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Game Discussion / Re: Bashing (Opinions)

« on: July 14, 2014, 05:20:27 am »

It is rather.. Sickening, how some people treat others. On here and in other places, they do it everywhere. Mostly its because they're taught to, so I can kind of understand where they're coming from. In school, shows, everything, there is often a strong message of "If they aren't part of your group, they're scum" They often teach "To be popular you have to hate people who aren't 'cool'" Even if that isn't the real message being given, its one thing people pick up on... Especially young people. They're constantly told they have to be popular, and they're taught that to be popular, you have to be hateful. Often times they forget that other people are people, that they have feelings and dreams as well. They start to treat people like objects to be used, abused, and then discarded. I have seen this happen so often, and it has happened to me multiple times... The saddest part is that since so many 'literates' hate on 'illiterates', the 'illiterates' who become 'literate' start to hate 'illiterates' as well, because they think that's they only way the other 'literates' will accept them.

Everyone is constantly learning from each other. And the majority of the people they are learning from say that 'illiterates are bad and should die', 'neon is stupid, realistic is the only way to go', and so on and so forth. So it just keeps growing and spreading.. I often see a kind person trying to speak out against the constant hate, but everyone, no matter how they word their posts, instantly jumps out and tells them to shut up, or they ignore them entirely. I had been part of a group of 'literates' awhile ago, and I am shocked, when I think back, that I was even allowed into the group! Sure I was 'literate', but other 'literate' people had tried to join the group afterwards, but even they are hated on, because they aren't 'a friend' (If that's what you treat new people like, just because they see a group of 'literates' having fun, and they want to join in as well.. I'm not sure I want to be your friend, honestly.). But the moment that I stood up from them, or started playing with them, the others acted as if the person was 'acceptable' and actively started talking and playing with them.

I get that people get annoyed when they like to post miles of text at a time, and the 'illiterate' posts of -Claws you- doesn't give you much to work with. But instead of politely declining, or saying "Hey, can you make more detailed posts? Just two to three lines is enough for me. I would like more to work with then that." Which is an indirect encouragement to get them to be better, because you aren't turning them away... But no, they have to "You're ugly, go away you illiterate noob!" and "I cant believe they thought that they could role play with me.. Its like.. Go home, loser. Learn how to write first!" (I think they should go watch Disney movies.. Like Pocahontas, the 'colors of the wind' song really points a finger at some these problems) And then they talk about them in a hateful manner after they've walked away... It is very cruel, and influential to the person being down talked, and the people watching. Not only does it hurt the person who was bashed, but it makes a majority of the people watching- who are young and follow the lead of those around them -start to act the same way. And I think that it should stop.

There isn't much that a single person can do about it, other then to stand up for the person who was attacked. But even that can be enough to change the views of the people around you. If you give the haters a reason to look at their actions, they will often think twice before attacking someone again (unless they're really a serial killer or something...). If you remind them that other people have feelings too, and that they have problems as well, it can change peoples minds.. I have seen it happen, I have caused it before. A lot of these kids on here just don't know any better, so yes, you should stop them from being mean, but you shouldn't attack them. You should correct their behavior in a calm manner, don't lash out and get angry because they don't instantly change. Change doesn't happen easily, it takes time and effort for all parties involved, it doesn't suddenly happen over night. But even a small improvement is better then none.
Note that I am not saying that anyone here attacks others.

Game Discussion / Overbearing Roleplayers

« on: February 27, 2014, 03:25:45 am »

"Its my role play you have to do what I want, its my role play you have to say what I want."

Recently I have run into several people who are very controlling when it comes to role play... Not when I join in someone else's role play group (I don't join groups), but when someone joins my group or a friend decides to role play with me (and my sisters, since we're kind of a package deal), they hardly ever like how I (or we) play, and then they try to take over. It could be my group, or maybe my friend came up to me to role play, but then instead of letting me play my characters how I want, they start going 'no, you have to follow my pairing' or 'your character should come up and do ----'. Even though my characters would never do what they want them to. And I don't do 'pairings' or 'shipping', I even tell them no, but they either keep pushing it or leave in a huff. I've seen them do it to other people too, they never let anyone else do anything unless it fits 'their story', otherwise they ignore it or call someone out on it. And I don't mean calling someone out on power playing (because that is a valid argument in my opinion, as long as you keep it civil and don't insult them because of it), but when they get onto you for how you play your character, like they're an expert and know what's best or something.
It doesn't matter if the character I'm playing is a 'cosplay' character or my own original one. They come up to me to role play with my character, but then they decide the character I am playing doesn't fit into their story or what ever and either try to force me to do what they want, or leave like I just insulted their mother (since I don't change my characters for other people, seeing as I made it for myself). Sometimes the people who do this are the nicest people you can run into outside of role play, but I don't know if they take role play to seriously or what, but once they start roleplaying, they become a control freak.

Has this ever happened to you, have you caught yourself doing it to someone, what is your opinion on these types of people, How do you deal with these situations, etc?

Game Discussion / Re: Realistic or Neon?

« on: February 26, 2014, 11:26:04 pm »

I don't really use any of those styles all that often. I go with a more.. I guess 'punk look' you could say. The colors are usually rich, but no where near neon, and I do have several dark characters, but not 'emo' dark. And I suppose you could say some of them have a 'edgy' look about them? As for realistic.. I have a crocodile. But other then that, its either Cosplay (Transformers and Anime mostly), my own characters that aren't even realistic species (Spirits, dragons, griffons, original species, etc.), or the occasional 'I'm a semi realistic feline with red paws or pink eyes'. So overall I'd say I do a mix of just about everything.

Forum Discussion / Re: How long have you been a member?

« on: February 19, 2014, 12:13:49 am »

I joined this game February 07, 2011, but I played Impressive Title for several years before that, though I'm not sure that counts...

Game Help / Re: Help Me!!

« on: February 18, 2014, 02:42:15 am »

This belongs in the help section, you should probably ask a mod to move it for you.

Game Discussion / Re: Wolves or lions?

« on: February 08, 2014, 12:46:37 am »

I prefer the wolf model for my OCs that aren't wolves or lions, which are what I like to play the most. But if this in only about playing the species themselves, I prefer to play felines. Not that I have anything against canines, playing their social structure is very fun, But I personally like playing more agile characters that can climb and jump'n all that. I also like to play more independent characters, so yeah, cats. P.s. Typing on an iPhone is horrible.

Game Discussion / Re: Unrealistic Lion King RPs

« on: January 19, 2014, 12:39:36 pm »

The Lion King is rather unrealistic in the first place, with its red maned lions and the fact that all the other animals look to the lions as 'royal' and all that, so I don't really have a problem with them acting.. Not as lions (Though the constant blood bath is a little much). My problem is that they don't seem to follow cannon all that much, sure they try and stick to the story most of the time, but they don't have the other elements.. Like for starters, in the first movie the Hyena's almost kill Simba, Nala, and Zazu, yet Mufasa let them off with a warning instead of offing them on the spot (Its a child's movie so that makes sense). But in role play, when a Pride Lander see's a hyena, the first thing they do is kill rather then chase off. Or how Mufasa is all 'the circle of life, we all live together' but all the people in game seem to be 'LIONS ROCK! EVERYONE ELSE CAN BURN!'... From what I have seen and remember, the Lions in TLK are honorable and just rulers, not mindless killing machines.

Game Discussion / Re: Illiterates Role Players.

« on: January 19, 2014, 12:27:55 pm »

Not trying to be rude or anything, but a few people seem to have taken my post the wrong way.. I didn't say "Go around and teach the illiterates" I said "Play with them", this is two very different things. You don't need to pick at peoples posts or tell them what they're doing wrong for them to learn. I learned purely by imitation, and that is how many others have learned, its how we learn to speak in the first place, so its completely natural to pick things up just by watching. You don't even have to play with the people who post -walks- you can just post in the same area as them.. Like if you and your friends aren't doing a super serious role play, instead of doing it in party, do it in local (If you can survive the chat spam, that is), and if you feel up to it, you could let those people who may be interested play with you. Also, encouraging people to make more intricate posts will make them strive for it as well, but no 'Do it or you cant play with us', more like 'Hey, can you make longer posts so I have more to reply to?' If you give them a reason, they are more likely to do something, or at least try.
I'm not saying this is what you should do or have to do, but if you don't want all of the 'illiterates' that a majority of the people online complain about, there is something you can do to help remedy it.

Game Discussion / Illiterates Role Players.

« on: January 15, 2014, 11:12:29 am »

Please keep in mind that this is not a hate thread towards anyone or anything, I'm not pointing any fingers, just stating an opinion. It is not meant to hurt anyone's feelings in any way, shape, or form, and I apologize in advance if it does.

Through out all of Feral Heart there are illiterate Role Players, most of them are new to the game and/or have never role played before, Yet most people don't seem to understand this.. Yeah, they go around shouting 'noob' when ever they have the chance, but 'noob' seems to stand for 'idiot' rather then 'Inexperienced', its just an insult. And many Literate players ignore and block the Illiterates at the first sign of illiteracy, almost as if they forgot that at one point, they two didn't know how to role play, and they were making short -runs up and bites your neck- posts. So, I have noticed that the illiterate people are teaching each other how to role play, and lets just say its not really going well. Most of them in the past six months have picked up the 'No miss, no dodge, no nothing' habit, and I believe this is mostly due to the fact that they don't have nice, literate people to learn from that are willing to spend time with them. Instead, the literate people go around saying 'come back when you get better at roleplaying', but how can they get better when they have no idea what they're doing in the first place? It'd be like sending your kid to a school without any teachers and expecting them to get good at math, it just wouldn't work.
Even if the literate players really don't want to play with the illiterates, instead of kindly saying 'sorry but I'm already roleplaying with someone else', they tend to insult the person instead, which leads to the new players to think that being hateful is just what literacy is, which then leads to the misunderstanding that 'role play isn't for fun for all parties, its so I can beat people up' (which I see a lot of). And no, I'm not saying every literate person out there is like this, but there are a lot of them. No finger pointing going on here.
I think that people should stop and realize that yes, the new people are illiterate, but they are still people, and they should be treated as such. They shouldn't be insulted just because they cant write six paragraphs without a single spelling mistake or be ignored just because they aren't 'up to your level'. By giving them a little bit of your role play time they will begin to learn to be literate, and you might make a new, great friend in the process. Just because they're illiterate doesn't mean they're stupid, they have the capability to learn, and most of them are extremely willing to learn. So why shouldn't we teach them? I see (and I am one of them) a bunch of literate Role Players sitting around 'I'm bored', 'I want to role play', yet they wont just go and role play with one of the many illiterate people sitting around looking for a role play partner as well.
As long as you can understand a post, and its more then -walks-, then you can still make a literate post in reply. Like if someone's post is -Walks up to 'name' and smiles- "hello", that's just the simplified version of the super common -The lioness walked down the beach, feeling the soft sand between her toes and the gentle caress of the ocean breeze through her pelt. Her gaze followed along the shoreline and she spotted a stranger up ahead looking out at the ocean forlornly. A kind smile graced her lips as she decided to go greet them with a sweet "Hello."- (Yeah.. That's not the greatest post ever, but I hope it gets the idea across). Sure, the second post is probably a bit more enjoyable to read, but the first one says the exact same thing, just with less content and character view, but you can still make the exact same replies to both. And you shouldn't have to dumb down your posts to role play with them either, most of them would rather you didn't anyway because they enjoy reading your well written posts just as much as all of your literate role play buddies. So with that in mind, it shouldn't be all that hard to play with illiterates, right?

Game Discussion / Re: KOVU: Might Come Back!

« on: November 20, 2013, 11:34:41 pm »

I would love to see Kov come back. Though I can play the game perfectly fine without any added gimmicks, I don't really think it needs any updates. But Kov, as a person, was fun to talk to and hang out with, and I would like to see him back playing the game he made, without getting mobbed by swarms of beggars looking for the next hype. We already have the capability to do a lot with this game, we can make items, maps, roleplays, and events, so people shouldn't NEED an update to keep them happy, they just need someone to start something new for them to enjoy... They don't need prey since people already roleplay that, as well as pets, so the only thing that could really use some fixing is maybe a few bugs people find here and there... But if Kov doesn't want to come back, then I don't think anyone should push him, if he doesn't want anything to do with this game, then that is his choice and if we have even an inkling of respect for him, we should also respect his decision.