The problem with Roleplay sites

Another possible definite badfic pit. by KittyEden on 2013-10-14 13:23:00 UTC Reply

Look out world.
www.hexrpg.com
Is an awesome role playing website I have joined.
However, the pit o fanfiction is horrendous.

Re: Another possible definite badfic pit. by the Irish Samurai on 2013-10-17 20:32:00 UTC Reply

Do you have to log in to read the fanfics hosted there, or do I just fail at navigating the site?
The problem with Roleplay sites by Falcon7974 on 2013-10-15 18:40:00 UTC Reply

As the title states in any given RP setting Mary/Gary Sues are going to techincly be canon. I speak from experince as I have been a roleplayer online for over a decade and started out on AOL with Red Dragon Inn a PPC style multiverse set in a dungeons and dragons style world. The biggest sue races at the time were Sayjins (This was the late 90s and DBZ was still cool) and Vampires. MMO canon also seems to fall under the same vein I saw some canon-sueness in Star Trek Online most notably in the Story-Mode for the fedration and the Romulans mostly in the sense of "Your the only captian in starfleet who can save the federation..despite having no command training and starting out as an Ensign who only got command of your ship because you were lucky enough to be a one man away team when the enitre senior staff of your ship was killed by the Borg. At least the Romulans and Klingon Empire did it a bit better Romulans you are an officer who is at least in charge of a colony secuirty team and KDF your a badass who passed the needed rituals to command.

That being said, Roleplaying can be a bit of a grey area so don't really rely on "Being a mary sue" as your main charge.

It's not rp. by KittyEden on 2013-10-16 12:50:00 UTC Reply

It's a rp site that just happens to ave a fanfiction pit on premises.
Ah, Star Trek Online by Cyba Zero on 2013-10-16 09:31:00 UTC Reply

I do like that game. However, I can see what you mean about the early Federation storyline (although it still isn't as bad as Into Darkness!Kirk, who is a SERIOUS 'Stu).

Then there's the endgame. Most people play Tactical, because they like insane amounts of DPS (damage per second) in space. Many players don't like the ground; this is because very few players play Science class. Science is not designed for DPS, or is considered 'the healer', so most players are not interested. I use the healing kit, but I don't consider my Science characters healers. Rather, they are excellent tanks, and they make quite a difference in ground missions when there are a lot of fragile classes (Tactical) on the team.

Science tanks often get called invincible on the ground. This is not entirely true, but they can take a serious pounding and can solo some bosses. Does that sound Suvian to you? The drawback is that it takes *ages*; tanks don't do much DPS. Tactical is the polar opposite: good damage, but fragile. Engineering is probably the most adaptable.

I suppose, then, that any endgame character could have Suvian tendencies for power level, but being specialised in that particular area at the cost of others is probably a saving grace. It all depends on game balance, I guess: when the developers get it right, nobody's a 'Sue. MMOs are about teamwork and covering each other's weaknesses, after all.

(Oh, and I think there is some discussion about changing the first Federation mission on STO to something based at the Academy, so the 'Sueness of a level one character stopping the Borg might go away.)

Really? Tell us more... (nm) by 99Hedgehog on 2013-10-14 22:13:00 UTC Reply