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Title: Powerplaying?
Post by: TheApplePie on October 28, 2014, 12:51:07 pm
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Boss intro m8

I have no intention in offending anyone and their actions, opinions or thoughts.
If you are against what I say, please don't rage about it and simply write it in the comments below.

Powerplayers and powerplaying. There's nothing seriously bad about it, exept that it annoys the hell out of people who roleplay fairly. This topic is about powerplaying and what I personally think about it, along with many other people.

So what is powerplaying?
Powerplaying is when a roleplayer gives themself to much power, stregnth, knowlage, ect.
So when someone says they are imortal legendary dragon demon kings and can kill everyone with one touch, that's powerplaying.
It's when you are so strong that you don't even let people have a chance to do their bit.

What I say to powerplayers;
"What you're doing sure may be a very fun idea, but it probably isn't to the people who are roleplaying with you.
If you're the strongest and best person around, there isn't much other people can do."


Since when is powerplaying a good source of attention? You may get into a rp fight, but if you're the best around, you'll always win, won't you? Some people don't like that and want to win too.

When can I see a powerplayer in a person?

Powerplayers aren't specific NPC's, they're real people. You can see them at any time, but I mean an rp timeline.
Some starter roleplayers powerplay because they don't know what is right and what is wrong.

Members simply powerplay because they think that being the strongest is good and fun, but it's actually better to stay 'average' as the time passes by. They will all learn it once, and so did we.

Powerplayers aren't always bad and/or annoying people, it's their way of roleplay that annoys us sometimes.
That includes;
'Killing characters without permission'
'Giving themselves imortality'
'Ignoring other people's attacks'
'Killing easily'
'Healing everything'
'Having unlimited powers'
'Being god'

Here's the important part. Now then, if you do one of these things like being a god, as long as you don't affect other people with your powers, it's fine.

Godmodding
Here's another version of powerplaying, god modding.
You basically give yourselves every power of a god. Super stregnth, speed, elemental abilities, killing abilities, ect.
It's just not right/fair for other people.

Here's three lines that explain this topic in a nutshell;
"Would you want an imortal, not-killable, powerful and strong demi god/demon/angel thing killing you in game?
No.
So don't be one to other people."

We all fully respect everyone in the game regardless of age, gender, roleplay style or if they powerplay or not, but there are some things that can get on our nerves.

Thank you for reading, all comments and opinions appriciated. c:


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Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: SL138197 on October 28, 2014, 01:13:30 pm
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I agree with this, well put.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Takavia on October 28, 2014, 01:32:06 pm
I agree, Its completely unfair to those who are role playing.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: TheApplePie on October 28, 2014, 08:14:29 pm

*Batman approves*
Thankyuuuu both c: I'm glad you do.

Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Takavia on October 28, 2014, 08:25:03 pm

*Batman approves*
Thankyuuuu both c: I'm glad you do.


Anytimeeee :)
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Kastilla on October 28, 2014, 10:06:42 pm
such wow. lol explsn.
Seen it on my iPod but didn't have time to reply. Cx Very creative!
Though, it does bring up some good points on this topic - well done.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: warriorcats17 on October 28, 2014, 11:18:33 pm
I agree.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: XRiverRippleX on October 29, 2014, 04:23:58 pm
so so true...
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: StarrieNova on October 31, 2014, 01:27:08 pm
Oh my god I totally agree with you floof!
Thank you so much for posting up this opinion so that I may agree with you and the other floofs on it.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: halhusky on November 01, 2014, 03:36:04 pm
I completly agree with all the points made in this post.  I enjoy having average characters with flaws because they actually feel as if they were really alive.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: TheApplePie on November 01, 2014, 10:20:02 pm
I agree there.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Turtl on November 02, 2014, 07:40:48 pm
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: TheApplePie on November 02, 2014, 07:46:19 pm
For the very start, powerplaying is quite the same as god modding and if it is only used a little, it's not powerplaying.
The whole meaning of powerplaying is that you 'over power' yourself.

Thank you anyway. c:
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Turtl on November 02, 2014, 08:44:41 pm
It is where I personally draw the line with my experiences, ofcourse the 2 are almost to close to seperate, for some atleast. Where you put the line at when its powerplay is also a completely personal experience  I would call it powerplay even if its 'a little' others might not.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Nevercanth on November 02, 2014, 10:26:56 pm
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The pic hasn't happened yet, thank goodness, but I'm still worried it will eventually.
Thank you OP for bringing this up so that people can learn that shows of strength, deadliness, and brutality =/= character development.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: TheApplePie on November 02, 2014, 11:12:37 pm
*slaps stamp of approval all over picture* with that one I agree limitlessly.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Nevercanth on November 02, 2014, 11:28:43 pm
Hahah, thanks. I usually have more artistic talent to lend, bu I lazy'd that one out.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: S. Italy/Romano on November 05, 2014, 06:59:11 pm
Well, I don't necessarily agree with powerplayers, but I can see where they come from. With all of these action movies and animes portraying characters (especially main ones) as being larger that life, it's normal for younger audiences to be influenced by these portrayals, especially if they haven't seen anything else.

What movies are the most exiting? The ones where the hero gets almost killed and then rises right back up and the cycle repeats. But for that, you need someone who can make it look exiting, if I was batman... the entire franchise would quickly get duller than a rock. Look at batman running away from the bad guys, look at him trip and fall on even ground, watch as he stumbles and gets ridiculed.

No one wants to be that guy, people want heroic characters, strong, flawless heroes to be idolized and respected. Of course someone who's never been in any lethal danger will not actually be able to handle a life and death situation mostly because of fear and in the eyes of many people, that's a flaw, so there's one less motivation to make a regular character.

People don't realize that fear may be a good thing, a quality that lets you decide when too much is too much. So they make fearless characters, powerful destructive machines because that's how they're shown on TV.

Of course there are epic characters that aren't perfect and have flaws, but most people only see the positives and do not pay attention to the flaws, so then they do the same with their characters.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Wyldercat on November 05, 2014, 10:09:33 pm
Well, I don't necessarily agree with powerplayers, but I can see where they come from. With all of these action movies and animes portraying characters (especially main ones) as being larger that life, it's normal for younger audiences to be influenced by these portrayals, especially if they haven't seen anything else.

What movies are the most exiting? The ones where the hero gets almost killed and then rises right back up and the cycle repeats. But for that, you need someone who can make it look exiting, if I was batman... the entire franchise would quickly get duller than a rock. Look at batman running away from the bad guys, look at him trip and fall on even ground, watch as he stumbles and gets ridiculed.

No one wants to be that guy, people want heroic characters, strong, flawless heroes to be idolized and respected. Of course someone who's never been in any lethal danger will not actually be able to handle a life and death situation mostly because of fear and in the eyes of many people, that's a flaw, so there's one less motivation to make a regular character.


I agree with this 100%
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Turtl on November 11, 2014, 05:42:23 pm
Well, I don't necessarily agree with powerplayers, but I can see where they come from. With all of these action movies and animes portraying characters (especially main ones) as being larger that life, it's normal for younger audiences to be influenced by these portrayals, especially if they haven't seen anything else.

What movies are the most exiting? The ones where the hero gets almost killed and then rises right back up and the cycle repeats. But for that, you need someone who can make it look exiting, if I was batman... the entire franchise would quickly get duller than a rock. Look at batman running away from the bad guys, look at him trip and fall on even ground, watch as he stumbles and gets ridiculed.

No one wants to be that guy, people want heroic characters, strong, flawless heroes to be idolized and respected. Of course someone who's never been in any lethal danger will not actually be able to handle a life and death situation mostly because of fear and in the eyes of many people, that's a flaw, so there's one less motivation to make a regular character.

People don't realize that fear may be a good thing, a quality that lets you decide when too much is too much. So they make fearless characters, powerful destructive machines because that's how they're shown on TV.

Of course there are epic characters that aren't perfect and have flaws, but most people only see the positives and do not pay attention to the flaws, so then they do the same with their characters.
This, well said.

The endless scare for fail, the not willing of failing, It doesn't just happen in movies but everwhere around the entire world, humans are afraid of doing something wrong and thus this behavior carries over onto the roleplay world where godmodders emerge because they don't want to fail with their character either, this sadly is perfectly normal human behaviour and one has to learn first that others are not amused by their perfect character and that 'kills no miss' defies all roleplay ethics.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Oddonelynx on June 30, 2019, 05:55:16 pm
I met one. This is what happened:
"Time to die (Insert character name here). *Rips out heart and some other overkill-ing stuff*
I never got a chance to actually fight back. And what they said  after I thought it wasn't fair to instant-kill me; (Insert character name here) isn't real so :3"
NEITHER IS YOUR CHARACTER DUDE. I was so angry.
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Arkham_Scout on June 30, 2019, 08:47:22 pm
I agree with this. Its very annoying. Powerplaying and god-moding is just annoying, I hate it so much, it happened to me a few times, when I rp as villains or Purple guy
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Jango_Fett on July 01, 2019, 02:03:29 am
god modding/power playing has almost ceased to be a problem on fh i'll be completely honest
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: BirdieBeep on July 01, 2019, 02:35:56 am
god modding/power playing has almost ceased to be a problem on fh i'll be completely honest

I think the only time I see it is when it's done ironically
Title: Re: Powerplaying?
Post by: Ame88 on July 01, 2019, 06:13:16 am
I've had my fair share of encountering god modding and power playing in the past, however the best solution for the issue is to just turn around and walk away. If you cannot reason with them, then why sit and argue? Of course, if leaving the area doesn't help, one can always block said person. That generally does the trick.