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Topic Started: Aug 7 2014, 11:02 AM (145 Views)
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Okay, so this is a roleplaying forum. Something that's, like, super bad to do on a roleplaying forum is godmodding. And although it is super easy if you just godmod everything, you should definitely still avoid doing it.

"But Mr. Supnitle the most amazing guy ever!" You say. "I don't even know what godmodding is! How do I avoid it, best person ever who is amazing and the best at actual everything ever!"

And I'd say, "please get out of my house."

A GUIDE TO GODMODDING

Godmodding, as a term, has like, a thousand different definitions, but we can boil it down to three.

One definition is that the person RPing takes absolutely no hits and dodges everything. For example, let's look at a godmodding post with this definition:

POST 1 (Not the godmodding post)
 
A group of three soldiers suddenly burst from the walls! Two held automatic pistols while another held an old fashioned magnum.

All three aimed at the Panda and fired almost immediately after they emerged. "Die, you stupid panda!" The one wielding the magnum yelled.

POST 2 (godmodding post)
 
Flatulence Panda looked over as the soldiers broke through the wall. "Eh?" They all fired at him. Panda dodged every shot easily with his extreme agility, almost looking as if he was teleporting before running up and punching one of the pistol wielding soldiers in the face, shattering his jaw and breaking several teeth.

"HAHA, TAKE THAT YOU... PEOPLE WHO SUCK!"


What was wrong with the second post is that Panda, as a character, does not have ridiculous agility as an ability; or at least, he isn't fast enough to dodge 3 bullets suddenly coming at him with no warning. If anything, he should have taken at least a few bullets counter attacking. Your characters are not invincible - they should take a hit if it would make sense for them to take a hit, as it does here.

In any case, let's look at that post again, if I fixed this definition of godmodding.

POST 1
 
A group of three soldiers suddenly burst from the walls! Two held automatic pistols while another held an old fashioned magnum.

All three aimed at the Panda and fired almost immediately after they emerged. "Die, you stupid panda!" The one wielding the magnum yelled.

POST 2
 
Flatulence Panda looked over as the soldiers broke through the wall. "Eh?" He felt a strange sense of deja vu. They all fired at him. Panda wasn't prepared for the shots and attempted to dodge, but still ended up taking two bullets in one of his arms. He growled before running up and punching one of the pistol wielding shoulders in the face, shattering his jaw and breaking several teeth.

"HAHA, TAKE THAT YOU... PEOPLE WHO SUCK... AGAIN!"


So, that definition of godmodding is fixed. Yaaay. But there's still something wrong with our post! Another way to godmod is to just automatically land a hit on another character without even giving them a post to react.

If your character wants to punch another in the face, you do not say,
Quote:
 
Frank punched bob in the face, causing a bruise to form on his cheek.

That would be auto hitting. You assumed that you hit the other person, not allowing them to duck or dodge or block or hit your fist to form a brofist or something. Whether or not the attack hits is up to the other RPer.

So don't assume your attacks hit! Just say that you DID the attack, not whether or not it hit.
Quote:
 
Frank aimed a straight jab at Bob's face.

Yeah, like that. Let's see Panda's post fixed by removing the auto hit.


POST 1
 
A group of three soldiers suddenly burst from the walls! For the third time! Two held automatic pistols while another held an old fashioned magnum.

All three aimed at the Panda and fired almost immediately after they emerged. "Die, you stupid panda!" The one wielding the magnum yelled. (Again, for the third time.)

POST 2
 
Flatulence Panda looked over as the soldiers broke through the wall. "Eh?" And he had a strange sense of deja vu. And then the feeling came back two fold, as if this had already happened twice. While panda was distracted, the soldiers all fired at him. Panda wasn't prepared for the shots and attempted to dodge, but still ended up taking two bullets in one of his arms. He growled before running up and aiming a punch at one of the pistol wielding soldier's faces. Thankfully, he punched with his not-shot arm, so there was still a significant amount of force behind his fist.

"HAHA, TAKE THAT YOU... PEOPLE WHO SUCK... AGAIN! FOR THE THIRD TIME!"

Yaaaay, now the post is good more or less. (Why is there a panda?)

There's a third type of godmodding, though, and this one's a lot easier to understand: blatantly controlling a character that isn't yours. Don't say someone's character did something, whether it's getting hit by your attack, saying something, poking a wall, whatever. Don't force actions onto them to fit your post. That kind of defeats the purpose of roleplaying with another person.

This can apply to NPCs they bring into the topic as well, unless you ask to control them and they agree.
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