I would say do two things.
One, put this in your bio:
"I do not engage in cyber or adult RP. Unsolicited tells of this nature will be /petitioned."
Two, follow up on the blatant ones; the ones that ask, refer to your bio.
And no, it's not become an adult chatroom... or it shouldn't have. I would guess that most people who are into this sort of thing are discreet about it. The immature ones are not.
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I'm guessing it is restrained to certain servers...We don't get any of that on Infinity. I would guess stuff like that could happen on Virute...(Unofficial RP server) or Freedom...(Most populated server) But these are just guesses, as I am Infinity exclusive.
My main server's Protector, and we typically get power-levellers. We've got a small RP community, but most of the players are story-driven ("I wrote a cool bio, yay; now it's time to level!").
Honestly, this is the first I've heard of this sort of RPing in this game. I'm not surprised its here (and another thread of my respect for humanity withers away), but this is the first I've heard of it.
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Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
This isn't the first time I heard of it, nor will it probably be the last.
I ignore the people around me who do it because, honestly, it doesn't affect me.
Until I get a tell or two from girls-who-are-13-year-old-boys.
/Petition.
I dunno, I think I should petition it every time I see it, seeing as how this is a Rated T game, but I would sometimes have to petition about eight people every time I log on on a bad day.
Another thing... Most likely you will not see it nearly as much once you get into the late teens or twenties for level. I would like to say not at all but I can't gaurantee that. You may get it once or twice past twenty. I hope. The immature players seem to hang around the lower level areas. So don't lose all hope.
I'm part of a pretty extensive RP community on Pinnacle. Several of our members (myself included) also play RP characters on different severs (primarily Virtue and Protector) and we've seen 'Mature RP' tags in bios. We've come to understand that tag means 'wanna cyber?' and, for the most part, ignore them.
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I would guess stuff like that could happen on Virute...(Unofficial RP server) or Freedom...(Most populated server)
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In the words of Bill Hicks, where is this [censored] happening?
I play on Virtue mostly and while I have seen some odd things in Pocket D at night (mostly during holiday events when it is crowded) I have never had someone direct stuff like this towards me despite all of my villains being female characters.
But then again I don't "RP" to begin with. My girls have their backstories and may talk in a manner that is fairly appropriate much of the time but I get surprised when someone actually can't tell that it's a guy at the keyboard. I break character very frequently to get something done in the game rather than wasting time trying to tell someone to drop a debuff anchor using fancy words or what not.
So I can't tell you if this is "normal" in the RP community but it certainly isn't normal in the general game.
Two commands are your best friend with those people: /ignore and /petition.
Personally, I've never had it happen to me but I play only a couple few female toons. I would chalk it up to bad luck, and like the others have said, level into a higher area where those kind of people are less common.
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I have no idea why people would just up and do that. I have the feeling that it's a jokester or something. I know good and well that those types are often the 'sit in the corner' ones.
Personally? It's happened to me once.
People learned never to do it again.
Couple of questions: What server are you on and what's your character name? I play on Virtue and get my fair share of weirdos. Of course my main is named Pin-Up, so it tends to attract weirdos. My RP background before MMOs came from online chat and you see a lot of that behavior there, so for the most part I just shrug it off. There are a lot of great RPers in this game; it might take a little work to find them ((check your server forums, they're out there)).
This is a great game with a great community. Please don't let the immature ((That's right immature, not overly mature. Mature adults know how to be courteous and discreet and know what is and isn't appropriate with strangers.)) people drive you off.
((I play on two servers but love Virtue for the RP aspect. I've met some very interesting people and skilled RPers. I've witnessed varying degrees of rp, from casual to extremely hardcore (as in never dropping character). There have been a few times since comeing to Virtue that I have been asked if I am an MRPer. I felt dumb because I had to ask a friend what that meant, and he told me lol. The rp terms have come a long way since I first began dabbling in yahoo rp chat rooms 10 years ago lol. Anyway, the next time I was asked if I was an MRPer, my response was something like, "well, I'm definately mature, but I'm not THAT kind of RPer lol." I was curteous with my response and they were just as polite back. Its my impression that the mature adults who wish to be discreet, will send a tell to inquire about your status as an RPer/MRPer. Usually, they are the ones that enjoy a little action in PRIVATE, rather than advertising around every corner that they are into cyber sex. My best tactic with MRP inqueries is to respectfully decline, because who am I to look down my nose at someone else for their rp preference? My philosophy is, when I start paying for their subscription to play, then I can boss them around about their rp style. Until then, I need to mind my own business over what they do at their keyboard :P :P :P Usually the blatantly explicit advances come from people who are immature to begin with, so even if you are the MRP type, you should probably stay away from the obvious ones. Chances are, they're some 15 year old trying to see how many people they can cyber with then laugh about it later.
Bottom line for the OP, don't let it drive you away from a game you obviously enjoy. Not ALL Rpers are like that. It just sounds like you've had a stroke of bad luck running into a few that don't care if they are crossing your boundary lines. My advice would be to handle each MRP inquery with dignity and class; politely inform them that you are NOT an MRPer, wish them a nice day, and go on about your business. If they keep sending you /tells and you don't want to talk to them, put them on /ignore. If they continue to follow you and emote sexually explicit material or harrass you in any other way, use the report or petition feature provided in game. Under no circumstances, should you argue with the offender or continue talking to them if you don't want to. If they continue to pester you after you've gently turned them down, they want attention, and their next goal will be to get some sort of reaction from you. Don't give them what they want by getting into a screaming match. As badly as we all itch to tell off annoying, ignorant, immature wierdos, it is oft best to be the bigger person and take the high road.
To close on a pleasant note, if you play on Virtue, look me up. I have many alts lol. And no, I won't ask if you're an MRPer :P :P :P ))
I hope this is ok for me to discuss here. I promise not to go into too much detail. But I want an honest response from the RP community. Am trying my best to find and settle into a character that I will enjoy playing for awhile. Have had to remake several times, etc. Well I found a character I think I can run with and have fun RP'ing with but...wow *blinks* just wow. Believe me when I say I am not exagerating much when I tell you I am only lvl 6 and as soon as I log in I am asked if I want to be someone's Mistress, "little girl", slave and/or someone randomly starts RP'ing graphically sexual material while I am in the middle of a mission. I do not know anyone in this game and have only grouped once or twice.
How normal is this!? Am I going to have to suck it up in order to continue playing because I truly do not know if I will be able to. It hinders my enjoyment immensly. I want to make friends, not have cyber flings. Am I just naive? I do understand the suggestive clothing contributes to the atmosphere but we are super heroes/villains! Women in comic books have always been extremely *hrms* What is the word I look for? I try to downplay the whole sex appeal factor without losing all femininity, but in no way do I think I am "asking" for this sort of behavior.
Am just shocked and don't know the community well enough to know if I have just had a run of bad apples. Has CoX become an adult chatroom?