Computing Magus
I need a King's Rock
Uh, quick example:
How would you take care of all these things? I myself had to deal with all these people in co-operated RPs and even in my own, and is why I don't want to make my own RPs anymore. Why won't they just follow the story instead of treating it as a sandbox or test the GMs patience? I know it may seem sensitive and crazy Lawful [Alignment] of me, but it just riles me up thinkng on how people could do such things.
Posting on mobile, and would have loved to add more examples and explain and fix some wordings better, but I believe this will suffice until I can edit it later.
I was once in a fantasy school rp here some time ago. It's a typical superpower school RP. Students are grouped by types of power (or in that RP's case, students are grouped into what our powers could appropriately be formed and categorized as). My character was grouped with "Archers", students who can manipulate their inner energies to throw their own unique projectiles whether it be fireballs or energy bullets, not necessarily arrows. There were other categories, and they're very similar to "roles" you might see in videogames such as MOBAs or FPS. Us Archers were all attending class, listening to the proffesor, first-time hands on of forming our innate Archer powers (forming energy arrows, balls that split and ricochet, and among others the other RPers formed for their own character), interacting and delightedly showing off to other classmates.
Ahh, good memories.
Anyway, then came the other classes who were simultaneously doing their own lessons in their own classroom. At this point I vaguely remember everything else because I don't read other's events if they don't concern me unless it's interesting. It only took me to find out in OOC that some rather heavy drama was happening at a different class of students. A student spoke up about the inadequacy of the teacher/school/school's system or something, and came to the point the student had to be restrained. The student told them that it was inhumane and some crap and other things. Other students agree, do not agree, don't care, or find it amusing. The RP kinda fell out from there. I'm just so glad that I didn't have to handle that, but all the same felt frustrated on why in the world would an RPer do such things to hinder the kind-of obviously set events, and why would they think anyone or any character would speak up on some relatively trivial matters like that and not just follow what is being told. I know there are Chaotic Neutral characters who won't do as they're told, but this was objectively extreme and the RPer should know that this isn't fun.
Ahh, good memories.
Anyway, then came the other classes who were simultaneously doing their own lessons in their own classroom. At this point I vaguely remember everything else because I don't read other's events if they don't concern me unless it's interesting. It only took me to find out in OOC that some rather heavy drama was happening at a different class of students. A student spoke up about the inadequacy of the teacher/school/school's system or something, and came to the point the student had to be restrained. The student told them that it was inhumane and some crap and other things. Other students agree, do not agree, don't care, or find it amusing. The RP kinda fell out from there. I'm just so glad that I didn't have to handle that, but all the same felt frustrated on why in the world would an RPer do such things to hinder the kind-of obviously set events, and why would they think anyone or any character would speak up on some relatively trivial matters like that and not just follow what is being told. I know there are Chaotic Neutral characters who won't do as they're told, but this was objectively extreme and the RPer should know that this isn't fun.
How would you take care of all these things? I myself had to deal with all these people in co-operated RPs and even in my own, and is why I don't want to make my own RPs anymore. Why won't they just follow the story instead of treating it as a sandbox or test the GMs patience? I know it may seem sensitive and crazy Lawful [Alignment] of me, but it just riles me up thinkng on how people could do such things.
Posting on mobile, and would have loved to add more examples and explain and fix some wordings better, but I believe this will suffice until I can edit it later.