What don't you do Right?

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May 2012

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[bunni Maven]

If you would see I listed my imperfections under the first post.  I have never and WILL never claim to be perfect.  Anyone who has ever met me knows this.  I said i was surprised.  I never claimed self-righteousness, however, I do value my own actions a little more.

[Tertionus]

I don't cut off role play early enough in Gor when it is boring or irritating me and patently going nowhere.

[Xaz Elephas]

Wow, I am far from perfect and agree with almost everything posted here, yes I have done THAT before... I try to change some flaws though but on some I know I fail.   

[Revenge Sempati]

What is it that you do that is NOT BTB,  what is is that you do that Discourages the RP with others. 

If talking SL Gor BtB....damn near everything.  If you are talking the actual books ~shrugs~ I figure Ven fits into the theme just fine.  Flawed and eccentric by nature, no such thing as perfect Gorean and my view of what BtB is has long been at odds with what the majority consider it, but too stubborn to change my view.
Thing is I see the flaws and imperfections as being Gorean and BtB, not different than Tarl or most of the characters in the books.

As for what I do to discourage RP with others, that tends to come done to keeping myself apart from others and not engaging as I should or want at times.  I tend to let past experiences cloud potential fun, I am only human after all.  Sometimes hard to let go of bullshit from ones past.

[Alaria Voss]

I don't play my character as totally submissive. Not everything that comes out of my mouth begins with "Yes Master" or "Yes Mistress."  I have a tendancy to speak freely at times as well.

This! 

But them I am not sure it is not doing it "right".  My character knows (usually) when to shut up.  But she is so much more than "yes Master, no Master, 3 $#@!@$%  bags full Master"   

Sometimes she gets it wrong and says the wrong thing at the wrong time, argues or just is plain mouthy!  The last time (about 2 weeks ago)  she actually pissed her owner off enough that he dragged her to the auction house...and entered into negotiations to sell her and buy another, surprising how one so vocal suddenly becomes quite obedient, and pliant  and QUIET!.

Once upon a time, I used to "offer helpful advice" ooc to those I considered were "doing it wrong".  Now days, I will look more for "plausibility" than actual quotes.  Does it fit the genre, the mindset, the location, the character.  Bearing in mind, the different cultures within gorean society itself.

My IC reaction will be based on what my character has been exposed to.  And I firmly believe in the premise ICA = ICC.

What I won't accept, is being god modded, being thought emoted at, or people who shotgun post over the top of everyone.  To me that is just poor rp manners, and it applies across all genres, and not specific to Gor.

[Adoveea Rau]

I decided after a great deal of thought...
(warning! warning! here's comes my dry sardonic humor!!)

What is it that you do that is NOT BTB,  what is is that you do that Discourages the RP with others......

That I do everything right!!.


because...
guess..
what..?


There is only ONE real responsibility for my little roleplaying gorean avatar cartoon on a screen to do things "right" in Sl Gor
And that one responsibility is to:

1) Follow all the sim laws of the gorean sim I'm on.

That's it. So I'm doing everything right and totally discouraged or are discouraged by the rest of you who don't.

*grins*

[Yaynenali Resident]

I decided after a great deal of thought...
(warning! warning! here's comes my dry sardonic humor!!)

That I do everything right, in my BTB gorean roleplay.


because...
guess..
what..?


There is only ONE real responsibility for my little roleplaying gorean avatar cartoon on a screen to do things "right" in Sl Gor
And that one responsibility is to:

1) Follow all the sim laws of the gorean sim I'm on.

That's it. So I'm doing everything right and totally discouraged or are discouraged by the rest of you who don't.

*grins*

Best answer so far!

[Dren Bernard]

I play the "now-whose-alt-may-that-be" game a lot. It remains interesting as I get it right half of the time. Well as I don't check with them, I can afford to think I am right!


Other than that, Drenusius (Dren for friends) motto is: "Often wrong, but never in doubt!"

[thyri Carver]

Oh I do that a LOT as well Dren.  I like trying to play "Name that 1 week old avi"

[Delaynie Barbosa]

Here's a thought.  It's something that has been on my mind awhile and this is probably as good a place as anywhere to put it. How many of us play with omnipotant viewpoint? How different would Gor SL be if we only played with what we should know instead of us being all knowing? For example, yesterday I got my stabilization serum. I roleplayed knowing that shot was going to be painful. To me that's reasonable having seen it done and witnessing other people's reactions. But what if I had never seen it done? Is it still by the book to think it that painful? What about a non-physician knowing how the stabilization serum was developed?  (By physicians of Ko-Ro-ba and Ar, took 1000 years to get right). Of course we all know about the serum, it's considered a human right on Gor to be stabilized.  But to know where and when it was developed in roleplay? That would seem out there for non-physicians to know about it. 

Many of use have probably seen situations where someone knows something, and the justification is "Goreans did so XXXXX and my character knows it because xxxxxx."  Another example I will give is people roleplaying that they are PK agents or Kur agents. Regular Goreans didn't really know about the war between the worlds, so for me agent roleplay is valueless to most players. It's an unplayable theme in the course of everyday play, but it is a theme in the book. How do you balance the "all knowing" with what is reasonable for your character to know?

[Gaea Andel]

Sometimes my RP can be questionable but not entirely implausible.

I went from a she-urt to a Taharian ambassadress.

I have a tendency to claim Asian-looking avis as family members if their storyline is feasible enough to be part of my character's history.

I moonlight between panther and free woman disguises.

I have a tendency to travel quite a bit, but I only go to where the RP is kickin' and if it makes sense for Su to be there.

I am a Pani woman in mainland Gor and I am not a contract woman.  Enough said. 

I think it's improbably for any of us Pani women to be in Mainland Gor but balls to that!

My wrongs...

Like others, I avoid RP with people that I observe doing stupid things.

I get frustrated when I can't RP the character I studied. Especially as there is no Pani home to join.

I hold grudges with people who attack me for no good reason.

I am kind to slaves until they give me reason not to be.

I will do everything IC and OOC to avoid a collar. Gor was run by men but my RP is run by me..I don't appreciate others telling me what my free time will be spent as unless I willingly submit to it.

I studied several (not all) of the books carefully when preparing for RP and I will look at people oddly who act against what I studied. I will treat them like foreigners and laugh at them for honest mistakes.