The difference between a roleplayer and a place holder

[Krillin]

Originally posted by Kollifum
Ok, yeah, this was talked about in two seperate topics. I mean, the guys on this forum are great, love 'em, I'd probably enjoy hangin' out with them and stuff, but honestly.

What's the point of someone playing a character when they post three times a month. Sure, they're active and roleplay, but they're not interactive. You can't really develop any relationship with someone in the RP who shows up, posts, and then dissipears for another two weeks. Alot of people are like NPCs that do their own posts once in a while, most of the time being either ignored or controlled by other roleplayers, like I said, an NPC that has a very brief moment of independent activity.

I, for one, prefer roleplaying solo, and nearly always do so unless I'm roleplaying with Twenty. Should I give up my character because I'm not as conducive to interaction with other people as you want me to be? That argument counts for squat.

I'm not trying to say Kak and the other MIA dodgers are bad people, but they could be doing alot more, and if they don't want to, or can't do it, they should pass the character off like Vegeta did.

Why? Because you want them to? Because there are other people who want the character? You don't seem to understand. This isn't an auction. "Whoever can have the most activity with this character gets it!" As long as they stay within the rules of MIA, they can keep the character. It is totally their prerogative. What they DON'T need is you telling them that they need to pass of their character because you don't approve of the way they're doing things.

It's not like you're getting anything out of it if you're basicly Waffuru with a twice a week IC post system.

Maybe they are. Maybe they prefer roleplaying in that fashion.

Oh, you get to hold the role of a popular anime character that would be VASTLY more active and developed in the hands of someone else who has skill.

What the fuck are you going on about? You doubt that Kakarot has skill? You're saying that we should hand over characters if someone comes along that would be more active with them? So, say, if someone comes along with absolutely no life and can write like Stephen King, should we give him the character Kollifum if he asks for it?

Sure, alot of the RPers that were really active, deep and involved at one time are still great roleplayers, but if they never actually roleplay...that's a moot point.

Don't oversimplify. They DO roleplay.

Yes, you're within the rules, yes, you're technically alright in what you do, but come on. You're detracting from Chubbs as a whole.

How is it detracting from Chubbs? It doesn't hurt me any if the person that plays Goku decides not to roleplay every fucking day about saving a fictitious universe.

If you want to keep your character, make full use of them, don't sit on your ass and turn them into a forgotten role that is only remembered because you seizure in the OOC forums. That's my thoughts.

Full use of them defined by you? As in, because they can't roleplay as much as you think they should, they should give up their character. That's shit, Kollifum. Seriously.

Be honest, if there was no MIA system that made you have a reason to post or you'd lose your character, how often would you post IC? Once a month? Every two? Never? Why keep the character if you'd act the exact same with an account like 15.1 or Waffuru, only without forcing out a single roleplay every now and again?

What does it matter? Perhaps they enjoy the small amount of roleplaying they do, and not much more. Perhaps they just want to stick around for the sake of sagas. It's not like we have a character shortage. There are tons of characters in DBZ that are unclaimed. You're a prime example of this, taking a no-name from some forgotten episode/movie/whatever.