Basically why I don't roleplay anymore. =_=
I really hate it when people do the mate thing. because every character HAS to have one, and after that, the character doesn't matter, Usually the players of the couple play the children, too and then they stop playing the parents, Also it seems like nowadays it's just one litter, because the original mates just make a few cubs/pups, the players of the parents play those and well. it starts up again. and there really isn't a point to the roleplay, Character progression is... Born->ages->Becomes young adult->has mate and cubs/pups->...forgotten.
Oh, and people seem to lack playing Antagonist characters that arn't just like "Kill. You're weak so you should die? that's my reason. yep." So basically they just -are- a bad guy and there is no reason, and they lack mystery, bad guys without even a hint of mystery tend to be pretty dull.
Why can't we just have one positive none complaint thread for once...? Last recent topics I have reading is nothing but complaining about this and that, however I agree with you... It really does ticks me off when I see people do or make a whole role play and the first person shouts they want to be the leader's mate without role playing it or even get to know each other first. I actually leave the group when that happen. Because I know that the group is going to fall apart in a day or so.
Or I am probably the envious type... Or whatever but it just really makes me mad when do that kind of thing... Do not get me wrong though, that's because the leader finds a mate in a couple of days before you or anyone else does. Do not mean for you or anyone else to get all negative thinking that they only care for their mate. You are just probably role playing with the wrong crowd, as for me I do not role play as much anymore... Because it is the same old same old.
Does this character recipie sound familiar?
Cub: Annoying, misbehaved, troublesome child
Teenager: Rebellious, mate-hunter, unhappy about being "lonely"
Adult: Either severely unhappy or "lonely" that he/she lacks a mate, desiring cubs 24/7, wanting to be the leader or IS the leader, or loving all over their "mate" to the point they shut out half or all of what anyone else says.
I have a theory about that... I think a lot of younger players use movies or anime as an example for how to craft their character, which can seem like a perfectly good idea since people obviously like those characters. The only problem is that those media are usually focused on one central character, the protagonist who, especially in anime, does frequently become 'the best [ninja/racecar driver/giant robot pilot/card game player] ever' and find true love because the writers have to do something with the token female character. So of course that should be what your character does too...........
Why can't we just have one positive none complaint thread for once...? Last recent topics I have reading is nothing but complaining about this and that, however I agree with you... It really does ticks me off when I see people do or make a whole role play and the first person shouts they want to be the leader's mate without role playing it or even get to know each other first. I actually leave the group when that happen. Because I know that the group is going to fall apart in a day or so.
Or I am probably the envious type... Or whatever but it just really makes me mad when do that kind of thing... Do not get me wrong though, that's because the leader finds a mate in a couple of days before you or anyone else does. Do not mean for you or anyone else to get all negative thinking that they only care for their mate. You are just probably role playing with the wrong crowd, as for me I do not role play as much anymore... Because it is the same old same old.
If you want a postive thread, go make one or just don't read the "negative ones." Sorry if you don't like the way that sounds but I don't sugar-coat.
I personally don't take nearly as much away from "How many guys like this 8D or I love this 8D" threads than I do threads that, while they may be littered with complaints, make people think, allows them to vent frustration, and suggest means of either fixing the issue or finding ways around it. They call it "constructive" criticism for a reason.
Understand I am not speaking solely from my own experiences, so please don't tell me "I am probably roleplaying with the wrong crowd" either. These are trends that are /across the board/ with every age group and "type" or "crowd" as you put it. The people I try to RP with on a regular basis thankfully DON'T do these things. Its when my friends become busy and I have ventured out to RP with complete strangers or asked people about what they think about other player's characters that I have gathered these observations so I know that I am not the only one who has thought about this and seen these things.
I do agree that groups that allow auto-mating/automatic pairing up tend to break up a lot faster than those that don't. As for thinking they only care for their mate....um, quite frankly? I don't care what anyone else cares about in that respect. I don't see the relationship as real. Its a fake relationship shared by two fake characters. What I care about is being completely blown off/ignored because someone gets too excited about their character's mate to the point they ignore everyone else around them. Because if they run off and do that, who are you RPing with anymore? Nobody. They just completely cut you out. Sounds like a pretty good "reason to be negative" to me.
What I had meant was that (and this goes many many character regardless of leadership, ranking, or even being in a group) I've seen too many times where I will be RPing with someone and they completely blow off/don't answer my character and run over to their mate and pretend like my character does not exist anymore and completely exclude me from the RP. I specifically recall one person who was in the exact same RP as I was suddenly went "Sorry I got to go, so and so is on" and the same person was in the same RP we were. I had to explain to this person twice that all of our characters were all in the same RP before she/he calmed down and bothered to start acknowledging the rest of us again. Then again, I think part of the problem with that particular instance was that she probably did'nt know the difference between IC and OOC very well and I do wonder very much if she thought the person was her "boyfriend" because the behavior did not appear to be mutual.
@Brenda Lee: While that is arguably true, platonic friendship is just as valid a form of connection with others as romantic relationships. There are people out there who feel they have to have a girlfriend/boyfriend/whatever to be complete and happy (which I personally feel is a dangerous mindset for several reasons), but it's not the central goal of everyone's lives. I've been contentedly single for twenty one years now and I don't lay around sobbing about it.
And more importantly, in the context of this thread, it makes for hella predictable RP where nothing significant happens because everyone's obsessed with their beloved.