Numetal/Retromux

Roz

if a player is being disruptive about their very special unique character, the issue is the disruption, not having a special unique character.

Pavel

@Roz Nuh uh, the issue is that I didn’t come up with the idea first to show how unique and cool and mature I am.

Roz

@Pavel skill issue, get specialer

MisterBoring

@Gashlycrumb said in Numetal/Retromux:

However, there is also a majority or vocal-enough-to-seem-majority of players who do not appear to understand that not every unique special character is doing that.

Everybody has their own point at which a unique enjoyable character becomes a cringeworthy Gary Stu / Mary Sue, and very few of us in the hobby likely have the same level of special before hitting the cringe zone.

Gashlycrumb

@MisterBoring Yes indeed. And for entirely too many people, that point is “When it’s not played by me or one of my personal friends.”

Ashkuri

re: special snowflake characters

There are two north stars for Mushing

Don’t be boring
Don’t be a dick

If you can’t figure out how to do 1 without doing 2 then you’re going to get mocked.

Pavel

@Roz said in Numetal/Retromux:

@Pavel skill issue, get specialer

I need TWO trenchcoats!

ProperPenguin

@Pavel said in Numetal/Retromux:

@Roz said in Numetal/Retromux:

@Pavel skill issue, get specialer

I need TWO trenchcoats!

and 4 katanas?

Pavel

Gashlycrumb

@Ashkuri said in Numetal/Retromux:

Don’t be boring

Don’t be a dick

If you can’t figure out how to do 1 without doing 2 then you’re going to get mocked.

It might be more clear to say don’t be a bore. It’s okay to be boring sometimes. Or even to play a character who is largely static and stock.

“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”
― Oscar Wilde

There are non-boring characters who are bores. They’re not really interactive for you, but they do prevent you from pursuing other interactions. That’s probably ‘Main Character Syndrome’ in a nutshell.

Roadspike

@Gashlycrumb said in Numetal/Retromux:

It might be more clear to say don’t be a bore. It’s okay to be boring sometimes. Or even to play a character who is largely static and stock.

I feel like this is a very important point. I love to play “stock” characters like Stormtroopers, Clone Troopers, Children of the Light, Academy-fresh pilots, and other “boring” characters, and then not playing them as bores.

On the other hand, I’ve met players who can take an absolute special snowflake of a character, but the way that they play them is utterly boring and uninteresting.

labsunlimited

@Roadspike A simple recipe can be delicious with only a few well prepared ingredients, while gourmet ingredients can lead to inedible glop if you are unskilled.

Gashlycrumb

@Roadspike I can think of a lot of setting/themes that might just be best if the set up is just pick a stock character template, tweak it or let a script tweak it randomly for you, and roll. Starship Troopers springs to mind for some reason. I would do it for imaginary MU #124, “Call of Cthulhu On The Love Boat”.