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progressive decline of roleplay, the steps
14 years ago
Saw this on a forum and laughed my ass off at how true it is. so I'm copy-pastaing. and because its a journal I can do what the fuck I want, HAH!
"That's cute, OP. Really cute. This sort of thing goes in phases. I've seen it happen in other online roleplay environments. This is usually how it goes:
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: Roleplayers 12-50 play characters in a chatroom. From Ewoks to elves to Inu-Yasha himself. Sex stuff is publicly considered infantile and silly, privately done as cyber. Guys play female characters who have transvestite or transexual leanings. "I just do it because it's fun" excuse.
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION: People start playing more suggestive characters. Female characters use more alluring stolen profile pictures. Cyber accepted as common in private and once in awhile done in public.
THE AGE OF RAUNCH: At this point most players are openly shaboinking to the enjoyment of idlers in public rooms. The guys-playing-girls rationalize it as "even though my character is female, it's not gay if I engage in cyber with male characters. I'm just helping to write erotica with another man." excuse.
THE AGE OF THE THESPIAN: Lesbian characters show up. More female characters, to hang out with the bi-sexual guy-playing-girl character. No, male, you aren't allowed to RP with them! They have bad experiences with men! Be sensitive. An awful lot of lesbians.
THE AGE OF HERMES: At this point, through indoctrinating use of anime culture and porn, hermaphrodite characters encourage the "best of both worlds." Chat roleplay is full to the neck with Top Dominant Hermaphrodites. Like some sort of predatory mimic. Lots of submissive lesbians get fucked by anti-male hermaphrodites. Finally, the tops can roleplay something with a natural penis! "NO MEN ALLOWED!" becomes epidemic level.
Chat roleplay area destroyed."
"That's cute, OP. Really cute. This sort of thing goes in phases. I've seen it happen in other online roleplay environments. This is usually how it goes:
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: Roleplayers 12-50 play characters in a chatroom. From Ewoks to elves to Inu-Yasha himself. Sex stuff is publicly considered infantile and silly, privately done as cyber. Guys play female characters who have transvestite or transexual leanings. "I just do it because it's fun" excuse.
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION: People start playing more suggestive characters. Female characters use more alluring stolen profile pictures. Cyber accepted as common in private and once in awhile done in public.
THE AGE OF RAUNCH: At this point most players are openly shaboinking to the enjoyment of idlers in public rooms. The guys-playing-girls rationalize it as "even though my character is female, it's not gay if I engage in cyber with male characters. I'm just helping to write erotica with another man." excuse.
THE AGE OF THE THESPIAN: Lesbian characters show up. More female characters, to hang out with the bi-sexual guy-playing-girl character. No, male, you aren't allowed to RP with them! They have bad experiences with men! Be sensitive. An awful lot of lesbians.
THE AGE OF HERMES: At this point, through indoctrinating use of anime culture and porn, hermaphrodite characters encourage the "best of both worlds." Chat roleplay is full to the neck with Top Dominant Hermaphrodites. Like some sort of predatory mimic. Lots of submissive lesbians get fucked by anti-male hermaphrodites. Finally, the tops can roleplay something with a natural penis! "NO MEN ALLOWED!" becomes epidemic level.
Chat roleplay area destroyed."
That one's going in the dictionary. :)
I used to think it was trolling until watching multiple chat rooms deteriorate into that and people taking it seriously for way too long.
It's supposed to be an escape for people. It's always been kind of an escape. What's strange to me is when people escape the horrible things in reality by pretending to experience those same horrible things. Isn't the whole point of escapism to get away from reality?
I'm not talking about the furry fandom, or any fandom, I'm talking about roleplaying on the internet, and believe it or not, furries aren't the only ones that do that. "People", in general, roleplay as a means of escape.
It did eventually kill the room.