If someone could make a Comic MU with both sane staffers AND competent, active players, that would be really nice.

I know this is pretty cutting edge stuff. Pardon my unrealistic expectations of the world.

I want to complain, too!

Things that should be punishable by exile:

• Excessive wiki code in poses. One or two highlighted words in a four paragraph pose is fine... but I've seen people who use apostrophe accents to italicize multiple words in a single paragraph. It's obnoxious and makes me just skim their pose (really, especially when it's in the middle of dialogue, it just looks messy). Strikes me as the sign of someone who cares more about how their RP LOOKS on a wiki than how it READS is during a scene. There are more readable ways to accent words in-client, and you can edit it afterwards on the wiki. Really.

• Breaking pose order. GTFO. This makes people rush out awful poses just so that they can have their say, and you often get one guy or girl who doesn't give a shit about the quality of their RP just spamming the scene so they can 'do all of the things'.

• I was going to say '4 liner poses' but honestly... if you're not going to give me something to work with in a pose, I'd rather have 4 lines than 4 paragraphs. Especially if those 4 paragraphs are a bunch of 'here's how sexy/awesome/appealing my character is' fluff. If that's all you have to offer in 700 words, just cut it down to 150 - 200 so I can skim it easier and move along to someone interesting.

• People who pick up a foreign character and their idea of 'making it authentic' is just googling '<insert country here> slang' and then using a bunch of words that NOBODY from that country, living in the United States (or wherever), would ever say. You see this frequently with British characters who only refer to people as 'wanker' or 'mate' (with literally no other sign that they're from Britain/wherever - just those two words)... no.

Things that are awesome:

• Internal dialogue in poses, because it allows me to get a better understanding of the other character and it gives me a lot more ideas on how to build off of them instead of just surface-level nonsense. I would rather have a paragraph of internal exposition that helps me understand their personality than a paragraph about how sexy they are in whatever ridiculous outfit they're wearing.

• Annoying accents in dialogue. Way more authentic way of getting across their nationality than the before-mentioned 'I am googling <x> slang and then using the most over-the-top ones constantly' method. Also, I love how many people get annoyed by it. As long as it's not every word being mangled, and just a select few, I personally love it. And, again, the 'pain' of others having to read it fills me with a deep joy.

• Line breaks and indents. Okay, less so indents, but I don't get why people think they're some terrible thing (aside from, maybe, log posting).

• Enforced pose order. Strong like Krupp steel. If people start breaking pose order in a scene I'll just write myself out and let them have at it. Then again I don't go for the bare-bones 'action' stuff as much as certain others. I'm a very reactive RPer in that I try to play off of others in the scene... as many people as possible, in fact, as long as it's reasonable to do so and they give me something to work with. This is impossible in 3pr or a free-for-all. Where's the fun in that? I'll play a video game if I want to pretend I'm running around shooting stuff.

That people are having a fevered argument over whether playing a character in the proper mindset or theme of a particular game is something that translates to OOC racism is idiotic.

There are adults who play these games who are not hypersensitive Cult of The Victim worshippers. Somebody losing their cool because they got called a fag IC while playing a homosexual character, it's perhaps the most pathetic thing ever.

It's players who are so insecure that they try and police things that are not against game policy or themes, that end up murdering all enthusiasm from those present (who tend to be more interested in immersion).

I don't think I've ever met a really competent or decent role player who got worked up over IC actions like this. It's not like unconsentual TS. MOST creative sorts would relish the opportunity to play that ASPECT OF THEIR CHARACTER.

Not write a 10 page MSB thread about it.

Theme is sacred and must be upheld. Look at the mess that is Marvel1963 for an example of immersion breaking destroying a decent concept.

Edit: I don't believe I've ever played up the bigot angle on a PC, but others doing so when it fits theme should be no problem. If you need a safe space from realistic RP, pick a place filled with SJWs. There's a ton of those, but fewer immersive MUing experiences every day. Stuff like this is why.

@tnp said in FCs on Comic MUs:

Not long after that, the world learned aliens really exist when JFK was assassinated. By Loki. Except it turned out to be a Skrull taking his shape. Why? Because Kennedy was a long term Kree agent. Skrulls also tried taking over SHIELD by replacing agents but were stopped. The Kree are currently making life miserable for the Inhumans (who are still not out).

OK. This comment wasn't even meant for me, but I get the odd feeling that I'm specifically being trolled with this.

You've amused me enough for one 24-hour period. My appreciation. I think I can call it a day.

If someone could make a Comic MU with both sane staffers AND competent, active players, that would be really nice.

I know this is pretty cutting edge stuff. Pardon my unrealistic expectations of the world.