Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff
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I prefer scenes of 4 or less. But honestly as someone who rarely parachutes into a game with a ton of friends, I know too well what its like to have to go to pub scene after pub scene trying to meet people and getting the brush off. So if I see someone new or struggling then I prefer to include them.
However, if they turn around and play hard to get in the sense of not reacting/posing ignoring everything then I let that go immediately. Don't have time. I've learned the hard way that I almost never regret turning right back around and walking out when someone solicits rp ooc and then poses being unapproachable or hostile or too good to pay attention to anyone around them, and often do regret when I stay and try to pull RP out of them. Nope, don't have time for that. And usually when I pose preparing to go the ones that want rp will change their tune and then a decent scene might be had.
I'm a super social person RL but never impose myself or try to lure out people who seem like they don't wish to be interacting. That's fuckinh rude and violating to push yourself on others! On mushes there was this odd pressure to try and chase people for RP if they joined a scene or wanted to interact with the set or gave an ooc indication that they wanted RP or were upset that nobody would play with them and verbalized it. But now unless someone is being an equal giver in the scene I try to not feel like I have to carry things/keep reaching out even when thd other person seems to find a lot of fun in slapping everything down.
I still feel that anxiety about someone feeling left out/excluded but I'm trying to be more like RL and accept/believe a person when they pose being disinterested in interaction regardless of what they might say or have done ooc.
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@carma said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
I agree with this. Something I've had to contend with is that writing on a MU* is not the same as writing a good work of fiction.
The vast majority of us are amateurs!
But also RPing on a MU* is more improv theater in writing than it is writing. If for no other reason than that there is no one controlling the narrative 100% of the time, and that there are multiple authors involved in the story's telling.
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@jennkryst said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
This is why big scenes should require places code, so you can +join a table and only RP with the cool kids.
Instead of places code, I'm considering code that'll send a monster out to attack any public room that has 6 or more characters in it for longer than an hour or so.
This just turns the public room with 6 people into a a public room with an orgy going on. MONSTER-FUCKERS UNITE!
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Unrealistic Gaming stuff!
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Feeding people who are unconsicous or laying flat on their back. I am like they are going to choke/die of food in the lungs if you don't lift their head and wake them up.
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People being in comas for long periods of time and then waking up like everything is fine without any muscle break down and etc.
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People who are bed ridden not being repositioned and their skin turns out just fine!
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People kept in restraints/cages/chains for long periods of time without no pressure marks, skin break down, bone/muscle damage and etc.
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Super quick healing - although I get it as it moves the game forward and well there can be mystical magic to explain it.
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Healers/doctors/nurses who are delicate flowers, physically frail and etc. I am like all your strength 1, little girly nurses on world of darkness mushes are not very realistic, especially those kinfolk nurses...hehe. I am 4'6, talk like I am 5 and cannot stand the site of suffering or blood. I pass out easily. I am here to be your nurse! Also the whole whole /sexy nurse/ archtype in general. Wearing little dresses to go nurse in and so forth. I wear darl srubs and often hats too for a reason!
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The lack of education/time/age needed for certain careers. I am a 20 year old professor with an 8 year Phd Degree, the most expert in my field and etc.
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The lack of time that working takes. I once met a character with multiple full time jobs icly who still had plenty of time to side line as a ninja/weapons maker and etc. I get it as its more fun to hand wave that stuff, but it gets silly to me when it gets extreme. I work 100 hours a week and still have time for adventures and gear making!
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All the trust funds and people living off investments, although I can relate as that just makes it easier. Yes, I mysteriously get money from investments and do adventures on my free time!
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the gazzilions of twins, although I empathy for this too. Easier to get heirs born quickly! It does get funny sometimes though.
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Long term homeless people living with intense poverty, poor quality food, restricted amounts of food and no medical/dental care who have model perfect skin/hair/teeth/muscle tone and etc.
I am not saying all these should go away as characters are the exception and sometimes hand waving on how people get money/healed/lots of heirs and etc can make the game easier. It also can be toxic to micro manage people too much. Although def some games would be better if some of these were reduced. Such as giving age xp and or maybe xp bonuses for realistic concepts and etc.
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Yep, as much as I find unrealistic stuff on games amusing for the most part I frankly am fine with it and I'm fine with being annoyed at things that bug me.
After all, if I wanted to RP reality, I'd have to RP a fat middle aged person with no big accomplishments to her name and that doesn't sound like fun really (even though I'm fine with my RL too and would not want to actually have to do most of the things my PCs have either).
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I think its a balance. I have tried to app onto games in the past where it was super restrictive. Such as I once apped on a world of darkness game that wouldn't let me taking striking looks. I got on the game and every single female character I saw had striking looks except for my character. It was a small game and I assumed (although could be wrong) that they were mostly the alts of staff and staff friends. While it is unrealistic for everyone to have striking looks, it is also quite unfair to expect some people to play the normal unexceptional people while letting people with special staff exceptions play the exceptional. I left the game when I saw that, not because I was the only /plain/ female character, but because I was the only one had to play such if that makes sense. I felt like it wasn't fair that the rules were different for different players.
This is why I prefer rewarding rather than punishing for encouraging more balancing concepts. Instead of saying you can't have striking looks...either remove striking looks as a merit fully. I actually don't like appearance being a stated trait anyways as beauty is very much opinion based. But if one is going to have it, then instead of letting staff alts and friends have it but not the random newbie who wanders on - just give an xp reward for not having it or give it a high xp cost. Then people can decide if the cost is worth it to them, is that makes sense.
That being said, I like Arx's take on appearance the best. I think their take is - many want to play someone beautiful and we are not going to stop them and we are not going to even try to say what beauty is either. We are not going to police or rank how beautiful characters are.
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And I do find the sexualization/weakening of female nurses/healers/etc on games(also in TV, movies, books) to be somewhat offensive, but this is the first time I said anything loudly about it. I generally just quietly roll my eyes. I am sure that some people find my characters not to be fully realistic.
If anyone cares and wants to play a better nurse type of character. I would suggest practical clothing while providing medical care and not emphasizing how weak/girly they are while they are engaging in medicine. None of this means the healer cannot be sexy/adorable/king hearted. Just when the gloves go on, they are going to be more no bs.
Reigna, Eirene and Sophie are great examples of healers on games. Actually Arx has several who do it well.
Or if your nurse buys her nursing outfit on Leg Avenue, they are not realistically played.
And not related to mushing as mushing doesn't tend to do this, but in tv/movies there is a good deal of Nurse erasure. They will show doctors doing things, that I never seen a doctor do and only seen nurses do in real life, like dressing changes, starting IVs and etc.
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@kk I'm pretty sure every nurse watches medical shows and wonders where all the nurses are and why the hell that doctor is in there doing those things.
Total side note: The other day I realized that one of my cousins is an artillery trained Marine, good looking, fit, computer security professional, krav maga instructor, mechanic, carpenter, electrician with farming skills.
My other cousin on that side is just a PhD in political science with a Masters in Economics and a model. Also one of the kinder people I know.
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@kk Man, my sister looks adorable in her scrubs. (I am sure men/women not related may think hot or sexy or what have you, but she's my SISTER)
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@kk said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
And I do find the sexualization/weakening of female nurses/healers/etc on games(also in TV, movies, books) to be somewhat offensive, but this is the first time I said anything loudly about it. I generally just quietly roll my eyes. I am sure that some people find my characters not to be fully realistic.
If anyone cares and wants to play a better nurse type of character. I would suggest practical clothing while providing medical care and not emphasizing how weak/girly they are while they are engaging in medicine. None of this means the healer cannot be sexy/adorable/king hearted. Just when the gloves go on, they are going to be more no bs.
Reigna, Eirene and Sophie are great examples of healers on games. Actually Arx has several who do it well.
Or if your nurse buys her nursing outfit on Leg Avenue, they are not realistically played.
And not related to mushing as mushing doesn't tend to do this, but in tv/movies there is a good deal of Nurse erasure. They will show doctors doing things, that I never seen a doctor do and only seen nurses do in real life, like dressing changes, starting IVs and etc.
Eirene reminds me of every RN I have ever met. All that salt balanced by professionalism.
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@misadventure said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
mechanic, carpenter, electrician with farming skills.This describes most farmers in general.
A lot of RL people have a weird mix of skills. I have a friend that was a professional ballet dancer, delta force special forces sergeant, and about to finish his PA degree. Obviously not a RPG character or it would it an MD instead of the PA
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Names. Very few characters are called Steve or Jen.
It's always Maximillian and Lillian.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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Yes I think most of us have "a friend" who is an amazing outlier. The mush silliness is that you can't spit without hitting one!
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Also I tend to be grateful for people liking unusual or uncommon names. I wonder if it is because they like me get a little weirded out by seeing their own name on the WHO list. My given name and my nickname I've used since I was 12 are not weird or out there but I rarely meet anyone RL with them, but one time on TR both of them were pcs and that freaked me out. There was someone who took my given name on Arx and that was weird AF too, and even worse they were real "special" too.
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@arkandel said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
Names. Very few characters are called Steve or Jen.
It's always Maximillian and Lillian.
Unless you're going to mandate logins be First_Last name, it will forever be the case.
ETA - Or even better, @name by SSN
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@arkandel said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
Names. Very few characters are called Steve or Jen.
It's always Maximillian and Lillian.
I do kind of groan when I see characters who are supposed to be twenty but clearly have the names of someone who is the character's mom's age. It's not a huge deal or anything, but I notice it. No American born after 1990 is named Bianca.
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@greenflashlight said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
@arkandel said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
Names. Very few characters are called Steve or Jen.
It's always Maximillian and Lillian.
I do kind of groan when I see characters who are supposed to be twenty but clearly have the names of someone who is the character's mom's age. It's not a huge deal or anything, but I notice it. No American born after 1990 is named Bianca.
