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Thereâs a niche in creative liberty for everyone.
For some players roleplay is therapy, it helps them address private issues.
For others roleplay is just escapism, they feel high when trying to flesh out a character thatâs the complete opposite of who they are IRL.
Ultimately it takes two to roleplay. Without transparency or pretense, if someoneâs going to extremes to chase you and others away with âRude charactersâ⌠that sounds like someone who is swinging the pendulum, trying to find a happy balance.
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I had a void elf run up to me once in Stormwind and give me a sandwich and say âI made you this because you looked hungry not because I like you or anythingâ and before I could ask them what they were talking about they called me a âbakaâ and ran away.
Is this normal behaviour for you long leggedies or was this elf being rude?
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One of my characters is very rude, and gets joy from being annoying. Most people recieve it well, but I tried rping in sw with one guild and they all ended up blacklisting and /ignoring me.
The titular character is a Death Knight, so they find joy in the misery of others. The best way Iâve found is to be funny when you insult someone else. You can both piss someone of ic and make them laugh ooc at the same time.
I think it just depends on the character. It depends on what their backstory is and why they might have a hard time with making connections and stuff like that. Itâs why trp reading should be the first thing someone does if they want to walk up.
For example, Rainaâs normally a very bubbly happy go lucky kind of woman. Nothing can get her down. However, she does not like death knights, nor darkfallen nor Forsaken. She will be rude to them simply because she survived the Scourging of Lordaeron as a small child. She survived the Scarlet Crusade. She will make it known that she doesnât like them because of the trauma she had incurred. However, there are exceptions to be made.
She has befriended one death knight. Only because to Raina they seemed to be mirror reflection of herself and that in that personâs life they could have been like sisters. Theyâre like kindred spirits in a way. But normally yeah, Raina will make offhanded comments about burning the undead or throwing bombs at them. Especially if theyâre on the steps of the Cathedral or in the Cathedral.
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I love interacting with rude characters as long as theyâre interesting about it, especially if there are eventually hints of something deeper underneath the rudeness when you get to know them better.
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I feel like if they have the disclaimer in their TRP they do take it OOC, because it is always those kinds that say things like IC =/= OOC or the character is mean but the player is nice and decides to sass off to Sefi and she will turn it right back on them and I will get a whisper being like âdonât need to be so mean/rudeâ.
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Itâs a character type that doesnât work well in public RP, unless the player is keenly intuitive and knows how far to take it. In private roleplays, sure! Go ahead. But publicly, itâs likely to turn most people off actually getting to know the character (just like in real life).
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Villainous and abrasive behavior usually turns a character into a bit role for a play environment that doesnât demand groups stick together. Like, you know, a tabletop campaign. Or Guild RP.
I do like characters that donât suffer foolishness lightly, though.
My best advice for this sort of thing is to message people before-hand and see if theyâre interested in it, for those who enjoy RPing abrasive characters. Iâve had RP disrupted by this sort of character before and itâs⌠not enjoyable and tends to feel a lot like griefing.
I do get wanting to RP that, though. Being an absolute menace in other RPGâs can be enjoyable and even humorous at times, so why not try and adapt it to a multiplayer RP setting? Just have to know the venue!
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It was a mating call.
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If you want to be a menace to players in rp, be a Game Master for a tabletop game and terrorize your players with a recurring villain. Or just annoying NPCs that they have to deal with in order to progress. That kind of tension is healthy for the game, and tragedy + time = comedy.
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You long-leggedies are a perplexing bunch.
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This character used to be very abrasive and borderline anti-alliance due to her perceived lack of support from other Alliance races during Teldrassil. She turned her nose up pretty much any non-nelves or non-gilneans and slowly worked out of that mindset over the course of a few years icly.
I think watching a character grow and change naturally is rewarding. I could not see myself playing a rude or abrasive character forever, but if they are rude and abrasive for a good in-character reason, it makes roleplay, especially with guildmates who actually get to see your character grow and change over time a lot more fulfilling.
Generally, I also think rude, abrasive, and opinionated characters tend to be the ones who make things interesting. Having a guild full of calm, collected âgo with the flowâ sorts can get very boring very fast.
You might be noticing a theme, though. Iâm mentioning guilds a lot. Because generally if there is no expectation that your character will be RPing with another frequently, people tend not to try to see past the very surface level of your character. In a guild environment though, where there is much more of a tendency towards group based creative writing, people are more likely to see conflict as an opportunity for an interesting story.
And to be frank, I think open world Stormwind City RP has kind of a self-insert power fantasy problem. Like, as someone who played a semi-abrasive character in Stormwind on Wyrmrest Accord for a while, I got the feeling that a lot of people really didnât see it as me trying to play my character in a realistic way by considering the way she thinks and how she would react to her environment. Instead, I got the feeling that people saw her rudeness as almost a âchallengeâ, like Iâm insulting them ICly because I donât like them OOCly or something, which was never the case.
Thatâs why I always say that you should find a guild. OOC communication is much easier in guilds, and it makes RP with conflict a lot easier to enjoy without always having to worry about other people taking it the wrong way.
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I think sometimes people forget that folks donât want to spend time with jerks in real life. Nevermind during recreational time, I get characters are written certain ways, but maybe take a moment to analyze whether or not youâve given your character any of the social skills necessary to function in any society or organization. Even the worst folks in the military have some degree of ability functioning within that organization.
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I tend to play bubbly characters and absolutely -love- abrasive, mean, or rude characters to pester or annoy ICly. Iâve been disappointed in a lack of such. Thatâs my own personal preference though. I love bouncing off extreme personality types, I think a simple warning in the TRP or OOC section is enough. I actually quite get tired of how friendly everyone is.
Seems like most ârudeâ characters I run into are dwarven males, and it really fits in a charming way.
Most of the ones I meet are catty elves.
I think thereâs a difference between just being rude for the sake of being rude and characters behaving in ways that ICly comport with their story but are OOCly understood as being bad. Good examples would be: snooty nobles refusing to shake a commonerâs hand, a scarlet crusader turning up their nose or attacking a non-human, or a Dark Iron Dwarf being combative with an Ironforge Dwarf over an old grudge.
Those sorts of villainous behaviors are a refreshing but consistent break from playing more welcoming and polite characters, and the behavior is consistent with their background. People who just wanna RP and rude for the sake of being rude hold less appeal IMHO.
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