Complaint Glowbold, RP4 Sylvester, 4/1/25

[Destu123]

Admin: Glowbold

Server: RP4
Date + time: ~8:00 PM 4/1/25

Synopsis:
Alright, so let's talk about Glowbold and why his constant nitpicking has made playing on this server way more frustrating than it needs to be.

This was my first round playing as an antagonist today, and right away, he was questioning every little thing I did, as if I'm the only one pushing the RP limits. It was like he had a personal issue with how I played, even when I’m following the same patterns I've seen countless other traitors use.

First off, he PMs me about using a sleepy pen, saying that it doesn’t foster character interaction. Since when does every antagonist action need some deep emotional buildup? I asked if escalation was required, but instead of explaining, he just doubled down.

Then later, I get questioned for throwing two people into the grinder. One of them was SSD, and the other wasn’t even responding. What am I supposed to do, sit there and give them a monologue while they ignore me? I even took their hat just to see if they’d react. Nothing. That’s not RP, that’s dead weight. Instead he decides that I’m the problem here.

Meanwhile, there’s a wizard running around turning chairs into murder machines, and that’s apparently fine? Where’s the "sense of dread and obvious motive" in that? If anything, my actions made more sense in the RP setting than random furniture coming to life and killing people.

On top of all this, it was impossible to properly roleplay when I had to stop and consistently answer his PMs midgame. How am I supposed to stay engaged in the game when I’m constantly being pulled out of it to defend myself? The more he interrupted, the less I could actually interact with other players, which is ironic considering his whole issue was about fostering RP. It turned half my round into an admin back-and-forth instead of an actual game.

And instead of having an actual discussion, he shoves the RP rules window in my face like I haven’t read them before. It’s condescending and completely unnecessary. If he actually wanted to help, he’d explain his logic properly instead of just saying "read the rules."

After this round, I felt like if you’re not doing it exactly his way, you’re going to get PM’d into submission. This kind of behavior kills the fun and makes the server feel less like a game and more like a courtroom. Which is why I felt like this needed to be brought up, because if this keeps happening, the server’s just going to feel more restrictive and less enjoyable for everyone.

Logs:
Admin PM from Glowbold Drive-by sleepy-penning does not foster any character interaction.
Reply PM to-Glowbold: does it have to be escalation?
Admin PM from Glowbold Give people a sense of dread, an obvious motive, or some means of roleplaying and reacting, before you harm them. If you're not sure how to escalate using an antag item, please don't use it on the RP server.
Admin PM from Glowbold Please explain why you just tossed two people into the grinder, one SSD, with no RP.
Reply PM to-Glowbold: they weren't responding to me.. i'm a traitor and i'm supposed to kill?? is this not perfectly normal? i've watched almost every traitor do similar things when i was killed or been spectating them. why do you keep bonking me for these things??
Admin PM from Glowbold Grabbing and throwing people into the grinder without letting them talk is not okay. Let me refresh you on our RP rules. (the rp rule window was triggered)
Admin PM from Glowbold In particular, carefully read over RP Rule 2. If you would prefer killing people without the extra RP rules, please join our classic server.
Reply PM to-Glowbold: one of them was disconnected from the server. i gave the other person plenty of time to say something and even took their hat to see if they would even respond. they didn't. therefore they weren't even roleplaying
Reply PM to-Glowbold: because i couldn't even talk to them
Reply PM to-Glowbold: there's a wizard going around making inanimate objects attack people. why are they not following similar rules?

[LeahTheTech]

Hello, other admin here! You are still very much misunderstanding the RP rules, so I'll restate the relevant one here:

Escalate through roleplay before attacking other players. The goal of the roleplay server is character interaction and interesting scenarios. Both crew and antagonists are expected to roleplay escalation before engaging in hostilities. As an antagonist, your goal is to increase, not decrease, roleplay opportunities. Give people a sense of dread, an obvious motive, or some means of roleplaying and reacting, before you harm them.

You're not expected to write a sonnet but you should try to either:
- Give people a sense of dread
- Have an obvious motive you're serving
- Or give them some means of responding to your actions

Walking past people in the hallway and stabbing them with extremely deadly poison is not doing any of those.
Looking at the logs, later on you were trying to frame the chef for poisoning the food by injecting people eating at the bar. That's much better, you're serving an obvious motive (framing the chef) and you're creating roleplay from your actions (potentially trying to get the chef arrested, mobbed etc.) - try to do more stuff like this.

The second thing you were PMed about is murdering people who were AFK or disconnected and not responding to you. See RP rule 1:

if you notice a character who is Afk/disconnected, please do not attack or mess with them beyond taking them to cryo.

This applies to antagonists as well, AFK people cannot respond or roleplay with you.

As far as the rampaging wizard goes, I'm a little confused here because there wasn't a wizard in that round. Regardless, other people breaking the rules isn't a reason for you to do so, and I'd encourage you to ahelp if you see a wizard just running around spamming spells without interaction in future.

The reason Glowbold had to PM you several times is because you kept breaking the rules.