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MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

idk if it's just my bad luck or what but every game I've modded or been a helper for has had at least one player come in and try to app the most batshit nuts character concept known to man. sometimes it feels like they read the faq and deliberately try to hit every edge case scenario I never thought to cover.

I'm talking things like "one million telepathic worms in a person suit" or "ten foot tall eldritch monster that can only feed on the flesh of a living human it trapped in a time loop and is will die if anyone attempts to communicate with it via text". concepts that they inevitably need to ask 50 questions about just to make them work in the setting and then 50 more every time the mods write an event that didn't account for One Million Worms Man.

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

sorry. i'll app Generic Blonde Superhero Twunk next time like you wanted

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt but if you have ever been a DM or game mod you understand that the problem with the edge case guys is that there are 50 blond superhero twunks, and then your special little worm king. the mod now has to deliver a satisfying experience for both sets of guys. it is less easy than it would otherwise be.

sometimes the worm king bit does come off as personal. sometimes it really does feel like the player has a personal beef with some aspect of their life that is coming out in the worm king, and theyre essentially asking the mod to create them a custom form of gratification or satisfaction specific to the thing they're beefing about.

if you play worm kings and you want to get in here and scream at me about how youre not like that, it is easy to prove me wrong: just tell me that you are the kind of player who apps a worm king and is affirmatively, without being asked, ready to communicate to the mods something along the lines of "the worm thing is not important and i will not be trying to use it to get around aspects of the game world that i don't like."

da +1

[(Anonymous)]

I love playing weird character concepts in games but only if I can make them work in game. If your thoughts aren’t ‘how can i adapt to the game’ don’t app. Simple as that. As a mod if someone came to me with something on the surface unworkable with suggestions about how to make them fit or even just acknowledging the issues I’ll work with the player.

If someone apps something unworkable and expects me to fix it, fuck ‘em.

Works in reverse too. No need to hobble players who put the effort in. If the setting has a green sun for aesthetics and someone apps Superman, I’m not going to say he’s powerless in the setting.

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

i assure you i am already not in your 50 blonde superhero twunk game

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

you radiate loneliness which is probably why i did not accept your app

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

a shitty superhero game mod would do something wanky like deny an app based on the number of friends they have

+1

[(Anonymous)]

i once apped a character with ridiculously op powers to a game without power nerfing. the very first thing i said in my app was "if you ever need me to tone down any of these powers at any time, just let me know." i never used the powers to do anything significant without clearing it with the mods to be sure that it was okay and that i wasn't going to be somehow breaking the setting. when i asked if my character could use his powers to do things, i always anticipated being told 'no.'

amazingly, i managed to play this character for the entire duration of the game without causing any sort of issues.

Re: +1

[(Anonymous)]

so clearly the answer is to constantly beg for mod permission to play your own character as apped and approved

yes this definitely improves the quality of games, i can see it now

next up is begging mod approval every time you have to take a shit

Re: +1

[(Anonymous)]

you sound like exactly who i wouldn't want in a game my mod, so yes, please, keep thinking this way and being asspained about it so you never inflict yourself on a gam again

[(Anonymous)]

Ohhhhh YOU'RE the person people are talking about when they say DWRP is allergic to communication.

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

good: "i understand worm king is an edge case and the mods can't be expected to tailor the plot to fit his exacting needs. i've proactively come up with some ideas for things i can do with him that would be fun for me and satisfying for him, and i've made sure they fit within the bounds of the plot and won't make things unfun for other players. is this ok?"

less good: "worm king is very special. i've proactively come up with some ideas for things i can do with him that would be fun for me and satisfying for him, but that totally go against the plot as outlined and have a high potential of running roughshod over other people's plans. is this ok? i'll be disappointed if you say no but i'll understand."

terrible: "worm king is very special. i've proactively come up with some ideas for things i can do with him that would be fun for me and satisfying for him, but that totally go against the plot as outlined and have a high potential of running roughshod over other people's plans. is this ok? i'll be furious if you say no and accuse you of sabotaging me for personal reasons."

also terrible: "worm king is very special, too special for this plot that everyone else is having fun with. i don't have a single idea of something fun and satisfying he could do because there are no options tailor-made for me to show off his specialness. why didn't you write a plot based around me showing off his specialness? every plot going forward should have me and my edge case in mind first and foremost so that i don't have to expend energy on coming up with things to do myself."

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

both terrible options are probably less than 10% of ocs, yet they're so disproportionately aggravating that when i modded i had a period of time where i felt like 'why do we allow ocs'

(the real trick is to just be more liberal with app rejections and emphasize suitability in apps)

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Not every game is suited to every possible character, and that's okay.

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

just here to say I love and support worm king

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

worm king for president 2024

can't be worse than the current options

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

you guys are idiots for taking worm man's bait

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

what are worms but bait

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

this is true

Re: MODS' PET PEEVES

[(Anonymous)]

sometimes bait can lead to genuinely interesting discussion.

[(Anonymous)]

When a player can't take 'no, you can't do that in this game' and get upset over it and then proceed to try and talk their way around the no.

People need to learn to accept a no and move on!

[(Anonymous)]

if they could do that they would be out in the real world interacting with actual flesh and blood humans

not getting their jollies from playing internet barbies, or more realistically saying that they're going to play internet barbies and talking about their internet barbies but never actually doing their damn tags with their internet barbies because that's too difficult and their anxiety has stolen all their spoons

[(Anonymous)]

role players roleplaying at being role players

[(Anonymous)]

dwrp in a nutshell