Honestly, I think my "pet peeve" is mainly the ridiculous and (often times) obnoxious pet peeves that people have (Not that there aren't reasonable/legitimate preferences one could have).
One silly example: I saw someone's write-up who seemed like a pretty cool RPer and seemed to share some similarities with myself... but then I saw this list of pet peeves... and, among many other ones that just seemed dumb to me, was a long ranting over the word "chuckle" and how it was "idiotic" to use that word to describe someone laughing, ever, unless maybe you were Santa Clause or something.
Get a clue and an open mind towards vocabulary... and drop the insane self-created hatred.
Ahem...
Anyways...
I suppose my real pet peeve is the fact that I do not adhere to rules and biases based on poor experiences (Like so many people with grand lists of pet peeves seem to do).
Often times, mindsets like that, lead people to close the door on other people they may very well would have benefited from being around... yet, some insignificant and baseless rule that they manufactured in their heads due to some specific experience turns them into a spiteful arbitrator of how everyone should act in order to fit into their precious world.
Yes... that is my pet peeve 
I like to be flexible and experience other points of views. I just don't put myself into spots where I'll be crushed by others and then make stringent rules to avoid that from happening again. I take my time and only go in so far as I deem safe, before getting to know people.
Being against God-Moding or selfish indulgences or blatant disregards for other players are not "pet peeves"... they're simply recognizing obvious obnoxiousness. Going farther with these types of ideas... "I'll never play with someone who based their character on another world, who is a catgirl, who is a fishboy, who wears beige, who doesn't know how to tie his shoe laces, etc... Is folly, in my opinion.
If any of that made sense anyways...
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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My Pet Peeve is people who have pet peeves about others having pet peeves. 
Joking! Just thought it had to be said in a light cheerful super-not-serious sort of way. 
My pet peeve is people who suggest that having pet peeves makes you some kind of hostile diva.
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Yeah, I have no worries. I know the reality of what I'm saying and I hope it is communicated well enough there if someone actually reads what I said.
Hehe, anyone who doesn't get it, I suppose, will just dismiss me
EDIT: Hrm, that easily can sound a lot more snarky than my intention. I'm actually an easy person to get along with... hehe, which is sort of my point. I've seen far too many people with what they call "pet peeves" that would apparently make them ignore me. I'm not a god-moder or mary sue maker or really much of anything people are likely to mention in here.
I just don't believe in dismissing people based on some rule created in a vacuum... and... will openly mock it, I suppose, haha.
I just read over this reply and felt that it didn't represent what I was trying to say very well... The big smiley was what I wanted to be most noticed
*shutting up now, sir*
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
My pet peeve are cookie-cutter Mary Sues with zero depth and more power than God on meth and Redbull.
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I can already see this thread going down in flames. But here it goes...
My pet peeve is when some random, currently-popular pop song turns into a "theme song" for a few billion characters.
I never knew Lady GaGa's Bad Romance touched so many genres and characters with its deep, powerful, and enlightening lyrics and harmony...
I think the idea of a theme song is kindda silly to begin with. But sometimes it can be fun. And I've done it once myself. So I can't criticize!
I try not to go for that >.> I go for I-Pod kinda thing, with multiple songs fitting my character.
I have too many pet peeves I might as well be one myself.
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I don't get how that is meta gaming.|
Originally Posted by Roleplayer606
As it says what is your pet peeves, when it pertains to roleplaying? As for me it is people that say in their description so and so character is same as another character, nothing personal just I consider it metagaming and ignore these people. Next poster your turn go..
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I have two characters that I have two versions of. One is hero side, the other is villain side. I mention in both of their descriptions that they "may" be identifiable as x.
I don't see how thats a bad thing letting people know.
Its only meta gaming if you -assume- you know that without any actual basis for knowing it. Its not meta gaming for someone else to give you a heads up in a bio.
But lets say you're character is familiar with Captain Spandex. You've worked with Captain spandex before and come across a guy in the D who looks sorta like Captain Spandex (its the twirl in his hair, gives it away every time). Basically what that person is telling you is that you may know them and you can verify this through their description.
Now if you've never met captain spandex, see this, and suddenly go "AH HAH! I see you are the hero Captain Spandex! I will thrash thee!" then you are meta gaming.
Personally I don't have pet peeves, life is too short to be annoyed by things on the intertubes of nets.
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So...your pet peeve is the fact that people alt?|
Originally Posted by Roleplayer606
As it says what is your pet peeves, when it pertains to roleplaying? As for me it is people that say in their description so and so character is same as another character, nothing personal just I consider it metagaming and ignore these people. Next poster your turn go..
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Hot damn, that's hilarious.
Fun fact - people alt. People RP the traits of one alt being pretty much the same as another, just a different variant. Things such as weapon mastery, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, dimensional warping, magic etc. It tends to make sense. Now if someone jumps from a completely different set of powers to another without any reason? Then you may have a point. But power customization has gone one hell of a distance for that.
Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!
"RP to find out more". Especially if it's the only thing in the description. No, I don't need your character's full history, but at least give me the elevator pitch. If you absolutely insist on me not knowing anything my character wouldn't know, at least mention *something* about your character that makes them more than a collection of costume options on my screen. The way they wear their clothes, the way they look around the room or lurk quietly in a corner, the way they heft a gore-stained axe...
Character index
I'm probably gonna stir up some debate or get flamed for this, but...
Incredibly violent characters that aren't afraid to break necks, drink blood, and explode the skulls of their victims in an severely graphic fashion. I'm fine with violence, but you don't have to have relations with a dead body.
Dark, brooding characters that believe the world wants them dead and have gone through every possible traumatic event one could come up with.
Cliche anime catgirls.
Cliche demons spawned from hell that want to kill Satan/Hades/Lucifer/Billy Bob down the street to seek their redemption or whatever it is they look for.
And god-moders that know all, see all, and can kill all just with a glance.
That's pretty much it.
Godmode level characters. Y'know, super Mary Sues who are something like
-the richest person on the planet
-the most powerful magic user on the planet
-characters so uber-powerful they can beat every PC and NPC in the game with a pinky. And they have a list for the latter to tell you when they did.
Quick story.
So I was running through D a while back, and I saw a friend talking to PC A, PC B, and PC C, all people I didn't recognize. Cool, I think to myself, I'll approach and get some RP going. But as I lurk to get an idea of where the conversation is going, my friend logs. Ah crap, well, I'll stick around anyway. Then PC B says something OOC to the effect of "I need a few minutes. I got worked into a corner with the cosmic level stuff." as PC C wanders off. Erm, well, that's unusual, I think, but what the hell, might as well introduce myself.
So I walk up and ask about the character that just logged to get the conversation going. We chat a bit, and the subject shifts to magic. PC A (a defender with a Lighty McPowerbright type name who was just wearing a suit) then says IC
"Don't you know who I am?"
Now I think at the time I was on a demon summoner female character, white skin, red and black armor (cliche, I know, but it's intentional). But I had no clue who I was talking to. Didn't recognize anything about the character or the global. So I says something like "Um, no?"
And then the guy floats up and uses a neat costume change to turn into something like a Diablo angel, a male energy body with feather wings. The guy then says something like "You still don't recognize me?" I'm still at a loss for where he's going with this. Then he says.
"I'm the Fallen Angel, Lucifer Morningstar."
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@_@
Taking a few moments to recover from my spit-take, I realize this guy was really claiming to be RPing Satan. Not just ANY demon or fallen angel, or even Hercule Satan, but the FREAKING DEVIL HIMSELF. So... yeah... I humored the guy for a few minutes then ran for dear life out of Pocket D.
Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
I have a slight pet-peeve when people manipulate (I guess is the right word?) with the game's lore.
i.e. a character who ends up being the son/daughter of Manticore/Sister Psyche but no one knows about it
I also have a slight pet peeve with people who are Peacebringers/Warshades but don't RP them as one... But even that's a touchy subject.
In addition, Electric-Knight's post (#2) pretty much summed it up for me. And it made perfect sense to me.
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I'm really picky about that sort of thing when it comes to myself. The other day, I was thinking...
Originally Posted by Agonus
Taking a few moments to recover from my spit-take, I realize this guy was really claiming to be RPing Satan. Not just ANY demon or fallen angel, or even Hercule Satan, but the FREAKING DEVIL HIMSELF. So... yeah... I humored the guy for a few minutes then ran for dear life out of Pocket D.
We have characters in City of Heroes who are angels. Some are devils. Some are fallen angels. Now these are all what I'd categorize as "biblical" figures; or at least related to the common definition of god, heaven, and hell...
Now what happens if one of these characters interacts with an atheist? Wouldn't it make the atheist simply a dumb, dense non-believer? Cause wouldn't an angel that has descended from heavens be living counter-proof to a potential atheist character's philosophy?
Personally, I try to solve that dilemma by simply making my "demonic" characters be "aliens" from another "dimension" that looks very close to what "humans" consider "hell" or some other place that is populated with beings that share many traits with "common definitions" of "demons" and "angels". Same for angelic characters. But I've never played an angel.
Just something I thought I should share. Feel free to discuss the dilemma!
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That. Is all kinds of special right there. I mean... Lucifer? Seriously? That... There are no other words. And I apologize in advance if I somehow offend some people with what I just said.
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Originally Posted by Agonus
Then he says.
"I'm the Fallen Angel, Lucifer Morningstar." ... @_@ Taking a few moments to recover from my spit-take, I realize this guy was really claiming to be RPing Satan. Not just ANY demon or fallen angel, or even Hercule Satan, but the FREAKING DEVIL HIMSELF. So... yeah... I humored the guy for a few minutes then ran for dear life out of Pocket D. |
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I think, Flea, he(she?) is referring to people whose bios contain only "Same as (name)".|
Originally Posted by Flea_Mark_Evil
So...your pet peeve is the fact that people alt?
Hot damn, that's hilarious. Fun fact - people alt. People RP the traits of one alt being pretty much the same as another, just a different variant. Things such as weapon mastery, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, dimensional warping, magic etc. It tends to make sense. Now if someone jumps from a completely different set of powers to another without any reason? Then you may have a point. But power customization has gone one hell of a distance for that. |
I can't read "(Name)'s" bio right now, since you're not on him. So what the heck does "Same as (Name)" mean to me? I have the same pet peeve when that's the entirety of the bio.
Characters who RP soul-stealing or killing every NPC they come across. Yes. I get it. You're evil. But when we fight Romulus Nictus in the last mission of the ITF it will make no sense if you sucked out his soul and defiled his corpse in the next to last mission of the ITF.
I don't think Godmode characters count as a pet peeve so much as poor roleplay.
Mary Sue? Same as Godmoders.
Characters who have no backstory other than horrific violent bloody pain and suffering forever and always. Mom died when they were born, Dad beat them, uncles and aunts hated them, school bullies pummeled them, police brutality, casual referral to being held prisoner for weeks by a brutal offender... no good events in their entire life, ever. Ech.
People with copy-pasta combat calls. I get it. You shout "I will defeat you, $target!" to everyone you attack. I don't need it scrolling my chat. I met a guy RPing a fairly blatant "Beast" ripoff who had 6 or 7 keybinds of actually fairly funny and witty one-liners. But he hit them over and over again to signal each of his attacks. VERY annoying.
People who can't look past the NPC text and accept that I can, do, and will continue to RP heroes in the Rogue Isles. Even after Going Rogue launches I will have "Vigilantes" and "Villains" running around the Etoille fighting crime.
These are a few of my least favorite things! XD
-Rachel-
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I think it is more of "same character as level 50 fire/energy blaster, 50 bots/traps MM, 50 mind/psi dom, 50 dark/dark def" while they are on their Claws/Regen scrapper... and they expect you to accept that they have ALL the powers of ALL those AT's/Powersets, at the same time. You know, the "ubermensch" syndrome.|
Originally Posted by Steampunkette
I think, Flea, he(she?) is referring to people whose bios contain only "Same as (name)".
I can't read "(Name)'s" bio right now, since you're not on him. So what the heck does "Same as (Name)" mean to me? I have the same pet peeve when that's the entirety of the bio. -Rachel- |
At least, I know that is a pet peeve of mine.
"Life is what happens when you are making other plans"
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I did RP a character who was Atheist when I first started out. He was convinced that angels and demons were founded in scientific fact and that a good number of them were mutants or such and in a denial brought on by an society that doesn't accept their diffenences.|
Originally Posted by Bright Shadow
I'm really picky about that sort of thing when it comes to myself. The other day, I was thinking... We have characters in City of Heroes who are angels. Some are devils. Some are fallen angels. Now these are all what I'd categorize as "biblical" figures; or at least related to the common definition of god, heaven, and hell... Now what happens if one of these characters interacts with an atheist? Wouldn't it make the atheist simply a dumb, dense non-believer? Cause wouldn't an angel that has descended from heavens be living counter-proof to a potential atheist character's philosophy? Personally, I try to solve that dilemma by simply making my "demonic" characters be "aliens" from another "dimension" that looks very close to what "humans" consider "hell" or some other place that is populated with beings that share many traits with "common definitions" of "demons" and "angels". Same for angelic characters. But I've never played an angel. Just something I thought I should share. Feel free to discuss the dilemma! |
Which brings me to my pet peeve: Red Side's myopic VG group themes. They all seem to be "mecanries-that-are-really-90s-anti-heroes" and "Demon cults". You would think with the overwelming ammounts of X-men like SGs, at least one VG would be out for "superiority over **** sapiens". Or a "thieve's guild". I guess I want more colorful villains in a City of Villains than everyone wearing a trench coat.
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The way I respond to that is to go the Shakespeare route.. that is, "there is more in heaven and earth that is dreampt of in your philosophy." Certainly, you can have demonic-esque and angel-oid creatures running around, but to instantly presume that this means the creature in charge of them is the ultimate arbiter of the universe is a bit of a leap. The point being that the atheist refuses to recognise the authority of the demonic or angelic creatures as proof of the deity in that mythology. |
Originally Posted by Bright Shadow
I'm really picky about that sort of thing when it comes to myself. The other day, I was thinking... We have characters in City of Heroes who are angels. Some are devils. Some are fallen angels. Now these are all what I'd categorize as "biblical" figures; or at least related to the common definition of god, heaven, and hell... Now what happens if one of these characters interacts with an atheist? Wouldn't it make the atheist simply a dumb, dense non-believer? Cause wouldn't an angel that has descended from heavens be living counter-proof to a potential atheist character's philosophy? Personally, I try to solve that dilemma by simply making my "demonic" characters be "aliens" from another "dimension" that looks very close to what "humans" consider "hell" or some other place that is populated with beings that share many traits with "common definitions" of "demons" and "angels". Same for angelic characters. But I've never played an angel. Just something I thought I should share. Feel free to discuss the dilemma! |
After all, if you can have the mad god Lanaruu seen with tangible proof ("I punched him in the face!") then clearly YHVH cannot be the one true god. At best, they're extraplanar beings with powers beyond human comprehension. But that doesn't make them the ultimate beings of the universe.
The Elysienne; Magical controller
Silent Sickle; Natural scrapper
And many more.
Aenigma Rebis: "Actually, Ely's more like Jean Grey. Only... smart."
As it says what is your pet peeves, when it pertains to roleplaying? As for me it is people that say in their description so and so character is same as another character, nothing personal just I consider it metagaming and ignore these people. Next poster your turn go..