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[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by Batman The Trailer Hunter

Im with Old Ben the rules suck

Dude,A lot of people won't be happy if their characters die all the time,so I won't change the no death rule .

[Old_BenKenobi]

But a lot of people aren't happy with the rules the way they are now.

[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by Old_BenKenobi

I don't love any of my characters that much. Look:

Tarzan slits his throat and dies immediately.

Look,I'll try to tell you how the no death rule works .
If some one wants his character to kill you,you have the choice to accept him to kill your character or decline .

[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by Old_BenKenobi

But a lot of people aren't happy with the rules the way they are now.

A lot,Yeah sigh .Most people won't like his characters dead .

[Old_BenKenobi]

They can start new characters.

[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by Old_BenKenobi

They can start new characters.

What if they liked the character they were playing and didn't want to leave him?See .

[Old_BenKenobi]

They can just use a new one.

[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by Old_BenKenobi

They can just use a new one.

But what if they liked the character they played too much?

[Old_BenKenobi]

Well the thing about death is its never fun. But thats what creates drama.

[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by Old_BenKenobi

Well the thing about death is its never fun. But thats what creates drama.

Yeah, but you can make your own character die if you want,but not others. Like if someone is going to kill another,You can decline or accept to .

[The Hylden]

Probably the last time I am going to attempt to help in this thread.

Iamvengeance, you're attempting to role play with players that have never role played before, and who seem to not wish to do anything but what they want to do. Your rules weren't strict, that I saw originally, even the no Disney characters. It's your propagative as the thread-starter to set those rules. The problem is that there's not that much traffic here for role playing games, nor are there any experienced role players, that I've seen. You should try the ArkhamCity.com boards, and first pm a moderator there to ask permission to start a role playing thread, let them know what the intent is and the rules and ask that they help you moderate it if things such as the spamming here go on. You'll get a lot more traffic and a lot more willingness of people to follow your rules, I am sure. In regards as to me participating: sorry. I don't really role play anymore, don't have the time to put into one, and further I wouldn't consider it unless it were first a serious game anyway. I mean serious as in concerted effort of all involved to be "professional" in how things are handled and the story content. You can have comedy and still this could be a serious game, but this is more just whatever floats people's boats, and that's not my interest. Anyway, my further help is this:

... a player can be described as a powergamer if he or she presumes or declares that his or her own action against another player character is successful without giving the other player character the freedom to act on his own prerogative. They may also be a player who tries to force others to participate in role-playing they don't want to engage in. For instance, a player who unilaterally describes his character as doing something with (or to) another character that would usually require the other to play along — such as having a fight or a sexual encounter — is considered to be powergaming.[3]
In such games, in which a sense of community and rapport between players is seen as crucial and conducive to the game's overall well-being, powergaming is generally regarded as extremely offensive behavior if it is not stated in the rules as being a bannable offense, which it is in the majority of text-based role-playing games. It is often seen as synonymous with twinking or godmoding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powergaming

An explanation on Powergaming, or Godmoding. To answer people here whom may still be like "what's the big deal?" Characters can die in RPG's, and there's no reason why they can't here, if all are on board and agree to it, but they cannot be played, in any way, by other characters. That's the ultimate rude in an RPG. It's like taking someone's idea and using it to your own gain in the real world. You know, rude and unethical stuff? You aren't playing the other character, you aren't their controller, and therefore, you are not the master of another character's fate, nor where they are placed, how they react, or what they say after your characters' actions, or dialogue, toward them. To kill another character, or cause injury, you must ask first if you can take the action to the full extent via a pm, email, etc. Otherwise, it's the owner of the character you're striking/attacking to decide whether, or not, your character caused injury, or death. That is just the way it works. If you do it the other way, people get ticked off, and rightfully so.

Anyway, enjoy this futility. Good luck.

[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by The Hylden

Probably the last time I am going to attempt to help in this thread.

Iamvengeance, you're attempting to role play with players that have never role played before, and who seem to not wish to do anything but what they want to do. Your rules weren't strict, that I saw originally, even the no Disney characters. It's your propagative as the thread-starter to set those rules. The problem is that there's not that much traffic here for role playing games, nor are there any experienced role players, that I've seen. You should try the ArkhamCity.com boards, and first pm a moderator there to ask permission to start a role playing thread, let them know what the intent is and the rules and ask that they help you moderate it if things such as the spamming here go on. You'll get a lot more traffic and a lot more willingness of people to follow your rules, I am sure. In regards as to me participating: sorry. I don't really role play anymore, don't have the time to put into one, and further I wouldn't consider it unless it were first a serious game anyway. I mean serious as in concerted effort of all involved to be "professional" in how things are handled and the story content. You can have comedy and still this could be a serious game, but this is more just whatever floats people's boats, and that's not my interest. Anyway, my further help is this:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powergaming

An explanation on Powergaming, or Godmoding. To answer people here whom may still be like "what's the big deal?" Characters can die in RPG's, and there's no reason why they can't here, if all are on board and agree to it, but they cannot be played, in any way, by other characters. That's the ultimate rude in an RPG. It's like taking someone's idea and using it to your own gain in the real world. You know, rude and unethical stuff? You aren't playing the other character, you aren't their controller, and therefore, you are not the master of another character's fate, nor where they are placed, how they react, or what they say after your characters' actions, or dialogue, toward them. To kill another character, or cause injury, you must ask first if you can take the action to the full extent via a pm, email, etc. Otherwise, it's the owner of the character you're striking/attacking to decide whether, or not, your character caused injury, or death. That is just the way it works. If you do it the other way, people get ticked off, and rightfully so.

Anyway, enjoy this futility. Good luck.

Thank you for your great help .

[The Hylden]

You're welcome. I want you to know I didn't mean to come off as angry toward you, or your thread concept. I am not. I'm more expressing my frustration and disappointment at the behavior of the members posting here. Usually, no-one is this belligerent, or dismissive of new members that post here and all who do usually are good people. I don't know if they thought you a troll from another board, as I saw expressed earlier in the thread, but regardless, your behavior here hasn't warranted the reception you've received.

I also do not mean to say go to another board and post. I don't ever say that, but in this case, given what you've expressed as wanting to do here, I think you'll be much happier in an environment more conducive to a regular, well-mannered game of this sort taking place. The traffic in this section of these boards I don't think will be enough for it, nor is it the regulars' cup of tea, as you can see.

[batfan08]

Why not just get rid of all of the nonsense entirely? Only DC characters; only Gotham characters(as this is Arkham City), and go from there.

[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by batfan08

Why not just get rid of all of the nonsense entirely? Only DC characters; only Gotham characters(as this is Arkham City), and go from there.

Nah, I wanna give people more freedom in RPG and more creativity .You can even create your own character in this thread .

[Iamvengeance]

Originally Posted by The Hylden

You're welcome. I want you to know I didn't mean to come off as angry toward you, or your thread concept. I am not. I'm more expressing my frustration and disappointment at the behavior of the members posting here. Usually, no-one is this belligerent, or dismissive of new members that post here and all who do usually are good people. I don't know if they thought you a troll from another board, as I saw expressed earlier in the thread, but regardless, your behavior here hasn't warranted the reception you've received.

I also do not mean to say go to another board and post. I don't ever say that, but in this case, given what you've expressed as wanting to do here, I think you'll be much happier in an environment more conducive to a regular, well-mannered game of this sort taking place. The traffic in this section of these boards I don't think will be enough for it, nor is it the regulars' cup of tea, as you can see.

I already am on the other board .