socksuke_uchiha ([personal profile] socksuke_uchiha) wrote in [community profile] rpanons2023-11-02 08:59 pm

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Re: +1

(Anonymous) 2023-11-06 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
you seem confused by the entire point of this conversation. it isn't about wanting to be able to tag the people that aren't available, it's that a sea of closed toplevels indicates to new players that a good chunk of the game isn't interested in playing with them. that makes a game feel uninviting for new players. this isn't that hot of a take.

Re: +1

(Anonymous) 2023-11-06 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
okay i'm gonna spell this out so you can keep up

there is no public game where the closed starter people aren't a minority

and since they are a minority, saying you 'feel unwelcome' because there's a couple of people you can't tag sounds super fucking entitled

Re: +1

(Anonymous) 2023-11-06 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
+1

it's clear that anons in this thread aren't hurting for open top levels, they're just salty that the popular/hot characters they want to tag aren't pillow queening for them

Re: +1

(Anonymous) 2023-11-06 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
so what is the point of the conversation?

that players should open their lop levels up for you, right?

da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
i don't get why every expression of disappointment is now accused of being entitlement to someone's time or a demand that other people change for you.

no, people shouldn't do something they find less fun to make me happy.

i just wish the way that i had fun wasn't at such odds with the way that other people in my game had fun. i don't intend to make demands about it, which is why i'm here in the woes thread expressing woe instead of trying to change anything.

Re: da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
dda

i don't understand this attitude that posting to the rp woes thread means you cant be criticized

go get a diary instead of writing things out on here

Re: da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
it's just weird when the criticism is jumping straight to "oh, so you want everyone else to change for your sake even if it's less fun for them?"

when, no, it's just a woe. not a thing i expect anyone to change for me. and beyond this specific complaint, i've seen it come up more and more here that any vague expression of disappointment is actually entitlement or a demand to change. which is a strange, overly accusatory attitude. someone anonymously posting "i prefer Y and my game has shifted towards X, bummer" is not the same as going into a game interest check and whining to get the mods to change it.

Re: da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
i think you'll find that it's only a certain kind of rp woe that gets this reaction. most rp woes don't get a response at all

sorry nobody liked your woe

Re: da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
ok

your whining is still not immune to being criticized and interpreted, even if its uncharitably in your eyes

and tbh if its a phenomenon youve noticed and explicitly noted then its even weirder that now youre whining about it like you dont get it when the exact same thing happens to you

again i say, get a diary if you dont want your thoughts to be picked apart by internet randoms

+1

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed. People are allowed to have complaints without it being read as demanding everyone change for them. And yes, that includes to bemoaning changes in RP culture.

Re: da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I think many rpers simply have no confidence in their decisions on how to approach the hobby, so even mild and very generalized complaints that aren't actually personally directed at them are received with extreme volatility.

Re: da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"only people who do this thing think my complaint about it is silly" isn't the intellectual gotcha you think it is

Re: da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-07 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
^ case in point

Re: da

(Anonymous) 2023-11-10 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
This is correct tbh