Little-boy-with-wooden-swords

[Capprion]

im with zanzibar on this partly. i would have just had a friend come to the bar and give him the fight he wanted.  bar fights rule 
altho somone imposing fear on you without your say so is a poor way to rp anything
the as alot of people rp fights and confrontations. ( *** swing his blade tword your nipple ) ( ^^^ steps out of the way of the blade and counters with a kick to the groin )   its like a bad commic book or something .every so often its fine its funny its entertaining and maybe exciting say maybe instead of it always being a spell a sword a dager, maybe somone could pick up a brrom stick and a brick in the rp . for the most part its done way to much tho

[zanzibar]

Did he challenge you?  If he challenged you and you declined, you don't really have the right to make fun of him.  Also, if his character was maxed out, then you're on pretty shakey ground as well.

[Polar]

I'm going to have to try this. It seems like a good vaccine for the horrible disease which it's attemping to treat. A few things that need to be addressed here.

The sentiment of "Well it's just 'cause I'm stronger than you. You're weak and afraid." Is so old that moses thinks it needs to think about retirement at this point. No one is impressed with this. Take it somewhere else, please. (Like World Of Warcraft. PGing trolls are more than welcome over there. They rule the entire game, matter of factly. You'll fit right in! Go get some Korean guy to PL you to 60 and make your way to the nearest level 20 zone with your brand new epic'd out undead rogue.)

I don't know about the anvil tossing thing, that'd be theoretically possible, but it'd take a helluvalotta strength. The death cloud is a little much. =P The idea  of 'realistic RP' entails 'realistic within the standards of balance'. It's no fun if people play supergods, even if it is theoretically possible. It shouldn't be possible to say "My character is the best at everything in the universe super awesome kill all in the blink of an eye never be harmed by anything XIVIEIAIE" because that kills the roleplaying experience for everyone else. (Because no one who roleplays such characters is ever A: Any good at it, or roleplaying in general, for that matter, B: Able to 'temper' the characters uberpowers, and C: Not a complete jackbutt*.) And powergamers, powerlevelers, and godmodders have no place in a serious roleplaying game. None. At all. Ever. End of story. As I said, that's why Blizzard created World Of Warcraft. That's what it's there for. Use it! Why just be a metaphorical troll, when you can be a real one?

It takes less than one ounce of creativity to to say, "My character is the best at everything. At least nine times as good as you." And roleplaying is, if nothing else, about trying to be creative. Not to mention about having fun. And those people who only seem to have fun by ruining the fun of others shouldn't be welcome. Sometimes the few jackbutts* must be sacrificed in the name of the many not-jackbutts*.

I hope your doing this ticks* them off so much that they pick up their keyboard and shove it through their moniter, then kick their tower and break it in half. (With the 'uber strength' they supposedly have.) That way we won't have to be witness to their unfortunate mental defects anymore.

Perhaps we should just forcefully quarantine them in a single forum. That way they could go, "I kill you to death with my sword." "No you didn't, I'm immortal, ugh, I kill you with Satan." all day long.

--Polar

Language warning! --Karyuu

Awwr. 0= Sorry for the language infraction there Karyuu. Henceforth, I shall employ the term jackbutt. ^^

[bilbous]

Dunno bout you but my character is so lucky the gods themselves couldn't harm him. course he's so inept he couldn't hurt a fly.

[Peacer]

Why don't i like this? Because someone will just use it as an excuse for being rude with an explanation saying "I didn't like their rp, they were godmodding" don't think tis is a good idea. And not to remember the rotten apples who could easily turn this into trolling.

[Donari Tyndale]

i think it is just great...especially against rude godmodders 

[Nikodemus]

Did he challenge you?  If he challenged you and you declined, you don't really have the right to make fun of him.  Also, if his character was maxed out, then you're on pretty shakey ground as well.

Ok, but after he kiled the barman and the two guards outside Kada-Els, as he was so strong, would he accept the banishment punishment for his crimes? He would be hunted by all Hydlaa guards, catched, punished, threw outside the city witout possiblity to legally come back. Would he respect this as player till forever? I don't think so.
I don't have much against people doing this as long as they are prepared to accept the consequences.
Additionally, the guy who kill everybody in the tavern is complete idiot ;P I mean, would you rob a bank in front of police?

[Narure]

And whats wrong with RPing an idiot?

[zanzibar]

Did he challenge you?  If he challenged you and you declined, you don't really have the right to make fun of him.  Also, if his character was maxed out, then you're on pretty shakey ground as well.

Ok, but after he kiled the barman and the two guards outside Kada-Els, as he was so strong, would he accept the banishment punishment for his crimes? He would be hunted by all Hydlaa guards, catched, punished, threw outside the city witout possiblity to legally come back. Would he respect this as player till forever? I don't think so.
I don't have much against people doing this as long as they are prepared to accept the consequences.
Additionally, the guy who kill everybody in the tavern is complete idiot ;P I mean, would you rob a bank in front of police?

There are plenty of people who have done things worthy of banishment yet stick around anyway.  There are many ways you could explain it - either they haven't been caught, or they've masked their appearance (either physically or mystically), or they avoid the guards, or they wear cloaks that prevent them from getting attention.  It's also possible that when the crime was committed, they weren't identified by the guards, or maybe the guards just don't give a damn.

And whats wrong with RPing an idiot?

Unless you're an altruistic lawful-good character, you are absolutely required to warn everyone within 100 metres of you that your character is slightly unpredictable.  The best way to do this is to disrupt RPs with out of character /tells that warn people that you might do something silly, stupid, or unexpected.  Remember to use brackets.  If you use brackets, then it's ok.

[Under the moon]

I have no problem with open PvP as soon as sissies learn how to play criminals. In other words, you break the law, you go away. On the run, Prison, or perma-death, I don't care. It should be hardcoded so they don't have to learn, it just happens. And yes, there are good ways to do that that have been used in other games.

Crime = punishment or hiding. To do it any other way is poor roleplaying.

So, if they stop being sissies, they get to grow up and put their little wooden swords down.

The same goes for those who are uberstronger than everyone else.

Sure there are many ways too 'explain' a madman running around freely in public and talking after ten people saw him commit a crime. But that is lame and time consuming.

If you want to call me an elitist, fine. I am. The Pros will often play with the rookies for the joy of the game. But as soon as a rookie starts to ruin the game by being a prick, they get booted off the field. Usualy after a sound thrashing.

Plainshift is for roleplaying, not for idiots. You can play an idiot all you want, but you can't be an idiot. Like said, that is what WoW is for.

[zanzibar]

There isn't just one way to play a criminal.

[Nikodemus]

Zanz, you are right about the masks, disgiuse and the rest. The problem is the guy with wooden sticks didn't describe himself in this way. Unless UtM missed this part, what i doubt. Basically what that guy did was entered the tavern like always, but started threatening with sword, while there was few people in the tavern and two guards outside, but close enough to hear something bad is going on.
I doubt they wouldn't give a damn about it, as Kada-Els tavern is very respected place and people could start missively complaining what goverment don't really want. There is always "If" and "But", the thing is that this tavern isn't for criminals and alike.

[Under the moon]

*chuckles*

Have to split some hairs now. Of course I know that. It is the idiots that don't. I speak of those that commit crimes in public view, or those that leave evidence that leads right to them, then refuse to follow up the RP. Criminal masterminds, on the other hand, are good RPers who know how not to get caught in a realistic way. But if they do, they go along with it.

By the way, that is a made up example. The real ones are far more idiotic.

[zhai]

I think it's not about disregarding anyone's RP but their lack of interest in others' and the settings. Just because game mechs allow you to kill someone right in front of the guards it doesn't mean that it makes sense to think it is OK. Hydlaa isn't Sin City. We're not playing Mad Max either. There are laws, there's a judicial system, there's police. We don't see them and we don't have access to them atm but if someone says "I'll call the guards" you have to RP that guards may actually come for you. It's common sense. If you ignore that and start taking your RP outside the settings don't expect other players to go along with you. Some will call you "a little boy with a wooden sword" and ignore all you say because you are also ignoring them.

[Phinehas]

We're not playing Mad Max.

Oh my goodness! And all these years, I thought...