Being nice to each other

[bluntpencil2001]

Well, since there seems to be a trend of pseudo-philosophical junk on the forums right now, I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon for trolling purposes, really.

My beef is the following:

Why do our fictitious, non-existent, roleplay characters have to be nice?

Sure, be nice, courteous et cetera out of character, but please, please, please differentiate that from your characters.

Be an ass. Don't say 'please' when you're threatening people. Don't ask permission from a neutral party to shoot people. Act like a pirate. Act like an imperialist pig. Act like a brutal revolutionary.

Too many characters and factions are being ridiculously accomodating when they shouldn't be.

Factions here are a particular problem, since their members have to obey 'be nice' rules, when by all rights, they should be acting like complete bastards.

Pirates are hated for a reason. They're frickin' pirates. The pirates have good reason to hate the imperialist pigs too. They're imperialist pigs who will stamp all over you!

Sure, be a courteous player, but don't limit characterisation for it.

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