Elite roleplay: Q&A and OOC

Lambast Mercy
11 Apr 2021, 9:41am
Dude, to me you're like this lil guy.



We all know we shouldn't enjoy that sort of thing, be we're only human. Just like that lovely lil fighter, it's all good in the end.

If ya gonna go big with correcting me, and I did do wrong, I'm going to respond on the same level. That's all, on evil intended. I assumed you were game for a bit of jibing given what you present.
I WISH I had a crew to do my bidding, but I don't

If ya gonna speak (or type) in public, people are gonna give you their opinion. God knows I've had a lot of flack from people on INARA for my Logs and RP posts but it's all part of putting it out there. There are a few people on here that make me groan every time they post, I ignore them. You ain't one of them Simon.

Ya like that lil lump in the fluffy slipper that is INARA. I could get rid of it, but I know I'd miss it if it wasn't there.
Xeknos
11 Apr 2021, 9:45am
So... "You were right to correct me, but I'm super triggered by how you corrected me so I'm gonna get especially salty about it?"

Is that what I'm reading here?
Lambast Mercy
11 Apr 2021, 9:48am
No, but you can interpret what you like. I don't know how to make my lack of malice any clearer.
I imagined a sweet lil kitten getting fusses after being moody would do it, but I'm all out of ideas now.
LordPsymon
11 Apr 2021, 9:51am
I have no malice, only mild frustration. I am however willing to put this to bed and move on.
Lambast Mercy
11 Apr 2021, 9:52am
Good man, me too.
Xeknos
11 Apr 2021, 9:53am
LordPsymonI have no malice, only mild frustration. I am however willing to put this to bed and move on.


Maybe, but he still needs to express how utterly bothered he was by your use of Will Smith. We may as well let him get that out of his system first. It's clearly very important to him.
Artie
11 Apr 2021, 10:06am
Doesn't matter how it felt, the Roleplay: Banter is for roleplay as pointed out by Psymon and the posts there are in-character (as Schlunzi is obviously an NPC and to be extra sure with the ban hammer ready, I checked for this guy here, too). So, all the (other) recent posts fit that category.
Rebecca Hail
11 Apr 2021, 11:20am
LordPsymonI have no malice, only mild frustration. I am however willing to put this to bed and move on.


Nononononononono, this is the internet, it doesn't work like this. You need to argue the same point over and over and over again, until one of you calls the other one "Hitler" and the other one tells them to "die in a fire" as response. That's the rule for arguments on the internet.

How else am I going to harvest my daily drama quota?
Michael Wolfe
11 Apr 2021, 1:11pm
Rebecca Hail
LordPsymonI have no malice, only mild frustration. I am however willing to put this to bed and move on.



Nononononononono, this is the internet, it doesn't work like this. You need to argue the same point over and over and over again, until one of you calls the other one "Hitler" and the other one tells them to "die in a fire" as response. That's the rule for arguments on the internet.

How else am I going to harvest my daily drama quota?


You could create a cringy snowflake of a character that has no place in Elite lore and insist that people accept it.
Meowers
11 Apr 2021, 1:58pm
Ah, that's stinging
Synthya Wylder
11 Apr 2021, 2:21pm
I think that the matter of 'accepting' would only be expressed in the willingness to engage in RPing with that character.

It's mere conjecture on my part, & pardon me if I'm way off target, but I suspect that there might be an added impetus to RP with such a character, simply because of some others having such opprobrium with that character.

i.e., a bit of a 'spite' thang, if you get my drift.

Damned Rebels!
Meowers
11 Apr 2021, 3:09pm
Interesting insight on the nature of... fetish.
Michael Wolfe
11 Apr 2021, 3:17pm
Synthya WylderI think that the matter of 'accepting' would only be expressed in the willingness to engage in RPing with that character.

It's mere conjecture on my part, & pardon me if I'm way off target, but I suspect that there might be an added impetus to RP with such a character, simply because of some others having such opprobrium with that character.

i.e., a bit of a 'spite' thang, if you get my drift.

Damned Rebels!


"I'm gonna do the thing because most people think I shouldn't and that'll piss 'em off haw haw!" doesn't strike me as a terribly well-thought-out motive, either in online roleplay or life in general.
Sakashiro
11 Apr 2021, 3:47pm
As long as they're having fun I don't see a problem.
Synthya Wylder
11 Apr 2021, 3:52pm
I'll point out that (as I recall) Drew Wagar himself left writing based on E:D basically because of the unwillingness/inability of the FDevs to broaden the scope of E:D lore. I'd have to research again for the specific quotes, but afaik, they're still out there. Drew has gone off to write his own works, perhaps in the same Sci-Fi flavor, but not strictly based on & for the E:D lore. He said something about his having more freedom to express himself.

I get it, the feeling that some would prefer to maintain the stranglehold on all things E:D, even in 3rd-party sites like Inara.

But, it's called "Role-Play" for a reason, right? I mean, just how much latitude & freedom does one have to try to write something other than strutting around in a bar, ordering drinks, posturing, talking about smuggling, armed conflict, assassinations, etc. etc. etc., all more or less along the same lines as so many others ad nauseam?

I'm not intending to cast dispersions on anyone else's writing - I applaud them for even giving it a try, in fact, & some RPers writing actually does a stellar job, exercising their creative imaginations in offering detailed & compelling storylines.

All that while doing a decent job remaining within the narrow & stifling boundaries of the E:D universe, originally based on simple pew-pew & not developing much beyond that ever since.

If it was done in-game, I could see the reason why some would be calling foul upon seeing something that crosses the so-called borders, but hey, Inara is a 3rd-party site, yes? In-game, how many options for character design are offered, while on Inara, the sky is more or less the limit.

While I personally may not agree with another's choice of character (description/design) doesn't mean that I think it my place to criticize & crush their creativity beneath a despot's heel.

I'd simply decline to involve myself (character) with their RP.

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