I have had to deal with this before. Ugh.
And I get that its their RP Lady Alizarin but at the same time I wish more of them would stop over-examining the tiny details and learn to politely ignore them sometimes. Telling someone to "go run and find a different RP that's right for you" might be ideal logic in an ideal game but its not an ideal game. While your advice is kind and well meant, the proportions of RPs are pretty uneven right now.
If you sit in Fluorite for five minutes you'll find the majority of the RPs are semi-realistic, and if not, realistic. That said, looking for an unrealistic RP? Good luck with finding one, particularly if you're looking for one that has some grammatical requirements or is not filled with godmodders.
(Sky's Rim is a bit of a different story thankfully but is a lot more limited in terms of who you can find, particularly since for some people it is difficult to reach.)
All I know is that I'm thankful for the friends I have that try to find means for me to join them. I have some characters who are familiar with different species in a positive light, sometimes to the point that they really do not do well in a RP of their own kind. Now, whether or not that is realistic or unrealistic...eh we've all seen the mother dog who nurses the kittens and all that jazz so lets not get into that debate but the point I'm trying to make is, I have friends who have purposefully tried to get permission (with a rhyme or reason to have my character interact with a group of a different species that my friend is in with already) for me to jump in the RP without having to change my character.
Sometimes, it works out great. Really great.Other times, because Im being slightly more "unrealistic" and "odd" than the majority of those in the RP already that my friend ends up being the only person roleplaying with me and sometimes even OOCly talking to me inside of a massive group.
The rest will pretend like I do not exist, in character or out. I can fully understand if it was someone's character openly ignoring my character, since it "doesn't fit" with the rest and that is fine by me. I have no issues with that at all but to flat out act like I'm not even there, even when talking in OOC and everyone in the RP knows what is OOC and what isnt.... is kind of irritating.
I'm not agreeing with this thread in that realistic-roleplaying players are stupid (They are not) and I'm not saying this happens all of the time but I must say, it would be nice if some of the unrealistic role players were treated a little more fairly by their more realism-inclined counterparts.
