to make a huge effort to understand it. I don't mind typos and some grammar errors, I'm a non-native English speaker myself and I make them too, but incorrectly written phrases might be harder for me to understand because of that as well.

 

[Tove]

Everyone makes typos even those that say they don't, they do. Everyone makes mistakes, no one is perfect.
It happens. It's not really that big of a deal unless every single word is a typo. I know people are free to have their own likes and dislikes but if I had to worry about being dropped by a partner if I made one typo that seems clear to me, that's not anyone I want to write with at all.

 

[SP3CT3R]

It takes less than a minute to copy a post into Word and automatically spell-check it. If you're not willing to do that, how much effort are you really going to put into the role play?

Jesus yikes, dude. Not everyone has devices that can open Word, and even if they do, typos are an inevitability. I know of at least one typo in one of the alarmingly popular Harry Potter books, but you don't see me burning my entire collection over it.

 

[Gowi]

The level the community can get behind decrying this sort of elitism warms the cockles in my heart.

 

[SP3CT3R]

If you think taking five minutes to correct spelling mistakes is elitist, you're an idiot. Why wouldn't you put that extra time in after spending half an hour to an hour on a good, meaty post?

I take pride in my writing and take role playing seriously. I polish my work until it shines. I want a partner that does the same. If you're content to submit half-assed prose, take a hike.

Nice soap bubble you're throwing stones at us from.

 

[ashwynne]

If you think taking five minutes to correct spelling mistakes is elitist, you're an idiot. Why wouldn't you put that extra time in after spending half an hour to an hour on a good, meaty post?

I take pride in my writing and take role playing seriously. I polish my work until it shines. I want a partner that does the same. If you're content to submit half-assed prose, take a hike.

I write up all my posts in Word and make sure to proof-read for grammar/clarity/cohesion etc., but that doesn't mean mistakes don't slip through the cracks. I'm not getting paid by anyone on this site for my writing so killing myself to polish it to perfection isn't something I'm going to do. This is where I go when I don't want to obsess over my writing being perfect.

It's fine if that's something you expect from a partner (I wouldn't want that kind of stress in my life, but that doesn't mean there aren't some people out there who would) but calling people lazy or implying that those who don't go the extra mile to proofread aren't proud of their work/half-assing it is definitely elitist. This is a hobby, not a job.

You can treat roleplaying like you're working on a manuscript that needs to be publisher ready, but that doesn't give you the right to try and tell other people they're not putting proper effort in, just because they're not as anal about it as you are.