Yeah, huge red flag when that happens. Experienced it quite a bit, but since after BfA I have seen it less and less.
âMuffin Loverâ title. I just canât get over that, itâs worn by a very specific type of roleplayers who I find extremely annoying.
Weird characters hanging out in places where they just shouldnât be at all, like giant growth Vrykul and that nerdy Eredar friendly girl next door (who loves butterflies and cute critters) visiting the Stormwind park. If they donât have the common sense to understand why thatâs wrong, I donât think that I can expect that theyâll be reasonable in general.
People who treat WoW as a relationship/family simulator, just not my cup of tea and not something Iâm interested to participate in.
People who behave as if theyâre some sort of real character, saying things like âSlayy girlâ, hitting me with repeated "bro"s, I just donât feel like theyâve anything else to offer and it breaks my immersion.
Attention seekers, unlike above things which you can generally spot at first glance just from their appearance or TRP profile, these guys generally unexpectedly show their true colors. There are two types that come to mind, those whoâll start an IC conflict to then act a victim and seek out other players to white knight for them as an act of revenge - these are generally great manipulators and suddenly turn extremely powerful when their victim act doesnât work out; and then there are those who do it OOC by telling the worst of their depressing IRL experiences to get series of âaww poor youâ responses - I really do not need to know about any of this, just because we share a guild and spoke a few times doesnât mean that Iâm your friend who you should keep reminding that your dad used to beat you or that youâve X medical condition.
Various OOC information stuffed into TRP profiles that really have nothing to do with RP and affect nothing. âActually nice IRLâ, âAnime loverâ, âLGBTQ+ friendlyâ, âApproachableâ, âNew characterâ, âIgnores the usualâ and so on. Most of these things youâd think are just something youâd expect from every average person, others really do not concern anyone and are entirely irrelevant. I guess that these are just some players who want to fit into X group, feel like itâs expected from them since so many others do it, or I donât know what. This is a minor one but it makes me weary in advance, Iâd rather we just focus on roleplay which is after all what weâre all here to do.
Generally Iâm a very tolerant guy and will roleplay with virtually everyone, I simply despise outright ignoring other people who approach me but Iâll sometimes try to slip away or steer clear of some to avoid any sort of interaction.
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Hmmmm.
âIgnores/Blocks ____â statements in TRP, even when itâs regarding something I might actually agree with.
Thereâs things I might avoid, but something about making a big show of saying that you do reeks of self-importance.
People who start to behave as if a night of low activity is an insult to them and that I have purposefully left them with nothing to do. Iâm not responsible for an inability to self-entertain if people are out or busy.
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If youâre ignoring someone or something, just ignore it!
People with inordinate titles most of which shouldnât be there. âMother - Daughter - Kind - Psycho - Murderous Bish - Cookie Loverâ
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My Doâs and Donât RP guide has a few which often are classed as Red Flags.
https://imgur.com/a/JXThdfQ
- Spamming paragraph long emotes constantly usually is a case of âMain character syndromeâ on display, but often times, it is just people being creative.
- Claim to own buildings, locations or sites. Iâve seen this a lot, where people have claimed to own buildings with deeds, or they claim that 'This is our land and our village and we will kill you for being here.
- Always aim for the head/kill shots. Basically, treating everyone like NPCs and that they can just be killed instantly for your personal story.
- Roleplay Hostile races in unsuitable locations. The exception is not the rule, and there are no blood elves in Stormwind.
- Have a massive amount of titles, like Distantpeak said above.
And Iâll also add:
Lore ignoring. People who find certain aspects of the story unappealing and completely delete it from their roleplay, saying âIt didnât happenâ OOCly and making up their own stuff as canon.
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Oh god yea the huge red flag of something like âinsaneâ in the title (not the in-game one, mind you).
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Budget Harley Quinns and often poorly put together.
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Description: She giggles alot because she is crazy and likes to kill.
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Reminds me of another red flag and that has to do with duelling. When it comes down to either emoting or rolls. When your opponent somehow dodges all your attacks in some backflip motion and when they -DO- get hit they either shrug it off, grin, laugh or giggle at the pain as if it doesnât effect them no matter what.
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This sounds more like something annoying to deal with than a red flag, given how a red flag is a premonition that roleplay like this might happen, rather than the actual roleplay itself. I donât think anyone but the writer of these type of characters would look at these moments and go âAh, yes, this is fine.â
A red flag is seeing said character carrying several modern real life firearms with no fantasy flair, and the rest of an arsenal first glance that extends beyond the length of the TRP3 minimized window and rightfully assuming that this roleplay would follow it.
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Suppose you do have a point, just thought within my opinion it was considered a red flag with another player.
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Legit saw a Jinx in SW the other day.
I mean, like, fair play to them - they nailed the look and transmog, even had a rocket mount.
But, uhhhhhh⌠yeahno. Not RPing with that hah.
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Eyepatches.
Masks.
Neckercheifs.
Long hair.
Anything that covers the face really. What are they hiding? Hmm? what. are. they. hiding?
Most of these are probably already said:
Ignores x in the trp profiles.
Overly long history sections. If itâs to help the player remember ok, but know that Iâm not reading the thing. Itâs just not going to happen.
Anything that describes their characters breast size, or refers to how they move their hips. Iâm not here to ERP.
Related would be people in gchat or discord who turn everything into a inuendo joke. They typically play characters they are just there to erp and nothing else.
People who feel the need to be clear they seperate OOC and IC⌠like⌠thatâs like saying youâre proud of not going to prison. Youâre meant to do that!
Giant growth pots. They arenât neccesarily -bad-, indeed the recent undermine patch has added two nice items that allow a degree of much needed customisation⌠but sadly the idea is often ruined by the players that gravitate towards it. Tending to be power emoters, joke characters, players living out main character syndrome etc.
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yknow if i saw that in undermine i wouldnt bat an eye coz. honestly tracks with goblins. in stormwind? yeesh.
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Itâs my sharingan you crouton.
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They were in Stromgarde not too long ago, I know who you mean. And yes, their transmog is 100% spot on. I was really, really impressed.
But yes, I am sure Undermine would be actually a better place to RP a character something like that, rather than be in Stormwind or Stromgarde.
Just not ripping the character right from the show and game.
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This i can find to be a potential red flagâŚ
If its inspiration taken from in part by a character in some way, understandable, think we all have in some way at some point. A straight up rip from another piece of media? That RP aint worth it chief.
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I still get unhinged whispers from time to time, not so much now. That I am down right copying the Witcher in RP. In which they proved no further elaboration that I am RPing Geralt. Most of my art is referenced to the Witcher and that is it, nothing more and nothing less. They point to the character then point to the art before either blocking me or going silent ;-;
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Anything overtly suggestive towards NSFW, be it glances or art in TRP. Also pushing these themes in RP. Big nope.
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Powergameây or metagameây behaviors. Weâve all came across the type who carries a solution to every problem, knows all kinds of magic or has a weapon for every purpose. Trying to do teamwork with this kind of character is like being a sidekick or audience - it gets boring really quickly. It doesnât mean that Iâm against people taking spotlight for a night, but when itâs more of a norm than exception.
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Degradatory âjokesâ or remarks over OOC chats - especially when unprovoked and it doesnât sound like friendly banter. IC is fine to a certain limit, especially when it creates more RP. But in OOC chats, it often comes across as roleplayer being passive-aggressive.
And this. This is definitely one of those âvibeâ things youâll discover over time, but rarely figure out properly on a first meeting. Itâs natural to agree with our characterâs PoV sometimes, itâs natural to have preferences and ultimately every narrator is limited to their own acting skills. But it starts becoming unenjoyable when a narratorâs OOC views line up with their characterâs agenda all the time, and they constantly justify their characterâs choices OOC -or- they try to influence peopleâs views constantly to further their agenda. Even worse, if the other person criticizes your character both IC and OOC for anything that isnât to their convenience.
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Walks with a sway of the hips, lips pouting, an alluring aura that draws you inâŚ
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