Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5424581-20160316234646/@comment-26103034-20160317211051

Rukathesoldier wrote: We all like different things. What do you enjoy? What do you want to see more of? I'm about to tell you :P

Do you like RPs about the politics in TES? Things about the Thalmor, Empire, Stormcloaks, etc. Sort of. I like it when politics is involved, as that makes sense. If some monster eats a villiage and the quest is to stop it, what are the different factions doing, and why? However, I'm not that into RPs based around politics, since too many people use Meta and it becomes too much of a competition between players, not people writing a story together.

More grand adventure type things? Something like the main quest of TES games. It depends. Sometimes these end up with the GM forcing the chars through the quest exactly how they planned, taking away freedom and realism - much like the main quest of TES games.

Something more realistic like a survival or slice of life type of RP? Not really my type. Slice of life without anything happens is boring, and with something happening, it could/should/would become a quest to stop it.

What kind of environment do you like in an RP? Like others have said, anything as long as it suits the story.

The wilderness of a province? Or do you prefer an RP to be contained in a smaller area like a city or a ship? Lots of travel or very little? Moving around is good, not just in one city. However, too much travel either means half of the time is skipped while travelling and sometimes feels like the GM is trying to show off all the places they have.

What do you want to see from other RPers? Following rules, taking criticism for anyone. Everyone can do that. Good grammar and spelling, making sure characters do stuff and being consistent. OH, and I don't like it when people are trying to, 'win' the RP. I think of it like a collabartive story. If my char dies, I'll be sad that my hard work is gone, I suppose. However, often RPing a scared farmer can be as - or more - fun then RPing an expert ninja warrior mage.

What kind of characters do you want to see? Any. Not OP or extremely weird ones. Don't have the quality of your character be in the backstory, but in how you RP them. Although ones that act like a lunatic and murder someone and then you're forced to have your char be fine with that, since arguing would break the RP.

Do you prefer past or present tense in an RP and do you get annoyed when someone uses a different tense than you or switches randomly? I use past (unless in a choice advenutre), but if the GM used present I would too. Like before, consistency with yourself and others. If everyone else uses the same except one, it makes it feel strange.

How do you feel about canon? Do you care if the GM alters it heavily? What if they stick to canon very strictly? Is that bad or good? What kind of alterations to canon are you okay with/not okay with? How do you feel about lore breaking RPs or characters? If it's done well. Uriel Septim is an alien? Alright, as long as it's done well. Characters is a different matter, because then it can ruin the RP. Other characters have to be fine with it or completely change the RP - if your character is an alien, my character would try and find the others. OK, different RP now.

What about the content of an RP? Do you like interactions to be mostly dialogue or actions? What kind of actions? Fights? Or something else? How do feel about RPs having sexual content/interaction? Fight scenes often end up either with one person going, "Jacob killed them all in a swingle swoop 'cause he's so cool," or everyone waiting for the GM to decide something. If, like I said before, people just want a good story, it can work better. It's all about character development, really. Fights can be alright and sexual content? Don't mind it, but when done badly is more annyoing than a fight done badly. Plus, it's banned and any young innocent little darlings may be scarred.

How do you feel about people who reply inconsistently or abandon the RP even after their chatacter has become relevant? It depends why and how. If you say, then alright. If you can finish it off - find a reason for the char to leave or die, then that's better - then the other chars can react to your characters death or leaving. Replying inconsistently is alright by me, as long as you warn people.

How do you feel about people planning out their characters' interactions in advance? Depends. If it involves other characters, then no. Otherwise, fine.

How do you feel about GMs being too controlling of the RP or GMs that do almost nothing for the RP? Too controlling annoys me, and almost nothing? Well, then it normally just dies, so yeah. Occasionally the GM will set up a good world and then the RPers take it and have a load of fun.

Well I can't think of anymore questions so I guess I'll end this here. If I think of anymore questions later on I'll ask them in the thread.

What about timeskips? Well, too much feels weird. Your characters have spent hours or days with each other, yet in reality they have only exchanged a few words...