One of the admins (Astriker) is currently trying to tell me my RP is bad when several others have been perfectly fine with it including one of the headmins. (SuperDork). The blurb at the top of the MRP rules say
“Medium” is loosely seen in our server as having an environment in which you can roleplay a character yet still have room for shenanigans and humor.
They go on to say
In other words, you should consider your character to be a separate entity from you as a player. Your character’s actions and feelings in-game should be based solely on your character’s experiences and not your own as the player. It is also encouraged to use role play dialogue before making split decisions such as using lethal force against another character.
That’s what I’ve been doing. The guy cited rule 4, “act like a professional”, but does that mean I literally cannot do any gimmicks outside of clown or mime? Does the chap have to be professional? Can I not be a hobo if I want? Can I not be crazy if I want? I am doing non-harmful shenanigains that are self-consistent and RP-ing 100% of the time, but apparently, because he doesn’t like it, it isn’t allowed?
Shoving sec to take their technology because you hate it isnt ok.
Spamming over comms saying unga bunga fuck the station become monkies isnt ok.
Why would nanotrasen employ someone like that.
theres a difference between a doing a gimmick and being a asshole to everyone.
did this exactly one time, excluding when I was being arrested and was trying to escape, which is within RP for literally anyone who doesn’t want to be arrested
did not say fuck the station but did say fuck technology. Other than the “become monke” part there are actual real world people who think and act this way, which is what I’m making fun of.
they literally employ clowns and chaplains that kill people with equally crazy antics and rituals, why can I not do what I’m doing (long as it isn’t self-antag, which it isn’t) when they can?
No offense but it seems less like you want to roleplay and more you want an excuse to break stuff and be rude, you can be a chaplain that doesn’t like technology, I’ve seen a gimmick done like that before the difference is they didn’t use it as an excuse to wreck the station even in a small way and scream non-Stop stuff, the main problem isn’t the gimmick it’s how you chose to play it in a clearly non-Stop way just because you thought that saying you were RPing made you exempt from the rules. ((Sorry if this comes off as rude but judging by the description I just wanted to add my two cents and i don’t mean to come off as hostile, if I do I’m sorry.)
this is more recent, but I can kinda see how I took it too far. Just gonna switch to ranting about it instead of acting because I can kinda see how it is a bit griefy (even it’s just stuff like breaking tables or toilets) to break a bunch of stuff. Gonna not do that anymore.
Your character is a grown adult working on a research station for a major company. You are a professional. Act like it.
Self-antagging includes (but is not limited to) damaging the station, attacking other players without reason, and subverting the established chain of command as a non-antagonist role.
No, roleplaying as an “insane person” does not mean you get to kill people.
Yes, we can tell you how to role-play and so do the rules. There are some liberties to be had, but ultimately you should not be using role-play as an excuse to self-antag. There shouldn’t need to be a lot more examples like the last one given above - use common sense and don’t be overly disruptive to the round for others.
You are an employee of the biggest intergalactic federation on a highly advanced research vessel and you have been hired to do a job. Act like it or go to lrp