Actually Role Playing

[Mere_Mortal]

ME: "I am Tinkerbell, Ambassador."
OTHER: "Ahoy Tinkerbell--who made you an ambassador?"
[PM: //You know three official factions must recognize and you must post on forum or you aren't one. Name the three factions that approve you and I will interact.]
ME: ...
(actually I did carry on--but you get the idea)

Other example as a Hogosha long ago:
OTHER: What are you doing at the Leeds-Tau gate Hogosha?
ME: Serving the Emporer by relieving these cursed Bretonian freighters of their war goods gaijin!
OTHER: //You know this isn't your ZOI. Did you request to come here? Who approved it? Why a Hogosha?
ME: ...

I know exactly what you mean, in fact I can epitomise this below (whilst the above are more patronising than offensive and utterly OOC, it is still unwelcome, whereas the below is just complete hypocrisy)...



Rogue spotted in Omega-49, caught up in an entanglement with Bounty Hunters, whilst returning from a business trip dealing with the Red Hessians. I was flying a Transport, Rogues may trade and Hessians are cousins so they are a legal trading partner in the eyes of the rules. After killing a few aggressing Hunters I then proceeded to have a ruckus with some Corsairs before realising I should get the hell out of dodge! Now, if I was pirating or otherwise causing mischief, I would understand the dismay of the locals, but I was simply trading (smuggling) and the commenter either overlooked this or failed to give a hoot. I think it was both actually. As for my response, well I'm hardly going to tell a miner why I am in such foreign lands, I don't think the Hessians would be best pleased with anybody exposing their secrets!

Point is, they exclaimed that I was acting against role-play whilst they did exactly that by doing so.