OOC - Roleplaying Stuff

[on_holy_ground]

It was recently brought to my attention that I may have unintentionally upset someone that I happen to like a lot, and I just want to let people know a few things about me and how I tend to do things so this hopefully doesn't happen again.

1. I am a lazy and generally haphazard tagger. What this means is that I tend to be slow some of the time, while other times I'm a whirling dervish when it comes to tags. It depends on my general mood on any given day. I don't like my personal moods to cause problems with pups so if I'm having an off day, I don't tag much. I have a lot of off days.

2. If a thread requires a lot of thought or is extremely emotional or is just a thread that's actually 'in game', I probably won't tag it as often as I do ones that are generally frivilous or meta. This is simply because there is a lot more thought involved with those kinds of threads and they are important to the game and aren't just screwing around. It's also because I want to make sure that my pups are in character for whatever is going on and sometimes that takes more thought on my part.

3. Smut threads generally take longer for me than anything else, simply because I have trouble getting my thoughts into words in these instances especially. That doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the thread or the pups involved. and it's not a personal thing, it's just the way I've always been, hence the reason that Wes is not very promiscuous. If he's involved in a smut thread with a pup, he likes them a lot, otherwise he wouldn't be doing it.

4. To elaborate a bit in point number two, I'd just like to say that I try to be very careful about keeping my pups in character, and sometimes that can be very difficult, especially when running two or more pups simultaneously that are very different in personality. I especially have trouble with Wes as he's not generally an unhappy pup, but due to circumstances with Aidan and Hobbie, he has lately been that way. This makes his tags lately with game stuff much slower than usual and for that I am sorry. Darius is generally just a slow pup because he hurts my brain with his thinking. Love him to death, but very difficult pup to write for.

5. I am sometimes online and not tagging for one reason or another. I sometimes won't tag anyone for a long period of time, and tonight I didn't tag anyone after about 10pm EST just to take a break from things for a while and concentrate on something I was working on graphics wise. I wasn't trying to ignore anyone and I'm sorry if that seemed to be the case. I also didn't tag a whole lot today cause I had several pups that still needed to get answers written for this weeks TM question, which is also why I was generally slow.

So anyway, I'm sorry if I've hurt anyone with my bad RPing etiquette or by making you feel like I wasn't interested in a thread. That is really not the case and I do love all the pups that mine play with. If my way of doing things bothers you for whatever reason, then I completely understand if you don't want to play with my pups. Just let me know what you all want to do.

Now then, I'm off to bed so I'll talk to you all in the morning.

Thanks for listening. :)

Dia

Comments

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[civ-barbarian.livejournal.com]

Word. I'm sorry someone's been giving you a rough time over your playing style. I'm the exact same way, I'm quite haphazard in my tagging and also very slow. And it is quite different to tag frequently on meta-fluff type stuff where it doesn't really matter and to do a (sometimes lengthy) in-game tag that is going to have an effect on others. It does need thought and it does take time. Same with the smut...and so much Word on the converting what's in your head to the screen. And having a promiscuous pup too, in my case, makes it challenging as I do not want to do the same Tab A into Slot B smut time and time again. Sometimes I'll have to think about a rep for a day, or more even...to make sure it comes out right.

Go at your own pace and don't try and feel guilty for it. The great thing about TM, as opposed to other RPs I've seen, is that there are no rules for frequency of posting so everyone can go at their own pace. Some people are faster, and that's great...wish I could be. Some are slower and that's just the way it is.

Btw, I love how you write Darius (but you know that *g*). You have him just spot on, and I appreciate how difficult he must be to write. I know I couldn't do it. And aside from the fact that Hsu would love to relive old times with him (which is, I hope you know, just meta teasing)...I really like how you keep him totally celibate. No mean feat around this place.

*hugs*

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[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

I think it was more of a difference in playing styles and I just wanted to make sure that everyone know how I played so that it didn't seem like I was feeling obligated to play with anyone.

*laughs* Yeah, we know it's all teasing and it's fun to do in meta situations. He's a real challenge to write, but he's also a lot of fun and he stretches my writing ability, which is why I chose to play him in the first place. I'm glad that people like the way I portray him though. The biggest challenge with having his celibate is in keeping him human and letting it show that he is still on occasion tempted as anyone would be in that situation, without actually compromising his character. Lots of fun!

[wild-callie.livejournal.com]

Don't feel guilty and don't apologise, there's no need to!

We should all be free to play at whatever pace we need to, whether it is because of RL getting in the way, tough tags to write, our own mood, managing several pups in headspace.

I behave exactly as you do - being on line doesn't automatically mean that I'm available to rp. I do do other stuff apart from rp-ing, for one :)

So, again, and Haag mun says, Word. If someone is pressuring you, checking how often you rep and to whom, then they should be apologising/find someone else who plays at the same speed/etc etc.

It's a game, we have the right to play it at our own speed and when we want, with the proviso of warning our co-writers about exceptional delays (ie being away for three days or stuff like that).

That said, your pups are great :)
Show your tongue to everyone, you don't have 'bad' RP etiquette!
*hugs*

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

(((hugs))) Thanks, I just hope everything works out.

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[wesley-w-price.livejournal.com]

*snuggles you lots*

I know how hard it can be, hon, but I think you're doing a wonderful job. And so utterly with you on the "in game" vs. "meta." Meta stuff obviously I'm doing a lot more of as Wes. People can see that I'm playing him or whatever--there are posts with well over 100 tags. But it's meta. Or if not total meta, it's fluff like what my friends and I fire off at each other over memes and the like on ooc journals. No real in game consequences. No story to consider. Just firing off a tag that takes 20 seconds to write, and keeps me mildly sane as I study.

You are not a bad RPer, and just because you are on AIM doesn't mean you should have to be tagging. We all have lives and other things to do.

That said? I may send one of my girl's over to see Darius. ;) But given that I have to go slow, you know I won't be upset if you are.

*hugs*

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[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

((hugs)) Thanks, and that's fine. Darius is actually in one of his quite spells at the moment and doesn't have a lot of things going on, so feel free whenever you get the chance. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_alienated_/]

I don't think I could have possibly said this any better.

You described my RP style exactly.

*hugs* I'm sorry you've gotten grief for it, so far I've managed not to. But especially lately, after two long distance car trips in the last month, I've had to slow down quite a bit, and just take things easy.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

((hugs)) It wasn't a matter of getting grief as it was having someone upset cause they thought I was feeling obligated to play with a pup because I have been rather slow to rep to them lately. I think it's just one of those things that happens when people have differing styles of repping. Hopefully it will all work out.

[woman-of-river.livejournal.com]

I do think you play your pups just wonderfully. I especially like your Darius (mun's a HL slut though). :D
I'm terribly slow tagger myself, partly because of language issues (it takes time to write my thoughts down) and also my online time is restricted. That's why I had to establish certain "thread priority": I'm trying to keep up with plotlines especially so if other muns were also involved, not wanting to slow them down, and there're "low priority" threads as well, like the "Kentucky thread" we started with Haag!mun almost two month ago... And we just agreed with dropping all the meta threads between Haag and Reka, they were speaking of their child, but they just repeated things, so there were no point to continue them.

Uhm.. and I remember Reka dropped a thread with Darius months before... it was because they picked up a meta!sex thread with Amy and the pup just felt uncomfortable with "confessing" and "doing" the same thing parallelly...

Well, if you ask me, just take it easy and have fun! I have hunch that both Haag and Réka will need Darius' help at some point of their recent plotline... badly.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

I'm an HL slut too, obviously. :)

*nods* I remember the thread, but I wasn't real concerned about it as I know things can come up that cause problems, and that's something I can compltely understand, especially in that situation. I'm generally a really easy person when it comes to threads and tags and whatnot. :)

I've actually been following that plot just in case. :D

[woman-of-river.livejournal.com]

I like Raist too. :) He's my favorite character of Dragonlance. And Aidan/Wes sometimes just make me cracking up.

Thanks for your understanding. :) *hugs*

Ah yes, that plot will be pretty slow till autumn... dead season, you know, and RL stuff. ;)

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

That's actually a good thing for me, cause I'll be moving here at the end of next month so my pups will be unavailable for most RP type stuff for most of the rest of the summer anyway. :)

[andre-korda.livejournal.com]

I do not know what happened however I am as you are in many of the things you mentioned, as you know. I would not worry too much. Do what you do, have fun with it, and it will be fun!

*hugs*

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

((hugs)) Thanks. :)