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Consistency. =/

Interesting poll. XD

I reckon there needs to be more characters that aren't 15-25, that age bracket (for me) is well overdone. And general creativity within characters is always good.

Antagonists - because there really are too few... I play a few myself, and they're lots of fun. I've seen too many roleplays without any "real" villain/antagonist, which makes them very little interesting to me...

Relationsship conflict - because there are too many happy relationsships out there in the RP world, too many couples that do well together without sometimes loosing faith in the other and having arguements and so on...

Well going from my own RPG's, I'd like to see more child characters, they can be loads of fun ^^.

Also went for the Utopian societies, Historical societies and Agrarian societies. I like the whole Utopian thing. I think there are a lot of society types that could use more RPG's lol. And those are quite interesting, but yeh most dominant types of society RPG's nowaday seem the normal city stuff and some post-apocalyptic stuff (in the more real life genre). I haven't really seen RPG's reallllyyy based on the agrarian/country life thing (I'm notcounting town RPG's to that).

Ugly, creative, and normal characters. XD That can sound a little contradictory, but first of all, so many characters are described as "pretty" or even just are generally attractive according to popular opinion... So even without making a character "ugly" why not someone more plain or real looking? Of course, just about everyone is attractive to someone else, but do we really need a zillion flawless, tall, long-haired, bright-eyed young women and strapping "tall dark and mysterious" young men?

And that's where creative and normal characters come in. Now you can be creative simply by being normal. Everyone has conflict somewhere in their lives, but not everyone lost both parents in a brilliant flash of green light, and not everyone hides anorexia and depression issues but still manages to look bright and happy on the outside, and not everyone was abused as a child, etc., etc., etc. Yes, that happens... but when whole RPs are populated with these people, it's just not fun for me. What about the working stiffs that struggle with finances? Or the single mother that went through a nerve-grating divorce and now still has custody issues? Or the six-year-old boy who likes to play with Barbie dolls and not GI Joes? XD You get the idea.

I think the key here is character variation rather than just the addition of a different character population, if that makes sense... if any of that makes sense. haha!

And that's my two cents!

Elderly characters, ugly characters, normal characters, sanitation employees, clocks, mirrors, utopian societies, agrarian societies, physical conflict, and struggle of physical freedom!

...I got a little carried away when confronted with so many wonderful choices.

I'd love to see a role play about actual adults. Some thing like Desperate Housewives, but not as cheesy and not centered around women. Like a secret society of older people or everyday life of adults in a town

Historical societies was my first choice, mostly because I love writing in the Victorian era. I suppose I have a bit of an unhealthy obsession with the historical societies, but it's so... 'refreshing', in my opinion, when you can roleplay a time period that you don't actually live in. Sometimes I get so sick of everything modern.... ><

But that's just my opinion, xD

I went for Normal characters and Antagonists. Simply put, there really does need to be more RP people that are just... normal, standard. In my opinion, they can be waay more interesting than any over-exaggerated 'special' person. Of course you need differences and unique people, but the way I see it: everybody is unique, there's no need to go overboard.

Antagonists because... well, in many instances, I've found people just don't like to play the bad guy. On one particular RP I frequent there's about two solid villain characters and considering the setting, you would expect there to be more. Then again, it's in keeping with the characters not to go crazy and start slaughtering, so I guess villains are determined by the RP.

Last three are awesome, but I also voted for most of the ones everyone else voted for.

Sanitation employees FTW :D

The typical "hero" archetype seems to be overused. One of my characters is even sort of a satire on that idea, though his story is most often serious. He often follows the path of a "hero," but frequently finds himself doing and saying things he may not want to do, confronted with outrageous circumstances. He knows this and references it fairly often, stating himself to be a 'bad good guy', and making jokes about idealism and heroic monologues.

Maybe I'm a cynic, but he's actually a really fun character to play, and I often find him taking on a mind of his own while playing him in RPs.

I think that they need more Relationship conflicts just to add a little fun to the RP xD

antagonists definitely.

NEEDS MORE EXPLOSIONS.

Failing that, violence is always the answer. Remember: if brute force doesn't work, you're not using enough of it.

How did I not see this poll before? Oh, it's in the Poll Lobby. That's why.

Amusing idea, Munch. Not in reality, of course -shudders-

I voted for: everything! I'm fine with my RPs, currently. RPs need what they need when they need. Wow, that is the most ambiguous statement ever. It's true though. How can I say 'RPs need more action!' if there are many out there suffering from an OD of action? I just need to find the RPs with more action.

This, grasshopper, is the answer to life.

People need to be realistic and up-front about their goals for their characters. If you don't have a direction in mind, odds are you won't get anywhere. At least a general shot-in-the-dark heading is better than nothing.

All too often I see people write basically sound characters, only to have them stagnate because they didn't think of enough good conflict for background. And by good conflict I don't mean love triangles.

Short stories are plagued by passive characters, and so are roleplays. People and/or writers who wait for something to happen to them. It's a weakness I share. Enlivening usually passive characters with a couple different driving forces is much more productive than just trying to change the physical 'type' of character. Odd character types will not automatically produce a credible or engaging situation. It takes practice, work (horrors!), and a commitment to exploring the character honestly rather than settling for the obvious caricature.

RP can be both work and fun. There's no harm in extensive post revision. If people aren't satisfied with their roleplays or their characters, they have only to look at themselves as the source of the problem. Keep looking for your ideal place if you haven't found it, and keep striving to write the characters that you enjoy and that other people enjoy responding to.

Simple enough.

I voted for:

Unintellectual/Uneducated Characters: Not everyone is gifted or a Mensa member. There are a lot of high school dropouts and not very bright people, too. Where are the trailer park roleplays? They could be fun to some people.

Handicapped People: As a disabled person, I don't like the fact in many RPGs there are only non-disabled people. It's not very realistic.

Options for Beginners: I am a beginner roleplayer. There are few beginner RPG's, but I see mostly advance/literate and intermediate RPG's.They are the majority, it seems.

Normal Characters: You know, everyday people. Not famous, everyday people with and without jobs, living everyday lives. Real life is not a soap opera, or drama like Harry Potter, Twilight, Gossip Girl, etc.

Creative characters: As in ones with short tempers, big egos, shallow narcisstic people who are good at other areas like taking care of children, pets,etc.
It's boring seeing rich, famous, drama-causing characters who have sex a lot without consequences. Not very realistic, either.

Antagonists, Elderly, Multilingual, relationship conflict and emotional freedom. ^-^

I'm actually in the works of creating an elderly character, and am looking forward to being able to actually play her in my upcoming roleplay. ^-^ Playing an elderly character gives me so much creative freedom when writing a history. They've been through a lot. ^-^

And having to play out a relationship conflict, it's a lot of fun and I don't see it very often. Maybe because a lot of people have actually been through that sort of situation and don't want to relive something like it? -shrug-

Ugly characters lol. I mean not everyone has good looks. Of course it would also be nice to find some nice ugly characters with a lot of photos and icons of them lol.

I went for ugly, normal and antagonistic, seeing as that is what roleplays always seem to be lacking, especially the ugly bit, you'd swear we were all supermodels. But I also think there needs to be, in some cases anyway, more staff/member interaction as sometimes staff are often detached from members, and see there positions allowing them all kinds of privileges, which it does, that border on crazy.

all of the above!

Normal characters. Not everyone has to be excessively ugly and silly or beautiful and perfect. Where are all the average Joes? D:

Though I personally think rps need more of most of those. xD

Most of the sites I've been a part of have too many antagonists, or rather, wanna-be antagonists who think they're BAMFs but aren't. Good guys/heroes are cool too. x.x