Pet Peeves: Character Cards

[~ Fiend ~ 611]

Names: This is where you put your name. Not your nickname, not "The Shadow" and especially not your username! (Don't get me started on "_" users...) If you are scared of metagaming, then why role play when you can get metagamed at all times!? Just put your name there and if someone metagames, call them out on it and if it gets too bad, report.

 

Several times now I've talked to the _ people and they're either from Aegis or just the internet, where names can't have spaces. The character creation screen could mention that it's possible, it could also stand to startle new players less. #TutorialIsland

It's much easier (read: less tedious and time consuming) to not allow the possibility of metagaming, but I don't have that problem, so.. meh.

 

Age: Look, I understand the want for putting your age as high as you can but don't do it if you don't know the history OR are just doing it so you can call everyone children. Come on, it's just sad, especially if the character is a new one. I mean, I've had times where my character for a good six months (aging him as correctly as possible... Thanks broken autoage!) gets called a child by someone who literally just created that character! Blegh, then I had someone try to tell me facts about a character I worked for back in Anthos and they screwed up everything... I helped them OOCly and they were chill but that's not the point!

 

That's a peeve about peoples' characters, not the cards, but still.. why would that bug you? In a world of elves, it makes sense for most of them to be older anyway, why get upset when someone comes into being at a higher age? Sure, they should read the wiki (implying it's helpful, I don't find it to be) and learn the history, but still. Not everyone wants to play children and for elves child means something different.

 

Race: Main races should be removed, half- variants should be instituted and that's that. No such thing as a "normal elf" as in real life there's no such thing as a "normal human". We all come from a certain sub-race, live with it.

 

No no no no no. Just because people decided in character that main races don't exist doesn't mean you (read: anyone) should get to enforce it OOCly. Generic elf is a thing, with no subrace. Half dark elf half wood elf is a thing, with no character card option. Half orc half human is a thing. They're not going to add all the possible bloodlines so overarching race will be a thing. There is such a thing as a normal human, as heritage has nothing to do with species.

 

Description: This is where you put a description of what your character looks like, so we have an idea off of the bat. NOT WHERE YOU TELL US YOUR BLOODY BACKSTORY AND THEN END WITH, "PLEASE DO NOT META!!!". Oh and those who say "LEARN IN RP!!!!!" are worse! I mean, I am learning in RP... By looking at you! God damn it people.

 

Bugs me too, man. I shamefully use their backstories against people sometimes. x)

I mean backstory is great, but making it public seems kinda cheaty.

 

Status: It seems to become a norm that we all put our titles in here, which makes sense as we all should know who our kings and queens are, etc. But lately I've been seeing people use it for their pregnancy and even someone use it for there... Hat! Okay fine, not bad... I just needed to complain about this to complete the set. 

 

I don't actually like the inclusion of titles. I can understand using "king" or whatever, as people would likely know, but like "doctor"? As for hats and pregnancies, I think they should be used for exactly that. It's a temporary status not worth modreq'ing a change of name for, you're not going to (or going to be able to) skin it, and people would know from looking at you.

Let's be real, nobody checks character cards the second time they RP with someone.

 

Generic elves are an actual thing.

 

*blows kiss*

 

People who play certain races for the buffs. Absolutely disgusting.

 

Sometimes I wish I'd had the forethought, considering no one seems to get in trouble for it anyway, but then I think it seems too cheaty and I wouldn't, in circles. Oh well.

[Sporadic 2844]

And then one or two of the Vladovs make their race Ologs, but their desc is (*void card I am a human*).

 

They get the mammoth health perk.

 

Report people that do this... I'll set their race to Halfling :D

[Propheteer 10]

Report people that do this... I'll set their race to Halfling :D

If this is true, you'll be getting alot of reports from me...

[Publius 4098]

Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.