Powerplaying-Please read

[Lulu]

Alright, so it has come to the staff's attention that there has been some moderate powerplaying going on around here. And, since powerplaying is frowned upon in most Roleplaying societies, we felt it'd be best to address the situation.

First, for those of you who do not know, powerplaying is when you take control of a character in an RP that was not your own. For example, it could be a minor thing, like you say that '{insert other person's character here} moved over to stand beside {insert your character here}.' Even though this is fairly minor, it is still, to put it bluntly, 'illegal' on this site.

And then it can be something more major, such as '{insert your character here} drew his sword for the fight with {insert other person's character here} and in an instant, she sliced {insert other person's character here}'s head off.' Or, '{insert other person's character here} tried to attack {insert your character here}, but since {insert your character here} was so amazing and completely invincible, he remained unscathed.'

We have been noticing RP's somewhat like this:

Blank walked over to a store in the district and said, "Oh! Those oranges look nice today!"

Space looked over at the potential customer. "Fresh from District 11," he said.

District 11? Oh, that was the district that had all the agriculture and stuff. "I would like some, please," Blank said and picked one. She handed it to Space and watched him put it in a bag.


"Er... I don't have bags. At all. Like, none. Really. I can't be putting it in a bag." Space furrowed his brow in agitation. He didn't like when opther people acted for him.

"Oh. Well that's sad," said Blank. "Here, put it in this instead," she said and handed him a cloth bag that she always used to save the environment.

"I hate the environment..." Out of no where, Space knocked Blank to the ground with one furious punch. Blank wailed and was shortly after trampled by shoppers headed to Black Friday sales.

NOTE: This is NOT an actual roleplay we found on the site. It was written as an example by two of our staff members.


Now none of us like it when this happens. And the reason it is being addressed now of all times is because the Games are beginning, and it is important that now more than ever we all refrain from powerplaying, especially those of us who play tributes. None of us would want our tribute to be clubbed to death without our consent, would we?

Just keep in mind, members, to control only your own characters when roleplaying. It makes this site all the better for everyone. Thanks.

--Rue and the Staff

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[gm bourgeois decadence [aya]]

One thing I'd like to point out that there are ways to have things like fights without powerplaying. Have your character attempt to do something, like so:

Blank tried to shove Space to the ground

This gives Space the chance to agree or deny the action with

Space fell to the ground OR Space stumbled back a few steps but did not fall over OR Space managed to avoid falling over

There are obviously endless possibilities to what Space could do next; they aren't forced to fall to the ground.

However, while you do have a choice, you can't be invincible... this is called GodModding and is frowned upon.

[Gorim]

""I hate the environment..." Out of no where, Space knocked Blank to the ground with one furious punch. Blank wailed and was shortly after trampled by shoppers headed to Black Friday sales."

Epic win, pure and simple.

[Gamewizard546]

what if the members of a thread agreed before hand in a PM, or plot space thread?

[gm bourgeois decadence [aya]]

That is alright. But the character/owner has to have a say.

[WT]

Just thought I'd add something in...

This is a lesson that I learned the hard way, before I had the chance to have someone explain to me what powerplaying was. Mine was a minor instance; I ddn't try to kill anyone's character, nor did I powerplay very severely, but I did injure Mier, without allowing him the chance to fight back or avoid the attack. It is not a fun thing to have your friends become angry with you, or to be put on probation and not allowed to post, but both were deserved. I made my apologies and learned my lesson and everyone went on with life, but it doesn't always work out like that.

Powerplaying is not a good thing, and it is something that I will stress without regret. Don't do it. There will be no warnings; this is your warning. I understand that sometimes you just don't think about it; I've been there. But you have to be careful, because if you aren't, the consequences can be severe. Mier's RPer and I never were on the same terms after that.

Be careful, okay?

Thanks.

-~-Tears


By the way- I already said it, but it deserves saying again:

"I hate the environment..." Out of no where, Space knocked Blank to the ground with one furious punch. Blank wailed and was shortly after trampled by shoppers headed to Black Friday sales.

It made me die laughing. XD

[riddled;;]

"I hate the environment..." Out of no where, Space knocked Blank to the ground with one furious punch. Blank wailed and was shortly after trampled by shoppers headed to Black Friday sales.

xD Agreed with many other people. That is hilarious. [/off topic]
Anyhow, I'll keep that in mind about powerplaying now... Thanks for saying something about it, I didn't know I wasn't suppose to do that.

[boq]

It's the "I hate the environment" that cracked me up. Just the thought of someone saying that... XDD

[hg1m4]

I am quite glad everyone appreciates my humor^^

[Breeze-Chan]

Ugh, Power playing is annoying. You make your character so you can play them, not somebody else.

[llinos brightstrife]

so, nothing like "space was buying an orange when blank suddenly had a heart attack, fell to the ground and was trampled by shoppers going to black friday sales.



just testing my humour

[+Unk the Ninja+]

So, mods, tell me if I can't say this but:

I honestly don't mind if anybody powerplays my character a little. The operative word being a little. If you kill me, read my thoughts, use my emotions, or something crazy, I'll be ticked, but if you just make him smile or laugh or shake hands, I don't care. Honestly. Just don't go crazy.

[.-*KATH*-.]

I have a question. If you agree with your RP prtner that powerplaying is okay. can you do it than? cause me and ryan did that all the time on another RP side and I guess if you agree on that with your RP partner....

[gm bourgeois decadence [aya]]

I'm actually not too sure... mostly Powerplaying is frowned upon because it's generally found irritating by whoever is the victim, but if you agree I suppose it's okay, so long as it's nothing too major.

[.-*KATH*-.]

Yeah. thanks. just like 'he smiled' or so. nothing too major. really. good to know. =) but as far as I can think of I didn't do anything like powerplaying here.
thanks again =)