Here's a little something I thought might be fun, mostly because I feel the need to rant and this is as good a place as any to do it. I'm also hoping this will be read and people will get the not-so-subtle message. So come on, if you have pet peeves, things about RPing, or RPers, that just generally annoy you, or worse, make you angry, go ahead and put them in here. It might help to vent a little bit. So let's see... where shall I begin?
1.) People who come into the chat room when there are only a few people and make comments like "Busy night" or "It must be slow lately." Just because there's no one there when you get there does not mean no one is ever there, or it's been empty all night. And even if it has been, it's not a good idea to remind me of the fact. Along with this goes comments like "I must have scared them all away." If they aren't there when you get there, how would they know you're coming and have time to leave?
2.) People who don't type out their entire words or use no punctuation. Come on now, would you talk that way in real life? And seriously, how hard is it to type "any" instead of "ne," for example? It's one extra letter! And horrific spelling and/or slang abbreviations, as well as not using punctuation, just makes things harder to read. Did you pass English class in high school? I hope you don't expect to get a job if you fill out an application like that. Likewise, people that feel the need to correct me if I make a typo. Typos happen, and we can't catch all of them. That doesn't mean we're stupid.
3.) People that know the rules, that are warned about them in advance, and specifically choose not to follow them, or ask for exceptions to be made just for them. If it is in the nature of your character to go against the set rules, then the GTI is probably not the place for you. The rules are there for a reason, and I'm not going to tell you it's alright for you to do something that goes against them just because you complain about it. That goes for the hosts too. Having a spiffy little symbol in front of your name doesn't give you the right to break the rules. If anything, you should try even harder to follow them.
4.) People who think they're better than everyone else because they believe they've been RPing longer. Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not going to bow down and kiss your boots because you might have been RPing for more years than I have. That does not make you a better RPer, contrary to what you might think. And even if it did, what right does that give you to tell other people how they should behave, or how they should RP, especially when you are a guest in their "home?"
5.) People who don't make an entrance but get upset when their character is not acknowledged. How are we supposed to know you're there if you don't tell us? Along the same lines, people who know everybody's name without being introduced. Even if you claim your character is a mind reader, they still wouldn't be able to automatically know everyone's name. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't go around thinking "My name is Myranda" all the time, just in case there happens to be a mind reader nearby.
6.) People who don't read the room topic before they go into a chat room. First of all, it's called Golden Tiger INN. That should give you some clue right there. Second of all, it's written right in the topic what the room is for. If you can't read that much, don't expect me to have a high opinion of your reading/possible RPing skills. And what's even worse is when they have the nerve to tell me I'm stupid, or the room is stupid, because they don't like RPing. Well if you'd read the room topic to begin with, you wouldn't have had to see it anyway.
Okay, I think I'm done for now. ~deep breaths~ There. I do feel much better. Who's up next?
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