Hot take:
Some people often forget that we’re in a roleplay server.
There are many examples that revolve around this issue:
At times, you see people who wish to give their characters certain injuries, psychological disorders, or simply any sort of medical condition. Please do research before implementing such things in your character. For example, if your character is going to have a psychological disorder like DID (Dissociative identity disorder), ASPD (Antisocial personality disorder), BPD (Borderline personality disorder), or a more physiological condition like anemia, diabetes, asthma.
Now this doesn’t just include unique symptoms, but also ones that are quite common; whether it’d be losing a body part as a result of a GangRP situation or something like temporary memory loss. It doesn’t make sense that your character has ran fifty laps with severe anemia, nor is it logical for your character to perform highly physical activities while one of their body parts have been amputated only a week ago. Your character will face difficulties!
Please do research. There are so many sources online which can help you see symptoms, give you an understanding of what difficulties your character may face, so on and so forth.
It will severely help with planning on what you wish to do with your character forwards, the condition may have a huge impact on your character for a number of reasons. Not only will it help other EMS to treat you better and have a clear understanding, but also it will be beneficial for when constructing your characters. Besides, it is kind of fun to roleplay out symptoms!
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Moving onto my second point, granted, there are different types of roleplay situations. In some, you may rightfully wish to DetailRP and write actions that are more in-depth got situations where you’re more passionate about a certain thing or you just want to cherish the moment. Whereas in some, you may not feel as though you want to add too much detail, with your actions consisting of couple sentences that are more brief.
But in a roleplay situation, please respect people that put in effort and wish to simply enjoy the roleplay aspect. Drag things out, instead of rushing things. If you don’t want to for any reason, make that known to the player you’re roleplaying with to set things clear. Maybe you have to go to work in a few, let them know. (Or preferably, don’t get in a roleplay situation in cases where you have to leave shortly.)
I hate to point fingers, but this is most common in GangRP situations. In some, whilst you try to write up an action, you’re bullied through LOOC for stalling, for making people wait or whatever reason that takes away the joy of in-character situations. It is disrespectful and it defeats the whole roleplay aspect to scrap out the whole roleplay part of an in-character situation, so if you do not feel comfortable with DetailRP, long actions or any actions for any reason, make sure to communicate that to the other person. I personally feel very devastated when I’ve spent five minutes on an action to make roleplay more interesting, then I’m faced with hardly any interest or acknowledgement. Having a common ground will give you a much more peaceful experience.
Let’s just all enjoy roleplay, you know?
